I'd just like to take a moment to congratulate myself on my first victory of the season in NFL picks. It may have taken until Week 9 and involved a lot of different failed strategies, but finally, possibly aided by Lucas' Martzesque arrogance at his own gigantic lead, I pulled out the victory. I went a scintillating 11-3 to improve my record to 77-55, while Lucas took a few risks and got burned 5-9 and dropped to 86-46 on the season. What was a 15-game lead has suddenly become 9. At this rate I will overtake him in just 2 short weeks.