The number of games grows ever smaller in the unending march to the Super Bowl. Lucas is in Florida, which he describes as a place "without internet acccess", so I may be alone in my picks this week in this oasis of FLA connectivity.

PIT at TEN: PIT. I had a week of reprieve from having to pick a game involving the Titans, and after last weekend's incessant wackiness I am deciding to go with the team that on paper will lose. The Steelers' pass defense has, to say the least, a few holes, but their scintillating offense should more than make up for that.

ATL at PHI: PHI. I'm glad this is a night game, as my flight gets in a few short hours before it begins. This should be the game to watch this weekend, but Vick can't keep putting up horrendous numbers and still win. Philly's rested defense should be more of a match than the Packers' banged-up corps.

SF at TB: TB. San Fran is running out of lives, considering that they should've lost last week's game about 5 times. If Shockey doesn't drop those 2 straight TD passes or if Junkin can snap or if Junkin can snap again or if the refs open their eyes and see a blatant pass interference penalty then the Niners go home where they belong.

NYJ at OAK: OAK. I hate to break it to you Jets fans, but your team just ain't that good. The Patriots needed a lot of luck to make it as far as they did last year, and the odds of that same wacky streak (unconscious player saves overtime victory, archaic rule gives team a redo, all sorts of hilarious trick plays) happening again less than a year later are about as good as the odds that not only will my flight arrive safely tomorrow but that my car will be intact and exactly where I left it.