As you can see from the Pseudo-Real-Time Scoreboard™, I am currently building a commanding lead over Lucas in the picks. Without further ado, here goes this week:

NYJ at NE: The Pats may have won last week, but by no means are they out of the woods yet. They still have no running game, and now their linebackers are going down with injuries one after another. Still, the Jets have looked bad and have a few major injuries themselves. NE

KC at HOU: The injury bug is already starting to bite Priest Holmes, which doesn't come as much of a surprise. He's an amazing player, but they've also got quite a passing game in KC. My advice: less hard runs by the Priest and more Trent Green to Tony Gonzalez connections. Note, my advice may or may not be based on the fact that Green and Gonzalez are both on my fantasy football team. KC

TB at ATL: To beat the Bucs, you have to run straight at them and contain their sorry offense. The Falcons have no wrecking ball to send through the middle at Warren Sapp, and their defense is rarely up to the task of stopping anything. TB

PIT at CIN: Pittsburgh isn't this good, they can't keep winning. They have no running game, and the Bengals are about due to get their first win for Marvin Lewis...Upset Special! CIN

MIN at DET: Minnesota is my chic NFC Championship pick right now, as they look to chug ahead behind their x-factor, the unstoppable Moe Williams. When Priest goes down, Moe will pick up the reins as the NFLs best do-everything back. MIN

NO at TEN: Yuck, two teams I always love to pick against. New Orleans has the better RB, Tennessee has home field advantage. When a dome team plays at a grass team's stadium, always pick the grass team, even if it is the Titans. TEN

JAX at IND: Boy the Colts sure did look good last week beating the Titans, and the Jaguars are probably worse. IND

STL at SEA: This game will feature about 120 passes and maybe 10 runs between the two teams. Should be fun to watch. And is the arrogant Mike Martz finally going humble on us and starting Marc Bulger? STL

NYG at WAS: Everyone is picking Washington in this game because they are 2-0 and because the Giants have had trouble stopping the pass. I beg to differ. NYG

GB at AZ: The Cardinals will go 1-15 this season, the question is who will they beat? Certainly not the Packers, even in the heat of Sun Devil Stadium. GB

BAL at SD: The Chargers aren't even bothering with the good start this year, they've gone straight to the losing. In this battle of two teams with bad QBs and all-world running backs, the nod goes to the team with a defense. BAL

CLE at SF: Boy the Niners laid an egg last week. The Rams tried in every way possible to allow them to win the game, but they just wouldn't do it. The Browns have been horrid, though, and now they're without Dennis Northcutt. SF

BUF at MIA: This is my mini-upset-special, since everyone thinks Buffalo will go 16-0 or something just because they beat the demoralized Pats and the craptacular Jaguars. Never pick against the Dolphins in September (and forget about that game against Houston two weeks ago). MIA

OAK at DEN: The Raiders look...old, while the Broncos look...like they still have Jake Plummer starting at QB. Neither is a good sign. DEN