Send Matt Millen Packing by Kenneth Watkins
How much longer do Detroit Lion fans have to endure before Ford fires Millen.

"Straight Up" versus "The Spread"-And Picks This Week by Philip D. Gibbons
One of the dirty little secrets of NFL football journalism and broadcasting is the propensity for so-called experts to predict outright winners of games as opposed to making predictions incorporating the point spread. Last week this column debuted with a reasonable 9-5 picking outright winners, but a woeful 3-9-2 against the spread. Honestly, my grandmother living in a convalescent home can pick games straight up. So, chastened by the harsh realities of NFL parity and mathematical unpredictability, Fan Man presses on with another week of picks and comments for “entertainment purposes only”.

Aaron Brooks Just Doesn't Get It by Kenneth Watkins
Aaron please just be quiet - you're hurting your cause.

Watch Out Colts - New England is Still Here..... by David Keyes
What happens when you let a team that was hurting heal and improve and sneak into the playoffs?

Defense Will Be At A Premium by Kenneth Watkins
Now if their is ever a game of teams that just don't like each other than Carolina against Tampa Bay is where it's at.

The Father of the American Pointspread - And Picks This Week by Philip D. Gibbons
Charles K. McNeil. Most NFL fans, whether they maintain a casual office pool wager or risk a mortgage payment o­n a game, owe a debt of gratitude to this individual, generally credited with being the originator of the “pointspread” concept of gambling.

Week 13 in the NFL and Who the hell is that Guy? by David Keyes
Who the Hell is that guy and other observations on a very strange year in the NFL.

Yes, Philadelphia There Is A Santa Claus - And It's You by Kenneth Watkins
It's hard to believe but Philadelphia was in a giving mood on Monday Night Football last night.