Sometimes you come across a week where it looks like you actually know what you’re talking about. That was week five for us. Noneweekly-picks of us got more than four games wrong last week and John Vomhof Jr. scored a 14-1 week.

The solid weeks – and a slide to 11-4 by Fantasy Editor Anthony Maggio – have created a logjam near the top of our overall season totals. Here’s where things stand heading into week 6

Name Week 5 Overall
Tony 13-2 49-27
John 14-1 47-29
Maggio 11-4 47-29
Andy 12-3 45-31

 

(Apologies to Dr. Phil for leaving him out last week – he also went 14-1 in week five, which actually puts him ahead of all of us for the season at 51-25). So was our sudden surge toward respectability a sign that we actually are figuring things out? Or was this a case of four blind squirrels finding a nut? We’ll know more, I would imagine, as we journey through the second quarter of the season.

Here are our picks for the week:

Andy Tony John Maggio
Thursday, October 9
Indianapolis at Houston Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis
Sunday, October 12
New England at Buffalo New England New England New England Buffalo
Pittsburgh at Cleveland Cleveland Pittsburgh Cleveland Cleveland
Carolina at Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati
Jacksonville at Tennessee Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville Tennessee
Green Bay at Miami Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay
Detroit at Minnesota Detroit Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota
Denver at NY Jets Denver Denver Denver Denver
Baltimore at Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore
San Diego at Oakland San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego
Chicago at Atlanta Chicago Chicago Chicago Atlanta
Dallas at Seattle Seattle Seattle Seattle Seattle
Washington at Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona
NY Giants at Philadelphia NY Giants Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia
Monday, October 13
San Francisco at St. Louis San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco St. Louis
Bye weeks: Kansas City, New Orleans

Game of the Week: NY Giants at Philadelphia – There are some good games on the slate this week, but few great ones. I looked at the Houston/Indianapolis game, but the likelihood is that will be a disappointing game, yet another Thursday night dud. I also am intrigued by the Buffalo/New England game, which could play a huge role in deciding a division that may be more competitive than I thought. But Philadelphia and the Giants have better records and are fighting for control, along with Dallas, of the NFC East, which also has been pluckier than expected. The Giants, after an 0-2 start, have been just short of dominant in their last three games. Philly is 4-1, but has a lot of improvements to make if they are going deep in the playoffs. Apparently I am the only one of the four of us sniffing an upset, but this is one of those division games that just feels like it could go that way.

Game of the Weak: Jacksonville at Tennessee–I thought about going Chicago/Atlanta here, because those two teams have been among the league’s most disappointing. But the Jags/Titans game is one that can only truly be of interest to the parents of the players, if even they would still invest the time.