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Not too much to recap last week, since there werenÆt many survivor pool exits. My Week 14 picks went 3-0 by a combined margin of 95 points, thanks mostly to big lopsided wins by the Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens. I was leery of the New England Patriots last week, and they certainly showed us why. YouÆd think they had lost the game with the negative post-game press. Randy Moss was ...

There weren't very many casualties in survivor pools last week, whether you made early picks on Turkey Day, or saved them until Sunday, most of the anticipated big winners pulled out the win. The Philadelphia Eagles didn't win very convincingly over the Washington Redskins, but between the Eagles and Bengals my picks were 2-0 last week . For this week, three double-digit favorites are starring us in the face, so depending ...

Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, we had Thanksgiving Day games this week yet I am still writing my survivor picks on Friday as usual. You can bet I would have had the heavily favored (and rightfully so) Green Bay Packers over the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys over the Oakland Raiders amongst my top picks, but writing the article prior to Friday just doesnÆt fit into my schedule. In the pools IÆm running (one ...

The New Orleans Saints put last weekÆs top three picks into a bit of jeopardy with an uneasy win over the St. Louis Rams, but the Saints, along with the Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings, gave me a clean sweep in Week 10. The Ravens pick seemed a bit dodgy on Monday night with the nil-nil tie at halftime against the Browns, but they eventually got interested enough in the game ...

It was role reversal last week in Arizona, with Jake Delhomme quarterbacking the Arizona Cardinals, and Kurt Warner taking charge of the Carolina Panthers. Delhomme went ahead and threw five interceptions, not unheard for him, and the Cardinals lost the game on a six-love turnover differential. That wasnÆt Delhomme? It was Warner? It must have been an out of body experience then, because going into that game we sure expected Delhomme ...

What a week last week. Reviewing my top three picks (if I must), the Steelers came through fine. The Jaguars were behind the entire game until the fourth quarter, only toùsoon after taking the leadùgive the lead right back on an interception returned for a TD. Then they got it back. Then with less than two minutes to go, they allowed the Rams to drive 69 yards to set up the game-tying ...

Another three-for-three week last week with the survivor picks, in convincing fashion much like Week Three. DonÆt look now but we are on a roll. LetÆs try not to get too cocky however, as in most survivor pools a single slip up spells banishment from the pool. Admittedly, the games have been on the easier side to choose from. Looking at this week, and I say this in the least cocky ...

Nice week last week with the survivor picks going 3-for-3 (Ravens, Eagles, Packers), and each team won going away by 31, 20 and 19 points respectively. Even my next two picks in the poll (Giants, Saints), came through in blowout wins. The thing with survivor picks though is when they work as well as that it seems like the picks were obvious. When they don't work, you look like some clueless ...