Why does this man still have a head coaching job in the NFL?  I've been trying to figure it out for three years now and haven't heard a reasonable explanation.  If anyone has one, please be sure to let me know.

With Pittsburgh's victory Thursday night, my record with the point spread is now 84-72-5 and 105-55-1 without.  On to the rest of the Week 12 action...

Without the Spread

Indianapolis
Cleveland
Buffalo
Tennessee
Miami
Dallas
Tampa Bay
Baltimore
Chicago
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Denver
Washington
NY Giants
New Orleans

With the Spread

San Diego      +2 1/2    Need to go 5-1 to have any realistic hope of making playoffs
Houston           +3
Buffalo              -3          A win by KC certainly wouldn't shock me
Tennessee      -5 1/2
New England  +2
Dallas              -10
Detroit             +8 1/2
Philadelphia   +1
Chicago          -8
Minnesota      +2 1/2
Carolina          +1
Oakland          +9       Rosey's lock of the week and he's 3-0 this season
Seattle             +3
Arizona             +3 
Green Bay       +2 1/2   The dogs are barking and I'm going with 11 out of 15 underdogs






Team Sarah Palin has returned to the top of the standings in the Langdon League and currently has a 5 point lead over Paper Tiger/Chis Paul And A Prayer.  Team Charlie V is making a valiant effort four weeks into the season despite having only eight reliable/legitimate players.  This week's Fantasy Focus will briefly take a look at the aftermath of two big trades that the New York Knicks made yesterday afternoon.  

New York Knicks:  Donnie Walsh succeeded in creating approximately $27 million in additional cap space when LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and a number of other stars hit the free agent market in 2010.  Chances are that at least one of them will be headed to the Big Apple so from this standpoint the trades were sound.  The problem is that the Knicks two top scorers were sacrificed and the three players coming in aren't good enough to keep the team above .500.  The top beneficiaries of the deals should be incoming forward Al Harrington (free from Nellie's shenanigans in Golden State) and reserve dynamo Nate Robinson (should get extra minutes at shooting guard with Crawford out of the picture).    

Los Angeles Clippers:  Mike Dunleavy has coveted Zach Randolph for a couple years now and finally was able to land the human double-double.  Randolph has been one of the top thirty fantasy performers this year averaging over 20 points and 12 rebounds a game.  Barring another trade, those numbers should decrease a bit with Chris Kaman and Marcus Camby around.  However, Z-Bo should still average 16 points and 10 rebounds as a focal point of the Clippers offense.  

Golden State Warriors:   Jamal Crawford brings yet another weapon for Don Nelson to use in his unconventional one center/four shooting guard lineup.  OK fine...Stephen Jackson and Corey Maggette are small forwards as well. The fact still remains that most of the time Golden State will have four guys on the court under 6'7".  Crawford is as streaky as they come and there are only so many minutes to go around.  He likely won't continue to average 19.6 points a game on this team, but should be able to hoist up enough shots to contribute about 15 ppg.  C.J. Watson, Kelenna Azubuike and Anthony Morrow will likely take fantasy hits due to the arrival of Mr. Crawford.    


 

Babe of the Week honors go to  the sneaky hot Jenna Fischer who definitely has a very nice girl-next-door quality...

I still just can't fathom how a ten year veteran like Donovan McNabb didn't know about ties in the National Football League.  How is that even possible?  McNabb easily won the Bonehead of the Week award and is under consideration for Bonehead of the Year...