Takashi: I rike Patriots ver much. I come this country to be Patriot. So I must take them. They are champion! Give points.

Pick: Patriots

Brian: Would you rather get punched in the face by Mike Tyson or have your mom walk in on you masturbating? I’ll clear up the variables. Iron Mike will be wearing gloves. Your “area” will be exposed. It will be a single punch. Your mom will stare for 30 seconds and not say a word, before walking out like nothing happened. Mike can kick you once while you’re down. You have to finish the job with the thought of your mother in the back of your mind.

Lack of continuity…

This game has that “field goal contest” feel to it. 6.5 points is too many points to give. Take ‘em!

Pick: Broncos

Takashi: Home dog very good to me (and don’t mean on menu). But 49er overrated. One win against Ram team is not enough to take points. Beside, 49er did not build railroad by self! Eagle soar to victory.

Pick: Eagles

Brian: I love the show Scrubs. I really don’t like people that started liking it within the past year or so. I found it hilarious season one; therefore I deserve to like it more than bandwagoners. Now I know what Arrested Development fans felt like. You want something to be YOURS. These gravy training transplants need to go back to watching According to Jim* and leave good TV to someone with a brain and a sense of humor.

That said, I am jumping on the San Francisco train. Yes, you read that last sentence right. All gay innuendos may or may not have been intentional. I really like Gore, Smith and Bryant. They probably won’t make the playoffs, but at least they aren’t the worst team in the Bay.

*I’ve never actually seen According to Jim, but it seems like the kind of show I’d hate myself for watching.

Pick: Niners

Takashi: Big Ben game stink like bad sushi last week. Bengal tough team. But 2 point too small spread. Must take champ.

Pick: Steelers

Brian: I’m going to take this moment to say I told you so about Big Ben last week. I need to be able to bet on things like this. I would have parlayed it with Lamont Jordan having a terrible season. 0-16 remains a dream of mine. One week at a time Oakland, one week at a time.

In a game like this, where the Bengals look good, and Charlie Batch looks better than Ben R. take the points.

Pick: Bengals

Takashi: New Orleans rook like Hiroshima. But Falcon still better team. If David Stern was football emperor, Saints win. Roger Goodall? Take Falcons.

Pick: Falcons

Brian: So, I watched that Spike Lee Documentary, When The Levees Broke, about the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. If you don’t like Spike Lee, you’ll probably blindly say he portrayed it to make blacks look like the victim (it just so happens they were the victims and that’s what Spike Lee is good at). You’re probably also the same person that ignorantly took Fahrenheit 9/11 at face value. Michael Moore needs to go back to doing what he’s good at… being fat. Anyways, it would be un-American to pick the Falcons in this game. Adrienne said it would make me “a bad person”.

Pick: Saints