Spencer's Super Sunday NFL Six-Pack Picks

Spencer told me that since Derek gets to pick college football games, he wants to pick the pro games.

I told him that it's harder to pick pro games since the teams are more equal and these players get paid to play (meaning the rather large checks clear each Tuesday during the season whether the Bears win or lose). I know Ohio State pays its players too - at least that's what some people think.

After a discussion, Spencer decided he still wants to pick six NFL games each week. He'll pick the winners and definitely will stay away from NFL point spreads until he's five.

Here's Spencer's Super Sunday Six-Pack Picks for this week:

1, Bears over Lions. Grandpa Jack likes the Bears. Spencer thinks the Bears win at home and keep the Lions with a goose-egg in the win column. Spencer smiled when I told him about legendary Lions quarterbacks like Eric Hipple. Spencer wants you to remember that he's not here to cause no trouble. In January, he'll bust out the Super Bowl Shuffle.

2, Vikings over Texans. Spencer's daddy is a Bears fan. He cheered for the Packers when #4 was the QB. Dad adopted the Texans in 2002. Spencer sees his dad get frustrated with the Texans each Sunday. David Carr used to make him really frustrated. Spencer is worried that dad will be super frustrated when Peterson runs wild on the Texans defense on Sunday.

3, Tampa over Kansas City.

4, Oakland beat Atlanta. Spencer said it's hard to pick against his hometown team, but it's also hard for the young Falcons to travel to the West Coast and win. Two years from now in 2010, the Falcons will be really good.

5, Giants over the Cowboys. Spencer thinks the Cowboys should play the old Badger Brooks Bollinger instead of Brad Johnson. However, Johnson is protected by a federal policy on age discrimination since he's over 40. Jerry Jones don't want no legal trouble. How's that for irony?

And, how many old Badger QB's are kicking around the NFL? Bollinger in Dallas, Sorgi in Indy, and Bevell as the offensive coordinator in Minnesota. For a school known for its running backs, UW keeps putting QB's in various roles in the NFL.

6, Philadelphia over Seattle. Seattle walked into a Starbucks to find some receivers and a QB for this week.

Spencer knows that mom loves the Packers. But, they play at Tennessee and it's too difficult to pick a winner in that one. As his Dad taught him, Spencer says to "stay away from that one."

Spencer's also excited San Francisco has the open date this weekend. That old Bear Mike Singletary is acting a little strange. Spencer's dad told him that nothing motivates him like seeing his manager/leader/boss drop his pants in a meeting room to make a point. One game and it seems the stress has gotten to Singletary.

One bonus pick for the week: On the NASCAR circuit with the race in Fort Worth at the Texas Motor Speedway, take Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards to finish in the Top 10, while Jeff Burton doesn't finish in the Top 10. Neither does the Little E. (Spencer pointed out that we have a Little D in our house).

Have a great Saturday. Spencer says he'll post the results on Sunday night!

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