A mere 3 weeks ago, The Niners were 3-1. The division, and their first playoff game since Jeff Garcia, looked all but assured. And in a mere 3 weeks, the team is back in 2nd and counting on Alex Smith of all people to bring ‘em to the promised land. Wow.

So I guess my question is, do you feel lucky? Successful 2nd stints for guys like Smith are a rare thing in the NFL. But you had to like what you saw from Smith against Houston. He throws passes with zip and has way more pocket presence than I remembered. So when you realize that he never played with good receivers, or an offensive line, and they changed coaches around him all the time…do you start to talk yourself into it?

COLTS OVER NINERS

• Not this week, you don’t.

CHARGERS OVER RAIDERS (Suicide Pick)

• Last week, Mark Sanchez ate a hot dog on the sideline as his team pummeled Oakland.  This week, Phillip Rivers will eat a baby.  He’s a mean hombre

TEXANS OVER BILLS

• You really never know with Houston, but I don’t see the Bills scoring enough to beat them

BEARS OVER BROWNS

• One of the interesting subplots of this season are the famous coaches - Gruden, Shannahan, Cower, Holmgren, etc -waiting in the wings to coach next year.  In any other year, a guy like Lovie Smith might feel like he has some time.  But I’m thinking he’ll have the Bears fired up Sunday.  Maybe he can even ressurect Matt Forte

COWBOYS OVER SEAHAWKS

• Seattle is somehow the “everybody gets hurt” team 2 years in a row.  Life’s not always fair.

LIONS OVER RAMS

• Most everybody likes the Lions this week.  I’m suprised I can type that without suffering an aneurysm

DOLPHINS OVER JETS

• Tough one to call.  I think the Dolphins are a little better than 2-5

RAVENS OVER BRONCOS

• Denver’s good.  They’re legit.  Blah, blah, blah.  They’ve also been a little lucky.

VIKINGS OVER PACKERS

• BrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavreBrettFavre /head explodes. 

JAGUARS OVER TITANS

• Thanks to Vince Young, we get to see the Titans suck in new and exciting ways

EAGLES OVER GIANTS

• Another tough one to call, but Giants have secondary problems, and Philly can throw it, they’re at home, and if they Yankees win Game 3 their fans will be real pissed

CARDINALS OVER PANTHERS

• Poor Jake Delhomme.  You may recall the Cardinals were the team that happened to be there when he melted down in the playoffs.  Clearly, he’s been all post-traumatic stress disorder ever since.  Seeing Arizona again could trigger some crazy “Full-Metal Jacket” kind of freakout.  Hope someone’s watching the showers.

SAINTS OVER FALCONS (sigh)

• Birds will play well, they need a win.  But they don’t have the horses to cover all those receivers

Last Week:  8-5.  But come on, that Dolphins pick was looking pretty good there

Season:  60-37

Suicide Pool:  still here.   Baltimore, Washington, Green Bay, Chicago, Philly, Jacksonville,  Indy, and San Diego have been used

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