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Quick Picks for Week 8 (picks are bolded)

Denver at Baltimore (-3.5)

Cleveland at Chicago (-13)

Houston at Buffalo (+3.5)

Minnesota at Green Bay (-3)

San Francisco at Indianapolis (-13)

Miami at NY Jets (-3.5)

St. Louis at Detroit (-4)

Seattle at Dallas (-9.5)

Oakland at San Diego (-16.5)

Jacksonville at Tennessee (-3)

Carolina at Arizona (-10)

NY Giants at Philadelphia (+1)

Atlanta at New Orleans (-11)

Last Week:  7-5-1  Season:  52-34-1

The Patriots are 5-2 heading into their bye week with accolades after their strong performance in London. A 35-7 thrashing of the Buccaneers. Tom Brady was named Offensive Player of the Month which should silence his critics who were questioning the timetable of his return to prominence. IT IS SAFE TO SAY HE'S BACK. This is the third time he has earned that honor having been named Offensive Player of the Month in September and October of 2007 during his monster MVP season.
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Brady appears to have his feet under him and he seems more and more confident with each touchdown pass. After last week's 5TD second quarter performance in the thrashing of the Titans he just hit tight end Benjamen Watson for a score to put his team up 28-7 against the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Everyone who is a Brady hater wanted to see him fail. Sorry to disappoint. When it comes to reading coverage no one other than Peyton Manning is quicker and he had to take time to get himself up to speed after his knee injury.

Message to the rest of the NFL. These Patriots are dangerous again and the defense looks as if it is legit. There is still a lot of football to be played but that is just more time for this team to get on the same page. In the words of the great Peter Falk as LT. Columbo, "One More Thing", it's getting cold and in the snow and cold nobody does it better than Brady and company.

Quick Picks for Week 7 (picks are bolded)

San Diego at Kansas City (+5.5)

Indianapolis at St. Louis (+14)

Chicago at Cincinnati (+1)

Green Bay at Cleveland (-9)

Minnesota at Pittsburgh (-6)

New England at Tampa Bay (-14.5)

San Francisco at Houston (-3)

NY Jets at Oakland (+6)

Buffalo at Carolina (-7)

New Orleans at Miami (+6.5)

Atlanta at Dallas (-4.5)

Arizona at NY Giants (-7)

Philadelphia at Washington (+7)

Last Week:  9-5  Season:  45-29