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NFL Week 10 Predictions

After another week of going 9-5 of picks, I’m almost wondering if it’ll be more interesting to pick which games I’ll be wrong on than it will be to actually pick the winners. It’s now been 4 straight weeks with the same results!

This week brings us our first game on Thursday night with the Denver Broncos visiting the Browns in Cleveland. Unfortunately for the NFL Network, this game is a lot less interesting than it looked like it would be back when the schedule was originally announced. Really, the only drama surrounding this game is that it will be the first career start for Brady Quinn. I guess that should provide some relief for all those Comcast subscribers who don’t have access to the NFL Network.

Now that we’re at the half-way point of the 2008 regular season, some of the races are starting to get very hot. The NFC North and South look as though they’ll both go right down to the wire this season, as does the AFC East. Either way, it’s been a very interesting first half and hopefully the second half will be just as enjoyable. Here are my picks for week 10:

Away	Home	Comments	Pick	Result
Note: the Bengals, Buccaneers, Cowboys, and Redskins have a bye this week.
Last week: 9-5 (64.3%), Season total: 87-43 (66.9%)
Broncos (4-4)	Browns (3-5)	The Brady Quinn era officially starts against the faltering Denver Broncos.
Titans (8-0)	Bears (5-3)	Green Bay showed the Bears a formula for relative success against the Titans, but the Bears don’t have the offense that the Packers do.
Rams (2-6)	Jets (5-3)	When the now-in-first-place Jets can beat a good Bills team without much of a contribution from Brett Favre, that’s a good sign.
Packers (4-4)	Vikings (4-4)	Even though they lost to the Titans, the Packers looked like one of the better NFC teams last week — they need this win though.
Ravens (5-3)	Texans (3-5)	Maybe a risky pick here, but Sage Rosenfels has actually outplayed Matt Schaub as the starting QB for the Texans so far this season.
Jaguars (3-5)	Lions (0-8)	As much as the Jaguars have been sliding this season, I still can’t pick the Lions. What an embarrassment that would be for Jacksonville if they lose.
Seahawks (2-6)	Dolphins (4-4)	The Seahawks are 0-3 so far this season when playing in the Eastern Time Zone.
Bills (5-3)	Patriots (5-3)	They looked like the best in the East a couple of weeks ago, but the Bills are regressing and New England isn’t an easy place for struggling teams to get back on track.
Saints (4-4)	Falcons (5-3)	If the Saints want to keep any hope of making the playoffs alive, they need to win this divisional match.
Panthers (6-2)	Raiders (2-6)	It’s Oakland. Let’s move on, OK?
Chiefs (1-7)	Chargers (3-5)	In a weak AFC West, the Chargers are still right in the mix. KC? not so much.
Colts (4-4)	Steelers (6-2)	After last week, I think the Colts are now ready to start playing for real.
Giants (7-1)	Eagles (5-3)	Game of the week! In this heavy-weight fight, I like the Giants.
49ers (2-6)	Cardinals (5-3)	Arizona can take a commanding lead in the NFC West with a win.

Will this week bring another 9-5 record? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. Here are this week’s ESPN Expert Picks.