Week 4 insecurities

for anyone keeping track, i've *almost* finished my picks for the week.

makes me feel rather ill to have to keep picking the Bucs to win & the Packers to lose. don't think i'll ever accept that as a weekly occurance. *sigh*

thank God the Patriots appear to have rallied & pulled it together yet again even with another injury-laden defense--and Ken told me there are rumors of Bruschi coming back *this* year now which i have extremely mixed feelings about: on the one hand, his absence has made me uneasy long before the season kicked off & the defense is BADLY in need...but my biggest fear in his early return is that it is premature & it would be a terrible thing to find out too late that he should have sidelined it for the season like he planned to do--i can't shake the feeling that the risk of ending his career (or God forbid worse...) just isn't worth it.

speaking of uneasy, i've settled on a few picks for Week 4 that aren't making me feel all too secure. like for instance: the Bills at the Saints--i actually changed this pick so if i lose someone please remind me that i started with my pick on the Bills & went against my gut which never is a good idea. then there's the Seahawks at the Redskins--everything i read says the Seahawks are the pick to make but...i've got this nagging feeling...i hate the nagging feelings. and what about the 49ers at the Cardinals--i thought i was feeling confident in picking the 49ers but again i am faced with a strange notion that i shouldn't be picking that way. i hate games like this where it comes down to which team plays WORSE.

and of course there's the 2 games i am outright struggling with all together: the Rams at the Giants--i hate both teams so it isn't as if i am simply having a hard time picking one over the other for denial purposes. i just don't think the Rams are as good as they have been...and i don't believe the Giants are as good *gag* as they looked coming out of the Week 2 undefeated. yuck. and then there's the Eagles at the Chiefs. this one just stumps me. i want to pick the Chiefs, i really do...but they didn't look so hot on Monday night...

decisions, decisions...i have until each game's kick off to lock into my pick. and rule of thumb when your gut fails you is to give the edge to the home team. problem is of the 5 games i am not certain of yet, 2 of the home teams (Cards & Saints) aren't even REALLY playing at home. you know, because we needed to make this MORE difficult?

in slightly related news...still undefeated in my Fantasy Football League. Week 3 brought the match-up between the last 2 undefeated teams & by some miracle, i managed to pull it off with an otherwise unimpressive number of points scored. Week 4? the 2-1 highest scoring team in the league. i think this week suddenly scares me even more...