Honest Wagner NFL pick 'em: week 11

VIS SPRD HME SCOOP BONES ROWDY
det 07.5 MIN ..det ..det ..det
den -4.5 NWO ..NWO ..NWO ..NWO
snf 07.5 TAB ..TAB ..TAB ..TAB
arz 02.5 CAR ..arz ..arz .CAR*
ten 02.5 JAX .JAX* ..JAX ..JAX
dal 07.5 BAL .BAL* .BAL* .BAL*
stl -1.5 BUF .BUF* ..BUF ..BUF
ind -7.5 CHI .CHI* .ind* .CHI*
pit -4.5 CIN ..pit .pit* .pit*
nyj -0.5 CLE ..nyj ..nyj ..CLE
snd -3.5 OAK ..OAK ..snd ..snd
mia 09.5 SEA ..SEA ..mia ..SEA
atl -2.5 NYG .atl* ..NYG ..NYG
was 10.5 PHL ..PHL ..PHL ..PHL
gnb -2.5 HOU .gnb* .gnb* ..HOU
nwe -2.5 KSC .nwe* .nwe* ..nwe

Asterisks indicate best bets.

Season to date:
Bones 79-65 .549
Scoop 78-66 .542
Rowdy 75-69 .521

Best bets:
Bones 25-20 .556
Rowdy 30-24 .556
Scoop 13-13 .500

Comments:

Scoop: Kip sees lots of bargains this week. [Ed. note: The name of Scoop's football-picking horse is Kip Smells.]

Dr. Bones: I had to prognosticate all quick-like this week, as four-day weekend trip up the river looms. I saw firsthand many of the pistol-whippings Carson Palmer used to drop on the PAC-10 back in the day, so he's earned my respect as a true gamer. But while Cincy's a tougher opponent than the sorry Browns, they're still not good and Pit should cover easy. Cincy can't stop the run while we can, so look for another line-of-scrimmage and time-of-possession domination by the good guys. Steelers 31, Bengals 17.

Rowdy: I'm going back to Carolina at home. This is their fifth attempt to win their first home game. Every NFL must win some at home, so I'm guessing Rodney Peete and Nick Goings take care of the upstart Arizona team. The Bears have something going on. With no disrespect to the great Dwight Freeney, I'd say the Colts aren't so good on defense. They also appear to be running a dome offense. This team doesn't deserve to be touchdown-plus favorites at Soldier Field. That's nutty. I may be overreacting to what I saw on Monday Night, but I guess the Ravens will have no problem crushing Dallas' puny offense as they watch the scoreboard reporting the fact that the Steelers are taking care of business in Cincinnati.