This week's picks are in honor of the new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.


Reducto! (Disintegrates objects in one's path)- The Saints wish they had a magic wand to make 
the Patriots go away. But they don't, so they can't.

Furnunculus! (Makes boils appear on the victim)- Whoever is the lucky one to start at QB for the 
Lions uses this one on the Cowboys. Hey, who wouldn't like to see dem Cowboys with some boils?!?!

Incendio! (Produces fire)- Someone in the stands will do this to make the Dolphins-Browns game 
more interesting. It won't help.

Expelliarmus! (Disarms another wizard, typically by causing the victim's wand to fly out of reach)- 
Ah, but who will disarm whom between the Panthers and the Bears? My guess is that Steve Smith uses 
it on Urlacher... or something.

Sonorus! (Magnifies the spellcaster's voice)- Cowher and Billick will *both* be using this spell 
to get through to their bruised and battered troops! Of course, everyone knows the magic of the 
chin is more powerful than the magic of the grimace.

Avis! (Makes birds fly out of the wand of the spellcaster)- The Falcons (birds, duh) fly out of 
the tunnel and magically disarm those pirates.

Portus! (Turns an object into a Portkey, a device which transports the toucher to a desired 
destination)- Clinton Portus... er, Portis wants to go to Washington and get another win!

Densaugeo! (Makes the victim's teeth grow rapidly)- Steve McNair uses this one on the Jags, only 
to realize he shouldn't have given the Jaguars *bigger* teeth... D'oh!

Impedimenta! (Capable of tripping, freezing, binding, knocking back and generally impeding the 
target's progress towards the caster)- The Cardinals will use this one early and often on the 
Rams, and still lose.

Deletrius! (Erases images)- McNabb and the Eagles want to erase the images of their last two 
losses. Unfortunately, they're using Ron's broken wand and lose again to the G-Men.

Morsmordre! (Conjures the Dark Mark)- Someone cast this on the 49ers last year after Garcia 
and Owens left. The Dark Mark still hangs high in the sky over Candlestick.

Quietus! (Makes a magically magnified voice return to normal)- Marty uses this spell on Cowher 
and Billick at 4:15 so that their voices don't travel from Baltimore to Sandy Eggo and disrupt 
this game. The Bolts benefit from everyone's grattitude.

Orchideous! (Makes a bouquet of flowers appear out of the wand)- The Jets try this one to convince 
the Broncos not to pummel them. Herm later heard muttering, "You bouquet to win the game!"

Engorgio! (Makes something grow larger)- The Colts and the Bengals have both grown larger, as 
has the attention paid to this game. Colts win!

Diffindo! (Severs the target)- The Chiefs will hang onto this spell just in case, but it looks 
like the Texans have been Diffindo'd since Week 1.

Ennervate! (The counterspell to the Stunning Spell, to wake up target)- Samkon Gado used this 
spell to wake up the Packers the past two weeks. What smelling salts?



To recap:

Patriots
Cowboys
Dolphins
Panthers
Steelers
Falcons
Redskins
Jaguars
Rams
Giants
Seahawks
Chargers
Broncos
Colts
Chiefs
Packers