You never talk to the pitcher working on a no-hitter.
You don't bug goalies with playoff shutouts going.
And you don't get too chatty when you've got two straight wins...even if the fractions add up to five-twelfths of a week.
Let's just pick:
 
WARNING!  Let-down game against well-rested division opponent!  GIANTS
WARNING!  Let-down game against... well, not rested, but home division opponent, anyway.  BILLS
I remember the last time I had Carolina as a mortal lock - they gakked the Miami game and I was out of our Survivor Pool at work.  Let's just move on.  PANTHERS
Have they fired Coach Medavoy yet?  FALCONS
Hmmm.... So Randy Moss leaves the Vikings and the team still goes on the R. Kelly Cruise without him?  They must really know how to rally together.  VIKINGS
Smoke, mirrors, and the Washington Redskins.  KC needs this to keep close to SD and DNV.  CHIEFS
Lucky Cincy got the wakeup call last week.  Usually you'd take the home dog without even blinking, but... BENGALS
Toughest game on the board right here.  Jax could win.  I say STEELERS but I'm holding my breath.
The Brian Billick Alert System is at Orange.  It fits the opponents helmets.  BROWNS
I am not amused with Tampa's big laydown against the Green last week.  Not amused at all.  Nick Saban probably is, especially as he's had two weeks to scheme and Ricky Williams has been bong-free (we hope) since August.  DOLPHINS
Can they rise up twice in a row?  Will Tedy Bruschi hang-glide onto the field during the Star-Spangled Banner and call the opening coin flip?  Doesn't matter; I'd rather see rumpled old Bill Belichek on my sideline than sharp-dressed Mike Shanahan.  Rather have Brady than Jake the Snake Oil, too.  PATRIOTS
All right, they cost me the clean first last week.  I still believe.  San Di-e-go, SUPER CHARGERS...
I think David Carr has tickets to the NLCS game in St. Louis for tonight.  He'll still get sacked four times.  SEAHWAKS
Speaking of which - I'd actually take St. Louis against the spread.  (No Mike Martz to throw a monkey wrench into their own offense.)  The COLTS win, but they keep it close.
 
Good luck, all!
 
- Mike