NFL Picks, Week 6: Will Philly fever provide a hot streak?

FROM KEITH GROLLER

Been spending a lot of time in Philly the last couple of weeks or so with all of this baseball stuff.

I've had a lot of time to listen to the Philly radio shows while getting stuck in traffic jams coming to and from the ballpark.

One thing I've learned is that the fans and the talk-show hosts really have no idea of what's going to happen to the Eagles from week-to-week.

But my guess is that around the league, there is a lot of cluelessness going on.

It seems like most people who do picks every week are struggling every bit as much as I am.

That's because there's not a true great team out there. Most, if not all, of these teams are impossible to figure.

Everyone is flawed to a certain degree.

If you had to pick who's best right now you'd probably have to go with the Jets, Ravens and Steelers in some kind of order.

But I don't know that any of those three are truly unbeatable.

In the NFC, forget it. As Nick Fierro said on The Morning Call's radio show, everybody could finish 8-8. I agree.

It's that balanced, that mediocre.

Speaking of mediocre, I epitomize it as well with my just-for-fun NFL picks.

I am 38-37 outright, which is an outrage.

I am 36-36-3 against the spread and 38-36-1 on the over/under numbers.

I am back in Philly today for NLCS Game 2 -- and security better be made available if things don't well at Citizens Bank Park because there's going to be a lot of bandwagon-jumping at about 11:30 tonight if the Phils don't win. Better monitor the bridges as well.

Here are Week 6 NFL picks (with home team in CAPS)

San Diego (-8.5) 24, ST. LOUIS 13 -- under the 44.5 over/under line.

HOUSTON (-4) 28, Kansas City 14 -- under the 45 over/under line.

NEW ENGLAND (-2.5) 30, Baltimore 20 -- over the 44.5 over/under line.

New Orleans (-4) 24, TAMPA BAY 17 -- under the 43.5 over/under line.

PHILADELPHIA (-1.5) 31, Atlanta 21 -- over the 42.5 over/under line.

Detroit Lions (+10) 23, NEW YORK GIANTS 20 -- under the 46 over/under line.

CHICAGO (-5.5) 27, Seattle 10 -- under the over/under line of 37.5

GREEN BAY (-3) 24, Miami 16 -- under the over/under line of 44

PITTSBURGH (-14) 21, Cleveland 10 -- under the over/under line of 37.5

DENVER (+3.5) 20, New York Jets 17 -- under the over/under line of 42.5

SF 49ERS (-7) 30, Oakland 10 -- under the over/under line of 41.

Dallas (+1.5) 24, MINNESOTA 14 -- under the over/under line of 44.5

SUNDAY NIGHT

Indianapolis (-3) 34, WASHINGTON 13 -- over the over/under line of 44.

MONDAY NIGHT

Tennessee (-3) 28, JACKSONVILLE 16 -- under the over/under line of 44.

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