Week 6 NFL Picks: The good, the bad, and the space between

October 17, 3:31 PMNFL ExaminerReid Kerr

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What we know after five weeks of the NFL season?

Some teams are really good. And some are not.

In an era where everyone likes to call out parity, there seems to be a pretty clear difference between the teams at the top and the ones at the bottom this year.

The Colts, Giants, Vikings, Saints, and even the Broncos? Good. The Rams, Bucs, Lions, Chiefs, and Titans? Bad.

There's an easy separation in the league between good and bad, in the teams already gearing up for a playoff run and the ones already bringing in the rookie quarterbacks. Even though people like to talk about how even the league is, week five saw so many blowouts, I thought teams were trying to improve their BCS ratings.

On to the picks.

Kansas City at Washington
The Redskins are to winless teams what the blonde Hispanic woman was to pizza delivery guys in The Last American Virgin. Easy, easy, easy.
Pick: Kansas City. I love mathematical certainty.

Baltimore at Minnesota
Vikings defensive end Jared Allen has officially gone from "defensive player who coaches fear" to "defensive player who all NFL fans know." Tradionally speaking, the next steps in his career will be "product endorser," "contract holdout," and "offseason professional wrestler."
Pick: Ravens

Cleveland at Pitsburgh
Brady Anderson went two for seventeen last week against Buffalo and still won. That sentence, while accurate, still degrades every one of its proper nouns.
Pick: Steelers

Buffalo at NY Jets
Can we all stop bashing Braylon Edwards because he actually had a good game in his first time to put on a Jets uniform? Sure, he was disgruntled in Cleveland. Look at their record and quarterback play over the last two seasons. How gruntled would you be?
Pick: Jets

Tennessee at New England
Nashville hasn't seen a complete collapse like this since Mindy McCready.
Pick: Patriots

Arizona at Seattle
Nice of the Seahawks to fill out a tardy slip, and finally join the rest of the league.
Pick: Cardinals

NY Giants at New Orleans
This is one of those early season games that we'll emphasize way too much, and go overboard with analysis. I'm completely okay with that.
Pick: Giants

St. Louis at Jacksonville
Rush Limbaugh was never going to be an NFL owner, because the NFL wouldn't allow a team to be owned by someone who's hated by a significant part of its audience. This rule would also apply to Bernie Madoff, Larry Flynt, and Dane Cook.
Pick: Jags

Philadelphia at Oakland
The Eagles are talking about getting backup quarterback Michael Vick some more plays in this game, thus showing that people are treating a game against the Raiders like college football teams treat that early season game against Middle Tennessee State Body & Fender College.
Pick: Eagles

Denver at San Diego
A winning streak turns disruptive wide receivers like Brandon Marshall into perfect teammates. Beware though, a losing streak turns them into Andre Rison.
Pick: Broncos

Also, I'll take the Texans over the Bengals, Packers over Lions, Bucs over Panthers, Falcons over Bears, Miami's orange jerseys over the Great Pumpkin, FlashForward over V, Zach Braff's explanation over his death rumors, and How I Met Your Mother's ItWasTheBestNightEver.com over Extreme's "More Than Words."