Week Fourteen, Thursday Night Pick
I’m not gonna be near a computer much for the rest of the day and I’m not finishing my week fourteen picks until I know a few things (like whether Minnesota’s gonna be able to field a defense), so here’s what little I’ve got to say about this ridiculous Thursday night game. I’ll follow up with the rest of my picks later.
Oakland (+9.5) at San Diego
The Chargers may be a disappointment (to some, that is; their ineptitude in year two under Norv Turner has neither surprised nor disappointed me), but the Raiders are once again one of the worst teams in the NFL. That’s no surprise either. And at this point the Raiders are only disappointing in that it’s hard to believe the league tolerates such poor organizational management in an era in which it’s attempting to promote the concept of competitive balance. (Then again, the Detroit Lions have been taking bad management to new levels for decades.) I won’t be enduring this game in any bigger way than I endured Monday night’s snoozer. It’ll be on, yes, but I’ll be … let’s just say multitasking. Chargers win 17-9.
