Peace On That

Ok, I know that there is a lot going on in the world. Hurricane Katrina, two open seats on the Supreme Court, the chaos in Iraq - but its football season dammit and we can't lose site of that. We'll return to our regularly scheduled dismantling of the Bush lies in a second but the season starts tonight with the Oakland Raider at the New England Patriots.

I know you Oakland fans have high hopes, but you'll have to put them on hold for week 2 - because tonight, the Pats are going to stomp a mudhole in the Black & Silver. I didn't pick the Pats to three-peat but they will repeatedly find themselves in the endzone against the Raiders defense. Oh, I think the Raiders will score some points, but not enough. Well, that's my take. Here are my picks for week 1. Feel free to make your own picks.

I'm going to compare my picks to the experts on Yahoo Sports. If you like to get in on the challenge, just leave your picks in the comment area.

>>The Picks<<
New England vs. Oakland
Buffalo vs. Houston
Washington vs. Chicago
Cincinnati vs. Cleveland
Carolina vs. New Orleans
Jacksonville vs. Seattle
Kansas City vs. New York
Denver vs. Miami
Minnesota vs. Tampa bay
Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee
St. Louis vs. San Francisco
Detroit vs. Green bay
NY Giants vs. Arizona
San Diego vs. Dallas
Indianapolis vs. Baltimore
Philadelphia vs. Atlanta