Welcome to this weeks edition of Special K's NFL PREDICTIONS. This week marks the 1st Bye week of the season for the teams. Last week yours truly went 12-4 running my season record to 43-21. I'm off to a great start so far. Here are this weeks picks.

NO 27 @ Car 21 This game on paper really isn't that close. But so far the season has been unpredictable. The Saints offense is to much for the Panthers.

Phi 24 @ Buf 17 The Eagles and Michael ConVick have proven to be marginal with him at QB just like I have always said. The Bills came back down to earth last week, losing to one of the worst teams in the league the Bengals.

Sea 13 @ NYG 28 The Giants are the best team in the NFC East. Eli Manning is very underrated and the Seahawks are one of the leagues worst teams.

Cin 14 @ Jac 20 The Bengals have 2 upset wins so far this season and no one expected that. They should win this game but I'm going with the Jags at home.

KC 13 @ Ind 17 The Chiefs are horrible and the Colts even without the games best QB Peyton Manning should get the win at home.

Ten 13 @ Pit 20 The Titians only offense remains Chris Johnson who had a big week last week against the Browns. My Steelers lost to the Texans and everyone expects them to lose this week. It ain't gonna happen.

AZ 24 @ Min 14 Once Kevin Kolb gets a good grasp on the Cardinls offense, watch out. The Vikings only offense remains Adrian Peterson. They have one the games most overrated QB's of all-time in Donovan McChoke.

Oak 17 @ Hou 28 The Raiders came back to earth last week against Bill Belicheat and the Pats. Houston dominated the Steelers but lost Andre Johnson. Arian Foster had a huge week and should this week as well.

TB 24 @ SF 20 The Bucs are a very physical football team. The Niners upset Michael ConVick and the Eagles which really wasn't a big surprise.

NYJ 21 @ NE 24 The Jets are a very average football team. They have a solid defense, but without a elite QB or RB they can be beaten easily. Bill Belicheat and the Pats have no running game and a soft defene. This game could go either way. Belicheat really needs Daddy Parcells to come back and rebuild the team for him very soon.

SD 27 @ Den 20 The Chargers just keep rolling along despite head coach Norv Turner. The Broncos hired their 2nd straight horrible head coach, John Fox. Take the Chargers who just the better team.

GB 35 @ Atl 28 The Packers are on a roll. I would love to see the Falcons get the upset but I just don't think it is gonna happen.

Chi 13 @ Det 28 The only thing I can say about the Bears is that Matt Forte is pretty tough. The Lions with Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson are hard to beat right now.

Have a great wekend everybody..

Special K
 

Wow yours truly has had one very hot and busy 2 months with to much OT. I haven't had time to make any posts much less time for anything else. I'm on a well deserved vacation and will be back with NASCAR and NFL blogs. America's fan's favorite and NO 1 sport is finally back in action this week. The NFL season kicks off with the Saints and Packers.

NO 34 @ GB 28 The Saints with Pro Bowl QB Drew Brees head into Lambeau to take on the Packers and Pro Bowl QB Aaron Rodgers. Argueably these are the best two teams in as usual very weak NFC. Both teams have high powered offense's and the Packers defense is very good. With that said I'm taking the Saints to upset the Packers at home. This game is a toss up and could go either way between playoff caliber teams.

Have a great week everybody and I'll be back with the rest of the predictions later in the week.

Special K

Welcome to this weeks edition of Special K's FEARLESS TOP 10 PREDICTIONS. This week the Sprint Cup series is in the Pocono Mountains at Long Pond, Pennsylvania for the Pocono 500. They were joined by the Camping World Truck series this weekend and Klassless Kevin Harvick raced to victory tdaoy over Kyle Busch. The race was ran this morning after being rained out yesterday. Last nigh Ricky Stenhouse Jr held off Carl Edwards to win the Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway. Stenhouse swept the races there this year. Todays race could come down to fuel milage, passing is difficult at times, there are very few cautions and track position will be important as always. The one-lap-wonders this week in qualifing include Kasey Kahne 2nd, Paul "Daddy buys my Ride" Menard (who is coming off his fluke win last week at the Brickyard) 7th, Brad KeseClownski 13th, David Ragan 15th, Regan Smith 17th and Dale "The most overrated driver in NASCAR" Earnhardt Jr 19th. Other drivers in the back of the pack where you usually find them are Juan Problem Montoya 23rd, AJ Allmendinger 29th, David Crash Reutimann 33rd, David "Slideways" Stremme 37th and Scott Speed 40th. Jeff Gordon is staring 31st and will have a long way to go. Last week due to fuel milage and pit strategy yours truly had only 4 drivers finish in the top 10 including correctly picking Jeff Gordon in 2nd, and 4 others in the top 20. With rain washing off the rubber on the track don't be surprised if NASCAR has a competition caution early in the race. Here are this weeks picks.

1.---Denny Hamlin has 4 wins in 11 starts here and his average finish is 9th. Look for my favorite driver to get a huge win today.

2.---Kurt Busch was fast in practice and is starting up front. Look for a solid run for the #22.

3.---Joey Lagano is on the pole and gaining momentum for the stretch run.

4.---Kyle Busch doesn't always run well on flat tracks but the team is on a roll this season despite Crew Chief Dave Rogers.

5.---Carl Edwards has been fast all season and is up front againd today.

6.---Matt Kenseth is up front and that bodes well for a solid finish.

7.---Jeff Gordon will need pit stategy to get to the front.

8.---Jimmie Johnson is struggling on pit road this season but starts 15th.

9.---Klassless Kevin Harvick manages to get to the front.

10.--Martin Turex Jr is my surprise pick of the week.

Other drivers who DNQ were thankfully Geoff Bodine, TJ Bell and Mike Skinner. All eyes will be on the most overrated driver in NASCAR, Dale Jr as he attempts to stay in the Top 10 in points. They will have to use pit strategy to get him to the front since he is unable to drive his way to the front. Other drivers to watch include Mark Martin, Cry'In Ryan Newman, Clint Crybaby Bowyer and Tony Stewart. Finally we are getting awesome TV Coverage by ESPN who is without a doubt the best network covering NASCAR. Their coverage really makes us fans all realize how horrible some of the announcers on the FOX/HMS network are and how bad the coverage really is.

Have a great day everybody

Special K
 

Welcome to this weeks edition of Special K's FEARLESS TOP 10 PREDICTIONS. This week the Sprint Cup series is at the hollowed grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 18th running of the Brickyard 400. It is the 20th race of the Sprint Cup season. Across town at the Lucas Oil Raceway Park formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park to us long time fans, the Camping World Truck Series raced Friday night and the Nationwide series raced last night for the final time. Next year they move to the Brickyard for the first time. With all of the history of the famed Brickyard this has become the 2nd biggest race of the season. Passing is difficult, there are very few cautions and fuel milage can come into play. You will need pit strategy to get to the front if you are starting in the back of the pack. Look for possible short-pitting and two tire stops to get to or maintain track position. It should be an exciting race. As always there were several one-lap-wonders in the top 20. Some of those include David Ragan pole, Kasey Kahne 2nd, Brad Keseclownski 5th, AJ Allmendinger 6th, Juan Problem Montoya 7th, Paul "Daddy Buys my ride" Menard 15th and Dale Earnhardt Jr 22nd. Last week yours truly had 5 drivers in the Top 10 and 3 others in the Top 20. Here are this weeks picks.

1.---Kasey Kahne has been having probably his best overall season in NASCAR. He is my surprise pick of the week and he usually gets a solid finish here.

2.---Jeff Gordon has 4 wins here and seems to have thisplace figured out.

3.---Tony Stewart has 2 wins here and loves this place.

4.---Jimmie Johnson has 3 wins and 4 finishes of 22nd or worse in his last 7 races here. He is the defending champion.

5.---Klassless Harvick is a former winner here and will probably use pit strategy to get up front.

6.---Denny Hamlin was 3rd fastest in early practice and blew a motor and will start shotgun on the field 43rd. My favorite driver will be in contention by the end of the race.

7.---Kurt Busch is starting up front and usually runs well here.

8.---Kyle Busch doesn't have consitantcy on the flat tracks as a rule. However they are on a roll this season.

9---Carl Edwards is the points leader and has been fast all season and today is no exception.

10.--Matt Kenseth is starting up front and that means he usually stays there.

Other drivers to watch include Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr, Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle, Problem Montoya, Joey Lagano  and Cry'in Ryan Newman. Look for Dale Earnhardt Jr to continue his slide in the points and could be out of the Top 10 and the Chase at the end of the race.

Have a great day everybody.

Special K

With the NFL lockout about to end, it can finally be announced that Brett Favre is unfortunetly going to return to the NFL. Sources indicate that since the end of the past season he and his agent have been in secret negoations for his return to the league. We have learned that they have been in contact with the remaining 29 teams that he hasn't played for and his ready to sign 29 one-game contracts with those remaining teams. As part of the agreement he is going to bring back with him his favorite WR Robert Brooks, Center Frank Winters and Jenn Sterger as his hostess for after game parties. Every attempt by the NFL is being made to ensure that he plays as many games possible against the Bills, Bengals, Browns, Rams and Seahawks to pad his statistics.

We all know that statistically he is one of the best ever that ever played the game. However we also know that he was of the most average to mediocre to ever play the game as well also joining Tom Brady and Steve Young. All the above were lucky enough to have played on good teams. With the game on the line I would not want any of those three over Dan Marino, John Elway, Peyton Manning (who is the best the game has ever or will ever see), Johnny Unitas, Joe Montana, Dan Fouts, Len Dawson, Rogber Staubach (as much as I hate the Cowboys), Jim Kelly, Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw, Fran Tarkenton and Ben Roethlisberger. And those are just the first ones that I thought of just off the top of my head in no particular order. There is no way you can include Favre, Brady or Young on this list. They aren't in the class of those QB's and should not even mentioned in  the same breathe. I know that all of you are waiting for the return of Brett Favre and will be dissappointed if he doesn't have his hands under Frank Winter's butt this season.

Have a great week.....

Special K