Never, ever, ever trust the Jacksonville Jaguars. As mentioned in my Week 9 survivor picks, that is a rule I’ve tried to abide by for a while now, but every once in a while I get a little twinge that says, “No, it will be all right. They can’t possibly screw up this one.”
Wrong. In case you missed it, the Jags decided to sleepwalk through 3 quarters of their game against the previously winless Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Down 21-3, they finally woke up and managed a FG, a fumble recovery TD and then a drive capped by a rushing TD, putting them down by 2 points with the convert to tie it, and, and… no good. Lose 21-19. To the Bengals. While I’m thankful I didn’t influence anyone to take the Jags in our original football survivor or the 2nd half survivor, why oh why didn’t any of you talk me off the ledge?
My other picks, the Giants crushed the Cowboys. Did I say teams going in opposite directions? And then some. The Bears needed a come from behind effort, directed by Super Rex, Rex Grossman, after Kyle Orton went down with a bad looking leg injury before halftime.
At least no one in the original survivor needs to worry about backing Grossman the rest of the way, as every single entry was on the Bears this week. Who’s heart sunk when Orton left the game, hmm…? Come on guys, lets mix it up a little for Week 10. Thursday games start this week, Denver at Cleveland.