Week 6 Picks

News and notes from this past week in the NFL:

Weekly NFL Fines – Jacksonville RB Maurice-Jones Drew was fined $7,500 for using the goalpost as an ATM for a TD celebration. Dallas safety Roy Jones was fined $15,000 for his second horse collar tackle of the year. Both proceeds go towards Roger Goodell’s “NFL Stars of the 1980s” Fabrege Egg collection. (ESPN and USA Today)

Worst Injury of the Year - "Minnesota Vikings defensive end Erasmus James was listed on Thursday's injury report with a shoulder injury, one day after reportedly getting into a fight with teammate Chester Taylor in the locker room." Had he kicked a laundry cart, the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen would send sympathetics. (Yahoo Sports)

This Week’s Sign of the Crapocolypse – Carolina Panthers sign fourty-frickin-three year old Vinny Testaverde as a backup to David Carr, the current starter who is injured but replacing, Jake Delhomme, currently injured. Testaverde could fire up some of that magic he had when he played as a Hurricane/Buccaneer/Raven/Jet/Cowboy/Jet again/Patriot. Looks almost like Homer Simpson’s job history. (ESPN)

Ask them about their Weiner – Atlanta OT Todd Weiner, possibly surpassing Chris Weinke for funniest NFL player name, had knee surgery on Wednesday leaving Atlanta starting two rookie offensive linemen this week. From the Fark.com headline this was pulled from, this could be the first time a team scores negative points. (Fark.com, SI)

Week 6 AFC Picks

Gary Says: Baltimore over St. Louis, Cleveland over Miami, San Diego over Oakland

Reedy Says*: New England over Dallas, Arizona over Carolina, Seattle over New Orleans (SNF)