NFL WEEK 2 2026

 It is a glorious fall day here where we prepare for week two of the NFL. The leaves are beginning to change, the evenings are cool, but out picks remain 🔥thanks, in part, to Mike Francesa- of the legendary Mike and the Mad Dog radio show in New York for many years- and his podcast where he assured his listeners Georgia -25 over Arkansas was the pick for Saturday. And it wa$$$. 

Today the rule is the teams that lost last week are not as bad as they seem (except for the Fins, Browns and Titans) and the teams that won are all not headed to the super bowl. 

And we are going to immediately break that rule by continuing our annual early season love affair with the J...E...T...S Jets Jets Jets. We already told you earlier in the week to take the under (46 at the time, now 44). Today we take them as a +3 home dog against Green Bay, remembering that many a mansion was built by betting on home dogs. 

The Vikings start Carson Wenz at QB for the second week because of the injury to Kyler Murray. All this guy Wenz has done is win a super bowl, and yet he can't get a starting job in the NFL. Today the Vikes are +5.5 visiting the seeming powerhouse Bears. We believe in Chicago, and while the points are tempting, the skinny 46 total leads us to place a sizable over bet, although the rainy weather appears to be the reason holding the line under 50. 

Weather is the reason we like the under in Steelers at Cheaters- that and one team has a QB who can qualify for Medicare next year, while the other has a vastly overrated one.  Under a thin 41. 

The chatter on the radio is that the Raiders getting 7 is too much against the Chargers. Be wary of thinking that the Chargers are as a bad as they looked in week one. Take the 7 if you must, but Holly go Lightly here. 

The survivor pick this week is EZ Peezy- San Fran over Miami. 

The intriguing game today is the Commanders +4 at Dallas. DC kept it close against Philly last week, while the cowpokes looked awful. This is the Sunday night game, so we are keeping our powder dry until we see how our picks play out- but if you must hold your nose and go with Dallas. We have made a small fortune picking against Dallas this last decade- they have never been as good as touted. But today they are not as bad as they looked last week.  

Player Props: Baker Mayfield over 218 passing yards; same over .5 passing TDs; Steeler WR Roman Wilson over 33 reception yards (he dropped several deep balls next week).  Fins QB Malik Willis over 183 passing yards (you throw a lot when you're behind by 20 after the first quarter); CMC scoring one TD in that game; Dak over 267 passing yards at home against the Commies. 

Survivor Pool up soon. 

Reminder- state court in Miami closed tomorrow.  How many robed readers will be repenting for their decisions this past year do you think? 

QUERY

 This pretty much consumed most of one of our talk-radio shows yesterday. Surprisingly, it was a sports talk show. Our days involve more than reading Le Monde, the Wall Street Journal, and crafting cross examination questions. 

Query: does a straw have one hole or two?

As our fav jurist Judge Moreno was wont to ask, "what say you?"

A straw 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 The failing NY Times is 175 today. Just barely hanging on (not) after covering every major story from before Theodore Rooselevelt was inaugurated, WWI, the stock market crash, the election of FDR, WWII, The Korean War, the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam War, the 1969 Miracle Mets, Nixon Resigning, the Reagan Revolution, the 1980 Miracle On Ice Gold Medal win by the US hockey team at the 1980 Olympics, both wars with Iraq, 9/11, the Obama Election, and of course the biggest story of them all- Mexico paying for the wall. 

Speaking of which, the current administration is proposing a law prohibiting any reference to the president elected in 1960. History books will be re-written, going from the end of the Eisenhower administration to Johnson defeating Goldwater in 1964. Harvahard will rename its school of Government after Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden,    the current occupant of the White House or face deportation. Yes, they will physically remove an entire school across the border to the 51st Northern State. Or else. 

Honesty 

Today we are tipping our blogger hat to Attorney Norman A Pattis, Esq. His client   Konstantinos Diamantis, 70, a former government official in Connecticut was facing a decade in prison for multiple convictions in Federal court for bribery.  On the eve of his sentencing, (the night before his sentencing for all you robed readers) his client fled the US, ostensibly for Greece.  (And of course he did it through Miami, where else?)

This is what Mr. Pattis said to the NY Times: 

Mr. Pattis said that his client, facing the prospect of years in prison, had made the decision to live “on his own two feet in Greece,” and leave behind his children and grandchildren in the United States.

“I can’t fault him for the choice he made as an individual, while as his lawyer, I can’t condone it,” Mr. Pattis said.

Well said. We applaud the honesty. Sort of what we all feel (from what we have heard, never personally being in this situation as a lawyer) after a trial loss and sentencing approaching. 

FATHER TIME 

And finally, the greatest investor of our generation, Warren Buffet, 96, has announced he has stepped down as Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. In a letter to shareholders, he wrote "Father Time Always Wins." 

Indeed. 

A Great Fall Weekend 🍂is upon us. 

Enjoy.