Their defense just got clinically dissected. Fingers crossed the LesserBerger keeps it interesting!

Ah, is it already time for Big Ben to exaggerate his pain so he can prove to us how tough and manly he is?

Welp, I gotta tip my hat to TEN for putting up a great fight. Everyone expected PIT to dominate this, but it was quite the great MNF showdown!

Lol 12th place. Could be worse.

Started 2-7. Got the last 5 correct though.

I do watch every Miami game. And K.C. scores were due once again to special teams blunders. Sorry once again you didnt watch anything check the box score. Also during that K.C. game we were missing huge pieces defense. But like USUAL Pats get all the excuses. So what was N.E. excuse from getting whooped worse by the same team? Im all ears. Patriots get ALL the excuses my team sucks. And knowing from your comments you get all your ammo from NFL Network. Good job

And just to let you know i missed a full week the week where i got 9 right in my other pick'ems pull

That isn't at all what you said. You said "special teams scores" not "special teams blunders leading to scores."

Regardless, of course I don't watch Miami games. I'm a Patriots' fan. And I don't even have cable, let alone NFL Network. Anyway, like I've emphasized over and over, my point isn't to say the Dolphins suck. My point isn't even to say Miami's a bad team. My point is that you're entirely too high on the Dolphins for marginally improving when New England has done that and more. 

Miami's defense may have improved. New England's passing game, rushing game, pass defense, and rush defense have all improved significantly. That's why they've absolutely destroyed the 3 other division leaders in the AFC over the past six weeks after getting run out of the building in KC. Miami hasn't done anything that's close to being that impressive. Your best win since week 1 is the 6-4 Chargers who couldn't muster less than 20 points against Oakland.

I don't have any excuse for getting blown out by KC; NE played straight up terrible there and deserved to lose. I will say, though, that they haven't loss since, playing against a six game stretch that included three good teams, one mediocre team, and two bad teams. Miami, meanwhile, since starting 2-2, has gone 4-2, with one or possibly two good teams (depending on how good Detroit really is, I'm a little less than convinced of their status at this point but 7-3 is 7-3), two or three mediocre teams, and two terrible teams.

So yeah; SoS over that time span is tougher for NE, and yet not only do the Patriots have a better record by two games through that stretch, they've also only been seriously challenged in one of those games. Is Miami a good team? Definitely, and I expect them to give NE a run for their money. Do I think New England is going to get dominated by a team with a generally inept offense in their own building, where they haven't lost since 2012 and where Miami hasn't won against Brady since 2005? Call me a biased fan, but I'll be picking against that.

Since you're so sure, however, why not make a friendly bet? If the Dolphins beat the Patriots by double digits again (seems like a fair interpretation of the word "domination") you can have sig control for a month. If not, then I get sig control for a month.

Am I really picking the Saints again

I must be crazy

That all looks pretty fair to me.

I do have to say though, I think Denver is now pretty banged up, and KC is getting hotter once more, so that could flip on us. I don't doubt that PM is a wizard, but he's been awfully human lately. I think his tendency to throw ducks is sometimes hurting that team. Imagine how scary PM would be with cannon power.

As I see it, Denver has dominated their wins normally by the pick-your-poison high output offense, and the ground and passing games have complimented each other by forcing defenses to not stack the box. Now that there are a host of injuries along with PM not playing at as high a level, they're suddenly looking vulnerable. I do still think they can get it back together and become a powerhouse again, but I'm not fully confident they'll do it in time. It has to be said that STL is truly not as bad as their record indicates though, many of their Ls were gutsy back and forths with solid opponents.

I am happy with those results.