at ... .The top-flight game on the Week 10 slate is certainly not the only tantalizing matchup, as many people have circled and, of course, Rex Ryan facing his former team Not to mention, has busine s to settle with both and the NFL history books. No question he's struggled, as have and the , who will try to snap a terrible losing skid. Someone else is apparently struggling ... to get anything done. Hey!, no pre sure, but it's Thursday, past 10am and the GamePicks are not out yet.. i might start working, please hurry. Don Pach (@Ppunto7) Hey Ricardo, don't succumb to , man. Stick a breakfast burrito in the cruddy office microwave and go bid on Strat-O-Matic Pro Football on eBay. Game picks should be up by then.In fact, you can find them all below. You might notice all the unbeatens have something in common -- but there's nothing common about your take, so send it along. is the place.Now, let's get to it!Elliot Harrison went 7-6 on , giving him a record of 80-52 so far this season. How will he fare in Week 10? His picks are below. Let's gift the an extra touchdown. You know the are steaming from two straight lo ses, as well as all the re-runs of between and . Detroit is in disarray. Most alarming is how poorly the defense has fared -- the are allowing 30.6 points per game, . If they're not careful, might eat them up ... extra yards, I mean. They're also . At least they make up for it by allowing opposing quarterbacks to . will only throw for 300 -- because he won't need to throw in the fourth quarter. **Relevant stat:** Running back -- who has on the depth chart -- leads the in rushing yards (334) and yards from scrimmage (501). </content:weekly-predictions> Dallas finally gets to add one to the "W" column this week. You sense getting more comfortable in the ' offense -- yes, he threw in , but the Cameron Maybin Jersey offense was able to move on the Philly defense. This game is the season for this organization; even in the cruddy NFC East, falling to 2-7 would be too tall a Stetson hat to climb. As for the Bucs, the pieces are there to be competitive in the NFC, but not if they keep making the kinds of stupid mistakes they made last Sunday -- Tampa Bay practically pulled a Plaxico Burre s. Still, had difficulty finding receivers all day. That's why Dallas back and the running Nick Wittgren Jersey game will be crucial to the outcome. **Relevant stat:** The have lost six in a row without -- who has never lost more than three consecutive starts in a season. </content:weekly-predictions> Is this it? Is this where 8-0 Carolina finally stumbles? I picked against the last week for only the second time since late last season, and fans got all over me for . (By the way, I wonder how confident they were when cornerback in the fourth quarter.) Love this team, which I predicted last spring would threepeat in the NFC South -- a prediction even after went down. But there is no question that Ron Rivera's group has been playing with fire of late. And quarterback should be moving around even better in his second week back after . **Relevant stat:** The ' won't get many MVP votes, but he does have the highest percentage of his team's targets (69, for 28.3 percent), receptions (37, for 28 percent) and receiving yards (584, for 32.1 percent) among NFL tight ends. #TGE ( Effect) </content:weekly-predictions> The will likely once again , which means this is 's baby for the second straight week. (142 yards from scrimmage) -- but that was against the . defenders and alone -- like, just the two guys by themselves -- are as good as the Bolts' entire line. But hey! St. Louis allowed a 100-yard rusher for the first time since Week 2 ! Of course, it was , one of the NFL's best running backs, and he needed 29 carries to do it. should find plenty of the holes in Chicago's back end, holes that could've exploited Monday night (if he'd been working with anyone besides Stevie Johnson who could get open). How do you pick a game like this? The looked as though they were rebounding, having won three straight -- before they to the 1-6 . Sean Payton is being forced to ride it out with a young defense that has trouble getting off the field and a veteran corner who is . Luckily for , he shouldn't have to interfere much with these receivers, who drop balls aplenty. , who mi sed six games after , caught all of three balls for 15 yards in his triumphant return. Get excited. Thus, we're going with the superior quarterback in one of Week 10's flip-a-coin games. **Fun fact:** Since Week 5, Ben Watson has more receiving yards (429) than any tight end in the league. Cool. </content:weekly-predictions> Sandy Alcantara Jersey It's difficult to pick Philadelphia these days, as you're never quite sure which version of the team is going to show up. That said, if the ' offense keeps up the momentum it showed late versus the , they should be fine against the . Philly running backs coach Duce Staley did a masterful job of rotating the backs (which is apparently ) on Sunday night. The ground game should present problems for a Miami defense that allowed not one but two running backs to rush for over 100 yards . **Not-so-fun fact:** Miami quarterback has been sacked 162 times since 2012, more than anyone else in the NFL over that span. Ugh. </content:weekly-predictions> !!! Two high-flying offenses take off next, on the NFL on CBS!!! Love our "Thursday Night Football" partners, but I have a feeling Jim Nantz and Phil Simms won't be on this game call. Pittsburgh prevails due to home-field advantage, as well as Jones' comfort in the offense. Give the kid credit. He's made throws -- , or -- late in games when the have needed him to, taking what the defense gives him. The must take away the short stuff, creep their safeties up and dare Jones to beat them over the top. Getting in gear -- any gear; he only had 38 rushing yards -- would be dandy. Was going to pick the to win close on the road -- something they've struggled to do this season -- until I remembered I'd promised myself to after being let down by that team several times this season. Like , this is another near-impo sible game to predict. The ' should be easy pickings for and the Jags' air attack, but John Harbaugh's club is coming off a bye. Expect a heavy dose of , who hasn't received a 20-carry workload . Jacksonville's defense, meanwhile, could afford le s work, given that it ranks 30th in both and takeaways -- some two-tone ugline s to go with those helmets. Picked against , but I'm not doing the same this week. Carr was solid for the , save for a key interception and, obviously, taking the lo s. Carr has outplayed many of the so-called elite pa sers in the league, posting a higher pa ser rating (104.3) than , , , , , , , and . Interestingly enough, Carr has also outperformed a guy who was drafted a round earlier than him in 2014: quarterback , who is after suffering a head injury . Minnesota's defense has been the backbone of that team. But it's not like the are trotting Alan Page, Matt Blair and John Randle out there. We'll be looking at the 5-4 Raaaaaaaiders You'll hear a lot of banter this week about how the have been the ' kryptonite over the years. OK, cool. New England wins. This Tom Coughlin team is nothing like those 2007 and 2011 clubs, each of which could pre sure the pa ser. was lights out in 2011, especially in , when . The i sue now is Manning's lack of big plays. Overall, he hasn't fared terribly by any means, but he's completed just 14 pa ses of 25 yards or more thus far, tied for 21st in the league, despite having played more games than almost every other QB. On the other side, will have all day to pat the ball 500 times before finding some ex-XFL running back -- or whoever -- in space for 36 yards. The have nine sacks in nine games. The ' has by himself. The ' mini-hot streak cools off in the Mile High air. Denver stays in the race for a postseason bye (which will, incredibly, require at least a 14-2 record) by shutting the door on . The i sue for the Kansas City quarterback will be not only pa s protection, but how much traction can find against the ' front. Denver's linebackers continue to play outstanding football, although coordinator Wade Phillips will be without the services of this weekend. Smith has been sacked this season, most in the AFC. That should be exciting for , who might display that awkward fist-pump shimmy he used to flash in Dallas when he got all excitable. #Wade J. T. Realmuto Jersey Oh man, what a contest Sunday night. Sure hope it beats between these two teams, when while pulled a Roger Staubach from his Navy days okie-doke on you'll ever see. If Seattle is to have hopes of winning a third straight NFC West crown, this one qualifies as a must-win, as a victory would put Arizona up three games with a head-to-head advantage and only seven games to play. Hashtag relevant. **Cool note of the week:** traveled 22.60 mph on a run versus the , tied with of the for the fastest in the NFL this season. So what? I did that on a mongoose once, yo. </content:weekly-predictions> I'm fully cognizant of the troubles that the -- and specifically -- have had with the in the past (thinking postseason, here). But this isn't the same Dalton. He's a bona fide ginger -- and he's a bona fide MVP candidate. Upon hearing that from me on the set of "NFL HQ", LaVar Arrington said, "Yeah, and these aren't the same ." No, they're not. Although, might be more game than you think ... he's come on strong in the second halves of games, to sing nine touchdowns against a mere single pick and posting a 114.1 pa ser rating following halftime this season. So that means Houston won't lose as badly. (By the way, to those of you who feel this could qualify as a "trap" game for Jeff Locke Jersey Cincinnati, most "trap" games come on the road, not at home.) #WhoDey #hatethatItypedthat ALREADY COMPLETED The return of ! Convenient that the most heavily anticipated contest of Week 10 is also the first contest of Week 10. The key to a glorious for Rex Ryan will be the play of , who will have to fit the ball into tighter windows against the . Taylor went 11 for 12 against Miami's back seven but New York is better defensively, even if the ' secondary . Yes, -- who has become the player opposing coaching staffs seek out to attack -- is doubtful, while is questionable and safeties and are out. But there's still to contend with. **Side note:** When I mentioned on the set of "NFL Gameday Blitz" that Waldo was the name of the kid in the I got blank stares from and Ike Taylor. I'm a suming that's because they're strictly Sammy Hagar guys, with blind spots for the David Lee Roth years. </content:weekly-predictions>Follow Elliot Harrison on Twitter .
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