Are You Smarter Than A Six Year Old

This week I am including some “professional” pickem prognosticators in my lineup, just to see how they compare to the Fumbled Returns team which by the way includes a six year old.

So, to answer the question:  “Am I smarter than a six year old?”

Yes, yes I am.  But just barely.

TacoMan is still the rockn’ genius and Vegas better watch out.  So far he is better at picking weekly NFL winners than ESPN and Peter King!

 

With only two weeks left, will TacoMan’s record hold up?

Only time will tell.

Oh, and the six year old is SuperCarlos . . .

He usually picks the last of the two teams you tell him in the match up. So this, in statistical terms, means he is the control group.

😉

This weeks picks are:

Week 16	TacoMan	SuperCarlos	NinjaSailor	RedskinDoug
SAT, DEC 22
Atlanta at Detroit	Falcons	Falcons	Lions	Falcons
SUN, DEC 23
NY Giants at Baltimore	Ravens	Ravens	Giants	Ravens
Washington at Philadelphia	Redskins	Redskins	Redskins	Redskins
New Orleans at Dallas	Saints	Cowboys	Saints	Saints
Tennessee at Green Bay	Packers	Packers	Titans	Packers
Indianapolis at Kansas City	Colts	Colts	Colts	Chiefs
Buffalo at Miami	Dolphins	Dolphins	Bills	Dolphins
St. Louis at Tampa Bay	Rams	Buccaneers	Rams	Buccaneers
Oakland at Carolina	Panthers	Panthers	Raiders	Panthers
New England at Jacksonville	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
Minnesota at Houston	Texans	Texans	Texans	Texans
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh	Bengals	Steelers	Steelers	Bengals
Cleveland at Denver	Broncos	Browns	Browns	Broncos
San Francisco at Seattle	49ers	Seahawks	49ers	Seahawks
Chicago at Arizona	Bears	Cardinals	Bears	Cardinals
San Diego at NY Jets	Jets	Jets	Chargers	Chargers

Special Edition

On Friday night, the Saints’ staff at the combine gathered in a private room at St. Elmo Steakhouse, an 108-year-old Indy landmark, for a final celebratory nod to the Super Bowl win over the Colts. This is a group that likes its wine, and likes to have fun.

At the restaurant, word passed that Dallas owner Jerry Jones would have his Dallas group in this exact room Saturday night for a team dinner. Jones had even phoned ahead, according to a waiter, to make sure a magnum of a wine he loved, Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, was ready to be served at dinner.

Sean Payton told the waiter he’d like to have that wine, too. The waiter told him: Sorry, sir. We have only one bottle left, and it’s reserved for Mr. Jones.

Payton said he’d like to have the bottle nonetheless. I assume there was much angst on the part of the wait staff at that point. My God! Who do we piss off? One of the most powerful owners in the NFL, or the coach who’s the toast of the NFL, the coach who just won the Super Bowl?

Here came the bottle of Caymus Special Selection, and the Saints’ party drained it.

But drinking Jones’ wine wasn’t enough. Payton gave the waiter some instructions, took out his pen … and, well, the Cowboys party found at the middle of their table the next evening an empty magnum of Caymus Special Selection cabernet sauvignon, with these words hand-written on the fancy label:

WHO DAT!
World Champions XLIV
Sean Payton

Courtesy Peter King “Monday Morning QB“