Week 9 NFL Picks: Pandemia

While prepping this column, I started to feel untoward, and wound up losing consciousness. This happens far too often, considering my general lack of sleep and advancing age, but this was a different story; this was Full Blown Unwell. And two days before a scheduled flu shot. Just unfair, really. It turns out to have been more along the lines of food poisoning than contagion, in that no other symptoms arose, and there were no other fun moments (fevers, chills, etc.) to knock me off my feet. Mind-clouding pain and hurt were enough, really. But the real issue, in regards to the picks, is what happens next. If I have a hot week, is it The Unwell? Do I need to provoke ill health to get over the .500 mark in this endeavour? Of such drama are Week Nines made, as we're in the middle of everything, too far away from actual playoff importance but knee deep in Tremendous Fantasy Relevance. So let's get on with it, shall we? Before something else Untoward happens... And with that, on to the picks! ... (link)