How Not to Blow Your Lead in the Final Week of your NFL Picks League: A Guide.

DON’T expect that Eric Mangini will attempt to pull out a win in a last ditch effort to save his job.
DO expect that Eric Mangini will royally screw you over and then try to eat you.

DON’T expect Ellen DeGeneres’ twin sister (Jay Cutler) to throw fewer than two interceptions or try to eke out a win to keep a division rival out of the playoffs. If I had the chance to keep a team out of the playoffs I would come at it like an angry tornado. Cutler, on the other hand...
DO expect Jay Cutler to spend the game flopping around on the field like a fish.

DON’T expect Indianapolis to win by more than one touchdown against a 6-9 team. That would be too easy.

DON’T expect the Vikings to try to squeeze out a win to avoid being in last place in the NFC North for the first time in 20 years.
DO expect Ndamukong Suh and Ashlee Palmer (yes, a linebacker named Ashlee) to come at you like a freight train.
DON’T expect Amari Spievey to forget everything Norm Parker taught him and DON’T be surprised when he snatches a shitty Joe Webb pass from its intended receiver.

Which is the most painful part? I’m going to go with picking the Browns, my underdog pick of the week. Here’s an idea: DON’T make an underdog pick in the final week when you have a narrow lead. Underdog picks are a high risk, high reward endeavor that have no place in a final week, down-to-the-wire scenario, especially not with a sure thing (*cough* Patriots *cough*) screaming for your attention. Placed correctly, the three points I put on Cleveland would have meant a win and not my second consecutive year in second place. Second place isn’t that bad…but it is the first loser. Fuck you Eric Mangini.