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Week 15 NFL Picks

Josh Sawyer — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:59:19 -0500

Here are the Week 15 picks.

THURSDAY, DEC. 11

New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears 8:15 PM NFLN

Josh: Bears; Ben: Bears

SUNDAY, DEC. 14

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons 1:00 PM FOX
Josh: Buccaneers; Ben: Buccaneers

Washington Redskins at Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 PM FOX

Josh: Redskins; Ben: Redskins

Detroit Lions at Indianapolis Colts 1:00 PM FOX

Josh: Colts; Ben: Colts

San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs 1:00 PM CBS

Josh: Chargers; Ben: Chargers

Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams 1:00 PM FOX

Josh: Seattle; Ben: Seahawks

San Francisco 49ers at Miami Dolphins 1:00 PM FOX

Josh: Dolphins; Ben: Dolphins

Buffalo Bills at New York Jets 1:00 PM CBS

Josh: Jets; Ben: Jets

Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans 1:00 PM CBS

Josh: Titans; Ben: Titans

Green Bay Packers at Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 PM FOX

Josh: Packers; Ben: Packers

Minnesota Vikings at Arizona Cardinals 4:05 PM FOX

Josh: Vikings; Ben: Cardinals

Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers 4:15 PM CBS

Josh: Panthers Ben: Panthers

Bens Upset Special of the Week

Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens 4:15 PM CBS

Josh: Steelers; Ben: Ravens

New England Patriots at Oakland Raiders 4:15 PM CBS

Josh: Patriots; Ben: Patriots

New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys 8:15 PM NBC

Josh: Giants; Ben: Giants

MONDAY, DEC. 15

Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles 8:30pm ESPN

Josh: Eagles; Ben: Eagles

This Week

Josh Sawyer: 11-5

Ben Brown: 9-7

Overall

Josh Sawyer: 74-37

Ben Brown: 74-37

Josh Sawyer has a blog at www.myspace.com/sawyerthesportsblogger can be contacted here. You can see all of the other articles he has written here.

Week 13 NFL Picks

Josh Sawyer — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:57:38 -0500

Week 13 NFL Picks

Thursday, November 28

Tennessee Titans at Detriot Lions

Josh: Titans Ben: Titans

Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys

Josh: Cowboys, Ben: Cowboys

Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals

Josh: Eagles, Ben: Cardinals

Sunday, November 30

San Francisco 49ers at Buffallo Bills; 1:00 PM on FOX

Josh: Bills, Ben: Bills

Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals; 1:00 PM CBS

Josh: Ravens, Ben: Ravens

Indianapolis Colts at Cleveland Browns; 1:00 PM CBS

Josh: Colts, Ben: Colts

Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers; 1:00 PM FOX

Josh: Panther, Ben: Panthers

Miami Dolphins at St. Louis Rams; 1:00 PM CBS

Josh: Dolphins, Ben: Dolphins

Ben's Upset Special of the week

New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers; 1:00 PM FOX

Josh: Buccaneers, Ben: Saints

New York Giants at Washington Redskins; 1:00 PM FOX

Josh: Giants, Ben: Giants

Atlanta Falcons at San Diego Chargers 4:05 PM FOX

Josh: Falcons, Ben: Falcons

Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots 4:15 PM CBS

Josh: Patriots, Ben: Steelers

Denver Broncos at New York Jets 4:15 PM CBS

Josh: Jets, Ben: Jets

Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders 4:15 PM CBS

Josh: Raiders, Ben: Chiefs

Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings 8:15 PM NBC

Josh: Vikings, Ben: Vikings

Monday, Dec. 1

Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans 8:30 PM ESPN

Josh: Texans, Ben: Texans

This Week

Josh Sawyer: 12-4

Ben Brown: 12-4

Overall

Josh Sawyer: 40-22

Ben Brown: 42-20

Josh Sawyer has a blog at www.myspace.com/sawyerthesportsblogger can be contacted here. You can see all of the other articles he has written here.

Week 12 NFL Picks

Josh Sawyer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:52:19 -0500

THURSDAY, NOV. 20

Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers at 8:15 PM on NFL NETWORK

Josh: Steelers Ben: Steelers

SUNDAY, NOV. 21

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions at 1:00 PM on FOX
Josh: Buccaneers Ben: Buccaneers

Josh Sawyer's Game of the Week

New York Jets at Tennessee Titans at 1:00 PM on CBS

Josh: Titans Ben: Titans

Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs at 1:00 PM on CBS

Josh: Bills Ben: Bills

Chicago Bears at St. Louis Rams at 1:00 PM on FOX

Josh: Bears Ben: Bears

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins at 1:00 PM on CBS

Josh: Patriots Ben: Patriots

Minnesota Vikings at Jacksonville Jaguars at 1:00 PM on FOX

Josh: Jaguars Ben: Vikings

Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore Ravens at 1:00 PM on FOX

Josh: Eagles Ben: Eagles

Houston Texans at Cleveland Browns at 1:00 PM on CBS

Josh: Texans Ben: Texans

San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys at 1:00 PM on FOX

Josh: Cowboys Ben: Cowboys

Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos at 4:05 PM on CBS

Josh: Broncos Ben: Broncos

Washington Redskins at Seattle Seahawks at 4:15 PM on FOX

Josh: Redskins Ben: Redskins

New York Giants at Arizona Cardinals at 4:15 PM on FOX

Josh: Giants Ben: Giants

BEN BROWNS UPSET SPECIAL OF THE WEEK

Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons at 4:15 PM on FOX

Ben: Falcons Josh’s Pick: Panthers

Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Chargers 8:15pm on NBC

Josh: Colts Ben: Colts

MONDAY, NOV. 24

Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints 8:30 PM on ESPN

Josh: Packers Ben: Saints

Winner will be underlined.

This Week:

Josh Sawyer 9-6

Ben Brown 11-4

Overall

Josh Sawyer: 37-22

Ben Brown: 40-19

Josh Sawyer has a blog at www.myspace.com/sawyerthesportsblogger can be contacted here. You can see all of the other articles he has written here.

Could Tom Brady's Career Be Over?

Josh Sawyer — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:26:32 -0400

On Sept. 7, 2008, Tom Brady was hit by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Bernard Pollard. With the hit that was made to Brady's knee, the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligaments were torn.

Most of the time when a player tears his ACL, the athlete's season is instantly over, and that is the terrible truth. Brady's season was over. The hit also caused the New England Patriots playoff hopes to be shown the front door.

Usually when players have an ACL and MCL tears, they need to have surgery on the knee to reconstruct it. That is exactly what Brady had done. On Oct. 6, he went to Los Angeles and had the surgery preformed by a family-trusted doctor by the name of Dr. Neal ElAttrache. He is one of the top orthopedic surgeons in the world.

Although team officials wanted Brady to have the surgery in Boston, Brady's decision was to get it done in Los Angeles. Defying the teams wishes, that’s where he got it done.

Brady has been dealing with a "septic joint" since he had the surgery in his left knee. In the past seven days, the knee was washed out multiple times, according to NFL sources, who cite this treatment as a "typical" way to clear out an infection. When doctors wash out a septic joint, the action must be done two or three times to help clear out the infection.

On his website, Brady confirmed he underwent a procedure Oct. 15 "to clean out and to test the wound." He is also being treated with a six-week course of IV antibiotics.

I'm sure you're asking yourself, "Well, if this is happening, when will Brady be back?"

Well, the answer is if the IV antibiotics do not work or the infection was found critically late, the graft that was used to reconstruct the ACL could have been compromised. Even though fans won't like to hear this, that means Brady will have to have the reconstructive surgery redone.

The most likely scenario is this will delay Brady's rehab by a couple of months. This infection could create long-lasting knee problems for Brady. His future hinges on what kind of bacteria caused the infection.

Right now, no one knows when Brady will return to the playing field. The experts on ESPN are saying that this is a huge setback for him. Some experts are saying Brady's career might be over, but all we can do is wait and see if that is the terrible truth.

Josh Sawyer has a nightly blog at www.myspace.com/sawyerthesportsblogger.