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Maybe all the displays of unity at NFL games last weekend also overshadowed an awful week for Pro Picks. We sure hope so: It was more like Poor Picks. And that came with a rare win in a Thursday night game Carl Lawson Jersey , Rams over 49ers. Hopefully, we can get it right with this week’s opener, Bears at Packers, then follow it up with some more winners. Green Bay struggled to beat lowly Cincinnati in overtime last Sunday, hours after Chicago stunned Pittsburgh, also in OT. Working extra time heading into a short week isn’t exactly an ideal way to prep for a Thursday nighter. The Packers were undermanned, particularly on the offensive line, against the Bengals and had to stage a big rally to win. The Bears used their impressive running game to overcome the Steelers. With so little rest between outings, the disparity in talent can tend to get skewed a bit. Green Bay appears to be a Super Bowl contender when healthy. Chicago has the look of an also-ran in a tough division. Still, this is Bears-Packers, one of the more emotion-packed series in pro sports. The Packers, No. 4 in the AP Pro32 Womens Michael Johnson Jersey , are 7-point favorites over their long-time rival Bears (No. 25). PACKERS, 21-16 KNOCKOUT LEAGUE TIP The Patriots made us sweat but survived as Houston couldn’t make a third-and-1 conversion that might have clinched an upset. We’ll go with SEATTLE to keep us going. No. 17 (tie) Los Angeles Rams (plus 7 1-2) at No. 5 Dallas Rams seem to be putting together nice offense. We already know Dallas has one of those. BEST BET: COWBOYS, 30-19 No. 11 Tennessee (minus 2) at No. 21 Houston It’s early, but Texans loss would be very damaging in division. UPSET SPECIAL: TEXANS, 20-17 No. 24 New Orleans (minus 3) vs. No. 22 Miami at London Rebound time for Dolphins after that New Jersey fiasco. DOLPHINS, 23-21 No. 9 Pittsburgh (minus 2 1-2) at No. 14 Baltimore Best rivalry in football, nasty and physical, but clean. STEELERS, 20-13 No. 6 (tie) Oakland (plus 2 1-2) at No. 6 (tie) Denver Both teams come off offensive stinkers. RAIDERS, 26-21 No. 17 (tie) Carolina (plus 8) at No. 3 New England Both teams come off defensive stinkers. PATRIOTS, 36-23 No. 13 Washington (plus 7) at No. 1 Kansas City, Monday night Redskins might be better than we thought Jonah Williams Cincinnati Bengals Jersey , can prove a lot here. CHIEFS, 24-23 No. 15 Jacksonville (minus 3 1-2) at No. 29 New York Jets Road favorites destroyed us last week. We barely learned a lesson. JAGUARS, 19-17 No. 19 Buffalo (plus 7 1-2) at No.2 Atlanta Falcons have escaped twice on road, but routed Green Bay at home. FALCONS, 22-16 No. 26 New York Giants (plus 5) at No. 20 Tampa Bay Just a feeling Giants aren’t bad enough to be 0-4. GIANTS, 17-13 No. 12 Philadelphia (pick-em) at No.27 (tie) Los Angeles Chargers Just a feeling Chargers aren’t bad enough to be 0-4. CHARGERS, 27-23 No. 27 Cincinnati (minus 3) at No. 32 Cleveland Just a feeling Bengals aren’t bad enough to be 0-4. BENGALS, 21-20 No. 31 San Francisco (plus 7) at No.23 Arizona Just a feeling … oh, never mind. CARDINALS, 20-16 No. 30 Indianapolis (plus 13) at No. 16 Seattle Until Andrew Luck is behind center, staying away from Colts doing anything special. SEAHAWKS, 22-6 No. 6 (tie) Detroit (no line) at No. 10 Minnesota Really like what we have seen from Lions thus far. LIONS Jonah Williams Jersey 2019 , 24-20 — 2017 RECORD: Last week: Against spread (5-9-1). Straight up (8-8) Season Totals: Against spread (18-27-1). Straight up: (29-18) Best Bet: 2-1 against spread, 2-1 straight up. Upset special: 3-0 against spread, 3-0 straight up — Many people were skeptical when the Bengals signed Bobby Hart off the scrap heap, and he ended up starting all 16 games for them last year.Many more people were skeptical when the Bengals signed Hart to a three-year, $21 million contract in free agency.But Bengals vice president Tory Blackburn defended the move, or at least the move in context of the market.“For those who say you shouldn’t have signed Bobby Hart, who is going to play right tackle?” Blackburn said. “Who? Oh, maybe you’ll draft one in the third round and he’ll come on. Really? You’re going to bet your season on that? We may still draft somebody. We haven’t had the draft yet. But you just can’t criticize. In our business you have to solve the problem. If you’re not going to play him, tell me who? Trent Brown at 17 million? Really? A seventh-round draft pick? Let go essentially by his team. Really? We can’t go to WalMart and buy off the shelf. A high quality starting right tackle? That doesn’t exist [in free agency].“You have to deal in the universe of options you have. We ended up signing eight guys. That’s probably above average. Were they perfect? You’re not going to get perfect. . . . There aren’t perfect options out there. We asked Willie Anderson if he could go to a time machine and come back at age 25. We’d love to sign him, but you have to deal in your universe of options. I think the data would say we signed more guys than most in line with the cap that we talked about. If there are surprises out there we’ll try to be flexible and aggressive, but normally there are no surprises out there.”There’s a lot to unpack there, beginning with how absurdly defensive Blackburn sounds (Terrell later noted that’s just how he talks).He’s not the only one to raise an eyebrow at the Raiders signing Brown to a four-year $66 million contract. The year before Color Rush Jonah Williams Jersey , the 49ers basically gave him away for 48 spots in draft order (they got New England’s third rounder, which they used on safety Tarvarius Moore, and sent their fifth-rounder back to the Patriots. Also, the Patriots will probably get a third-round comp pick next year for letting him walk). But the Raiders had to have him, as the move was the first one announced, minutes into the legal tampering period.There’s a difference between not doing a big bad deal, and spending less but still overpaying for a known commodity. Being a reliable Bengals offensive lineman isn’t the same as being good, and they seemed to pay a premium for a guy they had familiarity with. And the fact Blackburn had to go to such great lengths to defend the deal probably isn’t a good sign.