The Running Game: Week Five More Than a Feeling

So Week 5 and Brady is back. Right away, they began to slay the Cleveland Browns. A friend sent me a text saying that he must be angry. Well, I can't blame him. I mean, the only thing that is his fault is not cooperating with the deflategate investigation by not turning over his phone records, but I understand why. He was texting smack talk about other players, which is his right, but no one wants that kind of thing made public.

Angry Brady's "icy stare of death" courtesy of CBS Sports.

In other words, the suspension was for a bullshit reason, and it isn't his fault that his first game back is against the local pee-wee team. Let's see how he fares against... well, I'm not really sure that there is a team truly on par with the Patriots right now. Pittsburgh? Green Bay in Lambeau? Don't get me wrong, I still hate them, but they're damn good. There is no denying that.

The other big story this week is my picks. Once again, my calculation's picks were identical to those of my benchmarks, and I'm not sure what to make of it. Knowing the success rate of those metrics, I made some upset predictions in my Gut picks and am a little taken aback:

	Calc	Benchmarks	Thoughts and Gut pick	Winner
ARI at SF	ARI	ARI	Palmer is out, but Stanton is decent and Larry Fitzgerald. ARI	ARI
NE at CLE	NE	NE	AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NE	NE
PHI at DET	PHI	PHI	Last week must have stung Detroit, and Philly isn't 4-0 good. DET	DET
CHI at IND	IND	IND	Personally, I think Luck is overrated, but Chicago is Chicago. IND	IND
TEN at MIA	MIA	Split	Miami is not very good, and the Titans have Murray now. TEN	TEN
WAS at BAL	BAL	BAL	I just don't think Baltimore can win this one. WAS	WAS
HOU at MIN	MIN	MIN	Oh, Osweiler, how I love you, but I'm so sorry. MIN	MIN
NYJ at PIT	PIT	PIT	Jets? Yeah, no. PIT	PIT
ATL at DEN	DEN	DEN	Siemian is out, and Matty Ice is on fire. ATL	ATL
CIN at DAL	CIN	Split	Dak Prescott is the new Tom Brady, only more likeable. DAL	DAL
BUF at LA	LA	Split	Buffalo shut out New England, and the benchmarks are split. BUF	BUF
SD at OAK	OAK	OAK	LET'S GO OAK-LAND! OAK	OAK
NYG at GB	GB	GB	PACKERS!!!!	...

What?