NFL picks Week 5

By Rick Morris

In addition to posting my weekly picks, I will post those from The FDH New York Bureau and FDH Lounge Dignitary Sean Trench for The FDH Lounge Dignitaries' Football Challenge Contest. Each week, we will single out our three strongest plays:

ME (3-0 last week, 7-3-2 overall)
Indianapolis -7 over Kansas City
Atlanta -3 over Cleveland
Green Bay -2 1/2 over Washington -- my 1,000-Star Gold-Plated Lock of the Millennium for this week (Lock was 2-0 last week, 2-0-2 overall)

BUREAU (1-2 last week, 5-7 overall)
New Orleans -7 over Arizona
Atlanta -3 over Cleveland
San Diego -6 over Oakland

SEAN (1-2 last week, 2-10 overall)
Cincinnati -6 1/2 over Tampa Bay
Dallas -7 over Tennessee
New York Jets -4 over Minnesota

MY OTHER PICKS (8-6 last week, including my Big Three, 32-27-3 overall)
Baltimore -7 over Denver
Buffalo +1 over Jacksonville
St. Louis +3 over Detroit
Cincinnati -6 1/2 over Tampa Bay
Chicago +1 over Carolina
Houston -3 over New York Giants
New Orleans -7 over Arizona
San Diego -6 over Oakland
Dallas -7 over Tennessee
San Francisco -3 1/2 over Philadelphia
Minnesota +4 over New York Jets