The Swami household is a conflicted place at present, thanks to the roll call of games slated for the weekend, Week the Seventh as it so happens. There are not many good games to choose from; it is not supposed to be this hard just seven short weeks into the season. 'Tis a veritable crap shoot, as they say.
And yet, here we are, standing upon a precipice overlooking evil match-ups, looking for the lesser and least of them all. Perhaps it is simply the season for 'lesser-of-evil' choices ... and in the end a choice must be made.
Do we break a rule and take the Bengals to beat a divisional foe? The tigermen are at home, and in the words of the immortal Ze German, "Because Cleveland." A good reason, indeed.
It is Week Seven and so there is no rule anymore about picking for or against the Chargers, but they have burned many a fine and fair bridge before. Do we follow the advice of one Mr. Bart Simpson ("I will NOT do the Dirty Bird") or do we roll with Hot-lanta and do that dirty bird all the way into next week?
Do we base our lives on bucking a trend to ride the broncos on Monday night, losers of two in a row? What was the old line about riding the bucking bronco?
Do we go farther afield, perhaps taking the Chiefs against the explosive Saints offense? Not likely. Do we roll a Titan down a merry lane, as some it seems are wont to do? Not hardly.
In the end, the conflict reigns supreme and the Swami clan will diverge and look to all hit that sweet seven on the first roll -- lest we not, and crap out. Myself, breaking rules, because Cleveland. The Factor, shaking that dirty bird. Darth, bucking the trend. Mama Bear, going fully rogue and crossing the pond to take the "home team" in Los Angeles, London.
Will the group survive? Pass the dice, please, new shooter coming out!
That is all.
