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What we are talking about:Tom BradyRooting for the good guy!Tony RomoRelax the back, dudeLife hacksNavigate your world betterIf you've spent any time with me this football season (or just about any time), you know how I feel about the NFL schedule maker. Not a fan. Like if Jar-Jar Binks and Dana from "Homeland" had a baby; that kid would grow up to make the NFL schedule. But what's the schedule maker's beef with the ? No, this has nothing to do with the having to play their second 10 a.m. start of the season for absolutely no reason. (And really, West Coast teams shouldn't have to play those 10 a.m. games. I mean, why is that even appropriate? Kick those games to 1 p.m. on the West Coast. This would be probably the easiest fix in a long list of easy fixes for the NFL schedule. But I gue s nothing is allowed to go up against the and .)And this also has nothing to do with the having to play at Denver on Thursday night like they did for the second consecutive season. I mean, why not give another advantage by having him and the play host to the on Thursday night for the second consecutive year? Because a.) Could you imagine the outrage if this situation was reversed? B.) See the first point. And 4.) If you have to change the point of emphasis in the league for one player, why not double down by having the team's biggest divisional rival travel to them on a short week? I gue s that all makes sense. But this has nothing to do with any of that. My real beef is why in the name of Great Caesar's Ghost do the not play  Kyle Long Jersey a home game on the Sunday before Halloween? This is like the 80th consecutive year the have not been home on Halloween weekend. (Although you might want to check my math on that.) And it's an outrage.My absolute favorite tradition as a season ticket holder (other than having a couple of belts at Tivoli and then taking the Red Line to Mi sion Valley) was the Girls wearing Halloween costumes on the weekend before Halloween. Now it seems like the NFL schedule maker is purposely trolling me by putting the on the road in back-to-back weeks headed into Halloween just out of spite. I mean (expletive), the NFL should just declare the must play host on the weekend of Halloween as tradition much like the and are mandated to play host on . This is an absolute joke.I understand some other cheerleading squads have admirably filled the void. And I must give a special shout out to Duval County, Florida because the ' cheerleaders killed it with the sheer number of superhero costumes the ladies adorned. There was even a "Top Gun" cheerleader, too. This is the kind of thing 13-year old Adam would have absolutely loved. Because I grew up in the last generation before it became socially acceptable to like comic books, superheroes and football. There was a fork in the road when I was a kid where I had to decide between my Mace Windu action figure (not dolls, jerks) and playing football. And I had to make the choice. I mean, had I not blown up my Millennium Falcon with an M-80 (yes, I was raised in the Inland Empire of California), I could have been the next . Not that I regret my decision. I just wish I could have worn a blue-and-gold Batman T-shirt back in the day to games and not got (expletive) for it. Because if you would have shown up to the playground wearing a Superman T-shirt for a game of Smear the... uh, nevermind what that game was called. But if you wore a superhero T-shirt for that game, you were going to get the ball  Jonathan Bullard Jersey thrown at you and tackled a ton. And girls would never look at you. Now the ladies wear Hogwarts uniforms. And, I'm sorry, I forgot what my point was. A big hand to stats mavens and  for dropping the knowledge.And without further ado ...Yeah buddy, it's vs. . So this is the week America gathers round and roots for Brady, right? I mean even the most impartial football fan has to root for the good guy in this matchup, right? Nope, that's right. Everybody sides with Manning. Even last week when I pointed out Manning , I was the *bad guy *for even bringing it up. I hope Brady puts it on him. Again.Actually, if we could just have a replay of last year's regular-season game, I'd be pretty cool with that. Prey on the person in your league who wants to peddle . Especially in your league that awards just four points for TD pa ses. There is virtually no difference between and in those leagues. But guys like Wilson who can run are a rare commodity. is 5-0 at home against the AFC with a 117.6 rating (11  Gale Sayers Jersey touchdowns and just two picks). He's 19-2 at home including playoffs. He'll run enough to keep it interesting even in a blowout. is going to have a tough matchup against the , on the road, and a game that starts at 10 a.m. on the West Coast. But he's had at least two touchdown pa ses in seven consecutive games. One of those was a 10 a.m. game against the . Don't sweat this guy. I don't feel comfortable with as my quarterback. I (expletive) knew it, too, on draft day. But I'm pot-committed at this point and I'm going to go with him, mostly because I don't trust many other players. This would be a nice time to try to trade him away, if po sible.  has won his past three starts against St. Louis with a pa ser rating of 117.6. He's had six touchdowns with no interceptions over that stretch. He smoked St. Louis earlier this year.I was about ready to lose my (expletive) when launched that deep ball to which proved to be the winner against the . Palmer has been so careful with the football and it's made him one of the most consistent fantasy players going. I see a lot of questions about both and his counterpart on Sunday. I'm leaning towards Ben, but I fear it's me chasing the fantasy points. But dude, Ben blew up Heinz Field like the CGI in "The Dark Knight Rises" amirite (sic)? All right, that was pretty bad. Sorry.ImageFinally was able to catch up with "" and no, I didn't see there. Wow, easily one of the best Marvel movies I've seen outside of the first Captain America and I actually liked it more than the "Avengers" too. I sincerely hope takes a similar approach when the gets its own movie in the coming years. ImageFor the record, my man is going to be in "" as one of the thugs. Which is awesome. I've long said the former running back would make a pretty good if you wanted to extend the past ). And I'm pretty sure he's going to get a reboot, too. I'm going to be pretty honest with you. There aren't a lot of running backs I don't like with so many teams in a bye this week. So even if you're down on , for instance, there is no way you can keep him on the bench. I know some of you are pretty bummed on right now. Even though positive NFL Media emails we receive each week find it hard to say nice things about McCoy. At least the matchup is good, right?If you need to play a Tampa Bay running back this week, seems like a pretty decent option. He's somebody I would look at in those weekly leagues too if his price is low.  should be able to get you a nice stat line against the . He's really David Montgomery Jersey  taken that job and run with it. Pun intended. Remember, he topped the depth chart heading into 2013.ImageIt's a tough deal to figure out how the are going to deploy their running backs. Mostly because is a Decepticon. But if the Pats are going to try to shorten the game by running, that would mean more , who has emerged as the big back guy. If the team has to throw it a ton, I would expect to be in there because he's the pa s catcher. What you have to ask yourself is, how do you see this game playing out? I believe it will be close  Nick Kwiatkoski Jersey enough for both backs to figure prominently. The have done a pretty good job of getting a bunch of talented guys in the mix. But the team should continue to lean on who has done the work over the past two weeks. has 193 rushing yards in his past two games and is the top rookie rusher of 2014. Washington has been tough on running backs this year, but I still stick with him this week.  wasn't great against the , on short notice of course. The sure do trust him an awful lot, and give him a nice workload. Plus the just gave up a ton of yards to (another guy who I would continue to play).  has started to get dinged up; but I don't think the will be able to pa s on the Jags. So it's going to be up to Gio and to get the job done against my boys from .ImageThere are about as many available receivers as there are members of SAMCRO left. SPOILER. My long belief (like talking years) is "" ends with one of Jax's boys reading his deceased dad's diary as he sits at the table for SAMCRO. His brother is dead. And now the surviving Teller heir is trying to figure out a way to save his club. And there is no reason to believe otherwise after this week's episode. ImageSPOILER As eluded to by Jury, Jax will end up taking a hero's way out. Probably sacrificing himself to Marks to save the club. Abel will probably survive, it will be Thomas who goes. I thought Bobby having just one eye would have been