Just getting in under the wire here – I had a hard drive crash on Monday morning and I am just now getting back up and running…

And we’re on to the best weekend of the NFL year! Four great, great, great games. Hopefully. Here are the picks.

Seattle at GREEN BAY: Green Bay has a beatpath to Seattle. If Seattle wins, they shed their Carolina beatloss, and Green Bay loses their Carolina beatwin. Seattle would rise a couple of slots, but other teams would be affected more – Tennessee, Carolina, Houston would fall… Pittsburgh would rise slightly.

Jacksonville at NEW ENGLAND: New England has a beatpath to Jacksonville. If Jacksonville wins, it actually creates a beatloop with Indianapolis. Indianapolis retains one beatwin over Jacksonville, but New England loses the beatwin over Indianapolis. Indianapolis would have no beatlosses, but there would be no change in the rankings.

San Diego at INDIANAPOLIS: A very close game – neither team has a beatpath to the other but Indianapolis is favored. If Indianapolis wins, they split the season series, restoring Jacksonville’s beatwin over San Diego – Indianapolis and Jacksonville would rise. If San Diego wins, they develop a beatpath over Indianapolis and rise slightly in the rankings. A distant tiebreaker would also slightly help Buffalo.

NY Giants at DALLAS: Dallas has a beatpath to the Giants. If the Giants win, Dallas would be slightly hurt but there would be no other changes – Dallas would retain a beatwin over the Giants.