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You know it's not going to be a good week with your NFL picks when...

For the third time in four weeks, at least six underdogs came through with victories in the NFL. Underdogs in three of the past four weeks have posted a 20-20-1 record against the favorites. I'm 23-17-1 in that span.

I knew this past weekend was going to be especially bad considering two teams I picked were up by a combined score of 47-7 through 5+ quarters of play (one led 23-7 after 3+ quarters and another led 24-0 at halftime) and wound up providing me with an 0-1-1 record.

Minnesota - one of my upset picks - led Green Bay 23-7 early in the 4th quarter before the Packers came back to tie it and send the game into overtime, which would eventually result in a 26-26 tie. Denver led New England 24-0 at the half, before falling behind 31-24 in the 4th quarter and then tying it to send the game to overtime. With little time remaining in the overtime period and Denver about to receive the ball, the game appeared to be headed for the second tie of the day, but the Broncos turned the ball over on the punt return and the Patriots were able to kick the game-winning field goal a couple of downs later to win 34-31.

I did almost pick Tampa Bay and San Diego to beat Detroit and Kansas City, so I've got that going for me, which is nice...
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