Benster and D Pick Your Games---Emergency Jeff Bezos Mandated Edition

 Is this week Thanksgiving? No, that's next week. But because the NFL has gotten in bed with Jeff Bezos in pursuit of greed, I guess the Packers have to play on Amazon this week.

Well, it's not the worst website. And it usually comes in okay. By the way, I noticed you were a bit salty last week. Have you calmed down a little now that the Cowboys left town?

Yeah. It turns out I should call for people to get fired every week. That was a backs against the wall performance, and all of a sudden the Packers are back in the mix. You love to see it, and the haters can pound sand. And after I pick this game, I have to roast the Cowboys. Oh, and don't worry Brad. We will discuss the Vikings in our regularly scheduled HYYYYYYPPPEEEEEE!

Let's be gentle with Brad. He might represent up to half of our fan base these days.

That's a good point. We do love you, Brad, even if you defend the twisted KFAN Empire a bit too much. But we'll get back to that soon enough. It's time to talk about Thursday Night Football. Watch me work.

Tennessee Titans (+3) vs. Glorious Green Bay Packers The Packers were up against it on Sunday, but at the hour of greatest need, Christian Watson finally put the pieces together to show why the team traded up to get him, and Rudy Ford made the most of his chance to keep the game close in the first half. The short week is going to help the Packers, because the positive momentum can be put to use, and we get the mini bye to rest up for the trip to Philadelphia. The Titans have been pretty good, but they are beat up with injuries and Ryan Tannehill has taken a step back ever since he had the nightmare playoff game against the Bengals. But the Titans shouldn't be overlooked. The key is going to be if Derrick Henry can be slowed down, and the Packers can protect Aaron from a great Titan pass rush. I think they can. Packers 27, Titans 13.

You've seen Derrick Henry, right? He's not especially subtle. And he's been at it for a long time. Here's some footage of a very young Henry trying his hand at rugby:

Now, having said that, the last time the Titans came to Green Bay the Packers did a very nice job on stopping the frightening Mr. Henry. So perhaps it will go well again. The key will be keeping the Titan offense off the field. While the quick strikes to Christian Watson were thrilling to see, ground and pound is the order of the day. The Packers are capable of doing that. Will they? Packers 27, Titans 20.

And now, time for me to laugh at the Cowboys. God, it was great to be on the right end of Mike McCarthy not knowing how to coach. Calling a pass play when Tony Pollard was shredding us all afternoon just doesn't make sense. We tried to warn you, Cowboys fans. But we had an agenda and were told he had changed. Skip Bayless, it was great to see you face reality that your team was flawed. Aaron lives rent free in your head, and watching your show for the meltdown you had was great television. Every single year you hype up this team as a contender, but they fall flat. Long may it continue. 

Skip is pushing 70. That means he was a kid during the Lombardi era. I continue to believe those 1960s Packers traumatized him in a way that is almost pathological.

Speaking of pathological, we turn our attention to all the other haters of the Packers like Mike Florio, who were very quiet this week. Florio always hates on us and calls us out for crap that he would never call out other teams for, and to see him eat crow gives me great joy. Florio, you are a hack who lets your fandom inform your writing on your website. Just like other Vikings fans, you let the Packers live rent free in your heads, and in a classic Vikings fan move, you enjoy watching the Packers fail more than you enjoy seeing the Vikings win. I don't know what NBC sees in you, but if you can't cover every NFL team in a fair and objective manner, then you aren't a journalist. Unlike you, I'm not a journalist. You may have published a book claiming how the NFL really works, but there is a reason why the Packers fanbase hates you. You might want to think about why. 

I doubt he will take you up on that invitation, or even read this, but I'm glad you make that distinction. You are an honest shameless homer, a rare thing indeed.

It's who I am, Geritol Fan. It's what I do. Meanwhile, we will back to discuss some more games at our normal time. Ben out.