Hondo will dispense with the painful weekly review in favor of plunging forward this week’s predominance of losing picks.
Raiders over Jets: Rex Ryan gave this year’s draft class two big toes up, which will give classmates Geno Smith and Dee Milliner something to talk about after they’re benched Sunday.
“Slow TV,” a product of Norwegian public television in which cameras are fixed for hours on a subject or event in which little happens, reportedly is coming to the US. Hondo hears one of its first shows here will focus on Geno and the Jets’ offense.
BarkingMut of SoBe points out if the Jets manage a lone field goal again this Sunday, it will mark the first time in recent memory a team has accomplished such an offensively pathetic version of a three-peat.
Chargers over Giants: This should be a real thriller — two pitiful 5-7 underachievers trying to prove they’re not quitters as they wobble toward total irrelevancy (kind of like Hondo). Elite Eli has the historical edge, but based strictly on 2013’s data, you should be rolling with Rivers.
Chiefs over Redskins: Nothing like a trip to FedEx Field to right the ship. KC’s rookie cornerback Marcus Cooper is expected to play, which shows incredible toughness from a guy who Sunday spent three hours getting burned by Eric Decker.
Ravens over Vikings: Black Friday sales reportedly were down this year. Apparently, stores were hurt badly by the inaugural Ditch Your Family On The Holiday Thursday.
Patriots over Browns: Now that the “tech-surge” has resulted in negligible improvements to the still defective healthcare website, the President has moved on to his BS surge — three weeks of propaganda being rammed down the country’s throat before the Jan. 1 sign-up deadline.
According to emailer Bill Regan, Kathleen Sebelius will be named Miss Management of 2013.
Bengals over Colts: The honors continue to pile up for Hillary Clinton, who this week was given the “Champion of Peace” award by a women’s organization. Hondo forgets, which part of the world is more peaceful today because of her work as Secretary of State? It must be that house in Chappaqua because of all the frequent flyer miles she accumulated.
Falcons over Packers: The New York Times broke some new ground last week when it showed a woman’s partially bare breast on Page 1, although not The Old Gray Lady’s, which might have caused circulation to sag. Sources say execs may update the paper’s slogan to: All the news and nips that are fit to print.
Eagles over Lions: Let’s give it up for Ndamukong Suh, who managed to make it through an entire Thanksgiving Day game without kicking an opponent.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, it was good to see Al “The Pantload” Roker taking a big role in the parade. The NBC weatherman rode the whole route on the Depend float without discernible incident.
Steelers over Dolphins: More from BarkingMut: Rex Ryan, who always appreciates a bold move with a tootsie, defends Mike Tomlin’s sideline transgression by saying his fellow head coach was just putting his best foot forward.
On another coach-gone-wild front, if soda-tossing Jason Kidd wanted an assistant named Frank to have his back every step of the way, he should have passed on Lawrence and hired Barney.
The Dolphins, meanwhile, have put Jonathan Martin on the reserve/non-football illness list. That’s where players are sent when they are physically healthy but have severely hurt feelings.
Bills over Buccaneers: Republican Congressman Henry “Trey” Radel reportedly is undergoing treatment after being busted for cocaine possession. Radel reps a district in Florida but apparently is a big fan of the Bills, the rolled-up kind.
Broncos over Titans: Peyton Manning turned down a wedding invitation from fan Anna Bozard, who should count her blessings. She wouldn’t want Manning running up to the altar and pointing at each member of the bridal party as he barked orders before changing the vows.
Cardinals over Rams: Sarah Jessica Parker, Harry Belafonte, Susan Sarandon, and Russell Simmons are among those who have been named to mayor-elect de Blasio’s 73-member inauguration committee. Evidently, de Blasio told aides to round up the usual far-left-wingers.
49ers over Seahawks: Even though Auburn seemingly knocked Alabama out of the BCS title hunt, Nick Saban is staying positive. At least now, he figures, he won’t have to go through the nasty ordeal of getting drenched by his players with another Gatorade bath.
Saints over Panthers: Kanye West said this week he wants to be the “Obama of clothing.” So he wants to be named CEO of a clothing company even though he knows absolutely nothing about running a clothing business. He also claimed: “I’m a trillionaire in relevancy.” Who cares!
Bears over Cowboys: Toronto mayor Rob Ford has landed a weekly spot on a D.C. sports radio show called “The Sports Junkies.” Part of the job will be to make NFL picks, and you can be sure they will be piping hot. For example, he probably would point out here that you should go with the Bears because Romo tends to crack in December.
BEST BETS: Chargers, Bengals, Bears.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Jaguars.