Hondo, who seems to be wobbling as Bettor’s Guide 2012 heads into the homestretch, struggled again in Week 13 as he had to rally with the Eagles and Redskins to post a 7-9 record.
Although he had some tough losses — the Lions on the last play of the game, the Vikings by a half-point to name two — Mr. Aitch was grateful to be on the right side of the semi-miraculous cover by Philadelphia over the Cowboys. Good gosh, it would have been terrible if Dallas was your “Lock of the Week” and you lost on a 98-yard punt return in the last minute.
Please correct Hondo if he’s wrong, Dave Blezow.
Jaguars over Jets: Hondo was all set to board Air McElroy until Wednesday when Rex delivered his vote of diffidence to Sanchez. Apparently, Ryan is either going to win or die trying in order to justify Gang Green’s draft-day trade and salary boost for Mopey Mark (as seen on “Hard Knocks”).
Lest we forget, while the chastised Sanchise was cradling the clipboard, McElroy would have led the Jets to a second TD (and a cover for Hondo) if Shonn Greene hadn’t laid down on the 1 and Rex hadn’t gone to the victory formation. But apparently production isn’t primary at Florham Park.
However, now that Sanchez has been benched once, it will be easier to go to the pen as the Yankees proved with A-Rod. Sanchez might want to have a football and a Sharpie ready for when he is yanked so he can try to drum up some postgame action with the talent in the stands.
Giants over Saints: After being given the run-around by RG3, it’ll be a breeze for Big Blue against the Saints’ statuesque QB. Now that Drew is turning it over at an incredible rate (five picks vs. the Falcons, 16 total), he is only a butt fumble-6 from plunging into Sanchez territory.
Redskins over Ravens: NBC’s Brian Williams, in a recent newscast, was quick to point out the Republicans’ “optics” problem because of the party’s all-white, all-male leadership in Congress. It’s a lot like the optics of the anchor desk during the “NBC Nightly News.”
Chiefs over Browns: If you check out Williams’ news magazine,”Rock Center,” which apparently not many have, you might be blinded by the white there, as well. There’s some just awful “optics” on that show with the host and correspondents such as Harry Smith, Kate Snow, Ted Koppel, Chelsea Clinton, Bob “Top Gun” Costas, Meredith Vieira, Richard Engel and Dr. Nancy Snyderman.
Steelers over Chargers: Costas claims the man who died after being pushed onto the subway tracks might still be alive if not for the proliferation of underground trains.
Colts over Titans: Dirty Dave Letterman was honored at the Kennedy Center Awards Sunday, proving good things can happen when you work hard, put in long hours with your young female staffers on the Late Night Intern Love Couch and suck up to the Prez and his wife every chance you get.
Bears over Vikings: Vikings LB Chad Greenway has called on the team’s fans to “drink liquor, not beer” and get “super-drunk” for this game. For his bloviating, Greenway has been named the NFL’s Fool of the Week, narrowly outpointing Ndamukong Suh, who yukked it up Sunday after giving the Colts’ Winston Justice a concussion.
Falcons over Panthers: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for a book she wrote. Other nods went to Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Clinton. Apparently, the voices of those who crave women are very appealing to the nominating committee.
Buccaneers over Eagles: What’s all this drivel about how tough the fans are in Philly? If they were that tough, Andy Reid would have been run out of town years ago.
Rams over Bills: The Hofstra Pride (3-6) hoopsters have fallen on hard times, but at least they can claim one distinction: They lead the nation in steals.
Bengals over Cowboys: William Masters III, son of sex therapists Masters and Johnson, pled guilty to pleasuring himself in Central Park and was given probation this week. That seems like a slap on the wrist, which may be what is needed to make him stop.
Dolphins over 49ers: Obama had Mitt Romney over for lunch last week. It’s not known if the President was able to resist the temptation to turn to the vanquished candidate and say: “I can’t believe we had a foreign policy debate and you never even mentioned Benghazi. For the love of Allah, man, you didn’t even mention it on the campaign trail. What the hell were you thinking about?”
Seahawks over Cardinals: The Cards have given up on their HS quarterback (Lindley), and gone back to their Division I-AA QB (Skelton). Since the Seahawks have a legit NFL defense capable of stuffing any inferior signal-caller, Hondo suggests you embrace the holiday spirit and give the 10-plus.
Packers over Lions: BarkingMut of swinging SoBe, taking a break from Art Basel to weigh in on Derek Jeter — baseball’s heaviest issue — says it looks as if Jeter is continuing to lead the league in plate appearances.
A lot of critics have complained about Jeter’s range, but judging by recent photos it seems to be working just fine.
Patriots over Texans: It looks like the foreign paparazzi have slipped badly. So far there have been no photos published of Kate Middleton, ravaged by morning sickness, kneeling in front of a toilet and retching uncontrollably while topless.
BEST BETS: Giants, Bucs, Bengals
LAST NIGHT: Broncos (W)