Evening fellow Pickwatchers. Here's a quick run down of the best and worst of this week's expert picks, in true Pickwatchian style. Check out the full weekly picks here.
As any Tom Dick or Harry can tell you, almost nobody is named Dick any more. This is a source of great

British actor and all-round loud man Brian Blessed
in Flash Gordon. More of this type o' thing please.

sadness to us all, but some other names have also fallen by the wayside. I lament the passing of more 'uncool' names such as Geoff - a brilliant name - and Brian, a name pretty much exclusively attached to those between 30 and 60.

Of course, my main priority in life - as with many others - is bringing back these brilliant, solid oak names, but how? No mother, it seems, dreams of a world in which she introduces her baby son Roger to her friends. A baby named Roger, Geoff, Brian or Terry would - you assume - have a full beard and an interest in constructing model aircraft on Sundays. I would imagine anyone named Colin would simply come out of the womb already wearing glasses and concealing a rapidly receding hairline...

So, it's going to take a hell of a lot of bravery from Mothers and Fathers around the world to bring back these good solid old gentlemanly names - just like the bravery shown by some of our pickers this week...

Bravest Pick: Tennessee Titans
(Khaled Elsayed, Chris Mortensen, Jason La Canfora, Frank Schwab, Marc Sessler, Melissa Stark)

I was tempted to say 'anyone who picked the Jags', however I think the higher than average total picks for Jacksonville represent a reaction to their half-decent performance last week, so I don't really see that as bravery, more following a reasonably sure indication that the team have at least a basic level of performance in them.

No, this week's bravest pickers are the those who picked the Tennessee Titans to beat San Francisco.

Yes, those Titans. Yes, that Ryan Fitzpatrick. No, I don't know either.

Anyway, brave, foolhardy or simply sniffing cans of spray paint before they pick, the 'Tennessee Six' - who sound more like a terror campaign than misguided pickers - deserve recognition for their out-of-the-box-down-the-street-caught-the-bus-to-Winnipeg confidence in the 'Amish Rifle' or a half-fit Jake Locker.

Most Obvious Against-the-Grain Pick: Buffalo Bills

(Jason La Canfora, Mike Golic)

I actually think the Bills have a reasonable chance of winning if Thad Lewis starts, but JLC seems to thrive on picking the opposite way to as many of his ESPN colleagues as possible in order to generate BUZZ or CONJECTURE. In his defence, he is actually doing better than the likes of Mort and Schefter who also employ this tactic, so he can't be totally myopic, however this is a clear case of picking against the favourite for the sake of it. Naughty Jason, naughty Golic.

Edit: I stand by the first line of this paragraph - when I wrote the rest of it I must have been drunk or something.

Sleeper of the week: St Louis Rams
The Rams would be at least even with the Panthers if they had managed to find any offensive rhythm this season bar last week. I think the 12% of experts picking the Rams might be onto something, because if Sam Bradford avoids doing what Sam Bradford has specialised in over the last 18 months - ie: doing something you should only do in the toilet, in the bed - then the Rams have a great chance of turning over a hit-and-miss offence in Carolina.

Edit: I was definitely drunk when I wrote this one.

Winner-watch: Gregg Rosenthal

Last week Around The League's Rosenthal went a season's best 14-1, so who is he picking against the consensus this week?

Well, for starters he has the Eagles to beat the Cowboys, a popular choice as 60% of the top 10 (that is '6' - thanks MATHS!) also favour Philly. That doesn't really put him too far at odds with the rest of the analysts, however his last two picks do JUST THAT. Imagine.

The Greggatron has picked Indianapolis to upset Denver at home, a bold pick, but not without some support. That's ok, but as everything possible to say about Manning-returns-to-Indy has already been said, let's focus instead on my favourite pick, his gutsy, come-from-behind selection of the Vikings to come into New York, hire a Love Boat and frankly shock Tom Coughlin with some pretty risqué antics. Also they will beat the Giants as football.

The Vikes are a bit of an unknown quantity in that they will start a semi-capable QB in Josh Freeman who may well give them a bit of a spark. Regardless, we know they have a good running game and the basics of a football team that can win games, whereas this Giants team stinks. Week upon week experts have fallen over themselves to pick them in all kinds of unfavourable matchups, so it is no surprise to see them favourites for Monday Night. I think, however, it will be Rosenthal and co. will be the ones celebrating - if that is what they do when they get picks right - on Monday.

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