If Rob Hately had a little more Rod Smart in him, his Gridiron Green handle might read He Hate Ly instead of Sparky.
Hately is not Smart, though; he is, however, plenty smart enough. The Durangoan converted 13-of-15 picks in the Week 4 polls, including a necessary tiebreaker of New England over Atlanta on Sunday Night Football.
Hately’s tiebreaker: New England 31, Atlanta 24.
Sunday Night Football: New England 30, Atlanta 23.
Now that’s smart.
The ole Gridiron Guru went 9-6 in Week 4 to even his overall record at 31-31.
Week 5
Bye: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington.
Thursday, Oct. 3
Buffalo at Cleveland (NFL Network) – Turns out, these teams aren’t half bad. Or, technically, at 2-2 each, I guess they are half bad. Either way, they’re better than expected with a rookie and a third-stringer running the quarterback shows. The Bills’ weapon, however, C.J. Spiller, also happens to be the Browns’ greatest strength – 2.9 yards per carry. Pick: Browns, 20-17. Line: Browns by 4½.
Sunday, Oct. 6
Detroit at Green Bay – Maybe the bye week will get the Pack right. Pick: Packers, 37-34. Line: Packers by 7.
New Orleans at Chicago (KASA) – And the Saints come marching into Soldier Field. Pick: Saints, 31-26. Line: pick ’em.
Kansas City at Tennessee – And the Chiefs just keep on winning. Pick: Chiefs, 20-19. Line: Chiefs by 3.
Jacksonville at St. Louis – The Rams have been awful, which is disappointing. At least the Jaguars were expected to be bad. Pick: Rams, 27-9. Line: Rams by 11½.
New England at Cincinnati (KCNC, KREZ) – The Bengals beat the Packers, then lost to the Browns. The Patriots, meanwhile, are 4-0 behind the miraculous Brady bunch. Pick: Patriots, 27-20. Line: Bengals by 1½.
Seattle at Indianapolis – It’s not luck if it’s Luck; the Colts have a knack of upsetting good teams. Pick: Colts, 20-16. Line: Seahawks by 2½.
Baltimore at Miami – One more week of a healthier Ray Rice and the Ravens will run home an upset. Pick: Ravens, 21-17. Line: Dolphins by 3.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants – If you can’t protect Manning, you can’t win. Pick: Eagles, 24-21. Line: Giants by 2.
Carolina at Arizona – With the benefit of the bye week, the Panthers will be plenty hydrated to chase the Cardinals in the desert. Pick: Panthers, 17-13. Line: Panthers by 2.
Denver at Dallas (KCNC, KREZ; KRSJ 100.5 FM) – The Associated Press’ Pro32 No. 1 keeps on rolling in Big D. Pick: Broncos, 33-23. Line: Broncos by 7.
Houston at San Francisco (KOBF, KUSA) – It’s hard to say the 49ers are back when it was the Rams they rolled up all that offense against, still ... Pick: 49ers, 23-20. Line: 49ers by 7.
San Diego at Oakland – Guess what? McFadden is hurt. Chargers win. Pick: Chargers, 30-13. Line: Chargers by 4½.
Monday, Oct. 7
N.Y. Jets at Atlanta (ESPN) – With Revis Island toiling in Tampa, see Julio Jones and Roddy White catch the ball. A lot of balls. Pick: Falcons, 24-13. Line: Falcons by 9½.
Gridiron Green
Week 4
Note: The names in bold are the weekly Gridiron Green winners, with the numbers in parentheses indicating the week they won.
PublicName Overall Week4
sparky (4) 41 13
CMDurango 38 13
ldossey 39 13
yogibear 40 13
miaf 41 13
btwo 37 13
cardoc 44 13
taylor 14 13
alb970 39 13
chystall 44 13
shupie 40 13
butch 40 12
GlennM 39 12
jeffrx17 44 12
jeremiah 40 12
Schosh5 37 12
Allison 39 12
billydee 40 12
lunchbox 37 12
delbz 42 12
brianac 38 12
roylb 43 12
pistolpete 42 12
Tripp 41 12
heatmiser 42 12
ladonna 38 12
jordan 31 12
skibum 38 12
azfan 40 12
tlyn 30 12
donnie 38 12
clifford 37 12
beth 39 12
josh 42 12
broncodude 42 12
spirit 31 12
swami 40 12
tomp 39 12
fuse 42 12
raudel 38 12
tony 20 12
putnam 31 12
jman 22 12
mateo 39 12
jrod 35 12
tracy 43 12
ajherrera 38 12
cardfan 43 12
stkitts10 41 12
jeffblack 37 12
bigpimpdog 39 12
benny 37 12
Sweetness 39 12
bubba 39 12
beckysmith 40 12
tammy 42 12
raymond 39 12
joan 39 12
josie 38 12
freewill 39 12
legdryrob 41 12
daisy 39 12
leww 42 12
hambone 42 12
adrian 40 12
gregory 41 12
kath 40 12
brianj 39 12
broncos76 39 12
rhight 39 12
pegg 40 12
billsfan 42 12
raiderfan 40 12
shorty 30 12
broberts 29 12
michelle 29 12
terence 32 12
babs 29 12
realmccoy1 29 12
colomom 28 12
kylie 27 12
joyce 23 12
diney 22 12
tsandoval 19 12
starla 12 12
andytripp 41 12
brendon722 18 12
cacyphe 36 12
cdowns1 42 12
Ceromero12 40 12
chevwizard 40 12
christchif 28 12
corinnef 30 12
dantest 42 12
dcamp33 19 12
dciluffo 42 12
drtonyk 42 12
eebie 19 12
traderzane 45 12
geprig 21 12
gigigarcia 22 12
grantwells 22 12
jere9be 22 12
jesquibel1 29 12
kaygriffth 40 12
Arizona 42 12
lil04joe 38 12
mauiandy 47 12
realmccoy2 30 12
realmccoy3 29 12
realmccoy4 32 12
realmccoy5 29 12
rum1961 17 12
Hannigan 40 12
rocketman 12 12
shupe52 28 12
soco21 41 12
sonnybones 28 12
swindell26 32 12
Otto 41 12
tcotten 42 12
teambohica 44 12
TonyHotter 42 12
christinab 38 11
blackrose 42 11
Zachary 42 11
scott27 40 11
marmstrong 41 11
cabeyta 43 11
redhawks 39 11
brian 45 11
twheeler 39 11
MillerTime 42 11
chainsaw 43 11
rmiller 42 11
richardson 21 11
rrichardso 40 11
sergent 40 11
sharim 42 11
billy 40 11
rickb 38 11
marionl 32 11
antonio 32 11
ryanp 19 11
marge 42 11
Gremlins 41 11
oscar 43 11
Wohlfpack 42 11
redskin58 39 11
josh1 43 11
brandonw 41 11
kmvdad0927 45 11
Gina 28 11
vickie 39 11
themainman 39 11
bojangles 45 11
broncfan 41 11
petee 38 11
cass 40 11
hillster 41 11
lynda 39 11
danrose 31 11
speedracer 25 11
brady12 20 11
blwells 41 11
bpardini 19 11
cas19 42 11
cdarlingto 40 11
crnorton 44 11
gankamel 40 11
hesperado 38 11
jeanneemue 36 11
joefpayne 26 11
jordan79mb 37 11
joshbo 39 11
kalby 32 11
kraegomez 36 11
kslyter 43 11
lordhunter 40 11
lsovocool 34 11
mikerak 41 11
mwanger 41 11
picklepus 41 11
probee 43 11
rams91 41 11
threef504 42 11
xt1ngu1sh 38 11
Angela Joy 37 10
Doowyt 39 10
kent 37 10
cdossey 38 10
cindylou 42 10
cookie45 43 10
LukeMartin 39 10
james 42 10
tramirez 39 10
meyers 40 10
jason 39 10
kane 40 10
albertf 29 10
glnorton 39 10
elvis65 40 10
papadan 39 10
dbroncos 40 10
grneyedgrl 40 10
packerfan 40 10
robrog 38 10
tlittle 34 10
jsquires 38 10
dpollock 37 10
amos 39 10
zane 17 10
bella11 40 10
jrichardso 43 10
jlane 42 10
Tanaya 28 10
edonelan 41 10
rbarkley 35 10
kgerber 39 10
groberts 19 10
anthony 37 10
baygirl 35 10
clarkbar 35 10
1standgoal 39 10
klyons 35 10
Lockman 39 10
stephwitt 39 10
beaver74 40 10
deano 41 10
vince 40 10
chrissim33 41 10
phil 39 10
mark 40 10
betsy 43 10
esteban 39 10
bobo 37 10
debra 42 10
howard 38 10
jsalchicha 37 10
weese338 40 10
CathyS 44 10
ivypeace1 38 10
mbalzen 42 10
orlando 24 10
jennifertr 27 10
hillbillyj 41 10
nole 39 10
yarb0348 38 10
crisg 41 10
goober 33 10
rayray 38 10
jeremy 38 10
laff 39 10
forsberg39 41 10
huckster 39 10
beans 30 10
thomas 32 10
cash 28 10
darci 27 10
Richard fx 30 10
yukmouth 25 10
hsteinle 16 10
gobroncos 18 10
bigdaddyd 17 10
broncomike 17 10
paulj 18 10
atbatcat 41 10
bigj13 38 10
WEBIV 41 10
butterguy 38 10
captaintee 17 10
cidx2 37 10
colotex 10 10
duziedu 21 10
hmckie 39 10
Ironman79 38 10
jadosse 39 10
kurtis13 37 10
mbush9 41 10
mhotter2 36 10
moreh2o 39 10
pchay8 40 10
pewtergirl 42 10
puig1 35 10
shately 39 10
tdossey 39 10
Troy valde 38 10
tfwaters 41 10
Peyday 40 9
joelr 38 9
NJboy 39 9
mike 40 9
Nemesis 38 9
kristalp 38 9
daniel 41 9
connief 30 9
randallg 39 9
gary 39 9
dragracer 41 9
deanna 41 9
june 37 9
commander 38 9
shauna 35 9
rcundiff 25 9
barbarak 35 9
susan 38 9
jorjor 39 9
cowboydave 40 9
Darrell 40 9
JSKY 41 9
chuck66 37 9
netter 39 9
EAGLEIGH 40 9
Hound 35 9
dennis 34 9
buds 39 9
hawk99 (3) 42 9
johnny 15 9
lgallegos 42 9
dgardner 35 9
JanaCarter 37 9
GeriAragon 9 9
big_al 41 9
Klacker 40 9
mspat 32 9
jtripp 40 9
cheryl 39 9
vickyt 39 9
ricksmith 37 9
rosebud 37 9
eric1972 37 9
fishscale 40 9
sobrino 38 9
mixhael 39 9
harry55 41 9
adam81 37 9
tlopez 36 9
mamat 25 9
randy 19 9
ablinville 38 9
aeverett81 40 9
ajheirtz 41 9
bigheirtz 34 9
billcorwin 41 9
bjforkner 25 9
commute29 44 9
corwinc 39 9
damudders 30 9
ehainey 27 9
hazelnut18 36 9
johernande 27 9
johnnygaz 37 9
jrarch55 40 9
jttrujillo 34 9
mgrome 42 9
plgone 39 9
pwflores 41 9
quiklikeab 40 9
roliger 38 9
crowley 43 9
suealsum 44 9
sbrinton 39 9
schwanmu13 41 9
skolmn 41 9
smouret 42 9
thepaddler 36 9
tobyjm 37 9
wewalker 27 9
Zabkatista 40 9
Falcoholic 34 8
DSlice 39 8
Sarge 39 8
PeteRdG 38 8
amber 34 8
deanob 37 8
dave 35 8
broncbust 37 8
jwilson (1) 39 8
jaydoc 38 8
katwalk 40 8
simpson 35 8
susanne 38 8
sherry 38 8
cruzr74 34 8
gjohnson 38 8
khinkle 39 8
amanda 36 8
janiceb 39 8
reddurango 36 8
jetsfan 38 8
11chris 37 8
Mr. Wales 40 8
pckrgrl 36 8
orangeblue 38 8
bree 33 8
awesomo 35 8
alisha 36 8
jdixon 37 8
opie 36 8
remiller 38 8
pickem 41 8
denton 33 8
lester 27 8
ronny 20 8
divap 15 8
steelers86 9 8
baylsc 42 8
bh4jbh4j 37 8
bretnewlin 33 8
broncfan51 37 8
dayzduke 25 8
dgoromero 37 8
RK CK 37 8
jimsquires 38 8
johnhanna 16 8
jwforshee 39 8
lilbucki 8 8
michmat 36 8
mschwantes 42 8
nfl3607 16 8
php75161 25 8
ag120695 34 8
rick81326 36 8
rionate 35 8
xskunk 26 8
joosten 31 7
vikingman 32 7
master 31 7
wally49 35 7
bemrich 34 7
lonzo 38 7
w00dy 38 7
Evans 37 7
golfkrze 37 7
danielle 27 7
debbiez 41 7
choker 35 7
bill 35 7
travh 36 7
dizzydean 39 7
keith 24 7
gggjr 7 7
56golf 7 7
avs2012 36 7
boydh 37 7
broncosfvr 32 7
DO86 (3) 39 7
eloy1 33 7
jlggarcia 33 7
moze2013 36 7
wizmo 39 7
bsdossey 34 6
lbewley 33 6
slwalker 21 6
angdolphin 38 6
ezeroc 35 6
benito 6 6
finfan59 32 6
grandma1 32 5
laura 23 5
johnmank 35 5
wildryty 32 5
jadehope 1 1
byron 0 0
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