Pat Tucson Jr. can handle the rock.
And he’s a remarkable shot, good from long range, great from distance.
Which is why after six weeks of play, Tucson – aka “pistolpete” – has a one-point handle on the Gridiron Green leaderboard. He scored 14 points (all 2s; remember, there was no 3-point line in Pistol’s heyday) to win the Week 6 Green – his third consecutive week in double digits, and he’s scored no less than eight points to accrue his season-leading 66 points.
Yours truly had his second consecutive 10-4 week to run his season total to 51-39.
From Tucson to Phoenix, let’s pick Week 7 ...
Week 7
Bye: New Orleans, Oakland.
Thursday, Oct. 17
Seattle at Arizona (NFL Network) – Last time around, the Seahawks won 58-0. Granted, it was in Washington, but still ... 58. Pick: Seahawks, 20-14. Line: Seahawks by 6½.
Sunday, Oct. 20
Tampa Bay at Atlanta – The Falcons lost at home to the Jets, then lost Julio Jones to the season. I trust they can handle the winless Bucs after a bye week, however. Pick: Falcons, 26-13. Line: Falcons by 7.
Chicago at Washington – Smokin’ Jay Cutler and the Bears will head into their bye with a share of first place in the NFC North. Pick: Bears, 31-26. Line: Redskins by 1.
Dallas at Philadelphia (KASA) – Handoff, LeSean McCoy. That’s something the Cowboys don’t have. Pick: Eagles, 28-27. Line: Cowboys by 3.
New England at N.Y. Jets (KCNC, KREZ) – Turns out, Tom Brady doesn’t need help after all. Pick: Patriots, 13-10. Line: Patriots by 4.
Buffalo at Miami – There will be a hanging Thad (Lewis) in Miami. Pick: Dolphins, 23-16. Line: Dolphins by 8½.
St. Louis at Carolina – Jekyll? Or Hyde? For these two teams, it depends on the week. This week? Pick: Rams, 17-16. Line: Panthers by 6.
Cincinnati at Detroit – The Bengals are road cats. Pick: Bengals, 27-20. Line: Lions by 2½.
San Diego at Jacksonville – I’m picking it. The NFL’s worst played the NFL’s best tough last week, and that finally will pay off in victory with a short week for the Chargers. Pick: Jaguars, 28-13. Line: Chargers by 7½.
San Francisco at Tennessee – The 49ers are starting to resemble the team we thought they were. Pick: 49ers, 28-20. Line: 49ers by 4½.
Houston at Kansas City (KCNC, KREZ) – The Texans are trending down. Pick: Chiefs, 19-10. Line: Chiefs by 6½.
Cleveland at Green Bay – Aaron Rodgers pulls a Brady and wins without wide receivers. Pick: Packers, 21-13. Line: Packers by 10.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh – Have the Steelers turned the corner? We’ll soon find out. Pick: Steelers, 20-19. Line: Steelers by 2.
Denver at Indianapolis (NBC Sports; KRSJ 100.5 FM) – All tweets aside, the Colts’ future hands the Colts’ past the Broncos’ first loss of the season. Pick: Colts, 33-27. Line: Broncos by 6½.
Monday, Oct. 21
Minnesota at N.Y. Giants (ESPN) – Free Josh Freeman. The Vikings have; he’ll make his first start for the Purple on Monday Night Football. Giants, however, finally get off the schneid. Pick: Giants, 24-16. Line: Giants by 3.
Gridiron Green
PublicName Overall Week6
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kalby 53 14
big_al 64 13
fishscale 61 13
56golf 26 13
bretnewlin 54 13
wizmo 60 13
marmstrong 62 12
ladonna 57 12
gjohnson 58 12
groberts 42 12
1standgoal 60 12
mark 61 12
Klacker 61 12
miaf 64 12
mbalzen 64 12
goober 53 12
eric1972 58 12
jdixon 58 12
rayray 59 12
sobrino 58 12
laff 59 12
forsberg39 60 12
baylsc 64 12
broncfan51 59 12
cdarlingto 62 12
christchif 49 12
commute29 64 12
RK CK 56 12
hmckie 61 12
mbush9 60 12
mhotter2 56 12
sbrinton 59 12
wildryty 48 12
woodysteam 12 12
Zabkatista 61 12
kent 59 11
Sarge 58 11
meyers 57 11
jason 59 11
deanob 55 11
kane 60 11
daniel 61 11
dave 54 11
heatmiser 62 11
deanna 60 11
dpollock 54 11
shauna 55 11
JSKY 58 11
dennis 54 11
billy 59 11
laura 41 11
lgallegos 61 11
bobo 54 11
weese338 60 11
golfkrze 54 11
redskin58 57 11
jtripp 61 11
crisg 60 11
choker 53 11
bill 55 11
bigpimpdog 59 11
petee 55 11
ricksmith 59 11
gregory 58 11
travh 55 11
huckster 58 11
thomas 52 11
lester 47 11
paulj 40 11
aeverett81 61 11
atbatcat 61 11
blwells 60 11
broncosfvr 49 11
butterguy 57 11
cas19 60 11
DO86 58 11
foneman52 20 11
gankamel 60 11
hesperado 58 11
jadosse 58 11
joshbo 59 11
kslyter 64 11
nfl3607 37 11
plgone 56 11
pwflores 63 11
suealsum 62 11
threef504 63 11
butch 58 10
GlennM 57 10
Falcoholic 52 10
joelr 56 10
jeffrx17 62 10
jeremiah 58 10
Doowyt 56 10
Schosh5 55 10
Allison 57 10
billydee 58 10
PeteRdG 56 10
bsdossey 53 10
james 59 10
lunchbox 55 10
brianac 56 10
blackrose 58 10
ldossey 55 10
amber 48 10
albertf 49 10
lbewley 50 10
glnorton 54 10
Zachary 60 10
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Tripp 59 10
dbroncos 59 10
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gary 57 10
robrog 57 10
tlittle 48 10
dragracer 59 10
june 56 10
amos 59 10
commander 55 10
jordan 49 10
brian 64 10
susanne 56 10
susan 55 10
MillerTime 60 10
richardson 40 10
jlane 58 10
Tanaya 42 10
edonelan 57 10
kgerber 55 10
anthony 53 10
chuck66 55 10
sergent 59 10
skibum 54 10
klyons 54 10
azfan 58 10
tlyn 50 10
donnie 56 10
bemrich 53 10
buds 58 10
clifford 55 10
sharim 61 10
beth 57 10
josh 60 10
janiceb 57 10
rickb 56 10
grandma1 50 10
marionl 50 10
johnny 32 10
broncodude 60 10
vince 59 10
spirit 49 10
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w00dy 58 10
betsy 62 10
JanaCarter 53 10
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GeriAragon 29 10
raudel 56 10
tony 39 10
jsalchicha 56 10
Evans 53 10
byron 19 10
putnam 49 10
Wohlfpack 61 10
jman 40 10
mateo 59 10
ajherrera 56 10
CathyS 62 10
danielle 45 10
kmvdad0927 64 10
stkitts10 59 10
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hillbillyj 60 10
Mr. Wales 59 10
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benny 55 10
bojangles 65 10
Sweetness 57 10
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broncfan 59 10
bubba 59 10
beckysmith 59 10
tammy 60 10
cass 58 10
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alisha 55 10
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freewill 57 10
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leww 60 10
opie 52 10
remiller 56 10
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adrian 58 10
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brianj 57 10
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denton 53 10
broncos76 57 10
rhight 57 10
pegg 58 10
Cardoc 65 10
billsfan 60 10
raiderfan 58 10
adam81 54 10
beans 48 10
shorty 48 10
broberts 47 10
michelle 47 10
ronny 35 10
keith 42 10
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terence 50 10
babs 47 10
mamat 42 10
speedracer 42 10
realmccoy1 47 10
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kylie 45 10
randy 37 10
brady12 35 10
diney 40 10
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starla 30 10
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bettyboop 21 10
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ajheirtz 58 10
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chystall 62 10
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corwinc 57 10
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dcamp33 37 10
dciluffo 60 10
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eebie 37 10
ehainey 44 10
eloy1 51 10
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johnhanna 34 10
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kurtis13 57 10
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lordhunter 56 10
mauiandy 64 10
michmat 53 10
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realmccoy4 50 10
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rionate 55 10
roliger 56 10
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Hannigan 58 10
rocketman 30 10
shupe52 46 10
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swindell26 50 10
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Angela Joy 54 9
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NJboy 56 9
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cardfan 61 9
brandonw 57 9
Gina 46 9
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11chris 57 9
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jennifertr 42 9
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LukeMartin 52 8
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jwilson 54 8
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rmiller 58 8
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