Greg Cote's Week 5 NFL picks

The rotten stuff out of the way first: Yes I did pick Miami to win at New England last week. That actually happened. And since temporary insanity is not an acceptable plea in the predicting business, I simply jut my chin, absorb the ignominy and move on. This helps: The rest of my Week 4 was pretty fab. We were a season-best 11-4 straight up and a winning 8-5-2 against the spread, with the Raiders and Seahawks wins both pushing on three-point lines. Called Houston's upset at Indy and also nailed a trio of 'dogs-with-points in Bengals, Titans and 49ers. In other words, I survived the Dolphins' Foxborough meltdown quite well, thank you. (Note: Thursday night's pick was At Patriots (-10{) over Colts, 34-20.).