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Here is my list of the Top Ten Wide Receivers in the NFL for 2008.

10. Steve Smith: Has great experience as he’s been to a Super Bowl. Has been good throughout most of his career. This season he has four touchdowns and nearly 700 yards receiving.

9. Santana Moss: More streaky than others on this list. You never know when Moss is going to beat you deep, but when he does, look out! He averages about 14.3 yards per reception.

8. T.J. Houshmandzadeh: It is about as hard to spell his name as it is for defensive backs to cover him. He is having a stellar year in 2008. It would be even better if he had a good quarterback throwing him the ball.

7. Roddy White: Now that they have a good quarterback in Atlanta, Roddy White has flourished. He has 900 yards receiving and 6 touchdowns already!

6. Brandon Marshall: Marshall is already starting to come into his own this year with Cutler throwing to him. He caught 18 receptions in one game this year against the San Diego Chargers which set a record for most in a game.

5. Reggie Wayne: Now that he is more out of Marvin Harrison’s shadow, Wayne is playing as good as ever. He has been one of Peyton Manning’s main targets for the past four years and will only develop further.

4. Larry Fitzgerald: Now that Kurt Warner has been on fire so too will Fitzgerald. His stats have been incredible thus far, he has nearly 940 yards receiving and 6 touchdowns.

3. Greg Jennings: Has been really impressive this year as he was virtually unknown before this season. Aaron Rodger loves to pass it to him and will continue to do so. He has five touchdowns and averages about 86 yards receiving a game.

2. Calvin Johnson: Nicknamed ‘Megatron” probably for his size and build and the fact he is ruthlessly efficient. Their is no Optimus Prime corner back who seems to be able to guard him. This on top of the fact he has a no-name quarterback throwing to him and he still puts up impressive numbers. He will be the main target no that Roy Williams went to Dallas.

1. Anquan Boldin: If there is one guy you know will come down with the ball when you throw a hail mary, Boldin is that guy. He is one of Kurt Warner’s favorite targets on that impressive Cardinals offense. Most Super Bowl teams seem to have a Michael Irvin or Jerry Rice type guy. Well the Cardinals are lucky enough to have two high caliber receivers.

Here are my NFL Week 12 picks and predictions:

Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers: The Steelers are on a roll right now and have a killer defense. Whereas the Bengals couldn’t win if the other team let them. -Steelers by 7

Houston Texans at Cleveland Browns: The Browns stuck it out and won last week giving Brady Quinn confidence that he can prevail. -Browns by 5

San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys: In this classic match up the Cowboys will show off all their talent on offense. -Cowboys by 6

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions: Detroit will catch the Bucs off guard with a knockout punch.

-Lions by 4

New York Jets at Tennessee Titans: Oh man! What a game this will be! I’m seeing Favre and the Jets pull this one out and hand the Titans their first loss. -Jets by 2

Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs: If your watching this game, your either bored or have money on it. Chiefs are out to prove they can win, while the Bills are still depressed from last week’s ‘Wide Right’ loss.

-Chiefs by 3

Chicago Bears at St.Louis Rams: The Bears defense will crack down on the Rams lousy offense.

-Bears by 5

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins: This game should be a nail biter. -Pats by 3

Minnesota Vikings at Jacksonville Jaguars: The Jags just can’t get anything going, while the Vikes are desperately wanting to make a playoff spot. -Vikes by 5

Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore Ravens: McNabb will try to make up for not knowing you can lose in overtime. -Eagles by 7 in regulation

Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos: Call me pesimistic but the Raiders are not going to win this game. -Broncos by 8

Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons: Panthers have been quietly winning with no one mentioning it in the media. -Panthers by 2

New York Giants at Arizona Cardinals: It’s been a long while since the Giants lost a game and I think the Cardinals are just the ones to give them a check up. -Cards by 3

Washington Redskins at Seattle Seahawks: Redskins will run the ball down the Seahawks throat, just because they can! -Redskins by 9

Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Chargers: A very important game for the Colts to keep their playoff contentions alive. -Colts by 4

Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints: A perfect game for Monday Night Football, just be jammed pack full of excitement and wonder. -Saints by 5

Here are my NFL Week 12 Power Rankings:

1. Tennessee Titans
2. New York Giants
3. New York Jets
4. Carolina Panthers
5. Pittsburgh Steelers
6. Arizona Cardinals
7. Tampa Bay Bucs
8. Washington Redskins

9. Indianapolis Colts
10. Atlanta Falcons
11. Miami Dolphins
12. New England Patriots
13. Baltimore Ravens
14. Dallas Cowboys
15. Denver Broncos
16. Green Bay Packers

17. Buffalo Bills
18. Chicago Bears
19. San Diego Chargers
20. Philadelphia Eagles
21. Minnesota Vikings
22. New Orleans Saints
24. Cleveland Browns
23. Jacksonville Jaguars

25. Seattle Seahawks
26. Houston Texans
27. San Francisco 49ers
28. Oakland Raiders
29. St. Louis Rams
30. Cincinnati Bengals
31. Kansas City Chiefs
32. Detroit Lions

This Arizona State Forward is a senior this year and looks to lead his 15th ranked Sun Devils team to the NCAA tournament. Jeff Pendergraph was averaging 12.4 points and 6.4 rebounds a game. He had ten points in his first game of 2008 against Missisippi Valley State. Pendergraph looks to be the standout player on his team this year as his teammates don’t score quite as often as he does. The Pac Ten will still be a tough conference this year with teams like Washington State and UCLA just as tough as ever. The big game for them to test their strength will be their game at UCLA on January 17th who is ranked fourth in the country to start the season.

Christopher Lloyd’s Monticeto House in California was burnt down by the California fires. All that was left was smoldering concrete and rubble. Lloyd’s mansion was amoung dozens of other expensive home that burned down recently. Christoper Lloyd is most known for his role as the cooky professor from the “Back to the Future” series. His home was worth an estimated $11 million. He lost tons of memorablia and other keep sakes he had stored in the house.

Albert Pujols of the St.Louis Cardinals won the NL MVP today beating out the Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. Pujols hit .357 with 37 home runs for the season. “I wasn’t surprised at all” Pujols said. “You have to consider everything. You have to put all the numbers together.” This is Albert’s second second NL MVP award of his career. He beat Howard by a fairly large amount of votes.

This new Star Trek trailer looks ridiculous. I expected J.J. Abrams to try and make the film more contemporary with better special effects. But this is messed up, Star Trek fans are gonna hate this. I really don’t see a trekkie liking the film when an actor (John Cho) from “Harold and Kumar go to White Castle” is in it. Also they are trying to make young James Kirk out to be some cool ‘James Dean’ renegade who sleeps with everyone. He is played by the previously unknown Chris Pine. While Spock is played by Zachary Quinto. Simon Pegg from the Shaun of the Dead movie plays Scotty. They are basically going to ruin the series like George Lucas ruined Star Wars with the prequels and Jar Jar. You can’t make Star Trek cool, and if you try to it will just look stupid. That is a fan base you don’t want to piss off, so J.J. better hope the fans like it!

Yaakov Alperon, a notorius Israeli Mafia Kingpin was assassinated when a car bomb blew up his vehicle when he was in Tel Aviv. Alperon had been indicted on extortion charges before his murder occured. Three other people were wounded including a thirteen year old boy. This incident has sparked fear in the Israeli people that organized crime is on the rise. Despite Police being opposed to the idea, his son Dror Alperon will be released from custody to attend the funeral of his infamous father. There will be an enormous amount of police for security at the funeral.

I really can’t believe this news as I am a huge Mavericks fan. However, Mark Cuban was recently charged by the SEC for insider trading. This came after allegations that he was dumping shares of Mamma.com stock prior to a private offering. The SEC says that he sold all 6 percent of the company that he owned right before this offering. His motive is that selling these shares would save him 750,000 because the stock was about to be diluted. This is all pretty ironic, as Cuban has lately been giving investors advice about hedgefunds and how to invest properly. Even Martha Stewart got put in jail for insider trading, so Cuban is not immune.

Wow! This is the first time I’ve ever even heard of NFL teams tying. I knew it was possible because the rule is if time expires and no one has scored than it is declared a tie. The tie will probably hurt the Philadelphia Eagles and not really affect the Cincinnati Bengals who already blew their season. The Eagles are in a tough division where three teams may get playoff spots, but they may not because of this tie. We will see down the road.