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Since we're electing a new president, it only makes sense for me to start off this week by listing my five favorite presidents of all-time.

First, the president of Nintendo: I wouldn't have made it through my childhood without you.

Second, the president of Kraft: I'm not sure I would've made it through college without your macaroni and cheese. So thank you for that.

Third, the president of Blockbuster: I know your company no longer exists, but thanks for being my first place of employment. To this day, I still prefer VHS tapes over DVDs and Blu-Rays.

I know, I made this confusing, but let's be fair, I didn't say I was going to list my favorite U.S. presidents. I just said presidents. You know what, I'm feeling nice, so I won't make you sit through the rest of my presidents list because we have way more important things to get to this week.

Obviously, the most important thing of all is the mannequin challenge, which has easily become my second favorite social media trend ever, behind only that one trend where people put Cheerios on their sleeping baby.

I'm not sure who invented the mannequin challenge, but I love the simplicity of it. It's like the Bengals offense of social media trends: There's nothing spectacular about it, it's sometimes fun to watch and it probably won't be around in January.

If you don't have any idea what the mannequin challenge is, let me try to explain: It calls for a group of people to stand still in funny poses so that they look like a mannequin. Once everyone has their pose, someone then walks around with a camera to get all the poses on film.

You know what, I'm not even sure if that explanation makes sense, so let's just have the Giants show us an example.

That looks fun. I want to stand still with a group of my friends and film it.

Anyway, you know what's not fun?

Getting picks wrong. Good thing I didn't do very much of that in Week 9.

As a matter of fact, I was so good at picking games in Week 9 that I beat out the rest of the NFL experts here at CBSSports.com. For the week, I had the best record picking games both straight up AND against the spread. It's the first the time all year that I pulled off the clean sweep (although it wasn't technically a clean sweep because I tied for first with straight-up picks).

Tie or not, I'll definitely be rewarding myself with some raisins later on. I earned them. If I pull off another sweep next week, I'll forget the raisins and probably just move to Vegas.

Alright, let's get to the picks.

NFL Week 10 Picks

Cleveland (0-9) at Baltimore (4-4), 8:25 p.m. ET, Thursday (NFL Network): I'm sure a lot people will probably be complaining about the fact that the Browns are playing in a prime-time game this week, but I have to admit, this was a pretty smooth scheduling move by the NFL. When the league decided to put the Browns in this time slot, I'm 99 percent sure their thought process was, "Look, no one wants to watch the Browns, so let's put them in the slot two days after the presidential election, when no one will be watching anyway."

Brilliant.

The irony here is that you might actually want to watch this game because the only time a Browns game is exciting is when they're playing Baltimore.

The last three times these two teams have played, each game has gone completely off the rails. Here's a brief description of what happened in each game.

1. The Browns lost 25-20 after blowing a 20-0 lead (Sept. 18, 2016).

2. The Browns lost 33-27 after the Ravens blocked Cleveland's winning field goal attempt and returned it for a touchdown. You can't even make up an ending like that, except Browns fans probably can because it seems to happen all the time (Nov. 30, 2015).

3. The Browns won 33-30 in overtime.

The Browns are 2-19 in their past 21 regular-season games and half of those wins came against Baltimore. The Browns always seem to play the Ravens close, and I have to think they're going to have an extra edge Thursday because they know this is probably their best chance at a win.

I know the headline to this story says I'm going to pick the Browns, but am I really going to pick an 0-9 team that's a 10-point underdog to win on the road? Yes, I am. I'll probably regret it by the end of the week, just like all of America will likely end up regretting the fact that we even let Ohio be involved in the presidential election.

The pick: Browns 24-23 over Ravens.

Atlanta (6-3) at Philadelphia (4-4), 1 p.m. ET (Fox): It's a good thing Eagles fans aren't in charge of Doug Pederson's job status. If they were, I'm 99 percent sure he would be fired by now. Wait, no, I'm 100 percent sure, because Pederson is trash, at least according to this guy on Twitter, who clearly wasn't impressed with the Eagles' 3-0 start.

Not only do Eagles fans think Pederson is trash, but they also think he's horrible at calling plays.

And they kind of think that he doesn't know what he's doing.

I'm beginning to feel some animosity here.

Eagles fans, you've pretty much sold me on picking against Philly for the rest of the season. I mean, if you don't have faith in your coach, how can I? Sure, he has made several inexplicable fourth-down calls this season and he rarely lets Carson Wentz thrown downfield, but those are the exact kind of qualities you need in a coach if you're going to win a shootout with a Falcons team that has the NFL's highest-scoring offense.

Wait, I think I meant the opposite of that. Those aren't the qualities you want. The Eagles are going to get smoked Sunday.

On the bright side, the Eagles are undefeated at home this year (3-0) and they've only given up an average of 7.6 points per game in those three wins. However, for some reason, I think the Falcons will be scoring more than 7.6 points in Philly. Probably more like 7.6 points per quarter, or something close to it.

The pick: Falcons 34-24 over Eagles.

Denver (6-3) at New Orleans (4-4), 1 p.m. ET (CBS): If I could go to any game in the NFL this week, it would be this one. Not necessarily because I want to watch the Saints play the Broncos, but more so because I want to go to the French Quarter and celebrate the end of election season by ordering and drinking nine hurricanes. That way I can forget everything that has happened over the past six months.

Speaking of drinks, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak could probably use a few after being forced to watch his own offense over the past few weeks. I'm not saying Trevor Siemian is not the answer for Denver, but I don't think Trevor Siemian is the answer. The game against New Orleans should actually give the Broncos a good gauge of whether or not Siemian should be the starting quarterback going forward.

Great question, random guy on Twitter. Thanks for asking, even though you weren't technically asking me, but I'll answer anyway.

If Siemian can't put up huge numbers against the Saints, then the Broncos probably need to find a new quarterback. Even Colin Kaepernick somehow threw for 398 yards against New Orleans' defense. COLIN KAEPERNICK!

On the other hand, it might not matter what Siemian does if the Broncos defense can't slow down the Saints, and guess what I don't think Denver's going to slow down the Saints.

This pick is for you Kamikazi007.

That's right, I'm now dedicating picks to commenters.

The pick: Saints 27-24 over Broncos.

Dallas (7-1) at Pittsburgh (4-4), 4:25 p.m. ET (CBS): The Steelers offense was so bad Sunday that my stomach started to hurt just watching them. Actually, that was from a bad taco I ate, but either way, the Steelers were bad.

That being said, being bad might actually be a good thing for them because if I've learned one thing about Ben Roethlisberger over the past few years, it's that he's never horrible two games in a row. Since the beginning of the 2014 season, the Steelers have been held to 14 points or less five times in games where Big Ben played all four quarters. In the game following their struggles, the Steelers are 5-0 and averaging 35 points per game.

Look, it's clear what Roethisberger is doing, he's sucking us all in, trying to make us think the Steelers are horrible, and then he's going to laugh in our face after he throws for 375 yards and three touchdowns against the Cowboys on Sunday. Well, you're not going to laugh in my face, Ben, because I'm on to you.

Expect Ben Roethlisberger to pick apart the Cowboys' secondary Sunday. USATSI

And to be honest, I actually won't be surprised if Roethlisberger hits 375 yards or three touchdowns because he'll be going up against a depleted Cowboys secondary that won't have Morris Claiborne or Barry Church. Sure, they were both missing Sunday in Cleveland, but that game was against the Browns, and really, you can be missing two or three (or five) starters and still beat the Browns.

As long as this game doesn't come down to an onside kick, I think the Steelers pull out the win.

If the game does come down to an onside kick, hopefully Chris Boswell manages to kick the ball more than three inches.

The pick: Steelers 34-31 over Cowboys.

Seattle (5-2-1) at New England (7-1), 1 p.m. ET 8:30 p.m. ET (NBC): This game has disaster written all over it for the Seahawks. For one, the Patriots are coming off a bye, so Bill Belichick has had an extra week to prepare. Although since this is Belichick we're talking about, we all know that he didn't actually need that extra week to prepare. He has probably had someone on his staff breaking down film for this game since 8 p.m. ET on April 14 when the 2016 NFL schedule came out.

The other problem for the Seahawks is that Tom Brady is almost unbeatable at home in prime time, something that's actually kind of ironic because this game starts past his normal bedtime. I'm not making that up, either -- Brady goes to bed at roughly 8:30 p.m. every night. He has the same bedtime as my 2-year-old nephew.

Of course, Brady's bedtime doesn't seem to be affecting his play: The Patriots quarterback is 14-1 at home in prime-time games since 2007. That makes me not want to pick against him. Also, the Seahawks have to fly across the country on a short week.

The only way the Seahawks are winning this game is if they sign Marshawn Lynch by Friday and promise to actually give him the ball at the goal line this time. I probably shouldn't have brought that up, I think it's still too soon.

Belichick seems like a guy who loves irony. I bet the Patriots win this on a short touchdown run.

The pick: Patriots 24-20 over Seahawks.

NFL Week 10 picks: All the rest

Packers 27-23 over Titans

Vikings 22-19 over Redskins

Buccaneers 30-27 over Bears

Panthers 23-20 over Chiefs

Jets 16-13 over Rams

Texans 19-16 over Jaguars

Chargers 30-23 over Dolphins

Cardinals 31-20 over 49ers

Bengals 27-24 over Giants

Daytime Dalton Note: The end of Daylight Savings Time will almost certainly confuse Andy Dalton, which is the only reason I'm picking him to win a prime-time game.

Byes: Bills, Colts, Lions, Raiders

Last Week

Best pick: Last week I predicted that the Ravens would SMASH the Steelers, which didn't really seem to go over well with anyone, not even Ravens fans. As a matter of fact, a Ravens fan actually sent me a lengthy email saying there was no way the Ravens were going to win. At least I think that's what it said. I stopped reading it about halfway through. If you're ever thinking about emailing me, always keep in mind that I generally can't read anything longer than a short text message. I have the attention span of a cat. I tried to read Canterbury Tales once and I only got to page 3.

Anyway, Ravens fan Alec, thanks for writing. If I ever end up reading the rest of your email, I promise to write you back. Oh, and go Ravens! Just kidding. I hope they lose this week.

Worst pick: Last week I picked the Packers to beat the Colts, which I wouldn't have done if anyone had told me about Indy's undefeated record at Lambeau when animals run on the field. If you missed it, a squirrel ran on the field at the game, which apparently wasn't weird at all because the last time the Colts won in Green Bay before Sunday was in 1988 when a CHICKEN ran on the field.

How in the name of Colonel Sanders did a chicken get on the field?

Anyway, when I made my Colts-Packers pick, I spouted off a bunch of mumbo jumbo about how the Colts wouldn't be able to stop Aaron Rodgers and how Indy's offensive line wouldn't be able to protect Andrew Luck. Well, the joke was on me because the only stat I needed to know was that Indy can't be beat when there's crazy farm animals running around Lambeau Field.

The worst part is that now I'm completely re-evaluating my Packers-Titans pick because Tennessee also has a wild animal running around their stadium, only it's not actually running because it's a dead beaver.

Seriously.

I feel like this curse is limited to chickens or squirrels, so I think I'm going to stick with the Packers.

By the way, if you're reading this on Wednesday or Thursday, thank God. That means we all made it through Election Day alive.

Picks record

Straight up in Week 9: 10-3

SU overall: 77-54-2

Against the spread in Week 9: 8-4-1

ATS overall: 61-65-7

Exact score predictions: 1

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