The football pool is back. I encourage all readers, especially ones who have never participated, to join in this autumnal FlynnFiles tradition. Home teams are in caps. All picks are against the spread, which means if you have a "-" next to your pick then your teams needs to win by at least that number, and if you have a "+" next to your pick your team can lose and you can still win but not if the team loses by more than that number. Get it? Here are my picks: Saints +5.5 over COLTS, TEXANS -3 over Chiefs, BILLS +3.5 over Broncos, BROWNS +4.5 over Steelers, Titans +6.5 over JAGUARS, RAMS even over Panthers, Eagles -3 over PACKERS, VIKINGS -3 over Falcons, Dolphins +3 over REDSKINS, Patriots -6.5 over JETS, SEAHAWKS -6 over Bucs, CHARGERS -6 over Bears, Lions +2 over RAIDERS, COWBOYS -5.5 over Giants, and, in the Monday Night Games--that's right, plural-- BENGALS -3 over Ravens and NINERS -3 over Cardinals. Make your picks--before Thursday's kickoff--in the comments section.

SURVIVAL POOL UPDATE: Reader Ralph asks, "No Survivor this season?" My bad. The survival pool, for the uninitiated, involves selecting a team each week to win the game outright (no spreads). Once you've selected a team, you can never select them again, so this takes some strategy. My first week's survival pool pick is the SEATTLE SEAHAWKS. Feel free to make your survival pool picks after Thursday's games (so long as you don't pick a team that has already played). Preferably, make them right now so that you don't forget.

Indianapolis
Kansas City
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Carolina
Green Bay
Minnesota
Washington
New York (Jets)
Seattle
Chicago
Oakland
New York (Giants)
Cincinnati
San Francisco

Colts
Texans
Bronco's
Steelers
Titans
Rams
Packers
Vikings
Dolphions
Pats
Seahawks
Chargers
Lions
Cowboys
Ravens
Niners

Saints,
Chiefs,
Broncos,
Steelers,
JAGUARS,
RAMS,
PACKERS,
VIKINGS,
REDSKINS,
JETS,
SEAHAWKS,
Bears,
Lions,
COWBOYS,
Ravens
NINERS

COLTS
Chiefs
Broncos
Steelers
Titans
Panthers
Eagles
VIKINGS
Dolphins
Patriots

No Survivor this season?
SEAHAWKS
CHARGERS
Lions
COWBOYS
Ravens
Cardinals

Colts
Chiefs
Bills
Steelers
Titans
Panthers
Da Pack
Dog Fighters
Skins
Pats
SHawks
Bolts
Lions
Da Boyz
Tiggers
Niners

COLTS
TEXANS
Broncos
Steelers
JAGUARS
RAMS
Eagles
VIKINGS
REDSKINS
Patriots
SEAHAWKS
CHARGERS
Lions
COWBOYS
BENGALS
NINERS

Survivor pick: Washington Redskins

COLTS
Chiefs
Broncos
Steelers
Titans
Panthers
Eagles
VIKINGS
Dolphins
Patriots
SEAHAWKS
CHARGERS
Lions
COWBOYS

Monday Night:

Ravens
NINERS

COLTS
Chiefs
Broncos
Steelers
Titans
Panthers
Eagles
VIKINGS
Dolphins
Patriots
SEAHAWKS
CHARGERS
Lions
COWBOYS

Monday Night:

Ravens
NINERS

Survivor pick: Washington

Survivor Pick: Eagles.

Survivor: JAX

Survivor pick: Cowboys

Too late for AYRFSF but my survivor pick will be SEAHAWKS.

I'll give you guys a head start...

texans
broncos
browns
jags
panthers
eagles
vikings
skins
patriots
seahawks
bears
lions
cowboys
ravens
cardinals

forgot my survivor pick. I'll go with the patriots.

jk.ravens are my sp pick.