Do yourself a favor and forget everything that happened in the first half of the season. As we’ve seen from the past two weeks, not every team is going to bow out of the season quietly. The Chiefs, 49ers and Seahawks might surprise a few top contenders before they put a nail in the 2008 season’s coffin, and the Broncos aren’t ready to fade out.

Denver’s still got it

The ‘Welcome Back’ cards are in the mail to Denver for Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall, Tony Scheffler and Eddie Royal this week. It appears the potent Denver fantasy offense isn’t quite dead.

As long as the Broncos pass the ball effectively, opposing teams will be forced to pass instead of wasting time running the ball. Maybe it won’t matter that the Broncos couldn’t stop a light breeze for less than five rushing yards.

Unfortunately, the ‘Welcome Back’ cards are probably going to be slowed by all the ‘Get Well Soon’ cards I also sent to Michael Pittman, Andre Hall, Ryan Torain and Selvin Young.

Welcome to another addition of Thunderdome!

No intro. No nonsense. This week, we’re all about the picks, now featuring “locks” of the week.

Note: The ‘$‘ will signify Nick’s “locks” of the week from this point forward while a ‘#‘ will mark Chadam’s favorite bets.

New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons

Fools Take: FALCONS (+0) over Saints

Nick says: I think this will be a high scoring affair. The home team has won every NFC South matchup so far this year, and the Falcons are undefeated at home.

Tennessee Titans at Chicago Bears

Fools Take: Titans (-3) over BEARS $ #

Nick says: The Titans’ defense versus Sexy Rexy. This is a no brainer and one of my locks of the week. We decided to add three locks each week and keep our records on those locks since its true that we don’t gamble on every game every week.

Since the games start on Thursday this week because the NFL has a dark side, we’re giving you a special sneak peek of “A Fool and His Money in Week 10″ in which Nick and Chadam will continue to disgrace themselves while picking Vegas’ NFL spreads for fantasy football fans.

Look for the full article tomorrow, and enjoy the Thursday night appetizer!

Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns

SPLIT DECISION!
Chadam Takes: BROWNS (-3) over Broncos
Nick Takes: Broncos (+3) over BROWNS

In taking the Browns, Chadam says: While Brady Quinn is a huge douche and is questionable in some non-football categories, I can’t deny that he’s at least semi-talented. I think he’ll enjoy some success in his debut against a garbage Broncos defense that is now missing D.J. Williams. With their best linebacker out, who’s going to chase down receivers that the Denver cornerbacks fail to cover?

This thing is totally in beta, but we like to stay on the cutting edge here. Besides, it’s never fun to drink alone. Now, you can have friends no matter what you’re doing on Sunday.

Enter the Foolish Live Blog, your source for fantasy commentary and amusing banter while all the NFL action goes down.

The Fools will answer sit-or-start questions, live blog the NFL games, provide witty observations and generally kick ass for an entire Sunday.

We’ll start things off at 11 a.m. CST (fingers crossed). Hopefully, we do a better job live than Bill did — earmuffs, kiddies.

And boom goes the dynamite.

Fantasy Football Fools’ Nick and Chadam pick the NFL spreads each week in “A Fool and His Money.” You don’t have to bet with them; in fact, it might be better for your wallet if you don’t. But for fantasy football players, Nick and Chadam provide a look inside the matchups from Vegas’ perspective and thoughts on which games and players will be critical in bringing home a win.

This week, we’re debuting “A Fool and His Money” in a slightly different format with a consensus opinion rather than the two versus takes. Tell us what you think, and feel free to comment.

Are there morals in fantasy football?

Think about it. Is it okay to pick a player you hate to be on your fantasy team? Is it okay to take advantage of lesser players in your league and swindle them in unfair trades?

And I don’t mean trades where you feel you are getting an advantage.