With an overall record of 84-78, including 8-6 last week, TSN football analyst Chris Schultz is back with his Week 12 NFL selections in Risky Business. Kansas City (-7) at Oakland The pressure is on the Oakland Raiders. With every game that passes the organization takes another step closer to 0-16. And a team picture that will not have a lot of pride associated to it. It is a divisional game, Kansas City is coming off a tough win over Seattle that was physical. This week, KC is traveling and Oakland is home. Derek Carr is learning on the run and may have to run a lot if the Raiders have a poor pass blocking day on Tamba Hali and Justin Houston. Dontari Poe is also living up to expectations as a defensive tackle. These two teams do play again on December 1 so we cant reference a previous divisional game. The Chiefs play their best in the fourth quarter and should win, but by more than seven? Raiders on points. Atlanta (-3) at Cleveland Having Josh Gordon back at wide receiver enhances the entire offence. First teams are a little more hesitant to blitz as someone will be one-on-one and Cleveland hopes it is Gordon. Also teams do not commit to putting the strong safety into the tackle box because of deep post pattern success from Cleveland. Gordon was amazingly productive last year and should flow into the system relatively easily. Great athletic match-up to watch is corner Joe Haden on either Julio Jones or Roddy White. Atlanta is much better in the Georgia Dome but Cleveland will play better coming off the loss to Houston. Browns. Tennessee at Philadelphia (-11) Too many points for me. Zach Mettenberger did not by any means look overwhelmed in the three-point loss against Pittsburgh last Monday night. And yes on defence they gave up 202 yards to LeVeon Bell but that usually does not happen two weeks in a row as the defence has to watch video of it all week. I do think the Eagles win as they have too much perimeter talent and are too athletic up front across the offensive line. But what an opportunity for Mettenberger to establish himself and distance himself from indiscretions of the past. Titans on points. Detroit at New England (-7) Detroit could have and maybe should have beaten Arizona if not for a critical rule interpretation and third down situations. What the Lions have, the Colts did not have. That is a four-man pass rush from the edges and the interior and a much better run defence front seven. Jonas Gray is now a known commodity across the NFL and I will be surprised if he has extreme success against Detroit. In scoring only six points Detroit had its worst day offensively of the year, I cant see it happening for a second game in a row even though the Patriots match up well on Johnson and Tate with Revis and Browner. Detroit is chasing the Packers who are getting better and better. The Patriots are chasing no one except home field through the AFC playoffs and will not take Detroit lightly. Patriots cover. Green Bay (-9.5) at Minnesota I do not think the Packers will score another 50 points to make it three weeks in a row. As a matter of fact, with this game being divisional and a Mike Zimmer defence involved this one could be close. But where the Packers could dominate is against Teddy Bridgewater at quarterback for the Vikings. After a spectacular start at home against Atlanta teams do have video on Bridgewater and it makes a difference in defending him. Makes it easier. Jay Cutler had over 400 yards of offence and so can Aaron Rodgers. It will be cold but for a player from Alabama, Eddie Lacy runs effectively in the cold. Packers by 10 and cover. Jacksonville at Indianapolis (-10) Bounce back game of the week. The first Colts/Jaguars game in Jacksonville was a very easy win for Indy. This time coming off the dominant loss to New England I look for Andrew Luck to be all business in every way. Good teams always respond from a bad game with a good game, and the Colts are a good team. They will miss Ahmad Bradshaw but its time for Trent Richardson to shine with the added responsibility of a true No. 1 back. Colts cover. Cincinnati at Houston (-2) This is a good game that could go either way. Not many good memories for Houston in NRG Stadium, home of the Texans. But, credit the Bengals for a bounce back performance in New Orleans against a top quarterback in Drew Brees. Ryan Mallett looked comfortable at quarterback last week on the road and should look even more comfortable this week at home. Cincinnati had an amazing game from second-round draft pick Jeremy Hill. Doing it two weeks in a row against this Houston defence is unlikely, though. Houston by a field goal to cover the 2. NY Jets at Buffalo (-4.5) The weather will be a factor and the game could be delayed. All advantages for the Bills. The first Jets-Bills game was an easy Bills win and even with Michael Vick at quarterback I anticipate this one might be as well. The Bills defensive line continues to be one of the best and coming off the 22-9 loss in Miami with a record of 5-5 the Bills may not have realistic playoff hopes, but a winning season to break the constant 6 win, 10 loss three-year history is a genuine goal. Bills. Tampa Bay at Chicago (-5.5) Not sure if the dominant win by Tampa Bay over Washington was due to Tampa Bay being that good or Washington being in disarray. Weather again may be a factor and thats an advantage for the Bears. Mike Evans has made a difference in Tampa Bay and going back to Josh McCown at quarterback has made a difference for Mike Evans. Its the second game of a road trip for the Bucs, second straight home game for the Bears. Chicago definitely gained some confidence last week and now have a chance to gain some more. Bucs may still be mathematically alive in the NFC South, but only mathematically. Bears. Arizona at Seattle (-6.5) Too many points for a divisional game. For Arizona the best kept secret in all of football is Andre Ellington. 59, 199 lbs and he moves and flows like a Jamaal Charles-type of running back and Charles had 159 yards against Seattle last week. Health concerns with Larry Fitzgerald at wide receiver with a MCL sprain but he will show up and just his presence on the field makes a difference. The Cardinals are an exceptional blitzing team and run defence team. They must stay disciplined when Russell Wilson moves into safe areas and must be immensely physical on the most physical back in football, Marshawn Lynch. Nothing will come easy for either team. Cardinals. St. Louis at San Diego (-5) The Rams must be confident after beating Denver and making it look easy. The Chargers could not put the Raiders away and that has to be a concern. The most experienced head coach in the entire NFL is Jeff Fisher with over 300 games of head coaching experience. And now he gets his best quarterback back in Shaun Hill. The Rams defensive line could make a big impact on a relative stationary Philip Rivers. Rams. Miami at Denver Broncos (-7) A couple of genuine concerns emerged last week for Denver. First, the Broncos may not have the personnel or ability to run the football effectively. And pass protection will be tested again this week as Manning knows the ability of Cameron Wake and Olivier Vernon. The Rams did a great job of being physical with Denvers receivers and Miami will try to duplicate that. But this will be the first Broncos home game in three week against Miami, who is coming of a Thursday night time advantage. Denver responds and covers the 7. Broncos. Washington at San Francisco (-8) Theres drama going on in Washington and rejuvenation being felt in San Francisco. Not sure if what Robert Griffin said was all that bad because basically he talked the truth; that the people around him need to play better so he can play better. Should he have just used the well versed clichés of football and left the stage? Yes, but he didnt so pressure is on him more now than ever to play better than ever. For San Francisco, having Aldon Smith back helps everyone on defense. This being his first game back in front of family and friends, he will want to make game-changing plays. But the new emerging story is the effectiveness of Chris Borland at linebacker in terms of effort, production and intensity. Borland is a third round draft pick and I know its early but he is playing like a first round draft pick. Washington is pretty much playing out the season and Jay Gruden is already quietly thinking of 2015. Jim Harbaugh isnt. After all the adversity, the 49er are still a playoff team. San Francisco. Dallas (-3.5) at New York Giants The bye week could not come at a better time for the Dallas Cowboys after an easy win in London. Dallas has two games in five days - this Sunday at New York and Week 13 against the Eagles - and because Tony Romo played last week, there are no concerns about this week. Eli Manning had five interceptions last week - FIVE! Now, not all were his fault but five is outrageous. Aaron Rogers has three for the season. If there is one guy Dallas must keep in check though design or exceptional play it is Odell Beckham. He is a star waiting to shine. But he is one guy. Dallas has a chance to win the division, first things first. Cowboys. Baltimore at New Orleans (-3.5) The mystique of certain success in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome is over for the New Orleans Saints. After winning 20 in a row at home, the Saints have lost two consecutive games to San Francisco and last week to Cincinnati. The pressure is on in Baltimore. Everyone in the AFC North has a winning record which means every game is a must-win, especially coming off the bye as the Ravens are. The Saints are exceptional prime time players especially on Monday night, but Baltimore is done with their division games and the next six are all winnable. Good feeling in this stadium winning a Super Bowl. I expect it to be duplicated Monday night. Ravens. Dorance Armstrong Jr. Jersey . The Australian is competing in his final season in Formula One and still looking for his first win this year. He will look to end Vettels run of six straight race wins on Sunday. Webber, who is fifth in the championship, earned his second pole from the past three races and 13th of his career. Allen Hurns Jersey . McCutchen hit his first home run in over a month, doubled twice and scored two runs to help the Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Sunday and take three of four from the defending NL West champions. http://www.thecowboysfansmall.com/c-81-cowboys-chidobe-awuzie-jersey.aspx . Sweeting scored two in the first and three in the second before Strong (4-4) got two back in the fourth. Sweeting then scored three in the fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh to grab a commanding 9-2 lead. Deonte Thompson Jersey .Y. - Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs didnt flinch in the face of adversity. Dorance Armstrong Jr. Cowboys Jersey . JOHNS, N.On July 24, 2014, MLS expansion team New York City FC unveiled Frank Lampard as the club’s latest star player, following on from the signing of Spanish striker David Villa. At the time of the announcement, the club and the league went to great lengths to laud the arrival of Lampard as a sign that NYCFC meant business when it came to building their inaugural squad. In their press release, NYCFC stated that Lampard “has signed a two-year contract which starts August 1st (2014), while the player was quoted as saying this: “I am really excited about joining New York City FC and helping to play a real part in building something special in one of the sporting capitals of the world” and “It is a privilege to be able to help make history here in New York City - I just can’t wait to get started and be part of it.” Just two weeks later, the club announced that Lampard would be joining Manchester City – owned by the same group as NYCFC - in England ahead of his debut season in MLS. In that press release, Lampard was quoted as saying this: “Joining up with Manchester City is a fantastic opportunity for me to continue to train and play at the top level and make sure I am in top condition for New York City.” The assumption was that Lampard would be returning to New York at the end of 2014 in order to fully participate in NYCFC’s preseason training camp in the lead up to their first game in MLS. Since joining Manchester City, however, Lampard has made a real impact at the Premier League club – much more so than many would have expected. While he has rarely played a full 90-minute game for City, he has carved out a niche at the club as an impact player who can be relied upon to score goals and swing games in City’s favour when they need a push late on or to solidify the midfield when they need to manage a lead to the final whistle. Lampard’s spell at City has gone so well that City boss Manuel Pellegrini felt the need to extend Lampard’s stay at the club until the end of the Premier League season. There are conflicting reports about how it is even possible for that stay to be extended, as well as the terms under which Lampard initially joined Manchester City. City’s own press release stated the following: “Manchester City can confirm that it has extended Frank Lampard’s contract up to the end of Manchester City’s season, enabling his continued participation in both domestic and European campaigns.” While this may just be a case of the club making a poor choice in wording, there is a big difference between a “contract” and a “loan” in football. A contract implies ownership of a player; a loan implies an agreement between two clubs, whereby the player returns to the club that owns his playing rights at the end of the specified term of the loan. While it was originally reported that Lampard had joined City on loan back in August – as he would have had to do, since it was announced that Lampard’s NYCFC contract started on August 1 – a report from Sports Illustrated journalist Grant Wahl confirmed that this was not the case. According to Wahl’s report, MLS contends “Lampard entered into an agreement with the City Football Group to play under an MLS contract for 2015 and ’16 and to play for Man City until the end of 2014 under a Man City contract. Now that Lampard’s Man City contract has been extended to the end of this season, he will join NYCFC in July and play under an MLS contract.” The entire saga flies in the face of comments made by MLS Commissioner Don Garber in his state of the league address back in December, where he spoke about the league’s perceived lack of transparency.dddddddddddd “We recognize that things aren’t as easy for people to understand as they need to be, explained Garber. We look at the Jermaine Jones situation. We had a mechanism, the only mechanism that we could have put in place, to have Jermaine Jones signed in MLS. There was no other way to do it based on the rules that we have, but the public doesn’t understand our rules and most of the media don’t either. As I did say in 2014, transparency is a priority. Transparency is a big priority in 2015. If Garber is serious about transparency being a priority for the league, then situations like Lampard’s – let alone the “blind draw” that saw US international Jones land in New England - simply cannot be allowed to happen. There is a reason that “the public doesn’t understand our rules and most of the media don’t either” as Garber put it – the league’s rules continue to change. While a single-entity league like MLS is certainly unique in the world of football, it isn’t as difficult to understand as some suggest. If the league wants its fans and media to understand its rules, then MLS needs to start by documenting all of the league rules on the league’s website so that fans and media alike can dissect them. MLS fans are passionate, dedicated supporters and they are being robbed of the chance to invest more of their emotional energy into their teams because the league’s rules – particularly the ones regarding player acquisitions - are unclear, unknown or changing on the fly. Consider allocation money, as an example. Allocation money and how it relates to the league’s salary cap isn’t as complicated as nuclear physics - anyone with even a basic understanding of mathematics can add up a team’s salary expenditures and measure that against the salary cap. What better way to create debate and discussion amongst supporters than to have them quibble over the valuation of a signing or trade? When a team trades a player within the league in exchange for allocation money, fans and media alike should have the opportunity to evaluate that trade based on the amount of allocation money exchanged. The fact that the MLS Players Union publishes the MLS player salaries is an added bonus; it gives fans more information with which to assess the performance and value of players. Opponents will contend that transfer fees are rarely disclosed when a player is bought, sold or traded in the world of football. While this is true, that information almost always makes it into the public forum, usually through an intermediary such as a player agent or reporter. There are positives for both clubs in doing this. The selling club can show its supporters that it is receiving value in exchange for selling one of its star players, while the buying club can show its fans that it is committed to achieving success and is willing to spend the money needed to do so. Fans can judge whether or not their club is providing its fans with an entertaining product given its investment in playing personnel, as well as assess the competency of their club’s management team. It’s also important to consider that MLS is a unique league – something that league executives are quick to point out – and as such, might require a different approach to informing its supporters of how its players move from team to team. One thing is certain, though: keeping fans in the dark will not help MLS grow. If anything, it will drive passionate fans of the beautiful game away from the league, frustrated by the league’s hesitancy to tell fans what is really going on. 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