The holiest of days is here. The FIRST full Sunday of NFL action. Can I get some hallelujahs from all the football Home Boys across America?

With football comes opinions, or is it A-Holes. We've all got em' and love to share em' even if nobody else gives a crap. I've got 4 predictions in mind for you.  

Mexican Standoff: The marquee game of the day has to be Bears-Chargers. Two stud defenses, two young QBS, two teams that love to pound the rock on the ground, two sets of unheralded big play receivers but only one Antonio Gates. Maybe the Chargers are able to run the ball a bit more effectively...maybe Grossman hits a couple of homeruns early with Bernard Berrien...maybe the defenses and special teams make the deciding plays in the game...nobody knows for sure but I'm watching.

Prediction: A scrappy Bears team falls short and loses 20-16.

Shoot-out: Dunt...dunt...dunt...dunttttt...dunt-dunt...dunt-dunt! Looking for some scoring this week? Look no further than Monday Night Football. Hope the folks on the East Coast are patient cause they'll have to wait until the second Monday Night special kicks-off at 10:00 PM when the Cardinals play the 49ers.  Matt Leinart, Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin and Edgerrin James look to outscore Alex Smith, Frank Gore, Darrell Jackson and Vernon Davis! What?!?!?!  In names alone this could become a fantasy bonanza especially since both defenses have much to prove.

Prediction: San Francisco has done more to improve their defense and has the better offensive line. Arizona has the best duo of receivers this side of Marvin Harrison & Reggie Wayne. The 49ers outpoint the Cardinals 38-30.

Upset Special: Tom Brady is in the house! Bill Belichick is in the house! Richard Seymour isn't. Rodney "Nobody Gives A $hit About Performance Enhancers in The NFL" Harrison isn't. Asante Samuel just showed up. Randy Moss just showed up (maybe). Somebody wake up old men Tedy Bruschi and Mike Vrabel from their mid-morning naps and tell them they need to go chase somebody. "Eric Mangenius" is in the house! Chad "Tom Brady Light" Pennington is in the house. Little Big Man Laveraneus Coles is in the house! Thomas Jones is in the house! And by the way they're playing in the Jets house...or is it the Giants house? So freakin' what.

Prediction: An inspired Jet team gives the Patriots a first week black-eye and kick a late field goal to upset New England 20-17.

Ugly Rout: The Pittsburgh Steelers go to Cleveland and play marching band as they head up and down the field at will. The chants of Brady Quinn---Brady Quinn---Brady-Quinn start in week one as starting QB Charlie Frye gets pummeled. Willie Parker will shred the Browns on the ground and the combination of Ben Roethlisberger/Hines Ward/Santonio Holmes will carve up the secondary...just like they all did last season. The new Pittsburgh staff led by rookie head coach Mike Tomlin is looking to make a statement that this isn't Bill Cowher's Steelers anymore and that they can still play SMASH MOUTH FOOTBALL!

Prediction: Steelers trounce the Browns 31-10.

Football is back...football is back!!! As Tom Cruise once said to Renee Zellweger in his role as Jerry McGuire, "You Complete Me." Well maybe not... but the sentiment is the same and I'm happy as can be.