Week 10 is about to begin, so I'll get to my plays without much delay.

Ladies, leave the drama at home -- especially on a Friday night, when every single bar patron is trying to start the weekend on a happy, somewhat inebriated, note.

Not even one Bombay Sapphire and tonic into the evening, I hear loud sobbing two bar stools down. By nature, we writers are nosy folks, our ears constantly pricked up, whether we really want to hear what you say or not. To my right was a big black correctional officer enjoying a pint of Guiness. To his right sat a joyless, weeping, white middle-aged woman drinking a Bud Light. She knew him, probably from previous trouble with the law, and respected his advice. The problem: Her fiance had just returned from Afghanistan, and broke off the engagement. He had been M.I.A. for over 24 hours. Her side of the story, told with many tears and cheap bar napkins, is that he just can't adjust to civilian life with her and the kids. I don't know her fiance, but if these hysterics (and God knows what other madness) are the norm, no wonder the poor guy feels just as stressed, just as terrorized as when he was stationed in Afghanistan.

I quickly finished my second gin and tonic and skedaddled. When I left the fine yet tear soaked establishment, the weepy woman was out back, smoking a cigarette and crying on the shoulder of another lucky soul.

Men never behave like this. Men help you drown your sorrows with another beer or a shot of liquor. And then they change the conversation...to sports.

Enjoy the following tear-proof plays:

Straight Bets
Broncos -4
Steelers -7
Cowboys -3
Patriots +3

7-Team 7-point Teaser
Buccaneers/Dolphins Over 36 1/2
Panthers +9
Saints/Rams Over 44
Titans -1
Bengals +14
Broncos/Redskins Under 44
Broncos +3

Win or lose, remember, keep your weeping out of the tavern!