Week 5 Picks: Good and Bad Collide

by Dave GoldbergFiled under: NFL PredictionsThis seems to be the weekend of the big spreads: there are four that are double-digit or more in a league that always boasts about its close games.The one that best demonstrates the DIS-parity in the NFL this year is the line on the Raiders-Giants game at the Meadowlands -- from 14 1/2 to 17, depending on which Vegas book you look at . It's normally a game that would be off the board because of questions about Eli Manning's sore heel -- when starting QBs are hurt, the guys who take the bets usually want no part of it.Instead the attitude is "who cares?'' Presumably, the Vegas guys believe the Giants will beat the Raiders easily with David Carr (or even Rhett Bomar, the rookie who quarterbacks -- and plays other positions -- on the practice squad). Although an ESPNews voice, perhaps in an effort to hype his way from the Worldwide Leader's Triple A team to the majors, promoted a spot early Friday morning by saying of...