We got a call from The Boss on Sunday night. Not the boss, but The Boss. He demanded to know why the Gehlke Bros. are stinking up the Internet with their lackluster picks this season. He said, "Youse guys had better start pickin' some winners or I'm gonna have youse fired for impersonating da Bengals on company time."

OK, he didn't say it quite like that, but we see his point. The Bros. have been accuracy challenged through six weeks of the 2002 season, finding new and hideous ways to pick losers on Sunday, as opposed to the winning teams we strive to find in our weekly prognosticating activities. Actually, we wanted to tell The Boss about our secret method of making NawFuL picks, but if we showed him the Ohio quarter we've been flipping he might suspect we do have a thing for Cincinnati and we'd have to start using a Tennessee quarter or something.

Week 6 was -- how shall we put this delicately -- embarrassing. Not only did the formerly winless Rams get their first victory of the year against the formerly loss-less Raiders, but several other teams that should have won failed to. New England? Whiff! Denver? Thud! Giants? Poof! That would explain Glenn and Sean's disappointing 6-8 weekend. But what about Ben?

Our youngest prognosticating partner outdid his elders with an 8-6 record. He threw caution to the wind and followed his own inner voice that told him to pick teams like Dallas, Minnesota and Green Bay, which helped him to an unofficial three-game lead for the season. Hey, Ben, The Boss wants to talk to you...

We all correctly guessed Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and San Francisco's wins. We also all foolishly put our faith in the Giants, Oakland and Denver. Will we do better next week? You have our promise that we will sure as heck give it the ole NawFuL try.