Here are the Week 6 underdog picks

Photo by Miranda Garside.

American pro football rumbles on with another slate of contests today. We've had five weeks to size up the field, and you would think the oddsmakers are getting smarter. That would mean that the underdogs are doggier than ever. But you never know. And this week, most of the 'dogs are playing at home.

So what does it all mean? We've got a couple of dozen smart people who have graced us with their opinions. Without further ado, here are the picks by the players in our charity pro football underdog game, their chosen underdog being in caps:

8.5  CLEVELAND at Philadelphia - Kosar19

7  NEW ENGLAND vs. Houston - Stephen F.

6.5  CAROLINA vs. Atlanta - Meow, Gordon, Zen Cohac

6.5  WASHINGTON at Baltimore - Linda, Mojo, Air, Andypdx, pdxTrojan, SteveO, Bad Picker, Andy C.

5.5  ARIZONA at Green Bay - Oredogger

3.5  NEW ORLEANS vs. Tampa Bay - Shoeshine Boy

3.5  SEATTLE vs. San Francisco (Thursday, unsuccessful) - PDXileinOmaha, Cliff

3  DALLAS vs. Detroit - John

3  DENVER vs. Los Angeles Chargers - Annie B., Buster Dog-las, Roger Goodell, Portland Pandemonium, pitter patter

Nobody picked:

3.5  NEW YORK GIANTS vs. Cincinnati

3  LAS VEGAS vs. Pittsburgh

2.5  NEW YORK JETS vs. Buffalo (Monday, pick still due 10:00 a.m. PDT Sunday)

2  JACKSONVILLE vs. Chicago (in London, Sunday, 6:30 a.m. PDT)

1.5  TENNESSEE vs. Indianapolis

IMPORTANT NOTE:  This post has been updated to show all picks received by the deadline.

Our most recent standings are here; ignore the asterisks contained therein. Best wishes to our players for a delightful 'dog day.

UPDATE, 1:15 p.m.: With almost half the week's games concluded, none of the underdogs have won.

UPDATE, 5:55 p.m.: Every last underdog lost today. There are two night games left in the week, but none of our players picked those 'dogs. Our standings remain as they were a week ago. New lines will be posted here on Tuesday.

UPDATE, overnight: The Sunday night bowser also failed.

IPDATE, Monday night: The Jets also lost, which means that every underdog did indeed lose this week. That's happened only once before in the history of our game, 15 years ago.