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December 31st, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 56-59 ATS
Upset Record: 16-29, -$820

Week 17 NFL Matchup: Washington Redskins @ Philadelphia Eagles
Date: Sunday, January 1st, 1:00 ET
Location: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
NFL Lines: Philadelphia -9
Over/Under 45.5
Week 17 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Sorry, Philly. We’re just not all that convinced. The teams that have played against the Eagles of late, for the most part, have either had nothing to play for, or just haven’t been all that great. We know that the Redskins fall into this boat as well, but we may as well finish up this season the same way that it started. Everyone was convinced that the “Dream Team” would blow away teams like the Giants, the 49ers, and the Bills, only to get shocked with an outright upset by the road team here in the City of Brotherly Love. We’re still not convinced that the fans are going to really be on the side of the team this week with such bad sentiment going around in Philly over Head Coach Andy Reid, and that being said, we are going to take the nine points. Either RB Evan Royster or RB Roy Helu has had at least 100 rushing yards in four of the ‘Skins last five games. That’d be a great start towards a cover if it happened again on Sunday.

Week 17 NFL Pick: Washington +9

Week 17 NFL Matchup: San Francisco 49ers vs. St. Louis Rams
Date: Sunday, January 1st, 1:00 ET
Location: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
NFL Lines: San Francisco -10.5
Over/Under 35
Week 17 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Nothing is easy this time of year no matter who you are. The Rams stink. They’re the worst team in football. And yet, this is still their last game of the season and their swan song, and they are going to be at home with a crowd on their side that really wants to see their team beat one of the best teams in the league. The Niners really have the deck stacked against them, as they are expected to win this game and win it going away, and the end result might be a game in which they keep it really close to the vest and just barely find a way out of town. Even without QB Sam Bradford, we think that St. Louis can keep this game a lot closer than this point spread suggests. Ignore the fact that the 49ers are one of the best ATS teams ever and that the Rams are one of the worst ATS teams ever. Roles reverse on Sunday.

Week 17 NFL Pick: St. Louis +10.5

Week 17 NFL Matchup: Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings
Date: Sunday, January 1st, 1:00 ET
Location: HHH Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
NFL Lines: Minnesota -1
Over/Under 41
Week 17 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

The Bears have absolutely packed it in, while the Vikings are still trying hard to win games. Again, it’s the swan song for the Vikes, and they are going to want to send out the Metrodome with a win, something that it has only done a handful of times over the course of the last two years. We just can’t picture Chicago having any desire to come on the road and win this game with all of the injuries and bad press that have surrounded this team for weeks. Minnesota is clearly in the better state at the moment, and it will show on Sunday.

Week 17 NFL Pick: Minnesota -1

Week 17 NFL Matchup: Indianapolis Colts @ Jacksonville Jaguars
Date: Sunday, January 1st, 1:00 ET
Location: Ever Bank Field, Jacksonville, FL
NFL Lines: Jacksonville -3.5
Over/Under 37
Week 17 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Colts have gotten their two cute, little wins over the course of the last two weeks, but that doesn’t mean that they are going to want to lose out on QB Andrew Luck! It would legitimately be a travesty for this franchise to win this game, and the Jags should be the beneficiaries. It is the last time that Wayne Weaver will own the team, and it will probably be the last that any of us have ever heard of Jacksonville interim coach Mel Tucker. RB Maurice Jones-Drew is going to be going for the rushing title this week, and we think that he will get the job done and eclipsed the 1,500 yard mark for the year in doing so. The Jags will shine on Sunday and at least go into the offseason with new ownership a little something to built upon.

Week 17 NFL Pick: Jacksonville -3.5

Week 17 NFL Matchup: Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots
Date: Sunday, January 1st, 1:00 ET
Location: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
NFL Lines: New England -10.5
Over/Under 50
Week 17 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

Don’t believe us that things aren’t easy this time of year? Just look at what the Dolphins nearly did to the Patriots last week! New England needs this game and needs it badly, or it runs the risk of having to play a road game in the playoffs. It has a lot of motivation to get the job done against a Buffalo team that beat it up in Orchard Park early this season, and QB Tom Brady has all of the motivation in the world to have a huge game. The Bills picked him off four times, and he is 190 yards short of QB Drew Brees for the most passing yards in a single season in the history of the NFL. However, the Bills finally got going again last week against the Broncos, and though that might have been their game in which they really got the job done for that offseason momentum, we do think that they are going to at least make things remotely interesting on the Pats on Sunday.

Week 17 NFL Pick: Buffalo +10.5
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December 23rd, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 54-55 ATS
Upset Record: 15-28, -$770

Week 16 NFL Matchup: Denver Broncos @ Buffalo Bills
Date: Saturday, December 24th, 1:00 ET
Location: Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, NY
NFL Lines: Denver -2.5
Over/Under 41.5
Week 16 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Broncos were beaten up badly by the Patriots last week, but we have learned not to count out QB Tim Tebow. The Bills have been terrible over the course of the last two months or so, and they can’t even figure out how to get out of their own way to win some games. There are a ton of NFL bettors out there that think that Buffalo is going to be able to pull off the upset, but we just don’t see anything that justifies that. For whatever reason, Tebow still doesn’t seem like he is liked by the NFL betting public, but we are going to take advantage of him. We tend to think that Denver locks up the AFC West on Saturday and puts some pressure on the Texans for the No. 3 seed in the AFC.

Week 16 NFL Pick: Denver -2.5

Week 16 NFL Matchup: Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots
Date: Saturday, December 24th, 1:00 ET
Location: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
NFL Lines: New England -9.5
Over/Under 48.5
Week 16 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Patriots are expected to run away with this game and make a move towards being the No. 1 seed in the AFC. However, we just aren’t all that sure that that is going to be the case. This is the Super Bowl to the Dolphins, and they are playing as well as a lot of teams are in the conference. WR Brandon Marshall has dominated in this series over the last two years, and he is going to be a threat to upset the Patriots all by himself. New England is coming off of a great win in Denver, but we tend to think that it could be on the wrong side of a brutal upset. This isn’t the same Dolphins team that gave up over 500 passing yards to QB Tom Brady. Don’t say that we didn’t warn you…

Week 16 NFL Pick: Miami +9.5

Week 16 NFL Matchup: Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens
Date: Saturday, December 24th, 1:00 ET
Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD
NFL Lines: Baltimore -12.5
Over/Under 38.5
Week 16 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Browns were absolutely atrocious the first time that these two teams met, as they let RB Ray Rice rumble for over 200 yards and a TD on the ground, and then let RB Willis McGahee come up near the 100 yard mark as well. That game was in the Dawg Pound and this one is in the big crab cake, which would make you think that this one is going to be a blowout, but we aren’t all that sure that that is the case. This is still a divisional game, and just like the New England game is the Super Bowl for the Dolphins, winning just one of these two games for Cleveland against the Ravens and Steelers would be the exact same thing. QB Seneca Wallace looked alright last week, and we tend to think that he is at least going to keep this game relatively close. Baltimore will finish out its perfect season at home, though.

Week 16 NFL Pick: Cleveland +12.5

Week 16 NFL Matchup: Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys
Date: Saturday, December 24th, 4:15 ET
Location: Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
NFL Lines: Dallas -1
Over/Under 50.5
Week 16 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Many think that the Eagles are just more or less destined to win the NFC East at this point, even if they are only going to finish up the year at 8-8. We just aren’t all that sold that Philly is going to get the job done. This schedule that the team has played of late has been a bit underwhelming to say the least, and this is a significantly different game. Dallas was absolutely whooped the first time that these two teams met in the City of Brotherly Love, and if nothing else, whether this game truly means anything to the Cowboys or not, they are going to want to get the job done in this one to ensure that Philly is going to finish up the year below .500. If the Eagles do, they really could end up losing Head Coach Andy Reid. This is far too short of a point spread.

Week 16 NFL Pick: Dallas -1

 
December 18th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 48-52 ATS
Upset Record: 12-27, -$1,330

Week 15 NFL Matchup: Washington Redskins @ New York Giants
Date: Sunday, December 18th, 1:00 ET
Location: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
NFL Lines: New York -6
Over/Under 46
Week 15 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

The Giants have played in quite a few very interesting games of late, including a ton of games with a ton of points. Washington’s defense has been nothing special, and its offense is looking more and more competent as the weeks go by now that the unit is relatively healthy. QB Eli Manning will get his yards once again, as he inches closer to the 5,000 yard mark on the year, but in the end, we do think that both of these teams are going to get their points. Don’t be shocked if both are in the mid-20s or even the low-30s when this one is said and done with. We like Washington for the upset, but we also like the ‘over’.

Week 15 NFL Pick: Washington/New York Over 46

Week 15 NFL Matchup: Green Bay Packers @ Kansas City Chiefs
Date: Sunday, December 18th, 1:00 ET
Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO
NFL Lines: Green Bay -13.5
Over/Under 46
Week 15 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

We’re going to hedge our bets with this one. It’s really, really hard to see how the Green Bay offense is being kept out of at least the high-20s in this game, as there hasn’t been a team of late that has been able to even remotely slow down this unit. Kansas City’s offense has exactly one touchdown since QB Tyler Palko has taken over. We know that laying points on the road, especially two TDs of them is a recipe that is normally a disaster, but we trust the Pack. We just don’t have any feeling for the Chiefs, as we know that they aren’t going to score. If this one goes ‘over’ the ‘total’, we definitely think that the Packers are going to be scoring at least 35.

Week 15 NFL Pick: Green Bay -13.5 and Under 46

Week 15 NFL Matchup: Carolina Panthers @ Houston Texans
Date: Sunday, December 18th, 1:00 ET
Location: Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
NFL Lines: Houston -6
Over/Under 45
Week 15 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

*Sniff, Sniff* You smell that? Smells like a bit of a trap to us… The oddsmakers are seemingly baiting you into taking Houston in this one, as the Texans are the toast of the town right now. They’re the top seed in the AFC playoffs at the moment, and they are going to have the easiest road to the top seed in the conference when push comes to shove even though none of the teams control their own destiny. Mobile quarterbacks have a history of really ruining this defense, and that could be the case again in this one. QB Cam Newton is going against a defense that really has proven that it is that good, but without DC Wade Phillips on the sidelines and in another week without WR Andre Johnson, we just don’t see it happening for Houston. Sure, the Texans might win this game on emotion, but we think that this is a bad letdown spot for the team after clinching the AFC South last week in dramatic fashion. In the end, it’s still QB TJ Yates, a fifth round pick against Newton, the first pick in the NFL Draft.

Week 15 NFL Pick: Carolina +6

Week 15 NFL Matchup: Detroit Lions @ Oakland Raiders
Date: Sunday, December 18th, 4:05 ET
Location: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
NFL Lines: Detroit -1
Over/Under 47.5
Week 15 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

We might be totally off base with this one, but we really want to give the Raiders a heck of a lot of slack. They ran into a Miami team on a roll two weeks ago and into the mighty Packers last week on the road. Now, they’re back at home, where, save for a dud game while the team was in transition over its quarterbacks, they have played quite well. Detroit was very, very lucky to survive last week at home against a bad Minnesota outfit, and now, it has to go on the road, across the country, against a team that really does have some potential. It just seems silly to us that Oakland is getting a point in this game, and we have every intention to take that point all the way to the bank.

Week 15 NFL Pick: Oakland +1

Week 15 NFL Matchup: New York Jets @ Philadelphia Eagles
Date: Sunday, December 18th, 4:15 ET
Location: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
NFL Lines: Philadelphia -3
Over/Under 44
Week 15 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

This is another one of these games that smells kinda fishy. The Jets have played poorly on the road this year, but there aren’t many games that they have been totally out of. Philly has lost seemingly every time it has been favored at home, but this is a team that at least seems like it is renewed after going on the road with a healthy QB Michael Vick, crushing the Dolphins as short underdogs. The season might be on the line (but then again, it might already be over as well depending on what else happens over the course of the week) for the Eagles, while the Jets know that they are going to have to win this one to keep up with their playoff spot. We just don’t trust the oddsmakers, or New York on the road.

Week 15 NFL Pick: Philadelphia -3

Week 15 NFL Matchup: Cleveland Browns @ Arizona Cardinals
Date: Sunday, December 18th, 4:15 ET
Location: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
NFL Lines: Arizona -6.5
Over/Under 37.5
Week 15 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

Should the Cardinals REALLY be laying 6.5 against anyone in the NFL at this point? We think that the whole world is going to jump on Arizona’s back in this one, knowing that it is going to need to win this game to A) get back to .500 and B) stay in the playoff picture. Cleveland’s season is over with, and it is going to be on the shoulders of QB Seneca Wallace to get the job done with QB Colt McCoy out. For as bad as this offense has been with McCoy, at least there are some fast legs that are involved with Wallace. Getting the ball in his hands often yields great results, so at least the Browns can perhaps stick inside of a touchdown defeat in this game.

Week 15 NFL Pick: Cleveland +6.5

 
December 11th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 45-47 ATS
Upset Record: 11-25, -$1,155

Week 14 NFL Matchup: Indianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens
Date: Sunday, December 11th, 1:00 ET
Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD
NFL Lines: Baltimore -16.5
Over/Under 41
Week 14 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

A lot of folks are going to be on the bandwagon of the Colts this week, as they were able to not just beat the 20.5 point spread against the Patriots, but they darn near found a way to win the game outright with a ridiculous charge in the fourth quarter. That being said, we have to remember that that was a four TD game before the final stanza when the Pats clearly packed it in, and we know that Baltimore never stops bringing the boom. Last week, RB Ray Rice rushed for over 200 yards, and RB Ricky Williams came right behind him and had another 70+ and a score. And now, Baltimore comes home to play against a team that plays even worse defense! We’ve hit the bonanza in this one. The Ravens should be laying more than the Patriots were. We’ve got ourselves a steal to say the least.

Week 14 NFL Pick: Baltimore -16.5

Week 14 NFL Matchup: Kansas City Chiefs @ New York Jets
Date: Sunday, December 11th, 1:00 ET
Location: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
NFL Lines: New York -10.5
Over/Under 36.5
Week 14 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

Over the course of the last three weeks with QB Tyler Palko calling the shots, the Chiefs have five field goals and a touchdown on a Hail Mary pass at the end of the first half to the smallest guy on the field. The Jets aren’t great, but they are definitely good enough to beat a team with that sort of offense. If QB Mark Sanchez doesn’t give up points, the New York defense should be able to hold Kansas City to, one would figure less than 17 for sure, and probably less than 13. At home this year, the Jets have been able to put points on the board, and we don’t think that that will be an exception on Sunday. One would like to think that the ‘under’ is going to cash, but we’d rather take our chances laying the points with the Jets at home just in case KC does find its way into the end zone more than once on accident.

Week 14 NFL Pick: New York -10.5

Week 14 NFL Matchup: New England Patriots @ Washington Redskins
Date: Sunday, December 11th, 1:00 ET
Location: FedEx Field, Landover, MD
NFL Lines: New England -7.5
Over/Under 48
Week 14 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

We absolutely hate laying points on the road in NFL betting action, but in this case, we think that New England is going to come out and lay the smack down on Washington. The Redskins haven’t really played all that many great games since the first few weeks of the year, and their secondary isn’t going to be able to hold up against QB Tom Brady and the gang. Last week, New England was all over the field in the first three quarters before basically giving up in the fourth and letting the Colts back in it. Head Coach Bill Belichick isn’t going to let his team give up this time around, especially knowing that the top seed in the AFC really could be lost if this game ends up going the wrong way. TE Rob Gronkowski gets his record setting touchdown for most scores by a tight end in a season, and Brady inches closer towards throwing for over 5,000 yards. This one is going to be all New England.

Week 14 NFL Pick: New England -7.5

Week 14 NFL Matchup: Buffalo Bills @ San Diego Chargers
Date: Sunday, December 11th, 4:15 ET
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
NFL Lines: San Diego -7
Over/Under 47.5
Week 14 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

Now wait just one darn moment before everyone gets on the San Diego bandwagon once again… This is the type of game that the Chargers lose and lose seemingly more often than they win. The Bolts have tricked us, with their huge romp of a bad Jacksonville team on Monday Night Football last week, that they are for real once again. This is a short week and a bad travel week at that for the Chargers, and though it is also a bad travel week for a Buffalo team that has to come across the country, at least the Bills had one more day to get accustomed to the travel plans. San Diego might win this one when push comes to shove, but we love the spunk that the Bills have shown for the most part over the last couple weeks even though they are basically down and out of the playoff race. Take the points in a game in which Buffalo very well could hit a backdoor and could pull off an upset as well.

Week 14 NFL Pick: Buffalo +7

Week 14 NFL Matchup: Oakland Raiders @ Green Bay Packers
Date: Sunday, December 11th, 4:15 ET
Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI
NFL Lines: Green Bay -11.5
Over/Under 51.5
Week 14 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

It’s always rough to go against the Packers, but this week, we are going to take our chances with the Raiders. They played an absolutely atrocious game last week against the Dolphins, and though they have to come all the way East for a second straight week, they are probably going to be a lot more focused against a Green Bay that is clearly the best in the league. On the road this year, the Raiders have scored 23, 35, 25, 24, and 27 points before last week’s stinker in Miami. Meanwhile, the Packers have been cutting it close a little bit of late. They have failed to cover two of their last three, and they haven’t comfortably put away a team that is going to have an impact on the playoff chase in several weeks. We’ll take the ‘over’ as a bit of a buffer, as we do think that Oakland is going to score its points, but our better play is clearly on the silver and black to keep this one within 10 or so.

Week 14 NFL Pick: Oakland +11.5 and Oakland/Green Bay Over 51.5

 
December 3rd, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 38-46 ATS
Upset Record: 10-22, -$1,120

Week 13 NFL Matchup: Kansas City Chiefs @ Chicago Bears
Date: Sunday, December 4th, 1:00 ET
Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
NFL Lines: Chicago -7
Over/Under 37.5
Week 13 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

We made mention in our NFL upsets the fact that the Kansas City defense has had its moments of playing better football of late, and we are standing by that. We know that the Bears play remarkable defense at home, and that shouldn’t be an exception on Sunday, especially with whatever combination of QB Tyler Palko and QB Kyle Orton that Head Coach Todd Haley wants to throw their way. QB Caleb Hanie still looks lost, and we don’t think that he really has the ability to put more than 20 on the board in a game like this unless RB Matt Forte goes absolutely bonkers. Even then, with as bad as the KC offense has been, we’ll take our chances with the ‘under’.

Week 13 NFL Pick: Kansas City/Chicago Under 37.5

Week 13 NFL Matchup: Oakland Raiders @ Miami Dolphins
Date: Sunday, December 4th, 1:00 ET
Location: Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
NFL Lines: Miami -3
Over/Under 43
Week 13 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Dolphins have gone from a total zero to a team that is now favored by a field goal against a division leader. Miami won’t make the playoffs this year, but the team is playing well. Of course, the Raiders have put together a great string of games with QB Carson Palmer calling the shots, but we definitely have some concerns. WR Darrius Heyward-Bey has basically been nowhere to be found at times, and both WR Denarius Moore and WR Jacoby Ford are out with injuries. RB Darren McFadden will be sidelined as well, and the backup to RB Michael Bush, RB Taiwan Jones is down in this one to boot. There just aren’t enough offensive weapons for Raider Nation to come clear across the country in one of their longest road trips of the season and to pull out a victory. Lay the field goal.

Week 13 NFL Pick: Miami -3

Week 13 NFL Matchup: Atlanta Falcons @ Houston Texans
Date: Sunday, December 4th, 1:00 ET
Location: Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
NFL Lines: Atlanta -3
Over/Under 38
Week 13 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Let’s be realistic for just a second about the Texans. We know that QB TJ Yates has been forced into battle in this one with both of the quarterbacking Matt’s in front of him on the depth chart out of the fold. We also know that he didn’t score a single point in the second half against the Jaguars last week, and now he has to contend with an Atlanta team that is every bit as good as its 7-4 record suggests. However, there is nothing wrong with the Houston ground game, as both RBs Arian Foster and Ben Tate will surely get at least 40 touches between them, and the defense has no new problems either. The Falcons are banged up defensively and could have some real problems contending with this rushing attack, though they are only allowing 4.0 YPC for the season. The Texans have only been beaten once this year at home, and we aren’t sold that that number is going to change this week. Take the points in what should be an awfully close game.

Week 13 NFL Pick: Houston +3

Week 13 NFL Matchup: Indianapolis Colts @ New England Patriots
Date: Sunday, December 4th, 1:00 ET
Location: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
NFL Lines: New England -20.5
Over/Under 47.5
Week 13 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

Remember back a few months ago when everyone thought that this game was actually going to be good? No mas. The Colts are a train wreck, but they are at least going to have something to fall back onto this week in the form of QB Dan Orlovsky. The former UConn Husky is going to become the third different starting quarterback not named QB Peyton Manning to start a game this year, and he has the dubious task of playing against the Pats in Foxboro for his first test. That being said, New England is going to get its points, especially since this Indy defense is allowing right around 30 per game against average teams. However, we have seen at least a little bit of spunk in the Colts of late. They had the ball with a shot to tie the Carolina Panthers last week, and they were at least competent against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Sure, this team only had one road game decided by less than 10 points all season long, but we need to stick within 20, not 10. We’re more hoping than anything else, but we do think that getting 20.5 is just too much in any NFL game, especially since this New England defense has looked vulnerable. We’ll hedge our bets with the dogs and the ‘over’.

Week 13 NFL Pick: Indianapolis +20.5 and Over 47.5

 
November 25th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 34-41 ATS
Upset Record: 10-20, -$920

Week 12 NFL Matchup: Buffalo Bills @ New York Jets
Date: Sunday, November 27th, 1:00 ET
Location: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
NFL Lines: New York -9
Over/Under 42
Week 12 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

We’re going to take this opportunity to pick on the Bills once again. They have been sliding badly over the course of the last few weeks, and they clearly aren’t the same team that beat the Patriots and the Raiders at home. Now, they have to go on the road against a New York team that really has played remarkable ball in its own backyard. RB Fred Jackson is out for the year, and that’s terrible news for an offense that has struggled this year when it hasn’t had the running game to really rely upon. It’s all bad news for Buffalo, and in this battle of 5-5 teams, we fully expect to see the Jets excel by a comfortable double digit margin.

Week 12 NFL Pick: New York -9

Week 12 NFL Matchup: Minnesota Vikings @ Atlanta Falcons
Date: Sunday, November 27th, 1:00 ET
Location: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
NFL Lines: Atlanta -9.5
Over/Under 44.5
Week 12 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

The Vikings have now had six straight games with at least 44 points in total on the board, and now, they really might be in a position where they have to throw the ball more with RB Adrian Peterson out of the lineup. That’s a good thing for points against an Atlanta secondary that typically struggles. The Falcons have played six straight ‘under’ contests, but it’s not like their offense has struggled. In all their last five, they have scored at least 23 points. It’ll probably take a tad more than that on Sunday, but if Atlanta does get into the high 20s, we think that this game is getting past the ‘total’ and into the 50s.

Week 12 NFL Pick: Minnesota/Atlanta Over 44.5

Week 12 NFL Matchup: Washington Redskins @ Seattle Seahawks
Date: Sunday, November 27th, 4:05 ET
Location: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA
NFL Lines: Seattle -3.5
Over/Under 37.5
Week 12 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

The Redskins have simply fallen apart, and though they looked better last week in an overtime loss against the Cowboys, we just don’t think that they have the horses to come on the road to arguably the toughest venue in America and log a victory. Seattle has to believe in itself, and if its defense can keep QB Rex Grossman under wraps it will be able to win this game by a relatively comfortable margin. RB Marshawn Lynch has had some great games of late, and the Washington defense just isn’t good enough to stop him if he gets into his beast mode again.

Week 12 NFL Pick: Seattle -3.5

Week 12 NFL Matchup: New England Patriots @ Philadelphia Eagles
Date: Sunday, November 27th, 4:15 ET
Location: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
NFL Lines: New England -3.5
Over/Under 50
Week 12 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

Beware the hype… Every single time that the Eagles win a game like they did last week on the road against the Cowboys, everyone tends to think that this is what really will get this team going. Instead, we have to look at this quite objectively. The Patriots could have some problems throwing the ball against one of the best secondaries in the game, but Head Coach Bill Belichick knows how to design schemes that will take advantage of his tight ends in the middle of the field, where Philly is weak. On top of that, it is still unknown whether QB Michael Vick is going to be in the lineup or not. There’s a reason that this team is 1-4 at home and just 4-6 overall, and especially without its quarterback, we just can’t back Philadelphia. Expect to see this game be a romp.

Week 12 NFL Pick: New England -3.5

Week 12 NFL Matchup: Denver Broncos @ San Diego Chargers
Date: Sunday, November 27th, 4:15 ET
Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
NFL Lines: San Diego -6
Over/Under 42.5
Week 12 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

Alright, we’re not going to be dumb enough to go against QB Tim Tebow again, because we know that, no matter how badly he plays over the course of a game, he always seems to keep his team in it. The one thing that we haven’t seen from him yet though, is the ability to play from way behind. We’ve also become smart enough to not play on the Chargers, a team that we are convinced really is just nothing more than about average, if that. San Diego’s offense has the ability to put some points on the board, and in a big time way, and though the unit seems to score points, it doesn’t do it when it has to. That being said, we think that there are going to be a share of points in this game, as we think San Diego will jump out early, causing Tebow to put the ball in the air… We’re not so sure who’s scoring when that happens, but we know that someone is going to take advantage.

Week 12 NFL Pick: Denver/San Diego Over 42.5

 
November 23rd, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 34-38 ATS
Upset Record: 10-20, -$920

Week 12 NFL Matchup: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
Date: Thursday, November 24th, 12:30 ET
Location: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
NFL Lines: Green Bay -6
Over/Under 55.5
Week 12 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

If you’re a believer that the Packers are going to get picked off at some point over the course of the rest of this season, this is probably the game that you have to feel like it is going to happen in. This hasn’t been a perfect team by any stretch of the imagination, as its defense continues to struggle, and the ground game continues to really not look great. That being said, the Lions feel like they are playing every single game into the 60s, 70s, or even beyond, and we don’t see that changing with the Packers coming to town on the fast track of the turf in Motown. We more or less feel as though there isn’t a ‘total’ that could reasonably posted that will be high enough. QB Aaron Rodgers seems destined to throw for at least three TDs, and the same could probably be said for QB Matthew Stafford for the Lions. We’d be surprised if there weren’t at least 60 on the board when this one was said and done with. It’s probably the most square play on the board during the whole holiday weekend, but we are going to roll with it because we know that neither of these teams are going to leave anything on the table when it is said and done.

Week 12 NFL Pick: Green Bay/Detroit Over 55.5

Week 12 NFL Matchup: Miami Dolphins @ Dallas Cowboys
Date: Thursday, November 24th, 4:15 ET
Location: Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
NFL Lines: Dallas -7
Over/Under 44
Week 12 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Cowboys and Dolphins have both been rolling right along, but neither has really been able to beat the best teams in the league consistently. The Fins are probably going to be playing all sorts of loose football, as this is the only chance that they will get to be on the national stage for the rest of the year. All of the pressure is on Dallas in this one to perform. Even if WR Miles Austin doesn’t play though, we still love the way that QB Tony Romo is spreading the ball all over the place to his tremendously talented receivers. Miami just seems to be doing this with smoke and mirrors, and it really hasn’t been able to severely challenge a team like this in a spot like this. We don’t think much of the narrow loss against the New York Giants before this winning streak, and in the end, we think that a weak secondary that hasn’t been challenged in about a month will get exploited. Romo will have a huge game, and Cowboys will win by two touchdowns.

Week 12 NFL Pick: Dallas -7

Week 12 NFL Matchup: San Francisco 49ers @ Baltimore Ravens
Date: Thursday, November 24th, 8:20 ET
Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD
NFL Lines: Baltimore -3.5
Over/Under 38.5
Week 12 NFL TV Schedule: NFL Network

Dare we really say that the wrong team is favored in this game? The common thought is that the Niners are due for a letdown after a seemingly overachieving 9-1 start to the season, but what if they really are a legitimate Super Bowl contender this year? What we’ve seen out of the Ravens all year is a team that plays to the level of its opponent. The question is whether Baltimore really sees San Fran as a 9-1 team, or a team that hasn’t made the playoffs in seemingly forever and has no business being in the Super Bowl discussion this season. Time will surely tell, but one thing is for sure, and that’s that the Niners are going to bring it. They’re 9-1 SU and 9-0-1 ATS this year, and the best way to prove to the rest of the world that they are for real would be going on the road and taking down the Ravens, a team which is undefeated at home this year. We think that the outright upset is going to happen, but we’re going to take the 3.5 just in case.

Week 12 NFL Pick: San Francisco +3.5

 
November 18th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 30-35 ATS
Upset Record: 10-18, -$720

Week 11 NFL Matchup: Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins
Date: Sunday, November 20th, 1:00 ET
Location: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, FL
NFL Lines: Miami -2.5
Over/Under 43
Week 11 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

It really feels like the wheels have fallen off of the Buffalo bandwagon after back to back brutal losses against the Cowboys and the Jets. Now they have to come on the road again to Miami, where they traditionally really don’t play that well. The Dolphins are “hot,” having won two in a row, and a win in this game may actually bring Head Coach Tony Sparano back into the potential mix for a head coaching job somewhere next year (because we know that it won’t be in Miami with the new stadium opening up). We just like the mojo that is surrounding the Dolphins, as they have played some good games of late, and we think that they are justifiably short favorites in this game.

Week 11 NFL Pick: Miami -2.5

Week 11 NFL Matchup: Jacksonville Jaguars @ Cleveland Browns
Date: Sunday, November 20th, 1:00 ET
Location: Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, OH
NFL Lines: Cleveland -1
Over/Under 34.5
Week 11 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

McCoy! Gabbert! It’s the NFL on CBS! Alright, we’ve heard better introductions for women’s volleyball games than that, but it’s true. These two offenses, for lack of better terms, suck. The weather is going to be nasty in Cleveland as well, and if the Colts and Jaguars could only combine for 24 points in a dome, it’s a wonder how on earth the Jags and Browns could get to 35. It’s the lowest ‘total’ of the season, but it’s not nearly low enough. We’d actually put this game in the high 20s.

Week 11 NFL Pick: Cleveland/Jacksonville Under 34.5

Week 11 NFL Matchup: Carolina Panthers @ Detroit Lions
Date: Sunday, November 20th, 1:00 ET
Location: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
NFL Lines: Detroit -7
Over/Under 47.5
Week 11 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

It’s high time that the Lions wake up and put together a strong performance going into Thanksgiving. Sure, it’s clear that the Panthers are more talented than your average 2-7 team, but QB Cam Newton can’t do it all. The mean streak of this Lions defense should make the difference in this one. QB Matt Stafford will get back on track and get back in the end zone without throwing a plethora of picks, and we are convinced that this is the game in which WR Calvin Johnson breaks out again. The Panthers were blown to bits on their home turf last week by a worse Tennessee team, and the timing is right for a bounce back for Detroit. It’s time for a double digit victory once again for the hosts on the eve of the biggest game that the franchise has had in decades against the Pack next week.

Week 11 NFL Pick: Detroit -7

Week 11 NFL Matchup: Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Redskins
Date: Sunday, November 20th, 1:00 ET
Location: FedEx Field, Landover, MD
NFL Lines: Dallas -7.5
Over/Under 42
Week 11 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

It really doesn’t make a heck of a lot of sense to us as to why we think that the Redskins will compete with the Cowboys on Sunday, but this is another one of those rivalry games that just doesn’t make a ton of sense. These two teams played to a defensive struggle of an 18-16 game when they met up in Dallas earlier in the year, and we don’t think that all that much has really changed with either team. WR Miles Austin is out once again, just with a problem with the other hamstring this time, and the Redskins are back in the command of QB Rex Grossman, as they should be. No, we don’t think that Washington is pulling off the upset, but laying more than a TD on the road usually isn’t good in the NFL.

Week 11 NFL Pick: Washington +7.5

Week 11 NFL Matchup: Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers
Date: Sunday, November 20th, 4:05 ET
Location: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA
NFL Lines: San Francisco -9.5
Over/Under 41
Week 11 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Okay, we’re not exactly in, “Fade ‘Em until they fail to cover a game” mode, but we do think that the 49ers are due for a game in which they just don’t come out and play all that well. Sure, they’ve got the talent and the right mindset to get through that and to post the victory, but this is still a divisional game against an Arizona team that has played two just flat out awesome road games this year. QB John Skelton, believe it or not, looks better than QB Kevin Kolb does running this offense, as he has been smart enough to get the ball in the hands of WR Larry Fitzgerald, arguably one of the most talented receivers in football. The 49ers had better be careful, or they could reasonably get picked off in this game.

Week 11 NFL Pick: Arizona +9.5

 
November 12th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 29-29 ATS
Upset Record: 10-16, -$520

Week 10 NFL Matchup: Buffalo Bills @ Dallas Cowboys
Date: Sunday, November 13th, 1:00 ET
Location: Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
NFL Lines: Dallas -6
Over/Under 47.5
Week 10 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Bills really haven’t been able to stop many teams this year, but this Dallas offense really concerns us right now. At times without WR Miles Austin, the unit more or less went into a shell and wasn’t really able to do much. There were no touchdowns against Washington, no scores in the second half against Detroit, and nothing to really write home about last week at home against a lowly Seattle team. That being said, New York’s defense, headed up by Rex Ryan was able to hold Buffalo down to just 11 points last week. Think that brother, Rob was taking some notes? In the end, the Cowboys always have the ability to score in the 30s, but we just don’t see it happening. A final score in the mid- to high-30s seems appropriate in this one.

Week 10 NFL Pick: Buffalo/Dallas Under 47.5

Week 10 NFL Matchup: Houston Texans @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Date: Sunday, November 13th, 1:00 ET
Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL
NFL Lines: Houston -3.5
Over/Under 45.5
Week 10 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Texans have played some fantastic football of late, but we’re just not all that sure if it is going to stand up when push comes to shove. They really haven’t played much of a schedule, and now they have to come on the road to face a Tampa Bay team that we have some hopes for still this season. This is a very, very important clash for the Buccaneers, as there is a huge difference between 4-5 and 5-4 this late in the season. QB Josh Freeman has a knack for keeping games awfully close, and we think that this one is going to be decided by a field goal one way or the other. Nothing would surprise us, but we know that we want the points on our side.

Week 10 NFL Pick: Tampa Bay +3.5

Week 10 NFL Matchup: Arizona Cardinals @ Philadelphia Eagles
Date: Sunday, November 13th, 1:00 ET
Location: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
NFL Lines: Philadelphia -14
Over/Under 46.5
Week 10 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

There is a big, big difference between the Eagles facing this Arizona team and the Eagles losing other home games of seemingly similar stature against teams like the Giants, Niners, and Bears. All three of those teams would be in the playoffs if the season started today. There’s no way in heck that the Cards are going to get there. Arizona had a nice road game at Baltimore a few weeks back, but that was aided by a special teams touchdown and two other fluky scores. Assuming that Philly isn’t going to be giving those scores up, we just don’t see where the scoring is coming from. When QB John Skelton has to put the ball in the air, it could be all over but the crying against this secondary. Arizona has a hard time getting out of its own way defensively as well, which could create a matchup nightmare for this defense. We finally think that this is the game in which the Eagles soar by four or five scores like they’re supposed to.

Week 10 NFL Pick: Philadelphia -14

Week 10 NFL Matchup: New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers
Date: Sunday, November 13th, 4:15 ET
Location: Candlestick Park, San Francisco ,CA
NFL Lines: San Francisco -3.5
Over/Under 42.5
Week 10 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Has our philosophy on the Giants really changed that much because of just one game? Sure, that win on the road in Foxboro was as big of a win as the franchise has had since winning the Super Bowl, and the opportunity is definitely there to be able to go on and seize control of the NFC East once and for all. That being said, off of such an emotional win, this is a ridiculously difficult road trip against a team that, if not for choking away a late lead against Dallas way back in Week 2, we would also be talking about as a potential 16-0 team this year. The Niners are absolutely legit. We’re still not totally all that sure that the Giants are. The G-Men will get smacked back into their place on Sunday, but they should still be thrilled that they were able to survive these two game with a split.

Week 10 NFL Pick: San Francisco -3.5

 
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Year To Date Record: 28-26 ATS
Upset Record: 8-13, -$575

Week 9 NFL Matchup: Cleveland Browns @ Houston Texans
Date: Sunday, November 6th, 1:00 ET
Location: Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX
NFL Lines: Houston -10.5
Over/Under 41
Week 9 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Texans are the prototypical team who is a tease. At 5-3, there is no doubt that this team is the cream of the crop in the AFC South… for now… But of course, this is also the type of team that will blow a game like this for no reason whatsoever, drop to 5-4, and all of a sudden, they’ll be in second place in the division once again in all probability and be questioned for the rest of the week. We just don’t like the news that WR Andre Johnson is still out of the lineup, and it might be half the season in which he doesn’t ultimately play. Cleveland is somehow a 3-4 team, and the squad has had an uncanny ability to stay in games or at least make them respectable. The Browns aren’t going to win this game in the end (at least we don’t think), but we can definitely see how the Texans will make life harder on themselves than it really needs to be.

Week 9 NFL Pick: Cleveland +10.5

Week 9 NFL Matchup: Denver Broncos @ Oakland Raiders
Date: Sunday, November 6th, 4:05 ET
Location: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
NFL Lines: Oakland -7.5
Over/Under 42.5
Week 9 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

In the end, the Broncos really shouldn’t be playing high scoring games for the rest of this season. QB Tim Tebow just makes too many mistakes to get the job done against most defenses in the NFL, and we do think that we will see QB Brady Quinn at some point over the course of the latter stages of this game. That being said, RB Darren McFadden is out of this game, and RB Michael Bush is going to have to carry the whole load. This is the first game that QB Carson Palmer is going to start with his new team, and we don’t really think that he is going to be given full control of everything in this offense. It could be a very, very ugly game this week in the Black Hole, and we are surprised that this ‘total’ isn’t posted in the 30s, and maybe even the mid-30s at that.

Week 9 NFL Pick: Denver/Oakland Under 42.5

Week 9 NFL Matchup: Cincinnati Bengals @ Tennessee Titans
Date: Sunday, November 6th, 4:05 ET
Location: LP Field, Nashville, TN
NFL Lines: Tennessee -3
Over/Under 41.5
Week 9 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Titans are facing a tremendous battle in this one against a Cincinnati team that really might be a heck of a lot better than we originally thought. Winning on the road in Seattle is no small task, and it might turn out to be a lot harder than playing against the Titans here at LP Field. That being said, the ground game is going to get back on track this week for Tennessee, though we aren’t so sure whether it will be RB Chris Johnson or RB Javon Ringer doing the majority of the heavy lifting. At some point, the Bengals are going to fall backwards, we’d like to think, and the schedule ahead is only going to get a heck of a lot harder. After getting blown away at home a few weeks ago by the Texans, this is a game that the Titans just can’t afford to lose. We think that they’ll get the job done.

Week 9 NFL Pick: Tennessee -3

Week 9 NFL Matchup: New York Giants @ New England Patriots
Date: Sunday, November 6th, 4:15 ET
Location: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
NFL Lines: New England -9
Over/Under 51
Week 9 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

It doesn’t feel like it was just a few years ago that these two teams were playing each other in the Super Bowl. The Giants have had a good history against the Patriots, and we tend to think that this will be no exception. This is a team that is 5-2 on the season. Don’t forget about that. New York has had its struggles, including last week against lowly Miami at home, but we do think that this is a team that just has the heart of a champion. We’re not saying that the Giants are going to beat the Patriots, but we do think that they are going to make this a game, just as the Cowboys did a few weeks ago when they came to Foxboro.

Week 9 NFL Pick: New York +9

 
October 29th, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 27-22 ATS
Upset Record: 7-12, -$520

Week 8 NFL Matchup: New Orleans Saints @ St. Louis Rams
Date: Sunday, October 30th, 1:00 ET
Location: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
NFL Lines: New Orleans -13.5
Over/Under 47.5
Week 8 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Simply put: The Saints aren’t winning every single game by 55 points. The Rams aren’t losing every single game by more than two touchdowns. St. Louis just has to cover a game at some point, and getting two TDs at home, even if it is a backup quarterback that is playing in QB AJ Feeley, is just too much. New Orleans is due for a big letdown spot after the blowout victory last week, and if it comes into this one too confident, it could suddenly find itself in a heck of a fight. We don’t normally encouraging the Martingale system (which means that you bet one unit on a team, and then if it loses, you bet two units, then four units, then eight units, etc.), because every game truly is independent of its previous games, but there has never been a team in the NFL have an 0-16 ATS season, and we don’t see it starting now either.

Week 8 NFL Pick: St. Louis +13.5

Week 8 NFL Matchup: Arizona Cardinals @ Baltimore Ravens
Date: Sunday, October 30th, 1:00 ET
Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD
NFL Lines: Baltimore -12.5
Over/Under 43
Week 8 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

We’re getting very, very weary of all of these big time underdogs, as the time is going to come that some of them are going to creep up and not just cover, but win games outright .See: Baltimore last week. The Ravens really should have never even remotely struggled with the Jags, but they did and ended up losing. This Arizona team is a hot mess, though. QB Kevin Kolb looks terrible just standing in there in the pocket, and he is just asking to get killed by an irate Baltimore team that is eager to get back on the right track. Remember, all of the teams that have come to the giant crab cake this year have gotten slaughtered. As long as the Ravens aren’t looking ahead to next week’s duel in Pittsburgh, this one should be a cakewalk.

Week 8 NFL Pick: Baltimore -12.5

Week 8 NFL Matchup: New England Patriots @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Date: Sunday, October 30th, 4:15 ET
Location: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
NFL Lines: New England -2.5
Over/Under 52
Week 8 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The 5-2 Steelers really should feel like that they should hang around in this game. They are playing significantly better ball right now than they were at the outset of the season when they were just 2-2, and they are a tremendous home team. However, QB Tom Brady and company have owned this series over the course of the last several years, and there’s no reason to think that that is going to stop now, especially off of a bye week last week. Remember that Pittsburgh’s five wins have all come against teams that aren’t making the playoffs in all likelihood. In the two that it played against legitimate postseason players, it was stomped. Without LB James Harrison, the mojo just isn’t there for the Steelers any longer. They’ll get beaten and beaten down by the Patriots on Sunday.

Week 8 NFL Pick: New England -2.5

Week 8 NFL Matchup: Cleveland Browns @ San Francisco 49ers
Date: Sunday, October 30th, 4:15 ET
Location: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA
NFL Lines: San Francisco -9
Over/Under 38.5
Week 8 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

The Niners are as good as advertised this year, but we are cautious about laying more than a touchdown with them on a regular basis. The Browns just have this knack about sticking around in games. They found a way to win last week in spite of the fact that they didn’t score a single touchdown, and they were able to fight back the last time that they were out here when they took on the Raiders at the Black Hole. QB Colt McCoy’s offense just has to improve at some point, or the whole West Coast scheme just needs to be dumped. San Francisco will move to 6-1, but this feels like a game that is still going to have a degree of doubt at the death.

Week 8 NFL Pick: Cleveland +9

Week 8 NFL Matchup: Cincinnati Bengals @ Seattle Seahawks
Date: Sunday, October 30th, 4:15 ET
Location: Qwest Field, Seattle, WA
NFL Lines: Cincinnati -1
Over/Under 37.5
Week 8 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

We’ve already made it clear that we think that the Bengals are losing this game, and we think that they are doing so in ugly fashion as well. Seattle’s offense this year has only had one outburst – the 36 points that it dropped on the Giants at MetLife Stadium. Aside from that, the games have been generally fairly ugly, and none were uglier than last week’s 6-3 loss at the Dawg Pound. This is going to be a tough spot, especially with wet weather in the forecast for QB Andy Dalton, as this is his first test on the road at a venue that is this big and this loud. Remember that neither starting running back is going to be in the fold, and neither set of receivers is capable of making tremendous plays over and over again. There might not be a game on the Week 8 slate that we are more sure of than this one.

Week 8 NFL Pick: Cincinnati/Seattle Under 37.5

 
October 23rd, 2011 By Andrew Ryan
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Year To Date Record: 25-17 ATS
Upset Record: 5-11, -$750

Week 7 NFL Matchup: Washington Redskins @ Carolina Panthers
Date: Sunday, October 23rd, 1:00 ET
Location: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
NFL Lines: Carolina -2.5
Over/Under 43
Week 7 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Did you ever think that you’d see the day where the Panthers would be favorites against a team with a winning record? It seems pretty obvious to us that the Redskins are a farce though, and if we had to guess, they’ll finish with a worse record than Carolina this year. There is a lot of buzz about these Panthers in 2011 with QB Cam Newton, and though that won’t translate into a ton of wins, this is a game which should go their way. QB John Beck just isn’t the answer in Washington, and we tend to think that he and the Redskins are in for a long, long decline for the rest of the year.

Week 7 NFL Pick: Carolina -2.5

Week 7 NFL Matchup: Houston Texans @ Tennessee Titans
Date: Sunday, October 23rd, 1:00 ET
Location: LP Field, Nashville, TN
NFL Lines: Tennessee -3
Over/Under 44
Week 7 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

On virtually any other Sunday of the year, we probably would have backed the Texans in this game. Houston is just too banged up right now on both sides of the ball to back. There could be as many as eight starters from the opening day lineup that aren’t going to be in the fold this week, including the top two players on the team, WR Andre Johnson and LB Mario Williams. Tennessee is also off of its bye week, and we have to think that that was finally the time that RB Chris Johnson needed to get back into game shape once and for all after his lengthy holdout that marred the start of the season. CJ2K has had a big, big career against the Texans, and he has had a few games with over 200 total yards and multiple trips to the end zone. He’s only averaging 3.0 YPC this year and right at 50 yards per game on the ground, but that will all change for the better on Sunday. First place in the AFC South, for now anyway, belongs to Tennessee.

Week 7 NFL Pick: Tennessee -3

Week 7 NFL Matchup: Kansas City Chiefs @ Oakland Raiders
Date: Sunday, October 23rd, 1:00 ET
Location: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
NFL Lines: Oakland -3.5
Over/Under 41
Week 7 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

This seems like an overly obvious play to make in this game, but have you seen what these two offenses have looked like of late? Sure, the Chiefs are starting to find a bit of an identity with QB Matt Cassel remembering that WR Dwayne Bowe was one of the best receivers in the game last year and force feeding him the pigskin now. However, did you really watch QB Kyle Boller last weekend against the Browns? They’re the Browns, for crying out loud! Boller was atrocious against an atrocious defense, and this week, he isn’t going to be any more productive. Don’t really expect to see much out of these two teams, and when push comes to shove, we’re shocked to see this ‘total’ in the 40s in spite of the outbreak of points that has happened in the NFL this year.

Week 7 NFL Pick: Kansas City/Oakland Under 41

Week 7 NFL Matchup: Pittsburgh Steelers @ Arizona Cardinals
Date: Sunday, October 23rd, 4:05 ET
Location: University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, AZ
NFL Lines: Pittsburgh -3.5
Over/Under 43.5
Week 7 NFL TV Schedule: CBS

Just how public can the Steelers be in this game? About as public as they were in the Super Bowl a few years ago when they were able to win the game, but didn’t beat the spread in this exact same fixture. It seems obvious that this year, with the Cards struggling, that the Steelers are clearly the better team. Ah, not so fast, my friends! QB Kevin Kolb had a full off week to get acclimated with his new offense; remember that he had a really short offseason and was traded just a short period of time before the preseason started. WR Larry Fitzgerald is going to have a relatively easy cover as well with the Pittsburgh secondary not exactly being the best in the league. On top of that, the Steelers just haven’t looked good in general. S Troy Polamalu looks old, as does a good chunk of the rest of this defense, and the offense, after putting up over 300 yards in the first half alone against Jacksonville, only scored 17 points last week. If it can’t do better than that in this one, look out! Especially if that weird, UFO shaped stadium, the Cardinals tend to play some mighty good football, even though they are only 1-4.

Week 7 NFL Pick: Arizona +3.5

Week 7 NFL Matchup: St. Louis Rams @ Dallas Cowboys
Date: Sunday, October 23rd, 4:15 ET
Location: Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
NFL Lines: Dallas -13
Over/Under 43
Week 7 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

At some point, the Rams are going to cover a spread this season… Right? They’re 0-5 SU and ATS, but this is a decent chance this week to get back on track and at least notch a cover, though a win seems relatively out of the question. We’re sure that QB Sam Bradford doesn’t even want to see this stadium, as this is where he suffered one of his two shoulder injuries in college, and now, he would have to go against the Dallas defense with an ankle injury. Still, we think that the addition of WR Brandon Lloyd, even though he has only had a few practices under his belt, will help keep this offense moving. We were impressed with the Dallas defense last week at New England, but we’re just not all that sure that this team has the ability to win a game by two touchdowns more often than not. It feels like the backdoor is going to be wide, wide open in this game and that the Rams will find it.

Week 7 NFL Pick: St. Louis +13

Week 7 NFL Matchup: Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings
Date: Sunday, October 23rd, 4:15 ET
Location: HHH Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
NFL Lines: Green Bay -9
Over/Under 46.5
Week 7 NFL TV Schedule: FOX

Last week’s game for the Pack against the Rams is more or less what we are expecting to see this week against the Vikings. Sure, Minnesota might scoring a touchdown just to get some confidence for its rookie starting quarterback making his first NFL start, but it won’t make that much of a difference. The Vikings have a defense that has some abilities and is certainly better than what we saw last week against the Bears in primetime. Green Bay doesn’t need to flex its muscles and win this game by 30 points either. QB Christian Ponder is probably going to look like a deer in headlights, which is going to cause for there to be plenty of running the football, likely on both sides. In the end, asking these two teams to get to 47 is a hefty, hefty task. Gun to our head, we’re probably take the Packers because they’re just so hot right now, but instead, we’ll bank on the Pack not getting past about 27 or so and keeping this game below the number.

Week 7 NFL Pick: Green Bay/Minnesota Under 46