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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

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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

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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

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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

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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