Week 14 Picks
Home teams in CAPS
WASHINGTON (-3) over Chicago
I'm still not sure about the effects of Sean Taylor on this Redskins team. If you bet on this game you'll bet on anything, but I'll say this, Rex will throw a bad pick at the worst time and the Skins kick a field goal for the win at home.
Indianapolis (-9.5) over BALTIMORE
Indy is just getting healthy, and Baltimore is coming off a short week and an emotional loss to the Pats. Take the champs in this one.
JACKSONVILLE (-10.5) over Carolina
I really like this Jacksonville team, they're really tough and could have easily won that game last week. They're not losing two in a row. On a separate note, let's just retire the exaggeration of age joke in the booth from now on and I'm saying this because of Vinny Testaverde. "Testaverde comes up under center as he has for the past 115 years..." (fake chuckles from other announcers). Someone needs to put a stop to this, I blame Chris Berman.
Dallas (-10) over GOD'S TEAM
Detroit is fading fast, and as we've seen with Kurt Warner (I'm telling you Kitna) God is flighty when it comes to football.
Miami (+7) over BUFFALO
I'm not picking Miami to win. I really really want them to go 0-16 and I don't know why. That's schadenfreude for ya. Anyway, I think Buffalo is a year away from being important but they're very frisky. If they come away with that win over Dallas they're right there in the AFC playoff race with Tennessee.
N.y. Giants (+3) over PHILADELPHIA
I hate this Giants team, they're so schizophrenic. Also, I love how the coach with one of the worst records during the later half of the season has "cough" in his name. But I also don't know why Vegas loves the Eagles so much. They give them points out of the ether almost every week. The Giants will show up this week.
CINCINNATI (-6.5) over St. Louis
I hate this game.
St. Louis (+6.5) over CINCINNATI
I really hate this game.
CINCINNATI (-6.5) over St. Louis
OK there I did it.
GREEN BAY (-10.5) over Oakland
I really think that Brett Favre should sit this one out and just try to win a Super Bowl instead of keeping this streak going, but you have to love Brett Favre because he can't take painkillers anymore. A long time ago when he started liking them a little too much so now he can't take them anymore so he's doing all this without drugs. He's the Anti-Bonds!
San Diego (-1) over TENNESSEE
I really hate both of these teams. Apparently Albert Haynesworth is worth a 30 point swing as far as they're defense goes, the Madden Curse is working its magic on Vince Young, Norv Turner, Norv Turner on the road, and Phillip Rivers' sophomore slump. I reluctantly take the Bolts.
Tampa Bay (-3) over HOUSTON
My Bucs are in position to win out with they're easy schedule over the last few weeks. I can easily see them at 12-4 and depending what happens with the Packers there's a possibility of a first round bye. I can always hope.
Arizona (+7) over SEATTLE
Seattle is possibly the worst 8-4 team in NFL history. If Warner didn't give the game away against the Niners and Ferotte doesn't fumble it on the goal line two weeks ago, the Cards are actually winning this god-forsaken division.
Minnesota (-9) over SAN FRANCISCO
The Vikes seem like they're the late-season-run team of this season. This one will be easy, include this one on your list of 3 team teasers (along with Jacksonville and Dallas).
Cleveland (-3) over N.Y. JETS
I'm starting to lose faith in this Cleveland team even though they were a force out call away from winning that game against Arizona. I hate the force out rule because it's just so arbitrary you can't tell where their feet might land. They might land anywhere. The rules should be universal.
Kansas City (+6.5) over DENVER
How does Denver get six points over anybody? The Broncos are awful. That's all I have to say about that.
Pittsburgh (+10.5) over NEW ENGLAND
The Pats can't run the ball and can't stop the run very well. It seems to me that the Pats of today are the Colts of a few years ago, and the Pats have one of the worst Red Zone offenses in the league so if Pitt can slow them down and bend but not break they have a chance.
New Orleans (-4) over ATLANTA
Probably the worst Monday Night games in recent memory.
Record (since Week 11 excluding Week 12): 27-21
