week 8

Both myself and  Mr. Slag forgot that there was a football game was played Thursday. It was two meaningless teams playing in Carolina and Tampa so it was easy to forget. I won't forget to place the picks for the rest of the games and below are my picks.

Lions 27 Dallas 20 (5). Mega game for Megatron
Chiefs 20 Browns 7 (11). Chiefs are winning with an easy schedule but still winning.
Patriots 24 Dolphins 13 (8). Patriots rarely lose two in a row.
Saints 30 Bills 17 (9). Saints will dominate early.
Giants 20 Eagles 14 (1). A team that doesn't win on the road against a team that doesn't win at home. I am counting on Vick getting injured for the Giants to win.
49ers 28 Jags 7 (12)
Bengals 28 Jets 10 (3). Reality check for the Jets.
Steelers 17 Raiders 10 (2). Steelers are slowly improving even if it is probably too late.
Denver 35 Redskins 20 (7). RG3 is improving but the Redskin defense is not.
Atlanta 24 Cardinals 20 (4). I'm holding out some hope for Atlanta to make my superbowl pick look good.
Packers 28 Vikings 14 (10). Someone find the Vikings a quarterback
Seattle 21 Rams 3 (6). and for the Rams too

week 7

I did pick Seattle to beat Arizona but should have given a higher confidence level of 2. Not to worry. My interest in baseball is gone since the world series will include two teams I dislike so I can now focus all my attention on football and make some bold picks as you will see. W

Falcons 27 Bucs 13 (14). Atlanta has to make a move now to have any hope of getting in the playoffs.W
Detroit 28 Bengals 17 (7). Detroit is improving and playing well at home. L
Miami 24 Buffalo 14 (8). Same thing I said about Detroit applies to Miami L
Jets 17 Patriots 14 (1). This may look like an upset but I'm going on a trend Geno Smith been good one week and bad the next. He was bad last week and this week he should be good enough to pull out a close one. W
Dallas 27 Eagles 20 (3). Eagles have been terrible at home. Tony Romo will throw for more than 400  passing yards causing the local media to say he is playing at his best while failing to mention that the Eagles are ranked last in defense. W
Bears 24 Redskins 17 (9). Until RG3 gets confidence playing with his surgically repaired knee, Washington will keep losing L
Carolina 24 Rams 7 (13). W
Chargers 30 Jaguars 14 (13). Why is Jacksonville even in the NFL W
49ers 21 Titans 10 (6). W
Packers 35 Browns 21 (15). W
Chiefs 21 Houston 10 (11). The Chiefs get better every week and Houston is declining in 5th gear. W
Baltimore 17 Steelers 14 (4). These games are always close regardless of the team's records. L
Denver 27 Colts 20 (10). Peyton's offense has too many weapons for the Colts. L
Giants 24 Vikings 20 (5). The Giants have to win eventually. W

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RIP Bum Phillips. A true Texas original

week 6

Another rough week with my high confidence picks going down. I already picked Chicago to beat the Giants with a conf level of 11. Below are the rest of my picks W
Chiefs 17 Raiders 7 (10). Maybe the Chiefs are for real. W
Panthers 20 Vikings 7 (4). W
Ravens 24 Packers 17 (8). No Clay Matthews is too much to overcome L
Bengals 21 Bills 20 (2). Close one but if Dalton can figure out he has a great tight end in Tyler Eifert the Bengals will prevail. W
Lions 20 Browns 10 (3). If this were in Detroit I'd feel more confident. W
Steelers 27 Jets 17 (1). My upset pick. The Steelers are too proud to go 0 and 6  W
Eagles 21 Bucs 14 (5). Tampa looks for a new coach afterward. W
Houston 30 Rams 14 (9). Schaub finally has a game with no interceptions. L
Denver 80 Jaguars 17 (15). W
Seattle 27 Titans 10 (14). Seattle is unbeatable at home. W
Saints 24 Patriots 17 (12). Saints are on a roll and their offense has too many weapons for the Pats to handle. L
49ers 21 Cardinals 17 (13) W
Dallas 24 Redskins 14 ( 6). I need to see a solid game from RG3 before I can pick the Redskins. W
Colts 21 Chargers 14 (7). Andrew Luck gets better every week L

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week 5

week 5

Last week was rough as I thought it would be for me but on the heels of my Notre Dame Fighting Irish victory at Jerry world yesterday I will be back in business today with a few upset picks this week that has some very close match ups. I already picked Cleveland (W) to win with a confidence level of 4 and below are the rest of my picks.

Bears 24 Saints 20 (5). Saints have rebounded from last year but there not as good a team on the road.L
Patriots 20 Bengals 17(1). I have serious doubts about Andrew Dalton. L
Packers 24 Lions 14 (10). Detroit is playing well so far but it's been forever since they have won in Lambeau field. W
Titans 20 Chiefs 17 (12). The Chiefs are 4 and 0 by playing Jacksonville and NFC east teams. Finally some real competions brings them to reality. L
Colts 24 Seattle 17 (2). This is not an upset. The Colts defense is underrated. W
Rams 20 Jaguars 10 (9). W
Ravens 28 Dolphins 17 (3). Flacco won't have two bad games in a row. W
Giants 23 Eagles 17 (8). I'm declaring early that Chip Kelley's style of offense is not right for the NFL. L
Cardinals 20 Panthers 17 (6). W
Denver 31 Cowboys 24 (7). If this were in Denver my confidence would be higher. W
49er 24 Houston 20 (11). Schaub will throw another pick 6. W
Chargers 30 Raiders 10 (13). Never thought I'd say this but Phillip Rivers is on a roll. L
Atlanta 35 Jets 7 (14). Falcons have had some tough losses and they will take it out on the Jets. L

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