Sunday, December 4, 2011

Feast of Famine: You Call This Effort?

Greetings a salutations. I've heard from my boss that some people are reading this. That was the goal all along, I guess. With that being said, some of you readers are reading this regularly and Fred would like me to brag about how well my picks have been going. So 2 weekes ago, we were a modest 7-4-2. Last week was a little better. I forgot I was sitting on a rabbit's foot (which did tickle a bit, but that's another story) while I made picks last week. A little more than modest 12-4 was the result. You'll also notice that I did not make a pick for this past Thursday's game. Why? Simple. It was ugly. Unless you had to pick it for some ungodly reason (gun to your head, no self control, etc.) why waste your time? Two 4-7 teams don't deserve your attention. Make the NFL give you compelling matchups on these Thursday games, otherwise its a damned inconvenience for all of us football fans. I had to make a special trip to put in my weekly pick for the game. (For the record I did take Seattle, but in the interest of fairplay, I'm not going to count it for my record this week.) Enough jibba-jabba: "PICK ME," you all say (as in "Tell me the picks so I can quit reading already").  

Oakland(+3.5) @ Miami
One of the few underdogs this week that I like. Oakland is a solid ream, Miami is not. It's also not a good sign on the beach when folks are talking Marlins baseball over the Dolphins. I like the Raiders to win thins one outright.

Atlanta (-1.5) @ Houston
Who's the lesser of two evils here: an idiot coach (yes, we still remember the New Orleans game, Johnny) or your thrid-string QB? I still think that the Texans have a good squad, but the AFC is down and the Falcons almost have their backs to the wall. I like the dirty reformed birds here.

Tennessee @ Buffalo (-1.5)
I have liked the Bills from week one. They were a fun team to watch, then they started to suck. I guess they just really need to play at home (or Toronto) to have any success. They're 4-1 when they get to choose what uniforms they want to wear first. Take the Bills.

KC @ Chicago (-7)
One of my misses last week. I really thought that the Bears were something without Cutler, apparently not. But the Chiefs don't really have a QB either (or RB or defense, or a smart head coach), if we're going to split hairs here. I see the Bears covering this spread.