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Picks & analysis for 2016 NFL Week 3.

NFL Week 3

NFL WEEK TWO RESULTS

We had an awful week on our four Specials picks and are goose egging our weekly Over/ Under or Totals picks—yet we are blistering our “Cume” Totals” at a near.700 pace.  (We play Over/Unders, or The Total, on all the night games and our three other Specials.)

Here’s what we look like after two weeks; not very pretty, but not hideous either:

Last Week:  7 – 9 = .563              

Overall Tally:  16 – 16 = .500

Specials 1 – 3          Cumulative Specials:  3 – 5  = .375

O/U or Totals Picks:  5 – 2         Cumulative O/U  or Totals = 9 – 4 = .692

GAME OF THE WEEK    1 – 1

LOCK OF THE WEEK   1 – 1

UPSET SPECIAL  1 – 1

OVER/UNDER OF THE WEEK   0 – 2

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Picks & analysis for 2016 NFL Week 3 Thursday Night Game.

NFL Week 3 Thursday Night

We can expect Bill Belichick to lie about Gronkowski’s ability to start.  We also expect the Darth Vadar of coaching to have an extensive video file of signals courtesy of Romeo Crennell, the Pat’s former defensive coordinator—and long time NFL coach.

Add that to the Pats superb record at the Razor and this one promises to be just as close as the gangsters believe it will be. Continue Reading NFL 2016 Week 3 Thursday Night Game Picks & Analysis – Football

Picks & analysis for 2016 NFL Week 2.

NFL Week 2

NFL WEEK ONE RESULTS AND NFC PREDICTIONS

We neglected to include our predictions for the NFC in last week’s Sunday column.  Without further ado…

1. Arizona Cardinals
2. Green Bay Packers
3. Carolina Panthers
4. Washington Native Americans
5. Seattle Seahawks
6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Bucs shock the world by dethroning the champs…

The ‘Hawks crush Washington…Then upset the Cardinals in the Desert…

Tampa falls hard on the tundra… Continue Reading NFL 2016 Week 2 Game Picks & Analysis – Football

Picks & analysis for 2016 NFL Week 2 Thursday Night Game.

NFL Week 1 Thursday Night

NEW YORK JETS (0-1) @ BUFFALO BILLS (0-1)

This game has become an annual slugfest at both team’s home stadium—one of the most bruising games of the year.

It’s kind of funny…Rex Ryan has proven over and over his teams seldom cover the checks he writes with his mouth.

There is so much to dislike about Rex’s yapping—yet the guy has an endearing quality about him.  Might be, you know he loves his players and they’ve always played hard for him.  Might be, you know he believes what he says… Continue Reading NFL 2016 Week 2 Thursday Night Game Picks & Analysis – Football

NFC Preview for the 2016 NFL Season.

NFL 2016 PREVIEW – THE NFC

In case you didn’t notice, the pendulum has swung back to the AFC when it comes to power teams.  AFC teams have won three of the last four Super Bowls.  The Chiefs Broncos, Steelers, and Patriots are all as good or better than Arizona, Green Bay or Seattle in the NFC.   The AFC also has four other teams that could take a giant leap to the championship games—Cincy, Oakland, Houston, and Baltimore.

The NFC is top heavy.  Arizona and Carolina set the conference standard. But the Panthers let a rookie quarterback beat them on Thursday.

Announcers can stroke Cam Newton all they want—the Broncos did get away with some headshots—but in the NFL, no QB can be the double weapon Newton was on Thursday for even half a season.  In Phoenix, Carson Palmer has yet to take that breakout step and win a conference championship; his window is closing fast.

After those two clubs, throw the other fourteen NFC helmets into a barrel and shake it up.

Aaron Rogers can’t carry the Packers forever.  Eddie Lacy has sworn off the Big Macs but to some people food is a drug.  Without a receiving corp or defense, Rodgers will have to be nearly flawless.

As we did with the AFC, we’ll stay within each division—worst to best–and ask the important question for each team in the order we think they’ll finish.
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