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Picks & analysis for 2017 NFL Week 3.

NFL 2017 Week 3 Game Picks & Analysis – Football

WEEK TWO RESULTS: 9 – 7   = .563

Overall Tally: 14 – 17 = .452

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

Totals Picks: 3 – 2           Cumulative Totals = 6 – 5 – 1 = .545

GAME OF THE WEEK   1 – 1

LOCK OF THE WEEK     0 – 2

UPSET SPECIAL                         1 – 1

O/U OF THE WEEK         1 – 1

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Picks & analysis for 2017 NFL Week 3 Thursday Night Game.

Thursday Night Football – Week 3

LOS ANGELES RAMS @ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS   +2.5     [40]

Every year I’ve handicapped against Vegas, there are, invariably, weeks where I find myself wavering on a pick, sometimes several. Handicappers learn fairly quickly when they do waver, follow two simple rules: Continue Reading NFL 2017 Week 3 Thursday Night Game Picks & Analysis – Football

Picks & analysis for 2017 NFL Week 2.

FANATICS PARADISE – WEEK 2

Where does one begin when spelunking into the warped minds of Patriots fans?

I give them credit. Just like the right-wing fanatics who run the current government, Pats fans have their talking points disseminated throughout the entire Northeast and wherever the Blue Coats faithful find themselves on the ‘Net.

You know the etched in stone lies by now: Continue Reading NFL 2017 Week 2 Game Picks & Analysis – Football

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

TNF – WEEK TWO

Houston Texans @ cincinnati Bengals   -6       [38]

I’m a Pittsburgh fan. When the Bengals lost Andrew Whitworth and Kevin Zeitler to free agency, the Steelers chances of winning the AFC North improved by at least ten percent. I wasn’t about to complain.

I figured Marvin Lewis and Mike Brown had to have a master plan to replace the 35-year-old Whitworth and younger but gifted Zeitler—who was their first round pick in 2012.

When am I going to learn? Lewis and Brown have never had a master plan to develop a team capable of bringing a championship to the Queen City.

Letting Zeitler escape to a division rival and reunite with Hugh Jackson, was an unbelievably bad mistake. The 2017 draft proves the point. The Cats want to save money on the aging Whitworth? Okay. But the lack of progress shown by Cincy’s two most recent replacements for Whitworth along with Zetler’s possible departure almost necessitated “Godfathering” Zeitler, or spending yet another high draft pick(s) on the position in April.

The Bengals didn’t select an offensive lineman in the entire draft. The Jags sacked Andy Dalton ten times last week

Houston has a similar problem upfront. Why won’t they pay Duane Brown? They need him—if they want to challenge Jacksonville and Tennessee for southern supremacy.

Teams should learn from the perennially successful teams—Green Bay, NE, the Steelers, Denver. No matter what, their brain trusts prioritize the offensive and defensive lines.

In contrast, Houston lets Brown hold out—playing a rookie QB who could use a dependable line. The Bengals pick a one dimensional speedster and a questionable character in the first two rounds—adding to a superb stable of offensive talent—without considering the need for the fundamental act of football: blocking.

38 points is Vegas begging us to take the over. I’m not biting. We’ll take Houston to cover, Cincy to win with a late touchdown.

Bengals 20  Texans 16

NFL Line 9/14 – 9/18, 2017

Picks & analysis for 2017 NFL Week 1.

FANATICS PARADISE

This week, we begin a four-part essay on Football Fanatics—a kind synonym for “mesmerised idiots”…

We’ll examine the typical mindset, i.e. delusional, dangerous, and destructive of the NFL’s three marquis fan bases: The Pittsburgh Steelers, the New England Patriots and the Dallas Cowboys and how their approach to sporting entertainment reflects a love for “alternative facts,” corrosive loyalty, fake news, and the truth borne of lies.

An important note: Packers, Cleveland Giants, KC, and a few other fanatics won’t be examined. They all can argue having as good or better fan bases as anyone, but their fans simply don’t possess the idiotic, delusional, or illogical tendencies as the ones we will examine.
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