Are the Patriots Unstoppable? Will it Matter?
The New England Patriots are the clear-cut favorites in the AFC, but are they unstoppable? A bigger question is, does it matter if they are? The latter isn’t a hard “no,” but it’s not far…
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Closing the Season in Style: Week 17 Picks
Talk about staying hot. Since adapting the new strategy of only picking games I feel confident about, my record has soared. After a rough Week 12 in which I went 4-7, I have rebounded in grand…
NFL Week 16 Picks: Christmas Arrives Early
The NFL continued its tradition of playing the bulk of its games on Saturday in seasons in which Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, so we the public have a slightly shorter turnaround between the…
Celebrities Weigh in on NFL Week 14
Backed by popular demand — fine, backed by my demand — celebrity impressions on NFL action are back. This week, Apu from the Simpsons gets us started, followed by Liam Neeson talking Titans, Lou Holtz…
Week 14: One Victory in Hand, Four More to Go
So my new strategy of picking only games I feel rather confident in is working out quite well thus far. If you include Thursday’s spot-on pick of the Chiefs, that’s 5-1 since the start of…
NFL Week 14: A Thursday Night Pick, and a Parody
Welcome to Week 14, when the weather is bad and the football is supposed to be good. What a way to kick off the slate, with one of the biggest games the Raiders-Chiefs rivalry has…
Lucky Week 13: Picking to Bounce Back
Okay, so instead of picking every single game every week, I figured it would be better for everyone if I narrowed it down to a few games I felt (relatively) confident in. So here goes for…
NFL Week 12 Picks: Post-Turkey Madness
How about this “start” to the season? I use the air quotes because my first slate of game picks didn’t occur until Week 11, but I’ve arrived in style. While I took Turkey Day off from…
NFL Week 11 Picks: I Need TNF Redemption
And now you see why I have come to dread picking NFL games. Picking against the spread is hard, but it is the real way to pick. What credibility do you get saying the Patriots are…
Watered-down NFL game picks: I’m baaack..!
Thursday Night Football is here — are you excited?! I’m not. But that won’t stop me from making a game pick — which will be followed by a full slate of picks for Sunday and…