NFL Week 17 Picks: Fighting to Stay Over .500
This should be the final week of the season. Week 17 used to be it, and it didn’t used to be all repetitive division matchups, either. The Titans and Jaguars are both playing meaningless games…
NFL Week 16 Picks: This is My Time to Shine!
I do seem to get better picking these games as the year drags on, as proven by my 6-3-1 record last week. With a little breathing room at four over .500 for the year, I…
NFL Week 15 Recap: Will Elite Teams Please Stand Up?
You’d think that through 15 weeks of the NFL season we would have an idea of who the truly elite teams are. But do we really? After what we saw Sunday from some of the…
NFL Week 15 Picks: Matchup of Hopefuls Highlight Slate
Alright, I’ll take a 5-5 mark after a rocky start to the week. I sit one game over .500 for the season, just like a number of playoff-hopefuls in the crowded AFC. Week 15 features…
NFL Week 14 Picks: I’m Over .500 – Will Bucs Be After Sunday? Can Lions Tame Vikings?
What a Week 13 it was — even for me! After a 6-3 mark I’m back above water at 15-14, despite the Bucs failing to cap off a 7-2 week for me with a late…
Week 13 Recap: Joe Cool Does it to KC Again, Underwhelming Ravens, Red-Hot Raiders
What a Week 13! We should now be at the three-quarters mark, but alas, 17 games (for no good reason besides money). Okay, I digress. This was actually a wonderful week of football. The Bengals…
NFL Week 13 Picks: Will Week 13 be Lucky For Me After a Dismal Week 12?
What a bad week. Just when I thought I was rolling, I fell flat on my face. Now, time to bounce back: Last week: 1-5-1 Season: 9-11-3 Denver at Baltimore (-8.5) Plain and simple, the…
Week 12 Picks: Let’s Avoid a Thanksgiving Hangover
Hopefully by now you’ve managed to burn off some of those Thanksgiving calories – just in time to sit on your rear and watch football all day Sunday, of course. It’s Week 12 and we’re…
Are the Chiefs Really This Good? Are They the New Patriots?
Now that Tom Brady is 45 and playing in the NFC and the New England Patriots are just a good-but-not-great team, it’s fair to ask — who is the most disliked team in football? I…
NFL Week 11 Picks: We’re Past the Midway Point
Heartbreak in Buffalo (what else is new?). No resistance for Kansas City (what else is new?). Tom Brady is in first place (what else is new?). It’s Week 11 and for as weird as this…