Regular Season Totals:
Week 1: 8-8 Week 2: 8-7-1 Week 3: 9-7 Week 4: 8-6 Week 5: 9-5 Week 6: 7-7 Week 7: 7-5-1 Week 8: 7-6 Week 9: 5-8 Week 10: 10-5 Week 11: 12-4 Week 12: 7-9 Week 13: 6-10 Week 14: 9-7 Week 15: 10-5-1 Week 16: 7-9 Week 17: 9-7 Season: 138-115-3
Wild Card Weekend Picks:
CIN -2.5 over NYJ
DAL -4 over PHI
NE -3 over BAL
GB pk over ARI
Full Playoff Predictions: DAL over MIN, NO over GB, SD over NE, IND over CIN, NO over DAL, SD over IND - Super Bowl: SD over NO
Enjoy! The 11 most exciting games of the year...
@schottsie
Finished off the weekend with an epic offensive battle for the ages! Congrats to the Ravens on a thoroughly impressive performance. Philly simply ran into a buzzsaw...MIN (8-0 at home) is only -2.5 vs DAL, which speaks volumes...realize after the fact that CIN was fatally flawed and still believe that J-E-T-S still suck suck suck...after seeing ARI spread move to +3, switched and took them in "real life" betting, which I have done from time to time - still counts as a loss on the official picks but was nice to break even this weekend.
Opening lines:
NO -7 vs. ARI ... line should stay right at 7 - over under 57...how high could it go?
IND -6.5 vs. BAL ... should move to -6 as BAL has made believers out of many
MIN -2.5 vs. DAL ... should be -1 or a pick by gametime, as the DAL victory seems inevitable
SD -7.5 vs. NYJ ... should move to -9 by gametime - don't know if they will cover, as NYJ have a history of covering these types of games with overmatched teams, but SD is a LOCK to win.
GREATEST WEEKEND OF FOOTBALL PICKS:
(1-3 last week)
ARI +7 (NO to win)
IND -6.5 (toughest game on the board)
DAL +2.5 (should be an all-time classic)
SD -7 (SD is a LOCK to win - spread moved down from 7.5 - crazy)
So I obviously can't think rationally about the hated Jets...
After a solid season, sadly only 2-6 ATS this postseason...let's get that to 5-6:
New Orleans -3.5: I like the Saints to win the whole thing - it has really been them, IND and SD as potential champs all year. MIN is solid and even shocking last week, but can't forget the clunkers on the road at ARI, CAR and CHI which all mattered...do NOT bet against the SuperDome crowd in this spot.
New York Jets +7.5: Love the Colts to win, but the 7.5 is a bit high for this type of game. Will be somewhere in between 24-13 and a squeaker, but will take the points.
IND vs. NO could be an all-time classic SuperBowl - last second drama or overtime...at this point, don't think anyone can stop Sean Payton's play calling.
SB Spreads:
IND -3 over NO
IND -6 over MIN
NO -7 over NYJ
MIN -3 over NYJ
Instead of betting the NYJ +7.5 and NO -3.5 as I officially predicted Championship week...did the smart thing and took the 2-team teaser with IND -2 and NO +2.5....the official SB pick is NO +4.5 but after sucking ATS for two straight years in the playoffs, we might have to change next year to a "pretend bankroll" format in this space, at least for the playoffs - here's hoping for a CLASSIC!
IND -200
NO +165
Interesting alternate lines:
NO -3.5 (+260)
IND -7.5 (+150)