Week 9 picks
Just got done watching the closing minutes of a replay of last year’s AFC championship, leading me to realize Sunday’s Patriots-Colts game will be even more intense than I had originally thought. I’m picking the Colts, just because I think there is less pressure on them yet a little more at stake, but in a league with confidence points, I’m setting this game at 1. Aside from this game, this is going to be tough week to pick. Dallas is favored over Philadelphia, but the game is at Philly and it’s a prime-time divisional matchup. New Orleans is favored at home against Jacksonville, but the Jags have been the better team. Even some of the lesser matchups — Atlanta-San Francisco, Cincinnati-Buffalo, Oakland-Houston — are tough calls.
WEEK 9
TAMPA BAY over Arizona
DETROIT over Denver
Green Bay over KANSAS CITY
TENNESSEE over Carolina
San Diego over MINNESOTA
Jacksonville over NEW ORLEANS
ATLANTA over San Francisco
Washington over N.Y. JETS
BUFFALO over Cincinnati
CLEVELAND over Seattle
INDIANAPOLIS over New England
OAKLAND over Houston
Dallas over PHILADELPHIA
PITTSBURGH over Baltimore
Last week: 7-6 Season: 74-41
Hello, fellow SkinnyMooser.
Love the gutsy pick of Indy over the Pats. I gotta think though that an upset is brewing in Philly and I think that Cincy will handle the Bills (I just don’t like Losman).
November 1st, 2007 at 2:14 pm
There’s a fine line between gutsy and moronic
It’s just a hunch, but the Patriots seemed to have had it so easy this year (even in Dallas) that they might make a small mistake or two, just enough to let the Colts get by. It’s going to be fun to watch.
If Philly wins this game, it will change their season, but they couldn’t beat the Bears at home a couple weeks ago.
November 3rd, 2007 at 11:35 pm