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NFL Week 7 – Spring’s Picks

It’s getting a little harder to pick now. At least for me. Eventually one of the 4 undefeated teams is going to loose. But which one and which game?

This week I want to pick my Skins to win over the Eagles, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. I think the Eagles are embarrassed by the loss in Oakland that they’re going to feel as if they have something to prove. Sorry Coach Zorn, this isn’t the week you’re going to turn things around.

I’m taking all the undefeated teams this week, though I think Minnesota has there work cut out for them. My upset pick is Tampa Bay over New England. I have no idea why; just a gut feeling. Another one of those is Carolina, I have no idea why I think they’ll win this week except they’re playing at home and have a little confidence from last week.

So we’ll see. Here’s the Week 7 picks.

Week 7
Sun, Oct 25  Pick
IND @ STL  Indianapolis
MIN @ PIT  Minnesota
NE @ TB  Tampa Bay
CHI @ CIN  Chicago
SD @ KC  Kansas City
GB @ CLE  Green Bay
SF @ HOU  Houston
BUF @ CAR  Carolina
NYJ @ OAK  Oakland
ATL @ DAL  Atlanta
NO @ MIA  New Orleans
ARI @ NYG  NY Giants
Mon, Oct 26
PHI @ WAS  Philadelphia

Byes: Ravens, Broncos, Lions, Jaguars, Seahawks, Titans
This entry was posted on October 20, 2009, in Sports - NFL.

NFL Week 6 – Spring’s Results (10 of 14)

Well it was an interesting weekend. Watching football in the snow is always fun, but not when the home team is totally killing the visitor. Sunday’s New England v Tennessee game was just painful to watch. Thank the football Gods CBS decided to change the coverage to a better game. What a total embarrassment for my Titans. Evidently they need to practice a lot more, and add some snow in the mix for good measure too.

Carolina was a surprise. Who knew they’d take Tampa Bay on the road. Wow. Maybe they realized they weren’t dreaming and the NFL season really had started. Nice they showed up to play. But how in the world did Oakland beat Philadelphia? Holy guacamole. I also lost the pick on the Jets and Buffalo. I knew that one was going to be tough to pick, oh well. I’m not the only one who picked the Jets to win; so did a few of the guys on Fox.

My favorite game of the weekend was Minnesota v Baltimore. I was disappointed that the Viking defense didn’t step up to the plate and match the great performance of Farve and the offense. They allowed the Ravens to come back in the second half and turn a solid win into a hair raising potential loss in the last 2 seconds. That last field goal attempt by Baltimore had me on the edge of my seat, but it cracked me up to see that Brett didn’t even watch it. He had to get off the bench and ask a fellow player if they lost or not. His expression and excitement at hearing the Vikings won was beyond wonderful! What a great game.

And what about Denver. I was worried about them in the first half, but they played up to their potential in the 2nd half just bombarding the Chargers front line. That leaves 4 teams undefeated so far, Denver, Minnisota, New Orleans and Indianapolis.

So here’s the results for Week 6.

Week 6
Sun, Oct 18  Pick  Score
STL @ JAC  Jacksonville  W – 20 / 23
KC @ WAS  Kansas City  W – 14 / 6
HOU @ CIN  Cinncinati  L – 28 / 17
BAL @ MIN  Minnesota  W – 31 / 33
DET @ GB  Green Bay  W – 0 / 26
CLE @ PIT  Pittsburgh  W – 14 / 27
CAR @ TB  Tampa Bay  L – 28 / 21
NYG @ NO  New Orleans  W – 27 / 48
ARI @ SEA  Arizona  W – 27 / 3
PHI @ OAK  Philadelphia  L – 9 / 13
BUF @ NYJ  NY Jets  L – 13 / 16
TEN @ NE  New England  W – 0 / 59
CHI @ ATL  Atlanta  W – 14 / 21
Mon, Oct 19
DEN @ SD  Denver  W – 34 / 23

 Results: W = 10 / L = 4  of 14
 Season: W = 64 / L = 26  of 90
This entry was posted on October 20, 2009, in Sports - NFL.