The Prince is making several upset picks this week. Most notably Atlanta ending the perfect record of New Orleans. And Cleveland over Pittsburgh.

My upset pick is Cincinnati over Minnesota. I think the Viking front line injuries will continue to plague their offense and no matter how good the Geriatric Ninja Farve is, he can’t win alone. I’m hoping New Orleans continues their winning streak and carries their undefeated record forward for another week. 

Houston v Seattle is our tough game. We decided to pick the opposite teams, that way one of us at least wins the pick. It’s a close match up I think, but Houston has a knack for being good at home.

I’d like to say Washington is going to take Oakland. Especially after their stepped up performance last week. But I think instead of a notch up in their confidence, that hard fought game took a lot out of them and they’re going to be tired this week in California. Not to mention the travel to the opposite side of the country.

So here’s our week 14 picks:

13 of 16 for Mom and the Prince 11 of 16.

It wasn’t a bad week for Mom. Considering the Prince is 6 years old. But we ended the week pretty well I think. I expected Atlanta to do better against Philadelphia at home, but that didn’t pan out. Which is a good thing since the Eagles are the Prince’s team.

What has happened to Pittsburgh? They should have taken Oakland with ease at home. But they didn’t seem to show up on Sunday. Sadly the Vikings didn’t play up to par either. But at least they had an excuse with 5 of their front line starts out with injuries.

The surprise to me this past week is one that isn’t getting a lot of talk. The Redskins almost beating and ending the perfect record of the Saints. Now don’t get me wrong, I was raised on the Skins, they’re my #1 team and always will be. But this isn’t their year and there’s no way they should have been able to man handle an undefeated and strong team like the Saints. I decided it came down to mental preparation. New Orleans thought they’d come into Washington and have it easy against the Skins. At the same time, the Skins stepped it up and knew they were going to play against a number one team. Playing the best makes you better. It was a perfect storm and it almost derailed a perfect record, one that I keep hoping will continue. The Saints deserve it and I really wanted them to win, at least they made it with luck in over time.

So here’s our results for Week 13.

Here’s the picks:

There is one good bet today, Cleveland will cover the massive spread. So far I’m about skunked this year on betting that bad teams will show up and play, so this should be fun.

I noticed something happy though, it appears that the lines actually moved some this week, good omen for the economy I guess.

The Superbowl preview last week looked pretty bad for the Pats. I get the feeling that they expected NO to curl up in a fetal position as many of the teams playing them seem to do. Instead they came to play football and the Pats played so flat I’m surprised they didn’t get beat worse. Despite that beating the computer still says the Pats are the better team. Here’s how the playoffs shake out:

E.W.

“That’s easy, the egg came first… it’s a breakfast food.”

-King Julian

NFL Week 13 – Spring & The Prince’s Results

We almost forgot to make our picks this week. Not a lot of thought went into this week. We reviewed the win/loss record and who’s better at home than who’s traveling. I don’t see any upsets this week. But I’m worried about Minnesota winning. I think they will…crossing fingers.

NFL Week 12 – Spring & The Prince’s Results

Well it was a pretty good Thanksgiving and week for football. The little Prince and I switched places in the family win/lost column.

I finished the week out 12 of 16. I’m happy with that.