NFL Bettor’s Guide: Week 7 Picks, Point Spreads, and Over-Under Odds

October 21, 2010 By 2 Comments

Update 10/21: All the spreads are in! As are all my picks. Below.

After a couple of barely .500 weeks (8-6 and 7-6), I got back on track in Week 7 with a stellar 8-3-2 mark against the spread. Now that’s what I’m talking about.

I still have not had a week in which I wasn’t at least one game over .500, and I now have a 50-32-5 record on the year, good for a 57% win percentage overall. So hopefully you are checking out these picks on a weekly basis.

But, of course, six good weeks mean nothing. It’s all about the next week, which is why I’m diving right into Week 7. Let’s pick some winners.

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NFL Viewer’s Guide: Week 7 TV Schedule, Announcer Assignments, Matchups, and Teams on Bye

October 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

There is no question what the most compelling game is on the Week 7 NFL schedule: the Sunday night matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings. Not only is this Episode #2 of Brett Favre returning to Green Bay in purple, but the Packers’ injuries and subsequent losing means that the Vikings are breathing down their necks for second place in the AFC North.

I don’t really think I need to hype this game up anyway.

There are some other interesting matchups too: Dallas-New York on Monday night, Tennessee-Philly, and Pittsburgh-Miami, all of which feature intriguing teams and have playoff implications.

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NFL Week 17 Picks, Point Spreads, TV Schedule, and Announcer Lineup

January 2, 2010 By 12 Comments

This post is from 2009. Here are the NFL Week 17 Picks for 2010.

Update 1/2/10 7:30 pm: All of the games now have spreads and picks below.

Update 12/29 9:00 pm CT – The announcer lineups for the Week 17 games have been announced and this post has been updated. There are still a few games not on the betting board. I’ll update as soon as I see a spread. Please chime in with a comment if you find a spread for a game we don’t have listed.

Well, I had a much better Week 16 than Jim Caldwell did in Indianapolis.

As I write this, Eric Kuselias and Adam Schefter are killing Caldwell as they fill in for Mike and Mike on ESPN Radio. I’ve also read numerous tweets and other social media posts from Colts fan friends of mine who are absolutely pissed at Caldwell for removing Peyton Manning and other starters during the 3rd quarter yesterday.

And I don’t blame them. The Colts were five games away from etching their name in NFL lore as the greatest team of all time. Yet, they put that legacy in the hands of Curtis Painter, who predictably failed to deliver win #15. I know what Caldwell’s reasons for sitting his starters were, but I still say that he cheated the NFL, its fans, the Colts, his players, and the Colts fans.

Update: For the record, not that it’s the purpose of this post, but I have changed my stance on the whole Colts issue with more time to think about it and to watch the aftermath, specifically how Colts fans have reacted to the situation. This post from KVB pretty much sums up how I feel.

I understand why Colts fans were upset and felt cheated initially. Obviously the gut reaction I placed in the post proves that I felt similarly. But a little time should have given Colts fans some perspective and reminded them just how good they have it. Apparently, this has not happened.

With that, and with my above .500 record in Week 16 (10-5 if the Bears can stay within 7 tonight), we look ahead to Week 17. At a minimum, I will be 22 games over .500 when Week 17 starts. Hopefully you’ve been paying attention all year; for my first time picking games for every week of the NFL season, I’d say I’ve had a pretty auspicious debut.

And, to be fair, despite what happened in Week 16, Jim Caldwell has had a pretty auspicious debut this season as well.

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