Bettors Guide: NFL Week 14 Picks, Point Spreads, and Over-Under Odds

December 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
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Update: All spreads and picks are in!

Yes, I took a one week hiatus in Week 13. There were a couple of reasons for this.

First, I was crazy busy. It got late in the week, I realized I hadn’t done the picks column yet, and I panicked. I know that many of you read this column religiously every week, and I appreciate it more than I can express. If I couldn’t get to it, I wanted to make sure someone did; and I see Kurt’s weekly NFL picks pop up in my Facebook feed every week, so I figured why not him?

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Bettor’s Guide: NFL Week 9 Picks, Point Spreads, Over-Unders

November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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I wish I had better news to report to you about my Week 8 performance, but it appears that my return from the depths was short-lived.

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Bettor’s Guide: NFL Week 7 Picks, Predictions, Point Spreads, and Over-Unders

October 19, 2011 By 4 Comments
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Well that sucked.

After going 21-11 during Weeks 3 and 4 to surge well over .500, I’ve hit the skids with my worst ever two week stretch during the 3+ years that I’ve been picking NFL games against the spread. I am 8-16-2 since the byes started in Week 5, with an especially horrific 3-9-1 last week. That’s just terrible. So I’m now 44-42-4 on the season, a 48.9% winning clip (since I conservatively count pushes as losses).

Let’s turn the page and move onto better times here in Week 7, and I’ll tell you why I’m wholly confident moving forward despite these last two terrible weeks.

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NFL Week 15 Picks, Point Spreads, TV Schedule, and Announcer Lineup

December 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Update: The NFL Week 17 TV schedule, point spreads, and picks post is up.

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Update 12/19: All spreads and picks have been entered below except for the Jets-Falcons game, which still is not on the board.

I am now officially treading water.

After going .500 during Weeks 13 (9-7) and Week 14 (7-9) I currently sit at 7-8 heading into tonight’s Cardinals-49ers matchup on Monday Night Football (I have Arizona -3). So while I’m still 23 games over .500 for the year (111-88), I don’t like this feeling that I’m limping towards the finish line.

Of course, when one of the games I missed was taking the Steelers (-10) over the Browns, and then the Browns actually won, I guess I can’t be too upset. Josh Cribbs was right when he said that fans would pretty forgive everything if the team beat the Steelers.

I, however, do not have one game Super Bowls that I can count on. My goal is to get to at least 30 games .500 by the end of Week 17. That means I need a good showing this week.

Let’s roll through the Week 15 TV schedule, point spreads, and picks.

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NFL Week 12 Picks, Points Spreads, TV Schedule, and Announcers (Thanksgiving Weekend)

November 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Update: The NFL Week 17 TV schedule, point spreads, and picks post is up.

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Well, things were not looking so good for me at about 4:15 today.

After my stellar comeback performance in Week 11, I “shot” out of the gates with a 4-6 record during the early games.

Fortunately, I had much better luck (and believe me, I understand how much luck is involved picking NFL games successfully) in the afternoon, nailing all four games plus the Sunday nighter.

This left me at a very respectable 9-6 for the week (87-64 overall) heading into Monday night.

For those of you planning to celebrate Thanksgiving weekend with some NFL wagering, hopefully I can lead you in the right direction again. There are plenty of division matchups this weekend, which are always difficult to predict, so we’ll see if I can keep up my .576 winning percentage.

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NFL Week 7 Picks, Point Spreads, TV Schedule and Announcer Pairings

October 19, 2009 By 3 Comments

Update: The NFL Week 17 TV schedule, point spreads, and picks post is up.

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As I post this while getting ready for the Monday battle between Denver and San Diego, I am hoping the Chargers can prove me right and cover the 3.5 spread. If they do, it would allow me to sneak through a pretty forgettable Week 6 with a 7-6 record. (Update: Well, they didn’t, so I went 6-7. Awesome.)

Otherwise, I’ll have my first sub-.500 week of the season.

I’m still sitting a 49-36 heading into tonight’s game, so at worst I’ll be 12 games up, and I guess that’s no so bad. (Update: Current record: 49-37.)

But as we always do on Monday nights here at MSF, it’s time to look forward to next week. Hence, here we are with our usual look at next week’s TV schedule and point spreads, plus spread picks for each game.

And Myles and I will be here later in the week with the 4th and Short Podcast, where we discuss and pick the most compelling games on the schedule. So bookmark this page and come back, or be on the lookout Wednesday night/Thursday morning on the homepage.

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4th & Short NFL Picks Podcast – Week 6

October 13, 2009 By 19 Comments
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Last week we introduced 4th and Short, our weekly NFL picks podcast featuring myself and Big MB.

As promised, 4th & Short is back this week to give you expert point spread analysis for the most compelling games on the NFL Week 6 schedule.

In Week 6, there are clearly three games that jump off the schedule as being the most important games of the week: Ravens-Vikings, Falcons-Bears, and of course, Giants-Saints.

Big MB and I look at these three games, plus five more, and determine which teams will cover the spread and which teams will come up short.

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NFL Week 6 Picks, Point Spreads, and TV Schedule

October 12, 2009 By 7 Comments

Update: The NFL Week 17 TV schedule, point spreads, and picks post is up.

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Week 5 was not so stellar for me from a fantasy perspective, but on the bright side the Browns actually got a W and the Dolphins are up 10-7 on the Jets right now as I write this.

Plus, I dominated against the spread last week: 9-4 (with the updated Monday night result). That makes me 43-31 against the spread on the season, meaning I would have to totally pull a chiefsramsraiderstitansbucs two weeks in a row to fall below .500.

This week features a few very interesting games, most notably an undefeated showdown between the 4-0 Saints and 5-0 Giants. Unfortunately, it’s a 1:00 game. The Vikings and Ravens also matchup at 1:00.

In primetime, we get a pretty intriguing matchup between 3-1 Atlanta and 3-1 Chicago, and then it’s Broncos-Chargers on Monday night. The early spread for that game was very surprising, at least to me.

Who am I picking? Read on for the NFL Week Six picks, point spreads, and TV schedule.

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NFL Week 5 Spread Picks: Raiders-Giants, 49ers-Falcons, Texans-Cardinals

October 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment

We hit NFL week 5 betting with confidence after starting last week in style, steering you right with the Giants, Saints and Dolphins. Let’s try and keep the train rolling with some more fearless forecasting.

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