Bettor’s Guide: NFL Week 14 Picks, Point Spreads, and Over-Under Odds

Update: The spreads for the Patriots and Jets games are now posted, as are my picks. Still waiting on two more spreads to go up.

As I good as I was last with with my 10-4-1 record against the spread, that’s damn near how bad I was this week.

Like the New York Jets on Monday Night, Week 13 represented my worst performance of the season. I went 6-9. It was just the fourth time all year that I have been below .500 in a week and the first time I was more than one game under .500.

I say we don’t watch the tape of Week 13 and just move forward to the Week 14 slate. Does that work for you? At 99-75-8 on the year, I’ve still done pretty well overall going with my gut feeling early in the week. I’m not changing anything up now.

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Viewer’s Guide: NFL Week 4 TV Schedule, Announcers, and Odds

Update 9/28: This post has been updated with the odds and announcer assignments.

Week 3 was the last week with a full slate of games for a while. The byes start in Week 4, and both the Cowboys and Vikings were able to get Ws so that they don’t have to sit around all week at 0-3.

Among the highlights on the Week 4 NFL schedule: an AFC North showdown between the Ravens and Steelers; a Monday night tilt between the Dolphins and Patriots; and, Donovan McNabb’s return to Philadelphia.

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Thanksgiving Day Football Preview: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions

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This post is from 2010!

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The good news is that the Detroit Lions came up with a valiant effort last Sunday to get their second win of the season.

The bad news is that it came against the Cleveland Browns, and it came at a cost.

The NFL betting crowd would like to back the Lions at home on Thanksgiving, especially since they did such a good job to sell out their stadium this week, but the reality is that they don’t have much of a chance to win this game.

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