Wednesday, November 9, 2016

NFL Week 10 Picks

4-1 vs the spread last week, 31-27 for the year. . .


Cleveland +10 at Baltimore: The Browns are now more than half-way to joining the 2008 Dee-troit Lions in the National Football League Hall of Shame 0-16 Wing.  How do the two teams compare?  The 2008 Lions finished 30th in total offense at 268.2 yards per game, while the 2016 Browns are only slightly below average, 19th at 341 yards per game.  On defense, the Lions were dead last, 32nd at 404.4 yards per game, while the Browns are 31st at 421.7 yards.  The average score of the Lions game was Opponent 32.3, Dee-troit 16.8.  For the Browns, it's Opponent 30.3, Browns 18.6.  We must conclude the Browns do not quite yet measure down to the 2008 Lions, and we therefore further conclude at some point they will win a game. . .and it could very well be this one, as the Browns actually have a better offense than the Ravens, and while Baltimore's defense is much better, if the Browns get a couple turnovers, a big special teams play or two, this could be their magick Sunday. . .but probably not.  Still, I find it hard to believe the Ravens could beat anybody by 10 points.  Cleveland.

Green Bay -3 at Tennessee: Faggot QB-in-Decline Aaron Rodgers pointed the finger at teammates after last week's embarrassing home loss to the lightweight Colts, saying his Fudge Packers didn't bring enough energy to the game.  I don't think being called out by a faggot is going to go over very well in an NFL locker room, and I wouldn't be surprised if his linemen intentionally whiff their first pass blocks, sending a message to their queer QB by letting him get face-planted.  The losses might come fast and furious now for GB.  The Titans are improving, they have a decent power run game, and Marcus Mariota is better than I thought he'd be. . .and he's clearly better than the nigger drafted ahead of him, the rapist Jameis Winston.  Tennessee.  

Minnesota +3 at Washington: The Vikings defense is starting to crack under the pressure of having to carry a faggot Samantha Bradford offense.  Last week they gave up a game-tying FG on the last drive of the 4th quarter, and an 87 yard game-losing TD drive at the beginning of overtime.  Loser of three in a row, Mike Zimmer tried to place most of the blame on inept kicker Blair Walsh, holding kicking tryouts early in the week, yet then lacked the guts to cut Walsh.  Zimmer's been on a strictly upward curve for his entire 2 1/2 years as Minnesota's head man, but with a fourth straight loss, he'd be facing his first coaching crisis.  The Redskins are one of the NFL's fifteen teams even or one game plus or minus .500. . .the great middle class of professional football.  The Vikings are severely limited on offense, yet have the better defense and better head coach, and are getting points.  Can't pass that up.  Minnesota.

Atlanta EVEN at Philadelphia: Eagles are trending down, as QB Carson Wentz is looking more and more like a rookie each week.  The Falcons offense is operating with machine precision, and not even the Eagles ace DC Psycho Jim Schwartz will be able to stop them.  Philly's only hope is to knock Matt Ryan out of the game and get a couple gifts from backup QB Matt *Pick Six* Schaub.  Atlanta.    

Denver +2 at New Orleans: Denver's a Super Bowl champ just starting its slide to mediocrity, while the Saints have already been there for a few seasons.  There's still enough juice left in the Bronco defense to hold off Drew Brees, who's at the point in his career where he can only beat NFL bottom feeders.  Denver.  

Dallas +2.5 at Pittsburgh: The Steelers have lost three in a row, the Cowboys have won seven in a row.  The Law of Averages rules the National Parity League.  Pittsburgh.

Seattle +7 at New England: Seattle's once punishing run game has completely disappeared, but they got another lucky, zebra-aided Monday Night win against the Bills last week, now they go against a Pats team that is winning by double digits every game with Tom Brady back under center.  New England's defense is second in the NFL in points allowed, but rank only 15th overall, telling me they've been a little lucky themselves on that side of the ball.  It won't hurt them here against a mediocre Seahawk offense, but could be their undoing in the Playoffs or Superbowl if they have to face a loaded O like Oakland or Atlanta.  New England.

14 comments:

  1. Hue Jackson looks like he's trying to throw the game by going to McClown. . .the Ravens might actually cover, thanks to McClown's INTs.

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  2. In late again.

    Clevland vs Balt - Balt

    GB vs TN - GB

    MN vs Washington - Upset pick of Washington. MN is a mess.

    Atlanta vs Philly - Atlanta. Not even close

    Den vs NOLA - Den

    Dallas vs Pitt - Dallas, pts and all

    Seattle vs NE - Seattle for points, NE to win. Pts should be 5 on this one.

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  3. Browns now a real threat to go 0-16. . .Hue Jackson is a moron. . .I wouldn't hire a negro coach.

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  4. Ha ha, I saw that McCown went in for a "spark."

    Jackson may as well shit everything up. The season is lost for them.

    Cleveland is the best thing for the Lions. "At least we aren't the Browns."

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  5. Is Philly's defense actually holding Atlanta down, or is Atlanta screwing up?

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  6. That Rams-Jets game must have really boosted the NFL's TV ratings. . .

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  7. Brutal loss for the Falcons. Man. Uncharacteristic drops by Julio and missed shit by Bryant.

    The Birds weren't on today - though you wonder how much of that was Philly game planning and then executing well.

    Wentz looks really promising. He screwed up at the end of the half by throwing a ball away - he'll probably have a couple clock call foul ups before the season is out, too, but that's rookie shit.

    Wentz looks legit. The big stat to look at with Wentz is 0 interceptions. He looks confident back there, seems to marshal his team well, runs intelligently (and he could run more but we know what happens to running QB's by year 3 or so), and just looks the part.

    The big problem for the Falcon offense was Ryan didn't spread the ball around enough. Julio had 10 catches. The rest of the team had 8. The rushing was bullshit. I don't know if Demarco was hurt or what, but he's the perfect, and I mean Tom Rathman perfect, FB for this team. Short drop passes as a relief valve, punch holes, and get a yard and break the will of the opposing line.

    This is the fucking issue with the Falcons - they don't know how to fucking run, even with that fucking line of theirs. What is it? Matthews at LT, Mack at C, and you can't fucking run the ball? I know those are more pass protection guys but still. The right side blockers are not chumps. The RG and RT are over 600 lbs combined.

    And the ball can't be run. Somehow. But then again, what kind of I formation did they use? At 6 ft and 235 lbs, they have Demarco to bust up a line.

    It's frustrating to watch.

    Philly got the message and beat the shit out of Atlanta at the line. Up the middle shit was owning the from line of Atlanta all day.

    How the hell hasn't Atlanta developed Hageman? 318 lbs, six and a half feet tall, and go 3-4? Just bullrush, big guy. No thinky. Set, hut, go forward and occupy 2 blockers and maybe throw in an RB.

    Philly won the game. They looked better. But coaching fucked it up again.

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  8. I'm sure Quinn will *give credit* to the Eagles. . .

    Still, that's the NFL. . .road games are tough, the line is so thin between all these teams, if you're just a little off, you're gonna lose.

    Denver got lucky at New Orleans, did you see that? That guy stepped out of bounds on the two-point return. . .but the refs didn't have the guts to over-turn it. . .New Orleans must be in the Detroit category now, League Mandated Screw Over against so-called glamor teams. . .

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  9. Mike Tomlin is a horrible coach. . .his stupid 2 point conversion strategy alone cost the Steelers the game. . .not to mention how undisciplined his players are.

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  10. Ha ha ha ha. . .IF the season ended today, the two North Division champs would be Baltimore and Dee-troit, maybe the worst 5-4 teams in the history of the National Football League.

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  11. New England's D is even more suspect than I thought. . .AFC is wide open for Oakland.

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  12. Sounds like ol' Big Ben has had enough of nigger Mike Tomlin:

    http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18044058/ben-roethlisberger-pittsburgh-steelers-undisciplined-not-accountable

    Steelers and Packers battling for Flop of the Year.

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  13. Quinn changed it up this week. . .instead of saying *we'll give credit,* he said "we'll tip our hat to Philadelphia.* Nothing gets this guy down. If he were the captain of the Titanic he'd *give credit* to the iceberg.

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  14. Oh man, the Atlanta sportswriters are still on the Quinn train but if this season winds up like last, that'll change soon enough.

    Big Ben took some good shots in that game and got back into the game. He's got to be the toughest QB in the league right now and an easy top five of all time.

    Funny story I heard about Ben from a few years ago during his drinking days, some guy was in a bar bathroom urinal and Ben stumbled up to the urinal next to him and pissed the floor before finally getting his aim into the urinal. Ben mumbled to himself, "can't win 'em all."

    I don't care if the story is bullshit.

    But Ben is getting pissed on by the coaching of Pittsburgh with this shit. He's out there taking the big hits, and who knows how many he has left in him, and the staff can't get the team to cooperate on a winning effort.

    Also, I give Ben 10 years before he comes out and says something about CTE. He'll be the new Mike Webster.

    NE defense didn't get it done. That was pathetic. The NE goalline stuff was just fine. There were timing issues with the QB sneak Brady tried. Things there weren't clicking. But NE should have never had to be catching up to Seattle like that.

    The Edelman fumble was horribly timed, but those things are tough to rip on too hard because Edelman has made so many great catches, and made a great reception after, that bad play.

    But let's be honest - the NFL wanted Seattle to win that game. There was a bad flag on Sherman earlier with the Edelman shoulderpad called facemask thing, but how many times have you seen PI flags thrown on smaller shit that don't seem to fly for Seattle?

    Another prediction - we'll learn in less than 15 years that the NFL is the WWE lite and story lines are created to a degree in the league office. Officials are told to be a little harder or a little more lenient here and there.

    Guy takes a hard hit? Get him out of there for his "safety" per NFL rules and ordered by the NY studio.

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