Week 10 ATS Recap: Where One Loss Means You Suck

Picks We Both Won (4)

• Colts (-3) 27, Jaguars 10 - It's great for the Colts to be sitting on 6 wins already and in the drivers seat for a playoff berth, but it's come at the expense of some also-rans during their 4 game win streak. A big test awaits them at New England.
• Patriots 37, Bills (+13) 31 - Neither of us expected the Pats to put on a 4th quarter offensive explosion the way it went down the last time these two teams met. Buffalo is always good for hanging with the Pats at least once a year, and came up with a nice cover.
• Seahawks (-6) 28, Jets 7 - Something tells me I should copyright "The Meat Grinder" because I get the sense that the moniker for the Seabags home turf is going to suspiciously catch on somewhere.
• Cowboys (-1) 38, Eagles 23 - Eagle fans anxious to see more Nick Foles seem to forgot how he gave up the booty on two late defensive scores for the Boys. This Vick hate is very reminiscent of all the Cutler hate in Chicago. That went well last year once Cutler got hurt, right Bears fans?

Picks We Both Lost (5)

• Titans (+6) 37, Dolphins 3 - The Titans went back to Jake Locker, and now that Chris Johnson isn't completely useless, the product on the field looked markedly better for Tennessee. It didn't help Miami that Ryan Tannehill decided to shit the bed all day long either with three picks.
• Saints (+1) 31, Falcons 27 - To hear it in the media now, these 8-1 Falcons are total shit and not to be trusted, as if the only way to prove themselves would have been to go 16-0 and sweep through the playoffs. Despite a lackluster defensive effort, Matt Ryan had two late chances to win but couldn't convert on two separate 4th and goal situations. The Saints are being propped up as a very dangerous late season team, but I still see them as a spoiler with too little defense to surge out past several better teams. As for Atlanta? Worst 8-1 team ever, apparently.
• Vikings (+3) 34, Lions 24 - Thanks, Detroit, for temporarily messing up my prediction of the Vikings starting strong but still managing to finish in last. If Adrian Peterson keeps up what he's doing, however, he might run himself to an MVP.
• Niners 24, Rams (+12½) 24 - Insert random Donovan McNabb joke here ______________
• Steelers 16, Chiefs (+11½) 13 OT - For a crap team, the Chiefs sure seem to show up in primetime a lot. But, like last year, they managed to compete against a team they had no business being on the same field with. Like last year, they found a way to lose late, though I do think the Steelers had a little help in that 4th quarter (hint: bad officiating).

Picks Dre Won Head to Head (2)

• Ravens (-9½) 55, Raiders 20 - Yeah, that was me making fun of the Ravens offense.
• Bengals (+4) 31, Giants 13 - Dre went all Ron Jaworski and broke down the poor play of Eli Manning, and wow was he right. For one weekend, you couldn't tell which NY team had the worse QB, and that's hard to do with Sanchez in town.

Picks I Won Head to Head (3)

• Broncos (-4) 36, Panthers 14 - Peyton Manning is continuing to show why he should be an MVP candidate this season, and should have been one last season, when he didn't take a single snap. The Broncos are clearly the class of their division, though that's not saying too much, but also look to be a serious title contender in the AFC.
• Bucs (-3) 34, Chargers 24 - The Chargers dominated the stat sheet again, but turnovers did them in. I think that could be the recap of every Chargers loss the last several seasons. San Diego is a serious contender to unseat Dallas as the stupidest team in football, if they haven't already.
• Texans (+1) 13, Bears 6 - Dre never learns. His homerism forgot to notice that The Bear Whisperer had abandoned his beloved team. Houston toughed one out in the wind, rain, and muck of Soldier Field, and surprisingly looked more ready for "Bear weather" than the Bears did. Having Arian Foster helps a lot too, as well as having a Bear offense forget that anyone other than Brandon Marshall is on the field. Bear fans might be overjoyed that Mike Martz isn't calling the plays anymore, but at least he knew who Matt Forte was. Mike Tice (Dre's favorite head coach ever) has no clue.