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Saturday, December 31, 2016

2016 Week #17

We had a marathon two-hour live show this week and a little bit of an aftershow, so Jason and I gave you your money's worth of our free podcast.  And we were once again joined by a coin to help pick games for the unpredictable Week 17.  At least we got the coin to join with us a bunch of times towards the end, because it was looking like the coin wanted to go against our picks when we were agreeing, which is always a bad sign.  Here are the picks for Week 17:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay Coin
MIN (7-8) Chi (3-12) Chi Chi Min
PIT (10-5) 6    Cle (1-14) Cle Pit Pit
IND (7-8) Jack (3-12) Jack Ind Ind
PHI (6-9) Dal (13-2) Phi Dal Dal
Buf (7-8) NYJ (4-11) Buf NY Buf
CIN (5-9-1) 1    Bal (8-7) Bal Bal Bal
NE (13-2) MIA (10-5) Mia Mia NE
TB (8-7) 4    Car (6-9) TB TB TB
TENN (8-7) 3    Hou (9-6) Tenn Hou Hou
Sea (9-5-1) 10    SF (2-13) Sea Sea SF
ATL (10-5) 7    NO (7-8) NO NO NO
Ariz (6-8-1) LA (4-11) Ariz Ariz Ariz
DEN (8-7) Oak (12-3) Oak Den Oak
WASH (8-6-1) NYG (10-5) Wash Wash NY
KC (11-4) SD (5-10) KC KC KC
Sun. Nite
GB (9-6) 3    DET (9-6) Det Det GB
Week 16 7-9 9-7
0.438 0.563
Season 130-102-8 117-115-8
0.560 0.504
Lock Total 7 11

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #17

Saturday, December 24, 2016

2016 Week #16

Jay and I had a ball remembering old school days on our podcast this week, but before that, we went head-to-head on seven more Saturday picks for NFL Week 16.  Remember kids, next week we try our hand against a coin because Week 17 is so damn random.  We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy your family as well as your football, though not always at the same time because some of them don't care for that football shit.  You know who they are.  Now, our picks:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
NYG (10-4) PHI (5-9) Phi 24-19 Phi NY
Saturday
GB (8-6) 7    Min (7-7) GB GB
Atl (9-5) 3    CAR (6-8) Car Atl
SD (5-9) 4    CLE (0-14) SD Cle
Tenn (8-6) 5    JACK (2-12) Tenn Tenn
NE (12-2) 17    NYJ (4-10) NY NY
BUF (7-7) Mia (9-5) Buf Mia
Wash (7-6-1) 3    CHI (3-11) Wash Chi
OAK (11-3) Ind (7-7) Oak Oak
SEA (9-4-1) 9    Ariz (5-8-1) Sea Ariz
NO (6-8) TB (8-6) TB NO
LA (4-10) SF (1-13) LA LA
Sat. Nite
HOU (8-6) 1    Cin (5-8-1) Hou Cin
Sunday
PIT (9-5) Bal (8-6) Bal Bal
Sun. Nite
KC (10-4) 3    Den (8-6) KC KC
Mon. Nite
DAL (12-2) Det (9-5) Det Det
Week 15 7-9 8-8
0.438 0.500
Season 123-93-8 108-108-8
0.569 0.500
Lock Total 6 10
All of our thoughts and observations, including our stances on the doneness of red meat, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #16

Saturday, December 17, 2016

2016 Week #15

Jay and I go against each other on eight picks Sunday, not counting the Miami win for me over the Jets on Saturday.  Similar to last week, we don't have a great deal of confidence in these picks, but it's been like that most of the year in this Season of Parity.  I have some "gettin' cute" selections where I believe in a team to cover the spread but not necessarily to win, while Jason is mostly giving big points with prohibitive favorites.  Here are our games for Week 15:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
SEA (8-4-1) 15    LA (4-9) Sea 24-3 Sea Sea
Sat. Nite
Mia (8-5) NYJ (4-9) Mia 34-13 Mia NY
Sunday
GB (7-6) CHI (3-10) GB GB
MIN (7-6) 5    Ind (6-7) Min Ind
BUF (6-7) 10    Cle (0-13) Cle Buf
Pit (8-5) 3    CIN (5-7-1) Pit Cin
HOU (7-6) 4    Jack (2-11) Hou Hou
BAL (7-6) Phi (5-8) Bal Bal
KC (10-3) 6    Tenn (7-6) Tenn KC
NYG (9-4) Det (9-4) Det Det
ARIZ (5-7-1) 3    NO (5-8) Ariz NO
ATL (8-5) 13    SF (1-12) SF Atl
Oak (10-3) SD (5-8) SD Oak
NE (11-2) 3    DEN (8-5) NE Den
Sun. Nite
DAL (11-2) 7    TB (8-5) TB TB
Mon. Nite
WASH(7-5-1) 7    Car (5-8) Car Car
Week 14 10-6 9-7
0.625 0.563
Season 116-84-8 100-100-8
0.580 0.500
Lock Total 5 9







All of our thoughts and observations, including memories of Chicago winters in the aftershow, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #15

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Sat. Nite Dolphins @ Jets

We'll be doing our podcast live during the Saturday night action, so here's our pick for the game.  Jay is going with the Jets in the slop, and I'm going with Matt Moore to game manage and Jay Ajayi to get his ground mojo back in a Fins win.  Talk to you Saturday.

My Pick:  Miami 20-10

Sunday, December 11, 2016

2016 Week #14

This may be a week that goes a long way towards me clinching the season before the playoffs even arrive.  Jason and I go against each other on ten picks, not counting my win Thursday night.  What's interesting is how many games we feel ambivalent about the pick.  Listening to the podcast, you can hear how many games one of us prefaces the pick by saying "I don't feel great about this one" or "I totally see your point but I'm going the other way."  It makes the bragging even more fun when one of us wins a chunk of games that way.  It's our way of acknowledging how much luck goes into what we do sometimes.  Here is the full slate for Week 14:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
KC (9-3) 3    Oak (10-2) KC 21-13 KC Oak
Sunday
Min (6-6) 3    JACK (2-10) Min Min
Cin (4-7-1) CLE (0-12) Cle Cle
Pit (7-5) 3    BUF (6-6) Buf Pit
Wash (6-5-1) 2    PHI (5-7) Wash Wash
DET (8-4) 7    Chi (3-9) Chi Det
IND (6-6) Hou (6-6) Hou Ind
TENN (6-6) Den (8-4) Den Tenn
Ariz (5-6-1) 2    MIA (7-5) Ariz Mia
CAR (4-8) 1    SD (5-7) Car Car
SF (1-11) 3    NYJ (3-9) SF NY
Sea (8-3-1) 3    GB (6-6) GB Sea
TB (7-5) NO (5-7) NO TB
Atl (7-5) LA (4-8) Atl Atl
Sun. Nite
Dal (11-1) NYG (8-4) NY Dal
Mon. Nite
NE (10-2) Bal (7-5) NE Bal
Week 13 9-6 7-8
0.600 0.467
Season 106-78-8 91-93-8
0.576 0.495
Lock Total 5 8


All of our thoughts and observations, including a lot of hot stove baseball talk in the aftershow, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #14

Friday, December 2, 2016

2016 Week #13

Jason's protests notwithstanding, it's actually a compelling week of football.  There are so many games where teams with lesser records are favorited over teams with better records.  It's a plethora of chances for squads who clearly aren't being trusted to show that they belong, and other squads who are being believed to prove that they're worth the investment.  I think those are informational games, because we can really learn something about those teams depending on if they compete or not.  Here are our picks for Week 13, where we battle over eight games:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
Dal (10-1) 3    MIN (6-5) Dal 17-15 Dal Dal
Sunday
GB (5-6) Hou (6-5) GB GB
NO (5-6) Det (7-4) Det NO
ATL (7-4) 5    KC (8-3) Atl Atl
NE (9-2) 13½ LA (4-7) LA NE
Den (7-4) 3    JACK (2-9) Jack Den
CIN (3-7-1) Phi (5-6) Cin Phi
BAL (6-5) Mia (7-4) Bal Mia
SF (1-10) 2    CHI (2-9) SF Chi
OAK (9-2) 3    Buf (6-5) Oak Buf
PIT (6-5) 6    NYG (8-3) Pit Pit
ARIZ (4-6-1) Wash (6-4-1) Ariz Wash
SD (5-6) 4    TB (6-5) SD SD
Sun. Nite
SEA (7-3-1) 7    Car (4-7) Sea Sea
Mon. Nite
Ind (5-6) NYJ (3-8) Ind Ind
Cleveland and Tennessee are off.
Week 12 8-6-2 5-9-2
0.571 0.357
Season 97-72-8 84-85-8
0.574 0.497
Lock Total 5 7


All of our thoughts and observations, including some baseball chatter on our aftershow, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #13

Saturday, November 26, 2016

2016 Week #12

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and now it's down to the last six weeks of the regular season in the NFL.  Jason and I took a long view into what the playoff picture may look like, and it's murky.  Some teams at the top of the league have obvious flaws that should trip them up, but it's anyone's guess who will step up in their void and make a long run towards the Super Bowl.  This slate of games could be anyone's guess as well.  We had a hard time feeling very confident in these picks, but we made them anyway.  We'll be going head to head on six games, not counting Jason's Steelers victory on Turkey Night.  Here's our selections for Week 12:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thanksgiving
DET (6-4) Min (6-4) Det 16-13 Min Min
DAL (9-1) 7    Wash (6-3-1) Dal 31-26 Wash Wash
Thanksgiving Nite
Pit (5-5) 9    IND (5-5) Pit 28-7 Ind Pit
Sunday
NO (4-6) LA (4-6) LA NO
ATL (6-4) Ariz (4-5-1) Atl Atl
NYG (7-3) 7    CLE (0-11) NY Cle
BUF (5-5) Jack (2-8) Jack Buf
BAL (5-5) 4    Cin (3-6-1) Bal Cin
Tenn (5-6) 6    CHI (2-8) Tenn Tenn
SD (4-6) HOU (6-4) SD SD
MIA (6-4) 7    SF (1-9) Mia Mia
Sea (7-2-1) 6    TB (5-5) Sea Sea
OAK (8-2) Car (4-6) Car Oak
NE (8-2) NYJ (3-7) NE NE
Sun. Nite
DEN (7-3) KC (7-3) Den Den
Mon. Nite
PHI (5-5) GB (4-6) GB Phi
Week 11 7-7 10-4
0.500 0.714
Season 89-66-6 79-76-6
0.574 0.510
Lock Total 4 6


All of our thoughts and observations, including an aftershow putting a magnifying glass on some of these contenders, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #12

Saturday, November 19, 2016

2016 Week #11

I'm proud of our show for this week's football picks because in the aftershow, Jason and I managed to talk a little about Angry America and some politics without insulting each other, and that's progress.  In this season of gratitude and being thankful, we all really should take a deep breath and grab some perspective on what's really important in our lives, and Twitter and Facebook aren't necessary to do that.  Here are our picks for NFL Week 11, where Jason and I disagree on only four games, not counting his Thursday night win:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
CAR (3-6) NO (4-5) Car 23-20 Car NO
Sunday
MIN (5-4) Ariz (4-4-1) Ariz Min
Pit (4-5) 8    CLE (0-10) Pit Pit
DET (5-4) 6    Jack (2-7) Jack Det
CIN (3-5-1) Buf (4-5) Cin Cin
DAL (8-1) 7    Bal (5-4) Dal Dal
NYG (6-3) 7    Chi (2-7) NY NY
IND (4-5) Tenn (5-5) Ind Ind
KC (7-2) 7    TB (4-5) TB KC
Mia (5-4) LA (4-5) Mia Mia
SEA (6-2-1) Phi (5-4) Sea Sea
NE (7-2) 12    SF (1-8) NE NE
Sun. Nite
WASH (5-3-1) 3    GB (4-5) GB Wash
Mon. Nite
Oak (7-2) 6    Hou (6-3) Mexico City, MEX Hou Hou
Atlanta, Denver, the New York Jets, and San Diego are off.
Week 10 5-9 6-8
0.357 0.429
Season 82-59-6 69-72-6
0.582 0.489
Lock Total 3 5


All of our thoughts and observations, including an aftershow chatting about sports ne'er-do-wells and, of course, Angry America, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #11

Sunday, November 13, 2016

2016 Week #10

Jason and I have a seven-game head-to-head battle in this week's NFL action, and my lead is such that he's in trouble if I take a big chunk of these games from him.  My 14-game lead at this point of the season is very large, and if I extend close to 20, he's not going to be within shouting distance when the playoffs roll around.  I like the entertainment value of this slate of games because they're so close in the point spreads.  As Jay said on the podcast, it's basically a bunch of pick 'ems.  Here are our selections for Week 10:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
BAL (4-4) 10    Cle (0-9) Bal 28-7 Bal Bal
Sunday
GB (4-4) TENN (4-5) GB GB
NO (4-4) 3    Den (6-3) NO NO
Atl (6-3) 1    PHI (4-4) Phi Atl
WASH(4-3-1) 2    Min (5-3) Wash Wash
NYJ (3-6) 1    LA (3-5) NY NY
JACK (2-6) Hou (5-3) Hou Jack
Chi (2-6) 2    TB (3-5) Chi TB
CAR (3-5) 3    KC (6-2) Car KC
SD (4-5) Mia (4-4) Mia SD
PIT (4-4) 3    Dal (7-1) Pit Dal
ARIZ (3-4-1) 14    SF (1-7) Ariz Ariz
Sun. Nite
NE (7-1) Sea (5-2-1) NE NE
Mon. Nite
Cin (3-4-1) 1    NYG (5-3) Cin NY
Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Oakland are off.
Week 9 9-2-2 5-6-2
0.818 0.455
Season 77-50-6 63-64-6
0.606 0.496
Lock Total 3 5


All of our thoughts and observations, including an aftershow featuring chatter about the NBA and pipe smoke (what were we talking about?) can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #10

Saturday, November 5, 2016

2016 Week #9

This podcast episode had our picks for NFL Week 9 sandwiched in between Jason's recollections concerning his Chicago Cubs actually winning the World Series, and boy, did he have some recollections.  He brought the happy, poignant, emotional, angry, wondrous, and everything else, and he deserved to unload after so many years of being one of the many sadsack Cub fans wallowing in misery.  So if there was way too much baseball talk in place of football on this show, our apologies.  We'll get back to football on the next show.  Well, mostly football.  Here are our Sunday and Monday Week 9 selections, which see us head-to-head on six games, including both our Locks of the Week, and a contingency pick for Jay depending on Ben Rapelisberger returning or not for the Steelers:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
Atl (5-3) TB (3-4) Atl 43-28 Atl TB
Sunday
MIN (5-2) Det (4-4) Min Det
Dal (6-1) CLE (0-8) Dal Dal
BAL (3-4) 1    Pit (4-3) Pit Pit?
KC (5-2) Jack (2-5) Jack KC
NYG (4-3) Phi (4-3) NY NY
MIA (3-4) 4    NYJ (3-5) Mia NY
NO (3-4) SF (1-6) NO NO
Car (2-5) 3    LA (3-4) LA LA
GB (4-3) Ind (3-5) Ind GB
SD (3-5) 4    Tenn (4-4) SD SD
Sun. Nite
OAK (6-2) 1    Den (6-2) Oak Den
Mon. Nite
SEA(4-2-1) 7    Buf (4-4) Buf Sea
Arizona, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, New England, and Washington are off.
Week 8 8-5 7-6
0.615 0.538
Season 68-48-4 58-58-4
0.586 0.500
Lock Total 3 5


All of our thoughts and observations, including more Cubs talk in the aftershow, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #9

Saturday, October 29, 2016

2016 Week #8

It appears to be an interesting week of games this week in the NFL, and boy, could the league use it.  Much has been written and said about the low ratings across the board for the league this season, with reasoning being anything from the presidential race sucking the energy out of any other entertainment to terrible matchups to the possible start of a general decline of interest.  I tend to believe that compelling games will boost the numbers back up, but time will tell.  Here are our Week 8 picks, with 5 head-to-head games for Jay and me to battle:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
TENN (3-4) Jack (2-4) Tenn 36-22 Tenn Tenn
Sun. Morn
Cin (3-4) 3    Wash(4-3) London, ENG Wash Wash
Sunday
Sea (4-1-1) NO (2-4) NO NO
NYJ (2-5) 2    CLE (0-7) Cle Cle
Oak (5-2) 1    TB (3-3) TB TB
NE (6-1) 6    BUF (4-3) Buf NE
HOU (4-3) 1    Det (4-3) Hou Det
KC (4-2) IND (3-4) Ind KC
CAR (1-5) 3    Ariz (3-3-1) Car Car
DEN (5-2) 4    SD (3-4) Den SD
ATL (4-3) 3    GB (4-2) Atl Atl
Sun. Nite
DAL (5-1) 5    Phi (4-2) Dal Phi
Mon. Nite
Min (5-1) 4    CHI (1-6) Chi Chi
Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami, the New York Giants, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco are off.
Week 7 10-4-1 5-9-1
0.714 0.357
Season 60-43-4 51-52-4
0.583 0.495
Lock Total 3 4


All of our picks and observations, including an aftershow with a new segment (kinda) titled "Before the Internet," can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #8

Saturday, October 22, 2016

2016 Week #7

The apocalypse struck during our podcast making our picks as the Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant for the first time in 71 years.  So this may go against me in the picks, as Jay is the lifelong Cubs fan and may have the mojo in his favor, not to mention his streak of 3 straight 10-win weeks.  Here's our slate for NFL Week 7, which has us differing on 7 games on Sunday:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
GB (3-2) Chi (1-5) GB 26-10 GB Chi
Sun. Morn
NYG (3-3) LA (3-3) London, ENG NY NY
Sunday
KC (3-2) 6    NO (2-3) KC NO
Min (5-0) 3    PHI (3-2) Min Min
CIN (2-4) 10½ Cle (0-6) Cin Cle
JACK (2-3) Oak (4-2) Jack Oak
NYJ (1-5) Bal (3-3) Bal Bal
Buf (4-2) MIA (2-4) Mia Buf
DET (3-3) 1    Wash (4-2) Wash Wash
TENN (3-3) 3    Ind (2-4) Ind Tenn
ATL (4-2) SD (2-4) SD Atl
SF (1-5) 1    TB (2-3) TB SF
NE (5-1) PIT (4-2) NE NE
Sun. Nite
ARIZ (3-3) 1    Sea (4-1) Sea Sea
Mon. Nite
DEN (4-2) Hou (4-2) Den Den
Carolina and Dallas are off.
Week 6 6-7-2 10-3-2
0.462 0.769
Season 50-39-3 46-43-3
0.562 0.517
Lock Total 2 3


All of our picks and observations, including my aftershow warning about trusting media sources, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #7

Friday, October 14, 2016

2016 Week #6

This appears to be a week of reckoning early for Jay and me, as we go head-to-head on ten games, not counting my win on Thursday night.  Normally we split right down the middle when we are against each other on this many games, and that would suit me fine because it would protect my nine-game lead.  If Jason gets a big chunk of it back here, he's back in the mix for the rest of the season.  But if I take a chunk of games, he's down double digits and looking at a massive uphill climb.  Should be a compelling Sunday.  Here's our picks for Week 6:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
Den (4-1) 3    SD (1-4) SD 21-13 SD Den
Sunday
Car (1-4) NO (1-3) Car NO
DET (2-3) 3    LA (3-2) Det Det
TENN (2-3) Cle (0-5) Cle Cle
Pit (4-1) MIA (1-4) Pit Mia
CHI (1-4) 1    Jack (1-3) Jack Chi
Phi (3-1) WASH (3-2) Wash Wash
NE (4-1) 8    Cin (2-3) Cin NE
NYG (2-3) 3    Bal (3-2) Bal NY
BUF (3-2) 9    SF (1-4) Buf Buf
KC (2-2) 1    OAK (4-1) KC Oak
GB (3-1) 4    Dal (4-1) GB Dal
SEA (3-1) Atl (4-1) Sea Atl
Sun. Nite
HOU (3-2) 3    Ind (2-3) Hou Ind
Mon. Nite
ARIZ (2-3) NYJ (1-4) NY Ariz
Minnesota and Tampa Bay are off.
Week 5 9-5 10-4
0.643 0.714
Season 44-32-1 36-40-1
0.579 0.474
Lock Total 2 2


All of our thoughts and observations, including an aftershow recalling one of the craziest baseball finishes in history, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #6

Saturday, October 8, 2016

2016 Week #5

Jay and I managed to not get suspended as we made our picks for this week, but we know if we celebrate too much, Roger Goodell will be waiting to spank our hands with his ruler.  We're head-to-head on four games after Jason's Cards was much the better over my Niners on Thursday.  Here's the rest of Week 5, where we are in lockstep for the Lock of the Week:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay
Thu. Nite
Ariz (1-3) 4    SF (1-3) Ariz 33-21 SF Ariz
Sunday
MIN (4-0) 7    Hou (3-1) Hou Min
NE (3-1) 10½ CLE (0-4) NE NE
PIT (3-1) NYJ (1-3) Pit Pit
Phi (3-0) DET (1-3) Det Phi
BAL (3-1) 4    Wash (2-2) Wash Wash
IND (1-3) Chi (1-3) Chi Chi
MIA (1-3) Tenn (1-3) Tenn Tenn
DEN (4-0) Atl (3-1) Atl Atl
LA (3-1) Pk Buf (2-2) LA LA
OAK (3-1) SD (1-3) SD Oak
Cin (2-2) 2    DAL (3-1) Cin Dal
Sun. Nite
GB (2-1) NYG (2-2) NY NY
Mon. Nite
CAR (1-3) 4    TB (1-3) TB TB
Jacksonville, Kansas City, New Orleans, and Seattle are off.
Week 4 9-6 10-5
0.600 0.667
Season 35-27-1 26-36-1
0.565 0.419
Lock Total 1 1


All of our thoughts and observations, including a baseball-filled aftershow, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #5