2016 Week #3

Week 3 in the NFL sees an unusually large number of teams suffering catastrophic injuries already.  Getting hurt is endemic to the game, but when you have a team like the Browns using three starters at QB in a row, or the Patriots next week, or the Vikings already losing their franchise RB for the season, it makes it difficult to watch football and expect consistency.  As clubs scramble for new pieces, here are our picks for Week 3, where Jason and I go heads-up on four games:

Fav	Spread	Dog	Final		Dre	Jay
	Thu. Nite
NE (2-0)	Pk	Hou (2-0)	NE 27-0		Hou	Hou
	Sunday
GB (1-1)	7	Det (1-1)			Det	Det
CAR (1-1)	7	Min (2-0)			Car	Car
MIA (0-2)	10	Cle (0-2)			Mia	Mia
Bal (2-0)	1	JACK (0-2)			Jack	Jack
Oak (1-1)	1½	TENN (1-1)			Tenn	Oak
CIN (1-1)	3½	Den (2-0)			Den	Den
Ariz (1-1)	3½	BUF (0-2)			Ariz	Ariz
NYG (2-0)	3	Wash (0-2)			Wash	Wash
SEA (1-1)	10	SF (1-1)			SF	SF
TB (1-1)	4	LA (1-1)			TB	TB
Pit (2-0)	3½	PHI (2-0)			Phi	Pit
KC (1-1)	2½	NYJ (1-1)			KC	NY
IND (0-2)	1½	SD (1-1)			SD	Ind
	Sun. Nite
DAL (1-1)	6½	Chi (0-2)			Dal	Dal
	Mon. Nite
NO (0-2)	2½	Atl (1-1)			Atl	Atl
				Week 2	11-5	5-11
					0.688	0.313
				Total	20-12	10-22
					0.625	0.313
				Lock Total	1	1

All of our thoughts and observations, including an aftershow with baseball talk, my grand plan for Black America, and weather metrics, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #3

2016 Week #2

Ah, nothing quite makes you feel dumber than NFL Week 2, where you have to work so hard not to let Week 1 Overreaction Fever overtake your decision-making process.  It's why Jason identified it as the week he hates the most.  And this season, there seem to be more tight Week 2 matchups than normal, making our picks that much harder.  So with all of our excuses built in, here now are our selections for Week 2, which see us differ (after Thursday) on seven games, or six depending on Jason's contingency pick:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay Thu. Nite BUF (0-1) Pk NYJ (0-1) NY 37-31 NY Buf Sunday NYG (1-0) 4    NO (0-1) NO NY Bal (1-0) 5½ CLE (0-1) Cle Cle PIT (1-0) 3    Cin (1-0) Cin Pit WASH (0-1) 3    Dal (0-1) Wash Wash HOU (1-0) 1    KC (1-0) KC KC DET (1-0) 6    Tenn (0-1) Tenn Tenn NE (1-0) 6½ Mia (0-1) NE NE CAR (0-1) 13    SF (1-0) Car Car Sea (1-0) 6    LA (0-1) LA Sea SD (1-0) ARIZ (0-1) 3 7    Jack (0-1) TB (1-0) Jack Ariz Jack TB OAK (1-0) 4½ Atl (0-1) Oak Oak DEN (1-0) 6    Ind (0-1) Den Ind Sun. Nite GB (1-0) 2    MIN (1-0) Min GB? Mon. Nite CHI (0-1) 3½ Phi (1-0) Phi Chi Week 1 9-7 5-11 0.563 0.313 Lock Total 0 0

All of our picks and observations, including an aftershow fawning over the 2016 Chicago Cubs, can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #2

2016 Week #1

There aren't many people who could have weathered the storm and made it through a show with the adversity Jason and I had, but we survived wrong show times and connectivity problems to get our picks out to you, the insane listener of our podcast.  And for that, we thank you, and also suggest you get some counseling.  Here are the picks for Week 1:

Fav

Spread

Dog

Final

Dre

Jay

	Thu. Nite
Car	3	DEN	Den 21-20		Den	Car
	Sunday
GB	4½	JACK			Jack	Jack
NO	2	Oak			NO	NO
ATL	2½	TB			TB	Atl
Min	2½	TENN			Min	Min
PHI	3½	Cle			Cle	Cle
Cin	2	NYJ			NY	NY
BAL	3½	Buf			Bal	Bal
HOU	4½	Chi			Hou	Chi
KC	6½	SD			KC	KC
SEA	10	Mia			Sea	Sea
DAL	1	NYG			NY	Dal
IND	3	Det			Det	Ind
	Sun. Nite
ARIZ	7	NE			Ariz	Ariz
	Mon. Nite
Pit	3	WASH			Wash	Wash
LA	2½	SF			LA	SF

All of our thoughts and observations--and be warned, the audio is VERY shitty and hard to take without valium--can be heard here:

NFL 2016 Week #1