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)	6½	Chi (3-12)			Chi	Chi	Min
PIT (10-5)	6	Cle (1-14)			Cle	Pit	Pit
IND (7-8)	4½	Jack (3-12)			Jack	Ind	Ind
PHI (6-9)	4½	Dal (13-2)			Phi	Dal	Dal
Buf (7-8)	3½	NYJ (4-11)			Buf	NY	Buf
CIN (5-9-1)	1	Bal (8-7)			Bal	Bal	Bal
NE (13-2)	9½	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)	6½	LA (4-11)			Ariz	Ariz	Ariz
DEN (8-7)	1½	Oak (12-3)			Oak	Den	Oak
WASH (8-6-1)	7½	NYG (10-5)			Wash	Wash	NY
KC (11-4)	4½	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

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)	2½	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)	4½	Mia (9-5)			Buf	Mia
Wash (7-6-1)	3	CHI (3-11)			Wash	Chi
OAK (11-3)	3½	Ind (7-7)			Oak	Oak
SEA (9-4-1)	9	Ariz (5-8-1)			Sea	Ariz
NO (6-8)	3½	TB (8-6)			TB	NO
LA (4-10)	4½	SF (1-13)			LA	LA
	Sat. Nite
HOU (8-6)	1	Cin (5-8-1)			Hou	Cin
	Sunday
PIT (9-5)	5½	Bal (8-6)			Bal	Bal
	Sun. Nite
KC (10-4)	3	Den (8-6)			KC	KC
	Mon. Nite
DAL (12-2)	6½	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

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) 2½ NYJ (4-9) Mia 34-13 Mia NY Sunday GB (7-6) 4½ 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) 5½ Phi (5-8) Bal Bal KC (10-3) 6    Tenn (7-6) Tenn KC NYG (9-4) 4½ 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) 2½ 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

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

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)	5½	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)	6½	Hou (6-6)			Hou	Ind
TENN (6-6)	1½	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)	1½	NO (5-7)			NO	TB
Atl (7-5)	5½	LA (4-8)			Atl	Atl
	Sun. Nite
Dal (11-1)	3½	NYG (8-4)			NY	Dal
	Mon. Nite
NE (10-2)	6½	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

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)	6½	Hou (6-5)			GB	GB
NO (5-6)	6½	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)	1½	Phi (5-6)			Cin	Phi
BAL (6-5)	3½	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)	2½	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)	1½	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