2017 Week #12

We hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving, and if you bet with Jason, you did because you made money.  I am licking my wounds after my 0-3 Triple Gobble.  But we're going head-to-head on five games for the rest of Week 12 in the NFL, so I can still salvage the week if I get red hot tomorrow.  Here are our picks for the remainder of Week 12:

Fav	Spread	Dog	Final		Dre	Jay
	Thanksgiving
Min (8-2)	2½	DET (6-4)	Min 30-23		Det	Min
LAC (4-6)	2	DAL (5-5)	LA 28-6		Dal	Dal
	Thanksgiving Nite
WASH (4-6)	7	NYG (2-8)	Wash 20-10		NY	Wash
	Sunday
ATL (6-4)	10	TB (4-6)			Atl	TB
CIN (4-6)	7½	Cle (0-10)			Cle	Cle
PHI (9-1)	14	Chi (3-7)			Phi	Phi
KC (6-4)	9½	Buf (5-5)			Buf	Buf
Tenn (6-4)	3	IND (3-7)			Tenn	Tenn
NE (8-2)	16½	Mia (4-6)			Mia	NE
Car (7-3)	5½	NYJ (4-6)			Car	NY
Sea (6-4)	6½	SF (1-9)			SF	SF
LAR (7-3)	2	NO (8-2)			LA	LA
Jack (7-3)	4½	ARIZ (4-6)			Ariz	Ariz
OAK (4-6)	4	Den (3-7)			Den	Oak
	Sun. Nite
PIT (8-2)	14	GB (5-5)			Pit	Pit
	Mon. Nite
BAL (5-5)	7	Hou (4-6)			Bal	Hou
				Week 11	8-5-1	9-4-1
					0.615	0.692
				Season	78-72-10	68-82-10
					0.520	0.453
				Lock Total	5	3

All of our thoughts and observations, including an aftershow truly spraying to all fields in a Kings of Non Sequitur session, can be heard here:

NFL 2017 Week #12

2017 Week #11

Victory Auto Wreckers, Eagle Man, and Samurai Sunday were the order of the day as Jason and I went back in time in our aftershow tonight.  If you're a child of Chicago and want to reminisce on these and some other awful ad campaigns, you should listen to our podcast.  And we give you a couple of other bad ads to go find on YouTube and laugh at.  As far as the football, we differ on five games on what looks like it's going to be an entertaining Sunday of football.  Maybe some clarity on this soupy league will reveal itself as we get ready for the Triple Gobble coming up on Thanksgiving.  Here are our picks for NFL Week 11:

Fav	Spread	Dog	Final		Dre	Jay
	Thu. Nite
PIT (7-2)	7	Tenn (6-3)	Pit 40-17		Pit	Pit
	Sunday
Bal (4-5)	2	GB (5-4)			Bal	GB
NO (7-2)	8½	Wash (4-5)			Wash	NO
MIN (7-2)	2½	LAR (7-2)			Min	Min
Jack (6-3)	7	CLE (0-9)			Cle	Jack
Det (5-4)	3	CHI (3-6)			Det	Det
HOU (3-6)	2	Ariz (4-5)			Ariz	Ariz
KC (6-3)	10	NYG (1-8)			KC	NY
TB (3-6)	1	MIA (4-5)			TB	TB
LAC (3-6)	6	Buf (5-4)			LA	LA
NE (7-2)	7	Oak (4-5)		Mexico City, MEX	Oak	Oak
DEN (3-6)	2½	Cin (3-6)			Cin	Cin
	Sun. Nite
Phi (8-1)	6	DAL (5-4)			Dal	Phi
	Mon. Nite
SEA (6-3)	2	Atl (5-4)			Atl	Atl
Carolina, Indianapolis, the New York Jets, and San Francisco are off.
				Week 10	6-7-1	6-7-1
					0.462	0.462
				Season	70-67-9	59-78-9
					0.511	0.431
				Lock Total	4	3

All of our thoughts and observations, including a spray-to-all-fields aftershow, can be heard here:

NFL 2017 Week #11

2017 Week #10

Jason and I differ on six games this week as the soupy mix of mediocre teams yielded a Sunday in the NFL in which only one matchup featured two winning teams.  And no one thought the Saints or Bills would be this good at this stage.  But we're probably more interested in the Chargers-Jags game because Jay chose to lock in Jacksonville while I am going with Phil Rivers and the former San Diego Superchargers on a hunch that he'll pull one of those "I'm not finished yet" performances.  No matter what though, the soup promises to deliver some results tomorrow that will shock the system, because 2017, man.  Here are our picks for Week 10:

Fav	Spread	Dog	Final		Dre	Jay
	Thu. Nite
Sea (5-3)	6	ARIZ (4-4)	Sea 22-16		Sea	Ariz
	Sunday
CHI (3-5)	5½	GB (4-4)			Chi	Chi
NO (6-2)	3	BUF (5-3)			NO	NO
Min (6-2)	1½	WASH (4-4)			Min	Wash
DET (4-4)	10½	Cle (0-8)			Cle	Det
Pit (6-2)	10	IND (3-6)			Pit	Pit
JACK (5-3)	5½	LAC (3-5)			LA	Jack
NYJ (4-5)	2½	TB (2-6)			NY	TB
TENN (5-3)	4½	Cin (3-5)			Tenn	Cin
LAR (6-2)	13	Hou (3-5)			LA	LA
ATL (4-4)	3	Dal (5-3)			Dal	Dal
NYG (1-7)	2½	SF (0-9)			SF	SF
	Sun. Nite
NE (6-2)	7	DEN (3-5)			NE	Den
	Mon. Nite
CAR (6-3)	9	Mia (4-4)			Mia	Mia
Baltimore, Kansas City, Oakland, and Philadelphia are off.
				Week 9	5-7-1	5-7-1
					0.417	0.417
				Season	64-60-8	53-71-8
					0.516	0.427
				Lock Total	4	3

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2017 Week #10

2017 Week #9

This is one of the more fascinating weeks in recent memory because of what Jason calls a "soft reboot."  Many teams are going through new QB situations this week, so the Broncos, Texans and Cardinals get their first glimpse at life with a new signal caller for better or for worse.  Throw the Panthers in there going with less weapons at WR on purpose, and the Eagles adding a RB to the mix, and you see plenty of change at the halfway mark of the season, making things even more goofy for those of us trying to make picks and make sense of it all.  I didn't think it possible for 2017 to get stranger in the NFL, but here we are.  And here are our picks for Week 9, where Jay and I disagree on five games, including one of our locks:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay Thu. Nite Buf (5-2) 3    NYJ (3-5) NY 34-21 Buf Buf Sunday NO (5-2) 6½ TB (2-5) TB TB Atl (4-3) 2½ CAR (5-3) Atl Atl LAR (5-2) 4    NYG (1-6) LA NY JACK (4-3) 5½ Cin (3-4) Cin Jack PHI (7-1) 7    Den (3-4) Den Den TENN (4-3) 3½ Bal (4-4) Tenn Tenn HOU (3-4) 7    Ind (2-6) Hou Ind SEA (5-2) 7    Wash (3-4) Wash Wash Ariz (3-4) 2½ SF (0-8) Ariz Ariz DAL (4-3) 2½ KC (6-2) Dal Dal Sun. Nite Oak (3-5) 3    MIA (4-3) Mia Oak Mon. Nite Det (3-4) 2    GB (4-3) Det GB Chicago, Cleveland, the Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota, New England, and Pittsburgh are off. Week 8 6-7 7-6 0.462 0.538 Season 59-53-7 48-64-7 0.527 0.429 Lock Total 4 2

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NFL 2017 Week #9