2019 Week #17

Ah, Week 17, when no one knows who's playing or how much or whether a starter is going to be in for four quarters or one or just two possessions...it seems like this year there's more mystery than normal.  I hope everyone is ready for lots of hot backup quarterback action, because we're gonna see a lot of it.  Jason and I had one of those handicapping weeks where we had some upsets that we thought were proprietary only to have the other agree.  As a result, we're only different on four games, making us ripe to get annihilated by the flip of our annual Week 17 guest picker, Coin.  Here are our picks for the NFL's last Sunday of the decade:

Fav	Spread	Dog	Final		Dre	Jay	Coin
GB (12-3)	12½	DET (3-11-1)			GB	GB	Det
NO (12-3)	13½	CAR (5-10)			NO	NO	NO
Atl (6-9)	1	TB (7-8)			TB	TB	TB
Chi (7-8)	3½	MIN (10-5)			Chi	Chi	Min
Cle (6-9)	2½	CIN (1-14)			Cin	Cle	Cle
BUF (10-5)	1½	NYJ (6-9)			NY	NY	NY
KC (11-4)	10	LAC (5-10)			LA	LA	LA
NE (12-3)	17	Mia (4-11)			Mia	Mia	Mia
LAR (8-7)	6½	Ariz (5-9-1)			LA	LA	Ariz
Pit (8-7)	1½	BAL (13-2)			Pit	Bal	Pit
Ind (7-8)	6	JACK (5-10)			Ind	Ind	Jack
Phi (8-7)	3½	NYG (4-11)			NY	NY	Phi
DEN (6-9)	3½	Oak (7-8)			Oak	Den	Den
DAL (7-8)	13	Wash (3-12)			Dal	Wash	Dal
Tenn (8-7)	6	HOU (10-5)			Tenn	Tenn	Tenn
	Sun. Nite
SF (12-3)	3½	SEA (11-4)			Sea	Sea	SF
				Week 16	9-6-1	8-7-1
					0.600	0.533
				Season	119-114-7	111-122-7
					0.511	0.476
				Lock Total	6	9

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NFL 2019 Week #17: How The West Was Won May Be Sleepless In Seattle

2019 Week #16

Jason and I fell back after a successful Week 14, going 5-10 in Week 15, so we both felt the pressure to improve with these picks.  Jay made his picks very quickly, while I had a little more of a struggle.  In the end, we disagreed on five games, but Jay is in cruise control to have the most Locks, as I have to win both of my remaining Locks and he has to lose both of his just to finish even.  We're really putting it on the line battling each other's Locks.  Here are our picks for the holiday wknd of football:

Fav Spread Dog Final Dre Jay Saturday Hou (9-5) 3    TB (7-7) TB TB NE (11-3) 6½ Buf (10-4) NE Buf Sat. Nite SF (11-3) 6½ LAR (8-6) SF SF Sunday NO (11-3) 2½ TENN (8-6) NO NO ATL (5-9) 7½ Jack (5-9) Jack Jack Bal (12-2) 10    CLE (6-8) Cle Bal Pit (8-6) 3    NYJ (5-9) NY Pit Cin (1-13) 1    MIA (3-11) Mia Mia WASH (3-11) 1    NYG (3-11) NY Wash IND (6-8) 6½ Car (5-9) Ind Ind LAC (5-9) 7    Oak (6-8) LA LA DEN (5-9) 6½ Det (3-10-1) Den Den SEA (11-3) 10    Ariz (4-9-1) Ariz Ariz Dal (7-7) 1    PHI (7-7) Dal Phi Sun. Nite KC (10-4) 6    CHI (7-7) Chi Chi Mon. Nite MIN (10-4) 5½ GB (11-3) GB GB Week 15 5-10-1 5-10-1 0.333 0.333 Season 110-108-6 103-115-6 0.505 0.472 Lock Total 6 8

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NFL 2019 Week #16: Star-Studded Saturday

2019 Week #15

Jay and I continue to play the long game in our picks, as we're not going too wild again this week and only differing on five games, not counting the Ravens slaying of the Jets on Thursday.  He's still hanging seven games back of me for the season, so he's hoping to stay within striking range for once the playoffs begin, and of course he's holding on to a one-game lead on me in Locks of the Week.  I'm just hoping to avoid that church fart of a week like I had in Week 12, when I went 4-10 and turned four games over to Jason at one time.  Here are our picks for Week 15:

Fav	Spread	Dog	Final		Dre	Jay
	Thu. Nite
BAL (11-2)	15½	NYJ (5-8)	Bal 42-21		NY	Bal
	Sunday
GB (10-3)	5	Chi (7-6)			Chi	GB
Sea (10-3)	6	CAR (5-8)			Sea	Sea
Phi (6-7)	5½	WASH (3-10)			Wash	Wash
NE (10-3)	10	CIN (1-12)			Cin	NE
TENN (8-5)	3	Hou (8-5)			Tenn	Tenn
KC (9-4)	10	Den (5-8)			Den	Den
NYG (2-11)	3	Mia (3-10)			NY	Mia
TB (6-7)	5½	DET (3-9-1)			Det	Det
Min (9-4)	1	LAC (5-8)			LA	LA
Cle (6-7)	3	ARIZ (3-9-1)			Cle	Cle
OAK (6-7)	6½	Jack (4-9)			Oak	Oak
SF (11-2)	11½	Atl (4-9)			Atl	SF
LAR (8-5)	1	DAL (6-7)			Dal	LA
	Sun. Nite
PIT (8-5)	1	Buf (9-4)			Buf	Buf
	Mon. Nite
NO (10-3)	10	Ind (6-7)			NO	NO
				Week 14	10-4-2	10-4-2
					0.714	0.714
				Season	105-98-5	98-105-5
					0.517	0.483
				Lock Total	6	7

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NFL 2019 Week #15: On To Taping Cincinnati

2019 Week #14

A little late but as promised, before Sunday action kicks off, here are Jason and my picks for NFL Week 14. We're butting heads on six games, not counting my win Thursday taking the Bears over the sorry-ass Cowboys:

Fav	Spread	Dog	Final		Dre	Jay
	Thu. Nite
Dal (6-6)	3	CHI (6-6)	Chi 31-24		Chi	Dal
	Sunday
GB (9-3)	13	Wash (3-9)	`		GB	GB
NO (10-2)	2½	SF (10-2)			NO	SF
ATL (3-9)	3½	Car (5-7)			Atl	Atl
MIN (8-4)	13	Det (3-8-1)			Det	Min
CLE (5-7)	7½	Cin (1-11)			Cle	Cin
NYJ (4-8)	5	Mia (3-9)			Mia	Mia
Bal (10-2)	6	BUF (9-3)			Bal	Bal
HOU (8-4)	9½	Den (4-8)			Hou	Den
TB (5-7)	3	Ind (6-6)			TB	TB
LAC (4-8)	3	JACK (4-8)			LA	LA
Pit (7-5)	2½	ARIZ (3-8-1)			Pit	Ariz
Tenn (7-5)	3	OAK (6-6)			Tenn	Tenn
NE (10-2)	3	KC (8-4)			KC	KC
	Sun. Nite
LAR (7-5)	1	Sea (10-2)			LA	LA
	Mon. Nite
PHI (5-7)	10	NYG (2-10)			Phi	NY
				Week 13	10-6	8-8
					0.625	0.500
				Season	95-94-3	88-101-3
					0.503	0.466
				Lock Total	5	6

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NFL 2019 Week #14: The Mahomes Strikes Back?