2020 Week #7

Jason and I, not content to go head-to-head on eight games last week, now go head-to-head on nine here in Week 7, counting the Thursday night win for Jay. It's something that can't be explained after being so kumbaya in Week 4 and disagreeing on only two. We went very divergent after that. I'm frustrated by the sub-.500 season so far, but I'm also intrigued because I feel like there are developments to this unusual 2020 that will make things clearer as time goes on. I'm having a hard time remembering this many teams that present as inconsistent and hard to predict. I just know things will shake out as we move in to November and the second half of the campaign. I just hope I can decipher things before Jay does. Here are our Week 7 calls:

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #7: Clash With The Titans

2020 Week #6

Jason and I are going head to head on a whopping eight of the 14 games this week, and both of us feel good about our picks. So this should be a Sunday for the ages as far as our bragging rights. He feels good that I am making these picks without having watched hardly any games last Sunday because my power went out. I feel good simply because I'm the one coming off an 11-win week. So we shall see who gets the upper hand. This is one of those weeks that could decide the whole season if one of us takes six or seven of these. Here are the picks for a contentious NFL Week 6:

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #6: The Only Thing For Sure Is...Nothing's For Sure

2020 Week #5

There are a lot of interesting developments in the NFL this week. The slate of games is interesting, the drama surrounding the Coronapalooza games is interesting, even the moves made by lesser teams (Texans, Potato Skins) may produce immediate results. I know we only have a lowly football podcast, but Jay and I did our best to take people's minds off the terrible society we live in, and hopefully we did a good job of that. Now, there are circumstances that force us to not have all the Week 5 games. Broncos-Patriots and Bills-Titans are not on the board as of the time of this post because of Coronavirus availabilities and unknown game status, but we managed to pick one of those games based on our theory of what the spread eventually will be. Both of those picks will be available no later than the day of each game on our Twitter feeds. I am @imlddre and Jay is @imldjtg. Here are our incomplete Week 5 picks, which see us battling on seven games, not counting my Thursday win:

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #5: And YOU Get The COVID! And YOU Get The COVID!

2020 Week #4

 Jay and I only disagree on two picks this week. I can't recall a week where we disagreed less. Uh, there's not much else to say about it. So here are the picks:

All of our thoughts and observations, including opinions on a very newsworthy week politically, can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #4: Can't Stop The Tennessee Goop

2020 Week #3

 After a dismal Week 2, I try once again to rebound and do much better with my Week 3 picks. At least Jason didn't make fun of my Lock this week. We once again face off on six games, and they're mostly the dog games so that gives us reason to watch. The prime time games should be two great games, so for entertainment, it should be a fabulous week, and the quality of play for the whole league hopefully takes a step up now that players have had a chance to shake off the rust. And for Pete's sake, let's not have any more franchise players suffer year-ending injuries. Here are our picks:

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #3: Brought To You By Blue Cross, Or Red Cross

2020 Week #2

After a dismal Week 1 showing, I try to rebound in this year's Overreaction NFL Week 2. My craziest pick is also my Lock of the Week, which shows how blind I'm flying right now. But I do believe that the Jets can not only hang with a banged-up 49ers squad, but they can pull off the upset. There are a LOT of key injuries for San Francisco right now. Yes, I'm trying to talk my way into trusting it. Jason says to look for the SF defense to set up their offense with at least four possessions that begin in Jets territory, so he's all in on the Niners turning things around. That's the beauty of Week 2--do you go with what you believe about a team, or do you go with what you saw in Week 1? Jay and I are doing battle on six games this week, so let's see how it all shakes out:

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #2: Vegas Baby Vegas!

2020 Week #1

 How fitting that our podcast lost connection and dropped us during the aftershow not more than a few minutes after Jason praised how clean the live show was from a tech standpoint. No voices breaking up, no hiccups in the connection, then wham. Very 2020-like. We got in all of our picks and basically all of our debate points about each game. It's going to be so good to have football back during this long period of Coronapalooza. Don't know how long it will last, don't know if a team is going to have a COVID breakout and be forced to miss games, but for now, all is well and the NFL is back. We can only hope our picks go as smoothly as the Thursday night opener, which Jay locked up and which I predicted the final score minus one point. We're battling on eight picks in Week 1:

Fav	Spread	Dog	Final		Dre	Jay
	Thu. Nite
KC	9	Hou	KC 34-20		KC	KC
	Sunday
MIN	2½	GB			Min	Min
Sea	1	ATL			Sea	Atl
BAL	7½	Cle			Bal	Bal
Ind	8	JACK			Ind	Ind
Phi	5½	WASH			Phi	Wash
LV	3	CAR			Car	Car	Elvis
BUF	6½	NYJ			Buf	NY
DET	2½	Chi			Det	Chi
NE	7	Mia			Mia	NE
LAC	3	CIN			LA	LA
NO	3½	TB			NO	NO
SF	7	Ariz			SF	Ariz
	Sun. Nite
Dal	2	LAR			Dal	LA
	Mon. Nite
Pit	6	NYG			NY	Pit
Tenn	3	DEN			Tenn	Tenn

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #1: Football Hurts