COVID is spreading like wildfire through the NFL, so the sked last week was all kinds of messed up, and the rosters this week are impossible to read. So many men are out thanks to Omicron, and many others are possibly going to be ruled out, and others still may get cleared right before gametime. As a result, our picks are slightly incomplete. We're not picking the Monday night game here because the Saints could have a totally different starting lineup by then, so we'll post that pick sometime Monday on Twitter: @imlddre, @imldjtg. We also have what I believe is our first twin contingency. We both independently declare that Tim Boyle starting at QB for the Lions forces us to pick the Falcons. If Jared Goff was able to be cleared, we would take Detroit. Additionally, I have a contingency on Kansas City having to take on Pittsburgh without their two best targets. If they have to play without both Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill, then I must take the Steelers. But if one or both are cleared before the game, then I will roll with the Chiefs. With all that out of the way, here is most of our Week 16, where we currently differ on five picks:
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Friday, December 24, 2021
2021 Week #16
Saturday, December 18, 2021
2021 Week #15
The podcast was haunted by an evil spirit tonight. We couldn't connect at the start of the show, I couldn't call in because my phone is dead and refuses to charge, and then our aftershow got disconnected. We managed to get in our picks even with all of that, well, most of our picks. Jay had the bright idea to push off our Tuesday picks until Tuesday when we can Tweet them out once we figure out who's actually playing and what kind of grip the NFL has on the Omicron situation. Oh, and because there isn't enough weirdness this week, Jason also has a contingency pick. He's taking the Brownies if they can get either of their top two QBs, Baker Mayfield or Case Keenum, in the starting gate. If it's any being other than those two, he's riding with the Raiders. Got all that? Good. Here is the Twilight Zone that is Week 15:
All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:
Saturday, December 11, 2021
2021 Week #14
The NFL season that won't end rolls on, and Jason and I will square off on six games tomorrow after his insane win Thursday night. The Vikings almost blew a 29-0 lead and let the Steelers come all the way back, and if they hold on to a TD on the last throw, they at least cover. It would have been the mother of all backdoor covers, but alas. I had to go to a rare position player contingency pick, but that's how important Deebo Samuel has been to the 49ers. If he plays, I got San Fran, but if not, I got the Bengals. Here are our Week 14 picks:
All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:
Saturday, December 4, 2021
2021 Week #13
Not every week can be full of great contests, and Week 13 in the NFL this year has a lot of dog games. But Jason and I managed to chat about all of them and find some angles you may not hear anywhere else. We're facing off on four picks, but we're really looking forward to the Monday night brawl in Buffalo. We dare the Bills to prove to us they should be trusted against tough competition, because they haven't proven it yet. Here are the picks:
All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:
Saturday, November 27, 2021
2021 Week #12
A very long Thanksgiving week for both Jason and me ended with our show tonight making our Week 12 picks, and it turned out that we are only different on three games. This after the last several weeks when it seemed like we were battling on nine or more games each Sunday. Jay says he can appreciate not being able to lose seven picks to me again as he did a couple weeks ago. I want to be greedy. I wanted to do that again to him, because it felt so good. Of course, he did something similar to me earlier in this drunk-ass season, which still has seven more weeks to go. Take a breath. Here are our Week 12 picks:
All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:
Saturday, November 20, 2021
2021 Week #11
Jason and I go head-to-head on nine of the 14 remaining games this week, but as we were discussing the games we realized that we weren't really going at each other. This drunk NFL season has left us making picks with a LOT of hedging and acknowledging the other's viewpoints. How can anyone feel very strongly about any pick with all of the inconsistency? Jay had to take a contingency this week as well. He's not sticking with the Cardinals if Kyler Murray is again deactivated before the game as he was last week. I'm just taking Russell Wilson to bounce back no matter what. Here are our picks for Week 11:
All of our picks and observations can be heard here:
Sunday, November 14, 2021
2021 Week #10
If I had an idea why my picks have fallen off so hard, I could express confidence that I'm making it up this week with seven games head-to-head against Jay, but I'm flying blind at this point. There have been a ton of upsets in the NFL this season for sure, but not only am I losing the big favs, but the upsets I try to pick aren't coming home. I'll lay off the Eagles and Potato Skins at some point, but I'm letting it ride one more time this week. Here are our picks for Week 10:
All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:






