2020 Week #12

Welcome to history, ladies and germs. We have never seen a week in the NFL quite like this, where so many players will be out with coronavirus and yet the league rages on with seemingly no concern. Half the Ravens come down with the goop? Ah, keep kicking the can, we'll get that game played eventually. It's against the Steelers, so it has to be played. If those two teams didn't matter, that game would have long been postponed or cancelled outright. And how about this Broncos game where the whole QB room is inactive because one guy got COVID and all the other QBs weren't wearing masks when talking to him? Quick, someone tell Denver there's a pandemic going on. Well, Jay and I did our best and made our picks for the week, with the exception of  the Pittsburgh-Baltimore game which we cannot pick right now because there's just no telling who's going to be available by Tuesday. Follow us on Twitter to get our picks for that game Tuesday afternoon: @imlddre and @imldjtg. Here are our Week 12 selections, where we differ on seven games not counting my sweep on Thanksgiving:

 

All of our thoughts and observations, including an aftershow dedicated to all the "Random Allen" backup quarterbacks, can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #12: Attack Of The Turkey Flu

2020 Week #11

All I can say about our trip down memory lane in the aftershow of our podcast is, it's undefinable. We covered everything--high school, record stores, Boys Town, commuter trains, suicide and getting squished by a truck. If you're a fan of aimless chats, this one's for you. As for the football, Jay and I are doing battle on six picks, but it might be seven if the Panthers decide to play XFL "star" PJ Walker at QB instead of Teddy Bridgewater. If they stick with Ted, I stick with Carolina. It's my first contingency play of the year. Here are the rest of our NFL ATS picks for Week 11:

 

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #11: Wishing For Winston?

2020 Week #10

Jas and I had to hang our heads in shame after our Double Lock went up in smoke last week. Not much more embarrassing than having a football prognostication show and both independently come up with the same Stone-Cold Lock and have it go like that. But the Cards couldn't get it done, and worse, the Dolphins did, and we've been praising how hard the Dolphins play and how you can't count them out. I'm guessing that neither of us will be Locking against Miami again for a long time. This week, we're battling on five games, meaning we can't just split them down the middle like last week...unless there's a push. Here are our picks for NFL Week 10:

 

All of our thoughts and observations, including a little Real or Fake, can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #10: Double-Lock Lunkheads

2020 Week #9

With all of the frenzy and euphoria going on out here in America, we grind ahead and give you our picks for another week of football. And unlike Trump, we want to count all the games, not just some chosen ones. Jay and I face off on six games for Week 9, which is a lot but seems small considering we went heads up on eight games for the last three weeks each. We also have the exact same Lock of the Week in which we throw complete shade at Tua Time in Miami and hope that he doesn't fuck us both. Here are our picks for NFL Week 9:

All of our thoughts and observations, including election opinions, can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #9: Every Game Counts

2020 Week #8

I'm out of words to describe Jay and I disagreeing on eight games for the third week in a row. (Actually, last week it was nine games counting the Thursday nighter.) One of these weeks, one of us is going to trounce the other 6-2 or 7-1 if we keep going heads-up on eight picks. It should be a frightening Sunday not because of the Halloween weekend but because of the gusty weather in some of these games, and I'm no spoilsport when it comes to offense in today's version of football, but I'm looking forward to the elements challenging some of these guys. There have been QBs that I don't think are great but they keep putting up stats because there's no crowds to make things difficult, and the rules help keep them passing all day. It will be nice to see these offenses get tested. Here are our picks for Week 8 in the NFL as we near the half pole:

All of our thoughts and observations can be heard here:

NFL 2020 Week #8: It's The IMLD SPOOK-tacular, Charlie Brown!

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