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Mike’s NFL Picks 2007 Week 13b
By Mike | December 1, 2007
Its not even Sunday yet and I’m already 0-1 for the week. At least it was the Packers that lost.
Here are the rest of my picks for this week.
Atlanta Falcons +3.5 at St.Louis Rams. The Rams are getting back to where I expected them to be, and even without Bulger I think they should be able to get by the Falcons at home. Rams - 3.5
Buffalo Bills +6.5 at Washington Redskins. So, does Washington come out strong motivated by trying to win one for Taylor, or are they distracted and flat? I’m going to go with the latter, and take the Bills in this one. The Skins might with the game, but they aren’t going to be blowing anyone out. I’ll take the Bills plus the points.
Detroit Lions +4 at Minnesota Vikings. A passing team against a weak pass defense. Sounds like a good matchup for the Lions but it didn’t work out so well for the Giants last week and I don’t think Detroit will do much better. Especially in Minnesota. Peterson is going to be back too, and while he probably won’t get all of the carries, Chester Taylor has done pretty well in his absence. Vikings easily cover in this one
Houston Texans +4 at Tennessee Titans. Not sure where to go on this one. I guess I’ll take Houston plus the points.
Jacksonville Jaguars +7 at Indianapolis Colts. A lot of people are calling for Jacksonville to win this one. I won’t go quite that far, but I do think they’ll come within seven.
New York Jets +1 at Miami Dolphins. I really hate the Dolphins, and it would be great if they could have an 0-16 season to go with their undefeated season. I hope the Jets pull this one out. If they can beat Pittsburgh they can beat Miami, right?
San Diego Chargers -6.5 at Kansas City Chiefs. Both of these teams have to be pretty disappointed with their seasons so far. I don’t see it getting any better for KC though. Not this week anyway. I’ll take the Chargers minus the 6.5
Seattle Seahawks +3 at Philadelphia Eagles. This could be a pretty good game since both teams pass way more than most other teams. Seattle has better receivers, and possibly a better QB so I’m taking them with the points. For those of you counting at home, I’ve only taken one home team so far this week. That’s probably not a good plan is it?
San Francisco 49ers +3 at Carolina Panthers. I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes these two teams longer to score than it took Pittsburgh and Miami last Monday. These team’s offenses are so bad it makes the Bears look like the Patriots. The Panthers will win this one, but it won’t be pretty. I’ll take them minus the points.
Cleveland Browns -1 at Arizona Cardinals. I can see this one going either way, and apparently so can the rest of the public since the spread is only a point. I have to take another road team though as I think the Browns will be able to out gun Arizona.
Denver Broncos -4 at Oakland Raiders. I might have to flip a coin in this one. I’d take the Bronco, but they’ve had some games where they just looked horrible this year. Take last week’s choke against the Bears for example. I guess the Broncos always have a good rushing offense and the Raiders are one of the worst in the league against the run, so based on that I’ll take Denver minus the four.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3.5 at New Orleans Saints. The Bucs have QB issues, and the Saints are capable of having an explosive offense so I’ll take New Orleans minus the points.
New York Giants -2 at Chicago Bears. Ugh. Are the Giants in their traditional second half flop? It sure looked like it last week. I still don’t have enough confidence to pick Bears in any game, even with two points and at home. I’ll take the Giants minus the points.
Cincinnati Bengals +7 at Pittsburgh Steelers. I hope Pittsburgh’s field is a little better this week, or there might not even be seven points scored all game. The Bengals have shown me nothing all season though so I’m going to bet against them and take the Steelers.
New England Patriots -21 at Baltimore Ravens. I said I’d take the Pats until they failed to cover. That happened last week. Everyone in the media seems to think that the Eagles found the way to beat New England and that other teams will use the same strategy. If I know one thing about the Pats its that they are one of the best coached teams in the league. If you think you are going to beat them using the same approach as the team they just played, you are going to be sadly mistaken. No way that whatever the Eagles did works again this year. Baltimore has no offense to begin with and I think their D is starting to get past its prime. I’ll take the Patriots minus 21 on the road.
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