Here are the picks you need to make:

1. Straight picks for every game

2. Picks against the spread for every game

3. 25 money credits against the spread (Only one pick can receive more than 5 credits, up to a maximum of 10 credits for that one pick)

4. Pick of the week vs. the spread

5. Upset Special (Underdog to win outright)

6. Cajones Call - Just for fun, no points awarded for it

Simmons' lines should be out tomorrow. And does anyone know if Withers is alive?

DeROK wrote:

Thanks once again for this post, it's helpful.

As for Withers... gee I dunno???? I'll email him again but it's like he has just vanished!

SIMMONS WEEK 5 LINES:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/071005&sportCat=nfl

Straight Picks:

NO
KC
DET
TEN
HOU
PIT
NE
ARZ
NYJ
IND
SD
BAL
GB
DAL

Vs. Spread:

NO -3
KC +2
DET +3.5
TEN -8
HOU -5.5
SEA +6
NE -16.5 Cajones Call
ARZ -3.5 Pick of the Week
NYJ +3.5
IND -9.5
SD +1 Upset Special
BAL -3
GB -3
DAL -10

Money Picks

ARZ -3.5 x10
NE -16.5 x4
GB -3 x4
DAL -10 x4
IND -9.5 x3

Straight:

New Orleans
KC
Redskins
Titans
Houston
Pittsburgh
Patriots
Cardinals
NYGiants
Colts
Chargers
Ravens
Packers
Dallas


Spread:

Carolina +3
KC +2
Detroit +3.5
Atlanta +8
Miami +5.5
Seattle +6
Patriots -50 (They'd probably cover that.) Cajones Pick
Cardinals -3.5
NYGiants -3.5
Tampa Bay +9.5
Chargers +1 Upset Special
Ravens -3
Packers -3
Dallas -10 Pick of the Week


Money Picks:

Dallas -10 (x10)
Packers -3 (x5)
Cardinals -3.5 (x5)
Patriots -50 (x5)

Man, our picks are so similar. How am I supposed to catch up? I guess I just have to root for Arizona to cover and the Cowboys to win by nine or less.

DeROK wrote:

It's still a very l o n g season my friend. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Straight

Texans
Redskins
Titans
Cardinals
Steelers
J-e-t-s
Saints
Patriots
Jaguars
Colts
Ravens
Chargers
Bears
Cowboys

Spread

Texans (-5.5)
Redskins (-3.5)
Falcons (+8)
Cardinals (-3.5)
Seahawks (+6)
Jets (+3.5)
Saints(-3)
Patriots (-16.5)
Jaguars (-2)
Colts (-9.5)
Ravens (-3)
Chargers (+1) POTW
Bears (+3) Upset Special
Bills (+10)

Vikes to lose vs BYE (Cahones Call)

Money $$

Colts (-9.5) x 8
Bears (+3) x 3
Chargers (+1) x 3
Patriots (-16.5) x 5
Cardinals (-3.5) x 6

oh my goodness. 1-8 in the 1:00pm games. Were it not for a last-minute strip and fumble recovery for a TD by the Pats, I would've been 0-9.

Next week I'm definitely just putting down the opposite of what I think.

Freak'n Arizona by half a point!!!!!!

DeROK wrote:

I know dude... it can be brutal sometimes.

P.S. I lost a ten team parlay once (I had 9 out of ten correct), losing the tenth game by like 2 points. Would have won like $1700, instead I got nothing. Sigh.

Dead serious, next week I am going with Indy and New England to cover, throwing as much \"money\" as I can into those two games, and then picking the opposite the rest of the way. I feel a record-breaking week coming up.

DeROK wrote:
I wouldn't be suprised one iota if that turned out to work pretty well for you. I'm serious, it's weird doing the opposite picking strategy... but it's crazy how well it can work out!

Colts and Pats seem to be locks though, yeah I'd definitely make sure to pick them.

College Wolf wrote:
In my opinion, the NFL is MUCH harder to pick than college. Every single week there are a number of games where the line doesn't really matter much...the game could realistically go either way and be blow out. EX: Giants vs Jets.

It's almost like baseball, where the lines are always 1.5 because each game is pretty much a crapshoot in terms of score.

DeROK wrote:
I know, the Pats covered by half a point too! Haha. The Browns must be better than everyone thinks because they kept the game close for awhile...I like what Bill Simmons had to say about the Pats in his last article:

\"At one point, my buddy Bug called me and decided the Pats looked like someone who had just won a ton of money playing blackjack in a casino; now they were wandering around bored and saying things like, \"I think I'll play a couple hands of Pai Gow Poker!\"

I guess boredom is also a possibility...

Yeah, they definitely let down in the second half, not what I like to see. On the bright side, the fact Tom Brady and a few of our other guys were steaming mad at their performance despite leading by 17 points is a positive sign. The leaders on the Patriots simply will not settle for anything less than complete domination and perfection.