Got to pick the Denver/Houston game tonight.

I'm going with Denver -2 and straight.

DeROK wrote:

Ummm... gee, I dunno. Ummmm........

Houston Straight
Houston +2

NEW SIMMONS LINES:


http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/071214

Ooops about the thursday pick again...you think I'd learn?

The opposite of everyone on Project Runway(straight)

Bengals
S'aints
Bucs
Dolphins Upset Special, Cahones Call
Browns
Packers
Steely Dan
Pats
Seabags
Titans
Colts
Chargers
Cowboys
G-Men
Vikes


My favorite part of a magazine (The Spread)

Niners
S'aints
Falcons
Dolphins
Browns
Packers
Steely Dan
Jets - POTW
Seabags
Titans
Colts
Chargers
Iggles
G-men
Vikes


Money:

Eagles x5
G-men x5
Seabags x 5
Steely Dan x5
Dolphins x5

Truth be told I really don't like many of the lines this week.

Pats in the snow winning by 23? I know I'm stupid NOT to put money on the pats (because they've covered 12 out of 14). Maybe that's why Derok has TWICE as many points as I do LOL

Vikes getting 10 against the bears, wow!

Giants are hit and miss, getting 4.5 against a good Redskins team.

Seahawks on the road against the panthers is the line I like the most...

I have a feeling about the dolphins...this is their week!! Well probably not. But since I don't feel good about many of these lines I thought I'd go big...

Thoughts?

Straight:

CIN
ARZ
TB
BAL
CLE
GB
PIT
NE
SEA
TEN
IND
SD
DAL
NYG
MIN

Vs. Spread

CIN
ARZ UPSET
TB
BAL
BUF
GB
PIT
NE POTW CAJONES
SEA
TEN
IND
SD
PHI
WAS
CHI


Money:

NE x 10
PHI x 5
IND x 5
CIN x 5

Man, I was having a tough time deciding whether or no to go with the Patriots. Well, I would never pick the Jets, but whether or not to put money and a POTW on them. Normally, it would be a no-brainer, but the East Coast is supposed to get nailed with a huge snow storm tonight and tomorrow. That could be a big equalizer.

At the end of the day though, you know Belichick wants to destroy the Jets, which means the Patriots are going to be in kill mode the entire 60 minutes. I'd rather pick with them and come up short, than not pick them and have them cover. So I'm laying it down!

And yeah, Whiskey, there were a lot of tough lines. You really have to try and get inside a team's head at this point and figure out who's motivated and who isnt'.

Hmmmm I forgot there was a game tonight. I picked the 49ers to cover on my ESPN Simmons Pick'em contest, so I'll leave it up to you if you want to include tonight's game on my overall totals or not. If not, that's fine too.


STRAIGHT:

Houston
Bengals
Saints
Bucs
Ravens
Cleveland
Packers
Steelers
Patriots
Seahawks
Tennessee
Colts
Chargers
Cowboys
Giants
Vikings


SPREAD:

Houston
49er's
Cardinals UPSET
Bucs
Ravens
Buffalo
Packers
Jacksonville
Jets
Seahawks
Chiefs
Colts
Lions
Cowboys
Redskins
Vikings POTW, CAJONES


$$$:

Vikings x10
Cardinals x5
Jets x5
Indy x5

P.S. I agree, these lines sucked this week. Wasn't easy.

We can include the Niners game for you. I trust you, man.

DeROK wrote:
Thanks.

DeROK wrote:

Well, my words sure show how much I know. I guess they call them the \"Seabags\" for a Reason...

I don't think I would've laid any $$$ down this week if it was in real life.

Next week, I'm picking opposites...at least for $$

Except, of course, the Dolphins pick. That was skill, lol!!

Man! Stink'n weather killed my Patriots pick. Should've known better... Actually I did know it would make things rough, but figured Belichick would be pushing the issue and trying to run up the score. There were several 4th downs where I felt we should go for it and we either punted or went for the FG. The one punt where the Jets blocked it for a TD killed me! I really wanted them to go for it!

Basically we played very, very conservitavely. When we were being aggressive the Jets couldn't stop us. But then we decided to sit on our lead and the game got booooooooring and all hopes of covering went out the window. It was a pretty rough week for me. You guys should do some nice catching up!

DeROK wrote:

I was also disappointed in the game. Even though I played against Brady in two fantasy football leagues, part of me wanted the Pats to win by like 75-0 or something insane lol.

Did they say anything in the media or on TV about why the Pats were so conservative? Any quotes from BB? That was very unlike the Pats...

Oh well, at least they should go undefeated. Eff the '72 Dolphins. I'm also sad the 'Fins won today. A team 16 games behind in a division would have been major hilarity!