I went 11-5 last week straight-up, and 7-9 against the spread. For the season, that puts me at 127-65 straight-up, and 98-88-6 against the spread. For a comparison, check out the "experts" over at ESPN.
Here are my picks for the NFL's Week 14 games:
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8
Cleveland 4-8 at Pittsburgh 9-3 - 8:20 p.m. [Line: Steelers by 14]
This should be a low-scoring and relatively close game.
--RJ's Pick: Steelers by 7
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11
Kansas City 5-7 at New York Jets 7-5 - 1:00 p.m. [Line: Jets by 9]
A Kansas City victory would not really surprise me.
--RJ's Pick: Jets by 4
Tampa Bay 4-8 at Jacksonville 3-9 - 1:00 p.m. [Line: Buccaneers by 1]
This game is almost unwatchable, the teams are so bad.
--RJ's Pick: Buccaneers by 6
New England 9-3 at Washington 4-8 - 1:00 p.m. [Line: Patriots by 7.5]
New England should score 35-plus points against yet another sub-.500 team.
--RJ's Pick: Patriots by 20
Atlanta 7-5 at Carolina 4-8 - 1:00 p.m. [Line: Falcons by 3]
This match will be high-scoring and somewhat competitive, but the better team will win.
--RJ's Pick: Falcons by 8
Indianapolis 0-12 at Baltimore 9-3 - 1:00 p.m. [Line: Ravens by 16]
It will be the biggest mismatch of the week, although Dan Orlovsky is a considerably better quarterback than Curtis Painter, so Indianapolis might manage to score a touchdown or two—last week against the Patriots, it scored three late TDs to make it close but still lost 31-24.
--RJ's Pick: Ravens by 21
Philadelphia 4-8 at Miami 4-8 - 1:00 p.m. [Line: Dolphins by 3]
Miami has won four of its last five.
--RJ's Pick: Dolphins by 9
Minnesota 2-10 at Detroit 7-5 - 1:00 p.m. [Line: Lions by 7]
Detroit would have to play even dumber than usual to lose at Ford Field to Minnesota.
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1 - RJ
Final Score:
Steelers 14, Browns 3 - RJ 1-0 [1-0 ATS]
2 - C2E
10-6 last week straight up, 130-62 overall.
This week we differ on:
Falcons-Panthers: I'm going to try backing CN this week. He got 39 fantasy points last week. Not sure what that means in Real Life, but I'm hoping he's fantasytastic this weekend!
Bills-Chargers: Don't really care for either team, but I'll try smart over pretty this week.
Giants-Cowboys: I live in Texas. Julie adores her Cowboys. I figure somebody will convince Romo that it's still November (how hard could that be, really) so they'll at least have a chance...
Good luck!
3 - RJ
Final Scores:
Jets 37, KC 10 - RJ 2-0 [1-1 ATS]
Jaguars 41, TB 14 - RJ 2-1 [1-2 ATS]
NE 34, Redskins 27 - RJ 3-1 [1-3 ATS]
Falcons 31, Panthers 23 - RJ 4-1 [2-3 ATS] (and I nailed the spread!)
Ravens 24, Colts 10 - RJ 5-1 [2-4 ATS]
4 - RJ
Final Scores:
Lions 34, Minnesota 28 - RJ 6-1 [2-5 ATS]
Saints 22, Titans 17 - RJ 7-1 [3-5 ATS]
Houston 20, Bengals 19 - RJ 8-1 [4-5 ATS]
Eagles 26, Dolphins 10 - RJ 8-2 [4-6 ATS]
5 - RJ
Final Scores:
Denver 13, Bears 10 (in OT) - RJ 9-2 [4-7 ATS]
Arizona 21, San Francisco 19 - RJ 9-3 [4-8 ATS]
SD 37, Bills 10 - RJ 10-3 [5-8 ATS]
6 - RJ
Final Score:
GB 46, Oakland 16 - RJ 11-3 [6-8 ATS]
7 - RJ
Final Score:
Giants 37, Dallas 34 - RJ 12-3 [7-8 ATS] (and I nailed the spread!)
8 - RJ
Final Score:
Seahawks 30, Rams 13 - RJ 13-3 [8-8 ATS]
9 - RJ
ESPN's NFL "experts" in Week 14:
Allen
10-5
Golic
11-5
Hoge
11-5
Jaworski
10-5
Mortensen
12-4
Schefter
12-4
Schlereth
12-4
Wickersham
13-3
Accuscore
10-6
Pick 'em
12-4
10 - RJ
ESPN's NFL "experts" through 14 weeks:
Allen
135-71
Golic
135-73
Hoge
134-73
Jaworski
129-65
Mortensen
128-80
Schefter
129-79
Schlereth
140-68
Wickersham
138-70
Accuscore
143-65
Pick 'em
143-65
11 - RJ
RJ through 14 weeks:
140-68 straight-up
106-96-6 against the spread