I went an embarrassing 6-8 last week. That puts me at 51-37 for the season. For a comparison, check out the "experts" over at ESPN.
Here are my picks for the NFL's Week 7:
*SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19*
San Diego 3-3 at Buffalo 4-1 - 1:00 PM (Line: San Diego by 1)
The Chargers are better than your average .500 team. The Bills are undefeated at home.
RJ's Pick: Buffalo by 3
Minnesota 3-3 at Chicago 3-3 - 1:00 PM (Line: Chicago by 3.5)
The Vikings barely won at home against Detroit last week. The Bears have a banged-up secondary.
RJ's Pick: Chicago by 6
Pittsburgh 4-1 at Cincinnati 0-6 - 1:00 PM (Line: Pittsburgh by 10)
The Steelers are coming out of a bye week. The Bengals will be starting Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback in place of the injured Carson Palmer once again.
RJ's Pick: Pittsburgh by 14
Tennessee 5-0 at Kansas City 1-4 - 1:00 PM (Line: Tennessee by 8)
The Titans are the NFL's lone remaining unbeaten team. The Chiefs have the lowest-scoring offense in the AFC.
RJ's Pick: Tennessee by 13
Dallas 4-2 at Saint Louis 1-4 - 1:00 PM (Line: Dallas by 7)
The Cowboys may sit quarterback Tony Romo, who has a broken pinky finger on his throwing hand. The Rams shocked just about everybody by beating the Redskins at Washington last week, for their first win of the season.
RJ's Pick: Dallas by 17
Baltimore 2-3 at Miami 2-3 - 1:00 PM (Line: Miami by 2.5)
The Ravens have managed to score just 13 combined points in their last two games, both losses. The Dolphins lost in the final seconds last week against Houston.
RJ's Pick: Miami by 7
San Francisco 2-4 at New York Giants 4-1 - 1:00 PM (Line: New York Giants by 11)
The 49ers have lost three straight. The Super Bowl champion Giants lost for the first time this season last week to the Browns.
RJ's Pick: New York Giants by 15
New Orleans 3-3 at Carolina 4-2 - 1:00 PM (Line: Carolina by 3)
The Saints have the top passing offense in the league. The Panthers have the second-best pass defense in the league.
Article comments
1 - MES
Light travels at 186K miles/sec. Water freezes at 0 degrees C. Huston over Detroit ? I always handy capped you for that but loved the logic you had to get the Lions on top.
Most of the games are pretty easy this week.
except
Buffalo over SD
Chicago over Minn
Miami over Baltimore
Carolina over NO
upset of the week is Colts over GB
2 - EEL
PICKS FOR WEEK 7
" STRAIGHT UP "
CHARGERS - WILL BE A GOOD GAME
STEELERS - WOULD TAKE THE "BENGS WITH THE POINTS"
TITANS - CHEIFS ?
DOLPHINS - PLAYIN GOOD FOOTBALL !
SAINTS - TOSS UP
BEARS - VIKINGS ARE PLAYIN LIKE S*#T
GIANTS - LOVE THE 9ERS /BUT BAD INTS AT BAD TIMES
COWGIRLS - WIN WITH OR W/O HOMO
TEXANS - BLOWOUT !
REDSKINS - CLOSE ONE ?
COLTS - TOUGH GAME FOR THE COLTS
JETS - PLAYIN PRETTY GOOD
BUCCS - GOOD ALL AROUND TEAM !
PATS - BRONCS STARTED GREAT
3 - RJ Elliott
Thanks for the picks, guys. I really believe that most of the games this week will be absolute blowouts.
4 - DOM
9-5 last week.. sry i didnt post..middterms r killing me..
Chargers
Bears
Bengals of Cincinnati
Titans
Dallas
49ers
Miami
Saints
Houston
Jets
Indy
Was
Tampa
Denver
5 - alessandro
CHI,PITT, TENN, NYG, HOU, WASH, TB, MIA, NYJ, SD, NO, DAL, NE, IND
6 - Richard
My picks against the spread:
Buff. +.5
N.O. +3.5
Minn. +3.5
Pitt. -9.5
Tenn. -6.5
Balt. +3.5
Gian. -12.5
ST.L +9.5
Hou. -9.5
Indy. -.5
Jets. 2.5
Clev. +9.5
T.B. -9.5
N.E. -3.5
Looking for 10 wins i hope
7 - RJ Elliott
12 hours and counting... ;-)
8 - Adam
Okay, another better late than never week for me. I didn't even figute out exactly what I'm at after last week, but I'm sure it is bad. I'll do a total after this week.
Buffalo
Bears
Steelers
Titans
Saints
Cowboys
Fins
Giants
Texans
Jets
Redskins
Packers
Seahawks (by a massive, huge, almost unsightly blow up, I hope...)
Broncos
9 - smokytla
Sorry, I'm even later than you Adam ... Sorry guys -- okay, here is the research...
Season Record for teams that were picked by the "most experts" -- 60 for the season .. out of 72 "expert" picks -- missing 2 websites of "experts" because NFL UK redid their website and their expert picks section is "coming soon" and one other website didn't put in their week 7 picks.
Ten 69-3
Dal 62-10
Mia 55-17
NYG 67-5
SD 43-29
Chi 61-11
Car 41-31
Pit 66-6
Hou 69-3
Ind 45-27
NYJ 68-4
Was 61-11
TB 68-4
NE/Den even split 36-36
For experts with record of 56 and above
Ten 17-0
Dal 16-1
Mia 13-4
NYG 17-0
SD 12-5
Chi 17-0
Car 11-6
Pit 16-1
Hou 17-0
Ind 9-8
NYJ 16-1
Was 16-1
TB 17-0
NE 12-5
For "experts" with record of 59 ...
Ten 2-0
Dal 2-0
Bal 2-0
NYG 2-0
SD 2-0
Chi 2-0
Car 1-1
Pit 2-0
Hou 2-0
Ind 1-1
NYJ 2-0
Was 1-1
TB 2-0
Den 2-0
Again .. sorry it's so late!
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Final Scores:
Bills 23, SD 14 - RJ 1-0
Bears 48(!), Vikings 41(!) - RJ 2-0
Steelers 38, Bengals 10 - RJ 3-0
Titans 34, KC 10 - RJ 4-0
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Final Scores:
Rams 34, Cowboys 14 - RJ 4-1
Ravens 27, Dolphins 13 - RJ 4-2
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Final Scores:
Giants 29, SF 17 - RJ 5-2
Carolina 30, NO 7 - RJ 6-2
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ESPN's NFL "experts" through 8 games:
Wickersham 6-2
Fleming 4-4
Hoge 4-4
Jaworski 6-2
Schlereth 5-3
Allen 5-3
Mortensen 6-2
Golic 5-3
Accuscore 5-3
Pick 'em 0-0 [No picks this week, apparently...]
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Final Scores:
Houston 28, Lions 21 - RJ 7-2
Oakland 16, Jets 13 - RJ 7-3
Green Bay 34, Colts 14 - RJ 8-3
Washington 14, Browns 11 - RJ 9-3 (and I nailed the spread!)
TB 20, Seattle 10 - RJ 10-3
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ESPN's NFL "experts" through 13 games:
Wickersham
9-4
Fleming
7-6
Hoge
7-6
Jaworski
10-3
Schlereth
8-5
Allen
8-5
Mortensen
10-3
Golic
7-6
Accuscore
9-4
Pick 'em
0-0
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Final Score:
NE 41, Denver 7 - RJ 11-3
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ESPN's NFL "experts" -
Wickersham
9-5
Fleming
7-7
Hoge
7-7
Jaworski
10-3
Schlereth
8-6
Allen
8-6
Mortensen
10-4
Golic
7-7
Accuscore
10-4
Pick 'em
0-0
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Week Seven ATS - RJ 9-5
ATS Through 7 weeks - 44-56-2
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Straight-up through 7 weeks - RJ 62-40
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ESPN's NFL "experts" through 7 weeks:
Mortensen 69-33 - 67.6%
Accuscore 67-35 - 65.7%
Jaworski 61-34 - 64.2%
Hoge 63-39 - 61.8%
(RJ 62-40) - 60.8%
Pick 'em 53-35 - 60.2%
Fleming 61-41 - 59.8%
Schlereth 61-41 - 59.8%
Allen 61-41 - 59.8%
Golic 60-41 - 59.4%
Wickersham 59-43 - 57.8%
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Week Eight is up!