RJ's NFL Picks, Week Seven - Page 2

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RJ's Pick: Carolina by 8

RJ's Lame-Game Of The Week: Detroit 0-5 at Houston 1-4 - 4:05 PM (Line: Houston by 9.5)

The winless Lions just traded wide receiver Roy Williams to Dallas for some draft picks in 2009. The Texans got their first win of the season last week against Miami.

RJ's Pick: Houston by 18

New York Jets 3-2 at Oakland 1-4 - 4:15 PM (Line: New York Jets by 3)

The Jets have the third-best run defense in the NFL. The Raiders have the fourth-ranked rushing offense in the league.

RJ's Pick: New York Jets by 10

Indianapolis 3-2 at Green Bay 3-3 - 4:15 PM (Line: Indianapolis by 1.5)

The Colts have won two in a row and are undefeated on the road. The Packers are just 1-2 at home so far this year.

RJ's Pick: Green Bay by 1

Cleveland 2-3 at Washington 4-2 - 4:15 PM (Line: Washington by 7.5)

The Browns have won two straight after starting the season 0-3. The Redskins have the number-three rushing offense in the league.

RJ's Pick: Washington by 3

Seattle 1-4 at Tampa Bay 4-2 - 8:15 PM (Line: Tampa Bay by 11)

The Seahawks have the second-worst passing offense in the NFL. The Buccaneers are undefeated at home.

RJ's Pick: Tampa Bay by 20

*MONDAY, OCTOBER 20*

RJ's Game Of The Week: Denver 4-2 at New England 3-2 - 8:30 PM (Line: New England by 3)

The Broncos have the number-two passing offense in the league, but also the worst pass defense. The Patriots got crushed by the Chargers last week on Sunday Night Football.

RJ's Pick: New England by 5

[Bye Week Teams: Atlanta Falcons 4-2, Philadelphia Eagles 3-3, Arizona Cardinals 4-2, Jacksonville Jaguars 3-3]

(If you're interested, you can check out the full list of Danny Sheridan's Odds and ESPN's NFL "Expert" Picks.)

WEEKLY RESULTS (2008):

Week One - 9-7
Week Two - 10-5
Week Three - 10-6
Week Four - 7-6
Week Five - 9-5
Week Six - 6-8

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  • 1 - MES

    Oct 17, 2008 at 1:42 am

    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

    Oct 17, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    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

    Oct 17, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    Thanks for the picks, guys. I really believe that most of the games this week will be absolute blowouts.

  • 4 - DOM

    Oct 17, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    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

    Oct 18, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    CHI,PITT, TENN, NYG, HOU, WASH, TB, MIA, NYJ, SD, NO, DAL, NE, IND

  • 6 - Richard

    Oct 18, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    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

    Oct 19, 2008 at 1:02 am

    12 hours and counting... ;-)

  • 8 - Adam

    Oct 19, 2008 at 9:46 am

    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

    Oct 19, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    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!




  • 10 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 19, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    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

  • 11 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 19, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Final Scores:

    Rams 34, Cowboys 14 - RJ 4-1

    Ravens 27, Dolphins 13 - RJ 4-2

  • 12 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 19, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    Final Scores:

    Giants 29, SF 17 - RJ 5-2

    Carolina 30, NO 7 - RJ 6-2

  • 13 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 19, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    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...]

  • 14 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 20, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    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

  • 15 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 20, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    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

  • 16 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 21, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    Final Score:

    NE 41, Denver 7 - RJ 11-3

  • 17 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 21, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    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

  • 18 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 21, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    Week Seven ATS - RJ 9-5

    ATS Through 7 weeks - 44-56-2

  • 19 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 21, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    Straight-up through 7 weeks - RJ 62-40

  • 20 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 21, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    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%

  • 21 - RJ Elliott

    Oct 22, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    Week Eight is up!

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