Saturday, October 02, 2010
NFL Week Four Picks
Pathetically, my 3-3 result from last week improves my record to 7-12. Good grief, even a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally. Here are five acorns for this week.
Tennessee -6.5 vs. Denver: Titans games are never artistic successes, but this sport is not judged and there are no style points. Denver is lousy on the road.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh under 35 points total: Talk about not pretty...unless your idea of beauty is enormous sociopaths running each other over. In that case, the adrenaline/testosterone cocktail in this game makes it very attractive indeed. A final of 10-9 or so is a real possibility.
St. Louis +2.5 vs. Seattle: The betting public has not caught up with the Rams yet. They aren't world-beaters, but they are much improved. The Seahawks travel poorly, like an un-refrigerated mackerel.
San Diego -8.5 vs Arizona: The Chargers bounce back from their sluggish start and lay a proper beat-down on the Cardinals, who are this year's object lesson on the importance of the quarterback. The retirement of Kurt Warner turned them from contender to afterthought in a heartbeat.
New England even-up at Miami: The Patriots are not the dominating team they used to be, but they will channel their past life often enough to win a Monday-night shootout.
Tennessee -6.5 vs. Denver: Titans games are never artistic successes, but this sport is not judged and there are no style points. Denver is lousy on the road.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh under 35 points total: Talk about not pretty...unless your idea of beauty is enormous sociopaths running each other over. In that case, the adrenaline/testosterone cocktail in this game makes it very attractive indeed. A final of 10-9 or so is a real possibility.
St. Louis +2.5 vs. Seattle: The betting public has not caught up with the Rams yet. They aren't world-beaters, but they are much improved. The Seahawks travel poorly, like an un-refrigerated mackerel.
San Diego -8.5 vs Arizona: The Chargers bounce back from their sluggish start and lay a proper beat-down on the Cardinals, who are this year's object lesson on the importance of the quarterback. The retirement of Kurt Warner turned them from contender to afterthought in a heartbeat.
New England even-up at Miami: The Patriots are not the dominating team they used to be, but they will channel their past life often enough to win a Monday-night shootout.
