WEEK 11 STRAIGHT PICK-EM

LAST WEEK RECORD: 3-11

Week ten we went up in flames.

SEASON RECORD: 83-67

THURSDAY NIGHT GAME

TENNESSEE TITANS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS

This game is a total mind fuck. Pardon my French!!! Titans started off slowly but have been steam rolling the competition using their iron horse Derek Henry. Packers defense has problems stopping the run. The Titans defense have done well versus the run which stops the Packers best weapon Aaron “not Rodgers” in Jones. However, Aaron Rodgers was impressive in that comeback last Sunday versus the Cowboys. Packers are at home. I’m going to hate myself in the morning going with the cheese heads as they start to turn things around.

OUR PICK: PACKERS

THE SUNDAY SLATE

CHICAGO BEARS AT ATLANTA FALCONS

Are you kidding me with these match ups? I feel like the old lady from those old Wendy’s commercials saying….

Instead of beef, where is the defense? Falcons have done a better job than the Bears stopping the run. Which team has been able to stop Justin Fields as he is making a run at the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in one season? Fields has been able to get big chunk play touchdowns as well. Both teams don’t have the killer instinct to finish games. Does former Bear running back, now Falcons Swiss Army knife, Cordarelle Patterson have a beef with his old team? Bears offense has been averaging 30 points per game in the last several weeks while the Falcons offense has slown down in recent weeks. Can Fields chuck the ball down field to exploit the Falcons’ weakness, their passing defense. Bears beat themselves last week. I like them turning things around this week winning a close one for a change.

OUR PICK: BEARS

CLEVELAND BROWNS AT BUFFALO BILLS (IN DETROIT)

For the Buffalo Bills, you have to use the saying awaken the sleeping Giant. Bills have lost two in a row. Last week they shot themselves in the foot more than once to finish the purple pansies from Minnesota. Then to be removed from your bed at home due to the snowstorm to go to Detroit and stay there for two games because you play the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.

Browns are built for Deshaun Watson. Jacoby Brissett will not win you any high scoring affairs. Browns defense has been terrible most of the year. Bills get back in the win column.

OUR PICK: BILLS

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

The Raiders are the only team that would give your team a win when everything was in such a disarray for the Colts. Jeff Saturday looked to play the part as he been here done that as a head coach winning in his first game. The Eagles’ perfect season came to an end by the Commanders. Jonathan Taylor looks like his old self running the ball. This game could be a grinder. I like the Eagles soaring at the end in a close one as they clean up their mistakes from that game versus Washington.

OUR PICK: EAGLES

NEW YORK JETS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

In the last meeting between the Jets and Patriots, I chose New York. Patriots won. Both teams have played solid football most of the year. Bill Belichick’s defense has the hex over Zach Wilson. Wilson has played much better since the last meeting. Wilson is 0-3 versus the Patriots with two touchdown passes and count them… 7 interceptions. This is like an Aaron Rodgers owning the Bears kind of deal going. Belichick and Tom Brady did this to the Bills for over a decade. Wilson will not find the cheese in the rat trap Belichick’s going to set up.

OUR PICK: EVIL EMPIRE (PATRIOTS)

LA RAMS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

Rams and the Saints may be on top of the list of disappointing teams in the 2022 season. Both teams desperately need a win. Can the league just award both teams with a tie? The Saints are allowing 131 yards per game on the ground. Rams will need to run the ball because they will be without Cooper Kupp, their best playmaker on offense. Matthew Stafford returns from a concussion. Saints have lost 4 out of their last 5 games with a win coming off the Raiders which means nothing now. No Sean McVay and teams have lost 4 games in a row. Saints are 0-6 in November going back to last season. Saints make too many mistakes to go down the same rabbit hole.

OUR PICK: RAMS

DETROIT LIONS AT NEW YORK GIANTS

Giants have piled up victories playing most of the league’s bottom feeders. Lions head coach Dan Campbell earned his first ever road victory versus the Bears. Lions may have the beer guy playing receiver as that position took a hit last week in Chicago. I think the Lions will play a close game with the G-Men. That is right up New York’s alley playing a tight game all the way through and coming out at the end with the victory. Can’t see Lions winning back-to-back road games as it took so long for Campbell to get that first one.

OUR PICK: GIANTS

CAROLINA PANTHERS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS

I don’t see the Panthers being able to win this game in Baltimore. Panthers are a team that can surprise you at times. Panthers won last week versus the Falcons, a team closer to their level. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is 14-1 versus NFC opponents. Head Coach John Harbaugh has an 11-3 record coming off the bye week. The Ravens’ last game they played was against Tom Brady’s Buccaneers which resulted in a win. Ravens have won three in row and should have no problem making it 4 beating up on the Panthers for 4 quarters.

OUR PICK: RAVENS

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT HOUSTON TEXANS

The Commanders’ brain trust came to the conclusion that Taylor Heinicke is QB 1. Heinicke led the Commanders to a victory over the undefeated Eagles. In Houston, Davis Mills showed some flashes in his second year as QB 1, but he has gone back to his old ways riding the struggle bus. Lovie Smith’s defense is getting gashed by the opponents’ running game. Commanders defense is playing well. I like Washington getting over the 500 mark with a 6-5 record after this road victory.

OUR PICK: COMMANDERS

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT DENVER BRONCOS

Remember in the beginning of the season where everyone was trying to figure out what one team of the AFC West will not make the playoffs? The Chiefs could be the only lucky duck out of the West. Maybe the Chargers. Broncos and Raiders have been a flaming heap of garbage. Raiders won the first meeting between these two teams. Who scores more points, is my question? Raiders have DeVante Adams and Josh Jacobs on offense that can put something on the board. Russell Wilson’s Broncos offense looks pathetic. I think Josh Daniels as head coach has one team in this league he can beat more than once. It’s his former team he ran, the Broncos.

OUR PICK: RAIDERS

DALLAS COWBOYS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Can Dak Prescott beat a team like the Vikings that has a winning record and is tops in the NFC? For the Vikings, the pressure is on Kirk Cousins. Can Cousins win the big game in the big-time spotlight as all Cowboy games seem like the game of the week. Cowboys crumbled in the second half versus a bad Packer team last Sunday. Aaron Rodgers has done that to many teams. The Vikings made yet another comeback last Sunday on the road in Buffalo. The Bills could have ended the Vikings in regulation and in OT, but it did not happen. I see the same trend going down in the NFC. The Eagles got their bubble popped by the Commanders. I think the Cowboys need a win more than the Vikings. They’ll play a complete game on the road, pop the Vikings’ bubble, and bring them back down to earth. Should be a close one.

OUR PICK: COWBOYS

CINCINNATI BENGALS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Bengals need a victory to keep up with the Ravens for the division. Steelers have T.J Watt back from an injury that is helping this team get a victory over the Saints. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been sacked the second most in the NFL this season. Steelers’ Kenny Pickett is still developing in his first season in the NFL. The Steelers can’t match the Bengals in points. Bengals have too many weapons for the Steelers defense to contain in a full game without help from their offense.

OUR PICK: BENGALS

THE SUNDAY NIGHT GAME

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT LA CHARGERS

Patrick Mahomes is 7-2 versus the Chargers in his career. Mahomes has completed 63% of his passes versus the Chargers defense in his career with 18 touchdowns to only 5 interceptions. Chargers are ailing. Another week without Joey Bosa. The Chargers defense looked great on paper coming into the 2022 season. Justin Herbert could be without his top receiving threats. Mike Williams and Keenan Allen are game time decisions. First match up earlier this season was a close game as Chiefs won. I like the Chiefs in this one. Chiefs on the road have been blowing teams out of the water.

OUR PICK: CHIEFS

THE MONDAY NIGHT GAME

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (IN MEXICO)

Cardinals are too unpredictable this season. The 49ers have done very well on primetime games this season. I can see the 49ers getting the bigger following in Mexico over the Cardinals, which could feel like a home game for San Francisco. The 49ers defense has played like one of the best units in the league. While the Cardinals defense teams has been giving up points. Kyler Murray is ailing for the Cardinals and could be a game time decision. Jimmy Garoppolo has been playing his best football this year.

OUR PICK: 49ERS