LAST WEEK’S RECORD: (11-3) Our best week of the season.
SEASON RECORD: (72-49)
We are hoping for anther magical week in back-to-back weeks. Cross your fingers. Cross your toes. I think we drank enough to seal the deal this week.
NFL FOOTBALL WEEK 9 STRAIGHT PICK-EM
THE THURSDAY NIGHT GAME
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (5-2) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (4-4)
It’s only going to get uglier for the Ravens with Lamar Jackson missing more time. The Ravens back up Tyler Huntley is out as well. It’s a short week. However Jacksonville being rested from their bye week gives them another advantage. The Ravens are starting an undrafted free agent at the QB position. He did not look good in his debut against a Bills defense that is not anywhere close to being in the tops of the AFC. Help is on the way as the Ravens acquired Jacoby Brissett, who will not be able to start on this short week. Jaguars win this with the easy button.
OUR PICK: JAGUARS
OVERSEAS GAME
CINCINNATI BENGALS (5-2) AT ATLANTA FALCONS (3-5) IN SPAIN
Atlanta outside the dome looked ugly in the downpour last week versus the Buccaneers. Meanwhile Joe Burrow and the Bengals had to fight back against a bad team of Titans that resulted in a win in OT. Joe Cool leads the league in passing touchdowns. He will be able to continue that against an average defense the Falcons have to offer. Burrow over Michael Penix on Any Given Sunday is my opinion.
OUR PICK: BENGALS
THE SUNDAY SLATE
DENVER BRONCOS (6-2) AT CAROLINA PANTHERS (3-4)
You have to give Bo Nix some credit in his play last week. Which was a comeback win versus the Chiefs. It should get a little easier for the Broncos offense this week to thrive playing a bad Panthers defense that just fired their defensive coordinator. The Broncos defense has been the key this season. Watch their defense work well as they shut down a talented Bryce Young and the Panthers offense. Broncos continue their path being the number 1 seed in the AFC.
OUR PICK: BRONCOS
DALLAS COWBOYS (3-5) AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (2-6)
The Dallas Cowboys’ easy schedule continues. However the Boys have had a problem activating the easy button this season. Jerry Jones forgot to include the instructions in the Cowboys employee handbook or even the playbook. Once again this game is a must win for the Cowboys during which they lead the league in these types of games. The Colts are walking dead right now. The season is over in Indianapolis as the fire sale will get real over the weekend.
OUR PICK: COWBOYS
NEW YORK JETS (2-6) AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (5-2)
The last time the Jets beat the Chiefs was back in a game in December of 2017. The last time the Jets flew to Arrowhead Stadium and beat the Chiefs, you have to go back to 1998 before Patrick Mahomes was born. Right after the Nigerian Nightmare hung up the cleats for good. The Jets have lost three straight. The Chiefs have lost two straight games. The Jets will keep this game close. Andy Reid has pulled too many strings for the Chiefs over the last several years. He pulls maybe the last thread in sewing kit to get the Chiefs back in the win column.
OUR PICK: CHIEFS
DETROIT LIONS (5-2) AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (1-6)
The Lions just did the 1972 Dolphins a favor by giving the giving Minnesota their first loss of the season in a Viking funeral. Now the talent at South Beach is not very high these days in the Miami organization. They will have to pay off their debt to the Lions in a loss. Like the Mandalorian says, “This is the way.”
Miami will give the Lions a game most of the way here. In the end Lions win by double digits on the road as they continue to thrive with the easy schedule.
OUR PICK: LIONS
CLEVELAND BROWNS (5-3) AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (2-5)
Imagine Deshaun Watson, the Sexual Predator, after an ugly loss versus the Steelers got his house egged over the Halloween weekend. No wonder eggs are expensive in Ohio. The Saints coming off their bye week are well rested and at home. Watson may be banged up which may give Shedeur Sanders his first start of the season. No worries, Saints D should be able to handle either QB Cleveland throws at them. I like the Saints being able to score just enough to fight off the Dawgs from Cleveland at home.
OUR PICK: SAINTS
NEW YORK GIANTS (4-2-1) AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (2-6)
The Eagles are going with Joe Milton as their next QB. They pull the plug on Tanner McKee who went 0-3 filling in for Jalen Hurts. The Giants are coming off their bye week. The G-Men will be without their running back, Cam Skattebo. The Eagles are in bad shape with multiple key injuries. JJ McCarthy has been reincarnated to his college self since he arrived in the Big Apple from the trade with the Vikings. The Vikes may regret that trade. I like the Giants staying a few steps ahead of the Cowboys with a win here to keep them in first in the NFC East. A division that may need Bar Rescue to come and work on their menu.
OUR PICK: G-MEN
LA RAMS (4-4) AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (2-4-1)
The Rams have evened up their record at 4-4 beating teams like the Raiders and the struggling Chargers. The Commanders even made their fearless leader Cobra Commander look like a genius last week in a win over a bad Eagles team right now. The Rams should bring the Commanders high back down to earth as LA will keep rowing. Rams offense and defense is light years ahead of anything the Commanders have. Washington may need to replace the Commander with Destro.
OUR PICK: RAMS
HOUSTON TEXANS (2-5) AT LA CHARGERS (0-7)
The Chargers and the entire NFL world should move on from ending racism and make drugs a priority. Because the Chargers offense should view the old drug commercial with the egg and frying pan. Because Mike McDaniels, the O coordinator, is the brain on drugs frying in the pan. You can say the Texans defense which was superior last year has had drug related problems like McDaniels’ brain this season. The big question in this match up is, can the Chargers overcome the Texans defense? NO!!
OUR PICK: TEXANS
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4-4) AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (6-1)
If you have not seen the CBS series Sheriff Country, it is a must watch. The female Sheriff in this series is a 49ers fan. Whiler, her deputy, is a Raiders fan. While Captain Kirk Cousins is 8 wins shy of 100 in his career as a QB. The Raiders ended a 4 game losing streak last week versus the Jets in a shoot out. Cousins is still hanging on with the number one draft pick itching to play for the Raiders. The 49ers went on their bye week after a loss to Falcons, their only blemish of the season. The Raiders offense will make this game interesting. The 49ers will eventually give the Sheriff the bragging rights as they pounce on the bad Raiders defense.
OUR PICK: 49ERS
GREEN BAY PACKERS (5-3) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5-3)
This match up is intriguing.
Could this game be the Superbowl preview? Remember Brett Favre beating the Patriots’ Drew Bledsoe in a 1990’s Superbowl? Both teams have solid QB’s in present day. Both teams have solid defenses. Both teams play their home games outside and in the ‘burbs. Give me Packers as Jordan Love makes one less mistake than Drake Maye for the Packers.
OUR PICK: PACKERS
ARIZONA CARDINALS (3-5) AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (4-4)
Can Gardner Minshew save the Cardinals season? It sounds like a 1970’s porn movie, especially the mustache that Gardner has. Seattle will be without their starting QB Sam Darnold. Seahawks back up Drew Lock who is 1-0 this season as the starter backing up Darnold. Cards wins come in upsets. The Seahawks defense is way better than the Cards. Why not? Let’s ride the porn star for back-to-back wins just for shits and giggles. It’s the NFL, so anything can happen .
OUR PICK: CARDINALS
THE SUNDAY NIGHT GAME
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (3-5) AT CHICAGO BEARS (6-2)
It’s not below 30 degrees in Chicago where Tampa Bay teams have imploded in the cold weather. However they face a QB called the Ice Man in Caleb Williams, who has been delivering a freeze against the Bears opponents since he got back from the injured list. The Buccaneers have won two straight games. Last Sunday Baker Mayfield completed zero passes and still beat the Falcons in a rain storm. The Buccaneers defense is solid. Ben Johnson and the Bears offense have shredded solid defenses this season. Ask the tales from the Dark Side in Seattle last week. Caleb beats ole Baker.
OUR PICK: DA BEARS
THE MONDAY NIGHT GAME
BUFFALO BILLS (6-1) AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (6-1)
The Vikings were screaming when they found a cucumber in their spirit after their first loss of the season last Sunday. The Vikings will start Carson Wentz in this one for the week 9 Monday night show down. The Bills defense is getting better and should be able to tame a lackluster Vikings offense. Meanwhile, like in comic book stories, the must see television in this match up is the Vikings D versus Josh Allen and that Bills offense. I like Josh Allen generating points off a big defense like the Vikings. I like the Vikings keeping this game close. Bills prevail at the end in a low scoring affair.
OUR PICK : BILLS
