NFL Picks 2009: Week 11 Results
Results
W/W – Dolphins +3 over Panthers, 24-17, Dolphins outright: Sadly, I didn’t see this game since I was up in the Time Warner zone instead of the RCN zone. Well done, NFL. Happily, Rickey Williams’s 30 point day clinched me a playoff spot.
W/L – Lions -2.5 over Browns, 38-37, Lions cover: All rookie quarterbacks should have to watch a video, recorded by Chad Pennington, on why you shouldn’t risk your career toughing out shoulder injuries. Because in three years, fans won’t care your shoulder sucks because you tried to gut out a win. They’ll just care that your shoulder sucks.
W/L – Jaguars -8.5 over Bills, 18-15, Jaguars cover: This game was up against the Giants so I didn’t see much of it. In retrospect, a silly cover pick… but I apparently had a lot of those this week.
L/L – Chiefs +9.5 over Steelers, 27-24, Steelers cover: 1/2 the reason most knockout pools came to an end this week. Taking the Steelers to cover a big spread, again, was stupid on my part but you can’t predict injury.
W/W – Colts +1 over Ravens, 17-15, Colts outright: Never understood this spread from the beginning. The worst part of this game was that the Time Warner show guide said this was the 1 pm game on CBS and then they swerved me and threw us to Buffalo/Jacksonville. I hadn’t been this let down since the Gobbeldy-Gooker ruined Survivor Series. (Timely!)
W/L – Giants -6 over Falcons, 34-31, Giants cover: Dear New York Giants, I’m not sure how I feel about you running Florida’s spread offense and throwing it 50 times a game but, if you’re going to do that, please let me know so I can start Eli Manning. K-thx. Tom PS: Coach Antonio Pierce is the best personnel decisions you’ve made all year. Need his spirit and new legs. Good call. Also, if you could get the team to play defense for 60 minutes instead of 38, that’d be great. Also, if you could fire the current defensive coordinator and give John Fox a call after his own firing, that’d be great.
W/W – Packers -5.5 over Niners, 30-24, Packers cover: NFC West rule — holding serve.
W/L – Vikings -11 over Seahawks, 35-9, Seahawks +11: After this game, is there anyone still playing on the Seahawks? Does that city just require a small tax of bone and muscle density when you move there? I think it’d be tough to sign free agents.
W/L – Cowboys -12 over Redskins, 7-6, Cowboys cover: See, sometimes Dallas gets so much credit that even I get caught up in it. I need to follow my NFC East rule at all times and just live with the occasional losses.
W/W – Saints -11.5 over Bucs, 38-7, Saints cover: I have to admit, when I saw Tampa had jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, I thought that was a bad sign for this covering. Of course, I didn’t assume on 38 unanswered.
W/W – Cardinals -9 over Rams, 21-13, Rams +9: Actual conversation between Hulse and I when we heard about Warner’s newest concussion. Hulse: “At this point, I can’t even remember how many concussions the guy’s had.” Me: “Yeah, neither can he.” Sometimes, the classics are the best.
W/L – Patriots -10 over Jets, 31-14, Jets +10: OK. They are Patriot enough to take the Jets to the woodshed per usual. As the Jets go, it’s looking more like Ryan should have given the ball to Kellen Clemens at the beginning of the year and let him struggle or fly in early games and then decide what to do with Sanchez. The Giants were willing to give Eli a few years to struggle. I don’t know if the Jets will have the same patience with Sanchez. And, really, an underrated subplot for 2011 is the impending possibility of an uncapped league in a world where Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are free agents and Eli Manning is making $100M/year. Can you imagine how much money Woody Williams would lay on one of these guys if they would be willing to come to the Jets? It boggles the mind.
L/L -Raiders +9.5 over Bengals, 17-20, Bengals cover: The other half of the reason most knockout pools ended yesterday. Can you imagine people who picked the Bengals yesterday in those cases watching that kickoff, seeing him inexplicably take it out of the end zone, and then the fumble? How many pint glasses were broken in bars across the country at that exact moment? 750,000?
W/W – Chargers -2.5 over Broncos, 32-3, Chargers cover: Fantastic. The Chargers are back. Yee-haw.
L/L – Eagles -2 over Bears, 24-20, Bears outright: I guess the Eagles slide is over. Going to be an interesting last six weeks in the division. BTW: at what second did Donovan McNabb’s post-game speech to Jay Cutler go from “inspired” to “awkward”? I say after the 20th second.
W/W – Titans +3.5 over Texans, 20-17, Titans outright: This is the first time I’ve gotten to watch Vince Young this year and jeez he looked like a good quarterback. Another actual exchange between Hulse and I. Me: “Vince Young looked amazing last night. How did it take until week 9 to start him? Kerry Collins? Really?” Hulse: “Well….hold on. I recall last year Kerry Collins leading them to a 13-3 record while Vince Young may or may not have tried to kill himself.” I found myself unable to counterpoint.
Spreadery
1) Titans +4.5 over Texans – W
2) Bengals -9.5 over Raiders – L
3) Steelers -10 over Chiefs – L
Standings
Straight Up: 13-3 (108-52)
Against The Spread: 7-9 (78-82)
Spreadery: 1-2, 3 pts (14-18, 25)… Gained another 2 points on the lead. At this rate I’ll catch up to respectability by approximately Week 27.
– Joe (32)
– Aaron (30)
– Tom (24)
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