NFL picks against the spread for the Conference Championships

Last week's Divisional Round picks went 3-1 and might have been a clean sweep if Patrick Mahomes didn't get hurt. It helps make up some for a lousy Divisional Round. Playoff picks are 4-6 and today offers the chance to get back to .500 in this regard. All odds are from yahoo!sportsbook, with home teams [...]

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NFL picks against the spread for Week 17

Coming off my worst picks, last week’s games went a bit better.  Hey one fewer loss is improvement!  Last week’s selections went 7-9, bringing the season-long total to 65-72-4.  Feels like the picks should get better as the season goes along but that hasn’t been the case at all.  But these picks didn’t start with [...]

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NFL Thursday pick for 12/29 Cowboys-Titans game

Here it is, 7:45 Eastern on Thursday and it's time to make a pick. It's hard to muster enthusiasm, with the picks being lousy for a month now. But soldier on we must! Tennessee (+14) over Dallas - In this five=game losing streak, the Titans would lose getting 14 points just once, when they played [...]

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NFL picks against the spread for Week 16

Last week was the worst one yet, as the picks went just 6-10 against the spread.  It was a great week for the underdogs and my picks loaded up on the favorites.  In all, eight of my picks for the favorites didn’t cover.  Ouch.  That brings the season record to 58-63-4.  In an effort to [...]

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NFL Thursday pick for 12/22 Jaguars-Jets game

It's 7:48 Eastern time and the Jets game starts at 8:15 New York (-2.5) over Jacksonville - These are two teams going in opposite directions, with the Jets having lost three of their last four and the Jaguars winning three times in their last four. But the Jaguars still have road issues and the Jets [...]

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NFL picks against the spread for Week 15

For the first time this season, the picks here ended up in the red in back-to-back weeks.  Last time out, the record was 5-8, bringing the season-long record to 52-53-4.  There’s a reason Vegas stays in business year after year after year.  But we’ll press on, hoping to avoid another losing week. All odds from [...]

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NFL picks against the spread for Week 14

Before last week’s picks, there was complaining about the previous week being a sister kisser.  Well, a 6-9 week will make you long for the days of making out with a relative.  That brings my season-long record to 47-45-4.  Time to get back into the black this week. All odds are from yahoo!sportsbook, with home [...]

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NFL picks against the spread for Week 13

My picks went 8-8 last week, bringing the season ledger to 41-36-4.  Time to brush off the sister-kisser and get back to a winning week.  Off to a good start with the Thursday night win.  Let’s keep the train moving forward. All odds from yahoo!sportsbook with the home team in bold.  This is for entertainment [...]

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