Alternative bets: Week 10, 2018

Pretty good results again in week 10. Tony won, but only two incorrect picks between us.

Here are the standings:

Here are this week’s alternative picks:

1) Andy: Chiefs over Cardinals – I don’t think the Cardinals can keep up. Neither does Vegas.
2) Tony: Chargers over Raiders – I have a feeling the Raiders will be pretty high up on this list every week moving forward.  Possibly for a few years.
3) Tony: Eagles over Cowboys – The Eagles haven’t looked like the same team from last year. Fortunately for them, the Cowboys have.
4) Andy: Rams over Seahawks – Rams will be mad after Saints debacle.
5) Tony: Falcons over Browns – I get why the Browns made the decision to move on from Hue, but in (another) lost season with back to back games against the Chiefs and Falcons heading into the bye, I wonder if the timing was the best?
6) Andy: Packers over Dolphins – I don’t think Miami can keep up.
7) Tony: Patriots over Titans – Mike Vrabel will want to show his former coach something–and he will. Like how much harder it is to win when you don’t have Tom Brady to throw TD passes to linebackers subbing at TE.
8) Andy: 49ers over Giants – One bad team that is trying against another bad team that is not.
9) Tony: Jets over Bills – What could have been a terrible game with a mildly compelling story of rookie first round quarterbacks facing off is now likely just a terrible game. Yay.
10) Andy: Saints over Bengals – New Orleans proved last week it’s right in the mix to be considered the league’s best.
11) Tony: Jaguars over Colts – Sooner or later that Jags defense is finally going to show up, right?
12) Andy: Bears over Lions – Chicago is a step ahead of Detroit.
13) Tony: Buccaneers over Washington – Washington lost both starting guards to injury last week, and signed three street free agent OL this week. Even against the Bucs defense, they might struggle.
14) Andy: Steelers over Panthers – When you have two good teams in a Thursday night game, I always take the home team.

And in our straight-up picks, Andy loses ground on the Tonys.

And now for the picks: