NFL Picks 2013: Week 15

by | Dec 10, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Picks

Tony’s bets have been a disaster since he realized you don’t get your investment back twice when you win, but he’s more weekly-picksthan made up for it in the picks segment the last two weeks.

He and Maggio tied at 13-3 in week 14, giving my brother a 25-7 mark the last 32 games – and pulling him within a single game of my season-long lead.

Rich has matched Tony’s 25-7 for the last two weeks, but slid to 11-5 in week 14. Overall, I’d say, we suck at betting but when the picks are straight up, we’re holding our own fairly well.

Here are the standings after week 14:

Week 14 Season
Andy 11-5 137-70-1
Tony 13-3 136-71-1
Maggio 13-3 129-78-1
Rich 11-5 123-84-1

The season is winding down and while there are few great match-ups this week, very little is wrapped up and there are a number of teams that must win to improve their playoff chances.

Here’s who we think wins: (more…)

Get playoff fantasy help from Maggio on 1500ESPN

by | Dec 8, 2013 | 2013 season, Fantasy Football

The fantasy football playoffs start today in most leagues. If you’re struggling to make those final lineup calls, we’ve got you 1500ESPN_logo_stackedcovered for advice.

At 9 a.m. central time, Anthony Maggio will be on 1500 ESPN talking fantasy football for an hour. You can stream that audio here. He’ll then stick around and do a chat at the website 1500espn.com.

You can tweet him questions at #1500blitz or @mplsmaggio. He gets to a lot of them on the show and hits the chat hard.

And of course you can find his player rankings here on Zoneblitz.com.

Good luck in the playoffs.

Bet the Mortgage: Week 14, 2013 NFL Best Bets

by | Dec 5, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Gambling

Updated: 11:16 AM Central Time

It’s fitting that last week was Thanksgiving because we gambled like a bunch of turkeys.weekly-bets

After discovering the mathematical error that had been artificially pumping up our respective bankrolls for 12 weeks, we found out we had much less to work with than originally thought. And now those wallets are even lighter.

I hit one of my games, so I salvaged a bit of a brutal week, but my brother missed all four of his predictions, dropping his bankroll from positive to negative for the first time in several weeks. Here’s where we stand:

Week 13 Season Week +/- Bankroll Season +/-
Tony 0-4 23-29 – $1,600 $8,963 – $1,037
Andy 1-3 19-31-2 – $1,164 $6,406 – $3,594

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NFL Picks 2013: Week 14

by | Dec 3, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Picks

Well, the end of week 13 put us three-quarters of the way through the season. As we head toward the home stretch, we all weekly-picksseem to be at least semi-catching on to what the NFL looks like in 2013.

Two of us hit 12 and the other two of us got 10 of 16 games correct. While there is some separation between the top and bottom of our standings, each of us is holding our own throughout the long, strange trip the NFL season typically becomes.

Here are the standings after week 13:

  Week 13 Season
Andy 10-6 126-65-1
Tony 12-4 123-68-1
Maggio 10-6 116-75-1
Rich 12-4 112-79-1

Now that I’ve bragged up our proficiency, we’ll undoubtedly run into a weekend in which three quarters of the game end up in upsets. It happens all the time. Just when you start to think you’ve got things figured out …

So, here’s who we think will win in week 14: (more…)

NFL Picks 2013: Week 13

by | Nov 26, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Picks

The bad news is that, at least from a picks standpoint, week 12 was a bloodbath. None of us fared particularly well and Rich had an especially tough week. The good news is that bye weeks are over and it’s Thanksgiving, so we’re about 41 hours from kickoff for the early game, about 44 hours from my favorite meal of the year and about 45 hours from my afternoon nap, which will take place during the afternoon game.

So, anyway, back to football. Fantasy guru Anthony Maggio started his rally this week. He gained a couple games in the standings. The rest of us, well, we can only wish. Here are the standings heading into lucky week 13.

  Week 12 Season totals
Andy 6-7-1 116-59-1
Tony 7-6-1 111-64-1
Maggio 8-5-1 106-69-1
Rich 3-10-1 100-75-1

Despite our less than stellar picks, the schedule for last week was filled with great games, at least on paper, from top to bottom. Some of the games played out as expected, others were fantastic and fascinating to watch – such as the Broncos/Patriots tilt, which happened to be our Game of the Week.

While there are a couple of pretty good games on the schedule for the week, there are a few duds. The Thanksgiving slate is somewhat underwhelming, though I’m okay with that – more time for eating and snoozing.

Here’s who we think wins: (more…)