NFL Picks 2013: Week 15

by Andy | 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 than 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:

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…)

NFL Picks 2013: Week 14

by Andy | 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 seem 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:

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 Andy | 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.

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…)

NFL Picks 2013: Week 12

by Andy | Nov 20, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Picks

The last play of the Monday Night Football game not only raised the ire of New England Patriots fans who thought Rob Gronkowski was either illegally contacted, held or interfered with on the last play of the game (and they are right). It also kept my brother from gaining any ground on me in our NFL picks segment.

I may not be able to bet worth a damn right now. But I’ve got the straight up thing going on. The Panthers’ narrow escape pulled me into a tie with Tony for Week 11 – we both hit 12 of 15 games.

Fantasy Guru Anthony Maggio and Contributor Rich also had solid weeks, both nailing 10.

So as we head into the regular season’s home stretch, here are the standings:

As with last week, when a solid schedule was highlighted by Sunday night and Monday night games that actually mattered, this week’s slate of games is also entertaining. I count six divisional match-ups and a prime time Sunday nighter between Peyton’s Broncos and Brady’s Patriots. Should be some good watching.

Here are our picks for the week: (more…)

NFL Picks 2013: Week 11

by Andy | Nov 13, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Picks

Life always feels a little bit more complete during the football season and that’s never more true than when the bye weeks start winding down and the games take on more importance.

That’s starting to happen now. After a few weeks of lesser inspiring match-ups and six-team bye weeks, there are finally some truly great games in store for the next three weeks.

That’s a relief. Collectively we weren’t very good at picking the winners last week. And if we can’t pick them correctly, we at least ought to be able to enjoy watching them.

Here are the standings so far:

So, with that mediocre week behind us, we now can look forward to a collection of games that includes Kansas City at Denver, New Orleans hosting San Francisco and even a Monday night match-up worth waiting up to watch as New England visits Carolina. Here’s who we think wins: (more…)

NFL Picks 2013: Week 9

by Andy | Oct 29, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Picks

Some weeks you have no idea what is going to happen in the NFL. Then others, like last week, it’s awfully predictable.

The four of us combined to go 45-7 in our picks for week eight, with four of the incorrect guesses being the Giants win over Philly. Three hit 11 out of 13. I hit 12. It was a good week. So here are the standings:

Week eight frankly offered a lot of one-sided games and, unlike many NFL weeks, those contests actually went as expected. Week nine could present another set of similar games, as it’s the second of two with six teams on bye. At least in week nine we know Jacksonville won’t lose.

Here are our picks. (more…)