Tony wins.
This wildly unpredictable season claimed its final two victims during week four: Andy missed on Carolina (which as it turns out was also a duplicate pick – already? Haven’t we done this before?) and John missed on Arizona – and neither of those teams came close to winning, nor did they escape with their QBs unharmed.
Tony won with Cincinnati’s Thursday night domination of Miami. Rich and Maggio also each tallied their first correct picks of the season.
We’ll keep this up for at least a few more weeks to see how long Tony can carry on this perfect streak. Not many surprises on the slate this week – Here are our picks:
Tony: New England
Vomhof: New England
Andy: New England
Maggio: Oakland
Rich: New England
And here is why:
Tony: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Dallas) There are actually some pretty compelling choices this week, but I would be shocked if not everyone doesn’t go New England, assuming they didn’t already. Tom Brady has been away from the game for four weeks—could you find a better team to ease him back into the grind against? I’m actually surprised that der Kommissar didn’t find a way to make sure it was the Broncos or Vikings defense that he’d have to face this week…
Vomhof: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Miami, Arizona) There is no way in hell angry Tom Brady is going to lose his first game back. Not against the Browns. Not. A. Chance.
Andy: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Miami, Carolina) New England could play Jacoby Brissett, Jimmy Garoppolo, Drew Bledsoe, Steve Grogan, Tony Eason or Julian Edelman at QB and win this game over lowly Cleveland. With Tom Brady back the Patriots might win by 70.
Maggio: (Previous picks: Arizona, Detroit, Carolina, Washington) I went off script last week and actually got a survivor pick correct, which is pretty disappointing. I was hoping to continue to get them wrong every week throughout the season so I could say I was doing it on purpose. Now I’ve just proven that my previous incompetence was in fact legit. I’ll try to salvage some bit of dignity by winning out the rest of the season I suppose, with Oakland being my choice to make it two in a row for team Maggio. The Chargers are inventing new ways to lose football games, so I imagine a halfway decent Raiders team at home should have no problem sending San Diego home with another soul-crushing L.
Rich: (Previous picks: Los Angeles, Seattle, Arizona, Dallas) It’s like this: Tom Brady is the best quarterback in football (pipe down, Wisconsin, you’re guy is really good, too), mostly because he may well be the most competitive. His coach, Bill Belichick, is a little like the kid who was picked on in grade school, went on to become a Billionaire as an adult and will constantly shove it in the face of everyone who ever put him down. They’re the perfect pair.
This week, Brady returns from his Goodell imposed exile looking to remind the world that he is still the king. Belichick has just suffered what might be his most humiliating defeat since becoming the Grand Poohbah of the patriots 16 years ago, at the hands of a man he respects less than the boys who dated his daughter in high school. The Patriots are facing a team with the worst defense in the league and an offense that has a decent running attack and.., well that’s it.
Hell hath no fury like Brady scorned, except for his head coach. The Patriots may win this thing 64-0.
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