So close yet so far away
Justin’s Picks
49ERS -2 over Giants
PATRIOTS -7 over Ravens
Chad’s Picks
Baltimore +7 over PATRIOTS
49ERS -2 over Giants
Last Week
Justin: 3-1
Chad : 2-2
Season
Justin: 53-37-3
Chad: 39-48-6
One Time!
Justin’s Picks
49ERS +3 over Saints
PATRIOTS -13.5 over Broncos
Giants +7.5 over PACKERS
RAVENS -7.5 over Texans
Chad’s Picks
Saints -3 over 49ERS
PATRIOTS -13.5 over Broncos
PACKERS -7.5 over Giants
Texans +7.5 over RAVENS
Last Week
Justin: 2-2
Chad: 1-3
Season
Justin: 50-36-3
Chad: 37-46-6
The Playoffs Cometh
Last Week
Justin: 5-0
Chad: 0-4-1
Still getting over my New Year’s so I was a tad bit late with my picks. I only picked late games to keep things fair. I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year, I’m looking forward to writing a lot more about sports in 2012. I have the World Not Ending -5000 over the Mayans by the way. It’s the ultimate futures bet.
Justin’s Picks
Ravens -2.5 over BENGALS
Chiefs +3.5 over BRONCOS
Chargers +3 over RAIDERS
CARDINALS -2.5 over Seahawks
GIANTS -2.5 over Cowboys
Chad’s PIcks
Lions -3.5 over PACKERS
BENGALS +2.5 over Ravens
Vikings -1 over BEARS
Panthers +8.5 over SAINTS
Steelers -4 over BROWNS
Last Week
Justin: 4-1
Chad: 3-2
Season
Justin: 43-34-3
Chad 36-39-5
Happy Holidays from Chad and I, stay safe and we’ll talk you in the New Year.
Justin Pick’s
BENGALS -4 over Cardinals
Dolphins +9.5 over PATRIOTS
Giants +3 over JETS
49ers -2.5 over SEAHAWKS
Eagles +1.5 over COWBOYS
Chad’s Picks
CHIEFS -1.5 over Raiders
Broncos -2.5 over BILLS
Jaguars +7.5 over TITANS
PANTHERS -7.5 over Buccaneers
SAINTS -6.5 over Falcons
Last Week
Justin: 2-3
Chad: 2-2-1
Season
Justin: 39-33-3
Chad: 33-37-5
How do I feel about the Chris Paul trade? Kind of like these guys.
Last Week
Was going to write a long column, but I can’t due to…
When all of this craziness settles down I’ll write an in depth post, but until then enjoy this week’s picks.
Last Week
Justin: 2-3
Chad: 3-2
Season
Justin: 34-28-3
Chad: 29-32-4
While most of the sports writers in America are trying to figure out how and why David Stern vetoed today’s Blockbuster Chris Paul trade, Phil Jackson must be somewhere in Montana smiling.
In an interview Jackson gave in 2010 he talked about some of the issues surrounding the league owning the New Orleans Hornets. Let me know if any of it seems familiar.
“Who’s going to pull the button on it?” Jackson asked. “When Chris says he has to be traded, how’s that going to go? … Someone’s going to have to make a very nonjudgmental decision on that part that’s not going to irritate anyone else in the league.”
How’s it going to go Phil? Not well. Not too well at all.
Source: Orange County Register
Guess what I'm going to be talking about
The level of play we are seeing out of these guys is almost mind boggling, and the way that today’s elite quarterback runs his offense is as beautiful a thing that there is to see in sports.
…
Which brings me to Tim Tebow. Much has been said about Tebow’s 5-1 stretch as the starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos. Some will tell you to ignore his stats because what he does is beyond the box score.
But just for the hell of it, let’s take a look at those numbers anyway.
6 games started, 852 Yds Passing, 455 Yds Rushing, 45.5% Comp, 8 TDs Passing, 3 TDs Rushing, 1 Int, 5 Fumbles
By almost any statistical measure Tim Tebow is a sub par quarterback, but as runningback/quarterback hybrid his results have been intriguing to say the least. Tebow is succeeding in the same way that the Dolphins got success out of running the Wildcat a couple of years ago. The Broncos average a league leading 159.7 Yds/game rushing, they rarely turn the ball over and force teams to play into what has been their strengh lately – their defense.
If you want to lavish praise on somebody for Denver’s recent success it should be rookie linebacker Von Miller, who has 57 tackles,10.5 sacks and two forced fumbles this season, is undoubtedly the defensive rookie of the year and should be in the running for defensive player of the year.
Outside of their week 15 game against the Patriots, the Bronco’s have very winnable match-ups the rest of the season. It’s not that far of a stretch to say that Denver has at least a punchers chance of winning the AFC West and making the playoffs. If you are getting tired of “Tebowmania” you may want to start watching a different sport.
May I suggest the NBA. It starts in 23 days and is pretty great.
Justin’s Picks
STEELERS -6.5 over Bengals
Ravens -6.5 over BROWNS
Lions +9 over SAINTS
Cowboys -4.5 over CARDINALS
Packers -7 over GIANTS
Chad’s Picks
Titans +1.5 over BILLS
BEARS -7 over Chiefs
Cowboys -4.5 over CARDINALS
Panthers +3.5 over BUCCANEERS
Broncos +1.5 over VIKINGS
Last Week
Justin: 3-1-1
Chad: 2-3 (What I was told, and since we are not betting anything this year I’ll allow it.)
Season
Justin: 32-25-3
Chad: 26-30-4
In the next couple of weeks you can look forward to an accelerated Free Agency period, the start of camps, and more hoops talk than David Stern can stake a stick at. The season may have been cut to 66 games, but I don’t think too many casual NBA fans are going to complain, and even though losing 16 games still irks me a bit, I’ll certainly take it over the loss of a whole season.
Today’s news is great for anyone that has been worrying that they were going to have to watch college hoops all year to try to satiate their need for good basketball. (Shudders) I’ve been in a bit of a sports rut the last couple of weeks, but now everything seems right in the world of sports again.
…now to our regularly scheduled picks.
Justin’s Picks
Texans -3.5 over JAGUARS
Panthers -3 over COLTS
Patriots -3 over EAGLES
CHARGERS -6 over Broncos
BEARS +5 over Raiders
Chad’s Picks
(When I get them)
Last Week
Justin: 2-1-2
Chad: 1-3-1
Season
Justin: 29-24-2
Chad: 24-27-4
