NFL Week 7 Pick Suggestions

I feel the mediocre results already.

5. Detroit Lions (-1 1/2) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
I'm going to keep betting against Tampa Bay in the #5 spot until I'm right. The Lions really shouldn't be the favorite in this game, but I don't care, eventually Tampa is going to show people that they really aren't good and that starts now.

4. New England Patriots (-17 1/2) at Miami Dolphins
Their top two running backs might be out this weekend, but really is that relevant? Do they even really need to run the football? Can't Tom Brady just throw 50 times for 420 yards and 5 tds? And will the Dolphins even threaten to score this weekend?

3. Tennessee Titans (-1 1/2) at Houston Texans
Homecoming for Vince Young? Vince Young is a big game quarterback and last year he had a nice homecoming, my guess is that this weekend, quad injury or not, he straps on the pads and drops the Texans.

2. New York Jets (+6 1/2) at Cincinnati Bengals
The Jets are going to lose this game on the final possession when Mike Nugent either shanks the game tying field goal or Chad Pennington throws a duck which is intercepted while attempting to get into the end zone. Thus they lose by 3, I'll take the points and more misery.

1. Minnesota Vikings (+9 1/2) at Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys are a very good team, and should put up a boatload of points this weekend in a bounce back game. However, you just do not give Purple Jesus 9 1/2 points, it's insulting and because of that he will rush for 150 yards.

Survivor League Pick: Death to Norv Chargers

Continuing the hot streak now that you douched thousands of people over.

Non-Spread Picks

I picked all the favorites I think, so that's lame...

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M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

Do it before David Wright gets Hurt!

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Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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Guest Post: Thoughts on Sabathia Signing

I asked Grutt what his thoughts were on the Sabathia signing and I thought his response pretty much nailed it. So here it is. I don’t know. Every year I get a little more disenchanted with baseball. Yea, it’s great we signed the top pitching free agent. But we were supposed to. No team was even in the ballpark of the Yankees offer yet they still needed to jump from the already ridiculous price of $140 million to $160 million to close the deal. Now I hear we are going to sign more pitchers who will also get large contracts and the position player gaps are still glaring. Each new, large contract just adds to the feeling that the Yanks are supposed to win it all. “I think we have a good chance this year.” That is a lost feeling. If they don’t win I’ll wonder why, like there has to be some other reason besides that it’s a sport you can never predict how things will work out and some years just aren’t yours to be won. If they win I will be pleasantly smug. It gets a little more...

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