NFL Week 4 Pick Suggestions

I don't want to talk about it. Let's just say I'll do better this week (can't do much worse).

5. Tennessee Titans (-3 1/2) vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings picked up W #1 last weekend but they weren't facing the Titans defense who will make Gus return to his Frerotten days.

4. Philadelphia Eagles (-3 1/2) at Chicago Bears
The Eagles are arguably the second best team in the NFL right now. They pummeled Big Ben into a submission and they will do the same to Kyle Orton this weekend. All while putting up points on the overrated Bears defense.

3. Jaguars (-7 1/2) vs. Houston Texans
Whoops... messed that up. We'll go with the Texans to lose again.

2. Washington Redskins (+11 1/2) vs. Dallas Cowboys
I know the Cowboys are probably the best team in the league right now, but 11 1/2 points in conference against a team that's played well the past two weeks? I'll be stupid and say the Redskins are going to keep it close.

1. San Diego Chargers (-7 1/2) at Oakland Raiders
The Raiders have been surprisingly non-awful the past few weeks despite all the Kiffin rumors. I think it's about time they return to awful. Plus the Chargers are still a little desperate as 1-3 will probably put them 3 games back of the Broncos.

Survivor League Pick: SCREW Seattle

I'm out but if you're still in and you pick Jacksonville this week, you will still be in next week.

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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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This Is Why the New York Mets Can't Win Anymore

It's pretty simple why the Mets can't win games anymore and are morphing into the second worst team in the National League, they can't score runs. The below chart shows exactly whats happenned to their offensive output since each of the major devastating injuries. The blue line shows runs scored for each game through out the season. The pink line shows the average runs the Mets scored when they had everyone, the yellow when they were missing Delgado, the light blue when they were missing Delgado and Reyes, and finally the purple when they were missing Delgado, Reyes and Beltran. In the abscence of Reyes, Delgado and Beltran the Mets are averaging barely over 3 runs per game. In stark contrast, with everyone on the roster the Mets were scoring just over 5 runs per game. That's a wholesale difference and why their roster now equals a lot of losses and a day by day progression further out of a playoff spot.

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