NFL Week 6 Pick Suggestions

Where picking the Lions with the points continues to happen for no apparent reason.

5. Detroit Lions (+13 1/2) at Minnesota Vikings
Ok the Vikings offense isn't good and their defense isn't superb. The Lions absolutely blow but 2 touchdowns is too much right? [This is a stupid pick don't listen to it]

4. Miami Dolphins (+3 1/2) at Houston Texans
I don't really see how this game is anything less than a 50/50 propostion on the winner. The Dolphins are coming off two victories over the Chargers and Pats while the Texans are winless. Granted the Texans should have won last week, but they didn't. The Dolphins are getting underrated thanks to last year. They will win this game.

3. New Orleans Saints (-7 1/2) vs. Oakland Raiders
The Saints blow more winnable football games than any team in the league right now, but that won't be the case against the Raiders. The Raiders are a mess, they have a new coach, they are traveling to New Orleans and they will get pummeled.

2. New England Patriots (+6 1/2) at San Diego Chargers
Giving 6 1/2 to the Patriots? Hmm I'll take that any day of the week any location any opponent. The Chargers are a 2-3 football team, they aren't as good as they were last year and they just, like the Pats, lost to the Dolphins.

1. New York Giants (-7 1/2) at Cleveland Browns
Cleveland is a mess and the Giants have been very solid this entire season. I'd be much more comfortable if the spread was 6 1/2 but regardless I'll take Eli and the boys to win by 10.

Survivor League Pick: SCREW Seattle
Go with the stupid Saints who will avoid choking away the win unlike monday night.

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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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