It’s Monday and whether you find yourself today mourning the loss of Korea’s Kim Jong II or the loss of your Fantasy Team behind Aaron Rodgers mediocre performance, you need to come to grips with the simple fact that both went belly up yesterday.
That said, I
still have one more shot at a winning (yes I said winning) week with my pick in
tonight’s game, so if you haven’t had the chance, take one more peek at
my Week 15 picks, if not for tonight’s pick then just for a few good laughs
at my jokes in my Bengals -6 and Browns +7 picks or some even bigger laughs in
the fact that I picked Green Bay, period. Still
it wasn’t all bad as Geno’s NFL Picks pulled off a 2-2 Sunday, and while many would
actually tell me I had Detroit at -1 in my video so I was actually 2-1-1. I will
again take this time to remind you that my picks are based on the "everyman", and
I know most of my fans are putting in their NFL bets moments before game time so I always
base my picks on the my final lines on the kickoff here at SBRforum (which for Detroit was -2.5)
translating into a loser.
Now… let’s put a little bow on what was NFL Week 15’s Sunday
Eagles 45 Jets 19
If only I’d said in my podcast that I have a problem with will2survive’s
Jet's over Eagle's Thread, oh wait, I did. But I will not gloat because I honestly don’t believe you can gloat over
any pick in the NFL this season as games go in completely in the opposite direction and no one is surprised. This score could just have easily been the reverse and
no one would have blinked because you never know which Jets team is going to
show up. The only thing you can be sure
of (as I mentioned in my podcast) is that of the Jets
nine wins, only one has come against a team that currently has a
winning record in the Dallas Cowboys.
While they may make the playoffs, it’s time to realize people like
myself and iifold are right when we say Mark Sanchez
is not progressing enough for the Jets to be a legitimate Super Bowl
contender. Even with his Pro Bowl receivers of Holmes and Burress, Mark
Sanchez’s arm is as accurate as Mike McQueary’s testimony. Of course, unlike McQuerey, Sanchez doesn’t
see the young men around him being fully taken advantage of, which is why the
Jets will not be grounded by January.
KC 19 GB 14
Four letters, four numbers, one unbelievable final. All this loss did was make me more
certain than ever that the Packers will win the Super Bowl this year. Had
they fallen in a game like this to the Saints in Week 1, Detroit on
Thanksgiving, or even the Giants in week 13, one could argue this team isn’t as
good as we believe. But when you have a
roster as talented as the Packers, the only thing that can really take it down
is a mental lapse in the post season, and what better way to avoid that than to
get it out of the way with a humiliating trap game loss to the Chiefs.
Yes, I
hate that phrase “trap game”, as I believe trap games aren’t something in
football, a trap game is when your wife asks you if you think her sister is
hot, but what else can you call this. Regardless of what you call it, I think this will be the best thing for
the Packers quest for a second straight Lombardi Trophy as no team will
surprise them the rest of the way, including Green Bay themselves.
Lions 28 Raiders 27
Hey, I talked about some Christmas Gift Ideas for the NFL
fan last week, so with just six more shopping days let’s end each entry this
week with one more idea. If your friend
is a Lions fan you may want to get them the elegant
clutch as yesterday’s victory was
Detroit’s fourth comeback this season after trailing by thirteen or more
points. Yes, the Lions seem to land on
their feet more often than not (they are giant cats after all) but I can’t see
them being able to do this in the post season against teams like San Francisco
and Atlanta, as it seems they have blown their load with these four
comebacks.
Oh and notice how I put a
full sentence between the phrase “elegant clutch” and “blown their
load”. Otherwise I would have popped up whenever someone googled Expensive Asian
masseuse. Speaking of googling a
masseuse—opie1988 wants to know
your thoughts on next week’s Philly-Dallas game. Gotta tell ya Opie, I love
Philly +3 to win that 4:15 game, but only because I see the Jets taking down the
Giants at 1PM. What
do you guys think?
Get out and get shopping guys but not before you do your
weekly visit to Sam9ball’s
Monday
Night Football: Win a Ruth Chris steak dinner!! Thread. If you do win I recommend the
Roethlisberger—it’s usually a late addition to the menu but it always comes to
fantastic. (Yes, I took the Steelers and
talk about two strikes against them, so
did PAULYPOKER). If ever two people
we due to be right…