NFL Predictions

Picking Spreads: 47-32

Picking Winners: 58-21

Washington (+11) at Dallas: Washington makes this close but Romo will step up and finally pull out a tough victory for the Cowboys. The Redskins played much better last week by defeating Denver and I think they’ll make this closer than an 11 point game but don’t have the talent to win in Dallas.

Cleveland (+3) at Detroit: Detroit will cover the spread. It’s the battle of last years worst team and this year’s worst team. The Lions have improved enough to beat the Browns by more than three.

Pittsburgh (-10) at Kansas City: If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being a Steelers fan it’s this… when one of their facets of the team play bad one game the next they play completely different. Last week Ben and the offense played terribly. I don’t know if it was a bad game for Ben or if it was that great Bengals defense, but either way their offense will put up at least 35 against the terrible Cheifs while holding Kansas City to under 20.

Seattle (+11) at Minnesota: Seattle’s struggles this year will get exposed even more against my pick for the best team in the league, the Vikings.

Can’t Pick These

San Francisco (+7) at Green Bay: The Packers lose to the winless Bucs then dominate the Cowboys. The 49ers look much improved to begin the year then change their quarterback half way through. Who knows what either of these teams really are?

Falcons (+7) at Giants: Both are great teams that are struggling. The loser might miss the playoffs.

New Orleans (-11) at Tampa Bay: Tampa made their last game close against the Dolphins, who made their game against New Orleans close. I know stuff like that never matters, but the Bucs have played much better the last two weeks and the Saints haven’t been playing as well. I think this will be closer than expected.

Buffalo (+9) at Jacksonville: The Jaguars aren’t consistent enough for me to pick them for this high of a spread.

Indianapolis (-2) at Baltimore: This is the game of the week. The Ravens are hungry looking to get in the playoff hunt and Peyton tries to keep his team undefeated.

Arizona (-9) at St. Louis: The Cardinals are playing well and the Rams are competing with the Browns for the worst team in the league. Still, this is one of those games Arizona loses. They tend to lose concentration when games don’t matter.

Jets (+11) at Patriots: Brady and his bunch look to bounce back against crying Ryan. Divisional games seem to almost always be close.

Cincinnati (-9) at Oakland: This spread sounds about right.

San Diego at Denver: A huge game in the battle for the AFC West Championship. Denver’s been disappointing and San Diego’s been surging.

Philadelphia (-3) at Chicago: The Eagles are much better but the Bears play good at home.

Tennessee (+5) at Houston: On Monday Night Football it’s time for Vince Young to show his maturity. He has the Titans winning again, but can they beat a playoff contender?