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Here are PICKS4PLAYERS BEST BETS for NFL week 3. 

As always, proceed with caution and play at your own risk.

 

Tennessee @ NY Jets, 1 pm EST

Current Line: NY Jets -2 

The desperate (0-2) Tennessee Titans have their backs against the wall as they face the flying high (2-0) Jets of New Jersey.  We have to believe that proven, skilled, defensive tactician Jeff Fisher will have the Titans motivated and ready to attack Jets’ rookie QB Mark ‘Dirty Sanchise’ Sanchez.  Look for Tennessee to shorten the game using their potent ground attack while the Tennessee defense shuts down the Jets running game leaving Sanchez in some difficult 3^rd and long situations. 

Our Pick: Tennessee +2

 

Jacksonville @ Houston, 1 pm EST

Current Line: Houston -3 ½  

After falling flat in week one, Houston rebounded to defeat Tennessee in week two.  We think last weeks win will carry over to this Sunday when Jacksonville comes to town.  Houston is typically very strong at home, so we think that the week 1 loss at home was an exception.  Jacksonville has struggled on offense and the Jags haven’t seemed to respond well to Head-Coach Jake Del Rio’s act for the last 2 plus years, and we see no reason for that to change this week.  Look for Matt ‘Stump the’ Schaub to have strong numbers today (for you fantasy tools).

Our Pick: Houston -3 ½

 

San Francisco @ Minnesota, 1 pm EST

Current Line: Minnesota -6 ½   

After 2 relatively easy wins on the road at Cleveland and Detroit, Minnesota returns home for their opener at the Metrodome to face the rejuvenated 49ers.  This is a huge benchmark game for the 49ers whose new found toughness on both sides of the ball will be challenged today all the way to the end regardless of the score.  If the 49ers can find a way to win this one, then Coach Singletary and his men will have climbed a certain hill on the 49er organization’s road back to NFL respectability.   We see this as a defensive battle with both teams staying with the ground game for as long as they can.  In the end this will be a battle of field goals, so instead of picking a side….

Our Pick: UNDER 40

 

Green Bay @ St. Louis, 1 pm EST

Current Line: Green Bay -6 ½

Green Bay has struggled in pass protection early on, but a game against probably the worst team in the NFL will be a cure all.  After last weeks disappointing loss to Cincinnati, Green Bay will be extra motivated to get a win this week.  St. Louis’ anemic offense has only 1 touchdown in 8 quarters this year.

Our Pick: Green Bay -6 ½

 

Atlanta @ New England, 1 pm EST

Current Line: New England -4 ½

New England could very easily be 0-2 heading into this game while Atlanta heads on the road for the first time this year.  We’ve been telling you for two years that the tainted and stained New England ‘dynasty’ is over and they’ve done nothing this season to suggest anything other than mediocrity. New England has some injury issues at wide receiver and their lackluster defense will have all kinds of problems stopping Atlanta’s Michael Turner.  Also, the Pats have nobody to match-up with new Falcons TE Tony Gonzalez.  Atlanta has the better defense and ground game, which are the 2 biggest factors in winning on the road in the NFL.

Our Pick: Atlanta +4 ½

 

Indianapolis @ Arizona

Current Line: Arizona –2 1/2

The Indy defense has to be tired after chasing the Miami offense last Monday.  Now they have to come back on a short week to chase the Arizona receivers all over the field.  The Arizona defense is very underrated and should match up well against the Indy receivers.  We llo for this to be a high scoring affair.  Arizona will not be able to be as successful at keeping Peyton Manning off the field.  Miami’s 8 minute drives severely limited the Colts’ offensive touches yet they were still able to score almost at will.  Two of their touchdowns were scored in less than 45 seconds.

Our Picks: Arizona –2 1/2 and OVER 48

Fall is here! The ‘Smell of Football’ is in the air.

NCAA College Football picks for Saturday, September 26^th

 

Stanford -8 over Washington

Washington coming off a huge win, must now travel on the road to face a very underrated Stanford Cardinal.  Look for Stanford to take it to the Huskies using a potent ground game for their 8th straight cover at home.  Did you know that teams who beat USC are 2-14 against the spread in their next game?  Coach Jim Harbaugh, like his brother Baltimore Raven head coach John, are proving to be outstanding head coaches and leaders.  Both of their teams are solid and don’t really beat themselves too frequently with stupid penalties.  While U-Dub has competed well all year and is a huge improvement from recent seasons, they are due for a let down.

 

TCU +3 over Clemson

TCU, giving up just 1.5 yards per rush, will completely shut down Clemson’s ground attack while the Horned Frogs offense should have their way on the ground against the Clemson defense.  TCU has covered the spread in 18 of their last 23 games. 

 

Kansas -13 ½ over Southern Miss

Although Southern Miss has won 8 in a row, Kansas’ passing attack led by Todd Reesing should dominate this game.  Kansas is a money making machine right now as they come under valued every week.  Forget about the on-campus in-fighting about who is more popular with the ladies. The Jayhawk Football and Basketball squads had multiple altercations this past week that apparently have been brewing for years.  The hoopers will continue to pull the ladies because as they say ‘a team is a direct reflection of its’ head coach’ and while these Football Jayhawks and Head Coach ‘Slim’ Mangino have looked good on the field, ‘Slim’ actually looks like he swallowed basketball coach Bill Self whole during one of the altercations.  Yes they may have been distracted all week, but look for KU to crush Southern Miss.

 

Alabama -17 ½ over Arkansas

Alabama beat this same Arkansas team last year 49-14.  Look for more of the same today as the Alabama defense should dominate and rattle the Arkansas QB, Ryan Mallett, making his first road start.

 

Georgia -12 over Arizona State

Georgia dominated this matchup last year with the only change being that the ASU QB will be making his first road start “between the hedges”.  Not an easy task for anyone.

 

Florida State -14 ½ over South Florida

Coming off last weeks big win over BYU, Florida State looks to keep it rolling against a South Florida team who will have a new QB at the helm this week.

 

North Carolina +2 over Georgia Tech

It seems that teams are starting to catch up with Paul Johnson’s running schemes and this week they face a very fast North Carolina defense.  Butch Davis is 7-2 as a road underdog.

 

Purdue +7over Notre Dame

Purdue is all offense and no defense but Notre Dame will be missing their star wide receiver, Michael Floyd and might be without Jimmy Clausen who is hobbling with turf toe.  We expect Clausen to be ineffective which will keep this game close to the wire.

 

Oregon State -3 over Arizona

There are not too many places that are tougher to play than Corvallis especially if you are making your first road start which Nick Foles the AZ QB will be doing.  Arizona was less than stellar last week against a solid Iowa team that clearly was looking ahead to this week’s match-up at Penn State.  The Beavers has covered 9 of 10 in Corvallis under Coach Mike Riley.

 

With one eye on 6 television screens and the other eye focussed on the future, your team here at P4P will continue to solidify our research and information all day Saturday for tonight’s Penn State-Iowa game as well as preparing for a full day of NFL action tomorrow. 

Check back around 7 pm EST for our selection on tonight’s 8 pm EST kick-off between the Penn State Nitany-Lions and the Iowa Hawkeyes.

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That’s all for now.  Good luck players.

Pre Football Friday Cy Young Special & Red Sox-Yankees

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To start the weekend off positively, a unique Baseball opportunity play is here tonight. An opportunity that we just want to touch on before we head back into our virtual ‘war room’ to resume researching and dissecting this weekend’s NCAA College and NFL pro football action.

Tonight there are at least 5 former Cy Young Award winners that will be on the mound tonight for their respective teams as follows:
Cliff Lee @ Milwaukee (Lee has been nothing short of dominant for the Phils)
Chris Carpenter @ Colorado (Sorry Tracy Ringolsby but the Rox are tightening up)
Roy Halladay vs. Seattle(Seattle starts rookie Doug ‘don’t call me price’ Fister.)
Jake Peavy vs. Detroit (Detroit goes with September call up Scrubby Bonine)
Tim Lincecum vs. Chicago (NL) (Lincecum is the real deal, the Giants desperate)

If you were to parlay those five and if all were to start the game with their team winning, based on my calculations, the Vegas payout would be approximately 10:1. 10:1 for 5 dominating pitchers. Book it, but be prepared to pull a late hedge on the last game of the night, the Giants and Cubs at 10:15 EST.

The other game of note tonight is the Friday night rumble in the Bronx which features John Lester and the visiting Red Sox facing Joba ‘doesn’t rule’ Chamberlain and the mighty Yankees. This game tonight is a parlay lock if you are so inclined.

First off, the Yankees ‘plan’ with Joba Chamberlain is a joke. Way to prepare this tool to be a softy who will be virtually incapable of pitching out of jams as his career goes on. He should pitch every fifth day, deep into every start so he can work his way to MLB productivity. If he gets shelled, then fortunately you have the offense to claw back into any game in a hurry.

As far as the Red Sox go, the absolutely ridiculous debate about Jason Varitek leaving Boston’s pine is hard to fathom. Victor Martinez is clearly much better than you Tek. Quite frankly all of the credit you’ve been given in the past for being such a ‘great handler of pitchers’ has to come into question, along the lines of ‘Rocking’ Leo Mazzone and all the credit he got for developing Maddux, Smoltz, and Glavine. Great job Jason catching Josh Beckett in his prime and as much as it nauseates me to write, future Hall of Famer, ‘Ketchup Sock Curt’ Schilling. Yet you couldn’t quite get around to learning how to catch another future Hall of Famer Tim Wakefield. Don’t even get me started on your contract situation last off-season with you and Scott Boras dropping the $ 10,000,000 option ball and you needing to swallow your pride and beg back to bean-town. I’m not sure which is worse, your decision-making, your bat, or your recent run of dropped third strikes. No matter, the fact that Josh Beckett has all but admitted that he can’t pitch to anyone but you is not as much of a positive reflection on you as it a direct reflection of what a head case Boston’s former staff Ace is.

Now back to the action on the field. As mentioned above, tonight’s game presents a great opportunity for a parlay lock. Lester is the Red Sox staff Ace. He can be downright nasty, but the Yankees will touch him up a bit. Joba Chamberlain, at this point, is nothing more than a coddled, over emotional batting practice pitcher. The Red Sox are hungry and will light up Joba like a Christmas tree. If you are feeling lucky, your team at P4P recommends OVER 9 runs and the Red Sox.

Monday Night Football Live from Miami

Peyton Manning and the Colts roll into Miami for a week #2 Monday night showdown against Bill Parcells’, I mean Tony Sporano’s Dolphins ( 0-1). After a lackluster opener for both teams you can bet that the Miami crowd will be boisterous. Indianapolis (1-0) will start the game as a 3 point favorite and the point total on the game is 42.

After much research, debate, dialogue, and hunch detecting your team at Picks4Players likes the following plays for tonight’s AFC match up:
Miami + 3 and UNDER 42

Best of luck to all you players out there. Play wise, Play smart, manage your account, play on!

NFL Week 2 - A great Sunday of NFL action

When the Jets and Patriots tee it up at 1 pm EST today it will be the first of many exciting and high energy NFL match-ups. The day concludes with another outstanding match-up between New Jersey’s other pro football team, The New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys where these two teams will officially open the Cowboys new stadium tonight at 8:20 pm EST. Today will be an example of why the NFL is such great entertainment. Enjoy!

Here are our top picks for NFL week 2 from your consulting team at Picks4Players:

Oakland @ Kansas City , 1 pm EST
Current Line: Kansas City -3
In week one, Oakland played well enough to beat the Chargers while the Chiefs stayed with Baltimore for 3 quarters before losing by 14 points. On the basis of last week, it would seem the Raiders are clearly better than Kansas City. Call us crazy but I don’t see the pathetic, stumbling, bumbling Raiders of the post Gruden era. Here is some added value on the Raiders side, the visitor in this series has covered 11 of the last 12 and the Raiders have won each of the last 2 times at Arrowhead. Our Pick: Oakland +3

St. Louis @ Washington, 1 pm EST
Current Line: OVER/UNDER 36 ½
If St. Louis couldn’t score last week in Seattle, how are they going to score this week against a better defense? Washington will win the game but this won’t be the prettiest offensive show. Look for Clinton Portis and Stephen Jackson to get the bulk of their teams’ respective workloads, which will mean a very quick game with fewer drives and fewer opportunities to score for both sides. Our Pick: UNDER 36 ½

New England @ NY Jets, 1 pm EST
Current Line: New England -3 ½
The Jets win last week against a weak Texans team and now all of a sudden they are good enough to compete with New England? No way! Emotion can only take you so far and you can bet that these Jets will be flying high. Too high. They will blitz at every opportunity in an effort to rattle and hurt Tom Brady, but New England will game plan and adjust. A team that is too hyped tends to over react to pump fakes and play action and be highly susceptible to the quick hit plays that the Pats like to run to Welker. Too much fire power on the offensive side and defensively they will be licking their chops to get at the Sanchise, Jets rookie QB Mark ‘Dirty’ Sanchez. New England has covered 8 in a row in the division on the road.
Our Pick: New England -3 ½

Baltimore @ San Diego, 4:15 pm EST
Current Line: San Diego -3
Did anyone watch week one? San Diego was outplayed for 3 quarters by the Raiders while Baltimore showed a very balanced offense in putting away the Chiefs. This looks like a great match up for the Ravens offense and defense against a Charger team that is without Tomlinson and it looks like starting center Nick Hardwick will be out too.
Our Pick: Baltimore +3 and we like them on the money line too!

NY Giants @ Dallas, 8:20 pm EST
Current Line: Dallas -3
Dallas officially opens the new stadium where the largest crowd ever to watch an NFL game is expected. Dallas looked good against a Tampa Bay team we expect to have about 3 wins on the season. The Giants are one of the best road teams in the NFL going 17-2 against the spread under Tom Coughlin. Yes, Dallas will be rockin’ but NY has the better lines on both sides of the ball.
Our Pick: NY Giants +3

Here are three more plays to consider:

Arizona @ Jacksonville – UNDER 42 ½

Cleveland @ Denver – Cleveland +3

New Orleans @ Philadelphia – OVER 46

Following last night’s little hiccup, loads of FREE College Football Winners

I’m not sure where all of you are and how the weather is, but where I’m sitting, for once we’ve got a beautiful sunny Saturday filled with NCAA College Football action. Before we get to the games however, with the passing this past week of long time NCAA president Myles Brand, everyone involved in the NCAA from the players to the coaches to the administrators all should take a moment to pause and give their own personal thanks to Brand whose body of work did so much for the development of the cash cow that is the NCAA. Myles Brand will certainly be missed.

After our own moment of silence;
we do like the following games against the spread:
P4P’s College football picks for Saturday, September 19th

Clemson -7 over Boston College
This is no longer the BC Eagles team that had BJ Raji and Matt Ryan. This BC team is just a shadow of its former self despite their 2-0. Look for Clemson to use its strong running attack and speed to control the game. BC’s QB will be making his first road start, in SEC country. Good luck Son! We look for Clemson to wear out BC.

Arizona +4 over Iowa
Arizona goes on the road to face Iowa and this looks like a great spot for the Wildcats. With Penn State up next on the schedule for the Hawkeyes, they mat be looking a little past Arizona. Look for Arizona’s lines to dominate the game and keep this close the entire way.

Utah +5 over Oregon
Can anyone tell me why the team with the longest current winning streak in college football is an underdog? Utah is 18-5 as an underdog while Oregon is an absolute mess since losing Mike Bellotti as its head coach. Oregon’s defense didn’t even bother to show up last week. Chip Kelly, things were a little easier as the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire, good luck keeping things together in Nike country. This won’t easy but 5 points is too many here.

Washington +19 over USC
Some great trends here which favor Washington. Under Pete Carroll USC is 1-6 in Pac 10 road openers. Last year after the Ohio St win, USC traveled to Oregon State and lost. This year they travel to a fired up Husky Stadium, and new U-Dub Head Coach Steve Sarkisian knows USC inside and out. Aaron Corp making his first start for USC on the road could provide some shaky moments and short field opportunities for Jake Locker. Finally, Pete Carroll will not run up the score on his friend.

Auburn -7 over West Virginia
Huge revenge game for the underrated Auburn Tigers. They have a good offense facing a banged up Mountaineer defense. The West Virginia QB will be making his first road start. Your team at P4P likes Auburn, big.

Florida -29 over Tennessee
Florida has covered the spread in 18 of the last 22 games. I think we know how badly Urban Meyer wants to introduce smart alec Lane Kiffin to SEC football. Kiffin popped off during the hiring process and now should feel the brunt of a swift a$$ kicking from the Urban and Tebow show.

Baylor -10 over Connecticutt
Baylor is flying under the radar in this one with an offense that has shown to be very good in the early season. This is a big revenge game for the Bears and they had 2 weeks to get ready for it. Uconn’s offense has sputtered early on and will be starting a QB making his first road start.

Arkansas -2 over Georgia
Again, another team flying under the radar. Arkansas returns 17 starters and is facing a Bulldog defense that has given up 36 points per game in 5 of the last 8 games.

Texas -18 over Texas Tech
Talk about revenge! Texas Tech ruined Texas’ championship hopes last year and add to that Mike Leach voted for Oklahoma over Texas in the final poll. The Tech defense is horrrrible giving up over 47 points per game on the road. Colt McCoy becomes the Heisman frontrunner after this one. Hook ‘Em Horns by at least 3 touchdowns, and at least some of our staff like OVER 66.

Friday Night Lights- College Football WAC Throwdown in California’s Central Valley

National darling Boise State hits the road this Friday night for an ESPN showdown in Fresno against the Bulldogs of Fresno State. Boise is riding high after dismantling Oregon in their opener and then destroying Miami, Ohio last weekend 48-0. Fresno State returns home after a valiant effort on the road in Madison against Big-10 foe Wisconsin. This game is a great early season WAC match-up that features Boise State as a 7 1/2 point road favorite. The estimated total on the game is 53 1/2 points.

If you’ve been a loyal P4P follower then you know we are big fans of Fresno State and Head Coach Pat Hill’s ‘anyone, anywhere, any time’ mantra. Boise is very good and this will be tough. The Broncos defense is not at full strength and Fresno moved the ball very well, for awhile, against Wisconsin last week. We expect Boise to pull this one out, but getting the extra 1/2 point hook over the touchdown spread sways us to the Bulldogs side. Also, while we expect a good offensive game, we think that 53 1/2 points are too many tonight.
Our selections tonight: FRESNO STATE + 7 1/2 and UNDER 53 1/2

Check back with us tomorrow about 30 minutes prior to the first kickoff of the day and as always, follow us on Twitter.
Good luck and play on player!!!

News from P4P and tonight’s Georgia Tech/Miami pick!

The results are in from week one of the National Handicappers Bowl and Picks4Players had a strong showing on the points side of NFL games. We finished the week going 5-1 with an incredible .833 winning percentage and took second place in the week ending September 13th. We look to give you, the player, consistent results week in, week out.

You can view our results here: http://www.nhbowl.com/Games.php

Tonight, college football is in the spotlight with an ACC matchup between #16 Georgia Tech and #20 Miami Hurricanes. We see this as a matchup where each defense has a weakness that can be exploited. So far Miami has shown a very capable passing game which Georgia Tech will have problems defending and Georgia Tech has a great ground game which we think will give the Miami defense problems.

Your team at Picks4Players will take over 53 1/2 points for its wager on tonight’s game.

Check back with us tomorrow for our selection on the Boise St./Fresno matchup.

Play the best, play Picks4Players!

P4P on an amazing run!!!

Your team at picks4players is red hot! Since last Saturday night P4P is an amazing 15-6 on point spread plays! This is all documented if you view our previous point spread posts. We are here to make you money and all for FREE, FREE, FREE. Don’t spend thousands of dollars on those “lead pipe lock” web sites. Come to P4P for all your football handicapping needs.

Tonight we rate 3 plays:

New England -11 over Buffalo and over 47 1/2
San Diego -10 over Oakland

Check back tomorrow for a recap of the weekend and we will post where we stand in the National Handicappers Bowl.

Play on, player!

NFL Opening Sunday- R U ready 4 some football?

Here are our top picks for NFL week 1.

Philadelphia @ Carolina , 1pm est
Current Line: Philadelphia -2 1/2
The Eagles are replacing the deceased Jim Johnson at defensive coordinator and Carolina who was 12-4 a year ago seems to not be getting the respect it deserves. So Jake Delhomme had a bad playoff game. Big deal…He’s done that before and bounced back nicely. Expect him to be solid today. The Panthers are consistently one of the best home dogs in the NFL.
Our Pick: Carolina +2 1/2

Denver @ Cincinnati, 1pm est
Current Line: Cincinnati -4
Denver didn’t do much this off-season to fix their broken defense and Cincinnati is flying under the radar….no arrests in 6 months! Look for Carson Palmer and Ochocinco to re-establish themselves as one of the best QB/WR combos in the league.
Our Pick: Cincinnati -4

Minnesota @ Cleveland, 1pm est
Current Line: Minnesota -4
Minnesota returns just about everyone from one of the dominant defenses in the NFL. Not a good recipe for Brady Quinn to make his opening season start. Mangini is not a good leader and this is not a good Cleveland team. Minnesota will be looking to show they belong with the Super Bowl contenders and an opening win on the road will get them off to a good start. Look for a steady diet of Adrian Peterson sprinkled in with some play-action fakes and Favre going over the to Percy Harvin.
Our Pick: Minnesota -4

Dallas @ Tampa Bay, 1pm est
Current Line: Dallas -4 1/2
This line has dropped all week, opening at -6 and this makes no sense. TB just fired its offensive coordinator and has a new coaching staff. Typically this doesn’t work out well in week one. Dallas has the better ground game and better defense. Look for Romo to connect early and often with TE Jason Witten, and look for Romo to establish a nice working relationship with wide-out Roy Williams. The passing game and the entire team will benefit through addition by the subtraction of T.O. In the second half it should be a lot of Marion barber running it right down the Bucs’ throats.
Our Pick: Dallas -4 1/2

San Francisco @ Arizona, 4:15pm est
Current Line: Arizona -6
Stat of the week: The last 6 Super Bowl losers are 0-6 against the spread in there first game following the Super Bowl. San Francisco always plays Arizona tough and should have beaten them last year in Arizona. Boldin says he’ll play but his hamstrings are as touchy as he is temperamental. The 49ers will keep this close as Frank Gore grinds away.
Our Pick: San Francisco +6

Chicago @ Green Bay, 8:20pm est
Current Line: Green Bay -4
We are not ones to pay too much attention to the pre-season but Green Bay’s #1 offense was almost unstoppable scoring on 11 of 13 possessions. New Green Bay D-Coordinator, Dom Capers, will have his defense ready to play and look for a Green Bay blowout.
Our Pick: Green Bay –4

On the TOTALS end of today’s action, we like a few OVER/UNDER plays that you may want to consider:

Baltimore @ KC total points: 36 - Take the UNDER: Scott Pioli and Todd Haley will eventually turn KC around, but not today. Matt Cassell isn’t close to being 100% and this is a tough environment to try to implement a new system in your first game.

NY Jets @ Houston Texans total points: 44 – Take the OVER: We expect the Jets to attempt to come out firing on all cylinders today in Rex Ryan’s debut as head coach. We look for both teams to pressure the quarterback, which will translate to some offensive opportunities downfield as well as some defensive opportunities for interceptions and forced fumbles. P4P is actually expecting at least two defensive scores in this game and a point total in the 50s.

Chicago Bears @ Green Bay total points 46 ½ - Take the OVER: Chicago didn’t get Jay Cutler to ignite their running game. Look for these 2009 more balanced bears to get up and down the field more than we’re used to seeing. Green Bay’s first team offense was virtually unstoppable in the preseason and the night should be electric in Green Bay as the NFL wraps up the first Sunday of the season.

As always from your friends at www.Picks4Players.com, play wise, play smart, play on, player!!!!

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