Spin is a funny thing. How an individual or a group chooses to look at things is not always how things actually are. Case in point, the Sunday Night ‘Flex’ game in the NFL. This week the originally scheduled Sunday Night game was the Patriots at Miami. That, however, has changed to the always intriguing Arizona (yawn!!!) Cardinals versus the speeding in excess of 100 MPH Minnesota Vikings. Sure Favre is a great story that we’re all sick of, but he is actually holding up his end of the deal, playing seemingly mistake-free football. The spin surrounding this ‘flex’ game is the response in New England. Not once has anybody from reporters, to sports-talk radfio, to fans mentioned the clear slap in the face of the Patriots by the NFL by bumping their game from prime time. In fact, all anyone is saying in ‘Denial Nation’ is, ‘finally, we (becasue they’re all part of the team) get a 1 pm game.’ Spin it people, spin it. The reality is, and it is more clear by the day, the Pats are irrelevant to the rest of the country. While still solid and capable, they strike fear in nobody. Now on to the real issues of the day;
Here are PICKS4PLAYERS BEST BETS for NFL week 13.
Denver (-6) @ Kansas City
The Broncos are fresh off their beating of the Giants where they travel to Kansas City to face the Chiefs. The improving Broncos defense should limit the horrrrible Chiefs offense. Look for a 17-7 Broncos victory.
OUR PICK: DENVER -6
Oakland @ Pittsburgh (-14)
The return of Ben Roethlisberger should spark the Steelers offense and the porous Raiders offense will struggle against an angry Steelers defense. It is highly unlikely that the Raiders will even score double digits.
OUR PICK: PITTSBURGH -14
Tampa Bay (+6) @ Carolina
Clearly this is an easy road trip for the Bucs. They have battled hard in recent weeks and we think they will keep this close without Carolina QB Jake Delhomme playing. In this low scoring game getting 6 points will come in handy.
OUR PICK: TAMPA BAY +6
Houston @ Jacksonville (+2)
This line has jumped 2 points in favor of the Jaguars in one day and it doesn’t seem justified. The Jags have been solid at home winning 4 straight. Their running attack should have their way with the porous Texans run defense.
OUR PICK: JACKSONVILLE +2