Championship Sunday in the National Football League - With 3 games left in the season, your team at Picks4Players is hanging with the big boys, the pay for pick sites, with a National Handicapper’s Bowl ATS Championship within our sites!

Welcome back to Picks4Players.com.  Before we get in to our evaluation of which teams will win and which teams will cover the spread in today’s Conference Championship Games, first our team here at P4P would like to thank each of you for visiting our site, repeatedly.  We can’t thank you enough for your loyal and dedicated support.  Our vision has always involved helping you, the player, tilt the wagering field, through the art of selecting winners, in your direction.  The other critical Picks4Players component is our commitment to giving our advice for free.  That’s right, F.R.E.E. FREE!!!!!  We always have, and we’re committed to keeping our site that way, so please spread the word.

An update: With 3 games remaining in the 2009-2010 National Football League season, your partners here at Picks4Players are in 2nd place, 170 essentially meaningless points out of first place in the 30th Annual National Handicapper’s Bowl, as featured in Pro Football Weekly.  We are competing with primarily pay for pick sites, and amongst the large number of competitors, we only trail the defending champion and pay for pick giant, Maddux Sports.  We’re very proud of our accomplishment’s thus far, but we are by no means satisfied.  We feel VERY strong about both conference Championship games today.

In Game 1 today, with kick-off set for 3:00 pm EST from Lukas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the Colts will host the brash, upstart New York Jets in a rematch of their controversial week 16 game, when the previously undefeated Colts rested Peyton Manning and a number of other starters and greased the way for the JETS to sneak into the playoffs.  The JETS have taken that win and ridden the Rex Ryan emotional wave to multiple wins over the Bengals, then beat the Chargers on their way to this surprising rematch with the Colts.  The Colts are an 8-point favorite with a point TOTAL of 40.  We expect Darrel Revis to lock down Reggie Wayne, but expect Manning and the Colts to remain patient by utilizing his other weapons.  The JETS will try to control clock with their strong ground game and take occasional chances down field to Braylon Edwards.  If the JETS get behind early they will have to abandon this strategy and open things up a little.  You know Manning and the Colts will move the ball and score.  The 8-point spread is usually a little beyond our comfort zone in a playoff situation.  OUR SELECTION:  OVER 40

In the finale tonight, Adrian Peterson, Brett Favre, Jared Allen and the Minnesota Vikings travel to the Big Easy for the NFC Championship game that will be anything but easy against Sean Payton’s, Drew Brees led, New Orleans Saints.  What a game this will be.  The story lines are endless and the over / under TOTAL of Kim Kardashian sightings in Reggie Bush’s box at the SuperDome is 5.  In fact, Who datville along with a nationwide Fox audience will be looking at Kim Kardashian’s Bush all evening as Reggie will be a featured weapon today. The host NewOrleans Saints are a 3 1/2-point favorite with a point TOTAL of 53 1/2.  The Vikings would be smart to give the Saints D a heavy dose of AP all daylong to keep Brees and Bush off the field, but smart and Favre are not typically used in the same sentence unless the word ass is attached.  So expect Favre to force passes that aren’t there and misuse the best running back in the game to the point that his touches are inconsistent and his propensity to fumble accentuated.  That being said however, Minnesota is on a roll and feeling very good about themselves.  Favre is definitely in his element and being one step away from another Super Bowl has the Twin Cities giddy.  Even if the Vikings are successful in keeping the Saints offense off the field, both teams will move the ball. Both teams will score. OUR SELECTION: OVER  53 1/2 

Play wise, play smart, play on, Players!!!!!  Check back with us on Monday for an update.

NFL Divisional Playoff Weekend - Hop on the P4P bandwagon as we continue down the Road to the Super Bowl with more FREE winners

Greetings to all of our loyal P4Peeps.  While life continuously tries to throw us distractions,  curve balls if you will, your partners here at Picks4Players remain locked in to the pulse of the National Football League and the playoffs.    P4P went 2-1 last weekend in our 5 star selections against the spread (ATS) and would have been perfect were it not for Aaron Rodgers historiCALly typiCAL OT blunder that ruined an otherwise exceptional day by the Chico, CA native.  It also ended the season for a dangerous Packers team and ultimately cost P4P the up to the minute, year-to-date lead in the 30th Annual National Handicapper’s Bowl, as featured in Pro Football Weekly.  Otherwise, your handicapping consultants, your partners here at Picks4Players were right on target.  As predicted, the J.E.T.S. JETS! JETS! JETS! rolled over Cincy and while most services told you that New England was a lock, we correctly told you that not only wouldn’t the PATS cover, but their season would end.  We told you that nobody feared the Patriots around the NFL and if you research some of the Ravens post game comments, that is exactly what was said.  The Mystique has turned into a mistake.  Belichick, the fourth best Head Coach in NFL History named Bill is sounding much like the guy who got run out of Cleveland by the Browns, S.O.U.R.  The fake dynasty of the Patriots, as previously told to you on this very site, is O.V.E.R, OVER.  

Speaking of OVER, let’s get to this week’s action.  This weekend’s four playoff match-ups leave the P4P team with some very strong opinions about who will advance, who will go home, and who will cover the point spread.  Saturday’s Games feature Arizona at New Orleans and a night-cap of the Baltimore Ravens visiting the Indianapolis Colts.  New Orleans is a 7 point favorite with a point TOTAL of 57 in game 1 and Indianapolis is a 6 1/2 point favorite with a point TOTAL of 44 in game 2.

Starting with game 2 tonight, we fully expect this battle to be an all out brawl.  Ray Lewis will be at his entertaining, intimidating, passionate, insane best tonight.  He will be playing with a passion similar to the hatred the Raven fans have for their former beloved COLTS and the Irsay family who bailed on Baltimore several decades ago under the cover of darkness.  The Ravens will leave it all on the field, as they say, but will it be enough against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts?  We don’t think so.  Manning will have a little early rust but will maximize the Colts offensive possessions with pretty high efficiency.  We expect the Colts to score.  We expect Baltimore to grind the clock with Ray Rice and limit Manning’s touches.  What does it all mean?  We expect Indy to shake off the early rust and ultimately win this game.  They may in fact cover the spread, but with the line @ - 6 1/2, we’d recommend buying it down to 6.  With the wackiness of the NFL, the half-point hook bothers us.  OUR Recommendation for this game: Indy-Baltimore  OVER 44 

The first game of the day should be an old fashioned barnburner.  The scoreboard should be rolling like a pinball machine similar to last week’s game between the Packers and Cardinals.  The game should be wildly entertaining, high scoring, and should come down to one of these defenses finally stopping the other teams offense.  I don’t think we’ll see 96 points like we did last weekend, but the Saints and Cardinals will light up the Super Dome which will be electric.  Who Dat?  The Cardinals, Dat Who.  We don’t know if Kurt Warner and the Cards will pull off the win in the Big Easy, but we do know that the reigning NFC champs won’t go out like punks.  OUR Recommendations:  Arizona +7 and OVER 57

Enjoy the entertainment that is the NFL.  These guys, our modern day gladiators laying it all on the line.  Play wise, play smart, play on, PLAYERS!!!

It’s NFL Wildcard Sunday and Picks4Players is back at work, analyzing the league and predicting winners. FREE picks once again today from your consultants at P4P

With the JETS and Cowboys rolling into the second round of the NFL playoffs after impressive victories yesterday against the Bengals and Eagles respectively, your team here at Picks4Players has some very strong opinions on both games today, wrapping up Wildcard weekend 2010.  In game 1 today the Baltimore Ravens travel North to New England to face the big Mass-hole, Bill Belichik and his New England Patriots who are a 3 1/2 point favorite with a point TOTAL of 43.  Game 2 is a rematch of last week’s game between the Green Bay Packers and the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, AZ.  Green Bay blew out Arizona last week in a relatively meaningless game.  The point spread started the week with the Cardinals as a 2- 2 1/2 point favorite but at kick-off today it looks like the Packers will be favored by 1 1/2 points with a point TOTAL of 47 1/2.

New England, the capital of Front-Runner Nation, is cautiously optimistic that their ‘magic’ from their fake dynasty of the past eight seasons (tainted by multiple documented cheating incidents-Spy Gate and the Human Growth Harrison for starters) will resurface just in time to make another Super Bowl run.  That’s not happening.  Just a few weeks ago  New England sports talk radio sounded off with statements such as, ‘In Bill  we Trust! Can we REALLY trust Bill anymore?’  Let’s get a few things straight New England, as a fan base you define the term fair-weather, and as far as Bill Belichik’s place in history, no he isn’t the ‘best coach in the history of the NFL,’ at best he’s the fourth best NFL Head Coach named Bill, firmly behind Bill Walsh, Bill Parcells, and of course Bill Cowher.  In fact, Belichik’s in-game adjustments have been either non-existent or just flat out wrong because the Pats performance in second-halves of games has been laughable at best.  A genius, puh-leeeez!  Now, as far as the game goes today.  It will be clear, blustery, and freezing cold in Foxborough and that will actually favor Baltimore’s physical style.  The only ones who take any stock in the ‘Patriots Mystique’ are Patriots fans.  Nobody in the NFL fears the Patriots.  Nobody.  With no Wes Welker today, all of New England has praising his replacement Julian Edelman.  Praise his all you want but as soon as he runs his first Welker slant route and Ray Lewis lights him up like a Christmas tree, look for the Pats to crumble, turn the ball over, point fingers, and take cheap shots like a Vince Wilfork finger in the eye.  The fact is that the Pats are not very talented and this has been a highly successful season for them.  A season that ends today.  Our pick:  Baltimore + 3 1/2, and if you are feeling ballsy, take the Ravens on the $ line.  We also like UNDER 43

 

In game 2., normally we would be inclined to stick with a favorite strategy of ours, if all the money is headed in one direction, we typically like to go the other way.  With all of the money being played on Green Bay there has been a 4 point swing in the spread favoring the Packers.  Again, in most cases we would be all over Arizona.  In this case however, we just don’t see it.  Green Bay dominated last week and we see more of the same.  The Packers are just a better all around team and the Cardinals propensity for turning the ball over will haunt last year’s NFC Champion.  Look for Aaron Rodgers and the Pack to roll in the desert.  Our Pick: Green Bay - 1 1/2 and we also like OVER 47 1/2.

 

Enjoy the day’s action and well be back Friday or Saturday with all of next weekend’s NFL action covered.  Best of luck from your team here at Picks4Players.

FREE WINNING SELECTIONS!!! NFL Regular Season Final Sunday and Picks4Players remains in first place in the 30th Annual National Handicapper’s Bowl!

Happy New Year to our loyal followers.  As you know, it is our intention to provide you, the player, enough information and free advice on selecting games that when you pull the trigger on your weekly selections, the playing field will be tilted in your direction.  From the inception of our site more than two years ago we have given out our selections for FREE.  Every pick, absolutely FREE!  This NFL season has been a banner year for Picks4Players and as we enter the final regular season weekend, your consultants here at P4P continue to maintain a slight lead in picking NFL games ATS (Against the Spread) in the 30th Annual National Handicapper’s Bowl as featured in Pro Football Weekly.   We look to increase that lead this Sunday as we head into the playoffs in our effort to close out our competitors in this prestigious event.  We’ll keep you posted but you can also track our results at www.NHBowl.com.  From the snowy East Coast to the West Coast and all points in between, we hope you have a Happy, healthy, and prosperous 2010.

Here are PICKS4PLAYERS BEST BETS for NFL week 17.

 Pittsburgh @ Miami (+3)

Pittsburgh would seem to be the more serious of these 2 contenders and we expect them to come full throttle against the Dolphins.  Miami is just a flat out average NFL team while the Steelers are the defending champs and will play with a ton of pride today.

OUR PICK: PITTSBURGH -3

 Baltimore @ Oakland (+10 ½)

With everything on the line for Baltimore, they have to travel west to face an Oakland team which has been competitive at home lately especially in a big underdog scenario.  Baltimore will try to shorten the game using their strong ground game to control the clock.  For this reason we like the Raiders to stay within 10 points.  
OUR PICK: Oakland + 10 1/2

 

Green Bay @ Arizona (-3 ½)

Combined both teams have won 12 of their last 15 games and with the possibility of playing each other again next week, we see both teams not showing too much today.  So we like Green Bay getting the 3½ to keep it close.

OUR PICK: GREEN BAY +3 ½    

 

Tennessee @ Seattle (+4)

In this battle of teams going absolutely nowhere, Chris Johnson will be highly motivated today seeking a 2000 yard rushing season.  Tennessee has won 7 of 9 with the only losses being to Indy and San Diego so we TennesSEE rolling to a double digit victory.

OUR PICK: TENNESSEE -4