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

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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.

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Crit’s Quick Thoughts from the Throne-MLB Afternoon Delight

The Red Sox are playing early today as part of a day/night double header. CC Sabathia starts a day time affair for the Yankees against CC’s hometown club (sort of as CC, much like rapper E-40, was born and raised 20 minutes North of Oakland in Vallejo) the Oakland Athletics. It would be a no brainer to select the Sawx and the Yankees on the money line and even a simple pick to take them - 1 1/2 runs for better pricing, however the real value on the board that Crit sees today is none other than 0-2 Barry Zito and the Giants taking on the San Diego Padres this afternoon in San Francisco with Chris Young on the hill for the Padres. Zito has been pitching pretty well, spotting all of his pitches, and despite his significant history of being absolutely brutal in April, your team here at P4P loves Zito and the Giants at home today on the money line at +109. Book it!!! As always, play wise, play smart, and play on player. Our recommendation: GIANTS + 109
As a bonus, in the nightcap tonight at Fenway, take Francisco Liriano and the Twins to snap the Red Sox winning streak and with great value: Bonus Selection: Twins (Liriano) +127