Thanksgiving Day in the National Football League

What a mediocre slate of games today in the NFL.  Three games on tap today starting with the Packers at the Lions, followed by the Raiders and their ‘Commitment to Excrement’ travel to Dallas to face the Cowboys.  The football festivities conclude with two of the NFL’s struggling franchises over the past month, as the NY Giants visit Denver to face the Broncos.  Not a lot of dialogue here, just winners:

Game 1:  Packers -11 1/2 @Detroit:  Take OVER the TOTAL of 47 1/2-  This will be a track meet and the Pack may well cover, but take the OVER.

Game 2: Dallas -13 1/2 Vs. The Raiders:  Raiders road show is a horror flick.  I don’t mean to seem like a Romosexual (not that there’s anything wrong with that) but look for Tony and the ‘boys to open up a can of whoop a$$ on the Raiders.  Our Pick: Dallas -13 1/2.

Game 3:  NY Giants - 6 1/2 @ Denver:  Both teams are scuffling, but the Giants have actually won a game this month so they are favored on the road.  6 points though are too many here, take Denver and the points.  Our Pick: Denver + 6

Happy Thanksgiving Players from your teammates here at Picks4Players.com

P4P’s perspective on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 in the National Football League

Here are PICKS4PLAYERS BEST BETS for NFL week 11.

 

Our pick in BOLD

 

Pittsburgh (-10) @ Kansas City

Even without Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh should meet little resistance from the Chiefs coming off their snooze fest against Oakland. No Dwayne Bowe, no Larry Johnson, no running game, no passing game, NO COVER for KC. 

 

Indianapolis (-1 ½) @ Baltimore

Baltimore coming of a short week will have a hard time defending the red hot Colts offense.  This line has moved a point and a half since Monday and with good reason.  The Raven offense has not looked good the past few weeks and the defense does not seem to resemble the Raven defenses of yesteryear.

 

Atlanta @ NY Giants (-6 ½)

Atlanta seems to be a different team away from dome, going 1-4 on the year.  They face a Giants team fresh of their BYE week and desperate.  The Giants ground game will control the game and allow Manning to open up the passing lanes.  Look for Ahmad Bradshaw to have a big first half and then watch Brandon Jacobs take over late as he punishes the Falcons’ LBs and DBs.  This will be a solid, old-fashioned, workmanlike G-Men performance that will have their fan base thinking playoffs again, at least for the week.

 

Arizona @ St. Louis OVER 46

These teams feature two of the worst pass defenses in the NFL.  Balls will be flying everywhere and hopefully the points too!

 

San Francisco @ Green Bay (-6 ½)     

Green Bay throws the ball well and the 49ers can’t defend the pass, ranking 29^th in the league.  The Packers defense is better than most people think ranking 4^th overall in yards given up.  If the Packers get an early lead, this one won’t be close.

 

Buffalo (+9) @ Jacksonville

The Bills should come with a little extra motivation this week against a very suspect Jaguar squad.  The Jags have yet to play a team with a winning record, yet only have a 4-4 record.  This game won’t be pretty but the Bills will keep it close as everybody except for T.O. tries to make a good impression on their new coach in an effort to keep their jobs.

 

Don’t forget to go back and check your picks against our good buddy, the newest addition to the P4P team and Myth Busters in-house explosives expert, Sgt. JD Nelson, aka C4.  See the posting titled He’s Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack….. for JD’s selections for this week and make sure to follow C4’s picks each Thursday at www.Picks4Players.com. Play on Players!!!

NFL Sunday and P4P Free Selections, Explosive Guest Picker

As you, our loyal followers know, we here at P4P do everything we can to provide all the players out there with just enough of the right information, coupled with the necessary intuition to ‘go with our rather large guts’ to help sway the playing field in your direction.  For that reason we are pleased to welcome to Picks4Players a special guest selector today who we expect to provide explosive picks today.

 

You may be familiar with today’s special guest if you watch the TV show MythBusters.  As a frequent guest contributor to that show and their resident explosives expert, Sergeant JD Nelsonis very familiar with the National Football League.  We can’t go into the depth of his NFL resume as it is on a ‘need to know’ basis.  We think you’ll appreciate Sergeant Nelson’s candor and style.  Check out Sergeant Nelson’s selections at the bottom of this posting and enjoy the day. 

 

Here are PICKS4PLAYERS BEST BETS for NFL week 9.

 

Our pick in BOLD

 

Kansas City (+6 ½) @ Jacksonville

The Chiefs are coming off a bye week to face a Jaguar team that is 0-7 as a home favorite.  Both of these teams look evenly matched so we will take the points here.  Quite frankly these teams seem to be headed in the opposite directions. If anyone can figure out the Jaguars, please stand up…please stand up. 

 

Miami @ New England (-10)

After Miami introduced the NFL to the Wildcat offense last season, embarrassed the Patriots and completely exposed Bill Belichik as clearly not the best in-game strategist, the Pats have figured it out. New England completely shutdown the wildcat in the first meeting this season, so look for more of the same with the Patriots coming off the bye week.  Also, Joey Porter loves to hear himself talk almost as much as I like to hear him talk.  His comments about Tom Brady essentially begging for calls was right on point, however, on this brisk and sunny New England Sunday, Porter’s comments will only come back to bite the ‘Phins in the a$$.  Brady will throw for at least 4 TD passes in this Pats rout.

 

Houston (+9) @ Indianapolis

Under normal circumstances this would look like a great spot for Indy, but Indy will be without 3 starting defensive backs, which can’t be good facing the NFL’s 4^th best passing team.  We also like OVER 49.

 

Baltimore @ Cincinnati (+3)

After an emotional win over Denver last week, Baltimore goes on the road to face the Bengals off a bye week. Again, this looks like an even match up but we like the fresher Bengals to win outright.

 

San Diego (+4 ½) @ NY Giants    

With a late afternoon start to this one, the San Diego body clocks with feel right on-time.  The odds makers have not caught up to the currently lousy NY Giant defense.  Let’s get real about this NY Giants squad, they are not very good.  Their early season schedule explains the hot start, the win over Dallas was their lone quality win, and when they’ve faced quality NFC teams, they barely show up.  Things aren’t looking good in the NYC.  Wasn’t it after week 3 that we were hearing about the ‘Subway Super Bowl’ or the ‘Meadowlands Miracle Super Bowl’ or whatever they wanted to call the never to happen Giants-J.E.T.S. JETS, JETS, JETS, Super Bowl.

 

Dallas @ Philadelphia (-3)  

The Eagles welcome back Brian Westbrook this week to an offense that was on all cylinders last week.  Dallas has played well the past couple of weeks but the cold Philly air will put a chill to the Dallas offense.  Philly will begin to assert themselves as one of only a few legitimate contenders in the far more entertaining NFC.

Sergeant JD Nelson’s NFL C4 Selections:
Scouring the odds for this weeks football games….

Niners 4 over Tennessee…take the niners they’ll win by 10 I see.
Baltimore 3 over Cincy…I like Cincy…dont know why                                                   Indy 9 over Houston….Indy kills crappy teams. Indy
Atlanta 10 over Warshington ummmm dont know
Green Bay 9.5 over Tampon Bay…Tampa Sucks take Green Bay
Chicago 3 over Arizona…which teams are going to show up? No pick
New England 10.5 over Miami…Pats are at home and will cover
Nah Orleens 13.5 over Carolina…not too sure but i’d take N.O.
Seattle 10 over Detroit…Seattle is not that good, but good enough. SEA
NYG 4.5 over San Diego….This is the time SD starts playing well. SD
Philly 3 over Dallas….Philly is tough unless they play the Raidahs. PHI
Pittsburgh 3 over Denver… who the F knows…Home team wins..Denver

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