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Prof. Summer vs Zeus! ~ NFL Pick Em Showdown ~ Week 13
5 years ago
No more terrible weeks. I'm feeling a 3-0 week and a comeback effort to tie up this series to go into the final 4 weeks for the season. I cannot afford a loss. Picking a theme to fit this week's goal. COMEBACKS ON THE ROAD!
CURRENT SCORE
Summer: 3
Zeus: 2
PICK 1
~ Las Vegas Raiders over the New York Jets as road favorites (-8.5)
Just because the Raiders got blown out last week doesn't mean this is the trend to worry about, YET. If a struggling Dolphins offense can put up 20 points on these losers AND hold them to 3 points in 2 games, the Raiders can easily rise up to the occasion. They'll be focused to win and win by a lot this week. The Jets have zero reason to win at all for the rest of the season.
RESULT: Raiders 31 Jets 28 (LOSS)
Obviously, the Raiders are such frauds. Why would they struggle against the worst team in the league otherwise? My Phins better beat them in 2 weeks or I'm going to be quite disappointed.
PICK 2
~LA Rams over the Arizona Cardinals as road favorites (-3.0)
Both teams came off some bad losses to teams they should have beat. However, the Cardinals are clearly regressing and Kyler Murray is banged up. I think the Rams will score their much needed bounce back this week, pushing them to keep fighting for that home playoff game. Good defenses usually find a way against elite offenses.
RESULT: Rams 38 Cardinals 28 (WIN)
What a shame for the Cardinals. They've lost their early season mojo and now have no room for error the rest of the season. They're probably done. My Phins win over these Rams looks more impressive every week.
PICK 3
~Indianapolis Colts over the Houston Texans as road favorites (-3.0)
The Colts have too good a defense to let one bad game ruin their momentum. The Texans rely too heavily on Deshaun Watson, so I think they'll be unable to keep up with a Colts team motivated to stay ahead in the AFC Wild Card Race.
RESULT: Colts 26 Texans 20 (WIN)
BARELY covered, thanks to a Texans fumble in the red zone to seal the game. But, I'm glad things turned out fine for me.
Overall Result: 2-1 (TIE). I manage to keep pace with Summer in the competition after my Phins ruined her 3-0 picks for the week. Am running out of time, so I have to tie it out. Another loss will most certainly end this season series.
Unofficial gut reaction picks below. NO SPREAD CONSIDERED! (Current Record 86-45). Bolded picks are ones that came true. Italicized is wrong picks.
Dolphins over Bengals
Vikings over Jaguars
Saints over Falcons
Lions over Bears
Titans over Browns
Seahawks over Giants
Patriots over Chargers
Chiefs over Broncos
Steelers over Football Team
49ners over Bills
Ravens over Cowboys
CURRENT SCORE
Summer: 3
Zeus: 2
PICK 1
~ Las Vegas Raiders over the New York Jets as road favorites (-8.5)
Just because the Raiders got blown out last week doesn't mean this is the trend to worry about, YET. If a struggling Dolphins offense can put up 20 points on these losers AND hold them to 3 points in 2 games, the Raiders can easily rise up to the occasion. They'll be focused to win and win by a lot this week. The Jets have zero reason to win at all for the rest of the season.
RESULT: Raiders 31 Jets 28 (LOSS)
Obviously, the Raiders are such frauds. Why would they struggle against the worst team in the league otherwise? My Phins better beat them in 2 weeks or I'm going to be quite disappointed.
PICK 2
~LA Rams over the Arizona Cardinals as road favorites (-3.0)
Both teams came off some bad losses to teams they should have beat. However, the Cardinals are clearly regressing and Kyler Murray is banged up. I think the Rams will score their much needed bounce back this week, pushing them to keep fighting for that home playoff game. Good defenses usually find a way against elite offenses.
RESULT: Rams 38 Cardinals 28 (WIN)
What a shame for the Cardinals. They've lost their early season mojo and now have no room for error the rest of the season. They're probably done. My Phins win over these Rams looks more impressive every week.
PICK 3
~Indianapolis Colts over the Houston Texans as road favorites (-3.0)
The Colts have too good a defense to let one bad game ruin their momentum. The Texans rely too heavily on Deshaun Watson, so I think they'll be unable to keep up with a Colts team motivated to stay ahead in the AFC Wild Card Race.
RESULT: Colts 26 Texans 20 (WIN)
BARELY covered, thanks to a Texans fumble in the red zone to seal the game. But, I'm glad things turned out fine for me.
Overall Result: 2-1 (TIE). I manage to keep pace with Summer in the competition after my Phins ruined her 3-0 picks for the week. Am running out of time, so I have to tie it out. Another loss will most certainly end this season series.
Unofficial gut reaction picks below. NO SPREAD CONSIDERED! (Current Record 86-45). Bolded picks are ones that came true. Italicized is wrong picks.
Dolphins over Bengals
Vikings over Jaguars
Saints over Falcons
Lions over Bears
Titans over Browns
Seahawks over Giants
Patriots over Chargers
Chiefs over Broncos
Steelers over Football Team
49ners over Bills
Ravens over Cowboys
Colts -3 > Texans
Patriots +1.5 > Chargers
Bengals +10.5 > Dolphins