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Welp, It only took three weeks! We have our first instance COVID situation of the season. While it may not be the last, at least now we have an idea what the standard protocol will be. It looks like we will be short a game this week, which means all points are just a tad more precious!

 

Week 4 – HERE WE GO!!!!

 

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

 

15 – GREEN BAY over Atlanta – Don’t ask the Falcons for change for a dollar, they wont have a 4th quarter to give you! (pause for hysterical laughter…or annoyed groan)

 

14 – TAMPA BAY over Los Angeles Chargers – The Chargers are showing a bit more fire with Herbert, but it won’t be near enough for their cross-country trip.

 

13 – LOS ANGELES RAMS over New York Giants – Aaron Donald vs a non-Saquon Barkley Giants backfield is just going to be fun for LA fans to watch.

 

12 – DALLAS over Cleveland – After another close loss for Jerry’s ‘Boys, they’ll have a lot of pent up aggression to take out on the lowly Browns. 

 

11 – Baltimore over WASHINGTON – Lucky for Lamar Jackson he won’t have to worry about tough competition this week.

 

10 – KANSAS CITY over New England – I mean…will the Chiefs lose a game this year? My BOLD PREDICTION for this week is that THE CHIEFS WILL ONLY LOSE ONE GAME THIS YEAR…TOPS!

 

9 – Seattle over MIAMI – Fitzmagic can’t be cast against the Jaguars every week.

 

8 – HOUSTON over Minnesota – At this point, the Vikings should just hope their game gets postponed as well – they need a break.

 

7 – New Orleans over DETROIT – The Lions handled a high-power offense last week – don’t think they have it in them to do it twice in a row. 

 

6 – Arizona over CAROLINA – Look for Kyler Murray to basically do whatever he wants against the Panthers D.

 

5 – Buffalo over LAS VEGAS – Josh Allen will have a field day against the Raiders defense. 

 

4 – CINCINNATI over Jacksonville – The Jags couldn’t handle Ryan Fitzpatrick last week – Joe Burrow should have no problem.

 

3 – SAN FRANCISCO over Philadelphia – Yes this game should probably be higher but I still have doubts about this depleted 9ers squad. 

 

2 – Indianapolis over CHICAGO – The Bears – If “Hey a win’s a win” was a football team.

 

1 – NEW YORK JETS over Denver – I just fell asleep.

I don’t know about you but I started to hurt just watching the games last week.

 

Whether it is due to the lack of preseason prep or poor field conditions, several teams saw key players go down for injury including superstars who are gone for the year.

 

Obviously this will have an impact on our picks. You need to keep up with the injury list, teams will be looking different starting this week!

 

 

Week 3 – HERE WE GO!!!!

 

 

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

 

16 – INDIANAPOLIS over New York Jets – Pretty safe to say the Jets are filling in nicely for the Jags in the “Tank for Trevor” role.

 

15 – ARIZONA over Detroit – It’s pretty much going to be a continuation of last week’s debacle in Green Bay for the Lions. 

 

14 – PITTSBURGH over Houston – The Steelers are going to be the team to give the Chiefs and Ravens the most problems in the AFC this year. 

 

13 – Tampa Bay over DENVER – Injuries are making an already bad season for the Broncos worse.

 

12 – SEATTLE over Dallas – Dak and the ‘Boys are going to find out that not every team regularly blows a lead.

 

11 – JACKSONVILLE over Miami – After my negative prediction in week 1, I would like to take full credit for the Jaguars looking some sort of relevant,

 

10 – PHILADELPHIA over Cincinnati – If you wanted to drop the Eagles a few spots on your list, I wouldn’t take it personally.

 

9 – ATLANTA over Chicago – Eesh…well think of it this way Falcons fans…at least it was just week 2! At least you didn’t blow that kind of a lead in the Super B…oh…

 

8 – Tennessee over MINNESOTA – Remember when I said it would be an entertaining battle all year between the Packers and Vikings? Yeah…battle’s over!

 

7 – LOS ANGELES CHARGERS over Carolina – Justin Herbert better succeed, or apparently the Chargers will sick their doctor on him too!

 

6 – CLEVELAND over Washington – This game will happen…what else is there to say.

 

5 – BALTIMORE over Kansas City – We already get the Game of the Year and the Ravens are just happy that will be played on the East coast.

 

4 – BUFFALO over Los Angeles Rams – The Pats haven’t exactly gone away, but change is here. My BOLD PREDICTION for this week is that THE BILLS WILL WIN THE AFC EAST.

 

3 – NEW ENGLAND over Las Vegas – Cam has been a pleasant surprise for New England fans and will be just enough to contain Vegas. 

 

2 – Green Bay over NEW ORLEANS – The Raiders showed and the Bucs almost showed that if you have an offense that can pile on the points, you can beat these Saints.

 

1 – NEW YORK GIANTS over San Francisco – A combination the 9ers players that were injured last night and those that weren’t but have the mentality of playing on the same exact field will be enough for the Giants to pull off the major upset.

Week 1 is in the books and it taught us, well, nothing.

 

One week does not a whole season make – that being said, opening weekend gave us plenty of drama, and room for improvement after a .500 week

 

So let’s get at it!

 

Week 2 – HERE WE GO!!!!

 

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

 

16 – GREEN BAY over Detroit – On the bright side, the Lions won’t have the opportunity to blow a 17 point 4th quarter lead this week!

 

15 – TENNESSEE over Jacksonville – I said the Jags would only win one game this year – well the Panthers once won their first game and lost the rest…so I still can be right.

 

14 – PITTSBURGH over Denver – The Denver offense just isn’t good enough to do anything against this Steelers defense.

 

13 – TAMPA BAY over Carolina – I said I wasn’t buying the Tampa Bay hype…that doesn’t mean I don’t think they are a good team!

 

12 – Kansas City over LOS ANGELES CHARGERS – The Chiefs are a great team, but the biggest thing we learned in that game was how disgusting their fans are. If you boo unity,  you shouldn’t be allowed inside an NFL stadium! 

 

11 – SEATTLE over New England – This will be the first real look at the post-Tom Patriots.

 

10 – San Francisco over NEW YORK JETS – The Jets offense was questionable at best before losing Le’Veon Bell and Jamison Crowder to injury.

 

9 – ARIZONA over Washington – Arizona proved a lot last week. My BOLD PREDICTION for this is week is that even with Seattle and San Francisco, THE CARDINALS WILL WIN THE NFC WEST.

 

8 – DALLAS over Atlanta – The Cowboys are one bad call away from being 1-0, they’ll have a lot of anger to let out this week.

 

7 – Buffalo over MIAMI – It’s the home opener for the Dolphins but with no fans. So, you know, just another game. 

 

6 – Baltimore over HOUSTON – David Johnson looked surprisingly solid in his Texan debut, but my goodness do the Ravens look good!

 

5 – Minnesota over INDIANAPOLIS –  I think last week was more the Colts showing they won’t be good this year than that Jaguars showing they will be good.

 

4 – LAS VEGAS over New Orleans – The Michael Thomas injury is a huge shot of luck for the Raiders Vegas debut.

 

3 – CHICAGO over New  York Giants – Mitchell Trubisky played 15 minutes of football that Bears’ fans having been waiting years for! 

 

2 – CLEVELAND over Cincinnati – I feel that the Bengals are closer to being the team the Browns were supposed to be last year than the Browns are. 

 

1 – PHILADELPHIA over Los Angeles Rams – Blowing a lead against Washington should give you something to play for. This game will tell us a lot about the 2020 Eagles.

So … … … has anything news-worthy happened since last we spoke?

 

The 2020 season is finally upon us and, well, needless to say, it’s going to be a different one. But in this year of drastic and extreme change, we have all been clamoring for some sense of normalcy. Something that we can latch on to and just forget about the problems of the world. When that ball is kicked off on Thursday Night, this country will experience a normalcy it hasn’t felt since March. We’ve been waiting long enough, so let’s get to it!

 

Week 1 – HERE WE GO!!!!

 

(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)

 

16 – BALTIMORE over Cleveland – The Ravens ended up being the team that the Browns were supposed to have potential to be last season. Hard to see things changing.

 

15 – KANSAS CITY over Houston – The champs get their rings and has as another gift, get to host Bill O’Brien’s disgruntled team.

 

14 – SAN FRANCISCO over Arizona – If the Super Bowl Loser Curse continues this year, it won’t start this week. 

 

13 – NEW ORLEANS over Tampa Bay – The world seems to have already crowned the Bucs as Super Bowl Champions…I haven’t! 

 

12 – Indianapolis over JACKSONVILLE – The Jags are going to be the car crash that you just can’t help but keep your eyes on this year. My first BOLD PREDICTION of the new year is that THE JAGUARS WILL WIN ONE GAME THIS YEAR…TOPS! And that might even be stretching it! 

 

11 – BUFFALO over New  York Jets – If a table isn’t set up outside the Buffalo stadium for a tailgate, does it still get jumped through?

 

10 – DETROIT over Chicago – Bears fans…oh it’s going to be a rough one. 

 

9 – Philadelphia over WASHINGTON – Switching their name to just Washington Football Team will still be offensive when you see them actually play.

 

8 – Tennessee over DENVER – This may have been a closer game, but in the last few days the Titans have added Jadeveon Clowney and the Broncos lost Von Miller.

 

7 – NEW ENGLAND over Miami – These are no longer the Patriots we have known the last two decades…but this result will still look pretty familiar.

 

6 – MINNESOTA over Green Bay – The Vikings strike the first blow in what should be a season long neck and neck battle for the NFC North.

 

5 – LOS ANGELES RAMS over Dallas – Is it me or does it seem like both of these teams have the potential to finish either 11-5 or 5-11? 

 

4 – ATLANTA over Seattle – Look for Todd Gurley to have a solid “remember me” game to bail the Falcons out.

 

3 – Las Vegas  over CAROLINA – Yes, I started to type Oakland. It will be weird to refer to them as the Las Vegas Raiders – even weirder will be seeing them win on the road in week 1!

 

2 – CINCINNATI over Los Angeles Chargers – The Joe Burrow era got a gift in its first game being against another transitioning team.

 

1 – NEW YORK GIANTS over Pittsburgh – Simply a Monday Night home team hunch on this one.