week 15 nfl picks

[cashducats]

arizona +5

1. who are the rams to lay 5 points to anyone? just because they smoked two horrible teams in a row does not suddenly mean they are a good team. they are doing a lot of the damage with defensive and special teams plays, fake punts/fg etc. that mickey mouse stuff will not work every week.

2. i will take arians over fisher in the coaching matchup and stanton over matthews in the qb matchup.

3. even if the rams win this game, will it really be more than just squeaking by? i don't think so.

4. the cromartie injury should really adversely affect the cards this week at least. rams are not an explosive offensive team

5. still feel like az is not getting respect for being one of the better teams in the league despite the rash of injuries that they have had.

 

[texansfan]

Well, you mentioned that they "smoked two horrible teams," but you failed to mention that they beat Denver, SF, and Seattle. Their defense is for real, and the best way to contain an offense is with a great defense.

I'm not saying your bet is good or bad, I'm just pointing out some facts. Good luck on your bet.

 

[thekeyman]

im not the nfl guy i used to be,but the rams have been playing some decent football the past few weeks.i know they beat a lowly washington team this past week but they went on the road and did it fairly easily even though the score might not indicate that.

in their last 5 games they are 3-2 su and 4-1 ats and waxed a oakland team 52-0 that some other teams a bit better than them have lost to oakland.once they got a steady team on the field they seem to have found their comfort zone and have played well together.

 

[Greenbacks]

Makes you wonder why a 6-7 last place non playoff team is giving a 1st place 10-3 playoff team 5 points.

Makes me wonder...LOL

Good luck everyone.

 

[cashducats]

keyman: i watched parts of that skins/rams game last week. the redskins couldn't get out of their own way. oakland got smoked because they beat the chiefs the week before in a primetime game. i'm sure you saw how much they were celebrating that 1st victory of the season. they started with 19 sec left in the game. i'll probably take the chiefs -10 over oakland this week since they are so high right now after beating the niners.

greenbacks2: i know this is probably a square play but i'm taking it anyway. alot has been made of fisher sending out those team capts for the coin toss etc. meanwhile az toils in anonymity despite have the #1 seed right now. all the talking heads are debating who wins the nfc, seahawks or gb. det and az getting no love.

 

[texansfan]

Wasn't Ari right around a pick'em against Atl a few weeks ago? They lost that game by around 10 I believe.

 

[cashducats]

texasfan: yeah, they beat the seahawks with smoke and mirrors. i think they had a fake punt in their own territory that went for a td or something weird like that , and they still almost lost that game at the end. sf, well...looking back now that win wasnt too impresive. den is the win i cant explain, den hiccup maybe. overlooked them or something. yeah az lost to atl a few weeks back, second road game in a row, they were in seattle week before, then all the way to the other end of the country the next week. also, atl has the ability to put up some points , stl not so much (except vs the raiders)

 

[cashducats]

buff +4

1. bills at home vs a gb team on a short week and playing a real defense for the 1st time in quite a few weeks.
2. gb defense is horrible, and their pass rush wont be as good away from home
3. i see a similar game as gb at miami, fg game either way

cowboys +3.5
1. this time the cowboys will be more physically prepared than the thanksgiving day game. they were on a short(er) week than philly and had just spent their load coming back against the giants while philly had cruised past titans. now philly just got boxed by seattle and cowboys coming off relatively easy bears game
2. mark sanchez is starting to play like mark sanchez

 

[cashducats]

posting my giants halftime play in here for my own tracking purposes. i posted in a separate thread during halftime.
Halftime bet: giants -4

 

[cashducats]

Det -8.5

 

[cashducats]

1. Excellent vs t bridgewater
2. Det handled them without c Johnson last time now their offense is looking better
3. Home game for lions

 

[cashducats]

halftime play niners +6.5
1. they are running the ball well and apparently came to play
2. major momentum change at the end of the half in niners favor

 

[cashducats]

saints -3
1. just taking who i consider the better team to be
2. saints seem to be playing away games better than home games for whatever reason
3. assistant coach calling out cutler, marshall calling out cutler, this team (bears)just wants the season to be over