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Suicide Pick: Week 4

It was a stress free week 3 as my pick, the Baltimore Ravens, absolutely demolished the Cleveland Browns.  Elsewhere around the league there was only one upset, the Lions over the Redskins, but I hope you didn’t pick the Skins after their performance against the Rams two weeks ago.  Through 3 weeks of the season there still hasn’t been that one huge upset that knocks out a bunch of people.

Now onto to this week:

Teams already used:

Week 1: Seattle Seahwaks: Win

Week 2: Green Bay Packers: Loss

Week 3: Baltimore Ravens: Win

The pick for week 4 is the New York Giants.

These are two teams that are going into two opposite directions right now.  The Giants are clicking all cylinders while the Chiefs are struggling to do anything.  Their suspect passing game has proved all the naysayers wrong so far as Steve Smith and Mario Manningham are forming quite the tandem.  Also Ahmad Bradshaw has picked up the slack left by Derrick Ward averaging 5.7 yards per carry.  Their defense completely shit down the Tampa Bay offense last week holding them to only 86 total yards.  With the Chiefs failing to manage 200 yards last week it could be a long day at Arrowhead.  If you are worried about picking the Giants because they are on the road, take a look at the Chiefs record in their last seven home games: 0-7.

The Chiefs on the other hand are looking terrible so far.  They have had very ugly performances in their two games, losing to the Raiders and the Eagles.  They let Kevin Kolb tear them apart last week and let JaMarcus Russell actually win a game.  Their offense is looking so hot either.  Larry Johnson is a shell of his former self and Dwayne Bowe is iffy to play this week.  Cassel had looked mediocre but the departure of Tony Gonzalez has clearly hurt the team.

Final Score: Giants 27 Chiefs 10

In case you use one of the teams I have already sed here are some other teams I like:

Colts over the Seahawks- The red hot Colts get the Seneca Wallace led Seahawks at home.  Enough said.

Texans over the Raiders- This is a bit of risk but I wouldn’t worry too much.  The Texans are at home are a win would get them back to .500.  Don’t forget they are playing JaMarcus Russell.

Suicide Pick: Week 3

It was a rough week last week as I picked the Packers who went on to lose at home to the Bengals.  They weren’t the only upset though, as the Titans, another popular pick, also went down.  The other popular picks, the Redskins and Vikings, survived scares but went on to win.  Week 3 poses some intriguing match ups to look at.

Teams already used:

Week 1: Seattle Seahwaks: Win

Week 2: Green Bay Packers: Loss

The pick for week 3 is the Baltimore Ravens.

The Ravens have looked like a different team this year as they are showing off an explosive offense which has scored 69 points in two games.  Joe Flacco has made a considerable leap in his second year and Ray Rice and Willis McGahee are forming quite the one-two punch in the backfield.  Also Todd Heap has had a resurgence and is playing like its three years ago.

This week the 0-2 Browns come to town fresh off two spankings.  The Browns defense is ripe for the picking allowing 61 points in their two games.  Brady Quinn has looked average at best and there are already some people calling for Derek Anderson and they have had no running game to speak of.  The Ravens looked impressive winning on the road a San Diego last week and even though this is a divisional game it doesn’t matter.  The Ravens have the Patriots next week but guys like Ray Lewis and Ed Reed won’t allow the team to overlook this game.

Final Score: Ravens 30 Browns 13

In case you have used one of the teams I’ve picked here are some other team I like:

Giants over the Bucs- he passing game is clicking and the Bucs secondary is in shambles.

Eagles over the Chiefs- I’m a little nervous about Kolb, but after seeing what their defense did to Delhomme imagine what they will do to Cassel.

Suicide Pick: Week 2

If you listened to me last week your still alive as is pretty much everyone as their were no big upsets in week one.  But look on the bright side, you used a team that you probably wouldn’t have used the rest of the season (Seahawks) and still have the great teams left (Pats, Chargers, and Saints).  Another bonus, you avoided a potential heart attack watching the Pats and Chargers barely coming away victorious.

Teams already used:

Week 1: Seattle Seahwaks: Win

Now onto week 2.  There are no lopsided games this week but there are still a few attractive options.

The pick for week 2 is the Green Bay Packers.

The Packers, coming of an impressive win over the Bears, get the Bengals in their home opener.  The Bengals are still reeling after losing to the Broncos on a hail mary and their consolation is to go into Lambeau Field and take on the Packers.  Not the easiest of tasks but hey, Chad Ochocinco (still can’t get used to typing that) has guaranteed a Lambeau Leap if he scores.

On a serious note the Packers defense looked like a completely different unit from last year against the Bears.  They got pressure, were swarming to the ball, and of course picked off Jay Cutler four times.  The Bengals n the other hand only managed to score only seven points against the Broncos defense!  Other than Brian Dawkins, who is past his prime, the Broncos don’t have another good starter on their defense.  And they scored all their points in the final minute.  So let’s get this straight; they scored only seven points against one of the worst defenses in the league and were shit out by them for 59 minutes.  Sounds like a mismatch to me.

Final Score: Green Bay 27 Cincinnati 10

Suicide Pick: Week 1

Week 1

The pick for week 1 is the Seattle Seahawks.

Now hear me out on this one before you start hating on the pick.  Week One is always the toughest to predict because you don’t know how teams will preform.  That is why I like to stay away from the big favorites the first week.  Last year the Chargers were a big favorite over the Panthers and they lost.  In 2007 the Packers beat the Eagles who were a popular pre season Super Bowl pick.  I could go on but I think you get the point.  That’s why I’m not touching the Saints, Patriots, and Ravens this week.

Meanwhile the Seahawks the lowly Rams at home this week.  Matt Hasselbeck is 100% healthy and so is their receiving corps which now includes T.J. Houshmandzadeh.  The Seahawks are a much better team than their 4-12 record from last year indicates and they are out for a vengeance this year.  The Rmas were awful last year and haven’t gotten much better.  Expect the Seahwaks secondary to feast on Marc Bulger all day as they defeat the Rams 27-13.