12-19 (Sunday) Week 15
NFL Season Record = 22-10-1
NFL Best Bet Record = 14-5
Strong Plays = 3-3-1
Regular Plays = 5-2
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Best Bet = Buffalo vs Cincinnati OVER 42
Buffalo is averaging 38.5 points their past 4 games.
Cinci is averaging over 450 yards per game over their
last 3 games. Willis McGahee should have a huge game
running over a lame Bengals defensive line. Although
Carson Palmer will not be playing in this one, the
Bengals still got a pretty good backup QB in Jon Kitna,
who will be taking his first start this year after
starting every game for Cinci last year. This game
definetely has the potential to be a shoot out.
Best Bet = Vikings vs Detriot UNDER 49.5
Detriot are having major problems with their passing
game lately. Starter Joey Harrington passed for a grand
total of 47 yards last week. Rookie running back Kevin
Jones will get plenty of opportunities to run on a vikings
defense who haven't had much success stopping the run, which
means alot of clock will be chewed up. Minnesota just haven't
been the same since Moss went down with a hamstring injury,
and although he's back, he seems to be playing at only half
his normal speed.
Best Bet = St. Louis -3
This is a must win game for the Rams. They have lost
4 straight on the road and will have something to prove
against an Arizona team that's not that good. Chandler
will get the start again, with Bulger expected to miss
another week. He should rebound nicely after shaking
off some rust and having a dreadful game last week.
Best Bet = New England -9.5
Although this game is in Miami and is the MNF game,
the Patriots should have no problem with this team.
The Pats just don't make to many mistakes, and Miami
have been making them all year long. New England should
have a 17 point lead by halftime. Lets just hope they
don't repeat last weeks performance going up by 21 against
Cinci, then letting them pull within a touchdown in the
closing minutes. They're still battling it out with
Pittsburgh for home field advantage, who got the win on
Saturday to go up one game and also have the tie-breaker
if it would come down to one.
Strong Play = San Diego -9.5
Here's two teams on the complete opposite sides. The
Chargers have won 7 striaght and are looking to make a
serious run to the Super Bowl, and Cleveland have lost
7 striaght and can't wait for the season to be over.
It looks like Luke McCown will be the starter once
again with Garcia and Holcomb remaining on the IL. Last
week he passed for blistering total of 62 yards, and the
running game was held to negative yardage for a grand total
of 17 yards for the entire game. Regardless of how bad
Cleveland is, Schottenheimer will have his team ready to
play and I'm sure he looks forward to coming into
Cleveland and giving his former team a good ol' fashion
butt woopin. The only reason I don't upgrade this pick
to a best bet is because there's a good chance of snow
and anything can happen if it's more than an inch or 2.
Strong Play = Buffalo -2
The Bills are playing as well as any other team since
the middle of the season to the present. They are also
one game out of a wild card, and they know with a little
luck they have a good shot at getting it. Cinci will be
without QB Carson Palmer, who sprained a ligament in his
knee, and won't be back for 1-2 weeks. Buffalo has been
playing great on both sides of the ball and their defense
should slow down cinci's passing attack enough to atleast
give them a 2 score advantage.
Strong Play = Ravens vs Colts UNDER 49
Of course the big story in this game is that Payton
Manning is 2 touchdown passes away from tying Dan Marino's
single season record. I believe he'll tie it, but will
have a tuff time getting the 3rd against a stubborn
Baltimore defense who have only given up 10 TD passes
all season. Baltimore also has more to play for, still
trying to clinch a wild card berth. The Colts defense
has been stepping it up the past few games as well, and
their main focus will be to stop Baltimore's running game.
I think this will be a surprisingly semi defensive battle.
Regular Play = Chicago vs Houston UNDER 35
Both teams are coming off disappointing offensive
performances last week, scoring a combined 17 points.
14 of those points were credited to the Texan's against
a bad Indi defense. On the flip side of that game though,
they did hold Indi to only 23 points, and should feel
confident about that and hopefully carry that into this
game. The forecast for Chicago is cold and windy, which
will make both teams think twice before trying any big
pass plays.
Regular Play = Houston +1
Both teams haven't been playing well, but Texas have
been in most of the games they have lost recently.
Brian Urlacher is also out, and he can be a defensive
game breaker and is the spark of Chicago's defense.
Regular Play = Vikings -3
This is an absolute must win for Minnesota. They are
showing signs of falling apart once again like last
season after starting off great. They should come out
with all they got to make sure it doesn't happen again
and to save coach Mike Tice's job.
NFL Season Record = 22-10-1
NFL Best Bet Record = 14-5
Strong Plays = 3-3-1
Regular Plays = 5-2
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Best Bet = Buffalo vs Cincinnati OVER 42
Buffalo is averaging 38.5 points their past 4 games.
Cinci is averaging over 450 yards per game over their
last 3 games. Willis McGahee should have a huge game
running over a lame Bengals defensive line. Although
Carson Palmer will not be playing in this one, the
Bengals still got a pretty good backup QB in Jon Kitna,
who will be taking his first start this year after
starting every game for Cinci last year. This game
definetely has the potential to be a shoot out.
Best Bet = Vikings vs Detriot UNDER 49.5
Detriot are having major problems with their passing
game lately. Starter Joey Harrington passed for a grand
total of 47 yards last week. Rookie running back Kevin
Jones will get plenty of opportunities to run on a vikings
defense who haven't had much success stopping the run, which
means alot of clock will be chewed up. Minnesota just haven't
been the same since Moss went down with a hamstring injury,
and although he's back, he seems to be playing at only half
his normal speed.
Best Bet = St. Louis -3
This is a must win game for the Rams. They have lost
4 straight on the road and will have something to prove
against an Arizona team that's not that good. Chandler
will get the start again, with Bulger expected to miss
another week. He should rebound nicely after shaking
off some rust and having a dreadful game last week.
Best Bet = New England -9.5
Although this game is in Miami and is the MNF game,
the Patriots should have no problem with this team.
The Pats just don't make to many mistakes, and Miami
have been making them all year long. New England should
have a 17 point lead by halftime. Lets just hope they
don't repeat last weeks performance going up by 21 against
Cinci, then letting them pull within a touchdown in the
closing minutes. They're still battling it out with
Pittsburgh for home field advantage, who got the win on
Saturday to go up one game and also have the tie-breaker
if it would come down to one.
Strong Play = San Diego -9.5
Here's two teams on the complete opposite sides. The
Chargers have won 7 striaght and are looking to make a
serious run to the Super Bowl, and Cleveland have lost
7 striaght and can't wait for the season to be over.
It looks like Luke McCown will be the starter once
again with Garcia and Holcomb remaining on the IL. Last
week he passed for blistering total of 62 yards, and the
running game was held to negative yardage for a grand total
of 17 yards for the entire game. Regardless of how bad
Cleveland is, Schottenheimer will have his team ready to
play and I'm sure he looks forward to coming into
Cleveland and giving his former team a good ol' fashion
butt woopin. The only reason I don't upgrade this pick
to a best bet is because there's a good chance of snow
and anything can happen if it's more than an inch or 2.
Strong Play = Buffalo -2
The Bills are playing as well as any other team since
the middle of the season to the present. They are also
one game out of a wild card, and they know with a little
luck they have a good shot at getting it. Cinci will be
without QB Carson Palmer, who sprained a ligament in his
knee, and won't be back for 1-2 weeks. Buffalo has been
playing great on both sides of the ball and their defense
should slow down cinci's passing attack enough to atleast
give them a 2 score advantage.
Strong Play = Ravens vs Colts UNDER 49
Of course the big story in this game is that Payton
Manning is 2 touchdown passes away from tying Dan Marino's
single season record. I believe he'll tie it, but will
have a tuff time getting the 3rd against a stubborn
Baltimore defense who have only given up 10 TD passes
all season. Baltimore also has more to play for, still
trying to clinch a wild card berth. The Colts defense
has been stepping it up the past few games as well, and
their main focus will be to stop Baltimore's running game.
I think this will be a surprisingly semi defensive battle.
Regular Play = Chicago vs Houston UNDER 35
Both teams are coming off disappointing offensive
performances last week, scoring a combined 17 points.
14 of those points were credited to the Texan's against
a bad Indi defense. On the flip side of that game though,
they did hold Indi to only 23 points, and should feel
confident about that and hopefully carry that into this
game. The forecast for Chicago is cold and windy, which
will make both teams think twice before trying any big
pass plays.
Regular Play = Houston +1
Both teams haven't been playing well, but Texas have
been in most of the games they have lost recently.
Brian Urlacher is also out, and he can be a defensive
game breaker and is the spark of Chicago's defense.
Regular Play = Vikings -3
This is an absolute must win for Minnesota. They are
showing signs of falling apart once again like last
season after starting off great. They should come out
with all they got to make sure it doesn't happen again
and to save coach Mike Tice's job.
