Weekend picks

It is Friday which means the weekend is here and in November the weekend means FOOTBALL. I'm going to give my football picks for pro and or college and for those who are *betting* people I will let you know who I pick and if they are going to cover

The first game is the San Diego Chargers visiting the Kansas City Chiefs. The home team is minus 4 on most betting lines, some have it going as high as minus 5.5. This is a big game for both teams who are coming off of loses from the pervious week. The Chiefs weakness was shown last week playing the Broncos, if the defense can not apply pressure to to the opposing quarterbacks they can be beat. Since Alex Smith is not the type of quarterback to take too many chances on the field. Even though the Chargers have improve play wise  from last year they still seem to get in their own way. But in this match up I think the Chiefs will win, so take the Chargers to cover.

The New York Jets at the Baltimore Ravens where the line is minus 3.5. The Jets are the only team in NFL history to win and then follow it with a lost and repeat that pattern through all their first 10 games. Saiding Geno Smith had a bad game last week would be a under statement. He threw 3 picks and looked to be confuse and not sure where to go on a lot of plays. But Rex Ryan is still backing his rookie quarterback. Which can be the only reason why he is starting this week. The Ravens coming off a tough loss to the Bears after having 115 minute delay cause of tornadoes in the MidWest area of the country. The Ravens need this game because if the playoffs started right now it would be the Jets in the sixth seed and not the Ravens. Even if you believe that the Ravens defense will get after the rookie quarterback I believe they would continue their season pattern and win this game. I'm taking the Jets and the points.

The next game brings us to the annual Manning vs Brady bowl. New England is plus 2.5 and they are the home team. I like the Broncos in this match up even though Peyton Manning is a below average quarterback in cold weather. I was very impressed with the way the team put Manning in good situations last week against the Chiefs defense. One thing you may have to watch out for in this game is Tom Brady's offense is almost at full strength,  but not having key defensive players will hurt them in this game. I'm taking the the Broncos and I have them beating the spread but not by much.

Final game this week is the Dallas Cowboys taking a trip to MetLife stadium to play the New York Giants. Vegas has the Giants 2.5 favorites, which is weird because New York did start the season 0-6. Now they have won 4 and is one big win away from being the next team the experts believe will win the NFC East division. The Cowboys on the other hand is coming off a blow out loss two weeks ago to the New Orlean Saints. And after leading the division for most part of the season might be on the downward slide, which might lead to them missing the playoffs for the fourth season in a row. The Cowboys do have to look forward to the return of Miles Austin and Demarcus Ware, hopefully the return of some leaders could be positive and lead to a win. I doubt it I'm picking the Giants with the points.

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