07-08 NFL Week 13 Picks

posted on 11/28/07 at 08:10:05 pm by Joel Ross

If you go by the odds, there should be a lot of close games this weekend. 13 of the 16 games are 7 points or less, and 15 are less than 10 points. Only New England is out there - with over a 20 point spread! Good choice for Monday night!

  • Green Bay vs. Dallas (-7) (51.5 O/U): The best game no one will see. Although, I got an email saying it's available online, and going to the site, I don't see anything saying it costs money to watch it online. Can that possibly be true? They want to charge cable companies twice as much as it costs to carry CNN, but you can watch the games online for free?
  • Detroit vs. Minnesota (-3) (45 O/U): It's about time for Lions to collapse right?
  • San Francisco vs. Carolina (-3) (35 O/U)
  • Buffalo vs. Washington (-5.5) (37 O/U)
  • Houston vs. Tennessee (-4) (42.5 O/U)
  • Jacksonville* vs. Indianapolis (-8) (45 O/U): This should be a good game. Potentially the best of the week.
  • Seattle vs. Philadelphia (-3) (42 O/U)
  • San Diego (-4) vs. Kansas City (37.5 O/U)
  • Tampa Bay vs. New Orleans (-2.5) (41.5 O/U)
  • New York Jets vs. Miami (0) (38 O/U): I'm pretty sure we can call this the first truly meaningless game of the season.
  • Atlanta vs. St. Louis (-3.5) (42 O/U)
  • Cleveland vs. Arizona (-1) (51.5 O/U)
  • Denver (-3) vs. Oakland (42 O/U)
  • New York Giants (-1) vs. Chicago (43 O/U)
  • Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh (-8) (46 O/U): I'm scared of this pick. Cincy and Pittsburgh have a history of always winning at each other's stadiums. This year though, I think Pittsburgh is too strong. They'd be getting a lot of press if it wasn't for the Patriots.
  • New England (-20.5) vs. Baltimore* (51.5 O/U): So, if New England is running up the score in the 4th (again), will Ray Lewis rip Brady's head off, or just severely dent it?

This is a tough week to make "Lock Solid" picks. There are lots of close games, and picking the most likely ones for me was tough. But I did it! So I'm picking Indianapolis (-310), San Diego (-225), Denver (-185) and (unfortunately) New England (-2000).

Check back for results next week.

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