Here is my pick for the Super Bowl:

Indianapolis 5 New Orleans - New Orleans

NFL - 2010 Conference Championship Picks

For the playoffs, I am now a solid 7-1 in my picks. The only game I have missed was last weekend's Dallas loss to Minnesota. I have become a believer in the Vikings and Brett Favre. In the Vikings' games I have watched this year, Favre has made some incredible throws. His accuracy was great last weekend. Here are my picks for Sunday's games:

INDIANAPOLIS 7.5 NY Jets - Indianapolis
NEW ORLEANS 4 Minnesota - Minnesota

NFL - 2010 Divisional Playoffs

I was 4-0 last week picking these games, but I had a much better feel for what I thought was going to happen. This week the point spreads are bigger, but I think the games are going to be closer. This weekend and next weekend are two of the best weekends of the year. Go Saints!

NEW ORLEANS 7 Arizona - New Orleans
MINNESOTA 3 Dallas - Dallas
INDIANAPOLIS 6.5 Baltimore - Indianapolis
SAN DIEGO 7 New York - New York

Wild Card Picks

At Cincy 2 Jets - Jets
At Dallas 4 Philly - Dallas
At New England. 3 Baltimore - Baltimore
At Arizona 1.5. Green Bay - Arizona

2009 NFL PIcks - Week 14

I will attempt again this year to pick every NFL game with a point spread. There are no more byes this year in the NFL schedule, so there are 16 games to pick. These point spreads are taken from Danny Sheridan’s Odds posted December 12 in USA Today. I usually try to post my picks for the week on Thursday night or Friday morning. For Thursday games, I will either make the pick or post my pick to Twitter feed on the right hand column. Enjoy.

Favorites are listed on the left, underdogs on the right.
*Home team is in capital letters.

INDIANAPOLIS 7 Denver - Denver
MINNESOTA 6.5 Cincinnati - Minnesota
NY Jets 3 TAMPA - Tampa
KANSAS CITY Pk Buffalo - Buffalo
Green Bay 3 CHICAGO - Green Bay
New Orleans 10 ATLANTA - New Orleans
BALTIMORE 13.5 Detroit - Detroit
JACKSONVILLE 2.5 Miami - Miami
NEW ENGLAND 13 Carolina - Carolina
HOUSTON 6.5 Seattle - Houston
TENNESSEE 13 St. Louis - Tennessee
Washington 1 OAKLAND - Oakland
DALLAS 3 San Diego - Dallas
NY GIANTS 1 Philadelphia - NY Giants
Arizona 3.5 SAN FRANCISCO - Arizona

Thursday Night
Pittsburgh 10 CLEVELAND - Pittsburgh (ugh!)


2009 NFL Picks Record: 102-89-1

Fantasy Wrap-up - NFL Week 13

Wow, what a week for me in Fantasy Football in the Dallas League. I needed a win to make the playoffs. Sunday morning I was bouncing back and forth between starting Brandon Jacobs or Cadillac Williams. I chose Cadillac. Terrible move. Sunday evening I thought this move was going to keep me out of the dance and keep me from winning any cash.

With all my players finished playing, I had a 23 point lead on my opponent, but he still had Brett Favre and Greg Jennings to play. Luckily for me, Favre played his worst game of the year, but he did score 6 late Fantasy points on a garbage touchdown. I was yelling for Vikings coach Brad Childress to bench him.

So, going into MNF, I had an 8 point lead and I only needed to avoid a touchdown or a big yardage night from Greg Jennings. It was clearly touch and go all night long, but I ended up winning my game by 2 points 69-67. I am the #6 seed out of 6 playoff teams. I just need Peyton Manning to get hot again, Randy Moss to play big, and Brandon Jacobs to do what he did this week.

Going into the playoffs, I am already down a starter because I do not think that Hines Ward is going to play tomorrow night. I probably have to play Michael Crabtree as my #2 receiver. He could have a big game and he plays on Monday night. He actually could be the deciding Fantasy player this week.

I had one of my worst weeks of the year picking games against the spread. I ended up 6-10 for the week and that drops me to 102-89-1 on the season. Tonight, I need to pick up a back up QB and a back up kicker for the playoffs. In our league, rosters are set this Sunday, so if Manning or Nate Kaeding got injured I would be in trouble.

2009 NFL Picks - Week 13

I will attempt again this year to pick every NFL game with a point spread. There are no more byes this year in the NFL schedule, so there are 16 games to pick. These point spreads are taken from Danny Sheridan’s Odds posted December 5 in USA Today. I usually try to post my picks for the week on Thursday night or Friday morning. For Thursday games, I will either make the pick or post my pick to Twitter feed on the right hand column. Enjoy.

Favorites are listed on the left, underdogs on the right.
*Home team is in capital letters.

Denver 4.5 KANSAS CITY - Denver
PITTSBURGH 14.5 Oakland - Pittsburgh
JACKSONVILLE PK Houston - Houston
INDIANAPOLIS 6.5 Tennessee - Tennessee
Philadelphia 5.5 ATLANTA - Philadelphia
CINCINNATI 13 Detroit - Detroit
New Orleans 9.5 Washington - New Orleans
CAROLINA 5 Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay
CHICAGO 9.5 St. Louis - St. Louis
San Diego 14 CLEVELAND - San Diego
SEATTLE PK San Francisco - San Francisco
Minnesota 3 ARIZONA - Minnesota
Dallas 2.5 NY GIANTS - Giants
New England 4 MIAMI - New England
GREEN BAY 3 Ravens - Green Bay

Last Thursday Night:
NY Jets 3 BUFFALO - Buffalo

2009 NFL Picks Record: 96-79-1