NFL Week Seven Picks

Last week was another of those weeks where I didn't do particularly bad, but I certainly could have done better. The Eagles losing to the Raiders didn't help me at all, although I doubt anyone picked that to happen. Nor did the Jets losing to Buffalo or the Bengals dropping the ball against Houston. However I did take a lot of satisfaction in the fact that the Cardinals and Broncos both won outright as an underdog, which made no sense to me that either one of them was getting points in games I felt they should win. Also, Baltimore, the other team I picked to win as a dog, covered even though they came up short (wide left actually) on the field. I ended being 9-5 straight up and 7-7 against the spread. For the season, that leaves me with a record of 58-31 straight up and 44-45 (that sound you hear is me hitting my head against a wall) against the spread. It seems like all season long the point spreads have been enormous each week. I don't ever recall having so many lines that were more than a touchdown or even double digits every single week. Unfortunately, this week is no different in that respect. Fortunately for me however, there are several underdogs this week that I think have inflated numbers. The one thing that is making me real nervous though is that just about every team I like to win is a visiting team. It's hard to pick against almost every home team and feel good about it. (READ THE ENTIRE POST ON HUBPAGES)

My Picks for the 2009 Week Seven NFL Games

Sun, Oct. 25	10:00 AM (PDT)	11:00 AM (MDT)	12:00 PM (CDT)	1:00 PM (EDT)
Favorite	Underdog	Point Spread	Straight Up	Against the Spread
Green Bay	Cleveland	9.0	Green Bay	Green Bay
San Diego	Kansas City	4.5	San Diego	San Diego
Indianapolis	St. Louis	13.0	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
Pittsburgh	Minnesota	4.5	Minnesota	Minnesota
New England	Tampa Bay	14.5	New England	New England
Houston	San Francisco	3.0	San Francisco	San Francisco
Sun, Oct. 25	1:00 PM (PDT)	2:00 PM (MDT)	3:00 PM (CDT)	4:00 PM (EDT)
New York Jets	Oakland	6.0	New York Jets	New York Jets
Carolina	Buffalo	7.0	Carolina	Buffalo
Cincinnati	Chicago	1.0	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
Dallas	Atlanta	4.0	Atlanta	Atlanta
New Orleans	Miami	6.0	New Orleans	New Orleans
Sun, Oct. 25	5:20 PM (PDT)	6:20 PM (MDT)	7:20 PM (CDT)	8:20 PM (EDT)
New York Giants	Arizona	7.0	New York Giants	Arizona
Mon, Oct. 26	5:30 PM (PDT)	6:30 PM (MDT)	7:30 PM (CDT)	8:30 PM (EDT)
Philadelphia	Washington	7.0	Philadelphia	Philadelphia

Teams with byes in week seven: Baltimore, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, Seattle, Tennessee