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NFL Week 15 Picks

For the most part, I got back on track with a positive record last week. There were still a few teams that threw me off a bit, though.

While I did pick Cleveland to cover the spread against Pittsburgh, I figured the Steelers could manage a victory over the Browns, even as bad as they've been playing lately. I probably should have known better after their games against the Chiefs and Raiders.

And don't even get me started on the Monday night game against Arizona and San Francisco. Seems that every time I start to believe in the Cardinals they go out and lay an egg (no pun intended) against a team they should beat. Similarly, every time I start to write the 49ers off they go out an beat someone they have no business beating.

Of course, the undisputed kings of false promise are the Houston Texans. As has become the tradition in Houston, they are well on their way to an 8-8 season again this year.

But the bigger tradition for the Texans has been looking like a contender one week and looking horrible the next. which makes it practically impossible to pick their games. In fact, I don't know if there is a game this year that I have picked Houston to win that they haven't lost or a game they haven't won when I picked them to lose.

In other news, the Cowboys are in full meltdown mode, Desean Jackson is fast becoming the biggest offensive weapon in the NFL, and concussions don't have to be a part of the football.

Last Week, my record was 11-5 straight up and 9-7 against the spread. That brings my season record up to 128-78 straight up and 106-99-2 against the spread.

My Picks for the 2009 Week Fifteen NFL Games

Thu, Dec 17
5:20 PM (PST)
6:20 PM (MST)
7:20 PM (CST)
8:20 PM (EST)
Favorite
Underdog
Point Spread
Straight Up
Against the Spread
Indianapolis
@Jacksonville
3.0
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Sat, Dec 19
5:20 PM (PST)
6:20 PM (MST)
7:20 PM (CST)
8:20 PM (EST)
@New Orleans
Dallas
7.0
New Orleans
New Orleans
Sun, Dec 20
10:00 AM (PST)
11:00 AM (MST)
12:00 PM (CST)
1:00 PM (EST)
New England
Buffalo
7.0
New England
Buffalo
Arizona
@Detroit
11.0
Arizona
Arizona
@Tennessee
Miami
4.0
@Tennessee
Miami
@Kansas City
Cleveland
1.5
Cleveland
Cleveland
Houston
@St. Louis
12.0
Houston
St. Louis
@New York Jets
Atlanta
6.0
New York Jets
Atlanta
@Philadelphia
San Francisco
9.0
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
@Baltimore
Chicago
10.5
Baltimore
Chicago
Sun, Dec 20
1:00 PM (PST)
2:00 PM (MST)
3:00 PM (CST)
4:00 PM (EST)
@Denver
Oakland
14.0
Denver
Denver
@San Diego
Cincinnati
6.5
San Diego
San Diego
@Pittsburgh
Green Bay
1.5
Green Bay
Green Bay
@Seattle
Tampa Bay
7.0
Seattle
Seattle
Sun, Dec 20
5:20 PM (PST)
6:20 PM (MST)
7:20 PM (CST)
8:20 PM (EST)
Minnesota
@Carolina
9.0
Minnesota
Minnesota
Mon, Dec 21
5:30 PM (PST)
6:30 PM (MST)
7:30 PM (CST)
8:30 PM (EST)
New York Giants
Washington
3.0
New York Giants
New York Giants

2 comments:

LDUTheCoach said...

love the picks this week!!
I imagine the Bengals will rally after the death of Chris Henry and don't be surprised if Chad Ocho Cinco has quite the celebration in memory of CH

Feel free to check out my picks @
http://www.lionsdenu.com/category/sports/nfl-guide-2009-2010/

regards, theCoach

Kelly W. Patterson said...

Thanks Coach,

The Bengals came up a bit short, but they are still a very dangerous team.

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