{"id":118,"date":"2006-09-29T22:57:28","date_gmt":"2006-09-30T03:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2006\/09\/29\/nfl-week-4-picks\/"},"modified":"2006-09-29T22:57:28","modified_gmt":"2006-09-30T03:57:28","slug":"nfl-week-4-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2006\/09\/nfl-week-4-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 4 Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week: 7-5-2, Season: 27-17-2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 1:00<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cardinals @ Atlanta(-7)<\/em><br \/>\nAs usual, I can&#x2019;t get a handle on the Cardinals. Oh, wait, I think I have it&#x2014;they blow. I&#x2019;ll give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Saints @ Carolina(-7)<\/em><br \/>\nErr, look, the Saints are on a roll and the Panthers didn&#x2019;t exactly make a believer out of me by barely squeaking by the Bucs last week. Maybe Carolina wins, but that&#x2019;s too many points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vikings @ Buffalo(-1)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Bills are not nearly as bad as I thought they&#x2019;d be this year, but the Vikings are also better than I expected. Vikings win this one.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chargers @ Baltimore(+2.5)<\/em><br \/>\nMmm, I&#x2019;d really like to see this game, becuase I&#x2019;m not quite sure how good both of these teams are, but I&#x2019;m beginning to think the Bolts might really have something this year, so I&#x2019;ll take them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dolphins @ Houston(+3.5)<\/em><br \/>\nEven the Texans can&#x2019;t lose all of them, and this seems like a good time to pick &#x2018;em, so I will.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cowboys @ Tennessee(+9)<\/em><br \/>\nOh, yeah, the Cowboys actually play football, too, don&#x2019;t they? In my dream world, when I turn on ESPN, they&#x2019;re not talking about &#x201c;that player.&#x201d; Ahh, a fantasy. Oh, and the Titans toally bite, give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Niners @ Kansas City(-7)<\/em><br \/>\nUhh, Huard is still starting for KC, right? Take the Niners and the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Colts @ New Jersey Jest(+9)<\/em><br \/>\nIndy is clearly the better team, but the Jets actually have some life this year and I wonder about Indy&#x2019;s ability to really blow people out with no running game to eat up the clock late. My god, I&#x2019;m actually picking the Jets!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, ~4:10<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Lions @ St. Louis(-5.5)<\/em><br \/>\nGood seats still available on the Rams&#x2019; bandwagon, sheesh. However, the Lions continue to be a walking disaster. Rams. Probably 9-0 or 9-3.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jaguars @ Washington(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nHow is this only three points? Look, the Skins offense only finally appeared vs. the Texans. That hardly counts. Jacksonville all the way.<\/p>\n<p><em>Patriots @ Cinci(-6)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Pats&#x2019; mystique is just gone, and the Bengals are a machine this year. Bengals!<\/p>\n<p><em>Browns @ Oakland(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nSeriously, the Raiders might go 0-16 this season. Well, no, probably not, but I can&#x2019;t see picking them at any point. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday NBC<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Seahawks @ Chicago(-3)<\/em><br \/>\nI see this as a battle of field goals, since I don&#x2019;t see either team moving the ball much. I expect a one-point game, so I&#x2019;ll go with Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MNF<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Packers @ Philly(-11)<\/em><br \/>\nBeating the Lions by seven doesn&#x2019;t really count for much. Favre will get picked thee times and they&#x2019;ll lose by like 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week: 7-5-2, Season: 27-17-2 Sunday 1:00 Cardinals @ Atlanta(-7) As usual, I can&#x2019;t get a handle on the Cardinals. Oh, wait, I think I have it&#x2014;they blow. I&#x2019;ll give the points. Saints @ Carolina(-7) Err, look, the Saints are on a roll and the Panthers didn&#x2019;t exactly make a believer out of me by &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2006\/09\/nfl-week-4-picks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Week 4 Picks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}