{"id":245,"date":"2008-11-21T23:22:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T04:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2008\/11\/21\/nfl-week-12-picks-3\/"},"modified":"2008-11-21T23:22:28","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T04:22:28","slug":"nfl-week-12-picks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2008\/11\/nfl-week-12-picks-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 12 Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday 1:00
\n<\/strong>Eagles @ Ravens(-1.5)<\/em>
\nWestbrook is banged up and the Eagles just simply aren\u2019t that good. I know the Ravens got roughed up last week by the Giants, but the Eagles aren\u2019t in the same class. Baltimore covers.<\/p>\n

Texans @ Cleveland(-3)<\/em>
\nHouston is like 0-8 in their last 8 road games, and I see no reason to believe this will change anytime soon. Give the points.<\/p>\n

Niners @ Dallas(-10)<\/em>
\nYou have to like the effort from San Fran lately, and while I think the Cowboys will win, I don\u2019t see them putting up something huge. I\u2019ll take the Niners and the points.<\/p>\n

Buccaneers @ Detroit(+9)<\/em>
\nThe Lions are hopeless. I\u2019m now actively rooting for 0-16. Oh, and the Bucs will cover this, probably 10-0 or 13-3.<\/p>\n

Vikings @ Jacksonville(-2.5)<\/em>
\nThe Jaguars can\u2019t seem to put it together\u2014I\u2019ll take the points.<\/p>\n

Bills @ Kansas City(+3)<\/em>
\nI dunno, there\u2019s no reason to pick the Bills here, but I\u2019m going to anyway.<\/p>\n

Patriots @ Miami, pick<\/em>
\nThe best analysis I heard for this was that with the early game last Thursday, Belichick has 10 days to prepare for a team he\u2019s facing the second time. I\u2019ll gamble on the Pats here.<\/p>\n

Bears @ St. Louis(+9)<\/em>
\nThe Rams will again be without Stephen Jackson, and while the Bears were humiliated last week, they should have little trouble smoking the hapless Lambs.<\/p>\n

Jets @ Tennessee(-5.5)<\/em>
\nOK, so both teams are great at stopping the run. However, I think the Titans have the better pass defense and there\u2019s always the chance we get to see \u201cbad Brett\u201d force a few balls into double coverage. Tennessee to cover.<\/p>\n

Sunday ~4:10
\n<\/strong>Raiders @ Denver(-9.5)<\/em>
\nWhile the Broncos aren\u2019t all that good, Oakland is simply awful. And there is no team Shanahan likes to run it up on like the Raiders. I\u2019ll give the points.<\/p>\n

Panthers @ Atlanta(-1)<\/em>
\nI have absolutely no idea here. I like the idea of the Falcons winning because it makes the division race really interesting since the Bucs are pretty much a lock to win, and then Atlanta would be only one game back of both Carolina and Tampa. So, since that\u2019s what I\u2019d like to see happen, I\u2019m going the other way and taking the point.<\/p>\n

Giants @ Arizona(+3)<\/em>
\nThree points? Man, Vegas really wants people to pick the Giants here\u2014which they should. Look, the Cardinals are a nice story, but seriously, watch the Giants a little. They\u2019re fantastic, and I only have to give a field goal.<\/p>\n

Redskins @ Seattle(+3.5)<\/em>
\nIs Portis healthy? I think he\u2019s supposed to be OK this week. If so, then Washington covers. <\/p>\n

SNF<\/strong>
\nColts @ San Diego(-2.5)<\/em>
\nI have no idea why the Chargers are favored here. The Colts are getting better by the week and San Diego, well, they still have Norv at the helm. I\u2019ll take Indy.<\/p>\n

MNF<\/strong>
\nPackers @ New Orleans(-2.5)<\/em>
\nSeems like the wrong team is favored here. I know they have the same overall record and it\u2019s in the Big Easy and everything, but still, the Packers just look better. I like getting points here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday 1:00 Eagles @ Ravens(-1.5) Westbrook is banged up and the Eagles just simply aren\u2019t that good. I know the Ravens got roughed up last week by the Giants, but the Eagles aren\u2019t in the same class. Baltimore covers. Texans @ Cleveland(-3) Houston is like 0-8 in their last 8 road games, and I see … Continue reading NFL Week 12 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":[16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245"}],"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=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}