{"id":383,"date":"2010-11-07T01:08:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T06:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2010\/11\/07\/nfl-week-9-2\/"},"modified":"2010-11-07T01:08:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T06:08:10","slug":"nfl-week-9-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2010\/11\/nfl-week-9-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I finally sat down and did results since&#8230; uhh, Week 2 was the last update. Oops. Anyway, I\u2019ve been horrible and am now 50-62-4 while Al has been much better at 51-49-4. However, Al didn\u2019t generate picks for Week 4 that I could find anywhere, either on the web site or in email, so I either get to miss a week or punt a week&#8230; that 3-12 week seems like a good candidate. So I\u2019m still behind, but not by THAT much&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 1:00<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Jets @ Detroit(+5)<\/em><br \/>\nI don\u2019t see the Jets looking like that again against the Lions\u2019 defense. Give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Buccaneers @ Atlanta(-9)<\/em><br \/>\nI think the Falcons are better, but not a lot better. Seems like too many, so I\u2019ll take Tampa.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dolphins @ Baltimore(-5)<\/em><br \/>\nFor some odd reason, the Dolphins play better on the road. I will take the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Patriots @ Cleveland(+4)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Browns are playing pretty well right now, but New England is on <strong>fire<\/strong> right now. Gotta go with Brady\u2019s bunch.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cardinals @ Minnesota(-7.5)<\/em><br \/>\nIs Arizona awful? Yes. But the Vikings are looking at becoming the poster child for \u201cimplosion.\u201d Not sure they\u2019re a TD better than anyone right now, so I\u2019ll take the points. <\/p>\n<p><em>Bears @ Buffalo(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nEven though the Bills are 0-7, I think the spread is only 3 because they\u2019ve been keeping it close a lot lately and Chicago has played like total crap. Seems good enough for me, take the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chargers @ Houston(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nA brief look at the calendar reveals that it\u2019s the second half of the season, meaning the Chargers are dangerous now. The Texans still can\u2019t stop the pass and just kind of looked a little off against the Colts, plus they have the short week&#8230; I don\u2019t like it. I\u2019ll go with San Diego, though I hope I\u2019m wrong.<\/p>\n<p><em>Saints @ Carolina(+6.5)<\/em><br \/>\nPanthers still suck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday ~4:10<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Giants @ Seattle(+7)<\/em><br \/>\nJust how well are the G-Men playing these days? Surely a hell of a lot better than the Seabags, right? Give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Colts @ Philadelphia(-3)<\/em><br \/>\nYes, yes, the Indy injury list is long. But (1) the AFC is much better than the NFC, and (2) Manning is the best small-game quarterback maybe ever. This is not a big game, really, so Colts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chiefs @ Oakland, pick<\/em><br \/>\nMethinks the spread is deflated because KC only barely escaped last week\u2014but the Bills are the gamest winless team in recent memory. I think the Chiefs are OK, and will win this one, even on the road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SNF<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cowboys @ Packers(-7)<\/em><br \/>\nJon Kitna still at QB? Check. Packers have a LB playing out of his mind now? Check. Give the points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MNF<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Steelers @ Cincinnati(+5)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Bengals were supposed to be better, but they can\u2019t run, and the worst thing you can be vs. the Steelers is a one-dimensional passing team. Palmer throws what, three picks? Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I finally sat down and did results since&#8230; uhh, Week 2 was the last update. Oops. Anyway, I\u2019ve been horrible and am now 50-62-4 while Al has been much better at 51-49-4. However, Al didn\u2019t generate picks for Week 4 that I could find anywhere, either on the web site or in email, so &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2010\/11\/nfl-week-9-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Week 9<\/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\/383"}],"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=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}