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Week Nine NFL Prime Picks

Posted: 1st November 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
Donovan McNabb and the Eagles stopped the Giants season in its tracks, beating them at home. Next, Dallas comes into Philadelphia. Take the Eagles in their own place. The Giants next have San Diego in the Meadowlands. Take Mew York at home. San Diego never plays well on these road trips. Atlanta has Washington at home, in a scrimmage week for Atlanta, as they will win this game easily. Green Bay will go ...

NFL Mikee’s Adventures In Fantasy Football: Week Seven Action

Posted: 28th October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
The Colts defense racked up 25 pointsùa bonus for some teams with the Indy defenders. I had them a couple of times for some reason. Team one, NFL Mikee's Molemen made it to 4-3 with a close win. They had a nice balanced point attack and everyone kicked in some contributions. Week Eight will start Kurt Warner, Andre Johnson (if his chest is alright), Steve Smith, Sidney Rice, Pierre Thomas, Frank Gore, ...

NFL Week Eight Power Rankings: True Lies Exposed

Posted: 25th October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
The Steelers are still the team to beat in the AFC, as they wiped Minnesota from the unbeaten ranks, and moved back up to No. 2 in the AFC, and No. 3 overall. Who in their right mind thinks Kyle Orton and the Denver Broncos can beat the Steelers in the playoffs? I'm not sure if Peyton Manning can pull this off, but the Colts are undefeated, so they sit at No. ...

Week Seven NFL Review: Mostly Blowouts But Some Surprises

Posted: 25th October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
The Dallas Cowboys took care of business at home against a good Atlanta team, winning to improve to 4-2 and challenging for playoff contention and only being one game out of first in that tough NFC East division. The Cowboys won 37-21. The Packers had no problem with Cleveland winning 31-3 and getting their record to 4-2 also, with a big game next week at home against Minnesota coming up. Houston survived ...

NFL Mikee’s Adventures In Fantasy Football: Week Six Was Pretty Cool

Posted: 21st October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
Every week, one player jumps up and crushes one of your teams in fantasy leagues. It seems, this week it was three players instead of one. Ray Rice got 31 points to hammer a nail in NFL Mikee's Molemen's coffin this week. Other nails were driven in by Randy Moss with 30, the Green Bay defense with 21, and Aaron Rodgers with 20. The Molemen lost 148.12 to 93.04. This, however, was ...

NFL Week 7 Point-Spread Winners: Beware of Trap Games

Posted: 21st October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
NFL Week 7 has some trap games you will not want to fall into. Be wary of weak teams that may have won last week. This trend will certainly not carry into Sunday. One of these games is the Jets at the Raiders on Sunday. The Raiders will have high hopes to win two in a row. This will not happen. Take the Jets with Mark Sanchez playing in California and ...

Week Seven NFL Picks: Another Easy Week Coming Up

Posted: 18th October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
Last week seemed easy to pick the games, and except for a couple of upsets, I was right on with my picks. Oakland shocked everyone beating Philadelphia 13-9 and Sanchez threw six interceptions as the Jets lost to Buffalo. But otherwise, my picks were pretty spot on. Week Seven will see me, once again, right on withámost of these picks. Green Bay is at home against Cleveland. Have I said enough yet? ...

NFL Week Six Spread Winners: Strong Plays On Strong Home Teams

Posted: 13th October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
See the guy in this picture? If your name is Eli Manning, you might want to avoid throwing the ball in his direction this weekend. Your premier game in the NFL in Week Six will be the New Orleans Saints at 4-0 at home, taking on the 5-0 New York Giants. I like the Saints at home in this game. They are favored by three and a half points, but wait til ...

NFL Power Rankings from a Fan’s Perspective

Posted: 11th October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
This is your NFL rankings as far as entertainment value, wins, and other interesting factors no one else probably thinks about. Your No. 1 ranked team is the Minnesota Vikings. With every win, this team gets better and more focused on the ultimate prize, that Super Bowl trophy. The Vikings are undefeated and have just lacked that leader-type quarterback in past years to get back in the Super Bowl conversation. Now, with a ...

NFL Week Five Point Spread Winners: NFL Mikee’s Crystal Ball

Posted: 6th October 2009 by thomas moreland in NFL
Week Five of the NFL season is quickly upon us.á Week Four had some unexpected surprise, as my lock picks bit the dust.á Overall, I still was 9-5 against the spread, which leads me to stress to never bet on just a couple of games. Spread out your money and get as many plays as you can in.á Much better overall odds and safety in numbers.á Good logical high percentage ...