NFL Week Twelve Point Spread Plays to Ponder

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone as we get three games on Thursday to enjoy while we eat.

Green Bay plays Detroit in Michigan and watch out—weird things happen in these holiday games. Green Bay should play better defense than this team to cover the 11 points.

Dallas is at home against a new energized team with Russell finally benched. Thank goodness. However, Oakland will not have enough offense to score enough on Dallas.

The Giants are in Denver and this is your best shot at a small upset, with the Giants beating the reeling Broncos. The Giants are actually favored by 6.5. Oakland gets 13.5 and this could be a smart play also—Oakland’s defense could keep them in this game.

Sunday we have Atlanta covering the 12.5 points at home against the Tampa Bay Bucs.

Miami visits Buffalo and should come away with a victory and cover the three.

Cincinnati has Cleveland at home and this should be a scrimmage like game for Cincinnati to get to 8-3 for the season. Take Cincinnati and give the 14.

You only have to give three points and take Seattle at home against the Rams. This seems like an early Christmas present.

The Jets have Carolina to deal with and have to win by three. I like Carolina in the nothing to lose, loose mode. Upset waiting to happen.

Philadelphia has Washington at home and this should not be a contest. The good teams will start separation from the pack this week. Take the Eagles and give the nine points.

Houston hosts undefeated Indianapolis and has to win this game to be considered a playoff team. I will take Houston to win this one, as Indy keeps slipping away like a jellyfish and their bubble will get popped this week. Houston gets three points.

San Diego should have an easy time with Kansas City in San Diego. San Diego is rolling along in control of the division all of a sudden. San Diego needs to show a big cover at 14, and also show they can handle winning.

The 49ers should handle the Jags at home by three or more. This defense has been up and down, so handle Maurice Jones Drew and win this one. Interceptions are possible in this one for the Niner defense.

Arizona has a new road look with wins in Chicago and New York this season. They bring the winter coats and play well. Tennessee will have a slight let down after four wins in a row and Arizona wins this one by double digits.

If Warner does not start, all bets are off, and take Tennessee at home.

Minnesota is at home against Chicago. Minnesota should be very careful of a Jay Cutler hot game, and plan their defense to bend , but not break. If Cutler gets hot, it could be a game. However I like Minnesota if I had to make a choice by the 11.5. Still, that’s probably an uncomfortable bet.

The Steelers are in Baltimore and assuming Big Ben plays, Take the Steelers by around 5-6 points. Without Ben, Ravens easy.

You get three points taking New England which is the smart side to be on this week. New Orleans will not go undefeated, and this is a good week to start a small downward cycle.

New England will be hungrier than New Orleans in this one. After this week, there may be no undefeated teams left.

Enjoy your turkeys and God bless all our troops on Thanksgiving Day.

Thomas [ NFL Mikee ] Moreland

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NFL Power Rankings Week 12: Changes In The Power Zone

Wes Welker caught 15 balls, beating the Jets pretty good on Sunday. Your power teams, New Orleans, Indianapolis, and Minnesota, all remain in their respective No.s one, two, and three.

New Orleans is at 10-0. The same for Indianapolis at 10-0, with Minnesota at 9-1.New England is a dangerous  team at 7-3.

 Number four is now New England, bumping out Cincinnati, who lost to the Raiders.

No. five in the power rankings now are the San Diego Chargers, who are on a roll and now also 7-3.

No. six is now the Bengals taking an un-needed loss at Oakland and now 7-3.

Dallas moves up and is now No. seven at 7-3 for the season.

Arizona is getting comfortable in this position and knocked off Seattle easily to keep the No. eight position. Arizona is also 7-3, a popular number.

No. nine is now Pittsburgh ,taking a tumble down the ladder ,after getting schooled by Kansas City. The Steelers are 6-4.

No. 10 are the New York Giants after a gritty win at home beating Atlanta. Also 6-4.

No 11 are the surging Green Bay Packers who with a win next week against the Lions can reach 7-4. Very good positioning for a possible wild-card.

No 13 are now the Eagles at 5-5 if they beat the Bears tonight. They really need to win out.

The surprising Jacksonville team has vaulted into 14th place also being 6-4.

The Broncos continue to fall and now are at No.  12. 6-4 also.

Houston needs a win on Monday Night to move up. if they beat Tennessee. Right now, they are No. 15.

The Ravens are 5-5 and hover around the number 16 position.

Atlanta is now 5-5 and biting the bullet week after week. No. 17 is now yours. Just average.

Miami is ar 5-5 and has the misfortune of being 2 games behind New England, who might beat New Orleans next week.

Miami holds spot No. 18.

The best 4-6 team are the Jets, I suppose, and  they occupy No. 19.

No. 20 also at 4-6, are the Forty-Niners. Not going to the playoffs, are these 4-6 teams.

No. 21 is Carolina also, a poor 2009/2010 effort at 4-6.

The best 3-7 team is the Kansas City Chiefs after beating the Steelers. No. 22 to the Chiefs. Good job, moving up out of the slime of losing.

The Bears are the opposite of Kansas City. At 3-7. theu should be ashamed of themselves. Number 23 and falling.

Tennesee is at number 24, but could move up, with an upset over the Houston Texans.

Oakland also moves up in the standings and grabs No. 25 with a big win over the Bengals.

Washington is at No. 26 and also fading fast.

Buffalo is a pretty bad team, with no head coach. 3-7 and No. 27.

No. 28 are the Seattle Seahawks who at 2-8 are going no where again this season.

No 29 are the Detroit Lions, who have beat Washington and Cleveland. That’s it.

Tampa Bay has made a few good efforts in thier losses so No. 30 to them.

St Louis has a win and Steven Jackson, so they have the No.31 spot.

And the worst team in pro football is still the Cleveland Browns.

Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland.

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One NFL Fan Rant to Another!

Refer to Photograph. ” Damn, this phone number is smeared. I got to get some of that! Huh? Whats the play? C’mon Ben, distractions, distractions, distractions.

Their opponent, the inept Matt Cassell running for his life in every game, Kansas City Chiefs are horrible the last three seasons. A storied franchise in ruins. Hank Stram is pissed. Good Super Bowl win, back in the day, though.

Miami is an average team without a couple of big play wide receivers to throw the football for long patterns. Now it’s the Ricky Williams show. Can the wildcat survive without Ronnie Brown?

They zapped Carolina, which isn’t really beating anyone great this year. Jake is always a good name for a quarterback. Are Jakes usually in charge of stuff? Carolina is really inconsistent.  I do not think they make the playoffs. Punchless Panthers.

That gets me to the almighty palace in Dallas, where individual pizza’s can be $60-$100 each. People are mostly stupid at large events, and alcohol, disturbing their brains.

Washington is fun to watch the soap opera owner, I want to win, idiot. Get a coach, then go do something else. Build a pet shelter. Don’t be a meathead, Snyder. Please get better, another storied franchise in shambles.

The Forty-Niners. Rah, Rah, Rah. Get a quarterback. A big name good quarterback. Singletary to Chicago. Get rid of that Lovie coach dude. Holmgren to coach Niners. There’s a scoop for you. He Built a house in the Bay Area.

I am already sick of picking New Orleans and Minnesota to win week after week.What happened to putting out maximum effort and stepping up against good teams.

Who does Eli throw to if they double Steve Smith all the time. They better figure something  out against  Atlanta this week, or they are kings of suckdom.

Buffalo is horrible. T.0. who?   Ah, hell. still the stats of a first ballot hall-of-famer.

Who can challenge the Jerry Rice stuff anyway? Those records will be around a while. Joe Montana forever.

Indianapolis rolls until they suck in a play off game and lose. Awe! Peyton can’t get to Brady stuff. Please start your comments now, and end them in 2018 and we will add up who is better, Brady or Manning.

Dumb ass Giants. We want a Manning/Manning Super Bowl. Keep losing, if you don’t try harder.

Can The Cleveland coach even walk very far? He is abusive and tyrant like? That’s hilarious. Push him over. Little Jabba the Hutt will be gone from football a total failure.

The biggest loser could certainly use you in a coming season, huge blob like ogre coach. You are scary, dude.

Oh great Aaron Rodgers???? Beat the frickin Tampa Bay Bucs!!!!! Every game, every year, every time. Are you idiots?

I’m an NFL Quarterback with ADD. C’mon McNabb, go play right. and eat some clock. Your defense will win it. Don’t call any time outs or get in an overtime game, or anything. Don’t make any play decisions. Trust Coach Andy.

I am sick of Houston sucking all the time. Could the defense play at a professional level so Matt Schaub, Steve Slaton, and Andre Johnson, doesn’t have to carry your slow asses the whole game.

Jacksonville has two good guys. That’s it. That’s funny.

The Chargers/Saints Super Bowl would be cool. Can the Chargers also play defense at a professional level so your team could be great?  What your problems, idiots. Cover better. Concentrate. Don’t look foolish.

I pick ’em right. Happy weekend little football mice.

Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland

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Week 12 NFL Predictions: Playoffs or Not?

Green Bay plays Detroit in the early Thanksgiving game. The Packers have good match-ups and can control this game. Take Green Bay to be at 7-4 possibly.

Dallas has a showcase game against Oakland in the house that Jerry built. Dallas wins on Thanksgiving, almost always. Home teams on holidays are money.

The last Thanksgiving game is Denver at home against the Giants. Both teams need the win. Denver and the home crowd should win a close one.

Seattle is at the St. Louis rest stop in the NFL. Seattle gets a win at last.

Miami at 5-5 can handle Buffalo, and stay in a playoff race, A string of wins is needed.

Cleveland travels to Cincinnati and gets mauled by the hungry Bengals. The Bengals will be at a healthy 9-2, and the second-best team in the AFC.

Houston can put themselves in a nice position, and maybe a 7-4 record. This would be my upset pick of the week. Houston at home. Matt Schaub gets points every week. Take care of the football, Houston.

Atlanta will outscore Tampa Bay by double in a rout in Atlanta. The Falcons have to win this one, for early playoff implications.

Philadelphia has Washington, at home, where they are really good. In the Eagles scheme must be balance. Could be low scoring, with the pass defenses. Take the Eagles at home.

Carolina has nothing to lose at 4-6 now, so the Jets get caught by the I don’t care, fancy-free style, which will beat you sometimes. Delhomme looks unbeatable in this one. Panthers win in upset.

The Forty-Niners host the Jags and can win this game, with defense. Stop one receiver, and one running back and you win. Simple formula if you can pull it off. San Francisco wins big in this one, however. Frank Gore, two Touchdowns.

San Diego should have no trouble with Kansas City in a division game. The Chargers at home are a comfortable pick.

Minnesota wins their home game against Chicago for a chokehold on that division. New Orleans and Minnesota is going to be a good one.

The Cardinals on the road have been great, so is the clunker due? Tennessee is desperate to get this win at home. I think they get after Warner early, and Chris Johnson gets a couple of early scores.

Tennessee wins a close one at home.

They just keep getting better, as Pittsburgh travels to Baltimore to face the Ravens. Pittsburgh and Baltimore really need the win here. This will be a war. Steelers just seem better than the Ravens this season. Take Pittsburgh in another close one.

New England travels to New Orleans in a big Monday Night Football game. I like Tom Brady to win this game on the last possession.

For the season, I am around 106-52 in my pick articles with no point spreads. In my weekly point spread articles, I am 91-67 approximately following Week 11 action.

Have a great week and good luck to all your teams.

Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland

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Week 11 Point Spread Picks for the NFL 81-61 to Date

I survived some non-covers to go 8-7 last week. But overall, not bad so far at 20 games over .500.

Who are these people on Yahoo that have 120 wins and 22 losses? That’s sick against the points.

Probably people with many, many identities and random picks. No earthling can pick games against the line like that.

Anyway, to the business at hand. Pittsburgh will beat Kansas City with many catches by Ward and Miller, and a healthy Mendenhall dose.

Kansas City lost Bowe for four games, plus Larry Johnson departs as well. Pittsburgh is not Oakland, and this should be over by halftime. Pittsburgh and I give the 10 points.

Ronnie Brown is out for Miami, so the defense will concentrate on Williams, and shutting down Henne’s longer pass illusions. Carolina has no where to go but up. They are doing better.

The line is Carolina by three, which I suggest is the correct play on this game.

Dallas at home, should come back after scoring only seven last week against Green Bay. What’s really up with that? The Packers lost to Tampa Bay.

Take Dallas in a good effort to cover the 11.

Detroit is favored by 3 1/2 points over Cleveland, and although Detroit should win, this spread is worrisome. Go with your good impulses and talent comparison on both teams. Detriot wins by 8-10 points.

The Packers are at home again for the second week in a row, hosting the San Francisco 49ers. Singletary will have these guys ready to rock. I like the Niners as an underdog getting 6 1/2 points.

Minnesota is at home against Seattle and 11 should be a decent number to take the Vikings to dominate this game. Something along the lines of 31-10 could be the score of this one.

The Giants are favored by 6.5 over Atlanta, and I think the Giants will win, but by less than the spread. I like Atlanta to step it up and compete to the end in this one.

New Orleans is in Tampa Bay, who has become competitive in the last three games. Josh Freeman is stepping up, and is a good quarterback to grab in fantasy if you have an underperformer to drop.

However, New Orleans will have way to much for this defense to deal with. Take New Orleans to keep on rolling over the Bucs. The line is 11.5.

Jacksonville, although playing better, is favored by too many giving 8.5 to Buffalo. I think Buffalo hangs in there in this one, and could play well enough to keep it close.

Just seems like too many points to a team that lost to Seattle 42-0.

Baltimore is fighting for it’s playoff life and finds a 9-0 Indianapolis knocking. The Ravens are favored by one. As I, and the oddsmakers know, Indy will lose one soon—as defensive injuries mount, plus running back issues. Take the Ravens in a small upset.

Arizona is really stepping it up and should be good to go against the Rams , and are favored by nine.

San Diego is favored on the road over Denver. San Diego is hot and lookling to get a one game division lead. Denver has lost three in a row. I like San Diego in this one by a couple of points.

The red hot Bengals will beat the Raiders, by a few. Nine and a half seems like a lot, but we shall see how Carson Palmer plays leading that division. Don’t get complacent, Bengals. You will see Pittsburgh one more time when it really counts. Take the Bengals in this one.

New England has a home game against the not so high flying Jets, now at 4-5. New England is favored by 11.5, but who can bet on the Jets except Jet fans? Take New England and give the points.

Philadelphia is in Chicago and needs to step it up this week. Chicago is hopeless, and Philadelphia is a better team. This will be it if the Eagles can’t get a win. I will take McNabb to manage this game properly and the Eagle defense to hold Forte to a minimum of damage. The Eagles win by 4.

Houston can really make a serious playoff run with a win against the surging Titans, now at 3-6, while Houston is 5-4 and hungry. All of a sudden, if Tennessee wins they are only one game behind Houston. Things change in a hurry in the NFL sometimes.

I will take Houston to get the win, and make a playoff run this season. That is, make the playoffs for the first time.

Have a nice week.

Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland

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Week 11 NFL Winners and Keen Observations By NFL Mikee

The Minnesota Vikings, after most likely beating Detroit at press time, Sunday November 15th are 8-1. They will beat Seattle in Week 11 to get to 9-1.

The NFC race is on and it’s New Orleans and Minnesota leading the road to the Super Bowl for that conference.

New Orleans gets a win also, traveling to Tampa Bay and stretching their record to a fantastic 10-0. Tampa Bay may win one more game this season, at best, but not this one.

The Forty-Niners beat the Bears last week to hang in there for the NFC West Title. Week 11 is a huge test, traveling to Green Bay and playing a team coming back from a bad loss.

If Green Bay can get schooled by the Buccaneers, then I have to pick Frank Gore and the Niners to somehow tough out a win. Mike Singletary wants to motivate these guys, and this could be the one to get them over the hump.

This is a very important momentum-building game here for San Francisco, as Green Bay will not make the playoffs anyway.

The Miami Dolphins are at home against Carolina and must stop the run to avoid being swept under the playoff rug. Force some turnovers and win at home with a steady pounding by Ricky and Ronnie. Take the Dolphins at home.

Dallas has a big home game with division-rival Washington and is on a roll to make the playoffs, and maybe return the division crown to Jerry Jones. Will we see them in Pasadena? I think not!

This will be the third time I have picked Detroit to win this season. I am 1-1 so far, but I will take Detroit to beat Cleveland. A bold prediction, I know, but Cleveland does not rock lately.

The Steelers will handle the Chiefs and the noise, or lack there of, in Arrowhead Stadium and win again. They are in the driver’s seat in the AFC, assuming, of course, they handled the Bengals while I was writing on a pleasant Sunday afternoon. Oops, just in: Bengals win. Cincinnati is now master of its own domain.

Time will tell if the Steelers may have lost Polamalu once more. The Bengals’ Benson also left the game injured in the fourth quarter. That’s a tough division, except for Cleveland.

The New York Giants are on, shall we say, a giant skid mark of four straight losses putting them at 5-4, but they have an extra week to get ready for the Falcons and their offense. Atlanta needs to win another big road game to get confidence for a playoff run.

Little brother Atlanta is looking up to heavy-hitting New Orleans and Minnesota. The Falcons will not beat either team on the road, so they better get busy trying to win out for the season.

This is a tough pick, so I will simply weigh the talent of both teams, toss in a free field goal for the home team, and the winner is Atlanta. The Giants will hit rock botom, causing a floodgate of newspaper articles on their demise.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are at home against Buffalo. Jacksonville is hovering around .500, while Buffalo has trouble scoring many points and is horrible on the road.

Buffalo loses this game and slides into oblivion for the 2009/2010 season, while the Jags will not make the playoffs, but will probably finish around 7-9 for the season. Eight-and-eight would be feasible, and 9-7, wishful thinking.

Indianapolis travels to Baltimore for the Ravens last chance to salvage this season. They are 5-4 and really need this game to stay in playoff consideration. All season, I have pushed Houston to make the playoffs ahead of Baltimore.

I think Baltimore can win this at home. Indianapolis is not going to win every single week. This looks like Baltimore’s chance to stay in it and get to 6-4. Indianapolis is 8-1 or 9-0 depending on how the ball bounced playing New England.

Arizona plays the Rams in Tempe, and will win. Some things just happen the way they’re supposed to.

Denver is in Mile-High and hosts the San Diego Chargers in a big one. This is make-or-break, do-or-die for the Chargers, who must have this one to stay in contention.

I have not drank the Denver Bronco’s Kool-Aid, however, and I think San Diego has a big game left in them this season. They have to win this one, so they will.

The Cincinnati Bengals will easily beat the Raiders in Oakland. This is the easiest pick this week. No thought process, instant decision.

New England at home against the Jets was almost as quick a decision as the last one.

The Jets are not quite on the high they were to start the season, as the harsh realities of a rookie quarterback set in and more talent in the rest of the division will be their downfall. Buffalo you can beat, but trouble with New England and Miami killed your season.

Take New England unless you enjoy frustration and pain.

Philadelphia goes into Chicago, against a discouraged, but dangerous Jay Cutler. Not enough guys to catch the ball seems to be most of the problem, but that coupled with defensive injuries spelled doom for Chicago this year.

Philadelphia has a way of winning these games moving into the playoff type mode when they choose. I will take Philadelphia in a close win.

Houston is at home with another key division game with the surging Titans, who might have three wins in a row as I publish this one.

Houston must win this game to be a even considered for the playoffs. That’s it. Houston to win this one, or no soup for Schaub this season.

 

Good luck to all your teams and have a great week,

—Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland

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NFL Week 10 Bankable Point Spread Picks

The Atlanta Falcons will travel to Carolina to take on the Panthers. Atlanta should manage this three points easily and be all they can be in Week 10.

The Forty-Niners host Chicago on Thursday night. With Mike Singletary as the 49er coach, the edge goes to San Francisco here. I see Vegas agrees and the San Francisco team is favored by three. Take the hom team in this one.

Tennessee has won two in a row now, and has Buffalo at home. I like the Titans to cover this one for three in a row. Seven points is your happiness number with bets on Tennessee. That’s what I would do.

New Orleans is in Saint Louis this week, and 14 should be a manageable number for Drew Brees and company. The Falcons have been very good  with the line this season.

Miami has Tampa Bay at home and must cover 10 points. Tampa Bay is having a resurgence of sorts with Josh Freeman getting them a win over Green Bay last week. I would not go so far to think Tampa could win two in a row, but keeping this close seems like a good chance. I like the Bucs with 10 points.

Minnesota has Detroit and is favored by 16 1/2 points. Wow! I will take Detroit in a division game which do play closer than non division games.

The Jets are at home and this one scares me. Home team, and you get six and half huge points. I like the Jags to cover in this one.

The Steelers are at home against rival Cincinnati and must win by seven. This will actually happen and the Steelers will be the AFC frontrunner to return to the Super Bowl. Take the Steelers and give up the seven points.

Denver will roll into Washington and take no prisoners. Four points is funny. I would give you 7-8. All over Denver in this one.

Kansas City hits Oakland and the ghost of Jan Stenurud appears and helps Kansas City win by a field goal with time running out. I actually see this happening. It called visualization. It does not help the golf ball either.

Dallas will win in Green Bay. Green Bay can not suck so bad last week, then reach down and beat a good team this week. No way Packers win this one. The Pack is sucking eggs.

Arizona has Seattle at home by eight. Seattle is at best, not a great team. Arizona beat the Giants and Chicago on the road. Arizona should own Seattle in this one.

San Diego is at home and it seems like they are hot. Philadelphia keeps us guessing on which team shows  up. The Eagles really need Westbrook. He probably won’t play. The Eagles have been a big play team, and the Chargers give up big plays.

We will go with the Eagles and their defense to win this game. Philly gets 2 1/2 points.

Indianapolis is at home against New England and is favored by three. I like New England to give the Colts loss No. 1 and move up in the AFC rankings with a small upset here.

The Ravens have a laugher playing Cleveland on Monday Night Football. The announcers will not have much to talk about except haw horrible Cleveland is and how long Mangini will be able to hang around.

Take the Ravens by 20 points. Oh, the spread is 10.5 which seems low. You wonder about these, when Cleveland suddenly turns into world beaters and covers. Can they make this a game? I think not!

If you were betting $1,000 per game with my picks this season you would be up approx 14,000 dollars this season.  Good luck on your ideas too.

Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland.

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NFL Power Rankings Week 10: The Fog Is Lifting

The New Orleans Saints stayed on top of the power ratings on all planets with a big come back win again beating Carolina 30-20. The Saints are the NFC Super Bowl favorite at this point.

The No. 2 team is the Indianapolis Colts at 7-0. Next week they will be tested by New England at home. There may be a great shift in the force if they lose.

Currently, the next best team is the Cincinnati Bengals at 6-2. I know Denver is 6-1 but they will (most probably) lose to the Steelers on Monday Night Football, and the Bengals have already beaten the Steelers.

We know the Steelers will beat them at home next week, regaining the No. 2  spot and taking their rightful place as the AFC favorite to make the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh is currently at No. 4, until they beat Denver, then Cincinnati, and then retain number two, overall.

Minnesota is at No. 5, due to last week’s loss to Pittsburgh. I do not think they will drop much lower than this in the 2009/2010 season.

Denver is holding at No. 6, but another loss on Monday will have the Chargers hot breath on the backs of the Broncos.

New England holds the No. 7  position, but will jump up after knocking off the Colts next week who have injuries on defense making them vulnerable.

The Philadelphia Eagles are playing very well ranking them No. 8. They will need a good showing against Dallas to maintain top ten consideration.

San Diego, with a big win in New York, is No. 9. They are 5-3 and moving on Denver.

The Arizona Cardinals got a big road win against the Bears and round out the top 10 so far this season.

The Atlanta Falcons are down to No. 11, and need to win those big games to have a chance at greatness this season.

No. 12 are the New York Giants, losers of four in a row now.

Dallas is No. 13, but could move up soon, providing they can get past Philadelphia, which I don’t think will happen.

Houston holds the No. 14 spot, and still has playoff hopes this season.

Baltimore is sliding fast out of the playoff picture, losing again to the Bengals. They are at No. 15 but may not get much further up the ladder.

Chicago is at No. 16, and is just a little better at this point than perhaps Jacksonville, the Jets, and Green Bay.

Jacksonville is at No. 17 with a 4-4 record, and could move up with a couple of good wins.

The Jets are hanging around at 18 but losing games is not helping their cause.

The Packers are now at No. 19 due to a loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Packers suck.

Miami is at No. 20, but could move up depending on division play. Playoffs this season? Doubtful.

San Francisco has slid down to No. 21. They play the Bears next week, who will want to beat Mike Singletary.

Buffalo is at No. 22; they’re not very good.

Tennessee has two wins now and moves up to No. 23. Go Titans, who will undoubtedly ruin someone’s season this year.

Seattle is at No. 24 with a big win against—you guessed it—the Lions.

Washington is at No. 25. They suck almost as much as Green Bay.

Carolina is at No. 26, but actually is the best of the sucky teams.

Kansas City shows something once in a while, and at least have a decent quarterback. No. 27 for the Chiefs.

Oakland is just pretty bad and holds down No. 28.

Detroit scores some points and looks okay at times. No. 29 for Motor City.

Tampa Bay has improved and beat Green Bay. Wish you could be higher, but I don ‘t think so. No. 30 is yours.

The Rams have one win and Stephen Jackson. That gets them out of the worst team in the league category and No. 31. Congratulations to the Rams.

The worst team in football are the Cleveland Browns.

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NFL Week Nine Point Spread Picks

It’s halfway into the season now, and I seem to be on a little better pace after 9-4 last week against the line.

Atlanta is favored by 10 playing at home against the Redskins. This is one of the large point spreads I can deal with. Take Atlanta and give the points.

Arizona is up and down, on the road this week, playing Chicago. I will take the crazy Cardinals with three points to burn.

Baltimore is at home and probably on a mission. Cincinnati will level out a bit more this season. The Bengals are at home but lose this one. The Ravens will win by more than the three.

Indianapolis is at home favored by nine and I love Houston in this game, even as an underdog. Nine points is way to many.

Jacksonville is at home playing Kansas City and this one may be close. With six and a half points, I like the underdog K.C. in this one.

New England is favored by 10.5 and the Dolphins may be better than that. I think the Dolphins will stay in this game and keep the final deficit below 10.

Green Bay will beat Tampa Bay in Florida by 10. This is a solid play.

New Orleans should overwhelm Carolina with offense and win by 17. You do have to give 13.5 points, and Carolina getting a quick lead could keep this closer than it needs to be.

Seattle is at home against Detroit and you have to give ten points with the Seahawks.

Detroit could stay in this game and keep it close, and may have a chance to get a second win. I will choose Detroit to keep this one within ten.

The Giants must end their skid this week against a team with a big offense but no defense. Expect the Giants to run, run, and run the ball some more. That will set up Eli Manning to throw to Steve Smith for some 20-30 yarders. G-Men will get the seven point win.

The 49ers must get this win at home against the Titans who have their own issues to deal with. San Francisco can win this one at home and I will give the five points.

Philadelphia has a good home field advantage and is favored by three over Dallas. Dallas is not very good in big games on the road. They never win these games. Take the Eagles.

Pittsburgh will win on Monday Night Football against Denver in Mile High Stadium. This will be a good game to watch. Denver is the weakest 6-1 team I’ve ever seen and things will even out starting this week.

My record this season against the line is now a respectable 66-49. I will not have another losing week this season. I should finish this season somewhere near 40-50 games over 500.

Pay attention.

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Week Nine NFL Prime Picks

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 South and beat Tampa Bay in Tampa with no problem. This is a no brainer kind of pick.

New England shows everyone who the AFC East team to beat is, by crunching the Dolphins into fried tuna in New England.

Jacksonville is at home against Kansas City. Is this win number two for Kansas City? Can Jacksonville ever play well?  Aw, heck, I’ll take the home team.

Here is the Houston Texan’s biggest stage ever. Go into Indianapolis and knock off the division leader and undefeated Colts and show the world you can make the playoffs.

I will take the Texans. Be the man, Matt Schaub.

Baltimore gets the Bengals in Cincinnati after a big game last week against Denver. I like the Ravens to get this one on the road.

Arizona goes into Chicago feeling very good, for this time of the season. The Arizona defense has stepped up, and I am confident Warner can get this one done.

Seattle  finally gets another win against Detroit at home. Seattle is once again, toast. They are 3-5 with this win and going nowhere fast.

New Orleans will try to stay undefeated at home against Carolina. Carolina does not have enough weapons to keep up with Brees and company. Take New Orleans.

The Forty-Niners have the dangerous Tennessee Titans in a game that shouts “upset, upset, upset.” They are in San Francisco. I will take the Niners.

Pittsburgh rolls into Denver and will win. Denver is a pretender, and this game will expose them for just an ordinary team. 

I will be right around 76-39 for the season right after week eight concludes.

Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland.

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