Greetings everyone! Welcome back to my picks blog, which has been on hiatus since I was commissioned to pick games on Big Blue View the past couple of years. But here we are, and we'll be picking the games through the postseason as well as other sporting events or big games from time to time. And now, let's get to it!
Last week: 11-5 (on Big Blue View)
Season record: 165-91
Cincinnati at Houston--The sexy pick here is the Bengals. Everyone is picking the Bengals because they are hot and the Texans are not. On the other hand, with their stout defense and efficient offense, the Bengals are more than a stepping stone for the 3-seed this year, as opposed to last season when they were happy to be there. But if the Texans' O-line can open some holes for Arian Foster, Matt Schaub may be able to use play-action to find Andre Johnson downfield. And let's face it, this is the first must-win game the Texans have played all year, and they are too good to blow it. Texans 20, Bengals 16
Minnesota at Green Bay--If you watched that game last week, or if you've seen Aaron Rodgers play much football, you saw that look in his eye and that will to make things happen even when it looks bleak. Unfortunately Rodgers doesn't play defense, and Adrian Peterson is maybe the sickest running back since Walter Payton or Jim Brown. But at Lambeau under the lights, there is positively no way the Pack lets their division rival do to them what the Giants did to them last season. Packers 38, Vikings 24
Indianapolis at Baltimore--That's not Peyton Manning coming to town, but young Andrew Luck and the upstart Colts. This could be Ray Lewis' last game ever, but this Ravens' D is not what it used to be just like Lewis isn't what he used to be. And I don't trust Joe Flacco in a big game, I just don't. But here is the bottom line--there is absolutely no way the football gods deprive us of that dream match up next week of the Colts against Peyton Manning's Broncos. Colts 23, Ravens 20
Seattle at Washington--This, to me, is the most difficult game of the weekend to pick. On the one hand, you have the Seahawks, who have been blowing past everyone and would have blown past the Niners in the standings if Roger Goodell got his 18- or 19-week season. Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch and a brick wall defense have this team as an outside Super Bowl pick. But wait, there is the matter of RG3 and Alfred Morris and an also-red-hot Redskins team playing at home. There are no ties in the playoffs, so someone has to win and someone has to lose. Redskins 24, Seahawks 20
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