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Week 16 2007 NFL Picks and Podcast

By Editor, Section NFL
Posted on Thu Dec 20 2007 at 11:27 AM EST
More on: 2007 NFL Picks, NFL, gambling, office pool (all tags)

This week's podcast features 20 minutes of Trevor and Vin lamenting the state of the NFL, 30 minutes of picks and analysis, and a final 10 minutes of Trevor calling Jamie Lynn Spears a white trash slut. Now that's good radio.

You can download the podcast directly (running time 60 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

NFL Week 15 2007 Picks

Locks of the Week

[Editor's Note: This year, we're making the Locks of the Week a little more interesting as we have a side bet amongst the four experts. The person with the most money at the end of the year in Locks betting takes home all the money. Disclaimer: The amounts discussed are for illustrative and entertainment purposes only. Gambling may be illegal in your locale.]

Vegas Vinny: You know, it's overanalyzing like I did last week that leads to a balance of $660, which means I've lost $340 since week 1. This has truly been a horrendous year for football and I don't mean just my gambling losses. Look at this week's slate of games and you can hardly muster up the energy to flip the remote. I need to get back into this thing and get back big. I'm not going to overanalyze folks. As a matter of fact, I am going by sheer feel on this lock of the week. I just tried to go to ESPN to look up how many games the Colts have covered this year. I haven't been to ESPN in months because I prefer other sports site. (You know, sites that don't start playing video the minute you get to the home page.) Anyway, it turns out ESPN no longer has spreads in their schedule. Gee, ESPN, there's no way anyone actually bets on football. Gambling on football is a no no for the squeaky clean Disney product. Well, suck on this Disney -- I'm putting $660 on the Colts (-7) to win $600. I'll either be broke or right back into things for the final week of the season. (Balance = $660)

BostonMac: This is the time of year when you stop trying to bet ON certain teams to win and start to concentrate your bets AGAINST teams who have thrown in the towels on their season. I would have easily picked the Ravens as the easy candidate for that one (how can you look at yourselves in the mirror after losing to the Dolphins, especially a game which you should have won in regulation if your head coach had any cojones and wasn't just an arrogant, narcissistic, overrated prick), but their money line is off the board. (Technical gambling term which, of course, our readers don't understand because sports gambling is illegal in 49 states and we do these picks for entertainment purposes only.) So I'm going to pick against the other team whose players are clearly treating the rest of the season like it's an Advent calendar and they can't wait to eat the last chocolate: the Atlanta Falcons. Last week I had an inkling that the Falcons might put up a fight against the Bucs just to show the world that they can play without that d-bag Bobby Petrino, but they proceeded to get absolutely pasted, 37-3. Look for more of the same this week against Arizona. The Cards can still put up some points and lost to a surging Saints team last week. Look for them to battle these next two weeks in a quest to finish 8-8 and build some momentum for next year. In the meantime, I'm putting $55 to win $50 on ARIZONA (-10) against the hapless, pathetic Atlanta Falcons. (Balance = $1270)

Trevor F: Like a Louisiana redneck with one of the Spears sisters, I am going to take care of business with my lock of the week pick. I am going to take the 49ers at home getting 6.5 points. My reasoning is this. I will be in the Bay Area for that game. My presence alone coupled with the 27 Pabst Blue Ribbons I will be drinking in the parking lot should be enough to keep that game competitive. Shaun Hill was surprisingly good. Better than Alex Smith has ever looked. It's too bad BALCO closed down because our first overall pick thus far has looked like a guy in desperate need of some resources. I'm taking Hill and the 49ers (+6.5) to get the backdoor cover and I am betting $55 on it. (Balance = $1070)

Billy Fellin: Two weeks to go and most of the divisions are already locked up. It's kinda sad really, everyone loves the late pushes for playoff births and division races. So where to go for a lock of the week? Well, I'm going to the desert, picking the Arizona Cardinals over the Atlanta Falcons. The Cards have Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin back and these two weapons alone, along with Edgerrin James, will just demolish the pathetic Atlanta team. I'll put $55 to win $50 on the Cards (-10). (Balance = $1035)