The Sports Rumors

Response to a Hater

Dear “Frank the Tank”,

I read, and enjoyed, your comment about how my football picks showed that I know less than an iota about football. You also pointed out that I made “popular picks”. If by popular, you mean picks that make sense to the vast majority of people making the selections, then yes… I am making popular picks. You’re not going to find me picking the Jets to blowout the Pats. You’re not going to find me picking Tampa Bay to go into Seattle and rock the Seahawks. You’re not going to find me picking the Raiders to make the playoffs and you’re not going to find me making absurd upset picks. That’s just not going to happen. I’m not going to go against the grain just for the sake of it, just like I don’t paint my nails black to stand out from the rest of society. Picks are popular because most sensible people look at the matchups and other relevant factors, then lean towards the favorite unless they have some other information that would lead them to choose otherwise.

Also, if you are expecting me to breakdown each an every game with a one page thesis like I’m Ron Jaworski or something, you’re checking the wrong site buddy. I said I would break down five games a week, and provide my outright picks for the rest. I have a career and a life that isn’t based on writing about sports 24/7. If you are willing to pay me a salary to do research and analysis, I will find every bit of information down to what a certain player ate for breakfast. But until then, I write whatever I want to write because its on my free time. I work on this site as much as possible but if you’re looking for the best analysis of every aspect of every game, hit up a site like, I don’t know, ESPN.COM or YahooSports.

In closing, Frank the Tank, I would love for you to go into more detail about which of my popular picks you disagree with. If you look below at the ESPN “Expert Picks”, you’ll see that I’m the only person who picked the Panthers, and one of two people who picked the Bengals. And I’d also challenge you to go week for week, pick for pick with me for the entire season and see who comes out ahead when it’s all said and done.

Regards,

The Sports Rumors