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Weekly Picks vs The Spread - Wk4

Houston (-3.0) @ Atlanta

Matt Schuab is going to come in and throw all over Atlanta and make the Falcons gag with disgust for letting him go. People are saying Atlanta is going to come out angry and play for revenge. Umm. What revenge, and what anger? You let the guy go. It’s your fault. Houston has shown that their defense is a top 10 one, so far, and that their offense can score. Advantage and game goes to Houston.

Pick: Houston

Spread: Houston Covers

Green Bay (-2.0) @ Minnesota

Minnesota Head Coach Brad Childress announced that running back, Chester Taylor, will be starting ahead of Adrian Peterson. Okay. Why? Because he’s healthy? If you thought Taylor was the answer, you wouldn’t have drafted Peterson. Peterson is the better player, and teams that are trying to win ballgames start the better player. Oh, I forgot it’s Minnesota. Favre will break the touchdown record and the Packers will be 4-0.

Pick: Packers
Spread: Packers Cover

Tampa Bay @ Carolina (-3.0)

David Carr will be making his first start for the Panthers and will be facing off against a Bucs team that is surprisingly confident after winning two straight games. I’ve done a lot of reading and thinking about this game because I had a slight hunch that the Bucs would pull it off. However, I’m giving the advantage to the Panthers because DeShaun Foster has been running well with an average of 5.2 yards per carry and the Bucs are giving up almost 125 a game on the ground. I think Carolina will run a lot since it’ll be Carr’s first start and that should make the difference.

Pick: Carolina

Spread: Carolina Covers

Philadelphia Eagles (-2.5) @ New York Giants

Similar to the Redskins-Giants game last week, and the Eagles-Redskins game the week before, you can pretty much throw all logic out the window because NFC east battles are unpredictable. All I can tell you is this; the loser of this game is out of the playoff chase. The Eagles have MORE to lose because if they drop this game, they will be 1-3 (0-2 in the division). They will not recover and the team will go into one of those funks where they start looking at the changes that will come in the offseason (McNabb departure, etc.). That being said, the Eagles HAVE to win this game. I feel that McNabb is playing with the chip on his shoulder that he needs and will manage to pull this game off, but not by much. I’m feeling a pretty high scoring game in which the Eagles win 31-27.

Pick: Eagles

Spread: Eagles Cover