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Continue reading →: Atlanta Falcons at Chicago Bears: 2017 Week 1 NFL Pick
Atlanta Falcons (0-0) at Chicago Bears (0-0) Despite losing last season’s Super Bowl in heartbreaking fashion, the Falcons still have a lot of reason to be hopeful. They enter the season with their core intact, with little off-season roster turnover, and are among the most talented teams in the league.…
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Continue reading →: NFL Top-200 of 2017
1 DE Khalil Mack (Oakland) 2 DE/DT Aaron Donald (LA Rams) 3 OLB/DE Von Miller (Denver) 4 OT Joe Thomas (Cleveland) 5 WR Julio Jones (Atlanta) 6 C Travis Frederick (Dallas) 7 WR Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh) 8 CB Chris Harris (Denver) 9 RB Le’Veon Bell (Pittsburgh) 10 DE/DT JJ Watt…
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Continue reading →: Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots: 2017 Week 1 NFL Pick
Kansas City Chiefs (0-0) at New England Patriots (0-0) These teams finished with the two best records in the AFC last season and earned the AFC’s top-2 seeds, but the Chiefs were not as good as their 12-4 record suggested. Six of their 12 wins came by 8 points or…
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Continue reading →: 2013-2016 NFL Pick Results
2016 Straight Up: 170-95-2 (64.04%) Against the Spread: 130-127-10 (50.56%) Pick of the Week: 11-6-0 (64.71%) High Confidence: 12-17-2 (41.94%) Medium Confidence: 42-26-4 (61.11%) Money Picks (Medium confidence and higher): 65-49-6 (56.67%) Low Confidence: 35-40-2 (46.75%) No Confidence: 30-38-2 (44.29%) Upset Picks: 26-25 (50.98%) Since 2013 Straight Up: 676-388-4 (63.48%)…
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Continue reading →: 2017 NFL Season Preview
AFC East New England Patriots 13-3 Miami Dolphins 7-9 Buffalo Bills 6-10 New York Jets 2-14 AFC North Pittsburgh Steelers 12-4 Cincinnati Bengals 9-7 Baltimore Ravens 6-10 Cleveland Browns 4-12 AFC South Tennessee Titans 11-5 Jacksonville Jaguars 8-8 Indianapolis Colts 6-10 Houston Texans 5-11 AFC West Oakland Raiders 10-6 Los Angeles Chargers 9-7…
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Continue reading →: Bills Trades
Buffalo Bills trade WR Sammy Watkins and a 2018 6th round pick to the Los Angeles Rams for a 2018 2nd round pick and CB EJ Gaines Buffalo Bills trade CB Ronald Darby to the Philadelphia Eagles for WR Jordan Matthews and a 2018 3rd round pick The Bills made a pair of…
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Continue reading →: Atlanta Falcons 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Falcons had one of the best offenses in NFL history last season. They picked up first downs at a ridiculous 43.92% rate, significantly higher than 2nd place New Orleans (40.72%). In fact, the margin between 1st and 2nd was bigger than the margin between 2nd place New Orleans…
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Continue reading →: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Buccaneers bottomed out in 2014, finishing 2-14 with Josh McCown and Mike Glennon at quarterback. That allowed them to get the #1 overall pick, which they used on quarterback Jameis Winston. Winston has made all 32 starts over the past 2 seasons since and hasn’t been bad. He…
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Continue reading →: Carolina Panthers 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback The Panthers have had some strong seasons in recent years, going 12-4 in 2013 and 15-1 in 2015, but they haven’t done a good job of following up those seasons, falling to 7-8-1 in 2014 and 6-10 in 2016. Their 9 win decline from 2015 to 2016 was the…
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Continue reading →: New Orleans Saints 2017 NFL Season Preview
Quarterback Tom Brady gets a lot of credit for still playing at a high level late in his 30s, but Drew Brees deserves a lot of credit for the same thing. Now going into his age 38 season, Brees finished last season 7th among quarterbacks on Pro Football Focus and…