NFL Weeks 5

Evil’s Picks

When you’re the 4-0 Arizona Cardinals, there’s nothing like stopping by St. Louis so they can remind you that you’re still the Arizona Cardinals, and you are not going to the playoffs.

My take for week 5:

Away

Home

Away

Home

Favorite

Line

O/U

Arizona

St. Louis

18

22

St. Louis

3

40

Miami

Cincinnati

19

20

Cincinnati

1

39

Green Bay

Indianapolis

23

20

Green Bay

2

43

Baltimore

Kansas City

21

18

Baltimore

3

39

Cleveland

NY Giants

20

23

NY Giants

3

43

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

20

23

Pittsburgh

4

43

Atlanta

Washington

24

19

Atlanta

5

43

Seattle

Carolina

19

22

Carolina

3

41

Chicago

Jacksonville

21

19

Chicago

2

39

Tennessee

Minnesota

20

23

Minnesota

3

42

Denver

New England

19

28

New England

9

47

Buffalo

San Francisco

17

27

San Francisco

11

44

San Diego

New Orleans

22

27

New Orleans

4

49

Houston

NY Jets

20

22

NY Jets

2

42

Vegas:

Favorite

Line

O/U

Bet

O/U

Arizona

1.5

38.0

St. Louis

Over

Cincinnati

3.0

45.0

Miami

Under

Green Bay

7

48

Indianapolis

Under

Baltimore

6.5

46.5

Kansas City

Under

NY Giants

8.5

44.0

Cleveland

Under

Pittsburgh

3.5

43.0

Pittsburgh

Over

Atlanta

3.0

51.0

Atlanta

Under

Carolina

3.0

43.5

Seattle

Under

Chicago

5.5

41.0

Jacksonville

Under

Minnesota

5.5

44.0

Tennessee

Under

New England

6.5

52.0

New England

Under

San Francisco

9.5

45.0

San Francisco

Under

New Orleans

3.5

53.0

New Orleans

Under

Houston

8.0

41.0

NY Jets

Over

There aren’t any good bets this week, however the economy must be looking up because the Vegas lines in a lot of these games are pretty far off from the computer prediction.

The “real” refs didn’t play as flat as I thought they would but there was at least one unbelievably bad call that was still bad even after the review. Eagles’ DeSean Jackson did not make a three handed catch. That third hand was dirt and I’m pretty sure you can’t use it to help you catch the ball.

E.W.

I blame the out of practice “real” refs for everything that went wrong in my predictions for last week.

 

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