Alternative picks — Week 15, 2018

by Andy | Dec 13, 2018 | 2018 Season, NFL Picks

Andy’s hot streak slowed a bit, has he hit just five of his eight picks in week 14, but he still picked up a game on Tony, who was .500 on his own selections. It’s becoming less a question of whether Andy will win the season and more a question of by how much.

Standings:

Here are the alternative picks for week 15.

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Alternative picks: Week 14, 2018

by Tony & Andy | Dec 7, 2018 | 2018 Season, NFL Picks

It was a good week for Andy. He hit all but one of his picks while Tony struggled, opening up the largest gap of the season.

Here are the standings:

And here are the picks:

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Alternative picks: Week 13, 2018

by Tony & Andy | Nov 29, 2018 | 2018 Season, NFL Picks

Tony had a pretty decent week in alternative picks, getting five of his seven correct. Andy was on fire, however, going 8-0, to land a fairly dominant win over the Thanksgiving break.

Here are the standings:

Here are this week’s alternative picks:

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Alternative picks: Week 12, 2018

by Tony & Andy | Nov 22, 2018 | 2018 Season, NFL Picks

As good as week 10 was for Andy, week 11 was almost as bad. If not for Tony missing a couple of his latter picks, he might have made up the entire 12-2 difference from that week. Here are the standings:

And here are this week’s alternative picks:

1) Tony: Chargers over Cardinals — I really would have preferred spots 2 & 3 this week. I have to believe that the Chargers will have a fairly easy time against the Cardinals, especially after last week’s wake up call.
2) Andy: Patriots over Jets — Patriots stinging from a bad loss while the Jets are reeling from an even worse one. New England has a better chance of answering the call.
3) Andy: Saints over Falcons — Normally wouldn’t be this confident in a Saints/Falcons tilt, but New Orleans might be the best team in football right now.
4) Tony: Ravens over Raiders — This probably would have been one of my picks at 2/3. Not that I trust the Ravens…but I definitely trust the Raiders.
5) Andy: Colts over Dolphins — Andrew Luck looking good. I don’t think they’re talented enough to be playing this well, but you have to tip your cap – they are.
6) Tony: Steelers over Broncos — The Steelers should have a fairly easy time with the Broncos. If not, it solidifies the Chiefs & Patriots as the favorites for the AFCCG.
7) Andy: Texans over Titans — Houston isn’t as good as Kansas City. Name me another team in the AFC playing as consistently well as the Texans right now. … Still waiting.
8) Tony: Panthers over Seahawks — Will the real Carolina Panthers please step up? Seahawks struggle heading east, though.
9) Andy: Bears over Lions — This one got a little tougher with Trubisky likely out, but I think Chase Daniel can run the offense alright and I don’t see Detroit doing much against the Bears defense.
10) Tony: Eagles over Giants — I wouldn’t mind being wrong here at all. I’m loving seeing the Eagles flounder.
11) Andy: Browns over Bengals — Cleveland may be on to something.
12) Tony: Cowboys over Washington — Washington hung in there with a banged up offensive line, and almost came back after Alex Smith’s leg was destroyed…but even the Cowboys should be able to beat up on Colt McCoy with a week of planning.
13) Andy: Bills over Jaguars — Upset special? Or are the Jags really as bad as they are playing?
14) Tony: Buccaneers over 49ers — This week’s game that absolutely no one cares about. Except maybe a few coaches that might be interested in that job in Tampa.
15) Andy: Vikings over Packers — Kind of a coin toss, though I think Green Bay isn’t very good and Minnesota has the weapons to be better. Whether they will or not … hard to say.

While his alternative picks were horrid, Andy did pick up a game in the straight-up picks for the week — though it wasn’t in exactly impressive fashion. Here are those standings:

And here are the picks for this week… Happy Thanksgiving.

Alternative picks: Week 11, 2018

by Tony & Andy | Nov 15, 2018 | 2018 Season, NFL Picks

Rough week for Tony. He missed all but one. Andy hit all but one. The work Tony’s done catching up the last few weeks is mostly gone.

Here are the standings:

Here are this week’s alternative picks:

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Alternative bets: Week 10, 2018

by Tony & Andy | Nov 8, 2018 | 2018 Season, NFL Picks

Pretty good results again in week 10. Tony won, but only two incorrect picks between us.

Here are the standings:

Here are this week’s alternative picks:

1) Andy: Chiefs over Cardinals – I don’t think the Cardinals can keep up. Neither does Vegas.
2) Tony: Chargers over Raiders – I have a feeling the Raiders will be pretty high up on this list every week moving forward.  Possibly for a few years.
3) Tony: Eagles over Cowboys – The Eagles haven’t looked like the same team from last year. Fortunately for them, the Cowboys have.
4) Andy: Rams over Seahawks – Rams will be mad after Saints debacle.
5) Tony: Falcons over Browns – I get why the Browns made the decision to move on from Hue, but in (another) lost season with back to back games against the Chiefs and Falcons heading into the bye, I wonder if the timing was the best?
6) Andy: Packers over Dolphins – I don’t think Miami can keep up.
7) Tony: Patriots over Titans – Mike Vrabel will want to show his former coach something–and he will. Like how much harder it is to win when you don’t have Tom Brady to throw TD passes to linebackers subbing at TE.
8) Andy: 49ers over Giants – One bad team that is trying against another bad team that is not.
9) Tony: Jets over Bills – What could have been a terrible game with a mildly compelling story of rookie first round quarterbacks facing off is now likely just a terrible game. Yay.
10) Andy: Saints over Bengals – New Orleans proved last week it’s right in the mix to be considered the league’s best.
11) Tony: Jaguars over Colts – Sooner or later that Jags defense is finally going to show up, right?
12) Andy: Bears over Lions – Chicago is a step ahead of Detroit.
13) Tony: Buccaneers over Washington – Washington lost both starting guards to injury last week, and signed three street free agent OL this week. Even against the Bucs defense, they might struggle.
14) Andy: Steelers over Panthers – When you have two good teams in a Thursday night game, I always take the home team.

And in our straight-up picks, Andy loses ground on the Tonys.

And now for the picks: