Alternative Picks: Week 2, 2021

by Tony | Sep 16, 2021 | 2021 season, NFL Picks

Some big talk last week from Andy, who failed to back it up in the picks or straight up, with Tony winning picks 10-6, and winning straight up picks 9-7 vs 8-8.  Admittedly, it was a case of both of us getting several wrong in picks, rather than one of us nailing things–as our straight up picks can attest to.  And the only difference we had in straight up picks was the final game choice of the week, with the Dolphins giving me the slight edge.

Week 2 finds still not a lot of games to feel great about, especially after the clunkers put on by the Packers, Titans and Falcons (who were never going to win a lot of games, but…6 points against an NFC East team). On to the picks!

1) Tony – Buccaneers over Falcons – Three games with double digit lines this week, but I’m not comfortable enough with the third one to to go 2-3 in the picks. I’ll take the Super Bowl champs on three days extra rest against a team that looked absolutely hapless on Sunday against a team that I thought might be in line for the first overall pick.

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Alternative Picks: Week 1, 2021

by Tony & Andy | Sep 9, 2021 | 2021 season, NFL Picks

Here we are again, starting another season here at the blog that just won’t die. We’re quite certain you’ve been waiting for this as long as we have … the return of our alternative picks.

Tony won the opening weekend toss and elected to pick second and third. Yay, Tony. If last year’s form holds true it’ll be one of the only wins he gets this year.

Cheers everyone. Go Zoneblitz! Err, I mean, yay football.

1) Andy – 49ers over Lions – I didn’t see much preseason football this year. I did see a few clips of the Lions that looked a little bit intriguing. That said, Detroit gets no benefit of the doubt. Until there is tangible evidence that the Lions are anything but a circus clown show, it will be assumed that they still are a … circus clown show. (more…)

Playoff Picks 2021: Super Bowl

by Tony & Andy | Feb 7, 2021 | 2020 season, NFL Picks

Huh. It’s almost like Tony wrote the script for this postseason. Wish we’d been out in Vegas the last couple weeks and were betting on his picks here.

So, what happens now?

After such a truly horrible 2020–a year that saw the NHL & NBA suspend their seasons midway through, before returning to half-ass their playoffs in a bubble, and an MLB season that showed just what a bunch of absolute whiners both players and owners can be, we finally reach the culmination of the one league to manage to pull off a full season amidst the pandemic.

It wasn’t always pretty–some weird scheduling and plenty of fans whining enough about how their team was being screwed that you’d think they were in the MLB (looking at you, Pittsburgh), but the full slate of games was played, the playoffs have gone off relatively smoothly. And now we get to “The Big Game” – and honestly, I have to imagine most of the league brass couldn’t be happier with the matchup.

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Playoff Picks: Conference Championship weekend, 2020

by Tony & Andy | Jan 24, 2021 | 2020 season, NFL Picks

Tony is on fire since the playoffs started. Andy is plugging along alright as long as point spreads aren’t involved. Here are the postseason standings:

We’re down to three games left in the season. The Championship games this weekend have some interesting storylines. Here are our guesses:

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