Hartley’s NFL picks
Raiders 17, Falcons 30. The The Raiders had a bye last week … did anyone notice?
Ravens 17, Cowboys 13. The Ravens and their potent, high-flying offense with their new elite QB Joe Flacco went out last week and put up a whopping 9 points against the Chiefs. Meanwhile, Cowboys Owner Jerry jones is investing in a cure for color blindness in a last-ditch effort to salvage Tony Romo’s career.
Bengals 34, Browns 26. Some idiot on TV said the Bengals were one of the 6 best teams in the NFL. Ha! This is the tired s%$t these lazy analysts spit out all the time. They are too lazy to watch the games and see what is going on so they just recycle whatever opinion of the week they had last year. If you watched the Bengals this year you would know they are giving up 30 points a game when not playing the Dolphins and Jags and have been inconsistent offensively and have NO RUNNING GAME.
Rams 16, Dolphins 10. Everyone is gaga over the Rams and how Coach Jeff Fisher is building a winner. Fisher is building another team that will average 8 wins most years and miss the playoffs.
Colts 23, Jets 10. Now the Colts aren’t good … the Jets just suck. Did you watch that abysmal performance the Jets put up … WHICH WEEK? PICK ONE. I hear people giving QB Mark Sanchez a pass because he’s surrounded by no talent True. But Sanchez doesn’t suck because of who he’s surrounded by. He sucks because he sucks. Having Rex Ryan for a coach doesn’t help. Worst part is, their talent on D isn’t that great anymore either. Now that defense is getting lit up like me at a New Year’s party. Idiot.
Lions 20, Eagles 10. How in the world is Andy Reid keeping his job … and Michael Vick, too. Vick was fumbling the ball like greasy nuts last week. And Andy Reid’s playcalling is a joke. That guy has gone ego-crazy – just like Mike Martz did.
Tampa 20, Kansas City 10. Backup Brady Quinn gets the nod this week ‘cause starter Matt Cassel is out with a concussion – a concussion apparently cheered by the fans … altho’ how does anyone really know what the fans are cheering since they’re all so drunk. They could just be cheering a brawl in section HH for all we know. The players need to stop worrying about what the fans might or might not be cheering and concentrate instead on not sucking. Buccaneers … I get the feeling the coach, Greg Schiano, will wear out his welcome very fast and be back in college soon. Too much bad publicity around that guy.
Bills 10, Cards 16. I don’t like either of these teams and they will both be headed in the wrong direction very soon. The Cards defense cannot carry their horrible QBs all season.
Pats 24, Seahawks 13. ‘Hawks fans are in full psychotic mode now. All of a sudden Pete Carroll is an elite coach and the defense is legendary. Hilarious. This team is so limited offensively and the pass interference rules, when enforced, will make the defense ordinary.
Giants 23, Niners 16. The Giants are better on the road than at home. The Niners are very good right now, but cocky. That is a bad mix. Ask the Packers.
‘Skins 24, Vikings 20. Everyone is dogging RG3 for running too much. He’ll figure it out. He figured it out last week … about two seconds too late … right after he saw the top of the Falcon helmet that crushed him.
Packers 24, Texans 19. The Packers won one Super Bowl and just got too arrogant. Now the QB is constantly on TV bitching about everything except actual football stuff. And now a Packer player has come out and said the refs are out to get them. Right. Meanwhile, this is the NFL so the Texans are due for a clunker.
Broncos 30, Chargers 20. I watched the Chargers get run over by the Saints last week. Here’s the problem with the Bolts. They let all their good players leave, and replace them with guys who are pretty good, but not quite as good.It’s just a long, painful slide into oblivion. And the QB is more mouth than play.
