Week 7 NFL Lines - Discussion - Talksox

TheKilo · 10-18-2007, 02:22 PM

Favorite	Line	Underdog
Tennessee	-1.5	At Houston
At Detroit	-2.5	Tampa Bay
New England	-16.5	At Miami
At New Orleans	-9	Atlanta
At New York Giants	-9	San Francisco
Baltimore	-3	At Buffalo
At Washington	-8.5	Arizona
At Oakland	-2.5	Kansas City
At Cincinnati	-6	New York Jets
At Philadelphia	-5	Chicago
At Seattle	-9	St. Louis
At Dallas	-9.5	Minnesota
Pittsburgh	-3.5	At Denver
Indianapolis	-3	At Jacksonville

TheKilo · 10-18-2007, 02:55 PM

TEN @ HOU - Without Andre Johnson, Houston's offense kinda sucks. I'll take Tennessee to win the game outright, even if Kerry Collins is at QB.

DET vs. TB - Tampa had a nice win last week against Tennessee, and Detroit seems susceptible to teams with good defenses (Washington two weeks ago). I like TB here.

NE @ MIA - 16.5 points is an obscene line. OBSCENE. I'll take it anyway because the Dolphins are the worst team in the NFL.

NO vs. ATL - New Orleans found some offense last week against a decent Seattle team. Atlanta is not a decent team. I'll take the Saints.

NYG vs. SF - Eli Manning has looked good. The defense has looked good. The question with the Giants is will the drop off like they did last year. I believe Alex Smith is still out, so I'll err on the side of caution and pick the favorite.

BAL @ BUF - The Bills offense is bad. Ravens in a defensive battle.

WAS vs. ARI - The Redskins' offense disappeared in the second half last week. But, if Tim Rattay is the starter for ARI, it won't matter. I'll take Washington.

OAK vs. KC - Oakland got carved up by LT last week. LJ got on track last week. Chiefs in a close one.

CIN vs. NYJ - Both surprisingly bad teams. I'll take the one with the better offense. Cincy.

PHI vs. CHI - Chicago's defense has struggled. McNabb and the Eagles' offense has struggled. Devin Hester plays a role in the Bears win.

SEA vs. STL - Bulger comes back, and leads struggling Rams to surprise win.

DAL vs. MIN - Childress feeds the beast that is Adrian Peterson, Vikes win.

PIT @ DEN - Taking the better team. Pittsburgh's defense will harass Cutler.

IND @ JAX - As good as Jacksonville has been, Indy's the second best team in the league.

**schillingouttheks** · 10-18-2007, 11:37 PM

The only thing I don't agree with is, surprisingly, your NE @ MIA pick. I'm going with Miami to cover the spread. They ALWAYS give the Pats a hard time down in South Florida. Always.

TheKilo · 10-19-2007, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by schillingouttheks

The only thing I don't agree with is, surprisingly, your NE @ MIA pick. I'm going with Miami to cover the spread. They ALWAYS give the Pats a hard time down in South Florida. Always.

The Dolphins are so atrociously bad though.

**schillingouttheks** · 10-19-2007, 12:39 AM

They were so atrociously bad in 2004 and still beat us on MNF, so yeah.

I like to err on the side of caution.

See Red · 10-19-2007, 02:27 AM

And they traded Chris Chambers. By the way, I didn't get to watch him play much, having lived in Colorado... I remember a few years ago he had tremendous upside... did he ever live up to his potential? The numbers suggest he didn't... but he also had no QB... ever.

TheKilo · 10-19-2007, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by See Red

And they traded Chris Chambers. By the way, I didn't get to watch him play much, having lived in Colorado... I remember a few years ago he had tremendous upside... did he ever live up to his potential? The numbers suggest he didn't... but he also had no QB... ever.

He has a rep for not being a good route runner.

Rumblings he's out of shape this year too...