Packers Picks

Another rematch, but it isn’t because Arizona really didn’t show up to play last week. In general we like Green Bay but not in this spot. Arizona is the defending NFC Champion, they are playing at home and will find a way to win this game. Aaron Rogers and company will have many days in the sun

With emotions running high on both sides of the ball, one team (Florida) will benefit greatly. The other will suffer an embarrassing loss on New Year’s Day. Cincinnati is playing without former head coach Brian Kelly, who led the Bearcats to significant success in recent years

We knew the Steelers weren’t that good, but to lose to Cleveland is inexcusable. This is the week that they finally get back on track. Green Bay has played at a very high level for weeks now, and will make the playoffs. The Packers don’t need this game as much as the Steelers do

The Packers looked really good on Monday night in beating the Ravens while the Bears finally won a game against the Rams. We wish we knew what the line is here, but since the Packers played Monday night and I write my column on Tuesday morning there was no line available at the time

Virginia coach Al Groh has beaten the Cavaliers’ arch rival Hokies just one time in his nine years at UVA. He and the Cavaliers look to make that number two and possibly avoid his firing this Saturday in Charlottesville. The Hokies are in a down year at 8-3 and will not contend for the ACC Championship,

Not quite the same allure as the Red River Rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma, but this week’s Bedlam Rivalry game is Oklahoma State’s Super Bowl. The Cowboys have had a tremendous season so far and Oklahoma is sitting at 6-5, ensured of its worst season since 1999

Boise State doesn’t play too many home games where they are only 14 point favorites, but that is exactly what they are this week when Nevada comes to play on the blue turf. Boise State needs a win this week, and badly. Though the Broncos are 11-0, their only hope for a BCS appearance

Despite an 11-0 record up to this point, Alabama still realistically needs to win its next two games to get into the National Championship. With Florida a perfect 11-0 as well, the Crimson Tide will need to beat Auburn this week and Florida in the SEC Championship

At first glance you might think that it was quite a shocker that Oakland beat Cincinnati last week, but at we said the Bengals were coming off their biggest win in years and might be flat. We also felt that Jamarcus Russell was hindering the Raider offense and the switch to anybody but he was the correct move

Another winning week last week, but not up to our usual excellent ways. We are going to start this week by talking about the 3 annual Thanksgiving Day games and then proceed to our weekly teaser. We wanted to include this game in our teaser, but because of Matt Stafford’s shoulder injury there was no line at the time of the writing of this column

San Francisco won an ugly game at home last week vs. Chicago. We won on Green Bay +3 against the Cowboys, and also hit on a halftime bet of Green bay +3. It looks like the Packers have corrected what was wrong with them

Congratulations to Tampa Bay who finally won a game last week vs. Green Bay. The Dolphins have been playing hard every week since their 0-3 start. This is the NFL and the margin of victory is very slight. As you’ve heard me say before it comes down to motivation

The Packers are a better team then they have been showing the last few weeks. The Cowboys played very well in upsetting the Eagles last week. This is going to be a good game, and we are going to take the home dog here. The Cowboys have had a hard time being consistent

Aaron Rogers can’t seem to beat Brett Favre. He played well in both games against Minnesota, but Favre played better. Tampa Bay is playing like the worst team in football right now. They did have a week off

The Vikings finally lost a game last week against Pittsburgh, and as sometimes happens it came down to a late mistake by Brett Favre. The Packers have been playing pretty well as of late also.

Green Bay was very business like in beating the Lions last week 26-0.The Browns have been playing slightly better as of late. The Packers do not care about the point spread here, just winning the game.

Every week that we play a 13 point teaser there is always one game that we worry about more than the others. This week we are teasing Green Bay down to -.5, so all they must do is win the game outright.

Monday Night football has a good one this week, as the Packers and Aaron Rogers travel to Minnesota to face Brett Favre and the Vikings. The Vikings got lucky last week with that last second pass by Favre to beat San Francisco.

Both of these teams have problems. Miami really can’t play offense at the N.F.L. level. They look like a college or high school team at times, with their “Wildcat” offense and their quarterback who throws the ball like a shot put. Another quarterback, who has a funky delivery is Phillip Rivers

The next 2 games that we are picking, we are going a little bit out on a limb. There are 2 home dogs that both played very well last week as huge underdogs. Both teams had opportunities to win outright but didn’t.

This game scares me, not only as a Giant fan but as a bettor. This is a trap game for the Giants. After 2 huge wins against division rivals, Dallas and Washington, they now play 3 games in a row versus bad teams

This game is perfect. One team is coming off a heartbreaking last second loss, and the other had an exciting end of the game victory against a division rival.

The opening Sunday night game is a great one. The Bears are for real. Usually what happens in the preseason really doesn’t matter, but in this case Cutler looked very comfortable with his new team.

Things looked promising in the first half of last year for the Green Bay Packers. Their quarterback of the future, Aaron Rodgers, was progressing nicely, and a 5-5 record, while not dominant, was not a cause of concern.

Probably the most well known handicapping angle is the “Monday Night Home Underdog.”

Stop thinking about rain by itself as a bad weather indicator. Look at the mix of wind, turf quality, and precipitation. It's the mix that matters, not one third of the mix.

Bettors no longer have to look at mere sides and/or game totals to strike it rich as mostly all the online sports books (and many Las Vegas) outlets provide first and second half wagering lines along with quarter by quarter prices too on football betting.