Week 7 NFL Picks

Happy Wednesday everyone! As I write this post, we're more than halfway through the work week, meaning we're that much closer to the NFL this Sunday. Here are my Week 7 picks...

Last week: 7-7 (50%)
Season record: 59-31 (74%)

HOME TEAMS IN CAPS

WEEK 7 NFL PICKS:

5-STAR LOCKS
(99.9% Winners)

• Indianapolis Colts 35, ST. LOUIS RAMS 13
• New England Patriots 30, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 9 (game being played in London)
• Green Bay Packers 27, CLEVELAND BROWNS 10

4-STAR SAFE PLAYS

(If these lose, I'll be donating to my weekly pool)

• NEW YORK GIANTS 34, Arizona Cardinals 20
• CAROLINA PANTHERS 27, Buffalo Bills 14
• San Diego Chargers 27, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 13

3-STAR SOLID PLAYS
(No more than one upset in the bunch)

• PITTSBURGH STEELERS 23, Minnesota Vikings 16
• CINCINNATI BENGALS 30, Chicago Bears 20
• Philadelphia Eagles 23, WASHINGTON REDSKINS 10

2-STAR PICKS
(Be on upset alert...these games could go either way)

• NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 28, Miami Dolphins 24
• HOUSTON TEXANS 27, San Francisco 49ers 23
• New York Jets 17, OAKLAND RAIDERS 13
• Atlanta Falcons 24, DALLAS COWBOYS 20

Other random thoughts:

• I hope you don't have a long term mortgage on your Washington D.C. home, Jim Zorn. You've clearly been a failure as Redskins coach and with another embarrassing loss, it might be time for you to save face and tend your resignation before team owner Dan Snyder gives you the ole' heave-ho.

• As much as I choose to root against them, why can't I shake this feeling that ASU will give Stanford a good game this Saturday night? The Cardinal have lost two in a row and need this one badly...but so do the Sun Devils who face a rigorous schedule in the last half of their season.
  

• Run to the pros (Oklahoma QB) Sam Bradford! You won a Heisman Trophy and played in the National Championship Game last year, yet decided to come back for a 3rd season which has not gone well at all. Now that you're likely done for the season with a second shoulder injury, my advice to you is to take the money and run...but make sure to go back and get your degree before your playing career is over...just in case.
  

• I love, LOVE the hire my beloved Chicago Cubs made today of former Texas Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. Let's hope he can show these guys how to hit, which in turn will take the pressure off the Cubs pitching staff who probably felt like they needed to pitch a shutout in order to win every day.

• Do you think the Suns have a chance to finish above 7th in the Western Conference this year? Will they make the playoffs? I'm honestly torn here...I'm hoping they surprise me, but I still don't see how they make noise now that a quality third wheel (besides Nash and Amare) is no longer around. I wish Golden State had held up to their end of the proposed deal which would've sent Amare to the Bay Area on draft night...

Be back Friday with the college selections...

EC