NFL Picks Week 11

Last week was a week to forget! I finished 5-9 for an overall record of 81-64. My only consolation is that must of the people who get paid to make these picks also had a bad week.

The Jets loss to Buffalo, although unexpected by me, was not an upset. Nor was the Bears victory over the Rams because the Rams are the quintessential up and down, don't know what you'll get, in the parity that is today's NFL.

The Broncos were absolutely humiliated by the Chiefs and the Packers were crushed by the Lions, that's right...the Lions.

The Eagles "O" was so bad that even when they drove the length of the field for a game winning FG, they missed it. The Cowboys scored 6 points against the Bucs in the loss and then cut Brandon Weeden to make way for "Romo the Savior's" return. Believe it or not the 'Boys can still win the pathetic NFC East.

New Orleans was blown out by the Redskins and fired defensive coordinator Rob Ryan who quite possibly could wind up with his brother Rex in Buffalo. I just wish he would cut his hair!

The Raiders let me down in their loss to the Vikings as did the Seahawks in losing to the Cardinals.

And then there are the Bengals. Pay close attention to this...the undefeated Bengals lost to the 3-5 Texans at home in front of a national TV audience on Monday Night Football. There were 15 punts in the game, 14 penalties along with 3 turnovers...a real exciting game...if you're a Texan's fan. And, the Texans worked their way into playoff contention in the weak AFC South.

So we dust off our boots and try to do better this week!

Tennessee @ Jacksonville   (L)Titans 21-20   The experts pick Jax, I pick Mariota over Bortles
Indianapolis @ Atlanta   Falcons 24-21  Falcons had a week off and Julio Jones goes crazy
Denver @ Chicago   Broncos 23-17   Osweiler ROCKS or maybe Trevor Siemian
Oakland @ Detroit   Raiders 20-17   No Raiders, this is really you're last chance with me
Dallas @ Miami   Dolphins 17-14   In Miami with the "D" really, no chance Cowboys
Tampa Bay @ Philadelphia   Eagles 13-10   The Eagles still have a chance...Please
Washington @ Carolina   Panthers 24-13   Cousins is no Superman, there's only room for 1
St. Louis @ Baltimore   Rams 10-9   The Rams are up this week
NY Jets @ Houston   Jets 31-17   The Jets aren't the hapless Bengals
Kansas City @ San Diego   Chiefs 30-13  The Chargers are listless and inept
Green Bay @ Minnesota   Packers 21-20   The Packers WILL NOT lose 4 in a row
San Francisco @ Seattle   Seahawks 21-19   Despite the record the 'Hawks are good
Cincinnati @ Arizona   Cardinals 28-12   The "Red Ryder BB Gun" returns with a pop
Buffalo @ New England   Patriots 24-14   Even without Edelman or a running back Pats win

Check back on Sunday and late Monday to see hoe I've done!

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Patriots Down Chargers 24-13 on Sunday Night

The New England Patriots defeated the San Diego Chargers 24-13 on Sunday to improve to 10-3 on the year. This is the 12th consecutive season of 10 or more wins for the Patriots. Only the '83-'98 San Francisco 49ers have more, winning 10 or more for those 16 seasons. I think they also had a couple of pretty good QBs during that time, Joe Montana and Steve Young. Tom Brady must be in the conversation when talking about the "greatest" quarterback of all time.

Brady threw a 69 yard catch and run touchdown pass to Julian Edelman with 8:41 left in the game to give the Patriots the 24-13 lead and the defense did the rest. The defense sacked Philip Rivers 4 times and intercepted him once. They stopped the long pass and were tremendous against the run, holding the Chargers to 53 yards on 17 carries.

Read the ESPN article here for more detail.