JoRos #NFL picks First and foremost giving Post-Turkey Day thanks to Footballoutsiders. Been reading the content over there in some capacity or another since I first became an NFL nut in 2003. Aaron Schatz is one of my heroes in sportswriting as his site spearheaded many of the questions that started moving the league to where it is today. On with the picks- Thursday Dallas will beat da #Bears- Put this on record- Chicago needs to move on from Cutler. #Cowboys offense comes into the game as who we thought they were- Very strong running game, top 10 passing game and a D that makes you want to call Americas team the Allas Cowboys. Jay will need to silent Bob and the rest of his critics against a secondary that is 19th and 31st to WR1s and 2s, respectively. Alshon and BMarsh SHOULD have big games. But turnovers will be critical (as always) in a game featuring Romo and Cutler. -AFC North- Pittsburgh will beat da #Bengals Baltimore will beat the #Dolphins Indianapolis will beat the #Browns Im least confident in the #Steelers this week. For some reason I cant get Ike Taylor getting torched to embers out of my head. Has anyone had a longer career with a better highlights against package? Captain of the Keep cashing them checks All-Defensive team. But Dalton just had a red rifle dud game against Tampa. Must win for both teams in the most memorable division race since Ive been a fan of football. #Ravens are the elite team I dont trust. Joe Fluke-O and the gang led for all but the last half minute or so last week, and couldnt get it done. Miami however is the team with the worst variance in the league, which means they are all over the map from a consistency standpoint. That combined with the matchups along the line against Elvis, Suggs and Ngata leaves me hesitant to pick the fish. If Hoyer hasnt lost his starting job by the time you finished reading this, he will after this game. This isnt an indictment as Ive found the former Sparty to be the best Michigan man QB since a certain Wolverine started playing for a hoody clad man in the north east. As the Browns fall out of the playoff picture though- you got to give Johnny Drama a chance to see what youve got. Ownership pressure will make sure of that. Itll be interesting to see how Luck faces a D that is 17th in the league to WR2s and TEs. Still the dark horse contender for MVP behind two of Wisconsins favorite athletes. -NFC South- Can I just write everyone loses, except the #Saints? Ill explain the #Packer and #Lion picks better as we creep towards kickoff with my game previews. Cam is now playing badly enough that Peter King of SI has discussed with sources around the league if its a smart decision to let Newton play out the last year of his deal. This is the same guy who has no offensive line (30th and 26th by the FO numbers). The guy whos best receiver are a rookie and a former Bears castoff (nice job Martz/Angelo), whos defense has completely cratered after being among the elite last year. It was never going to be a surprise that the #Panthers would be a disaster, but the fact that the blame has fallen at Supermans feet says more to me about the national media than his own performance. Context Matters. Match ups matter. Situations matter. Teammates matter. If you forget that you should get out of talking about sports. -AFC East- New York will lose to the #Vikings Buffalo will lose to the #Broncos New England will beat the #Chargers The question isnt if #Jets coach Rex Ryan will be fired, but when. Im intrigued by where hell land in the league, or if he will even be walking a sideline next year? Will explore this one more later in the week. #Bills are a scary matchup for this Orange and Blue homer. Peytons subpar games as a pro tend to happen when you can get into his face early and often. Buffalo is first in the league in sack rate, and leads the entire NFL in sacks by a country mile. Not surprising for a team that employ Hughes, Dareus, Williams and Williams. Call it the Schwartz effect, but that insane pass rush has helped Buffalo to a top 2 ranking in total D. So why do I still believe in my team? New Yorks best team is 26th in the league against WR2s, and Denver employs a pretty good one. Peyton will likely find Sanders early and often, so long as the OL can keep him upright (1st in adjusted sack rate, though Manning inflates that number). Combine that with the Von-Ware led D and Kyle Ortons playoff beard will feel pretty orange crushed. In the other East-West AFC matchup- the Brady bunch will terrorize a Chargers pass D that is way below average against everything but WR1s (12). Fully expect Gronk to continue his Godzilla impression. -NFC West- St. Louis will loot the #Redskins Kansas City will BBQ the #Cardinals San Francisco will Kaep the #Raiders Philadelphia will clip the #Seahawks DCs biggest problem this season isnt what to do with RG3 anymore, but how to try and patch a secondary that has been a complete embarrassment. Jay Gruden may also want to figure out a way to protect his Franchise QB Colt McCoy as the former longhorn took 6 sacks against Indy, after RG3 took a beating behind the same line. Maybe Snyder should consider this- If Grudens last name was Smith, would he even be a coordinator? Much less head coach. I have my doubts. After allowing Denver to complete a K.C Masterpiece last Sunday the #Chiefs will exploit an Arizona team that should employ Tom Petty or John Mayer for halftime, cuz they are Free Fallin. #49ers square off against the NFLs JV team. #Eagles will have their work cut out for them, but a dangerous pass rush (6th by FO) will be the edge, so long as Sanchize doesnt pewp his pants against the Legion of Boom. -Others- Houston will beat the #Jaguars New York will beat the #Titans I tried to speculate on Jacksonvilles draft needs while live Tweeting ( @joro_5551) last Sunday, and without too much research I was stumped. May be the best worst team in the league, if there was such an honor. Joseph James Watt is doing me proud, and would win MVP if it wasnt a QB award in 2014. #Giants spent the week speculating on a different kind of future than I did, with reports surfacing that the staff would be addressed after the New Year, or wait. maybe not? Profootballtalk had both reports, which means the Elite play of Manning has helped ease Tom Coughlin into the comfortable confines of retirement. Will be interesting to see if lil brother can manage to lose to the 2 worst teams in the league outside of the JV. JoRos #NFL picks First and foremost giving credit to Footballoutsiders. Been reading the content over there in some capacity or another since I first became an NFL nut in 2003. Aaron Schatz is one of my heroes in sportswriting as his site spearheaded many of the questions that started moving the league to where it is today. On with the picks- Thursday Dallas will beat da #Bears- Put this on record- Chicago needs to move on from Cutler. #Cowboys offense comes into the game as who we thought they were- Very strong running game, top 10 passing game and a D that makes you want to call Americas team the Allas Cowboys. Jay will need to silent Bob and the rest of his critics against a secondary that is 19th and 31st to WR1s and 2s, respectively. Alshon and BMarsh SHOULD have big games. But turnovers will be critical (as always) in a game featuring Romo and Cutler. -AFC North- Pittsburgh will beat da #Bengals Baltimore will beat the #Dolphins Indianapolis will beat the #Browns Im least confident in the #Steelers this week. For some reason I cant get Ike Taylor getting torched to embers out of my head. Has anyone had a longer career with a better highlights against package? Captain of the Keep cashing them checks All-Defensive team. But Dalton just had a red rifle dud game against Tampa. Must win for both teams in the most memorable division race since Ive been a fan of football. #Ravens are the elite team I dont trust. Joe Fluke-O and the gang led for all but the last half minute or so last week, and couldnt get it done. Miami however is the team with the worst variance in the league, which means they are all over the map from a consistency standpoint. That combined with the matchups along the line against Elvis, Suggs and Ngata leaves me hesitant to pick the fish. If Hoyer hasnt lost his starting job by the time you finished reading this, he will after this game. This isnt an indictment as Ive found the former Sparty to be the best Michigan man QB since a certain Wolverine started playing for a hoody clad man in the north east. As the Browns fall out of the playoff picture though- you got to give Johnny Drama a chance to see what youve got. Ownership pressure will make sure of that. Itll be interesting to see how Luck faces a D that is 17th in the league to WR2s and TEs. Still the dark horse contender for MVP behind two of Wisconsins favorite athletes. -NFC South- Can I just write everyone loses, except the #Saints? Ill explain the #Packer and #Lion picks better as we creep towards kickoff with my game previews. Cam is now playing badly enough that Peter King of SI has discussed with sources around the league if its a smart decision to let Newton play out the last year of his deal. This is the same guy who has no offensive line (30th and 26th by the FO numbers). The guy whos best receiver are a rookie and a former Bears castoff (nice job Martz/Angelo), whos defense has completely cratered after being among the elite last year. It was never going to be a surprise that the #Panthers would be a disaster, but the fact that the blame has fallen at Supermans feet says more to me about the national media than his own performance. Context Matters. Match ups matter. Situations matter. Teammates matter. If you forget that you should get out of talking about sports. -AFC East- New York will lose to the #Vikings Buffalo will lose to the #Broncos New England will beat the #Chargers The question isnt if #Jets coach Rex Ryan will be fired, but when. Im intrigued by where hell land in the league, or if he will even be walking a sideline next year? Will explore this one more later in the week. #Bills are a scary matchup for this Orange and Blue homer. Peytons subpar games as a pro tend to happen when you can get into his face early and often. Buffalo is first in the league in sack rate, and leads the entire NFL in sacks by a country mile. Not surprising for a team that employ Hughes, Dareus, Williams and Williams. Call it the Schwartz effect, but that insane pass rush has helped Buffalo to a top 2 ranking in total D. So why do I still believe in my team? New Yorks best team is 26th in the league against WR2s, and Denver employs a pretty good one. Peyton will likely find Sanders early and often, so long as the OL can keep him upright (1st in adjusted sack rate, though Manning inflates that number). Combine that with the Von-Ware led D and Kyle Ortons playoff beard will feel pretty orange crushed. In the other East-West AFC matchup- the Brady bunch will terrorize a Chargers pass D that is way below average against everything but WR1s (12). Fully expect Gronk to continue his Godzilla impression. https://youtube/watch?v=PXEJ69muDyI -NFC West- St. Louis will loot the #Redskins Kansas City will BBQ the #Cardinals San Francisco will Kaep the #Raiders Philadelphia will clip the #Seahawks DCs biggest problem this season isnt what to do with RG3 anymore, but how to try and patch a secondary that has been a complete embarrassment. Jay Gruden may also want to figure out a way to protect his Franchise QB Colt McCoy as the former longhorn took 6 sacks against Indy, after RG3 took a beating behind the same line. Maybe Snyder should consider this- If Grudens last name was Smith, would he even be a coordinator? Much less head coach. I have my doubts. After allowing Denver to complete a K.C Masterpiece last Sunday the #Chiefs will exploit an Arizona team that should employ Tom Petty or John Mayer for halftime, cuz they are Free Fallin. https://youtube/watch?v=rqDq3eyTGck #49ers square off against the NFLs JV team. #Eagles will have their work cut out for them, but a dangerous pass rush (6th by FO) will be the edge, so long as Sanchize doesnt pewp his pants against the Legion of Boom. -Others- Houston will beat the #Jaguars New York will beat the #Titans I tried to speculate on Jacksonvilles draft needs while live Tweeting ( @joro_5551) last Sunday, and without too much research I was stumped. May be the best worst team in the league, if there was such an honor. Joseph James Watt is doing me proud, and would win MVP if it wasnt a QB award in 2014. #Giants spent the week speculating on a different kind of future than I did, with reports surfacing that the staff would be addressed after the New Year, or wait. maybe not? Profootballtalk had both reports, which means the Elite play of Manning has helped ease Tom Coughlin into the comfortable confines of retirement. Will be interesting to see if lil brother can manage to lose to the 2 worst teams in the league outside of the JV.
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