Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Week 13 Picks (part 1)

10 wins, not bad. I can do better though. I have myself to blame for that foolish pick of the Lions. The G-men's meltdown has put them on watch status and The Steelers??? Rest in pieces. Tuna and the Pokes get the Sunday Night Nod next week. I think that NBC will just rotate its games thru the glamourous places for the rest of the season. Any chance of a Steelers-Bengals New Years eve tilt in prime time is gone.
Only the Ravens-Bengals game is previewed here. The rest of the games will be reviewed on Friday.

Thursday November 30

Ravens @ Bengals

Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati 8:00 (NFL Network)
Favorite-Bengals by 3
Its A Fact-The Bengals shutout of Cleveland was their first since 1989, while the Ravens have had nine shutouts since 1996.
Both teams are fresh off of shutouts of divisional foes. The Bengals whitewash was more surprising, but the Bengals are still the team in more dire need of a win. The Ravens can clinch a playoff berth, the division title and a home playoff game with one fell swoop with a win. The Bengals offense is humming as of late and I doubt the Bengals will spot the Ravens a 14-0 lead four minutes in like they did in Baltimore. I may be warped thinking this, but I think the Ravens still don't take the Bengals seriously and never have despite the Bengals being respectable now. I think that might just bite them in the rear as the Bengals spurred on by a crazy home crowd and a chance to shine in prime time keep their playoff hopes very much alive.
Pick-Cincinnati

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