Frey's NFL Week 15 Locks of the Week

For the second week in a row (and this time in a good way), I need not soil these pages with kind words about Bieber’s favorite team, the Washington Capitals.

Yep.  The Biebster loves the Caps.  If you love the Caps, you also must love the Biebster

However, as solid a 3-1 against the spread might seem, I will eschew any additional self-promotion until after I bring it home this week.

I like the docket of games a bit more than usual and had some difficulty in pinning down the locks, but I think you will be sold on these picks via the searing logic of my fiery intellect.

Arizona @ St. Louis (-3 ½)

Never in 38 years of watching football have I ever seen a 10-3 team look as eminently beatable as the Arizona Cardinals. 

Conversely, when have you ever seen a 6-7 team play in such a way that you are certain they would trounce all but a handful of elite teams on a Neutral field?

I am clearly not alone in this observation as indicated by the fact that a team 7 games above .500 is a 3 ½ point underdog to some guys with a losing record.

The St. Louis Rams:  Trending up                                                The Arizona Cardinals: Trending Down

3 ½ is still not nearly enough.  The Rams roll here.  I’m feeling a 23-13 type of game.

Miami @ New England (-7)

The Dolphins are the prototypical average team.  The can do a number of things but nothing particularly well.  Everything about these guys is profoundly ordinary.  

Sure if you've had a few drinks and they are playing someone like Jacksonville or Tennessee you might start to get intrigued, but when the Dolphins test their mettle against some quality opposition it becomes glaringly obvious that they are just a homely neighbor girl.

What Miami actually looks like when you're sober and they're not standing next to the Raiders or Jags.  Not God-awful but, well, its better after some drinks

The Patriots cheat and they are at home.

Denver @ San Diego (+4 ½)

Let me preface this pick with the assurance that it causes me physical pain to go this way.

Here’s why I did:

1)      Denver is only 3-3 on the road.

2)      Manning looks kind of like crap when he plays from under center and can’t survey the opposition pre-snap on every play.  I am also getting the impression that if he doesn’t through 40 times a game he struggles to find his rhythm.

3)      We are pretty banged up still in the secondary and on the offensive skill positions

4)      Truth be told, Denver doesn’t really need this game.  A loss here by the Bolts and their season is over.

5)      Phillip Rivers is a wang

All REAL Americans hate this guy

This game reeks of a 27-24 affair.  I don’t know who wins the game, but either way, 4 ½ for San Diego is too much.

Jets (+1 ½) @ Tennessee

Both of these teams suck and are in desperate need of a QB.

The loser of this game is, in actuality, the big winner due to the upcoming  Marcus Mariota sweepstakes. 

However, Rex Ryan knows he’s getting canned after the season ends so he doesn't give a #@&% whether or not the Jets get Mariota.

On the other hand, Ken Whisenhunt can only get fired if he is stupid enough to win this game for the Titans.

Anybody caught actually watching this game should be ashamed of themselves.

Tennessee better hope for more of this or they're gonna get stuck with Jake Locker....

I’m taking me some Jets.

Last Week: 3-1

Season Record against the spread: 30-26