Frey's NFL Picks: Week 10

While I am as pleased as any that the election season is firmly behind us, it is proving somewhat difficult in the aftermath to drum up enough football angst to fuel the creative fire.

Donald Trump is president.  

The Chicago Cubs are world champions.  

The most famous person in the country is a talent-bereft woman with a sex tape and a fake ass.

If the US was a TV show, it feels like we are watching the series finale.

On the brighter side, I can answer my phone again without taking a survey, my kids don't have to watch political commercials when watching minecraft videos on you tube, and I have learned that if I do not like losing a fair contest of any sort, I can just take to the streets and bitch about it until my hurt feelings fade or I have to go back to my parents' basement to lead my guild in World of Warcraft.

Therefore, should my picks suck this week, anyone wishing to grab a torch and pitchfork and start burning and looting neighborhood shops will likely receive favorable press coverage.


Minnesota Vikings @ Washington Redskins (-3)

Who doesn't love games featuring a sinking ship against a sleeping donkey?

The Vikings have been racked by injuries and Sam Bradford has come to the always difficult realization that he is, in fact, Sam Bradford.

That doesn't bode well on the road even against a boring Redskins team that is the very embodiment of the term, "meh".

Denver Broncos @ New Orleans Saints (-3)

The Broncos are banged up, their defense is exhausted, their punter sucks, the offense can't execute, and the play-calling is atrocious.

Game footage illustrating the creativity and effectiveness of the Broncos running attack

If you can't put 30 points on the board in New Orleans, then you lose.

I hope I'm wrong, but if Kubiak rigidly adheres to his scheme, this one will be over long before the final whistle.


Seattle Seahawks @ New England Patriots (-7.5)

At last.  The two teams with the least-likable players and fan bases (sans Cowboys) in the NFL meet again.

With Michael Bennett out and Kam Chancellor rusty, I suspect that the dirty rat bastard cheating Patriots will put the wood to brash loudmouths of the Pacific NW.

For this week, mercifully, I don't care who wins as long as someone gets their asses kicked.

Chicago Bears @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+1)

Listen.

I know that Tampa is, yet again and perennially, rubbish.

Death.  Taxes.  Buccaneers being crappy..... 

But being a home underdog to a 2-6 Bears team that hasn't won a road game all year and is still featuring Cutler at the helm seems more than a little outlandish.

Did the Bucs just trade for Sam Bradford or something?  What am I missing here?

Seems trappy to me but I'm going to fall for it.



Season Record:19-16-1
Trap Game Record: 5-4