Freys NFL Picks Week 10: And One Final Broncos Rant

That’s right chumps!  Frey is back in business with a 4-0 week of picks and I intend to keep it rolling right along.

Perfection is back on the menu my friends!

Before delving into the always entertaining realm of prognostication, it seems clear that a final Broncos rant is in order.

As a general rule, I do not favor the firing of coaches unless it involves gross incompetence (such as Marty Mornhinweg from the Lions who won the coin toss in OT and elected to kick off) or cheating (anyone ever associated with the Patriots organization) but after last week, it seems clear that Vance Joseph is in WAY over his head here.

Aside from subpar preparation (vs. Jets) or a spectacular inability to finish games (vs. everyone else), one could not directly pin our losses directly on VJ.

Then the Texans come around and we:

1)      Attempt a 62 yard field goal with 18 seconds still left on the clock.  We miss it, and Houston (who has a timeout available) gets like 15 yards and adds to their lead.  You never attempt a 60+ yard field goal in a close game unless your opponent won’t see the ball again.  Ever.

2)      With 40 seconds left and a time out in hand, the coaches decide to huddle up, run the clock down, and then plunge a 180 pound rookie into the middle of the line.  This is actually a good idea…..when you are NOT  fifty-two yards away from the goal posts!  This ain’t no chip shot Vance!  We had all day to get McManus a little closer to win the game and chose to do something dumb instead.

I’m not even going to get into the fiasco of the subsequent press conferences.

I initially wondered why VJ was still our coach until I remembered some wisdom from Robert Bloch:

“The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.”

Elway will keep him on through the rest of the year for one reason alone:  Scapegoat.

Let’s pick games.

Atlanta Falcons (-5 ½) @ Cleveland Browns

I do not need to tell you all how refreshing it is to see the universe set back in order by tacking a nice big “L” next to the Browns every week.

I suspect that a couple wins and tie for Cleveland are what set the markets into a free-fall.

Oh @#$%...Cleveland is winning again.  Sell Sell SELL!

With nothing less than our national economy at stake, Atlanta goes into the Factory of Sadness and horse-whips these guys.

Los Angeles Chargers (-9 ½) @ Oakland Raiders

Oakland is terrible.  The Chargers are not terrible.

The only thing more funny than watching the Raiders embarass themselves every week is the prospect that they are tanking so they can draft that Oregon guy who scouts are calling “The Poor Man’s Ryan Tannehill”.

Keep it up Raiders.  You have my blessing.

Seattle Seahawks (+9 ½) @ Los Angeles Rams

The spread for this game is far too big for a team that just game up 45 points the previous week.

I also have it on good authority that Wade Phillips was kidnapped and replaced with Jack DelRio.

I don’t think Seattle can hang here offensively but they are competent enough not to get totally abused.

This game screams back-door cover.  

New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers (-3)

It was my initial intent to label this as the clunker of the week but then I remembered that the Bills are bringing the carcass of Matt Barkley out of cold storage to start against the Jets.

As many of you know, a general rule of thumb is that teams get 3 points for playing at home.

In this case, a god-awful Giants team is travelling across the country to play a road game at 9:15 PM Eastern Time and is only a 3 point underdog?

I don’t care who the 49ers are starting at QB.

Something smells trappy here….

Week 9:  4-0

2018 Record: 20-15-1

Trap Game Record: 5-4