NFL 2008 Week 17 Picks

It's been a very wild NFL season with many twists and turns! Down to the final Week....

My picks have been decent for most the season. I need 6 picks right to clinch a .500 record.

Favorite vs Underdog bold=Home team
My pick

Falcons vs Rams 14.5
RAMS
Patriots vs Bills 6.5
PATRIOTS
Bengals vs Chiefs 3.0
BENGALS
Packers vs Lions 9.5
PACKERS
Titans vs Colts 3.0
TITANS
Vikings vs Giants 6.5
GIANTS
Panthers vs Saints 3.0
PANTHERS
Steelers vs Browns 10.5
STEELERS
Buccaneers vs Raiders 13.0
BUCCANEERS
Texans vs Bears 2.5
TEXANS
Jets vs Dolphins 3.0
DOLPHINS
Eagles vs Cowboys 1.5
COWBOYS
Cardinals vs Seahawks 6.0
CARDINALS
49ers vs Redskins 3.0
REDSKINS
Ravens vs Jaguars 12.5
RAVENS
Chargers vs Broncos 8.0
BRONCOS

10/16

CORRECT WRONG PUSH


Past Results
Week 1: 8/16
Week 2: 7/14
Week 3: 5/16
Week 4: 4/13
Week 5: 8/14
Week 6: 9/14
Week 7: 6/14
Week 8: 6/14
Week 9: 6/14
Week 10: 8/14
Week 11: 11/16
Week 12: 10/16
Week 13: 9/16
Week 14: 10/16
Week 15: 7/16
Week 16: 8/16

NFL 2008 Week 16 Picks

Favorite vs Underdog bold=Home team
My pick

Colts vs Jaguars 6.0
COLTS
Cowboys vs Ravens 4.0
COWBOYS
Browns vs Bengals 3.0
BENGALS
Saints vs Lions 7.0
SAINTS
Steelers vs Titans 2.0
STEELERS
Dolphins vs Chiefs 4.0
DOLPHINS
49ers vs Rams 5.5
49ERS
Patriots vs Cardinals 7.5
PATRIOTS
Buccaneers vs Chargers 3.5
CHARGERS
Broncos vs Bills 7.0
BRONCOS
Texans vs Raiders 7.0
TEXANS
Jets vs Seahawks 4.5
SEAHAWKS
Vikings vs Falcons 3.5
FALCONS
Eagles vs Redskins 5.0
EAGLES
Giants vs Panthers 3.0
PANTHERS
Bears vs Packers 4.0
BEARS

8/16

CORRECT WRONG

Past Results
Week 1: 8/16
Week 2: 7/14
Week 3: 5/16
Week 4: 4/13
Week 5: 8/14
Week 6: 9/14
Week 7: 6/14
Week 8: 6/14
Week 9: 6/14
Week 10: 8/14
Week 11: 11/16
Week 12: 10/16
Week 13: 9/16
Week 14: 10/16
Week 15: 7/16

NFL 2008 Week 15 Picks

Favorite vs Underdog bold=Home team
My pick

Bears vs Saints 3.0
BEARS
Falcons vs Buccaneers 3.0
FALCONS
Redskins vs Bengals 7.0
REDSKINS
Colts vs Lions 17.0
COLTS
Chargers vs Chiefs 5.0
CHARGERS
Rams vs Seahawks Off(0)
SEAHAWKS
Dolphins vs 49ers 6.5
DOLPHINS
Jets vs Bills 7.0
JETS
Packers vs Jaguars 2.5
JAGUARS
Titans vs Texans 3.0
TITANS
Cardinals vs Vikings Off(0)
CARDINALS
Patriots vs Raiders Off(0)
PATRIOTS
Panthers vs Broncos 7.5
PANTHERS
Ravens vs Steelers 2.0
STEELERS
Cowboys vs Giants 3.0
COWBOYS
Eagles vs Browns 14.0
EAGLES

7/16

CORRECT WRONG PUSH


Past Results
Week 1: 8/16
Week 2: 7/14
Week 3: 5/16
Week 4: 4/13
Week 5: 8/14
Week 6: 9/14
Week 7: 6/14
Week 8: 6/14
Week 9: 6/14
Week 10: 8/14
Week 11: 11/16
Week 12: 10/16
Week 13: 9/16
Week 14: 10/16

NFL 2008 Week 14 Picks

Favorite vs Underdog bold=Home team
My pick

Chargers vs Raiders 9.5
CHARGERS
Bears vs Jaguars 6.5
BEARS
Vikings vs Lions Off(0)
VIKINGS
Packers vs Texans 5.5
TEXANS
Titans vs Browns 13.5
BROWNS
Colts vs Bengals 13.5
COLTS
Saints vs Falcons 3.0
FALCONS
Giants vs Eagles 7.0
EAGLES
Bills vs Dolphins 1.0
DOLPHINS
Broncos vs Chiefs 9.0
BRONCOS
Jets vs 49ers 4.0
JETS
Patriots vs Seahawks 4.5
PATRIOTS
Cardinals vs Rams 14.0
CARDINALS
Steelers vs Cowboys 3.0
COWBOYS
Ravens vs Redskins 5.0
RAVENS
Panthers vs Buccaneers 3.0
PANTHERS

10/16

CORRECT WRONG


Past Results
Week 1: 8/16
Week 2: 7/14
Week 3: 5/16
Week 4: 4/13
Week 5: 8/14
Week 6: 9/14
Week 7: 6/14
Week 8: 6/14
Week 9: 6/14
Week 10: 8/14
Week 11: 11/16
Week 12: 10/16
Week 13: 9/16

The Reaction to Plaxico Burress Is Overblown

I think I've seen and heard enough coverage about Plaxico Burress accidentally shooting himself in the leg in a nightclub with an illegally possessed gun to establish that Plaxico Burress is an idiot. That's a given. My problem is the reaction to this that he should be jailed for a long period of time.

Many New Yorkers may or may not remember that New York had weak gun laws, and that since Mayor Bloomberg has been in power he's been on a gun control crusade. In 2006 Mayor Bloomberg made criminal possession of a weapon a mandatory 3.5 year sentence. Is 3.5 years really necessary? I'm sure any illegal possessing gun owner(Plaxico Burress now included) realized their stupid mistake as soon as they got caught and the cuffs were put on their wrists. What is the exact purpose to put someone in jail for 3.5 years for just OWNING an illegal gun? Remember owning/possessing a gun does not mean he shot anybody.

I've heard a lot of talk about what could have been and a lot of "what ifs", but you can't punish anybody for a hypothetical situation. Yea Plaxico Burress was drinking at the club, and he COULD HAVE shot and killed somebody else...........but he didn't. And there was a time that I was angry and pissed at a family member that I COULD HAVE punched them in the face, but I didn't. Please let's be smart and only talk about what actually happened. Of course there is very little coverage about the fact that the club let Plaxico Burress in with a gun because he was a celebrity. The club doesn't take a significant part of the blame in this situation also? The club knowingly put the people in the club in danger.

Yesterday Mayor Bloomberg managed to shove his egotistical self in the headlines saying:

"It would be an outrage if we don't prosecute to the fullest extent of the law."

Hey Mayor Bloomberg, I understand you want to be the King of New York and King of gun control, but you shouldn't be holding press conferences about putting individuals in jail. That being said, I agree that everyone should be punished equally. I just don't think 3.5 years in prison is the right answer for this crime. There are more serious crimes where people hurt another person and they actually serve less. To me this gun control law is a minor version of the War on Drugs. I do agree that offenders should serve some jail time, but 3.5 years mandatory minimum is really excessive and in my opinion a waste of tax dollars regardless who it is.

In the end I do believe Plaxico Burress will end up serving time in jail. Mayor Bloomberg will be putting a lot of pressure to make sure Plaxico serves time because what better thing on Bloomberg's record would there be than to have a high valued celebrity figure become a poster boy to his gun law?