11 Picks for NFL Week 14, Redskins at Ravens
Published Friday, December 5, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM
This is the third Redskins game I've had us pick during this season, which is the most of any team. I guess they just play a lot of could-go-either-way games.
This week, it's the Redskins traveling a few miles to play the Ravens. The line on the game is Baltimore -4.5, but we're all just picking the game straight up.
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Published Friday, December 5, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM
This is the third Redskins game I've had us pick during this season, which is the most of any team. I guess they just play a lot of could-go-either-way games.
This week, it's the Redskins traveling a few miles to play the Ravens. The line on the game is Baltimore -4.5, but we're all just picking the game straight up.
Accuscore. (5-8 on the season) Accuscore has a strong feeling about the Ravens at home here, picking them 69 percent to 30 percent. With its traditional one percent missing.
Accuscore really likes the Ravens.- Former NFL star Eric Allen. (5-8) I've really been getting on Allen for always picking the favored team. The reason: He literally always picks the team that's favored. One of these days there's going to be a pick 'em game and his head is going to explode.
And, on cue, he picked the Ravens this week.
(Looking over all his picks, he did go for one upset this week: The Browns beating the Titans. Yikes. If you told Braylon Edwards that an "expert" picked the Browns this week, his jaw would drop faster than a ball thrown his way.) - Random number generator. (4-9) I use Random.org's coin flipper with the system heads is home team, tails is away. This week it flipped tails, so it's going with the Redskins.
- Homeless guy outside my office. (5-8) He picked the Redskins last time they were involved in our game of the week, and he says he wants to give them another shot.
Battle of the mascots. (9-4) Not even a close one here. The Raven is among the most beatable mascots in the league (right up there with the dolphin and the color brown). And an Indian stereotype could easily take out a raven with a well-aimed arrow. A raven would have no chance at ever killing an Indian. Easy pick here is the Redskins.
A raven versus an Indian stereotype is not even a battle.- Adam, the early '90s fan. (9-4) "Well, back when I watched football, there wasn't a team called the Baltimore Ravens. You say they are the former Cleveland Browns? Like Bernie Koser, Eric Metcalf, Ernest Byner fumbling, all that? And they're supposed to play the Redskins, who just won a Super Bowl? Come on. Redskins dominate."
- Fatter offensive line. (7-6) This is another bloodbath. The Ravens have a massive line, with the five guys adding up to 1,610 pounds. The Redskins have some sub-300-pounders and only add up to 1,502 pounds. This goes to the Ravens.
A model who may or may not know football. (9-4) Karmen is picking the Redskins this week "for no good reason... I don't know anything about either team!" That method is as good as any in today's NFL.
Karmen, our model/expert.- Just picking the home team. (5-8) Going with the Ravens. This method has been surprisingly unpredictable this year.
- "Sports Illustrated" legend Peter King. (10-3) King, who's in sole possession of first place here, is going with the Ravens. He thinks the Redskins are borderline "free fall." His final score: Ravens 29, Redskins 16.
- My pick. (6-7) There have been two times this season that I've followed my gut to an unpopular pick and had it pay off, last week with the Steelers... and week five with the Redskins. Can the Redskins carry me to another upset victory here? I think so. The Ravens have a shaky offensive situation that seems to fold against good teams. So I see the Redskins taking this one.
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