11 Picks for NFL Week 17, Dolphins at Jets
Published Friday, December 26, 2008 at 08:00:00 PM
This is the last week of the regular season, and we're going with a game that actually counts.
The game we're all picking is the Miami Dolphins at the New York Jets, with all sorts of playoff implications. The line is the Jets -2.5 but we're all just picking the game straight up.
This list was published on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 08:00:00 PM under the category NFL Picks.
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Published Friday, December 26, 2008 at 08:00:00 PM
This is the last week of the regular season, and we're going with a game that actually counts.
The game we're all picking is the Miami Dolphins at the New York Jets, with all sorts of playoff implications. The line is the Jets -2.5 but we're all just picking the game straight up.
Accuscore. (6-10 on the season) Accuscore's simulations see the game incredibly close. It's going with the Dolphins by the slightest margin possible, 50 percent to 49 percent. As usual, one percent is missing.
Accuscore just slightly likes the Dolphins.- Former NFL star Eric Allen. (7-9) I've gotten on Allen for months now about always picking the team that's favored. And this week he's... picking the team that's favored. He's going with the Jets.
- Random number generator. (4-12) This method is going to end the regular season with guaranteed sole possession of last place. Weird. Anyway, I use Random.org's coin flipper with the system heads is home team, tails is away. This week it flipped heads, so it's going with the Jets.
- Homeless guy outside my office. (6-10) I got his pick last week because I didn't know if I'd be able to track him down this week (out of the office for Christmas and the like). He's rolling with the Jets. I hope I can track him down next week before New Year's.
Battle of the mascots. (11-5) This is yet another mascot massacre. A dolphin would get destroyed by a jet. The jet could drop bombs on the dolphin, land on top of the dolphin, set the dolphin on fire or just fly low and blow the dolphin out of the water. What's a dolphin going to do to beat a jet? Jump toward it? Please. Easy win for the Jets.
A jet beats a dolphin. Pretty much any mascot beats a dolphin.- Adam, the early '90s fan. (10-6) Adam likes the Dolphins here -- he thinks that Dan Marino and the boys really want to get back into the playoffs to finally get Dan that ring. He also then launched into a talk about "laces out."
- Fatter offensive line. (9-7) Nice win for the Dolphins here, outweighing the Jets 1,595 total o-line pounds to 1,549 total o-line pounds.
- A model who may or may not know football. (10-6) Karmen is going with the Dolphins because she says she just "loves them"... even though she's not sure why.
- Just picking the home team. (7-9) The home team here is the Jets, so let's go with that.
- "Sports Illustrated" legend Peter King. (12-5) Peter King is legendary for being in love with Brett Favre, so this is no surprise: He sees the Jets winning a close one, 26 to 24.
- My pick. (7-9) I don't know why, but I can just see the Dolphins winning this. I closed my eyes and just saw it so clearly. I am thinking of getting into the psychic business. Let's see how this vision turns out.
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