Week 16 Picks
I was all set to get my weekly picks post in on Sunday morning, and I was ready to make those last second changes to the Kai lineup for the BFL semifinals. I could not do either on Saturday, because I spent the day in Christmas shopping season hell by going to the mall and what I have now dubbed “the worst Toys-R-Us ever!”. That experience took all day, and the weather was miserable in Louisville. Saturday was a terrible personal day for me.
Then on Sunday morning, I had to drive to Versailles, Kentucky, only in Kentucky it is pronounced Ver-SAILS, which is about an hour away from my house. I had to pick up my brother’s VW Jetta that I admittedly was driving when the engine died over a year ago. He had to find a TDI specialist to fix the thing. What better weekend for the work to be completed than last week, during my BFL playoff semifinals.
Well, my lady friend and I got up early that Sunday morning and hit the road to get the Jetta. We eventually found the house where the TDI specialist works out of his garage. I’m really loving VerSAILS at this moment because the house is hidden off a street that cannot be found, so that cuts about 20 minutes into my alotted extra time to get back before the games start.
Eventually we hit the road home, but my lady-friend and me are hungry. We hit the Waffle House in VerSAILS, because, well who doesn’t love Waffle House, and it has to be faster than Cracker Barrell. An hour later and after we didn’t even get our order of waffles (seriously cutting into my fantasy football lineup time), we have eaten our yummy smothered hashbrowns and eggs and we hit the road home.
Well, I’m an idiot and my phone was dead. I was cruising along listening to all the updates for fantasy football, and realized that I had not swapped Edge James out of my lineup for Brandon Jacobs. Serious concerns hit me. Then, I had the misfortune of hearing about the blizzard that was still going to impact the Cleveland Browns game. I NEEDED to get Ben Roethlisberger into my lineup to replace Derek Andersen.
About twenty minutes from my house, I look in the rear-view mirror and see that my lady-friend is no longer behind me. She being the only one with house keys. I pull to the side of the highway, hit the flashers, and wait. Then I wait. And I wait some more. Twenty minutes later I drive to a gas station to call her from a pay phone to find out where she is. To avoid any embarrassment on her part, and partly because it was my fault for having a dead cell phone in 2007, I won’t get into the details of what happened. Let’s just say she exited too early and got a little turned around. She eventually hit the road home, and actually beat me home after trying to find a pay phone off the highway.
I got home 5 minutes too late to set my lineup, and watched as the Kai’s chances at a second title in four years went up in flames. Had I been able to make the necessary changes, the Kai would have cruised into the finals by about 12 points. Do I blame myself. Yes, because I was to blame for waiting until the last minute for the first time in 15 weeks.
BUT… I also blame Shanny Shanahan for giving Selvin Young 8 carries and refusing to get the ball to Brandon Marshall. I also blame my brother for making me drive to VerSAILS, Kentucky, on a Sunday morning during the BFL playoffs. I also blame my lady friend for having the worst sense of direction EVER. I also blame the city of Cleveland for being so darn cold that they had a huge blizzard. I also blame the Arizona Cardinals for being so bad that their running back who averaged 5.3 yards per carry only got 16 carries against New Orleans. Oh well, in the words of every Cubs fan, “There’s always next year.”
Week 16 picks (picks in bold and home team in ALLCAPS)
Steelers at RAMS (+7.5)
Cowboys (-10.5) at PANTHERS
Browns (-3) at BENGALS
Packers (-9) at BEARS
Texans (+7) at COLTS
Chiefs at LIONS (-4.5)
Dolphins at PATRIOTS (-22)
Giants at BILLS (+3)
Eagles at SAINTS (-3.5)
Raiders at JAGUARS (-13)
Redskins at VIKINGS (-6.5)
Falcons at CARDINALS (-10)
Jets at TITANS (-8.5)
Bucs (-7) at 49ERS
Broncos at CHARGERS (-9)
Ravens at Seahawks (no line)
Week 9: 9-5
Week 10: 6-7-1
Week 11: 7-8-1
Week 12: 7-9
Week 13: 9-5
Week 14 Lines: 7-9
Week 15 Lines: 0-1
Overall 2nd Half Record: 45-44-2
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You still write on here! Thanks