NFL: Week 5 Picks

Here are my picks for week five, winners in bold:

Sunday, Oct. 07

Green Bay at Indianapolis 1:00 pm FOX Lucas Oil Stadium
Baltimore at Kansas City 1:00 pm CBS Arrowhead Stadium
Miami at Cincinnati 1:00 pm CBS Paul Brown Stadium
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh 1:00 pm FOX Heinz Field
Atlanta at Washington 1:00 pm FOX FedEx Field
Cleveland at N.Y. Giants 1:00 pm CBS MetLife Stadium
Seattle at Carolina 4:05 pm FOX Bank of America Stadium
Chicago at Jacksonville 4:05 pm FOX EverBank Field
Denver at New England 4:25 pm CBS Gillette Stadium
Buffalo at San Francisco 4:25 pm CBS Candlestick Park
Tennessee at Minnesota 4:25 pm CBS Mall of America Field
San Diego at New Orleans 8:20 pm NBC Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Monday, Oct. 08

Houston at N.Y. Jets 8:30 pm ESPN MetLife Stadium
Open date: Dallas,Detroit,Oakland,Tampa Bay

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NEW YORK JETS: Week 3 Preview

The Jets have to come out fast, assert themselves, and don’t do anything stupid. Do all that and the Jets have a great shot at running the Dolphins right out of their own building.

Jets 28
Dolphins 10

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NFL: Week 3 Picks

Here are my picks for the remainder of week 3. Bold = win:

Sunday, Sep. 23

St. Louis at Chicago 1:00 pm FOX Soldier Field
Cincinnati at Washington 1:00 pm CBS FedEx Field
Detroit at Tennessee 1:00 pm FOX LP Field
Kansas City at New Orleans 1:00 pm CBS Mercedes-Benz Superdome
San Francisco at Minnesota 1:00 pm FOX Mall of America Field
N.Y. Jets at Miami 1:00 pm CBS Sun Life Stadium
Buffalo at Cleveland 1:00 pm CBS Cleveland Browns Stadium
Tampa Bay at Dallas 1:00 pm FOX Cowboys Stadium
Jacksonville at Indianapolis 1:00 pm CBS Lucas Oil Stadium
Atlanta at San Diego 4:05 pm FOX Qualcomm Stadium
Philadelphia at Arizona 4:05 pm FOX University of Phoenix Stadium
Pittsburgh at Oakland 4:25 pm CBS O.co Coliseum
Houston at Denver 4:25 pm CBS Sports Authority Field
New England at Baltimore 8:20 pm NBC M&T Bank Stadium

Monday, Sep. 24

Green Bay at Seattle 8:30 pm ESPN CenturyLink Field

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NFL: Week 2 Picks

Here are my week 2 picks, with winners in bold:

unday, Sep. 16
Game Time/Score TV Location
Kansas City at Buffalo 1:00 pm CBS Ralph Wilson Stadium
Oakland at Miami 1:00 pm CBS Sun Life Stadium
Baltimore at Philadelphia 1:00 pm CBS Lincoln Financial Field
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants 1:00 pm FOX MetLife Stadium
Arizona at New England 1:00 pm FOX Gillette Stadium
Houston at Jacksonville 1:00 pm CBS EverBank Field
New Orleans at Carolina 1:00 pm FOX Bank of America Stadium
Cleveland at Cincinnati 1:00 pm CBS Paul Brown Stadium
Minnesota at Indianapolis 1:00 pm FOX Lucas Oil Stadium
Washington at St. Louis 4:05 pm FOX Edward Jones Dome
Dallas at Seattle 4:05 pm FOX CenturyLink Field
N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh 4:25 pm CBS Heinz Field
Tennessee at San Diego 4:25 pm CBS Qualcomm Stadium
Detroit at San Francisco 8:20 pm NBC Candlestick Park

Monday, Sep. 17

Denver at Atlanta 8:30 pm ESPN Georgia Dome

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NEW YORK JETS: Game 1 Preview vs. Bills

Don’t turn the ball over. Be efficient. Don’t overuse Tim Tebow. Balance run and pass. Limit Buffalo’s offensive production.

All those things need to happen for the Jets to win. Look, I have no idea what to expect, but I hope it’s going to be good. You can only hope, right? They have all the talent in the world — they just need to execute. That’s what it’ll take.

Bills 13
Jets 24

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NEW YORK JETS: 2012 Game Predictions As Season Begins Tomorrow

With just hours before the 2012 season is about to begin, here are my predictions:

Sep 9 Buffalo 1:00 pm W
Sep 16 @Pittsburgh 4:25 pm L
Sep 23 @Miami 1:00 pm W
Sep 30 San Francisco 1:00 pm L
Oct 8 Houston 8:30 pm L
Oct 14 Indianapolis 1:00 pm W
Oct 21 @New England 4:25 pm L
Oct 28 Miami 1:00 pm W
Week 9 BYE
Nov 11 @Seattle 4:05 pm W
Nov 18 @St. Louis 1:00 pm W
Nov 22 New England 8:20 pm W
Dec 2 Arizona 1:00 pm W
Dec 9 @Jacksonville 1:00 pm W
Dec 17 @Tennessee 8:30 pm W
Dec 23 San Diego 8:20 pm W
Dec 30 @Buffalo 1:00 pm W

Yes, 12-4. Am I crazy? Maybe. But you gotta believe.

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NFL: Week 1 Predictions

Here are my predictions for Week 1 of the NFL season. Winners in bold.

Wednesday, September 5

Dallas at N.Y. Giants 8:30 pm NBC MetLife Stadium

Sunday, Sep. 09

Indianapolis at Chicago 1:00 pm CBS Soldier Field
New England at Tennessee 1:00 pm CBS LP Field
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets 1:00 pm CBS MetLife Stadium
Washington at New Orleans 1:00 pm FOX Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Jacksonville at Minnesota 1:00 pm CBS Mall of America Field
Atlanta at Kansas City 1:00 pm FOX Arrowhead Stadium
Philadelphia at Cleveland 1:00 pm FOX Cleveland Browns Stadium
St. Louis at Detroit 1:00 pm FOX Ford Field
Miami at Houston 1:00 pm CBS Reliant Stadium
San Francisco at Green Bay 4:25 pm FOX Lambeau Field
Seattle at Arizona 4:25 pm FOX University of Phoenix Stadium
Carolina at Tampa Bay 4:25 pm FOX Raymond James Stadium
Pittsburgh at Denver 8:20 pm NBC Sports Authority Field

Monday, Sep. 10

Cincinnati at Baltimore 7:00 pm ESPN M&T Bank Stadium
San Diego at Oakland 10:15 pm ESPN O.co Coliseum

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NFL: Super Bowl 46 Prediction

Here we go, my pick for tonight at 6:29pm ET on NBC.

Giants 28
Patriots 24

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NFL: Concussions Must Be Taken More Seriously

(This column originally appeared on NewJerseyNewsroom.com)

If you Google the word “concussion” you get 22.8 million hits.

Watch one video on YouTube of the effect concussions can have on someone’s life and it stops you in your tracks cold.

A random search for videos of the effects of concussions on someone brought me to where an elite high school or college soccer player, named Chelsea, has already had six concussions, most likely related to headers and other contact from game action. As the video shows the effects for her have been long-lasting and wide-ranging, and go from having problems in the classroom to not being able to attend parties due to sensitivity to light and sound.

So you’d think that images of people severely affected by these injuries would change the way those under the brightest lights think about concussions, right?

[Cick here for the rest of the story.]

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NFL: 2012 Championship Weekend Picks

Here are my picks for the 2012 NFL AFC and NFC Championship games:

Patriots 27
Ravens 16

Giants 24
49ers 17

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