Posted by | Alikat | in Weekly Recaps, Weekly Picks

Sports betting Freaks worldwide, we have finally reached the time where we all sell our collective souls for the right to BE RIGHT about WHO WE THINK is the BEST in the NFL!

I just saw Madison’s Pick’s for the Weekend and I must say I disagree: With just a couple of them.

So let’s make this clear from the beginning: Every PICK from here on out will be a MONEY PICK! After all it is the playoffs!

Redskins +3.5 @ Seahawks

I like what the Redskins have done in the wake of Sean Taylor’s Death.  It is a remarkable feat in what individuals can do when surrounded by tragic circumstances.  I also am a realist when it comes to the NFL and it’s potential Money Making Ways.  The Redskins have been on a 4 game winning streak and I think it’s due for a LOSS.

The Seahawks are 7-1 at home and they allow around 16 points per game.  They rested a bunch of starters in Week 17, so they have some energy left to play this game.  The Redskins on the other hand have had to get Cross Country after only 5 days.  The Seahawks are a very different team at HOME.  I know the SKins have been playing great with Todd Collins at QB, but I expect that to change.  Other teams have finally had a chance to get enough film on Todd Collins and they will see that he is a statue in the pocket and that with enough pressure he we wilt in the GREAT SEAHAWK SKY!

Despite the fact that the SKins will get out on the corner of the Seahawk D with Portis and Betts, the decisive factor in this game will come from the fact that the Skins have played their collective hearts out for the past month.  All of that emotion takes a toll on a team.  The Seahawks are rested and have a lot at stake if they lose.  At home they are a very different team.  I recently spoke with a sports betting guy friend of mine who said, “You can’t imagine the Sound Level that is on the field”.  It’s LOUD and that make’s it worth 3 points in Favor of the Home Team!

TAKE THE SEAHAWKS -3!  Buy down from -3.5 just to make sure you are not pushing the bet.  I fully expect the Seahawks to win by 7-10 points tomorrow!

Jags -2.5 @ Steelers

The fashionable pick here is obviously the JAGS.  Afterall they beat the Steelers just a few weeks ago and they are the much more healthy than the Steel Curtain.  Everything is pointed in the Jags favor… And that’s precisely why I Like the Steelers in this game.  I know I’m going against the grain on this one, but despite the fact that the Steelers are severely banged up, I like the fact that they are at HOME and they ARE BANGED UP!

You never want to mess with a wounded animal.  Since I grew up in the country maybe I know a little more about this subject than most.  The Steelers do not want to be shown up 2 times in the past month at HOME!  I still can’t trust David Garrard to QB a Playoff game to Victory!  Big Ben has been there before and it’s just a hunch, but a 60% hunch, that the Steelers are going to leave everything they have left in the tank to Win This Game!  It’s tough to beat the same team 2 times in a row within the same season and I see this game coming down to a Home Team (Steelers) that just needs it a little more for psychological reasons than the Favorite (Jags) do.

TAKE THE STEELERS +3.  Buy the 1/2 point if you need to from +2.5!

I will have the other playoff picks posted here tomorrow!  Have a bunch of Beer on Saturday and I’ll get you those other two picks on Saturday!

Bet Ya–

Alikat