Lock 'em up!

With the regular season winding down, and me clinching a first round bye in my family fantasy football league playoffs (we don’t have to discuss the other 3 leagues I am in), this week I will just be sitting back and enjoying football the old fashioned way:  gambling on the games. And since the holidays are upon us, I thought I would share the wealth. Bet these games, you’ll thank me later.

• New England -13.5 vs Carolina. Panthers have no shot. Questions at qb and rb aren’t going to help them either
• New Orleans -9.5 at Atlanta. Same thing here as the Panthers. Atlanta is a mess and New Orleans came too close to losing last week.
• Green Bay -3  at Chicago. Packers defense is playing very well and the Bears offense, not so much. Aaron Rodgers would be MVP if his line would protect him.
• Oakland +1 vs Washington. HUGE win last week for OAK on the road. Will pull out a victory at home against the Skins and their new kicker.
• Miami +3 at Jacksonville. Miami beat the Patriots sans Wildcat. They’re a real team. Will be a close game.

And since I like you all so much, I will give you one more gem. Cleveland +10 at home against Pittsburgh. Cleveland is playing more loose and the Steelers are missing their key player on defense in Troy Polamalu. Cleveland may not pull out a W, but take those 10 points.