By Kyle Soppe
Happy holiday’s to all you faithful Pickin Splinters followers. We truly appreciate your loyalty and will continue to work hard on improving our coverage of college basketball as well as NBA, NFL, and MLB coverage. Feel free to leave feed back under posts and we will surely respond. With that said, here are my picks that, if bet, should make your holiday experience an even better one
Christmas Eve
Oakland (+2.5) @ Kansas City – Raiders 24-17 (I’ll admit it, sour grapes towards KC)
Denver (-3) @ Buffalo – Broncos 24-13 (Rare match up for Tebow in which he may be an equal QB to his opponent)
Jacksonville @ Tennessee (-7) – Titans 27-13 (No wayyyy the Titans drop 2 in a row to awful teams)
Arizona @ Cincinnati (-4) – Bengals 31-20 (Cardinals win the close game, upset alert if it’s close late)
Miami (+10) @ New England – Patriots 30-21 (The Pats defense isn’t fun to bet on against a big number)
Cleveland @ Baltimore (-13) – Ravens 34-10 (Don’t overreact to Ravens occasional weekend off)
New York Giants (+3) vs New York Jets – Giants 21-20 (I’ll take the points for the “road” team)
Minnesota (+6.5) @ Washington – Redskins 24-20 (Vikings don’t want to win, but will keep it tight)
Tampa Bay @ Carolina (-7.5) – Panthers 27-14 (Bucs treated this as a shortened season, quit a month ago)
Saint Louis (+13) @ Pittsburgh – Steelers 21-10 (Charlie Batch can’t mess this up)
San Diego (+2.5) @ Detroit – Chargers 27-24 (Betting on the Chargers in December is protocol)
San Francisco (-2) @ Seattle – 49ers 24-16 (Seahawks tough at home, but NFC 2 seed at stake)
Philadelphia (+1.5) @ Dallas – Eagles 34-31 (They either need the game, or want to play spoiler)
Christmas Day
Chicago @ Green Bay (-13) – Packers 38-17 (19 wins followed by a loss. Not losing again)
Monday Night Football
Atlanta (+6.5) @ New Orleans – Saints 31-27 (winner is my pick to play GB for NFC title)
Thanks again for the viewership up to this point and going forward. Hopefully you spend the holidays with your loved ones and have a great few days ahead. Great football games this weekend as well as opening day in the NBA.
Someone help me to understand the lesson learned from Marhsawn Lynch being the first to score a rushing touchdown against the 9ers this season.
Is it possible for Tebow to be tebowed???
He was tebowed by the Buffalo defense. Just when you thought the Bills’ D was dead after such a great start – BOOM! – they reemerge in week 15 and tebow Tebow for 4 INTs.