Week 9 Picks

I am a big fan of ESPN sports writer/columnist, Bill Simmons. Being of which, I listen to his podcast series, The B.S. Report. On the latest podcast, Bill had on Norman Chad. Norman had picked the weekly NFL games for ESPN for the past decade plus. He admitted recently, and mentioned on the podcast as well, that he had not even picked any of the games. He determined his pick by the flip of a coin. Also claiming he ended years with a winning record doing so. He claims your winning precentage would be about the same if not better by flipping a coin vs picking the games yourself. And I'm going to put that to the test. I wish I would of been able to start at the beginning of the season, that way the results would be more thorough.

I'll be comparing my picks against the picks made by the coin flip. I'll be doing this for the next nine weeks of the season. At the end, we'll see who picked better, me or the coin. Man vs Coin.

Though I can not pick through the first eight weeks of the year, I can go back and flip a coin and see if the coin would have picked correctly. I plan to do that in one of the next few blogs. As for now, I got to beat the coin. And here are our picks for the week, week nine.

Washington Redskins at Atlanta Falcons
My Pick: Atlanta
My Pick w/Spread: Atlanta
Coin Flip: Redskins
Favorite: Atlanta (-10.5)

Arizona Cardinals at Chicago Bears
My Pick: Chicago
My Pick w/Spread: Arizona
Coin Flip: Chicago
Favorite: Chicago (-3.5)

Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals
My Pick: Baltimore
My Pick w/Spread: Baltimore
Coin Flip: Baltimore
Favorite: Baltimore (-2.5)

Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts
My Pick: Indianapolis
My Pick w/Spread: Houston
Coin Flip: Houston
Favorite: Indianapolis (-9.5)

Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots
My Pick: New England
My Pick w/Spread: Miami
Coin Flip: Miami
Favorite: New England (-10.5)

Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
My Pick: Green Bay
My Pick w/Spread: Green Bay
Coin Flip: Tampa Bay
Favorite: Green Bay (-10.5)

Kansas City Chiefs at Jacksonville Jaguars
My Pick: Jacksonville
My Pick w/Spread: Jacksonville
Coin Flip: Kansas City
Favorite: Jacksonville (-6.5)

Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints
My Pick: New Orleans
My Pick w/Spread: New Orleans
Coin Flip: Carolina
Favorite: New Orleans (-14.5)

Detroit Lions at Seattle Seahawks
My Pick: Seattle
My Pick w/Spread: Detroit
Coin Flip: Detroit
Favorite: Seattle (-10.5)

San Diego Chargers at New York Giants
My Pick: New York
My Pick w/Spread: San Diego
Coin Flip: New York
Favorite: New York (-4.5)

Tennessee Titans at San Francisco 49ers
My Pick: Tennessee
My Pick w/Spread: San Francisco
Coin Flip: San Francisco
Favorite: San Francisco (-4.5)

Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
My Pick: Philadelphia
My Pick w/Spread: Philadelphia
Coin Flip: Philadelphia
Favorite: Philadelphia (-3.5)

Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos
My Pick: Pittsburgh
My Pick w/Spread: Pittsburgh
Coin Flip: Pittsburgh
Favorite: Pittsburgh (-3.5)

All favorites and spread according to ESPN.

Of the twelve picks, we choose six the same. This should be interesting, but I still think I got this week in the bag. The coin picked Tampa Bay, the only winless team left, as well as Redskins. I think I got this week in the bag.