mTbaKer's NFL Picks- Week 9

I think you'll be hard pressed to find a stronger +155 dog all year than Baltimore. 9 days ago, Pittsburgh looked old, tired, and fighting for a wild card spot. Baltimore was considered if not the best, one of the two best teams in the AFC. Now a couple bad games against a few shit opponents that the Ravens clearly weren't geeked up for, along with this revenge angle that some people like to use as if it's 96% accurate, I think it sets up very nicely for a Ravens win.

Quote Originally Posted by theguru1:

Steelers at home in a nighttime tv game are almost unbeatable over the last 10 years or so. And they Always split the season series with Baltimore, let alone the revenge factor and they are playing great right now and Harrison will be back and Balt. is not playin too great themselves right now either. Steelers seem like a solid play to me and I'm not just sayin that cuz I'm a homer either. I was at the game yesterday and I havent seen them play that good in a while. So they are coming off of their best performace of the season.

Harrison, Woodley, and Farrior are out.  Patriots D is pathetic, and the Steelers have not seen a D like the Ravens since week 1.  Houston was other good D and we saw what happened.  Ravens all day...public perception is that Pitt is flying high, and Ravens are not very good...which is wrong. Ravens play to the level of their competition always have.  They will be ready for this one

Quote Originally Posted by GerManiac:

Hello from Overseas
What do you think of the Patriots -9 against the Giants and the Saints -9 against Tampa ?
I think because they both have lost last week, they have to show up this week and not to lose the connection.
Especially Saints-Tampa ... divisional rivalry scares me a little but i think Brees can put them to sleep ...
The same for the Patriots, they can´t let the Bills take the division. It´s a "must win" against the Giants, 9 Points is pretty high in the NFL but i dunno its sounds too easy .. the Giants almost lost to miami .. 9 points seems nothing at home for the pats, or do i think completely wrong?
What about the 49ers only laying 4 on the road to the redskins? What do you think about this matchup? Thank you in advance for your answers.
I sent you also ne friend request, I'm no stalker ... longtime follower but only registered now ... my list looks quite empty with only lou and rizzo in there.
Sorry for my bad english, i´m not so used to it.

hey no problem I'll accept your friend request soon and your English is pretty decent...no serious grammatical errors haha.

I think the Saints will be really pissed to win this game and same with the Pats.  I'm probably more confident in hitting the Pats at -8.5 cause Tampa is getting Blount back and will play tough.  There's a good chance I might tease the Pats and Saints as I can't see either of them losing and both their Ds are not dominant enought to cover a spread easy.  But with Nicks out for NYG I really think the Pats will be able to slow down the GMen and put up points against their thin secondary so I would def hit Pats more than Saints.  I usually fully look into the games later in the week and make plays so stay posted.

As for the 49ers, they are in a terrible scheduling spot this week.  This is now their third trip to the East before coming home again to play the Giants.  They don't have an explosive offense so Washington's O won't have to force the issue.  I don't think the Niners are ready to cover as a road fav against a solid team like WAS.

I absolutely love it.  Actually in the recent past the Ravens have been a popular dog but this week no one thinks that they can win and that's when Flacco and crew are at their best

Really glad to see that we're on the same page.  Revenge is a strong angle but only when the other team has nothing to avenge.  The Ravens have so much bottled up frustration from many years to take things out on Pitt.  The Ravens are gonna give Pitt matchup problems and will also be hungry to jump on a team that just played a very emotional game against the Pats

Don't clone the play if you don't like it but I think there's a ton of good reasons to take Balty.  From far away Pitt -3 looks easy but as you read between the lines there's so many reasons Balty takes this.  Thanks for the kind words buddy!

Ya Woodley and Harrison are out, I think Farrior might still play.  Saunders has a bad knee and his Mom passed away so he prob won't play.  The Ravens are catching the worn out and banged up Steelers at the right time and will have no mercy.  And exactly the Ravens always play to their competition and their past experiences on the road will serve them well here.

Even if Pitt was fully healthy this Ravens team beat em bad in Week 1, had em on the ropes in Week 13 and Round 2 of last year it's their time for the division.

I have no idea how anyone can have this much faith in Flacco to succeed against ANYONE, let alone PITT who is playing great on defense.

BAL has really struggled on the road, and against teams that have even the slightest bit of defense.

I see this being a TD+ win for Pitt

But, BOL

Flacco overrated.??..read Baltimore websites, the guy is NOT overrated...very criticized here in Baltimore.

Flacco beat them in week 1...and has proven he can win, just depends which guy shows up.  Also, his O line has been horrible and Cam Cameron makes him worst.  Will see on Sunday...Rice will have a huge impact.