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If you haven’t noticed by now, we are in the thick of a time that plays a role in the confidence pool, especially season-long pools – bye weeks!

This can play big in your season long pools. If you have had a solid start and are sitting comfortably towards the top of the standings, you are loving bye weeks as the top numbers aren’t in play! You can’t have 15 and 16 point games when there are only 14 games played in a week!

On the flip side, if you need to make up ground, you need to make sure you hit as many picks as you can in a week.

Lucky for you, you’re reading my picks, so you’re good to go ?

Week 6 – HERE WE GO!!!!

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15 – GREEN BAY over Cincinnati – Well Joe Flacco HAS already beaten the Packers this season so…no…no there’s no chance…

14 – PITTSBURGH over Cleveland – Says a lot about your team when you trade one quarterback, start a rookie quarterback, but the talking point is still your third string quarterback.

13 – WASHINGTON over Chicago – …Pepperidge Farms remembers …

12 – INDIANAPOLIS over Arizona – The Cardinals just don’t seem to want to win games this season.

11 – Denver over NEW YORK JETS – Get up early for this one! Or don’t, it won’t be very exciting.

10 – Philadelphia over NEW YORK GIANTS – A game against the Giants will be a great way for the Eagles to practice playing football for ALL four quarters.

9 – Los Angeles Rams – over BALTIMORE – The Ravens are about to be 1-5 … that’s weird.

8 – Buffalo over ATLANTA – The Patriots need to apologize to the Falcons for what will happen to them this week.

7 – JACKSONVILLE over Seattle – It feels like the Seahawks are going to end up being the best looking 9-8 or 8-9 team this season.

6 – MIAMI over Los Angeles Chargers – We’ll call this the Hunch of the Week.

5 – TAMPA BAY over San Francisco – Baker just seems to find ways to win. My BOLD PREDICTION this week is that THE BUCS WILL WIN AT LEAST 12 GAMES THIS YEAR.

4 – KANSAS CITY over Detroit – I wouldn’t be hurt if you wanted to put the Lions on this line.

3 – NEW ORLEANS over New England – The Pats used up too much winning energy last week. Yes … that’s a thing!

2 – CAROLINA – over Dallas – The Panthers are going to end this week with a better record than the Ravens .. … … just let that sit for a little bit.

1 – Tennessee over LAS VEGAS – Really no reason to have faith in the Raiders at this point … not even at home against the Titans.

This has been a dramatic season to say the least.

While that is great while you’re watching the games on Sunday, it does make things a little difficult when filling out your confidence picks. We have had several weeks already where we are sure about maybe one or two games but then the rest are toss-ups.

This week, well, seems to be more of the same! So, now that we’re used to it, let’s just pick ‘em all right!

Week 7 – HERE WE GO!!!!

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15 – KANSAS CITY over Las Vegas – The Raiders have probably had the most luck in Arrowhead out of all opponents in recent memory … but still … this should be easy for the Chiefs this year.

14 – CHICAGO over New Orleans – Win a big road game on a Monday Night and get rewarded with a home game against the Saints.

13 – SEATTLE over Houston – The Seahawks seem to be sneaking their way towards the top of most power rankings these days.

12 – Green Bay over ARIZONA – This has to be a get-right game for the Packers

11 – DENVER over New York Giants – The Gants seem to have an offense for the future…but games are still played in the now.

10 – Pittsburgh over CINCINNATI – I heard this Joe Flacco / Aaron Rodgers matchup referred to as the Icy-Hot Bowl … just wanted to make more people aware of that ?

9 – LOS ANGELES CHARGERS over Indianapolis – This just seems like a game the Chargers SHOULD win

8 – DETROIT over Tampa Bay – This is currently NFL.com’s Power Rankings #1 and #2…called it!

7 – Washington over DALLAS – Makes sense that America’s Team is having this rough of a year. My BOLD PREDICTION for this wee is that for the first time in over 30 years, THE COWBOYS WILL PICK IN THE TOP 5 OF THE DRAFT NEXT YEAR.

6 – SAN FRANCISCO over Atlanta – The Falcons have proven over the years to be a team that cant seem to put consecutive solid weeks together.

5 – MINNESOTA over Philadelphia – This is the perfect time for anyone to play the Eagles, let alone a team like the Vikings.

4 – JACKSONVILLE over Los Angeles Rams – Word is that Travis Hunter will be getting a bigger role in the offense – which should spread things out enough for the Jags to win what should be a shootout.

3 – New England over TENNESSEE – The Mike Vrabel Bowl … yeah I’m not that excited either.

2 – CLEVELAND over Miami – Wait, we’re picking the Browns and NOT putting them on the one-point line? …

1 – NEW YORK JETS over Carolina – … oh that makes sense now

Slim pickin’s this week!

Six teams are on a bye meaning, with only thirteen games, our pool of points significantly drops.

All this means is that we have to be on our game and pick perfectly…you know…like we always do.

Week 8 – HERE WE GO!!!!

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13 – INDIANAPOLIS over Tennessee – Apparently a change of scenery is more than beneficial for some – Indiana Jones is legit! My BOLD PREDICTION for this week is that THE COLTS WILL MAKE THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME … … … AT LEAST.

12 – KANSAS CITY over Washington – Obviously the loss of Jayden Daniels is a big blow when you have a game in Kansas City coming up.

11 – ATLANTA over Miami – These just seem like two franchises that are going in completely different directions.

10 – PHILADELPHIA over New York Giants – This could very well be the matchup that determines the NFC East … … … next year.

9 – Buffalo over CAROLINA – The Panthers have been solid at home but the Bills are just too much.

8 – Tampa Bay over NEW ORLEANS – The Tampa offense as banged up as they are needs a game against the Saints defense.

7 – NEW ENGLAND over Cleveland – Can’t play the Dolphins every week, Browns.

6 – CINCINNATI over New York Jets – I don’t know if the Jets will win a game this year.

5 – Chicago over BALTIMORE – Obviously this is based on Lamar Jackson NOT playing.

4 – LOS ANGELES CHARGERS over Minnesota – The week starts off with a matchup of “Who are they? Really?”

3 – PITTSBURGH over Green Bay – No real special meaning or backstory to this game…right?

2 – DENVER over Dallas – Do the Broncos know that there are three quarters where they can play before the fourth quarter starts? Doesn’t really seems to matter, just sayin.

1 – HOUSTON over San Francisco – Injuries really turn this into a far less entertaining game than it could be.

Oh this is gonna be an interesting week for sure.

Looking down the list of games and there aren’t too many, no-brainers! Once we get past the first few lines, you could make an argument for each remaining game to be placed on each remaining line. This is where we have to have a big week.

No point in delaying the inevitable any longer, let’s get going!

Week 9 – HERE WE GO!!!!

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14 – LOS ANGELES RAMS over New Orleans – Derek Carr isn’t walking through that door … … … but I mean, even if he did, what would change?

13 – GREEN BAY over Carolina – The Panthers are pretty pointless outside of Charlotte. Not good when you play a sport where points are pretty important.

12 – NEW ENGLAND over Atlanta – If you get destroyed at home by the Dolphins, you don’t get to win the next week – new league rule.

11 – DETROIT over Minnesota – A JJ McCarthy led Vikings team still has a lot to show me.

10 – Baltimore over MIAMI – I don’t think any team has missed one player more than the Ravens missed Lamar Jackson.

9 – Los Angeles Chargers over TENNESSEE –It's going to take a few drafts to get Cam Ward the help that he needs.

8 – San Francisco over NEW YORK GIANTS – Man I had hopes for this Giants team. BUT, next year once all the injuries have healed, my BOLD PREDICTION for this week is the THE GIANTS WILL WIN THE NFC EAST NEXT SEASON.

7 – BUFFALO over Kansas City – Beating the Chiefs pre-January has been done and should be expected by the Bills at this point. It’s January that they need to figure out.

6 – PITTSBURGH over Indianapolis – This is just a hunch that the Colts run HAS to come to an end soon…right?

5 – HOUSTON over Denver – I still find it hard to believe that the Texans are a sub .500 team.

4 – DALLAS over Arizona – This game will happen … so there you go

3 – CINCINNATI over Chicago – The Bears offense won’t be able to keep up with the Bengals.

2 – WASHINGTON over Seattle – This is going to be a fun game between teams who weren’t supposed to give us a fun game this year.

1 – Jacksonville over LAS VEGAS – As a Raiders fan, I know that this is a game that “they should win” … so they won’t.