THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™

Last Year (Head-To-Head): 170-98
Last Week: 8-8
Year To Date: 146-79
All Time (2006 Through 2011 Combined Record To Date): 620-359

AGAINST THE SPREAD (ATS) Last Week (ALL scheduled games played): 6-10 (.375)

ATS (Calculated By My Line + Or – Vs Vegas Odds At Time Of Publication Listed Below, Or Locks Updated Prior To Kickoff) Year-To-Date, All Scheduled Games Starting Week 4: 90-71-3 (.559)

ATS & O/U Locks Last Week: 1-6 (.143)

ATS & O/U Locks YTD: 29-30 (.492)

LOCKS (IF APPLICABLE) ARE IN RED, BOTTOM OF THIS COLUMN SO SCROLL DOWN…

Absolutely got my bottom handed to me last weekend… 8-8 straight up… 6-10 against the spread (all scheduled games) and get THIS: 1-6 on my so-called “LOCKS”! The two latter are my worst numbers to date, since I began publishing the numbers (my personal lines) that I’ve always used behind the scenes to pick the straight up winners each week. YUCK!

Time for a comeback…

That’s enough… let’s kick off this NFL Week Sixteen right now!

(***NOTE: ALL VEGAS TOTALS AND LINES THIS WEEK WERE TAKEN FROM VEGAS INSIDER ON WEDNESDAY, DEC 21st AT 6:30 PM CST)

Thursday Night Football Game (Dec 22nd @ 7:20 PM CST, NFL Network)

Houston Texans (10-4) @ Indianapolis Colts (1-13) – HOU -13.5, 39.5 (VEGAS INSIDER: HOU -6, 40 TOTAL POINTS) – TEXANS COVER -6

Saturday Early Afternoon Games (Dec 24th @ NOON CST)

Miami Dolphins (5-9) @ New England Patriots (11-3) – NE -6.5, 45.5 (VI: NE -9.5, 48.5) – DOLPHINS COVER +9.5

Jacksonville Jaguars (4-10) @ Tennessee Titans (7-7) – TEN -3, 34.5 (VI: TEN -7.5, 40) – JAGUARS COVER +7.5

Tampa Bay Bucanneers (4-10) @ Carolina Panthers (5-9) – CAR -6, 39 (VI: CAR -7.5, 48) – BUCANNEERS COVER +7.5

Cleveland Browns (4-10) @ Baltimore Ravens (10-4) – BAL -8.5, 43.5 (VI: BAL -13, 38.5) – BROWNS COVER +13

Arizona Cardinals (7-7) @ Cincinnati Bengals (8-6) – CIN -9.5, 41.5 (VI: CIN -4, 40.5) – BENGALS COVER -4

Minnesota Vikings (2-12) @ Washington Redskins (5-9) – WAS -8, 39 (VI: WAS -6.5, 44) – REDSKINS COVER -6.5

Denver Broncos (8-6) @ Buffalo Bills (5-9) – BUF -0.5, 39 (VI: DEN -3, 41.5) – BILLS COVER +3 – POTENTIAL UPSET!

Saint Louis Rams (2-12) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4) – PIT -19.5, 28 (VI: PIT -16, 37.5) – STEELERS COVER -16

Oakland Raiders (7-7) @ Kansas City Chiefs (6-8) – KC -0.5, 36.5 (VI: KC -2.5, 42) – RAIDERS COVER +2.5

New York Giants (7-7) @ New York Jets (8-6) – NYJ -2.5, 46 (VI: NYJ -3, 45.5) – GIANTS COVER +3

Saturday Late Afternoon Games (Dec 24th @ 3:05-3:15 PM CST)

San Diego Chargers (7-7) @ Detroit Lions (9-5) – DET -8, 53.5 (VI: DET -2.5, 52.5) – DETROIT COVERS -2.5

Philadelphia Eagles (6-8)@ Dallas Cowboys (8-6) – DAL -1, 49.5 (VI: DAL -1.5, 50.5) – EAGLES COVER +1.5

San Francisco 49ers (11-3) @ Seattle Seahawks (7-7) – SF -5, 41 (VI: SF -2.5, 38) – NINERS COVER -2.5

Sunday Night Football Game (Dec 25th @ 7:20 PM CST On NBC)

Chicago Bears (7-7) @ Green Bay Packers (13-1) – GB -11.5, 56.5 (VI: GB -13, 44) – BEARS COVER +13

Monday Night Football Game (Dec 19th @ 7:30 PM CST On ESPN)

Atlanta Falcons (9-5) @ New Orleans Saints (11-3) – NO -6, 57 (VI: -6.5, 53) – FALCONS COVER +6.5

Enjoying A Bye Week: NONE…

WEEK 16 LOCKS:

CLEVELAND @ BALTIMORE: CLE +13

ARIZONA @ CINCINNATI: CIN -4

CHICAGO @ GREEN BAY: CHI +13

CHICAGO @ GREEN BAY: OVER 44

TAMPA BAY @ CAROLINA: UNDER 48

SAINT LOUIS @ PITTSBURGH: UNDER 37.5

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Agree? Disagree? Have your own NFL Week 16 predictions? Post them into the comments section below…

Other political bloggers and their commenters take a break from poly-tix for a few minutes to weigh in on NFL Week 16, 2011: Elizabeth Weaver Engel (Liberal) of both The Huffington Post and Snarkin’ the NFL; And Eric (Conservative) of THE TYGRRRR EXPRESS…

ATTENTION NFL FANS: These are PREVIOUS picks — Click right HERE to view this week’s CURRENT GTL™ NFL Picks…

Last Year (Head-To-Head): 170-98
Last Week: 12-4
Year To Date: 138-71
All Time (2006 Through 2011 Combined Record To Date): 612-351

AGAINST THE SPREAD (ATS) Last Week (ALL scheduled games played): 9-7 (56%)

ATS (Calculated By My Line + Or – Vs Vegas Odds At Time Of Publication Listed Below, Or Locks Updated Prior To Kickoff) Year-To-Date, All Scheduled Games Starting Week 4: 84-61-3 (58%)

ATS & O/U Locks Last Week: 4-2 (67%)

ATS & O/U Locks YTD: 28-24 (54%)

LOCKS (IF APPLICABLE) ARE IN RED, BOTTOM OF THIS COLUMN SO SCROLL DOWN…

Trying something a bit different this week — instead of picking the Thursday Night Football game then adding it to the full week’s schedule on Fridays, I’m going to go ahead and make them ALL right here, right now. We’ll see if that’s a mistake or not soon enough I suppose.

Tebow did it again, didn’t he? I love this guy but I don’t think he’ll be celebrating a victory over the much more talented New England Pats at home this weekend. On the other hand, I expect it to be VERY close and I do expect the Tebow Express to cover the underdog spread (for those of y’all who might gamble). I’d love the head to head upset though… this guy is simply genuine, a heck of a role model for those who look up to players for those versus their own parents and he’s by far the player to make the biggest impact on the game on the AFC side of the NFL. Pro Bowler? Why not? Isn’t that supposed to be the most impactful player in each conference at each position who gets to go to Hawaii? If so, HE’S IT. PERIOD.

That’s enough… let’s kick off this NFL Week Fifteen right now!

(***NOTE: ALL VEGAS TOTALS AND LINES THIS WEEK WERE TAKEN FROM VEGAS INSIDER ON WEDNESDAY, DEC 14th AT 4:30 PM CST)

Thursday Night Football Game (Dec 15th @ 7:20 PM CST, NFL Network)

Jacksonville Jaguars (4-9) @ Atlanta Falcons (8-5) OUR LINE: – ATL -10, 38 (VI: ATL -11, 42.5 TOTAL) – JAGUARS COVER +11

Saturday Night Football Game (Dec 17th @ 7:20 PM CST, NFL Network)

Dallas Cowboys (7-6) @ Tampa Bay Bucanners (4-9) – DAL -14, 40 (VI: DAL -6.5, 47) – COWBOYS COVER -6.5

Sunday Early Games (Dec 18th @ Noon CST)

Cincinnati Bengals (7-6) @ Saint Louis Rams (2-11) – CIN -11.5, 34 (VI: CIN -6.5, 38.5) – BENGALS COVER -11.5

Carolina Panthers (4-9) @ Houston Texans (10-3) – HOU -15.5, 46 (VI: HOU -6.5, 45.5) – TEXANS COVER -6.5

Seattle Seahawks (6-7) @ Chicago Bears (7-6) – CHI -10.5, 39 (VI: CHI -3.5, 35.5) – BEARS COVER -3.5

Tennessee Titans (7-6) @ Indianapolis Colts (0-13) – TEN -11.5, 33 (VI: TEN -6.5, 41) -TITANS COVER -6.5

Washington Redskins (4-9) @ New York Giants (7-6) – NYG -5.5, 42.5 (VI: NYG -7, 46) – REDSKINS COVER +7

Green Bay Packers (13-0) @ Kansas City Chiefs (5-8) – GB -22.5, 49 (VI: GB -14, 46) – PACKERS COVER -14

Miami Dolphins (4-9) @ Buffalo Bills (5-8) – BUF -5.5, 36 (VI: MIA -1.5, 42) – BILLS COVER +1.5 (UPSET ALERT!)

New Orleans Saints (10-3) @ Minnesota Vikings (2-11) – NO -12.5, 52 (VI: NO -6.5, 50.5) – SAINTS COVER -6.5

Sunday Late Afternoon Games (Dec 18th @ 3:05-3:15 PM CST)

Detroit Lions (8-5) @ Oakland Raiders (7-6) – DET -6.5, 50.5 (DET -1, 48) – LIONS COVER -1

Cleveland Browns (4-9) @ Arizona Cardinals (6-7) – ARI -4.5, 33 (VI: ARI -6.5, 37.5) – BROWNS COVER +6.5

New England Patriots (10-3) @ Denver Broncos (8-5) – NE -5, 51 (VI: NE -6.5, 46) – BRONCOS COVER +6.5

New York Jets (8-5) @ Philadelphia Eagles (5-8) – NYJ -1, 48 (VI: PHI -3, 44) – JETS COVER +3 (UPSET ALERT!)

Sunday Night Football Game (Dec 18th @ 7:20 PM CST On NBC)

Baltimore Ravens (10-3) @ San Diego Chargers (6-7) – BAL -4, 49.5 (VI: BAL -2.5, 44.5) – RAVENS COVER -2.5

Monday Night Football Game (Dec 19th @ 7:30 PM CST On ESPN)

Pittsburgh Steelers (10-3) @ San Francisco 49ers (10-3) – SF -6, 45.5 (VI: SF -2.5, 39.5) – NINERS COVER -2.5

Enjoying A Bye Week: NONE…

WEEK 15 LOCKS:

CAROLINA @ HOUSTON: HOU -6.5

SEATTLE @ CHICAGO: CHI -3.5

GREEN BAY @ KANSAS CITY: GB -14

MIAMI @ BUFFALO: BUF +1.5

MIAMI @ BUFFALO: UNDER 42

DALLAS @ TAMPA BAY: UNDER 47

PITTSBURGH @ SAN FRANCISCO: OVER 39.5

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Agree? Disagree? Have your own NFL Week 14 predictions? Post them into the comments section below…

Other political bloggers and their commenters take a break from poly-tix for a few minutes to weigh in on NFL Week 15, 2011: Elizabeth Weaver Engel (Liberal) of both The Huffington Post and Snarkin’ the NFL; And Eric (Conservative) of THE TYGRRRR EXPRESS…

ATTENTION NFL FANS: These are PREVIOUS picks — Click right HERE to view this week’s CURRENT GTL™ NFL Picks…

Last Year (Head-To-Head): 170-98
Last Week: 10-6
Year To Date: 124-67
All Time (2006 Through 2011 Combined Record To Date): 600-349

AGAINST THE SPREAD (ATS) Last Week (ALL scheduled games played): 9-5-1 (64%)

ATS (Calculated By My Line + Or – Vs Vegas Odds At Time Of Publication Listed Below, Or Locks Updated Prior To Kickoff) Year-To-Date, All Scheduled Games Starting Week 4: 75-54-3 (58%)

ATS & O/U Locks Last Week: 3-2 (60%)

ATS Locks YTD: 24-22 (52%)

LOCKS (IF APPLICABLE) ARE IN RED, BOTTOM OF COLUMN *SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS KICKOFF APPROACHES* SO CHECK BACK!

Am I the only one feeling it? Yannow, FOOTBALL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME beginning to kick in! Man, I know we’ve still got college bowl games, the BOGUS BCS Title game between a conference winner facing another team who couldn’t even win its division in that same conference (a college football playoff, anybody???). We’ve also got the NFL AFC, NFC, Divisional, Wildcard, etc., playoffs approaching too. Lots of football left to be played but just not a lot of time before we have no college OR pro to watch… depression is setting in.

Been pretty hot this year against the spread. So hot, in fact, I’ve had a couple of handicappers, books & oddsmakers tell me they’ve never seen anybody hover in the high 50′s percentage-wise on ALL scheduled (since Week 4) games. So-called “LOCKS”? Not quite so “LOCKY” yet but hey, I’ve got another 6 of them this week, so wish me luck since I really DO bet every single one of those at the minimums (yeah, fixed income… yannow how that goes) just to make them interesting and to not feel like a hypocrite as well.

How about Tebow? SHEESH. Super-human. Count me in as another T-Boid (or whatever you’d call us). Ain’t seen anybody since Joe Montana or Wayne Gretzky who can get their entire team behind them as “believers”. Let’s see if this “Tebow Magic” stuff keeps up, shall we?

That’s enough… let’s kick off this NFL Week Fourteen right now!

Thursday Night Game (Dec 11th @ 7:20 PM CST, NFL Network)

Cleveland Browns (4-8) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3) – PIT -14.5, 36.5 (Vegas Insider; Thur, Dec 8th, 1:30 PM CST: PIT -14, 40 OU Total) – STEELERS COVER -14

Sunday Early Games (Dec 11th @ Noon CST)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-8) @ Jacksonville Jaguars (3-9) – TB -1, 31 (VI; Dec 9th, 4:25 PM CST: TB -2, 39) – JAGUARS COVER +2

Kansas City Chiefs (5-7) @ New York Jets (7-5) – NYJ -16, 39.5 (VI: NYJ -10.5, 36.5) – JETS COVER -10.5

Houston Texans (9-3) @ Cincinnati Bengals (7-5) – HOU -6.5, 48 (VI: CIN -3, 38) – TEXANS COVER +3 (UPSET ALERT!)

New England Patriots (9-3) @ Washington Redskins (4-8) – NE -9, 47 (VI: NE -8, 48) – PATRIOTS COVER -8

Atlanta Falcons (7-5) @ Carolina Panthers (4-8) – ATL -4, 46.5 (VI: ATL -3, 47.5) – FALCONS COVER -4

Philadelphia Eagles (4-8) @ Miami Dolphins (4-8) – MIA -4, 39 (MIA -3, 45) – DOLPHINS COVER -3

New Orleans Saints (9-3) @ Tennessee Titans (7-5) – NO -7, 43.5 (VI: NO -3.5, 50) – SAINTS COVER -3.5

Indianapolis Colts (0-12) @ Baltimore Ravens (9-3) – BAL -28, 39.5 (VI: BAL -16.5, 40.5) – RAVENS COVER -16.5

Minnesota Vikings (2-10) @ Detroit Lions (7-5) – MIN -9.5, 48 (VI: DET -10, 46.5) – VIKINGS COVER +10 (UPSET ALERT!)

Sunday Late Afternoon Games (Dec 11th @ 3:05-3:15 PM CST)

Chicago Bears (7-5) @ Denver Broncos (7-5) – DEN -3, 45.5 (VI: DEN -3.5, 45.5) – BEARS COVER +3.5

San Francisco 49ers (10-2) @ Arizona Cardinals (5-7) – SF -7.5, 43 (VI: SF -3.5, 39) – NINERS COVER -3.5

Buffalo Bills (5-7) @ San Diego Chargers (5-7) – SD -3.5, 43 – (VI: SD -7, 48) – BILLS COVER +7

Oakland Raiders (7-5) @ Green Bay Packers (12-0) – GB -12, 51.5 (VI: GB -11.5, 51.5) – PACKERS COVER -11.5

Sunday Night Football Game (Dec 11th @ 7:20 PM CST On NBC)

New York Giants (6-6) @ Dallas Cowboys (7-5) – DAL -6.5, 47.5 (VI: DAL -3.5, 49) – COWBOYS COVER -3.5

Monday Night Football Game (Dec 12th @ 7:30 PM CST On ESPN)

Saint Louis Rams (2-10) @ Seattle Seahawks (5-7) – SEA -13.5, 35.5 (VI: SEA -9.5, 37) – SEAHAWKS COVER -9.5

Enjoying A Bye Week: NONE…

WEEK 14 LOCKS:

HOUSTON @ CINCINNATI: HOU +3

MINNESOTA @ DETROIT: MIN +10

SAN FRANCISCO @ ARIZONA: SF -3.5

TAMPA BAY @ JACKSONVILLE: UNDER 39

BUFFALO @ SAN DIEGO: UNDER 48

HOUSTON @ CINCINNATI: OVER 38

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Agree? Disagree? Have your own NFL Week 14 predictions? Post them into the comments section below…

Other political bloggers and their commenters take a break from poly-tix for a few minutes to weigh in on NFL Week 14, 2011: Elizabeth Weaver Engel (Liberal) of both The Huffington Post and Snarkin’ the NFL; And Eric (Conservative) of THE TYGRRRR EXPRESS…

ATTENTION NFL FANS: These are just Thursday Night Football picks — Click right HERE to view the rest of our NFL Week 14™ NFL Picks…

Well, here we are again — NFL Football time but this one’s gonna be a real yawner. Expect the Steelers to dominate the time of possession and the game in general. One bright spot (for me anyhoo) is this’ll be the first time this year I’ll be able to take a look at Browns QB, Colt McCoy and make some sort of an evaluation of his NFL potential.

Weather won’t be a factor, as it is expected to be cold but no precipitation, nor are there any MAJOR injuries on either side. Again, look for this one to be a blowout.

Thursday Night Game (Dec 8th @ 7:20 PM CST, NFL Network)

Cleveland Browns (4-8) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3) – PIT -14.5, 36.5 (Vegas Insider; Thur, Dec 8th, 1:30 PM CST: PIT -14, 40 OU Total) – STEELERS COVER -14

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Agree? Disagree? Have your own NFL Thursday Night Football Week 14 predictions? Post them into the comments section below…