Week 12 picks

Favorite Underdog
Tennessee vs Detroit
Dallas vs Seattle
Philadelphia vs Arizona
Baltimore vs Cincinnati
Indianapolis vs Cleveland
Green Bay vs Carolina
St. Louis vs Miami
Tampa Bay vs New Orleans
New York (NYG) vs Washington
San Diego vs Atlanta
Oakland vs Kansas City -
New England vs Pittsburgh
New York (NYJ) vs Denver
Minnesota vs Chicago
Houston vs Jacksonville

Home team in Bold
My Winner picks are in italics

Week 10 - Predictions

Favorite Line Underdog Over/Under
BROWNS 3 Broncos 46 Broncos
BROW- 38
BRON- 22

Jaguars 6.5 LIONS 44.5 Jaguars
JAGS- 27
LION- 17

Titans 3 BEARS 39 Titans
BEAR- 19
TITA- 16

TEXANS PICK Ravens 42 Ravens
RAVENS- 29
TEXANS- 27

FALCONS 1 Saints 50 Saints
SAINT- 33
FALCO- 21

JETS 8.5 Rams 44.5 Rams
JETS- 28
RAMS- 25

PATRIOTS 3.5 Bills 41.5 Bills
PATS- 25
BILL- 18

DOLPHINS 8.5 Seahawks 43 Seahawks
FINS - 30
SEAT - 13

VIKINGS 2.5 Packers 45 Packers
PACK- 27
VIKE- 21

Panthers 8.5 RAIDERS 38 Panthers
PANT- 23
RAID- 15

CHARGERS 15 Chiefs 47.5 Chiefs
SD- 42
KC- 19

STEELERS OFF Colts OFF Colts
PITT - 27
INDY - 24

EAGLES 3 Giants 43 Giants
PHIL - 32
NYG - 29


CARDINALS 9.5 49ers 46 49ers
Cards- 30
49ers- 20



(Bye: Bengals, Cowboys, Buccaneers, Redskins)

Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo!

Now, let me begin by saying, this is not Romeo's fault by any stretch of the imagination. This is a cumulative effort by just about everyone, save Joshua Cribbs and Jamal Lewis.

Let the rant flow by alluding to Braylon Edwards dropping not 1 but 2 passes... the latter of those in essence snapping the bones that support all of clevelands hopes for salvaging this season...

Next we touch on an uninspired defense (save for Shaun Rogers, amazingly) that allowed rookie and 3rd stringer Ray Rice to run as if he were Forrest Gump... ("My momma always said, Stop the Run"). 20 yard completions on 3rd down when the Ravens needed 16 yards... Rice running for 154 yards... yada, yada, yada!

Finally, we need to touch on the terrifying tidbits... Derek Anderson who played reasonably well for 3 1/2 quarters of this game against the NFL's 2nd best defense, only to loose his bowels and deliver what may have been the worst screen pass in the history of screen passes to Baltimore Raven Terrell Suggs who walked into the endzone and serendipidously put us out of our misery!

Finally Part 2... The fans... I'm watching this game and from time to time, the miserable sheep known as Browns fans, begin their chanting for Brady Quinn, who would have gotten crushed against the Ravens overwhelming defense... Let's see, we couldn't run the ball, we couldn't catch the ball (See Braylon) and the fans think Brady Q is the answer... Sorry, Suckers, but that ain't cutting the mustard!

At this point of a depressing and disappointing season, let's try something new and fun and actually make an attempt to hold clevelands ADD attention span... Miami has found a way to capatilize on it's best assets... Running Backs and speed (i.e. - The daunted Wildcat offense)... So screw it... The dolphins are 5-3 and I know our schedule is brutal... Wah-Wah!!! Let's get Joshua Cribbs into some real opportunities to make something happen and let's see what Jerome Harrison can do taking a direct snap... What the hell else could happen... We lose a 2 TD lead in the 3rd quarter and give up 24 unanswered points in a game we should have won...

Oy VEy!!!

Week 9 NFL Picks for the Kelevra Entourage / Sports Nation

Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog

11/2 1:00 ET At Minnesota -5 Houston
HOUSTON 28
MINNESOTA 24

11/2 1:00 ET Jacksonville -7.5 At Cincinnati
JACKSONVILLE 38
CINNCINATI 13

11/2 1:00 ET Tampa Bay -9 At Kansas City
TAMPA BAY 27
KANSAS CITY 17

11/2 1:00 ET At Cleveland -1.5 Baltimore
CLEVELAND 24
BALTIMORE 10

11/2 1:00 ET At Buffalo -5 NY Jets
BUFFALO 30
NYJ 28

11/2 1:00 ET Arizona -3 At St. Louis
ARIZONA 38
ST. LOUIS 25

11/2 1:00 ET At Chicago -12.5 Detroit
CHICAGO 29
DETROIT 28

11/2 1:00 ET At Tennessee -4.5 Green Bay
GREEN BAY 21
TENNESSEE 20


11/2 4:05 ET At Denver -3.5 Miami
MIAMI 23
DENVER 21

11/2 4:15 ET Atlanta -3 At Oakland
ATLANTA 16
OAKLAND 14


11/2 4:15 ET At NY Giants -8.5 Dallas
NY GIANTS 31
DALLAS 24


11/2 4:15 ET Philadelphia -6.5 At Seattle
PHILLY 44
SEATTLE 16

11/2 8:15 ET At Indianapolis -6 New England
INDY 33
NE 21



Monday Night Football Point Spread

11/3 8:35 ET At Washington -2 Pittsburgh
WASH 26
PITT 21

Byes: Carolina, New Orleans, San Diego, San Francisco


WEEK 8 RESULTS

PICKING GAMES STRAIGHT UP (8-6)
SCORE PREDICTIONS
NAILED IT - 1
(1-10 PTS) - 2
(11-20 PTS)- 4
(21-30) PTS- 2
(31-40) PTS- 0

Why I think the Tampa Bay Rays are going to win the World Series in 2008

Fate.

They should have lost yesterday by all accounts. Mother Nature intervenes and the Phillies best pitcher is rendered irrelavent for now. Selig changes the rules on the fly to allow for a muddy 5th inning Rays run from Upton to tie the game 2-2 and allow for the easy choice of suspending the game.

Both Pena and Longoria got hits... It's on now!

So there you have it, the Rays will win the latest game hopefully played by wednesday evening and take the next two at home and just like that, my prediction comes true.

The Monday Hangover

Sunday October 26, 2008
Oakland 2-4 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
Baltimore 3-3 (Home: 2-1)

In what will most likely be a run first, pass hardly ever game, we like Baltimore at home...
Balt - 24
Oak - 16

ACTUAL RESULT
Balt - 29
Oak - 10



Arizona 4-2 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
Carolina 5-2 (Home: 4-0)
Prolific offense versus 2nd ranked pass defense... If it were anybody but Kurt Warner we would lean towards offense, but because of ol' butterfingers taking snaps, we like Carolina to take control of the TOP and win this matchup.
Car - 28
Ariz - 24

ACTUAL RESULT
Car - 27
Ariz - 23


Tampa Bay 5-2 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
Dallas 4-3 (Home: 2-1)
Intriguing matchup, between conservative and crazy... Nuff said.,...
TB - 31
Dal - 17

ACTUAL RESULT
Dal - 13
TB - 9



Washington 5-2 (Road: 2-1)
1:00pm ET
Detroit 0-6 (Home: 0-2)
Wow, not much to say here, we do think Calvin Johnson and Orlovsky will have decent fantasy days, but thats it for Detroit... I imagine they are looking forward to their pistons losing to cleveland in the playoffs again soon.
Wash - 34
Det - 21

ACTUAL RESULT
Wash - 25
Det - 17


Buffalo 5-1 (Road: 2-1)
1:00pm ET
Miami 2-4 (Home: 1-2)
In what used to be a classic matchup, this battle of the gridiron has turned in to mostly a laughable game, but with some life in the dolphins as of late we think only mild chuckles here...
Buff - 20
Mia - 17

ACTUAL RESULT
Mia - 25
Buff - 16



St. Louis 2-4 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
New England 4-2 (Home: 2-1)
A rejuvenated St. Louis versus a rebuilt (notice the pun towards Brady's knee) NE team...
We think not...
NE - 30
STL - 20

ACTUAL RESULT
NE - 23
Stl - 16


San Diego 3-4 (Road: 1-3)
1:00pm ET
New Orleans 3-4 (Home: 3-1)
In a London contest that both teams must win to in essence give their fans some hope of salvaging the season, we feel SD is in a better position to take this game, but not if Drew Brees can help it...

SD - 42
NO - 36

ACTUAL RESULT
NO - 37
SD - 32



Kansas City 1-5 (Road: 0-3)
1:00pm ET
NY Jets 3-3 (Home: 2-1)
Pure Annihalation

NYJ - 33
KC - 10

ACTUAL RESULT
NYJ - 28
KC - 24


Atlanta 4-2 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
Philadelphia 3-3 (Home: 2-1)
No Mas Michael Turner, not against this matchup... Donovon will go nuts and Mattie Ryan will return to earth...
PHI - 27
ATL - 14

ACTUAL RESULT
PHI - 27
ATL - 14



Cincinnati 0-7 (Road: 0-4)
4:05pm ET
Houston 2-4 (Home: 2-1)
Will the luck of Fitzpatricks Irish finally rub off on ol' Cincy... Nah... Will the WR's have a field day for both teams... Yeppers! Houston at home
HOU - 21
CIN - 20

ACTUAL RESULT
HOU - 35
CIN - 6


Cleveland 2-4 (Road: 1-2)
4:05pm ET
Jacksonville 3-3 (Home: 1-2)
Alright, I'm biased here and I know I should remain impartial, but oh well, it's my blog...
CLE - 28
JAC - 27

Reality Check
JAC - 28
CLE - 24

ACTUAL RESULT
CLE - 23
JAC - 17



NY Giants 5-1 (Road: 1-1)
4:15pm ET
Pittsburgh 5-1 (Home: 2-0)
Maybe the best game of the week... Two bonafide Superbowl contenders... The biggest If's are all on Pittsburghs side of the ball though and they are big! Willie Parker?? Troy Palomalu??, etc... We still believe in the Black and Gold though...
PIT - 23
NYG - 20

ACTUAL RESULT
NYG - 21
PIT - 14


Seattle 1-5 (Road: 0-3)
4:15pm ET
San Francisco 2-5 (Home: 1-3)
Where to begin.... Frank Gore should retire on this game... gonna be big and Maurice Morris will cause more damage then Phillip morris... At home and with a smidge more healthy talent then Seattle...
SF - 28
SEA - 13

ACTUAL RESULT
SEA - 34
SF - 13



Monday October 27, 2008
Indianapolis 3-3 (Road: 2-1)
8:30pm ET
Tennessee 6-0 (Home: 3-0)

I'm going against the talking heads who all have Tennessee winning... I still think Peyton and D Rho are gonna get it done fast and furious...

INDY - 38
TEN - 27

TEN - 31
INDY -21


OUT - The Kelevra Entourage

RECAPPING THIS WEEK

PICKING GAMES STRAIGHT UP (8-6)
SCORE PREDICTIONS
NAILED IT - 1
(1-10 PTS) - 2
(11-20 PTS)- 4
(21-30) PTS- 2
(31-40) PTS- 0

The Rays live on the edge

The Tampa Bay rays dropped Game 3 by a 5-4 score last night or this morning as was the case.

The rays used B.J.Upton speed to have him leg out an infield dribbler to reach first base safely, then he stole second on the first pitch and took third base thereafter, add in a poor throw by the Phillies catcher Ruiz and Upton came home to tie the game 4-4 heading into the 9th.

Then the Rays brought in reliever Balfour for J.P. Howell, which was a little perplexing but a "living on the edge moment"... Mix in a walk, a wild pitch, a stolen base, 5 infielders and 2 outfielders and some serious anguish and the phillies squibbed their way to a 5-4 victory which concluded sometime around 2AM.

I hope game 4 starts a wee bit earlier as I don't know if I can handle another early morning game... Thank goodness for a 9th inning win, instead of extra innings.

Things we love/hate

We love that we do NOT have to watch anymore Frank Caliendo / Frank TV promos....

We hate that an NFL player who wants a trade but is under contract cacn simply act like a spoiled brat and whine their way out of town....wink, wink Kellen...

We hate MCL, PCL, ACL, and LCL's and the fact that they are so fragile...

We hate Mike Ditka's idea for no facemasks and instead love our idea of a helmet that also protects the chin, where a good deal of these hits focus on...

We hate the good teams in the NFL this year... Buffalo, Tennessee, Carolina, Washington, boring!!! We hate that the fun teams are struggling... Indy, San Diego, New Orleans, Dallas... We need more LT, TO, and Peyton...

This weeks predictions - Straight Up & No Ice

Sunday October 26, 2008
Oakland 2-4 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
Baltimore 3-3 (Home: 2-1)

In what will most likely be a run first, pass hardly ever game, we like Baltimore at home...
Balt - 24
Oak - 16



Arizona 4-2 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
Carolina 5-2 (Home: 4-0)
Prolific offense versus 2nd ranked pass defense... If it were anybody but Kurt Warner we would lean towards offense, but because of ol' butterfingers taking snaps, we like Carolina to take control of the TOP and win this matchup.
Car - 28
Ariz - 24


Tampa Bay 5-2 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
Dallas 4-3 (Home: 2-1)
Intriguing matchup, between conservative and crazy... Nuff said.,...
TB - 31
Dal - 17



Washington 5-2 (Road: 2-1)
1:00pm ET
Detroit 0-6 (Home: 0-2)
Wow, not much to say here, we do think Calvin Johnson and Orlovsky will have decent fantasy days, but thats it for Detroit... I imagine they are looking forward to their pistons losing to cleveland in the playoffs again soon.
Wash - 34
Det - 21


Buffalo 5-1 (Road: 2-1)
1:00pm ET
Miami 2-4 (Home: 1-2)
In what used to be a classic matchup, this battle of the gridiron has turned in to mostly a laughable game, but with some life in the dolphins as of late we think only mild chuckles here...
Buff - 20
Mia - 17



St. Louis 2-4 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
New England 4-2 (Home: 2-1)
A rejuvenated St. Louis versus a rebuilt (notice the pun towards Brady's knee) NE team...
We think not...
NE - 30
STL - 20


San Diego 3-4 (Road: 1-3)
1:00pm ET
New Orleans 3-4 (Home: 3-1)
In a London contest that both teams must win to in essence give their fans some hope of salvaging the season, we feel SD is in a better position to take this game, but not if Drew Brees can help it...

SD - 42
NO - 36



Kansas City 1-5 (Road: 0-3)
1:00pm ET
NY Jets 3-3 (Home: 2-1)
Pure Annihalation

NYJ - 33
KC - 10


Atlanta 4-2 (Road: 1-2)
1:00pm ET
Philadelphia 3-3 (Home: 2-1)
No Mas Michael Turner, not against this matchup... Donovon will go nuts and Mattie Ryan will return to earth...
PHI - 27
ATL - 14



Cincinnati 0-7 (Road: 0-4)
4:05pm ET
Houston 2-4 (Home: 2-1)
Will the luck of Fitzpatricks Irish finally rub off on ol' Cincy... Nah... Will the WR's have a field day for both teams... Yeppers! Houston at home
HOU - 21
CIN - 20


Cleveland 2-4 (Road: 1-2)
4:05pm ET
Jacksonville 3-3 (Home: 1-2)
Alright, I'm biased here and I know I should remain impartial, but oh well, it's my blog...
CLE - 28
JAC - 27

Reality Check
JAC - 28
CLE - 24



NY Giants 5-1 (Road: 1-1)
4:15pm ET
Pittsburgh 5-1 (Home: 2-0)
Maybe the best game of the week... Two bonafide Superbowl contenders... The biggest If's are all on Pittsburghs side of the ball though and they are big! Willie Parker?? Troy Palomalu??, etc... We still believe in the Black and Gold though...
PIT - 23
NYG - 20


Seattle 1-5 (Road: 0-3)
4:15pm ET
San Francisco 2-5 (Home: 1-3)
Where to begin.... Frank Gore should retire on this game... gonna be big and Maurice Morris will cause more damage then Phillip morris... At home and with a smidge more healthy talent then Seattle...
SF - 28
SEA - 13



Monday October 27, 2008
Indianapolis 3-3 (Road: 2-1)
8:30pm ET
Tennessee 6-0 (Home: 3-0)

I'm going against the talking heads who all have Tennessee winning... I still think Peyton and D Rho are gonna get it done fast and furious...

INDY - 38
TEN - 27


OUT - The Kelevra Entourage

Kellen Winslow

Oy Vey... The first post on this blog starts with Clevelands favorite, self-labeled soldier... He's feels as if his surrogate fathers (Clevelands GM Phil Savage, or Owner Randy Lerner) don't love or respect him enough to bring him noodle soup and a soft pillow...

All i know in my short time trying to adjust to northeast Ohio sports is that, when a team pays your inflated salary even when you jeopardize your own career by stunting on a motorbike, or falsely believing you are the chosen one after 1 (one, yes only one) great season. Plus, we all know who the chosen one in northeast ohio is.

Finally, I try to sympathize with Kellen, as in perspective we all want to feel part of something, whether a job, family, group, team, etc. I can certainly see where he is coming from, but while all his ranting and raving will simply get brushed aside as "emotional" or "passionate", I would like to see any one of us go to our employer and complain about the top dog and see how well that sits. I think with our 2-4 browns, we are all a little tired and suspect of hearing what can be described as a "de-stressor" for us, stressing us all out with the whining...

I digress until the next rant....

Sean Dreznin