NFL: Angry Andy's Thanksgiving Picks

I’m usually not a fan of Thursday night football. But this is thanksgiving baby! With one eye on the turkey cooking, we going straight into tonight’s picks:

NFL: Angry Andy's 5 Picks

What a difference a week makes! Four quarterbacks went down last week. Two of them were my Superbowl picks, go figure. One of those picks was the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yes, really! Out of all the things I have wrote in this blog over the past few weeks, this was the one thing that drew the most reaction. The Steelers are not a stand out pick for the Superbowl . . . . Right now.

NFL: Angry Andy's 5 Picks

by Angry Andy

Sleepless In Seattle

Being a fan of San Francisco, Miami Heat and Aston Villa, I’ve had my share of heartache over the past few years. In the case of the 49ers, you can look no further back than last year's championship game. The failure to convert 3rd downs combined with Kyle Williams was easily one of my worst sports losses ever. A few months before that the Miami Heat were unceremoniously dumped out of the championship by Dallas.

NFL: Angry Andy's 5 Picks

“That Tony Romo lad is useless” quipped my Dad after I told him the Giant were up 23-0 early in the 2nd quarter. Unfortunately for my Dad and I, we were working behind the bar rather than watching the game. Which meant I was getting updates on the game through my battered Blackberry (a battle scar from when the Giants kicked the OT field goal against the Niners in January’s Championship Game).

NFL: Angry Andy's 5 Picks

by Angry Andy
 
"With correctly calling exactly how a few games would go (Jets & Patriots down to the wire and Sanchez blowing it) but then getting a few games completely wrong every week (Ravens getting demolished by Texans and I do believe Oakland where backed against the Broncos which is totally inexcusable) what has gone wrong in the accumulator and is there still time to fix this awful record?”

I'm going to leave this room and I'm going to bring in a suggestion box and I want your suggestions to be in that suggestion box because I sure don't know. I really don't. I wish I could tell you. But the only thing I control, sweetheart, is myself. Statistically, I am the leader of this column and I haven't been getting the job done.

NFL: Angry Andy's 5 Picks

by Angry Andy

Last week was like staring patiently at an egg timer, waiting for the last few grains of sand to drop. The NFL was taking shape after the turmoil of the replacement refs at the start of the season. The cream was slowly rising to the top. Sanchez was one more poor performance from being dropped and replaced by Tebow. The dominant teams were to rise, crushing the opposition and establish themselves firmly as contenders.

And then the footballing Gods decided to turn that egg timer, and the league, on its head.

NFL: Angry Andy's 5 Picks

by Angry Andy

“We want Carr, we want Carr.” 

Say these words to a 49ers fan and we will cringe like remembering some God awful drunk thing we did the night before. What were we thinking?

NFL: Angry Andy's 5 Picks

by Andy Andy

I have a small confession to make. I did not watch last weeks action. It pained me to miss it and I suffered extreme consequences so let me briefly take you back to last Sunday:

12.08pm
The Picks are submitted online, I’m feeling very confident this week. I know the Niners have bounced back and the blog has given me confidence in my other picks, especially spotting the Vikings (+4) over the Lions.

6.05pm
Game time, but I’m still stuck in work. Notice I say “in work” and not working. Arranging a meal with the girlfriend (don’t ask how, the blog will only make it harder to understand) to meet for dinner (steakhouse baby) and the new Bruce Willis movie Looper.

6.45pm
Patriots are up 7-0 and Vikings are up 10-3 in my early picks. Great start! Another 15 minutes left of work.

7.45pm
The Niners are putting a hurting on the Jets and my Minnesota pick is still looking good. However, the Patriots are down 21-7 to the Bills! The fucking Buffalo Bills are gonna ruin my night! Yes, conversation turned to me just repeating “how are the Bills doing this to me?” with my girlfriend consoling me. Well, that’s not true . . The second half of that sentence anyway.