WEEK 13 Staff Picks (ATS) 2013

WEEK 13
THE GAMES
Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
11/28 12:30 ET At Detroit    -6 Green Bay
11/28 4:30 ET At Dallas    -9.5 Oakland
11/28 8:30 ET At Baltimore    -3 Pittsburgh
12/1 1:00 ET At Indianapolis    -4.5 Tennessee
12/1 4:25 ET Denver    -5 At Kansas City
12/1 1:00 ET At Cleveland    -7 Jacksonville
12/1 1:00 ET At Carolina    -8 Tampa Bay
12/1 1:00 ET At Minnesota    -1 Chicago
12/1 1:00 ET At Philadelphia    -3 Arizona
12/1 1:00 ET At NY Jets    -2 Miami
12/1 4:05 ET At Buffalo    -3 Atlanta
12/1 4:05 ET At San Francisco    -8.5 St. Louis
12/1 1:00 ET New England    -7.5 At Houston
12/1 4:25 ET At San Diego    -1 Cincinnati
12/1 8:30 ET NY Giants    -1 At Washington
12/2 8:40 ET At Seattle    -5 New Orleans
       
THE PICKS
  Roid Rage     Ginger King     Dr. Mike     Vegas Vinny  
  W L T     W L T     W L T     W L T  
Last Week 9 5 0     7 7 0     7 7 0     6 8 0  
Season to-date 87 83 6     86 84 6     89 81 6     82 88 6  
  GB      GB     DET      DET  
  DAL      OAK     OAK      DAL  
  BALT      PIT     PIT      BALT  
  THANKSGIVING DAY LOCK   
  BALT      PITT     DET      DAL  
     
  INDY      TENN     INDY      TENN  
  KC      DEN     DEN      DEN  
  CLEV      JAC     JAC      JAC  
  CAR     TB     CAR      CAR  
  CHI      CHI     CHI      CHI  
  ARI      PHI     ARI      ARI  
  MIA      NYJ     MIA      NYJ  
  BUF      BUF     ATL      BUF  
  STL      SF     SF      SF  
  NE      NE     NE      NE  
  SD      SD     SD      SD  
  NYG      NYG     NYG      NYG  
  SEA      NO     NO      NO  
LOTW SEA      NE      SD      SF  
LOTW Record 6 6 0     4 8 0     3 9 0     7 4 1  
Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Turkey Day!

WEEK 12 Staff Picks ATS (2013)

 

WEEK 12
THE GAMES
Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
11/21 8:25 ET New Orleans -9.5 At Atlanta
11/24 1:00 ET At Detroit    -9 Tampa Bay
11/24 1:00 ET At Houston    -10 Jacksonville
11/24 1:00 ET At Green Bay    -4.5 Minnesota
11/24 1:00 ET At Kansas City    -4.5 San Diego
11/24 1:00 ET Carolina    -4.5 At Miami
11/24 1:00 ET At Cleveland    -2 Pittsburgh
11/24 1:00 ET At St. Louis    -1.5 Chicago
11/24 1:00 ET At Baltimore    -3.5 NY Jets
11/24 4:05 ET Tennessee    -1 At Oakland
11/24 4:05 ET At Arizona    -3 Indianapolis
11/24 4:25 ET At NY Giants    -2.5 Dallas
11/24 8:30 ET Denver    -2.5 At New England
11/25 8:40 ET San Francisco -5 At Washington
       
THE PICKS
  Roid Rage     Ginger King     Dr. Mike     Vegas Vinny  
  W L T     W L T     W L T     W L T  
Last Week 5 8 2     7 6 2     4 9 2     6 7 2  
Season to-date 78 78 6     79 77 6     82 74 6     76 80 6  
  ATL     NO     ATL      NO  
  TB      TB     TB      DET  
  HOU      JAC     JAC      JAC  
  GB      GB     GB      MINN  
  SD      KC     KC      KC  
  CAR      CAR     CAR      CAR  
  PITT      PITT     PITT      CLE  
  STL      STL     CHI      CHI  
  NYJ      BALT     BALT      BALT  
  TEN      OAK     OAK      TEN  
  ARI      ARI     INDY      INDY  
  DAL      NYG     DAL      DAL  
  DEN      DEN     DEN      DEN  
  SF      SF     SF      SF  
LOTW SF      KC      KC      JAC  
LOTW Record 5 6 0     4 7 0     3 8 0     6 4 1  
                                       
The party's over in Tampa.

The party’s over in Tampa.

WEEK 11 Staff Picks ATS (2013)

WEEK 11
THE GAMES
Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
11/14 8:25 ET Indianapolis -2.5 At Tennessee
11/17 1:00 ET Atlanta    -1.5 At Tampa Bay
11/17 1:00 ET At Buffalo    -1 NY Jets
11/17 1:00 ET Detroit    -2.5 At Pittsburgh
11/17 1:00 ET At Philadelphia    -3.5 Washington
11/17 4:05 ET San Diego    -1.5 At Miami
11/17 1:00 ET At Chicago    -3 Baltimore
11/17 1:00 ET At Cincinnati    -6 Cleveland
11/17 1:00 ET At Houston    -7 Oakland
11/17 1:00 ET Arizona    -7 At Jacksonville
11/17 8:30 ET At Denver    -8 Kansas City
11/17 4:25 ET At Seattle    -12.5 Minnesota
11/17 4:25 ET At New Orleans    -3 San Francisco
11/17 4:25 ET At NY Giants    -5 Green Bay
11/18 8:40 ET At Carolina -2.5 New England
       
THE PICKS
  Roid Rage     Ginger King     Dr. Mike     Vegas Vinny  
  W L T     W L T     W L T     W L T  
Last Week 6 8 0     9 5 0     8 6 0     7 7 0  
Season to-date 73 70 4     72 71 4     78 65 4     70 73 4  
  INDY     INDY     INDY     INDY  
  TB      TB     ATL     ATL  
  NYJ     BUF     BUF     NYJ  
  DET      DET     DET     DET  
  PHI      PHI     WASH     PHI  
  SD      SD     SD     SD  
  BAL      BAL     CHI     BAL  
  CLE      CLE     CLE     CIN  
  HOU      HOU     HOU     OAK  
  ARI      ARI     ARI     ARI  
  DEN      KC     KC     KC  
  MINN      SEA     SEA     MINN  
  NO      NO     SF     NO  
  GB      NYG     GB     NYG  
  NE      NE     NE     NE  
LOTW HOU      TB     DET     NO  
LOTW Record 5 5 0     3 7 0     3 7 0     6 4 0  

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Week 10 – Fantasy Waiver Wire Pickups

If you’re in a deep and/or competitive league your waiver wire probably reads something like this:

Kenny Britt anyone?

Kenny Britt anyone?

Luckily The Machine has done some deep digging to uncover possible diamonds-in-the-rough for your Week 10 consideration.  Remember, this is a slippery slope, there is a reason these guys are on the waiver wire to begin with.  They could easily turn out to be nothing more than coal.  But if you’re in a bye-week crunch or have been hit by the injury bug you have to take some risks.  Here goes:

Garrett Graham, TE Houston Texans (% owned in Yahoo Fantasy League, 29%) Garrett has a few nice things working in his favor this week.  First, he gets a second start with Case Keenum [see below] under center (sidenote: Case is quickly becoming one of our favorite players).  Last week wasn’t anything spectacular, as Graham finished with a 4/46 line (on 6 targets) against the Colts.  But the Colts actual defend the TE, unlike the Cardinals, whom are allowing the most fantasy points per game to tight ends.  After last weeks game you have to figure the Cardinals are going to key in on Andre Johnson, leaving targets galore to Double-G.

courtesy of puntingiswinning.com

courtesy of puntingiswinning.com

Rashard Jennings, RB Oakland Raiders (% owned in Yahoo Fantasy League, 47%) Surprise surprise, Darren McFadden tweaked something (does it even matter what it is at this point).  McFadden has been ruled out, leaving bell-cow duties to Jennings.  He stuffed the box score last week after McFadden went gimpy early in the game; going for 176 all-purpose yards, 7 receptions and a TD.  Most of his passing game production (7/74) was a result of trying to keep pace with Nick Foles (?).  This week the G-Men’s beleaguered, uninspiring, over-rated defense is on the docket.  Jennings should be able to top 100 yards and find paydirt again.

Doug Baldwin, WR Seattle Seahawks (% owned in Yahoo Fantasy League, 22%) I know, I know, this one is going to require a leap of faith.  Since Sidney Rice has gone down Baldwin has had one crummy game (1/12/0) and one good game (6/75/1).  If he could just give you an average of the two it would be good for 3.5/44/0.5.  That would be 7.5 points in a standard league or 11 in a PPR.  You could do worse, right?!

Jake Locker, QB Tennessee Titans (% owned in Yahoo Fantasy League, 37%)

This is purely a matchup-whore type of pick as the Titans host the Jaguars this week.

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The Titans will lean heavily on the ground game, because that is what you do when your coach is an old school former offensive linemen.  But they shouldn’t have troubles moving the chains and Locker should have some chances to make some plays.  As a bonus, he gets you some yards on the ground (averaging 23 rushing yards per game).

Some deep sleepers (for the brave fantasy gamers only):

Peyton Hillis, RB NY Giants (% owned in Yahoo Fantasy League, 24%) Andre Brown is going to take over feature duties, but probably not until next week.

Mike Brown, WR Jacksonville Jaguars (% owned in Yahoo Fantasy League, 10%) Somebody other than Cecil Shorts III has to catch pass, right?

Zach Ertz, TE Philadelphia Eagles (% owned in Yahoo Fantasy League, 3%) The rookie is getting more and more involved in this offense, which can be explosive (at times).

WEEK 10 Staff Picks ATS (2013)

WEEK 10
THE GAMES
Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
11/7 8:25 ET Washington    -2.5 At Minnesota
11/10 1:00 ET At Tennessee    -12 Jacksonville
11/10 1:00 ET At Green Bay    -1.5 Philadelphia
11/10 1:00 ET At Pittsburgh    -3 Buffalo
11/10 1:00 ET At NY Giants    -7 Oakland
11/10 1:00 ET At Indianapolis    -9.5 St Louis
11/10 1:00 ET Seattle    -6.5 At Atlanta
11/10 1:00 ET Cincinnati    -1.5 At Baltimore
11/10 1:00 ET Detroit    -2.5 At Chicago
11/10 4:05 ET At San Francisco    -6 Carolina
11/10 4:25 ET At Arizona    -2.5 Houston
11/10 4:25 ET Denver    -7 At San Diego
11/10 8:30 ET At New Orleans    -7 Dallas
11/11 8:40 ET Miami    -3 At Tampa Bay
       
THE PICKS
  Roid Rage     Ginger King     Dr. Mike     Vegas Vinny  
  W L T     W L T     W L T     W L T  
Last Week 6 7 0     6 7 0     7 6 0     6 7 0  
Season to-date 67 62 4     63 66 4     70 59 4     63 66 4  
  MIN     MIN     WASH     WASH  
  JAC      JAC     JAC     TENN  
  GB      PHI     PHIL     PHIL  
  BUF      PIT     PIT     PIT  
  NYG      NYG     OAK     OAK  
  INDY      INDY     INDY     INDY  
  ATL      SEA     SEA     ATL  
  BAL      BAL     CIN     BAL  
  DET      CHI     CHI     DET  
  SF      CAR     SF     CAR  
  ARIZ      HOU     HOU     ARIZ  
  DEN      SD     DEN     DEN  
  DAL      NO     DAL     DAL  
  TB      MIA     TB     MIA  
LOTW NYG      SEA     DAL     DET  
LOTW Record 5 4 0     2 7 0     3 6 0     6 3 0  

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WEEK 8 Staff Picks ATS (2013)…with bonus World Series Predictions!

WEEK 8
THE GAMES
Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
10/24 8:25 ET Carolina -6 At Tampa Bay
10/27 1:00 ET San Francisco -16.5 At Jacksonville
10/27 1:00 ET At Detroit -3 Dallas
10/27 1:00 ET At Philadelphia -5.5 NY Giants
10/27 1:00 ET At Kansas City -7.5 Cleveland
10/27 1:00 ET At New Orleans -11.5 Buffalo
10/27 1:00 ET At New England -6.5 Miami
10/27 4:05 ET At Cincinnati -6.5 NY Jets
10/27 4:05 ET Pittsburgh -2.5 At Oakland
10/27 4:25 ET At Denver -12.5 Washington
10/27 4:25 ET At Arizona -2.5 Atlanta
10/27 8:30 ET Green Bay -9 at Minnesota
10/28 8:40 ET Seattle -11 At St. Louis
THE PICKS
Roid Rage     Ginger King     Dr. Mike     Vegas Vinny
W L T W L T W L T W L T
Last Week 11 4 0 8 7 0 6 9 0 7 8 0
Season to-date 54 49 4 50 53 4 56 47 4 51 52 4
CAR CAR CAR CAR
SF JAC SF SF
DAL DAL DET DAL
PHI NYG NYG PHI
CLE KC KC KC
BUF NO NO NO
MIA MIA MIA MIA
NYJ CIN CIN NYJ
OAK PIT PIT PIT
DEN DEN DEN DEN
ATL ATL ATL ATL
GB GB GB GB
SEA SEA SEA SEA
LOTW SF ATL ATL GB
LOTW Record 4 3 0 1 6 0 3 4 0 4 3 0
WORLD SERIES BONUS PLAY
GAME 2 Line: Boston -122; O/U 7
Roid Rage Ginger King Dr. Mike Vegas Vinny
GAME 2 Line: Boston -119/St. Louis +119
Boston Boston Boston
GAME 2 O/U: 7
Under Under Under
WORLD SERIES PREDICTIONS
Series Winner (# of games)
Boston (6) Boston (5) Boston (5) St. Louis (7)
Series MVP
Pedroia Ortiz Napoli Beltran
Big Papi Homers, O/U 1.5
Under Over Over Over

WEEK 7 FanDuel Lineup

Good morning Daily Fantasy Sports fans (AKA Fantasy Football degenerates)!  Week 7 looks like easy money.  Here is The Machines  lineup (60k salary, 1 PM games only)…..

We like our chances

We like our chances

Lamar Miller and the Dolphins are coming off a bye and get the Bills Swiss cheese run defense.  Enjoy Keenan Allen’s minimum ($4,500) price tag while it still lasts;  Philip Rivers is feeding him a steady diet of down-field footballs.  The Redskins would be wise to get the athletic Reed more opportunities in the passing game.  We’ve loaded up on studs from the Dallas-Philly match-up in anticipation of a shoot-out.

WEEK 7 Staff Picks ATS (2013)

WEEK 7
THE GAMES
Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
10/17 8:25 ET Seattle    -6.5 At Arizona
10/20 1:00 ET New England    -4 At NY Jets
10/20 1:00 ET San Diego    -7.5 At Jacksonville
10/20 1:00 ET At Atlanta    -7 Tampa Bay
10/20 1:00 ET At Detroit    -3 Cincinnati
10/20 1:00 ET At Miami    -8 Buffalo
10/20 1:00 ET At Washington     PK Chicago
10/20 1:00 ET At Philadelphia    -2.5 Dallas
10/20 1:00 ET At Carolina    -6 St. Louis
10/20 4:05 ET San Francisco    -4 At Tennessee
10/20 4:25 ET At Kansas City    -6.5 Houston
10/20 4:25 ET At Green Bay    -10 Cleveland
10/20 4:25 ET At Pittsburgh    -2 Baltimore
10/20 8:30 ET Denver    -6.5 At Indianapolis
10/21 8:40 ET At NY Giants    -3.5 Minnesota
THE PICKS
Roid Rage     Ginger King     Dr. Mike     Vegas Vinny
W L T W L T W L T W L T
Last Week 8 7 0 7 8 0 9 6 0 6 9 0
Season to-date 43 45 4 42 46 4 50 38 4 44 44 4
SEA SEA SEA SEA
NYJ NE NE NE
SD SD JAC JAC
TB ATL TB TB
CIN CIN DET CIN
BUF BUF BUF MIA
CHI CHI CHI CHI
DAL DAL DAL DAL
CAR STL CAR CAR
SF SF SF SF
KC KC KC KC
CLE CLE CLE GB
PIT BAL BAL PIT
INDY DEN DEN DEN
NYG NYG NYG NYG
LOTW KC KC CHI KC
LOTW Record 4 2 0 1 5 0 3 3 0 4 2 0

WEEK 6 Staff Picks ATS (2013)

WEEK 6
THE GAMES
Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
10/10 8:25 ET At Chicago -9.5 NY Giants
10/13 1:00 ET Cincinnati -7.5 At Buffalo
10/13 1:00 ET Philadelphia Pk At Tampa Bay
10/13 1:00 ET At NY Jets -1 Pittsburgh
10/13 1:00 ET At Minnesota -1 Carolina
10/13 1:00 ET At Kansas City -9.5 Oakland
10/13 1:00 ET At Houston -9 St. Louis
10/13 1:00 ET Detroit -1 At Cleveland
10/13 1:00 ET Green Bay -1 At Baltimore
10/13 4:05 ET At Seattle -13.5 Tennessee
10/13 4:05 ET At Denver -26.5 Jacksonville
10/13 4:25 ET At San Francisco -11 Arizona
10/13 4:25 ET At New England -1 New Orleans
10/13 8:30 ET At Dallas -6 Washington
10/14 8:40 ET Indianapolis -1 At San Diego
       
THE PICKS
  Roid Rage     Ginger King     Dr. Mike     Vegas Vinny  
  W L T     W L T     W L T     W L T  
Last Week 8 6 0     6 8 0     6 8 0     6 8 0  
Season to-date 35 38 4     35 38 4     41 32 4     38 35 4  
  NYG      NYG     NYG     NYG  
  BUF      CIN     CIN     CIN  
  PHI      PHI     TB     PHI  
  PIT      PIT     NYJ     NYJ  
  MIN      MIN     CAR     MIN  
  OAK      OAK     KC     KC  
  HOU      STL     StL     HOU  
  CLE      CLE     DET     CLE  
  GB      GB     GB     GB  
  SEA      SEA     TENN     TENN  
  JAC      DEN     JAC     DEN  
  SF      SF     ARI     ARI  
  NO      NE     NO     NO  
  DAL      WASH     DAL     DAL  
  INDY      INDY     INDY     INDY  
LOTW GB      INDY     DET     GB  
LOTW Record 3 2 0     1 4 0     2 3 0     3 2 0  
We've seen a lot of Pouty Eli thus far.

We’ve seen a lot of Pouty Eli thus far….but the Staff loves the G-Men for their first win…err, cover…. this week!

WEEK 5 Staff Picks ATS (2013)

WEEK 5
THE GAMES
Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
10/3 8:25 ET At Cleveland -3.5 Buffalo
10/6 1:00 ET At St. Louis -11.5 Jacksonville
10/6 1:00 ET Kansas City -1 At Tennessee
10/6 1:00 ET At NY Giants -1 Philadelphia
10/6 1:00 ET At Miami -2.5 Baltimore
10/6 1:00 ET Seattle -1 At Indianapolis
10/6 1:00 ET At Green Bay -7.5 Detroit
10/6 1:00 ET At Cincinnati -1 New England
10/6 1:00 ET New Orleans Pk At Chicago
10/6 4:05 ET Carolina -1 At Arizona
10/6 4:25 ET Denver -7.5 At Dallas
10/6 8:30 ET At San Francisco -6.5 Houston
10/6 11:35 ET San Diego -4 At Oakland
10/7 8:40 ET At Atlanta -10.5 NY Jets
       
THE PICKS
  Roid Rage     Ginger King     Dr. Mike     Vegas Vinny  
  W L T     W L T     W L T     W L T  
Last Week 7 7 1     8 6 1     11 3 1     9 5 1  
Season to-date 27 32 4     29 30 4     35 24 4     32 27 4  
  CLE     BUF     BUF     CLE  
   JAC      JAC      JAC      JAC  
   TEN      KC      KC      KC  
   PHI      NYG      NYG      PHI  
   BAL      MIA      BAL      BAL  
   IND      IND      SEA      SEA  
   GB      GB      DET      GB  
   NE      NE      NE      NE  
   CHI      NO      NO      NO  
   CAR      ARI      ARI      CAR  
   DEN      DEN      DEN      DEN  
   SF      SF      SF      HOU  
   OAK      SD      OAK      SD  
   NYJ      ATL      ATL      ATL  
LOTW  GB      JAC      KC      NO  
LOTW Record 2 2 0     1 3 0     1 3 0     2 2 0