Week 10 NFL game picks

Thanks for reading my free week 10 NFL picks for the 2017 season. I do these pro football pool type picks every week. They are written on the Monday before that week because that is my day off from my real job. My 2017 NFL game picking record is a humble 76 and 53 so don't bet the house on my pro football betting predictions.

1 Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals

I like the Seahawks to win on the road 27 to 23.

2 Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears

The Bears win 17 to 14.

3 Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions

My week 10 NFL pick is the Lions win 27 to 20.

4 Pittsburgh Steelers at Indianapolis Colts

The Steelers should win 31 to 24.

5 Los Angeles Chargers at Jacksonville Jaguars

Jaguars 20, Chargers 17.

6 New Orleans Saints at Buffalo Bills

I think the Bills upset the Saints 27 to 24.

7 New York Jets at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Jets will win 28 to 24.

8 Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins

I like the Vikings to win 24 to 21.

9 Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans

The Titans will win 23 to 17.

10 Houston Texans at Los Angeles Rams

Rams will win 28 to 17.

11 Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons

I think the Cowboys will win 28 to 24.

12 New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers

49ers win 17 to 14.

13 New England Patriots at Denver Broncos

The Patriots win 17 to 10.

14 Miami Dolphins at Carolina Panthers

The Panthers win 20 to 17.

Kelvin Benjamin traded to the Bills

The Carolina Panthers have traded wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin to the Buffalo Bills for a third and seventh round draft pick. This is shocking to Panthers fans because the team has so little help at wide receiver.

Benjamin was never a favorite of mine, I thought he was lazy but I am very surprised that the Panthers traded a former first round draft choice for a 3^rd and a 7^th. The Bills are stocking up on former Carolina Panthers and the Panthers may be trying to forget former GM Dave Gettleman by dumping one of his picks.

  Devin Funchess, Curtis Samuel and Russell Shepard will be the main wide receivers left on the Panthers roster. This may also give Christian McCaffrey more time at wide receiver since he is struggling as a running back, other than at catching out of the backfield.

25 years of WFNZ in Charlotte

WFNZ “The Fan” a sports radio station in Charlotte North Carolina is celebrating 25 years on the air. WFNZ has been around since the 1940's but became a sports talk radio station in August of 1992. Gerry Vallincort and  Michele Tafoya were two early hosts on WFNZ when it went to sports.

I have been an avid listener of WFNZ for about 15 years. I started listening after a well known WFNZ caller (James from Maiden) kept raving about the station to me, we used to be good friends. Long time listeners of the evening shows may have heard me on the Whiner Line, I was known as the “Two Z's Guy” a nickname given to me by then producer QCB.

My first impulse was to write a smear job of the station because they seem to have banned me since I wrote an article on another blog bashing them for firing QCB. I drive around all day on my job and I listen to all the shows and often text them. I used to have a lot of texts read on the air but not anymore unless they read one and don't attach my name to it.

But I have had a lot of boring driving hours made better listening to WFNZ over the years and will give an honest opinion of all the shows that are on the station now. My favorite shows on WFNZ since I started listening was Brenston Buckner with Frank Garcia, and Taylor Zarzour with Marc James. I know Mark Packer was popular with listeners but I thought he was an ass. I did love the Mac Attack when Jim Celania was on there. T-Bone who produces the Mac Attack is my favorite producer ever on the station and is a class act.

I had cut back on my listening of WFNZ recently because I started to listening to a Christian radio station more often. Then when the NFL season got started this year I went back to listening to more WFNZ because that is by far my favorite sport. I was glad then Tony “The Hitman” was named as the programming director of the station after it was sold and they had to replace D.J. Stout.

My review of the current WFNZ shows

Mac Attack

I was more of a fan of Mac when he had Jim Celania as a co-host. To me he is a bit much to take that early in the morning when he gets a little hyper. Mac does have his fans thought and there was recently a nice write upabout him in the Charlotte Observer.

Garcia and Bailey

This is probably my favorite WFNZ show right now. I said very early that Kyle Bailey was the best new WFNZ hire since Taylor Zarzour. Teaming Bailey with Frank Garcia was great work in my opinion. I like Frank because he tells it like it is and because he was an original Carolina Panther.

Primetime

Primetime with Chris Kroeger is also a great show. Kroeger proved to be a genius years ago when working for another station he called me a “NFL Encyclopedia” when I was a regular caller of that show. Krog's likes his Hornets a little much for my taste as I am a NFL fan only. Still he has a great knowledge of all the sports and I always like the rotating co-host format of the Primetime show on WFNZ.

 

Free Week 9 NFL game picks

Thanks for checking out my 2017 week 9 NFL game predictions. I do these free NFL game picks each week on the Monday before the week. My NFL game picking record is 68 and 48 this season so don't bet the kids college fund using my picks.

Week 9 NFL Game Picks

1 Buffalo Bills at New York Jets

My free week 9 NFL game prediction is that the Bills win 23 to 21.

2 Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

The Texans will win 35 to 24.

3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints

Saints win 37 to 27.

4 Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants

The Rams will win 23 to 20.

5 Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers

The Falcons will beat the Panthers 23 to 17.

6 Denver Broncos at Philadelphia Eagles

The Eagles win at home 24 to 14.

7 Baltimore Ravens at Tennessee Titans

I like the Titans to win 24 to 14.

8 Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers

The 49ers win 20 to 17.

9 Washington Redskins at Seattle Seahawks

The Seahawks will win 28 to 24.

10 Kansas City Chiefs at Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys will win 31 to 28.

11 Oakland Raiders at Miami Dolphins

The Raiders win 20 to 14.

12 Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

I like the Lions to win 27 to 24.

13 Cincinnati Bengals at Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jaguars will win 23 to 21.

Week 8 NFL Game Picks

Thanks for reading my free week 8 NFL game picks. My record for the season is 60-43 at picking pro football pool picks. These game predictions are written on the Monday before that week of the 2017 NFL season.

Week 8 NFL Game Picks

1 Dolphins at the Ravens

I like the Dolphins to win 23 to 17.

2 Vikings at Browns

The Vikings will win 28 to 20 over the hapless Browns.

3 Falcons at Jets

The Falcons will win 23 to 17.

4 Panthers at Buccaneers

The Buccaneers will win 20 to 13.

5 49ers at Eagles

I like the Eagles to win 28 to 14.

6 Bears at Saints

New Orleans will win 24 to 10.

7 Chargers at Patriots

The Patriots win 27 to 23.

8 Raiders at Bills

The Raiders will win 24 to 21.

9 Colts at Bengals

The Bengals should win 31 to 17.

10 Texans at Seahawks

The Texans will win 20 to 17.

11 Cowboys at Redskins

The Redskins will win 31 to 27.

12 Steelers at Lions

The Steelers win 23 to 17.

13 Broncos at Chiefs

The Chiefs will win 24 to 21.  

Fire Mike Shula Petition being done by Panthers fans

Carolina Panthers fans are fed up with Mike Shula and his play calling. Shula has been under fire for most of his time as the offensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers. Of course in 2015 when Cam Newton was the MVP and the Panthers made the Super Bowl, the Shula haters were quiet.

I have gone back and fourth on my feelings about Mike Shula. Greg Cosell from NFL Films has praised Shula in the past. My high school classmate Darin Gantt from Profootballtalk.com is not a fan of Shula and recently said Ron Rivera only hired him to keep from getting a coach that the team would be tempted to replace Rivera with.

Most of the time I look at the bad offensive line play (at least at tackle) and wonder if Shula would look like a better coach with better offensive players. It would certainly help Cam Newton to have better players around him since he is inconsistent at times due to poor mechanics. And Shula can't be blamed for that, Cam is on record saying passing mechanics don't matter much.

Still Shula is not a good game day coach at the very least. If you want to sign the fire Mike Shula petition then go to this link.

Week 7 NFL Game Picks

Thanks for reading my free week 7 NFL game predictions. I do pro football pool picks each week and sucked last week with a 3-9 record not counting the Monday Night Game. That brings my 2017 NFL game prediction record to 51 and 38. So don't bet the kids college fun on my NFL gambling advice but I do try my best.

Week 7 NFL Predictions

Week 7 NFL Byes- Texans and Lions.

1 Kansas City at Oakland

I like the Chiefs to win 27 to 24 over the Raiders.

2 Tampa Bay at Buffalo

The Bills will beat the Buccaneers 23 to 17.

3 Jets at Dolphins

My free week 7 NFL pick is the Dolphins win at home 20 to 17.

4 Cardinals at Rams.

The Rams should win 28 to 24.

5 Jacksonville at Indianapolis.

I like the Jaguars to win 28 to 21.

6 New Orleans at Green Bay

Saints win 38 to 27.

7 Carolina at Chicago

Panthers will beat the Bears 28 to 24.

8 Tennessee at Cleveland

The Titans will win 17 to 14.

9 Dallas at San Francisco

The Cowboys should win 28 to 21.

10 Broncos at Chargers

Denver wins 23 to 21.

11 Bengals at Steelers

The Steelers will win 27 to 23.

12 Seahawks at Giants

The Giants win 20 to 17.

13 Falcons at Patriots

The Falcons will blow a 4^th quarter lead and Patriots win 42 to 37.

14 Redskins at Eagles

This will be a good game and the Eagles win 28 to 24.