The Howard Stern Wack Pack Football Picks Analysis, Starring Mike Rose.
Every week, I will try to rank the picks from what I think the best pick is to the worst. This week had some interesting games, but I really don’t like any of the wack packer’s or arties pick for that matter. Let’s get down to bidness.
(Wack packers picks in Bold)
1. Elegant Elliot Offen (Kansas City – 3.5 at Arizona) – Not really a bad pick. Kansas City has been using their backup back Damon Huard (used to be 3rd string Dolphins QB) since Trent Green went down in week 1 and he has been playing reasonably well. Arizona has committed to starting Rookie QB Matt Leinart this week and that could be really good, or really bad. Kansas City has the 2nd best RB in the league in Larry Johnson and they use him a lot. If the Chiefs control the clock and the ball with their running game, I think that they will win outright 28 – 21 over the Cards, whose defense has given up an average of 375 yards a game which is 28th in the league…not good.
2. Artie Lange (at Patriots -10 Miami) – A decent pick, Miami is really bad, but I really don’t think the Pats are that good and I hate laying double digits in a pro football game. Brady at QB for the Pats is as good as they come and CPep at QB for the Fins is as bad as they come. The Pats are thin at WR and the Fins are thin in the defensive backfield, so they kind of negate each other. I think the Pats are going to score a defensive touchdown this game and the game will be relatively low scoring, because the Pats have been relying on their running game and Miami has a decent run defense. My predicted score of this game will be Pats 21 – Fins 14, which will lose the bet for Artie, but I think this bet is light years better than the other 2.
3. Bigfoot Mark it is (at New Orleans -6.5 Tampa Bay) – I wouldn’t pick New Orleans, ever. This team is an enigma and it would drive me nuts on football Sunday to have to white knuckle through any game that they played in if I had money down on it. That being said, Tampa is 0-3 and not really that bad, so I would expect that they are chomping at the bit to win a game and this one would be it. The only wild care is, in the absence of Chris Simms (exploded Spleen) at QB for the Bucs, they are starting Rookie QB Bruce Gradkowski from the University of Toledo. That could be a mess, but I expect that the Bucs will try to ride on the back of Cadillac Williams who hasn’t had a good start this year, but will be relied upon this week. My prediction: Tampa Bay 21 – NO 17.
4. Crazy Alice (at Indianapolis -18 Tennessee) – Okay, this one drives me nuts…first of all, anyone that has seen my top 10 Rankings knows that Indy is the best team in the league, but laying 18 points in a pro football game is just scurrilous. I would never, ever, ever do that. It’s just insane, but then again, what is Alice…Crazy. Indy is going to absolutely win this game and put a hurting on Tenn, but the number just gives me dry heaves. This is a dumb pick for Alice, who is 4-0 so far this season. My prediction for the game Indy 41 – Tenn 24.
If anyone cares, my pick is at Minnesota -6.5 Detroit. Detroit’s defense has been awful and Minnesota has been tough this year even with the very mediocre Brad Johnson at QB. Detroit is just a train wreck of a football team, and they can’t put anything sustained together. They’re best chance of winning a game this year will be against San Fran in 4 weeks. I am thinking Minn 28 – Det 13 for this one.
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Mike Rose’s Top 10 NFL Reach-Around Jones
Holy Hell, I hate the Patriots
Random Ramblings..
Well, the Dolphins win last week against Tennessee WAS a fluke, we are not ready for prime time, and actually, we are not even ready for the timeslot after Oprah that Judge Judy usually occupies. The Fins were humiliated by the worst passing defense in the league, Culpepper didn’t complete a pass over 20 yards and I wanted to blow my brains out when Ronnie Brown threw the ball out of the end zone on an ill advised HB pass during a 2 point conversion. Who does that? Who calls a gimmick play on a 2 point conversion? That was some garbage right there. My thing is, why were we losing the game at that point anyway…again, the Texans were giving them the game on a silver platter and so in true Dolphin form, they told them that their strategy was to see if they could win the game by giving up 5 sacks, of course, that didn’t work. On the positive side, I didn’t have a hangover when I woke up Monday morning and I really drank my ass off to kill the pain after that debacle. Their prospects are not much better this week, with a visit to Foxborough Mass and the the fricking Patriots. Did I mention that I hate them? Well enough of my bitching and on to the rankings….
1. Indianapolis Colts – The Colts survived a scare against the Jets this week that I really enjoyed…I was actually rooting for the Jets. I’m not sure if it was the Cuba Libre’s I was drinking or the combination of the fact that I was in the pool, watching the game, drinking and just enjoying a real football game as opposed to the Dolphins game, which looked more like the XFL without Tommy Maddox or He Hate Me. That being said, anyone that says that Peyton is a choker, knows nothing about football, because the pressure was on with less than 2 minutes left and that bitch went down there and scored a Touchdown to win the game. Period.
2. Da Bears – They should have been ranked here last week and by virtue of them deconstructing the Shaun Alexander-less Seahawks last Sunday night, they are number 2 and are poised to stay here most the season unless they fall apart. I don’t see them doing that anytime soon because of the strength of their defense and Rex Grossman who has been solid.
3. Baltimore Ravens – The Ravens finally earned a quality win by knocking off the Chargers and I have to say that my prediction of the Ravens’ D causing Phillip Rivers fits came true as his numbers were garbage (145yds, 1td, 1int) and he really hasn’t shown a good mind for the game yet, despite the fact that he has a great RB in LT2 and Gates is the best receiving TE in the league. Baltimore’s offense is pedestrian, but they get the job done and don’t make many mistakes. I am a McNair fan and wanted the Fins to get him instead of CPep, but as we all know, that didn’t work out.
(If you would like to read the rest of Mike's Top 10, join the Howardshrine family at www.howardshrine.net where Mike gives our Shrine Satellite broadcasters the edge each week.)
Scott Ferrell has been doing an analysis of the Stern show picks each week for Howard 100 News. We aren't always listening at the top of the hour or as close as we can so if you hear Scott's analysis or by chance record it, please send it to us at howardshrine@aol.com so we can see who is right each week. Scott, Mike, or the wackpackers. Thanks for the help.
(Wack packers picks in Bold)
1. Elegant Elliot Offen (Kansas City – 3.5 at Arizona) – Not really a bad pick. Kansas City has been using their backup back Damon Huard (used to be 3rd string Dolphins QB) since Trent Green went down in week 1 and he has been playing reasonably well. Arizona has committed to starting Rookie QB Matt Leinart this week and that could be really good, or really bad. Kansas City has the 2nd best RB in the league in Larry Johnson and they use him a lot. If the Chiefs control the clock and the ball with their running game, I think that they will win outright 28 – 21 over the Cards, whose defense has given up an average of 375 yards a game which is 28th in the league…not good.
2. Artie Lange (at Patriots -10 Miami) – A decent pick, Miami is really bad, but I really don’t think the Pats are that good and I hate laying double digits in a pro football game. Brady at QB for the Pats is as good as they come and CPep at QB for the Fins is as bad as they come. The Pats are thin at WR and the Fins are thin in the defensive backfield, so they kind of negate each other. I think the Pats are going to score a defensive touchdown this game and the game will be relatively low scoring, because the Pats have been relying on their running game and Miami has a decent run defense. My predicted score of this game will be Pats 21 – Fins 14, which will lose the bet for Artie, but I think this bet is light years better than the other 2.
3. Bigfoot Mark it is (at New Orleans -6.5 Tampa Bay) – I wouldn’t pick New Orleans, ever. This team is an enigma and it would drive me nuts on football Sunday to have to white knuckle through any game that they played in if I had money down on it. That being said, Tampa is 0-3 and not really that bad, so I would expect that they are chomping at the bit to win a game and this one would be it. The only wild care is, in the absence of Chris Simms (exploded Spleen) at QB for the Bucs, they are starting Rookie QB Bruce Gradkowski from the University of Toledo. That could be a mess, but I expect that the Bucs will try to ride on the back of Cadillac Williams who hasn’t had a good start this year, but will be relied upon this week. My prediction: Tampa Bay 21 – NO 17.
4. Crazy Alice (at Indianapolis -18 Tennessee) – Okay, this one drives me nuts…first of all, anyone that has seen my top 10 Rankings knows that Indy is the best team in the league, but laying 18 points in a pro football game is just scurrilous. I would never, ever, ever do that. It’s just insane, but then again, what is Alice…Crazy. Indy is going to absolutely win this game and put a hurting on Tenn, but the number just gives me dry heaves. This is a dumb pick for Alice, who is 4-0 so far this season. My prediction for the game Indy 41 – Tenn 24.
If anyone cares, my pick is at Minnesota -6.5 Detroit. Detroit’s defense has been awful and Minnesota has been tough this year even with the very mediocre Brad Johnson at QB. Detroit is just a train wreck of a football team, and they can’t put anything sustained together. They’re best chance of winning a game this year will be against San Fran in 4 weeks. I am thinking Minn 28 – Det 13 for this one.
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Mike Rose’s Top 10 NFL Reach-Around Jones
Holy Hell, I hate the Patriots
Random Ramblings..
Well, the Dolphins win last week against Tennessee WAS a fluke, we are not ready for prime time, and actually, we are not even ready for the timeslot after Oprah that Judge Judy usually occupies. The Fins were humiliated by the worst passing defense in the league, Culpepper didn’t complete a pass over 20 yards and I wanted to blow my brains out when Ronnie Brown threw the ball out of the end zone on an ill advised HB pass during a 2 point conversion. Who does that? Who calls a gimmick play on a 2 point conversion? That was some garbage right there. My thing is, why were we losing the game at that point anyway…again, the Texans were giving them the game on a silver platter and so in true Dolphin form, they told them that their strategy was to see if they could win the game by giving up 5 sacks, of course, that didn’t work. On the positive side, I didn’t have a hangover when I woke up Monday morning and I really drank my ass off to kill the pain after that debacle. Their prospects are not much better this week, with a visit to Foxborough Mass and the the fricking Patriots. Did I mention that I hate them? Well enough of my bitching and on to the rankings….
1. Indianapolis Colts – The Colts survived a scare against the Jets this week that I really enjoyed…I was actually rooting for the Jets. I’m not sure if it was the Cuba Libre’s I was drinking or the combination of the fact that I was in the pool, watching the game, drinking and just enjoying a real football game as opposed to the Dolphins game, which looked more like the XFL without Tommy Maddox or He Hate Me. That being said, anyone that says that Peyton is a choker, knows nothing about football, because the pressure was on with less than 2 minutes left and that bitch went down there and scored a Touchdown to win the game. Period.
2. Da Bears – They should have been ranked here last week and by virtue of them deconstructing the Shaun Alexander-less Seahawks last Sunday night, they are number 2 and are poised to stay here most the season unless they fall apart. I don’t see them doing that anytime soon because of the strength of their defense and Rex Grossman who has been solid.
3. Baltimore Ravens – The Ravens finally earned a quality win by knocking off the Chargers and I have to say that my prediction of the Ravens’ D causing Phillip Rivers fits came true as his numbers were garbage (145yds, 1td, 1int) and he really hasn’t shown a good mind for the game yet, despite the fact that he has a great RB in LT2 and Gates is the best receiving TE in the league. Baltimore’s offense is pedestrian, but they get the job done and don’t make many mistakes. I am a McNair fan and wanted the Fins to get him instead of CPep, but as we all know, that didn’t work out.
(If you would like to read the rest of Mike's Top 10, join the Howardshrine family at www.howardshrine.net where Mike gives our Shrine Satellite broadcasters the edge each week.)
Scott Ferrell has been doing an analysis of the Stern show picks each week for Howard 100 News. We aren't always listening at the top of the hour or as close as we can so if you hear Scott's analysis or by chance record it, please send it to us at howardshrine@aol.com so we can see who is right each week. Scott, Mike, or the wackpackers. Thanks for the help.
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