Friday, December 26, 2008

NFL "Expert" Picks - Week 17

I certainly hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and have a great weekend. I want to post our panel’s Week 17 picks, in case you haven’t turned in your picks yet to your office pool! I am still waiting for a couple of our panelists and will add their picks when I receive them. I don’t think that I am going out on a limb by guessing who Kevin Slowey will pick in that Steelers game! Before getting to the picks, here are a couple of quick notes:

· A reminder – if you tune into KFAN on Friday morning at about 8:05 a.m., I will be on with Doogie Woolfson and Phil Mackey for a segment. You can listen to it at am 1130 in the Twin Cities, or any of the station’s regional affiliates. You can also listen to it online at KFAN.com.

• Also, if you happen to be in the Austin, MN, area, I will be interviewed for a segment on KAUS am radio to likely be aired Friday afternoon between 1 and 3 p.m. There is a link to some streaming audio.
• The Twins signed knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to a minor league contract this week. It is the second straight year that they signed Dickey to a contract. You will recall that they signed him a year earlier, just a couple of days before the Rule 5 draft. The Seattle Mariners took him in the Rule 5 draft. Although he didn’t make the M’s roster out of spring training, the Twins acquired catcher Jair Fernandez which allowed the Mariners to keep him. He moved back and forth from Seattle to their Tacoma (AAA) affiliate throughout the year. A year ago, I liked that the Twins signed Dickey. The 83 mph knuckle ball he had developed intrigued me. Now he’s got another year of experience with it, but I am not as excited about it. In reality, he will compete with Boof Bonser, Phil Humber, Bobby Korecky and others for the final bullpen spot. As I always said, depth is a good thing, but I can’t imagine a scenario in which he could possibly make the Twins roster.
• So the Yankees signed Mark Teixeira to an 8 year, $180 million contract. People ask me what my reaction to that is. Honestly, it just makes me laugh. I find it comical. Just spend more money, that’ll help. I find the best stat to be that the Yankees haven’t won a World Series since their payroll went over $100 million. So sure, they stockpile players who will be old at the end of their contracts. I can see the Yankees being very good the next couple of years, and then being right back where they were in 2008 within a couple of years when all their players are old, and their older pitchers are then hurt or not the same. These signings (including CC Sabathia and AJ Burnett, and probably Manny Ramirez, and who knows who else) just add to the Yankees equal ‘bad guys’ and makes me much more happy that I’m a Twins fan!

The Panel

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The Week 17 Picks

With that introduction out of the way, here are our picks for the Week 17 games:

	Seth Stohs	Kyle Waldrop	Jeff Manship	Joe Benson	Steve Singleton	Kevin Slowey	Dan Slowey
	SethSpeaks	Twins Pitching Prospect	Twins Pitching Prospect	Twins OF Prospect	Twins IF Prospect	Twins Starting Pitcher	Blogonoscopy
NY Giants @ Minnesota	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants		Vikings
St. Louis @ Atlanta	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons		Falcons
Carolina @ New Orleans	Saints	Panthers	Saints	Panthers	Panthers		Panthers
Tennessee @ Indianapolis	Colts	Colts	Titans	Colts	Colts		Titans
Chicago @ Houston	Bears	Bears	Texans	Bears	Texans		Texans
Jacksonville @ Baltimore	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens		Ravens
Miami @ NY Jets	Jets	Dolphins	Dolphins	Jets	Jets		Jets
Dallas @ Philadelphia	Eagles	Cowboys	Cowboys	Eagles	Eagles		Eagles
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers by ?	Steelers
Oakland @ Tampa Bay	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Raiders		Buccs
Detroit @ Green Bay	Packers	Packers	Packers	Lions	Packers		Packers
Kansas City @ Cincinnati	Bengals	Bengals	Chiefs	Bengals	Bengals		Bengals
New England @ Buffalo	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots		Patriots
Seattle @ Arizona	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals		Cardinals
Washington @ San Francisco	49ers	49ers	Redskins	49ers	49ers		Redskins
Denver @ San Diego	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers		Chargers

	John Bonnes	Stick & Ball Guy	Nick Nelson	Josh Johnson	Josh Taylor	Parker Hageman	Andrew Kneeland
	TwinsGeek & MNGameday	Stick & Ball Guy	Nick & Nick's Twins Blog	Josh's Thoughts	Taylor's Twins Thoughts	Over the Baggy	Twins Fix
NY Giants @ Minnesota	Vikings		Vikings	Vikings	Vikings	Vikings	Vikings
St. Louis @ Atlanta	Falcons		Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons
Carolina @ New Orleans	Panthers		Panthers	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers
Tennessee @ Indianapolis	Titans		Colts	Colts	Colts	Colts	Colts
Chicago @ Houston	Texans		Texans	Bears	Bears	Texans	Bears
Jacksonville @ Baltimore	Ravens		Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens
Miami @ NY Jets	Jets		Jets	Jets	Jets	Dolphins	Dolphins
Dallas @ Philadelphia	Eagles		Cowboys	Eagles	Cowboys	Cowboys	Eagles
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh	Steelers		Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers
Oakland @ Tampa Bay	Buccs		Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs
Detroit @ Green Bay	Packers		Packers	Lions	Packers	Packers	Packers
Kansas City @ Cincinnati	Bengals		Chiefs	Chiefs	Bengals	Bengals	Chiefs
New England @ Buffalo	Patriots		Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
Seattle @ Arizona	Cardinals		Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals
Washington @ San Francisco	49ers		Redskins	Redskins	49ers	Redskins	Redskins
Denver @ San Diego	Chargers		Chargers	Chargers	Broncos	Chargers	Chargers

	LaVelle E. Neal	Howard Sinker	Phil Miller	Kelly Thesier	Jonathan Mayo	Jack Michaels	Cory Hepola	Vic Quick
	Twins Insider/ Star Tribune	A Fan's View/ Star Tribune	Twins Now/ Pioneer Press	twins mlb.com	JonathanMayo.net/ milb.com	The Fan am710	Sports Anchor WROC-TV	KOTA-TV Sports
NY Giants @ Minnesota	Vikings	Giants			Vikings	Vikings	Vikings	Vikings
St. Louis @ Atlanta	Falcons	Falcons			Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons
Carolina @ New Orleans	Saints	Saints			Saints	Panthers	Saints	Panthers
Tennessee @ Indianapolis	Colts	Colts			Colts	Colts	Colts	Titans
Chicago @ Houston	Bears	Bears			Bears	Texans	Texans	Bears
Jacksonville @ Baltimore	Ravens	Ravens			Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens
Miami @ NY Jets	Jets	Dolphins			Dolphins	Jets	Jets	Jets
Dallas @ Philadelphia	Eagles	Eagles			Eagles	Cowboys	Eagles	Cowboys
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh	Steelers	Steelers			Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers
Oakland @ Tampa Bay	Raiders	Raiders			Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs
Detroit @ Green Bay	Packers	Packers			Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers
Kansas City @ Cincinnati	Chiefs	Bengals			Bengals	Chiefs	Bengals	Bengals
New England @ Buffalo	Patriots	Patriots			Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
Seattle @ Arizona	Cardinals	Cardinals			Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals
Washington @ San Francisco	49ers	49ers			Redskins	49ers	Redskins	Redskins
Denver @ San Diego	Chargers	Chargers			Chargers	Broncos	Chargers	Chargers

	Roger Dehring	David Bergner	Marty Andrade	Eric Olson	Blake Meyer	Michael Brasel	Melissa Lien
	Twinkie Town	The Baseball Savant	TCBurgerTour	Call to the ‘Pen	Twins Cards	Fantasy Football Guru	SethSpeaks.net
NY Giants @ Minnesota	Giants	Giants	Giants	Vikings	Vikings	Vikings	Giants
St. Louis @ Atlanta	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons
Carolina @ New Orleans	Saints	Saints	Saints	Saints	Panthers	Panthers	Saints
Tennessee @ Indianapolis	Colts	Colts	Titans	Titans	Colts	Colts	Colts
Chicago @ Houston	Texans	Texans	Bears	Bears	Bears	Texans	Bears
Jacksonville @ Baltimore	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens	Ravens
Miami @ NY Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets	Jets	Dolphins	Dolphins	Jets
Dallas @ Philadelphia	Eagles	Cowboys	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	Eagles	Cowboys
Cleveland @ Pittsburgh	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Steelers
Oakland @ Tampa Bay	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs	Buccs
Detroit @ Green Bay	Packers	Lions	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers
Kansas City @ Cincinnati	Bengals	Chiefs	Bengals	Bengals	Chiefs	Chiefs	Bengals
New England @ Buffalo	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots	Patriots
Seattle @ Arizona	Cardinals	Cardinals	Seahawks	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals
Washington @ San Francisco	49ers	49ers	49ers	Redskins	49ers	49ers	49ers
Denver @ San Diego	Chargers	Chargers	Broncos	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers

Week 17 Summary 

All games are Sunday…

NY Giants @ Minnesota – Vikings 15-10

St. Louis @ Atlanta – Falcons 25-0

Carolina @ New Orleans – Panthers 14-11

Tennessee @ Indianapolis – Colts 19-6

Chicago @ Houston – Bears 14-11

Jacksonville @ Baltimore – Ravens 25-0

Miami @ NY Jets – Jets 17-8

Dallas @ Philadelphia – Eagles 16-9

Cleveland @ Pittsburgh – Steelers 26-0

Oakland @ Tampa Bay – Buccs 22-3

Detroit @ Green Bay – Packers 22-3

Kansas City @ Cincinnati – Bengals 16-9

New England @ Buffalo – Patriots 25-0

Seattle @ Arizona – Cardinals 24-1

Washington @ San Francisco – 49ers 15-10

Denver @ San Diego – Chargers 22-3

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