The Dolphins won one game at home last season and actually got worse in the offseason. If he has some statistic to back it up, I would love to hear it. I can only assume he made this pick to get a bit of separation, should the impossible happen. The veteran insider picked the Miami Dolphins over the New England Patriots in a bid to steal a win. In typical fashion, the most embarrassing pick of all was made by Chris Mortensen. The Falcons will prove, once and for all, that the Bears' run to the NFC Championship Game last year was nothing but dumb luck. Both Jaws and Seth Wickersham, for some inexplicable reason, took the Chicago Bears over the Atlanta Falcons.Ītlanta added Ray Edwards to their pass rush opposite John Abraham, and the Bears' offensive line is in major trouble once again. Moving on to another genius "expert" of ESPN's brings us to Ron Jaworski. Not only are the Giants the pick, but they could lay five to seven points and still be the pick. They have a defensive line, even without Osi Umenyiora, that will cause nightmares for the Redskins up front.Įli Manning still has four good weapons around him that he'll make use of. New York has beaten the Redskins six times in a row and covered the spread in three out of the last four. Whatever reason Hoge came up with cannot be more convincing than this.
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Michael Vick thrives in dome games and this Rams team, while improved, is still learning how to play together.Īnother shocking pick to me is the Redskins over the Giants. Forget about the Eagles' "Dream Team" talk from this summer, they are simply a better football team than the Rams right now. More importantly, Reid knows exactly what Spagnuolo likes to do. I know the best way to get lead in picks is to take a few different games than everyone else, but this is a foolish branch-out by Hoge.Įagles head coach Andy Reid and Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo are not strangers. The controversial ESPN analyst made two very curious picks aside from the Broncos-Raiders fiasco.įirst, he chose the upstart St. There were plenty of other notable picks to harp on, too. However, it is embarrassing how little respect they gave the Raiders. If some "experts" wanted to jump on the Broncos, that's fine. Even with the few additions added to new coach John Fox's 4-3 defense in Denver, the Broncos are not equipped to stop the run just yet. One of the league's worst rushing defenses versus one of the league's best rushing attacks seems like an easy prediction to me. In fact, the Raiders were 6-0 in their division a year ago.Īlthough the team took a major step back with a coaching change and losses at tight end, offensive guard and cornerback, they still have the components of one of the league's best rushing attacks. One of those losses happened to be an embarrassing 59-14 loss against the Raiders. Since when did Kyle Orton play defensive tackle? If I am not mistaken, Orton was 3-10 as a starter last season. It is baffling to me that they are three-point favorites over the Oakland Raiders and even more baffling that every "expert" picked the Broncos. Both Green Bay and New York are the deserved favorites in their respective matchups. However, by consensus measure, I can let these two slide as well. If Dallas can put pressure on Mark Sanchez, there is a good chance they can steal this game.
Gang Green still has an unproven signal-caller, who is as likely to throw a touchdown for the Cowboys as he is for the Jets. The Jets are better than the Cowboys, but it is tough to digest the fact that not a single "expert" picked Dallas.
New Orleans is more than capable of winning the opening game.
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