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It’s onto Week 4 of the NFL suicide pool.
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Indianapolis Colts – The Colts season is over. They know it, and so does the rest of the league. QB Peyton Manning‘s loss was far too big to overcome.
They’ve remained competitive the past two games because they’ve been played at home, but this is on the road.
Expect the 2-1 Bucs to bury Indy on Monday Night. We expect a final score somewhere in the vicinity of 30-7 or 30-10.
The is the best suicide pool pick on the board.
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2. Atlanta Falcons vs. Seattle Seahawks – The Seahawks shouldn’t get too excited after their 13-10 win over the Arizona Cardinals, which we picked for our money line bet in Week 3.
The Falcons aren’t the Cardinals.
In fact, the only thing Seattle has going for it is the game will be played in the Pacific Northwest, which is a difficult trip for many teams to make.
Expect Matt Ryan and Co. to have their way with a soft D and control the clock. Defensively, Atlanta will force Tavaris Jackson into a few errors which allow the Falcons to pull away to an easy win.
3. Chicago Bears vs. Carolina Panthers – Cam Newton came back to reality in Week 3 after lighting up both the Cardinals and Packers the 1st two weeks. We expect more growing pains as he leads his team into Chicago.
Look for Julius Peppers and Co. to contain Newton and force him into costly mistakes. And for the Bears to do enough offensively to pull out the 10 point win.
Emily Lane
September 29th, 2011 at 18:35
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Why not the Packers? They are the top pick for defense this week……..
Profootball101
September 30th, 2011 at 01:37
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We don’t always go for the easiest picks on the board. The Packers are a lock, but we’d prefer to save them until later in the suicide pool when most others have used all of the good teams.