Week 1 spreads (continued) - Rich's Pick

I bombed miserably in the NFL opener. The Saints +5 never looked so awful. If you are going to lose, you might as well go down in flames. Oh well. I actually lost nothing but pride on it as I was not able to get to the sportsbook in time today. This short?, Greek?, cocktail waitress loving degenerate gambler did not have action on the first game of the year. Kind of sad really. As I always do, it's time to overdo it on Week 1!!! The only games I'm betting are in my previous column. To compete with a PW'd half-Mexican-who speaks-no-Spanish 1800 miles away, here are my Sunday/Monday Week 1 picks.

• Houston -3 KC. These are 2 teams heading in opposite directions. Texans by 10+.
• Buffalo +3 Denver. I wish I could've gotten action in at 3.5, but I still like the Bills at home....probably winning the game outright.
• Pittsburgh -4.5 Cleveland. Pittsburgh is back this year, the 4.5 point road spread scares me a little, that's why I'm not betting it.
• Tennessee +6.5 Jacksonville. VY should keep this close on the road...again I wish I would've had action earlirer (+7).
• St. Louis pik Carolina. I flipped a coin. The Rams won. Carolina is the better team, but St. Louis normally starts the season off well.
• Philly -3 Green Bay. VEGAS INSIDE TIP-The reason the spread is so low is b/c a lot of action is anticipated by the sportsbooks coming in by Green Bay fans who will be in town for the Wisconsin-UNLV game. (I did not make this up.)
• Atlanta +3 Minnesota. I could care less who wins this game...if Oakland-Detroit weren't playing this week this would be the ugliest game on the card.
• Miami +3 Washington. Again, ugly game. Who cares?
• NY Jets +6 New England. Lock of the week. The J-E-T-S play the Pats close at home nearly every time. It's not out of the question for an outright win here.
• Seattle -5.5 Tampa Bay. Tampa sucks. Betting against them every chance I get....especially on the road against a pretty good Seattle team.
• San Diego -6 Chicago. Grossman against the Chargers D on the road. Enough said.
• Oakland -2.5 Detroit. Gulp....I really just picked the Raiders.
• NY Giants +6 Dallas. I'm at a loss here as to why the spread is this high. Tiki makes a 2-3 point difference? NY killed Dallas last year on the road on Monday Night. Is Romo for real? Intriguing game. Not a bad way to end the day up as I'm beyond drunk and drooling on myself.
• Cincy -2.5 Baltimore. The Bengals have the Ravens number at home. Should be an excellent game.
• Arizona +3 San Fran. Waiting until the spread hits 3.5 on Monday to bet this. Again, San Fran is the "sexy" pick...betting against them.

To make the competition fair, I propose that the editor-in-chief of this outstanding blog make his picks before I do next week. We'll alternate. After I destroy his picks this week, it will be fun to pick apart his picks before making mine for a change!

Sincerely,

Rich Kim

Senior Degenerate Gambler