Road Chalk and Alaskan Pipelines: Week 7

Road Chalk and Alaskan Pipelines is Will Brinson's weekly NFL gambling column at FanHouse. Because everyone loves a loser.

Nothing like a week of mediocrity (8-6) mixed in with a season of, um, worse than mediocrity. And, such a stellar record brings our season total to 39-47-1. Simply. Stunning.

Stunning enough, in fact, that this particular column has been referred to as "Brinson's Bad Picks" (which, in hindsight, is a much cooler name than anything else I've been able to offer).

Tennessee Titans (-9) @ Kansas City Chiefs
The Titans are the "best" team in the NFL. The Chiefs are one of the worst. Larry Johnson is out. This should be easy.

Titans -9

San Diego Chargers (-1) @ Buffalo Bills
Wow. I'm torn. On one hand, I have tremendous team crush on the Bills. On the other, Philip Rivers is your early season MVP. So, yeah. However, the Chargers are just better and they are favored on the road, so I see no reason to mess with what's worked so well thus far into 2008.

Chargers -1

Pittsburgh Steelers (-10) @ Cincinnati Bengals
It's unconventional and stupid to take a team favored by 10 on the road. But not as unconventional and stupid as taking the Bengals.

Steelers -10

Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins (-3)
I'm fairly certain that the last time Miami was favored in any game was roughly 2001. Yes, that may be an approximation. But it doesn't change the fact that it's a difficult situation to bet on. Then I realize the Wildcat offense exists.

Miami -3

Dallas Cowboys (-7) @ St. Louis Rams
Tony Romo

Cowboys -7

Minnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears (-3)
Adrian Peterson Matt Forte

Bears -3

New Orleans Saints @ Carolina Panthers (-3)
Jeff Garcia

Panthers -3

San Francisco 49ers @ New York Giants (-10.5)


Giants -10.5

Detroit Lions @ Houston Texans (-9.5)
Andre Johnson

Texans -9.5



New York Jets (-3) @ Oakland Raiders

Thomas Jones

Jets -3

Cleveland Browns @ Washington Redskins (-7.5)
Braylon Edwards

Browns +7.5

Indianapolis Colts @ Green Bay Packers (-2)

Aaron Rodgers

Colts +2

Seattle Seahawks @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-11)


Seahawks +11

Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots (-3)


Broncos +3

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