Liver's 2009 NFL Week Four Picks

I’m no Sam “Ace” Rothstein but the Liver has had a good last couple of weeks against the spread.  I should just quit while I’m ahead but that’s like asking Fletch if he wants Beluga caviar at $80 a portion or Angelo Pappas how many meatball sandwiches he wants. Make that two. Coincidentally, the Liver is taking TWO double digit home favorites to cover this weekend.

If I can keep this pace up then I really will be a Master Control Program-ish 68.71% right.

Can we just eradicate Twitter for athletes? Has ANYTHING good happened? If it isn’t Shaq tweeting during a game, you have Larry Fitzgerald’s younger brother mouthing off that big brother isn’t getting the ball enough, Texas Tech players mouthing off about Mike Leach or Rodney Harrison, who’s a model citizen as we all know, calling T.O. “a clown.”

Gotta love this comeback; T.O. responds with “Anybody that’s using steroids…yes steroids…Rodney is a cheater and cheated the game. You’re a loser and a cheater.” Why don’t you just call his momma a whore while you’re at it?

Now if T.O. and Rodney actually got into the octagon; that’s something that the Liver would watch and not care who won. Just the fact that those two pieces of shit would get the hell beat out of them would be enough for me.

Of course it goes without saying that the following picks AGAINST THE SPREAD are for RECREATIONAL USE ONLY. Only Rick Pitino, LeGarrette Blount, Donte’ Stallworth, Tila Tequila, Isiah Thomas, Travis Henry, Serena Williams, Michael Jordan, Tony Romo, the Liver’s biological father (a.k.a. The Most Interesting Man in the World) and all Somali Pirates would be drunk enough to question the Esteemed Liver's picks.

Last week’s record: 13-3

2009 record against the spread: 32-15-1

Sunday, October 4

Baltimore at New England (-2)
Definitely one of the must-watch games of the week. New England rebounded last week with a solid win over a good Falcons team. They’ll need to be perfect to beat the Ravens. Their running game won’t have an easy time; the Ravens have the best run defense in the NFL.  Their defense must contain the Ravens run game and make life miserable for Joe Flacco. And the offensive line must protect Mr. GQ QB because the Ravens defense will be duplicating what their old defensive coordinator Rex Ryan did two weeks ago; sick the dogs on Brady and beat the hell out of him. Who would’ve thought the Ravens would be leading the AFC in scoring at this point? Joe Flacco continues to get better and right now this Ravens team is better then this Patriots team on both sides of the ball. Pick: Baltimore

Oakland at Houston (-9 ½)
The Texans are the dictionary definition of inconsistency. They win one week, they lose the next week. Luckily they have JaMarcus Russell and the Raiders coming into town. The Raiders have a SLIGHTLY improved defense but they need a QB.  Their passing average is an NFL worst 119.7 yards per game. Why is JaMarcus Russell allowed to play? I think his place on the top 5 list of worst number one overall picks in NFL history becomes cemented firmly with each game. The Raiders offense would be better off with Darren McFadden taking direct snaps in the Wildcat. Yet Al Davis continues to live and with every heartbeat sink this franchise deeper into the shit house. Pick: Oakland

Cincinnati at Cleveland (+5 ½)
Hard to believe the Bengals are a fluky 87-yard TD away from being undefeated. This is the best they’ve looked since winning the AFC North in 2005. Kudos to former Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer who’s getting the most out of his defense in Cincinnati. I apologize to the St. Louis Rams. Cleveland has wrestled away the “Worst Team in the NFL” trophy from them. Next to the Raiders they have the worst passing average in the NFL with 146.7 yards per game. Throwing Derek Anderson in as QB isn’t going to matter and it could be a while before this team wins a game. You know Brady Quinn sucks when you win the starting QB job by coming off the bench and throwing 3 INTs in one half. Make that two teams now that Eric Mangini has alienated and pissed off. You’d almost be tempted to think, like Mr. Miyagi, that the Browns’ problem is “attitude.” But, as is often the case, it’s more of Daniel Larusso’s “No the problem is I’m getting my ass kicked every other day, that’s the problem.” Pick: Cincinnati

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