2019 NFL Wild Card Weekend Picks Against The Spread

Drum roll please, once again, rather than Thursday's in the Loo, it's time for NFL Football picks in the toilet.... putting that "picking your seat" or "content down loading time" to good use?

Our 2 year (2017 and 2018) total 298-226-10 in picking ALL 534 NFL games against the spread surpasses all "credentialed" experts, touts, pundits, analysts, etc. and its not even remotely close.  Our 2017 season retrospective of George Plimpton in Paper Lion seems apropos? For a recap of our award winning 2017 and 2018 ATS records click here. Moving West...


We follow up our penitent rebound with fair to Midlin...


Results Wk 17

12/29 1:00 ET +7.5 CHI 21 @ 19 MIN
12/29 1:00 ET -10.5 NO 42 @ 10 CAR
12/29 1:00 ET +4.5 NYJ 13 @ 6 BUF
12/29 1:00 ET MIA 27 @ 24 NE -14
12/29 1:00 ET -8.5 GB 23 @ 20 DET
12/29 1:00 ET LAC 21 @ 31 KC -6.5
12/29 4:25 ET +1.5 TEN 35 @ 14 HOU
12/29 4:25 ET WAS 16 @ 47 DAL -7
12/29 4:25 ET PHI 34 @ 17 NYG +5.5
12/29 4:25 ET OAK 15 @ 16 DEN -3

LOCKS
Wk01  3-1 75%
Wk02  3-1 75%
Wk03  2-2 50%
Wk04  3-1 75%
Wk05  4-1 80%
Wk06  4-0 100%
Wk07  3-2 60%
Wk08  3-1 75%
Wk09  1-3 25%
Wk10  2-3 40%
Wk11  1-3 25%
Wk12  2-2 50%
Wk13  5-2 71%
Wk14  5-1 83%
Wk15  0-7 00%
Wk16  3-1 75%
Wk17  6-4 60%
YTD 50-35 59%

Public money ATS:

Wk01  06-10   38%
Wk02  07-09   44%
Wk03  11-05   69%
Wk04  04-11   27%
Wk05  10-05   67%
Wk06  07-07   50%
Wk07  05-09   36%
Wk08  05-10   33%
Wk09  08-06   57%
Wk10  07-06   54%
Wk11  10-04   71%
Wk12  06-08   43%
Wk13  07-09   44%
Wk14  12-04   75%
Wk15  08-08   50%
Wk16  08-08   50%
Wk17  09-07   56%
YTD   130-126 51%

COVER BOX: Road Favs and Home Dogs asserted. On the year, road teams and especially road pooches outperformed.  At the bottom of the post Home vs Road vs Fav vs Dog for each week.


Wk17

Fav 08 H03 R05
Dog 08 H05 R03
Home 08 Road 08

BTW - Amongst experts a dead heat for #1 with Case Keefer (Las Vegas Sun) picking all 256 games @ 138-114-4; Kevin Sherrington (Dallas Morning News) @ 138-113-5.  Amongst fans, 138 wins earned one no better than #30 or thirtieth place. No competition as OFFPAPMAN finished 8+ games ahead of 2nd place @ 157-93-6.

BYE: SF, GB, BAL, KC

Wild Card Week LOX: It's a week of dogged deliverance, the over/under is purely speculative, taking the team with the number...


01/04 16:35 ET +3.5 BUF 19 @ 22 HOU UNDER 44.5
01/04 20:15 ET +6 TEN 20 @ 13 NE UNDER 45
01/05 13:05 ET +8.5 MIN 26 @ 20 NO OVER 46
01/05 16:40 ET SEA 17 @ 9 PHI +2.5 UNDER 46.5

As always we reserve the right to shop and take the best line that came available, early, opening or otherwise, and to change our picks prior to kickoff.  This year we are taking pushes as wins.

Resources - Use Them Wisely

Spread info courtesy of VegasInsiderOddsSharkCovers, and additional matchup info Betonline.  Although the line differs on occasion from the links above, try Jeff Sherman's Twitter feed, as the manager of the Westgate Super Book, he might just know a little sumpin.


Amazingly close to what actually went down... way back on May 17, 2019, CG Technology posted opening betting spreads on weeks 1-16.  
Weekly "advance" lines from the Westgate can be found here and here, and weekly look ahead's from Fairway Jay.


For excellent insight, we recommend referring to Case Keefer at the Las Vegas Sun, Jamey Eisenberg at CBS, and the Miami Herald's Greg Cote, as from our experience they might just know a little sumpin, sumpin.


Stats and ATS (Against The Spread) courtesy of the indispensable Pro Football Reference,  for insight from outside the box 
Football Outsiders DVOA, for tracking the pundits NFL Pickwatch, and for statistical tracking of prediction systems the unequaled The Prediction Tracker.

Roster and Depth Chart info Roster and Depth Chart info courtesy of OurLads, weekly probs 
FiveThirtyEightPlayoffstatus for post season probs, playoff picture AFCNFC, SOS AFC ; NFC ; injuries CBS Sports, additional in depth stats and graphics Sharp Football Stats, for running simulations NFL Game Sim and predictions WhatIfSports.

Disclaimer

Use the information provided here at your own risk. This information is presented for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to be used to make any sort of investing or gambling decisions. We do not promote or encourage illegal, underage or any type of gambling.

YTD Lox

Good Lox 50
Fav 26 H12 R14
Dog 24 H05 R19
Home 17 Road 33

Bad Lox 35
Fav 20 H13 R07
Dog 15 H08 R07
Home 21 Road 14

Fade Public 15-12 = 56%
With Public 35-23 = 60%

Home vs Road vs Fav vs Dog

Wk1
Fav 06 H03 R03
Dog 10 H02 R08
Home 05; Road 11

Wk2
Fav 07 H02 R05
Dog 09 H03 R06
Home 05; Road 11

Wk3
Fav 07 H05 R02
Dog 09 H01 R08
Home 06; Road 10

Wk4
Fav 05 H03 R02
Dog 10 H03 R07
Home 06; Road 09

Wk5
Fav 07 H05 R02
Dog 08 H02 R06
Home 07; Road 08

Wk6
Fav 04 H03 R01
Dog 10 H03 R07
Home 06; Road 08

Wk7

Fav 09 H04 R05
Dog 05 H01 R04
Home 05 Road 09

Wk8

Fav 07 H06 R01
Dog 08 H01 R07
Home 07 Road 08

Wk9

Fav 07 H06 R01
Dog 07 H06 R01
Home 12 Road 02

Wk10

Fav 04 H03 R01
Dog 09 H04 R05
Home 07 Road 06

Wk11
Fav 10 H05 R05
Dog 04 H00 R04
Home 05 Road 09

Wk12
Fav 06 H04 R02
Dog 08 H03 R05
Home 07 Road 07

Wk13
Fav 08 H02 R06
Dog 08 H05 R03
Home 07 Road 09

Wk14
Fav 09 H05 R04
Dog 07 H01 R06
Home 06 Road 10

Wk15
Fav 10 H05 R05
Dog 06 H02 R04
Home 07 Road 09

Wk16
Fav 09 H04 R05
Dog 07 H03 R04
Home 07 Road 09

Wk17
Fav 08 H03 R05
Dog 08 H05 R03
Home 08 Road 08

YTD
Fav 123 H68 R55
Dog 133 H45 R88
Home 113; Road 143

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