More accurate than the atomic clock, Week 9 NFL picks against the spread are up highlighted by the Dolphins vs. Ravens bombshell. The official time is always Matt Rivers’ time. So if your picks are colder than the weather at the NY City Marathon.
Matt Rivers says that your comp winner for Sunday is on the Falcons -9 to Tampa Bay.
I like the improvements the Buccaneers have been making this season and all in all they are a decent enough team. But Tampa Bay is certainly not the best team in the conference or “the east” which Raheem Morris has said and I think today they get smacked around a bit and come back to reality.
Yes Josh Freeman appears as if he is going to be good and Mike Williams and LaGarrette Blount have been solid as well. Throw in the potential of Kellen Winslow at tight end and there is an upside with this team for sure. But they are not up against a weak team like the Cardinals here as the Falcons are a very well balanced team that is by far the superior team on the field today.
When Tampa has played superior competition they have been swatted down like a gnat. Both Pittsburgh and New Orleans have gone done south and absolutely whacked around these young Bucs. I’m not calling for a 30 point blowout here at the Georgia Dome but Matt Ryan, Roddy White, Tony Gonzalez, Michael Turner and the rest of Mike Smith’s 5-2 Falcons are just too good.
It’s always scary to be laying north of a touchdown anywhere and against anybody but I do not feel that the young Bucs are truly not ready for a spot such as this one. First place is on the line in the division and these guys are just not yet close to being a first place team. They will try and put Aqib Talib on White but the Falcons wide receiver is an MVP candidate right now and a guy who will not be stopped by anybody including the former Kansas star.
Ryan always wins at home as the numbers are impeccable and I see nothing changing today. Tampa Bay will take some more lumps this season and I think today is going to be another one of those days.
The pick: 27-14 Falcons.
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