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NFL WEEK 8

One-third into our 32nd season of NFL picks in the Miami Herald, I can rarely remember a tougher one. Staying above the Mendoza line (.500) straight-up is even a challenge some weeks, and getting there against the spread is even harder. Not ready to research what was our worst season…

Still early(ish), but also still figuring out this crazy season as a couple of strong weeks in a row for us hit a bump last week. Nailed three ‘dogs with points on covers by the Browns (in our Upset of the Week), Texans and Cowboys, but not enough else went…

NFL WEEK 6

Like a dog coming in out of the rain, we are shaking off our slow start. In Week 4 we had a solid 10-6 mark overall (our second straight double-digit wins) and a season-best 9-6-1 ledger against the spread, with the Bills’ three-point victory the tying push. We bull’s-eyed a…

NFL WEEK 5

An uptick. Improvement. It is what we needed, and got. After a poor two-week start to our 32nd season of NFL predictions in the Miami Herald, we bounced back with a solid Week 3 at 10-6 overall and 8-8 against the spread. We nailed our Upset of the Week with…

NFL WEEK 4

I believe this is our worst two-week start in 32 seasons of picking NFL games in the Miami Herald. We were on the wrong side of four huge comeback games last week, which didn’t help. Oddly, we were 4-0 both straight-up and against the spread in the prime-time games; like…

NFL WEEK 3

We’ll start with the glass-half-full optimism: In a Week 1 full of upsets and other surprises, we navigated the roiling sea to an even 8-8 mark against the spread. That included four dogs-with-points on covers by the Seahawks, Bears, Falcons and Lions, the latter our Upset of the Week (“Aawwk!”).…