The Field is Set! This season we kick off our own version of the legendary Stardust contest, in which you have sixteen notable handicappers go head to head until the final winner is left standing. Half the field is made up of notable experts, the other half came from Subscriber Qualifying Round Winners.
Best of all, we'll post the actual contest picks and reasoning behind them for each of the contestants rounds by round so you can follow along.
Contest lines are the lines posted on the Spread Quick Picks page each week.
1. Atlanta +3.5 over Carolina
Atlanta 6-1-1 vs spr, 7-1 str up vs Carolina since 2000
2. New York Giants +7 over Green Bay
Giants 14-1 on road vs spread since 2000 when they scored at least 20 points in their previous game.
3. Philadelphia -9 over Chicago
Philadelphia 15-2 on road vs spr since 2000 when opponent lost previous game
4. Houston +1.5 over Oakland
Oakland will let down this week after huge victory over Tampa Bay
5. San Francisco +4 over St. Louis
SF will keep the game close against rival St.Louis after being smashed by Seattle.
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1. New York Jets - 5.5 vs. Miami
2. New England -5.5 vs. Buffalo
3. Baltimore - 4.5 vs. Kansas City
4. Philadelphia - 9 vs. Chicago
5. Tampa Bay + 3 vs. Denver
1. Jets are 9-2-1 A.T.S in the last 12 games vs. the Dolphins. Edwards has this team moving in the right direction, they are coming off a bye, are healthy and playing a Dolphins team that can't run the ball and are really banged up. Chad Pennington and Curtis Martin will have a field day against the "fish" : Jets -5.5
2. New England and the Bills split last year with each game a blowout at 31 - 0. You give coach Belichick a week to come up with a game plan on a team with a bad offense, well can you say 18 in a row. Patriots will roll in this one lay the points: New England - 5.5
3. Baltimore has a home field advantage: they went 7-1 straight-up last year. The only loss was against the Chiefs, but this is not the same "Chiefs" that were 3-0 last year, 0-3 this year. A little pay back and a lot of Jamal Lewis & Ray Lewis will get the job done: Baltimore - 4.5
4. Philadelphia is on a roll their average margin of victory is +14, not to happy with laying all that wood but who is Jonathan Quinn. I'll tell you, defensive coordinator Jim Johnson will have the Eagles "D" going after Mr. Quinn it may get ugly. With all the Bears CB out look for McNabb To T.O. touchdown all day long. Philadelphia - 9
5. Tampa Bay can they go 0-4? I'm betting they don't. The Bucs "D" has kept them in most games. Holding the Seahawks to 10 point in their home opener points the way for me. Denver rushed for only 37 yards last week look for much the same here: Tampa Bay + 3
Complete First Round Matchups
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Sports Insights: every wager placed offshore registers at SportsInsights.com
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R.Shine (CA)
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see Picks
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Mike Orkin: statistics professor, author, and creator of the Optimizer NFL software.
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J.Kelly (CA)
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Brandon Funston: Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Expert, Brandon knows the scoop on the NFL.
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T.Corpis (CA)
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Aaron Schatz: The founder of acclaimed NFL stats site FootballOutsiders.com
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G.Kulesa (CO)
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Benjamin Eckstein: co-founder of America's Line and authority on all things gambling.
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S.Penhos (Mexico)
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Roland: The founder of TwoMinuteWarning and winner of last season's H2H Challenge.
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J.Palazzolo (NV)
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Stanford Wong: legendary Blackjack expert, author, founder of SharpSportsBetting.com
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K.Aird (Canada)
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'Kevin Lewis': MIT grad, million dollar winning blackjack player, star of Bringing Down the House
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M.Gargone (AL)
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