4 Free Week 16 NFL Picks plus last-minute NFL Notes

NORTH SALEM, NY– The penultimate slate of NFL games is upon us, football fans. If you’re a regular Sunday visitor to MeettheMatts.com, taking the gambling advice herein from Week #1 has netted you +15 units at 37-22 overall, good for a 63% clip. Maybe Mike Vaccaro can hip his buddies at The NY Post to real handicapping efforts when he’s not busy getting column ideas from Angry Ward. In any event, here are the 4 Free Week 16 NFL Picks for your Christmas stockings:

FAVORITE: While there are more impact games upon the NFL playoff landscape, a contest where you throw a few C-notes on is equally, if not more, pertinent and so is the case with my Blockbuster Favorite of the Year. Revenge is a dish best served cold is how the saying goes and the Titans are looking for a little payback for the two-point loss hung upon them in Music City by the Jaguars in November when the Cats were previously winless. Tennessee was double-digit home favorites in that game and sparked the moribund Jags to respectability as thoughts of being “on the clock” for the first pick in the draft evaporated quicker than Tim Tebow’s professional football career with wins in four out of the next five games. The Titans are also 5-2 against the spread as visitors and come off of a gut-wrenching overtime loss in which they couldn’t complete a miraculous comeback. It all adds up to TENNESSEE -5.

UNDERDOGS: Yes, I am crazy and a number of doctors will back me up on this point. For those who doubt my insanity, take a closer look as to whom I’m selecting as this week’s recipient of points from Las Vegas sportsbooks. The Houston Texans are getting ten points at home and because there’s no place like home for the holidays the mighty Denver Broncos that our Cookie likes to brag about will be happy providers. The Texans are horrible on both sides of the ball. The Broncos are hyperbolic on offense. This pointspread should be in the area of fourteen. Looks too good–I ain’t biting! TEXANS +10

OVER: What a difference a year makes. Last year I flopped badly on the ‘over’ selections but this year they’ve been the most profitable at 11-4. Seattle’s 23-0 shutout of the Giants (which we cashed on) could have been much worse as the Seahawks offense looked out of sync and far from a team many are selecting as the NFC’s representative in the Super Bowl. There aren’t many more brilliant offensive minds patrolling NFL sidelines than Arizona’s Bruce Arians. The man of the Kangol hats has his team at 9-5 and hoping for a playoff berth and can score on any team–even the Seahawks. Both birds fly high on offense for an ARIZ/SEA OVER 43.

UNDER: This selection is based more upon the rate at which the Kansas City Chiefs are scoring these days and the fact that eventually this pace will ebb.  It would behoove the Chiefs to stay basic in their approach as the Colts could be a playoff opponent that goes to school today for a prospective meeting. IND/KC UNDER 45

West Coast Craig, tomorrow.