Spread ‘Em: Week 4 NFL Picks

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Published: October 2, 2009

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... and it’s time to provide some picks for folks looking for help with the office pool. Hopefully, for your sake and mine, my picks are more accurate this week.

As always, I base my picks on flawed logic, personal opinion, age-old gambling trends, and matchups. If you’re looking for high-end analysis…well…I try.

Here now are the week four picks, with the home team in bold. Picks are for entertainment purposes only, of course. (Last week vs. spread: 7-9. Season record against the spread: 28-20)

 

Sunday

Oakland (+9.5) over Houston

Call it the Upset Special.

On offense, the Raiders’ strength is running the football. On defense, the Texans can’t stop the run at all.

Houston has yet to establish its own running game on offense this year, and the Raiders’ CB Nnamdi Asomugha should slow down the Matt Schaub-to-Andre Johnson connection in the passing game.<...

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