NFL Picks: Titans, Bears, Broncos and Giants

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Updated on October 6, 2016 4:33AM EST

I guess I wasn't the only one to have a terrible week. Not only did Pianowski also go 4-11, but DDD one-upped us at 3-12. No one had a winning week, as Stopa and Erickson merely treaded water at 7-8, and we unsurprisingly lost both our unanimous picks, the Jets and Cardinals.

This week, we have four unanimous picks, the Titans, Bears, Broncos and Giants. Pianowski and I both have the Lions as our best bets. And DDD and I have the exact same picks except for one - I have the Ravens, he has the Redskins.

	Erickson	Pianowski	Liss	Stopa	Del Don
Cardinals -4 at 49ers	Cardinals	49ers	49ers	Cardinals	49ers
Texans +6 at Vikings	Vikings	Texans	Vikings	Texans	Vikings
Titans +3.5 at Dolphins	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans
Patriots -10.5 at Browns	Browns	Browns	Browns	Patriots	Browns
Jets +7 at Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Jets	Jets	Jets
Redskins +3.5 at Ravens	Redskins	Redskins	Ravens	Redskins	Redskins
Eagles -3 at Lions	Lions	Lions	Lions	Eagles	Lions
Bears +4.5 at Colts	Bears	Bears	Bears	Bears	Bears
Falcons +6 at Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos
Bills +2.5 at Rams	Bills	Bills	Rams	Bills	Rams
Chargers +3.5 at Raiders	Raiders	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers
Bengals -1 at Cowboys	Bengals	Bengals	Cowboys	Bengals	Cowboys
Giants +7.5 at Packers	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants
Buccaneers +7 at Panthers	Buccaneers	Buccaneers	Buccaneers	Panthers	Buccaneers
Best Bet	Vikings	Lions	Lions	Patriots	Bears
Last week's Record	7-8	4-11	4-11	7-8	3-12
2016 Record	36-27	32-31	29-34	29-34

	Erickson	Pianowski	Liss	Stopa	Del Don
Cardinals -4 at 49ers	Cardinals	49ers	49ers	Cardinals	49ers
Texans +6 at Vikings	Vikings	Texans	Vikings	Texans	Vikings
Titans +3.5 at Dolphins	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans
Patriots -10.5 at Browns	Browns	Browns	Browns	Patriots	Browns
Jets +7 at Steelers	Steelers	Steelers	Jets	Jets	Jets
Redskins +3.5 at Ravens	Redskins	Redskins	Ravens	Redskins	Redskins
Eagles -3 at Lions	Lions	Lions	Lions	Eagles	Lions
Bears +4.5 at Colts	Bears	Bears	Bears	Bears	Bears
Falcons +6 at Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos	Broncos
Bills +2.5 at Rams	Bills	Bills	Rams	Bills	Rams
Chargers +3.5 at Raiders	Raiders	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers
Bengals -1 at Cowboys	Bengals	Bengals	Cowboys	Bengals	Cowboys
Giants +7.5 at Packers	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants
Buccaneers +7 at Panthers	Buccaneers	Buccaneers	Buccaneers	Panthers	Buccaneers
Best Bet	Vikings	Lions	Lions	Patriots	Bears
Last week's Record	7-8	4-11	4-11	7-8	3-12
2016 Record	36-27	32-31	29-34	29-34	29-34
Best Bet Record	2-2	2-2	1-3	1-3	3-1
2016 Unanimous Pick Record	9-6
2016 Majority Pick Record	30-33
2015 Record	134-114-8	120-128-8	114-134-8	127-121-8	121-127-8
2014 Record	123-128-5	140-111-5	135-116-5	124-127-5	128-123-5
2013 Record	132-114-10	118-128-10	123-123-10	111-135-10	128-118-10
2012 Record	110-140-6	125-125-6	121-129-6	143-107-6	123-127-6
2011 Record	121-128-7	134-115-7	124-125-7	123-126-7	127-122-7
2010 Record	129-122-5	134-117-5	126-125-5	136-115-5	134-117-5
2009 Record	123-130-3	132-121-3	131-122-3	130-123-3	126-127-3
2008 Record	132-114-10	128-118-10	124-122-10	125-121-10	130-116-10
2007 Record	127-120	118-129	127-120	N/A	130-117
2006 Record	118-129	N/A	139-108	N/A	N/A
2005 Record	121-126	N/A	127-120	N/A	N/A
2004 Record	124-124	N/A	130-118	N/A	N/A
2003 Record	121-126	118-129	124-123	N/A	N/A
2002 Record	113-136	123-126	141-108	N/A	N/A
2001 Record	124-113	117-120	118-119	N/A	N/A
2000 Record	123-117	134-106	141-99	N/A	N/A

Unanimous/Majority Picks

This week we have four unanimous picks, the Titans, Bears, Broncos and Giants. We went 0-2 on unanimous picks last week, losing with the Jets and Cardinals to bring our season record to 9-6. We went 4-11 on majority (three or more writers) picks to bring our season record to 23-24.

Comments:

Writer	Comment
Erickson	Vikings seem like such a square pick, but it's founded on the notion that I don't think Brock Osweiler is very good at football. And the Vikes do a good job of taking away a team's best option - if Hopkins can't get free from Rhodes, is Fuller enough to get it done? I don't think so... The Lions are that home dog that nobody wants to take this week. So I'll take them... I'm already sick of taking the Cardinals, Niners and Giants. Given that the Cards and Niners are playing each other, that presents a problem. So I'll keep taking the teams I'm sick of taking in a reverse logic play... Not sure why the Colts merit more than three points - aren't they every bit the sad sack franchise that the Bears are? They have an allegedly great QB - he might be very good, hard to tell - but they've done such a crappy job of building the rest of the team. They deserve our scorn... Toughest picks were Bengals, Bills, Redskins.
Pianowski	I hated last week's slate, I hate this week's slate. I never feel confident on any Oakland or San Diego game. As great as Denver and Minnesota are on defense, it's not easy to spot chunky numbers on them. I am skeptical of the Rams as a favorite, though I do credit them for showing up so often as a dangerous underdog, unafraid to play anyone.
Liss	I didn't love the games this week, but the Rams jumped out as a good value to me (even if it's a little trappy), and I also like the Lions at home getting three against the Eagles.
Stopa	I don't care what their record is, I still don't believe the Ravens are any good. Same goes for the Raiders. Neither of those lines should be more than a FG... Patriots name their number in this spot. This line would be 13 or 14 is Brady had been playing all along, and he's so experienced I have zero concerns about rust.
Del Don	The Colts are terrible, and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they lose this game outright.

The players:

• Jeff Erickson: RotoWire Senior editor, 2001, 2008, 2013, 2015 Staff Picks Champ. Writes the Weekly Rankings. Covers and roots for the Bengals.

• Scott Pianowski: Fantasy expert for Yahoo! Sports, and also contributes to Rotowire.com. 2009, 2011 and 2014 Staff Picks Champ. Roots for the Patriots.

• Chris Liss: RotoWire Managing Editor, 2000, 2002, 2006 Staff Picks Champ, 2003, 2004 co-champ. Writes East Coast Offense, Beating the Book and the Survivor column in addition to Staff Picks. Covers and roots for the Giants.

• Mark Stopa: Staff Writer, 2010, 2012 Staff Picks Champ, Writes Run 'N' Shoot. Roots for the Bills.

• Dalton Del Don: Fantasy Expert for Yahoo! Sports, 2007 Staff Picks Champ. Roots for the 49ers.