Staff Picks: Raiders and Giants

Staff Picks: Raiders and Giants

This article is part of our NFL Picks series.

A couple interesting developments this week. First off, we have a new sheriff in town with Erickson going 9-6 and pulling ahead of Pianowski by one game. But I went 11-4, thought I'd make up a bunch of ground, only to see DDD of all people went 13-2! He's now four games ahead of me, three games ahead of Payne and only eight games out of first place. 

This week we all like the Giants and Raiders. Erickson and DDD both made the 49ers their best bets, while Payne and I both took the Ravens. 

 EricksonPianowskiLissPayneDel Don
49ers -10 at Cardinals49ersCardinalsCardinalsCardinals49ers
Texans -2 vs JaguarsJaguarsJaguarsJaguarsTexansTexans
Redskins +9.5 at BillsRedskinsBillsRedskinsBillsRedskins
Titans +4 at PanthersTitansPanthersPanthersPanthersPanthers
Bears +5 at EaglesBearsBearsEaglesBearsEagles
Vikings -2.5 at ChiefsVikingsChiefsVikingsChiefsVikings
Jets -3 at DolphinsJetsDolphinsDolphinsDolphinsJets
Colts pick 'em at SteelersSteelersColtsColtsColtsSteelers
Lions +2 at RaidersRaidersRaidersRaidersRaidersRaiders
Buccaneers +6 at SeahawksSeahawksSeahawksBuccaneersSeahawksBuccaneers
Browns -3 at BroncosBrownsBroncosBroncosBrownsBroncos
Packers -3.5 at ChargersPackersChargersPackersChargersChargers
Patriots -3.5 at RavensPatriotsRavensRavensRavensRavens
Cowboys -7 at GiantsGiantsGiantsGiantsGiantsGiants
Best Bet49ersBroncosRavensRavens49ers
Last week's Record9-67-811-45-1013-2
2019 Record67-5466-5555-6656-65

A couple interesting developments this week. First off, we have a new sheriff in town with Erickson going 9-6 and pulling ahead of Pianowski by one game. But I went 11-4, thought I'd make up a bunch of ground, only to see DDD of all people went 13-2! He's now four games ahead of me, three games ahead of Payne and only eight games out of first place. 

This week we all like the Giants and Raiders. Erickson and DDD both made the 49ers their best bets, while Payne and I both took the Ravens. 

 EricksonPianowskiLissPayneDel Don
49ers -10 at Cardinals49ersCardinalsCardinalsCardinals49ers
Texans -2 vs JaguarsJaguarsJaguarsJaguarsTexansTexans
Redskins +9.5 at BillsRedskinsBillsRedskinsBillsRedskins
Titans +4 at PanthersTitansPanthersPanthersPanthersPanthers
Bears +5 at EaglesBearsBearsEaglesBearsEagles
Vikings -2.5 at ChiefsVikingsChiefsVikingsChiefsVikings
Jets -3 at DolphinsJetsDolphinsDolphinsDolphinsJets
Colts pick 'em at SteelersSteelersColtsColtsColtsSteelers
Lions +2 at RaidersRaidersRaidersRaidersRaidersRaiders
Buccaneers +6 at SeahawksSeahawksSeahawksBuccaneersSeahawksBuccaneers
Browns -3 at BroncosBrownsBroncosBroncosBrownsBroncos
Packers -3.5 at ChargersPackersChargersPackersChargersChargers
Patriots -3.5 at RavensPatriotsRavensRavensRavensRavens
Cowboys -7 at GiantsGiantsGiantsGiantsGiantsGiants
Best Bet49ersBroncosRavensRavens49ers
Last week's Record9-67-811-45-1013-2
2019 Record67-5466-5555-6656-6559-62
Best Bet Record4-45-33-55-34-4
Unanimous Pick Record9-7    
Majority Pick Record58-63    
2018 Record125-122-9134-113-9141-106-9N/A120-127-9
2017 Record117-125-14128-114-14117-125-14N/A98-144-14
2016 Record140-111-5130-121-5123-128-5N/A132-119-5
2015 Record134-114-8120-128-8114-134-8N/A121-127-8
2014 Record123-128-5140-111-5135-116-5N/A128-123-5
2013 Record132-114-10118-128-10123-123-10N/A128-118-10
2012 Record110-140-6125-125-6121-129-6N/A123-127-6
2011 Record121-128-7134-115-7124-125-7N/A127-122-7
2010 Record129-122-5134-117-5126-125-5N/A134-117-5
2009 Record123-130-3132-121-3131-122-3N/A126-127-3
2008 Record132-114-10128-118-10124-122-10N/A130-116-10
2007 Record127-120118-129127-120N/A130-117
2006 Record118-129N/A139-108N/AN/A
2005 Record121-126N/A127-120N/AN/A
2004 Record124-124N/A130-118N/AN/A
2003 Record121-126118-129124-123N/AN/A
2002 Record113-136123-126141-108N/AN/A
2001 Record124-113117-120118-119N/AN/A
2000 Record123-117134-106141-99N/AN/A

This week we have two unanimous picks, the Giants and Raiders. Last week, we lost with the Jets, but won with the Giants, Seahawks and Dolphins, bringing our record to 9-7 on unanimous picks. We also went 10-5 on majority picks (three or more writers) to go 58-63 on the year. We were 26-21-1 on unanimous picks and 132-115-9 on majority picks in 2018. 

WriterComment
EricksonHated this week -- when we did "Guess the Lines" on SXM on Tuesday, I was on the exact number five times. I hate that -- I want easy decisions!  Second best bet is the Seahawks, third is Jaguars. The rest is spaghetti thrown against the wall.
PianowskiAnother slate I don't have a lot of faith in. But I certainly can't sign off on Cleveland being favored on the road against a team that isn't awful. Denver has plenty of flaws, and an unknown at quarterback. But it's not like Joe Flacco was helping, and even with him the Broncos should have won on the road against a sound Colts team. 
LissI picked the Ravens as my best bet only because I'm not positive Case Keenum will be healthy enough to play Sunday. If I knew he were playing, I'd have gone with the Redskins. I also like the Raiders.  
PayneI need my head examined after picking the Giants, again. The Patriots aren't as good as everyone thinks, I'll come back and admit I'm wrong if they easily put away the Ravens this week.
Del DonBack to the well with the 49ers, although that line continues to creep up after once again opening at an utterly disrespectful level. 

The players:

• Jeff Erickson: RotoWire Senior editor, 2001, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016 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, 2014 and 2017 Staff Picks Champ. Roots for the Patriots.

• Chris Liss: RotoWire Managing Editor, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2018 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.

• Kevin Payne: Staff Writer, Writes our Waiver Wire column. Roots for the Bills.

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

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