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Last week: 12-4 (7-4-5 against the spread) Season record: 161-94-1 (114-112-30 against the spread) 2007 season: 174-82 (118-105-33 against the spread) Falcons @ Cardinals Atlanta has all the momentum and is probably the more confident team, but the Cards were 6-2 at home and have the more experienced...
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Brad Gagnon
on 01-03-2009
Filed under: Picks, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers
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Karma is a concept that goes deeper than the intellectual class of this blog, but let’s humour ourselves for just a minute and try to explain why karma killed the Denver Broncos this season. We won’t get all theoretical on your asses, but the basic premise of karma is that what goes around comes around...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-28-2008
Filed under: Picks, Rear-view Monday, Denver Broncos, Peyton Manning, Adrian Peterson, San Diego Chargers, karma
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With 16 weeks under our belts, injuries have once again ravaged the National Football League. We kicked things off with a bang, literally and figuratively, to Tom Brady’s knee. Since then: Carson Palmer, Matt Hasselbeck, Derek Anderson, Brady Quinn, Jon Kitna, Damon Huard, Aaron Schobel, Keith Rivers...
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Officially, the AFC and NFC Championship games will be held on Sunday, January 18. But the hype machine is working extra hours this week in advance of what many are calling the prequels to those big games. The Panthers and the Giants are playing for the first seed in the NFC, while the Steelers and Titans...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-20-2008
Filed under: Picks, New York Giants, Tennessee Titans, Sunday Preview, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers
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So our publishing application has this strange setting that forces us to make every title unique, which is why we're thankful these Thursday night games are finally coming to an end. Although coming up with titles has become a fun little challenge: Nov. 13: Thursday night pick Nov. 20: Thursday night...
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It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen four teams from one division dominate on home turf like the representatives from the NFC South. Teams from that division are a combined 24-2 within friendly confines this season. The two losses: Atlanta fell 24-20 to Denver in week 11 and New Orleans lost to...
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Brad Gagnon
on 12-13-2008
Filed under: Picks, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints
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We said earlier in the week that we felt sorry for NFL Network for its upcoming schedule of games, but as we look deeper, it isn’t that bad. New Orleans is still alive in the playoff race, while the Bears are trying to stay within reaching distance of the Vikings in the NFC North. We’re going with the...
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Well, we’re less than a day away. Tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. ET, at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON, for the fourth time in history, the National Football League will play a regular-season game on foreign soil. Not flooded with excitement? Yeah, if Rogers Communications’ incomprehensible prices, the not...
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We don't miss a lot of games, but if we have to miss one, Oakland - San Diego ain't bad. We're at The Score's Christmas party (nay, "festive party") Thursday night, and, oddly enough for a sports network, probably won't have access to the game (maybe people who work in sports...
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If it’s possible to go uphill after winning the Super Bowl, the New York Giants have done just that. The 2008 season has been a fairytale follow-up to their XLII upset of the New England Patriots. Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning have to think they’ve been dreaming. For Plaxico Burress, it’s been a nightmare...
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Happy Thanksgiving to our American readers! Welcome to work day number 228, Canadian readers! This is the single best day of the year to work in sports media. It was the day we all suddenly became sick in elementary school, the day we all cut in high school and the day we all … well everything stayed...
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Last year, the Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets and Miami Dolphins were bad football teams. They had a combined record of 9-39. If the Jets and Dolphins weren’t already in the same division, they all would’ve been last-place finishers. This year, it’s been a different story. 2007: Nine total wins. 2008...
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Brad Gagnon
on 11-22-2008
Filed under: Picks, Sunday Preview, Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins
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Injuries will be the biggest factor when the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers get together for the third Thursday night game of the year. Adalius Thomas' injury played a big part in our successful choice to take the Jets over the Patriots last week, so we'll stick with the same system...
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Buried amid the hoopla surrounding rookies Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Chris Johnson and Jerod Mayo, Denver Broncos left tackle Ryan Clady is having a stupendous rookie season. Clady, the 12 th -overall pick out of Boise State, didn’t give up a single sack in the season’s first two months, leading an offensive...
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Picking games this year has been a struggle for us here at the Goal-Line Stand. Just ask our new friend Lars . Last Thursday, we tried to right that trend by picking the Browns to beat the Broncos for the following reasons: "...seal brown and burnt orange are our favourite colours. Because 'C'...
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Some are calling it “rivalry week” in the NFL. Five games in particular stand out in week 10. We take a closer look in the Sunday Preview. Packers @ Vikings: NFC North on the line It doesn’t feel like the Packers and Vikings have identical records. Aaron Rodgers has exceeded expectations and the Packers...
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Gotta say, these Thursday night games really throw a wrench into our routine here at the Goal-Line Stand. We have a specific process in place that helps us make our picks on a weekly basis. Without said process, we'd likely be struggling just to stay within reach of .500 against the spread. Wait...
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You could argue that there’s a “stronger” conference in every professional sport. In the NHL, the Western Conference has dominated the East for years; same deal in the NBA. Teams from the western conferences have won eight of the last 11 Stanley Cups and seven of the last 10 NBA championships. The CFL...
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As we approach the midway point of the NFL season, we’re trying to figure out where we are in terms of the big picture. The Major League Baseball season has distinct points. April and May don’t matter, June and July are the dog days, and August and September make up the home stretch. But the NFL season...
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If it can save the Miami Dolphins, winners of one game in 2007 and coming off a blowout loss to the Arizona Cardinals, it can save anyone, right? We figured that would be the belief after the Dolphins unleashed the Wildcat offence in week 3 against the Patriots. After all, if a team that scored 24 points...