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Expert NFL Week 17 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Thursday, December 27th, 2012

We’ve reached the conclusion of the 2012 NFL regular season as we are now headed to Week 17. In the AFC the six playoff teams have already been determined. However, it is still an open race for which teams will be the #1, #2 and #3 seed. In the NFC only 4 teams have punched [...]

Expert NFL Week 16 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Thursday, December 20th, 2012

The 2012 NFL regular season is approaching its conclusion and surprisingly week 16 has a full slate of games with playoff implications. This week I focused on handicapping 4 games with low point spreads that all have strong playoff implications. These week 16 picks are provided below. New York Giants @ Baltimore Ravens This is [...]

Expert NFL Week 15 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Friday, December 14th, 2012

The 2012 NFL Season is now in Week 15 and I’m writing this post on early Friday morning in the hours after the Bengals defeated the Eagles on Thursday night. That result has virtually eliminated the Bills, Dolphins, Browns and Chargers from the post season and has reduced the Jets chances. With that game having [...]

Expert NFL Week 14 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

The 2012 NFL Season heads to week 14 and as always in this article I’ll provide you my free picks and predictions against the spread. First, an update: though thirteen weeks my free picks here at The Sports Geek have gone 21-19-1 for -0.60 units. Being slightly down on the season is mostly attributed to [...]

Expert NFL Week 13 Picks Against The Spread 2012

Written by Jim | Friday, November 30th, 2012

The 2012 NFL Season has reached week 13 and I’m back with my free picks and predictions against the spread. This week I have two teaser bets and two plays from important Monday Night Football division matchup of New York Giants @ Washington Redskins played Monday December 3, 2012 at 8:30 PM Eastern Time Zone. [...]

Expert NFL Week 12 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Monday, November 19th, 2012

The 2012 NFL season moves to week 12 and I’m back with my free picks and predictions against the spread. We have an exciting week this week as there no longer any teams with a bye week and three of this week’s full slate of 16 games will be played on Thursday. This is of [...]

Expert NFL Week 11 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Friday, November 16th, 2012

The 2012 NFL Season heads to week 11 and the big story is QB injuries. Last week starting quarterbacks Michael Vick (Philadelphia Eagles), Alex Smith (San Francisco 49ers) and Jay Cutler (Chicago Bears) suffered concussions and QB Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh Steelers) suffered a very serious shoulder injury. This shakes thing up a bit in the [...]

Expert NFL Week 10 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Thursday, November 8th, 2012

The 2012 NFL Season heads to week 10. Coming off our first 3-0 week of the season I’m back with free picks and predictions. The first thing to mention is I’m making this post on Thursday night which is the latest I’ve been with my free picks thus far this season. That’s not at all [...]

Expert NFL Week 9 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Thursday, November 1st, 2012

The 2012 NFL Season heads to Week 9. Before getting to my picks, let me recap the season. Prior to last week I had gone 2-1 five times for 5 of 7 winning weeks. Last week I went 0-3. I did the same in week 3 and in week 5 I went 1-2. The season [...]

Expert NFL Week 8 Picks Against The Spread

Written by Jim | Monday, October 22nd, 2012

**URGENT TIMING ** It is currently Sunday night and Week 7 Sunday games have just concluded. I’m getting my 2012 NFL Week 8 picks against the spread out early. I apologize for the sloppy nature of this post but there are some openers that are important to jump on early for maximum value. As always [...]