NFL Predictions: Week 2 Picks and Hot Takes From Across the League
By Joe Wedra
Well that was fun. I don’t know about you, but I had a heck of a time watching all of the week one action unfold. Who knew football could be so exciting? Oh, wait, I did. Seven months ago I knew that… and after an NFL drought, that feeling is yet again back. Celebrate good times!
I went 11-5 in my opening week of predictions, which isn’t an awful number considering that the first week is notoriously difficult to project. On the flip side, 11 out of 16 is just good enough to set the bar actually fairly high, setting myself up for massive disappointment when one of those 8-8 weeks creep up on me.
Heck, that could be this week. Who knows? That’s the beauty of predicting the NFL. It’s an odd, unpredictable, unexplainable beast, and we wouldn’t want it any other way.
Anyway, onward with the predictions for this weekend. You can read last week’s column here. Again, these picks are strictly for entertainment purposes and in no way am I claiming to be any more than a football-viewer putting thoughts on paper. It’s a fun column to write, but I’m like the rest of the world making pro football picks – no better than your 90-year-old grandmother picking names out of a hat.
Okay, maybe a little better. But not much. One year in the not-so distant past, my weekly pick ‘em group was badly beaten by a senior citizen who doesn’t watch a down of football on Sundays. That should tell you everything you need to know about the expertise of these selections.
However, hopefully these picks and their explanations can be an entertaining build-up to a weekend of NFL action that we’re all looking forward to. Now sit back, keep avoiding the work that you’re supposed to be doing right now and enjoy the week’s picks.
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