At this point, all we can really do is roll our weekly picks out there and see what happens. Del followed up an abysmal 2-11 week against the spread in Week 9 with a less-than-impressive 6-8 record in Week 11. The only positive we can take from last week is the 2-1 in the top-three selections. We’re a full 15 games below the 50-percent mark against the spread with seven weeks remaining. Will it be impossible to get our heads back above water? No, but we need a lot of luck.

Hopefully, that luck starts this week. That’s about all I have to say for myself. Here are Del’s Week 11 NFL Picks, with analysis of the top three (or four this week) after the sheet. Check back later in the week for Doc Brown’s picks.

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Doc has been destroyed on his picks over the past few weeks. Frankly, it’s been embarrassing. So we’re trying out a new strategy this week, and it already worked on the Thursday night game. We’re going with the Costanza plan.

If every instinct Doc has had lately has been wrong, then the opposite must be right, no? Instead of tuna on toast, coleslaw, and coffee, we’re going chicken salad on rye, untoasted, with potato salad, and tea.

There’s just too much bizarre stuff happening in the NFL lately and everything we think is going to happen has not been going down. That’s the logic behind these picks. Sure, Seattle’s much better than Atlanta, but the Seahawks probably aren’t going to cover on the road in the dome.

Everyone thinks the Broncos should blow out the Chargers, but it won’t be so easy on Sunday Night Football in San Diego. The Chargers have actually played very well in their last three games, and don’t underestimate the importance of John Fox not being on the sidelines for Denver.

Cincinnati’s 6-3 while Baltimore is 3-5 and has lost three in a row. Everything points to the Bengals being better and this being a game they should win, but the Ravens are at home for the first time since Week 6 and will put on a good show for the occasion.

Last week was a complete embarrassment. That’s pretty much all I can say. There’s no excuse for going 2-11 against the spread and 0-3 in the supposed “top three” selections, but Del figured out a way to do it. Simply put, we have to kill it over the second half of the season. Otherwise, we’re going to finish below the dreaded 50-percent mark. Del will do his best to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Without further misery, here are some Week 10 NFL Picks. Be sure to read the analysis of the top three (if you dare) after the chart and check back later in the week for Doc Brown’s picks.

This is getting very difficult to sugarcoat. After bouncing back with some impressive work against the spread in Week 6, Del is finding it difficult to gain momentum. Week 7 did not go very well, as we went a measly 5-10 against the spread and 1-2 with the top three. We’re entering the halfway point of the season this week, and it needs to get better — fast.

Hopefully Week 8 will begin the dominance. Here are Del’s Week 8 Picks, with analysis of the top three after the sheet. Check back later in the week for Doc Brown’s picks.

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