Doc Brown is coming off his best week of the season, which means it’s time to fall back to reality with a poor week. After a 12-3 week against the spread, you know it’s going to be a .500 week at best. The good news is at least Doc hit the lock for the fourth week in a row, putting him at 15-4 (79 percent) for the season. It’s pretty darn hard to top that.
Below are the picks for Week 13 along with analysis below.
(ATS = Against the Spread, SU = Straight Up)
Doc Brown is locking the Steelers despite their inconsistent ways. They’re coming off a close win over the Titans on Monday night that they barely pulled out. They had a bye to get everything straight and they will be at home. They’re a vastly different team at home from the road, so being at Heinz will be a big help. The other thing is we saw how terrible the Saints looked against the run on Monday night. If Justin Forsett did that to them, what will Le’Veon Bell do? And if the Saints try to stack the box to stop the run, then Big Ben will beat them in the pass. Either way it should be a nice outing for Pittsburgh’s offense.
Some other notes: The Doc was initially high on the Colts until Washington switched QBs to Colt McCoy. Doc thinks Colt may be able to keep the Skins in the game close enough to cover. The Doc also thinks the Raiders will play well for a second week in a row. Teams that stink it up but finally get their first win of the season late in the year tend to play a second good game in a row, so that’s what we’re banking on. Lastly, Minnesota has been playing well and should continue that trend with a win and cover against the Panthers.
*Note: Doc switched three games from his original picks. He switched from Seattle to San Francisco and Kansas City to Denver less than 30 minutes before kickoff. He also switched from the Jets to the Dolphins on Sunday night.
