Week 6 featured a trio of back-door covers that absolutely killed Las Vegas, and Del was fortunate enough to be on the winning side in all three games. The end result was another solid week that featured a 9-6 record against the spread and 2-1 performance in locks of the week. Del has rattled off several winning weeks in a row now and the goal is to keep it that way. Our main focus will be making good selections with our weekly locks, so we’ll look to keep the ball rolling into Week 7.
Here are Del’s Week 7 NFL Picks, with analysis of this week’s locks after the chart.
(ATS = Against the Spread, SU = Straight Up)
Del locking in the Jaguars for a second straight week? The 0-6 Jaguars?! Jacksonville has to win a game or two at some point this season, right? Blake Bortles and company have been knocking on the door the past couple weeks, and I’m still not completely sold on the Browns. Bortles needs to do a better job of protecting the football and the Jags have to get something going on the ground, but I have a funny feeling they can keep things close at home against Cleveland. After Sunday, the Jaguars play the Dolphins, Bengals, Cowboys, Colts, Giants, Ravens, Titans and Texans twice. It’s now or never if they’re going to steal a win.
The line on the Cowboys-Giants game seems so low that I kind of have myself convinced I’m falling into a trap, but I’m going with Dallas anyway. Typically I’d say the Cowboys are in danger of coming out flat after a huge win on the road against the Seahawks, but they always get fired up to play the division rival Giants. And did anyone see how fired up the Giants were to play the division rival Eagles last week. Without Victor Cruz or Rashad Jennings, I don’t see how Eli Manning and company can keep this one close. DeMarco Murray is the best running back in the league and it’s not close. The final score of this game shouldn’t be, either.
