Gerrit Cole in his two career starts he has given three runs up each outing. Both of those games ended in a total over eight. Its a daytime start with warmer weather in the Bronx in the mid-60;s and I expect some HR's to right field with the short porch.


The Yankees love fastballs and the stadium will be rocking and he gave up 3 runs to the Yankees last time and there are plenty of hitters who know how that field works and can work well off that fast ball. The Astros led the majors in hitting and will get some good pitches today against Severino. I am playing OVER THE TOTAL here on Tuesday afternoon.

The Lions have somehow won four straight against the Packers, and Davante Adams is OUT for this one.
The Lions aren't that far away from being 4-0, and coming off their BYE with 2 weeks to prepare.
I expect Detroit to bounce-back with a great defensive performance and I think this will be an ugly drag out game. I see both quarterbacks will have their hands full with these 2 respective defensive fronts. Look for a very low scoring affair on MNF so back the UNDER.

I look Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals to get another win here. He is their ace and the Cardinals struggled on the road this year winning just 50%. This Nationals finished the season strong and I like them to continue to play great ball.
In their last 4 games the Nats pitchers have only given up a total of 5 runs.

Strasburg hung in after a pair of early homers to give the Nats six solid innings in their comeback win in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the NLDS.
He now has a 1.32 postseason ERA in six career games, and has struck out 45 in 34 innings.
I'm riding the Nats here at home to win Game 3 on Monday night.

I expect the pitching to dominate on both sides here as neither pitcher gives up the longball.

I think Verlander shuts the Yankees bats down as he is 1-0 with a 4.15 ERA in 2 starts vs Yankees this year and 10-4 2.34 ERA at home with opponents batting .180 against him at home. For the Yanks James Paxton is 8-3 with a 4.33 ERA on the road and the Under is 11-3 in Yankees last 14 vs. a team with a winning record and the Under is 13-5-1 in Verlanders last 19 home starts.
Look for another UNDER here in game 2 on Sunday night.

The Vikings have won 3 games this year, all against teams with bottom ten pass defenses. They have played two teams with top 15 pass defenses and lost both games.



The Eagles will have to focus their gameplan on containing Cook, and they should be able to accomplish that. Philly currently allows the fewest rushing yards per game of any team in the league. Their front 4 is the strength of the team and will face a Viking O-Line that is one of the weakest in the league. And when Cousins drops back to pass, there will be Eagles in his face all day. Philly has 13 sacks on the year, and Cousins has been sacked 11 times. The Eagle defense will be too much this week and I look for Wentz to pick apart the Vikes defense and grab the win.

The Jaguars are being seriously undervalued at home in this spot. Teddy Bridgewater has played well but 2 games at home helped him. Now they have to go on the road and play a very good defense.
The Jags only gave up 180+ passing yards to Allen last time so they have a good pass defense and they can load up the box here against the Saints and make Teddy try to beat them.
The Saints did give up nearly 100 yards rushing to Tampa Bay who does not have much of a running attack and now they face Fournette and Jax. There is also Minshew who has been solid and I like Jacksonville to get us the cash here on Sunday afternoon.

I look for the Browns to bounce after the MNF shitshow. 85% of the public is on Seattle here.
Seattle beat Arizona on the road and also Steelers without Big Ben so a few easy road games..
The Browns have alternated wins and loss their first 5 games and desperate for a win here heading into the BYE week, and I think they can get it against a Seahawks team. The Seahawks secondary is weak and I think Baker and his WR's will come up big.

With multiple starters on Seattle's O-line doubtful, this could also be a big day for the Cleveland defensive front as well.

Both of these defenses are tough and with this being a late game on Saturday night I look for a low scoring game.
I expect this to be a tight game as Washington comes off a tough loss to Stanford, losing 23-13.
That was the most points they have allowed all season, as they have held opponents to 20 points or less in 5 straight games.
The Arizona defense has been tough in 3 of their last 4 games.
I expect them to be more focused on defense here Saturday night as both are tops in the Pac conference. The Under is 12-3 in Huskies last 15 vs. a team with a winning record and also the Under is 5-1 in Huskies last 6 road games.

These two teams have played an equal schedule yet San Diego St is +53 YPG while Wyoming is -47 YPG overall in comparison. Wyoming is +8 TO’s for the year and that has led to the most fake 4-1 team in the country with the Cowboys getting out-gained by almost 100 YPG against the 4 opponents not named UNLV. So they've caught some major breaks with turnovers. SD State RB Juwan Washington will also make his first start since the opener and will be the difference maker here on Saturday night.

Boise St has won 6 straight home games by 20 o r more points and on Saturday night I just see Boise matching up well with a Hawaii team across a lot of levels on and off the field, especially with Boise having been at home almost all season, with the Warriors in their second straight road game trip off the Big Island. I’m taking the Boise St Broncos.