Bik's Week 2 Picks: Wedding Version

The Week 2 Picks are a day late thanks to a wedding I was at on Friday. I was initially skeptical about a Friday wedding having usually only been to Saturday affairs, but gotta admit, not having a hangover on Sunday in the fall-winter during football season has turned me into a proponent into Friday Weddings. Not to mention there isn’t the overlying dread of those who don’t want to face the Two-Day Hangover from a Saturday Night binge-fest in celebration of a wedding. Factor in the day off work you can take, I’m not seeing much downside to a Friday wedding. So with that in mind, your Week 2 Picks will have a wedding theme to it.

Home Team is in CAPS

Bears (+5.5) over PACKERS

Packers won 23-10

BILLS (-3) over Chiefs

The Guestbook: Your chance to make a mark on the joyous day. This is the Bills chance to make their mark in the AFC and stay true to their sleeper potential. Ryan Fitzpatrick didn’t look great vs. the Jets, but going up against that D is never easy, and they come back home.

BENGALS (-7) over Browns

The Dinner service/Buffet: I love that part during the reception when people are just chomping at the bit to get to the food, and just made to wait till the wedding party gets in and the intro’s are done. The Bengals, despite the scoreline, didn’t look THAT bad versus the Ravens. The Ravens – are really good. Bengals M.O is to win the games they should, lose games they should. Enjoy this feast – get seconds.

Vikings (-3) over COLTS

Last Call: It's the end of the night, you are pretty sloppy by this point but you still gotta rush to the bar to stock up. It’s Andrew Luck’s home debut against Christian Ponder and things are going to be sloppy. The equalizer?  The genetic freak that is Adrian Peterson. Don’t know how the Colts are going to solve him.

DOLPHINS (+2.5) over Raiders

The Garter Toss: The point in the wedding when guys begrudgingly take the floor. I’m begrudgingly making a pick for this game. The Raiders are going cross country on a short week and playing an early game, a recipe for disaster.

PATRIOTS (-13.5) over Cardinals

The Open Bar: You get a wedding with an Open Bar and people are going to have a good time. The Cardinals on the road vs. Tom Brady who will deal with the blitz packages better than Russell Wilson did, plus far superior play-calling by the Pats.

Buccaneers (+7.5) over GIANTS

The Open Mic Speeches: You want to hear special stories so you figure, how about we let anyone talk.... not thinking of the potential hazard and you forgot that you invited THAT Uncle. I officially don’t know what to make of the Giants because I gave them an open mic last week, forgetting that they start slow, and how awkwardly horrendous they are at home (25-23 since 2006). And don’t forget 2 years ago Josh Freeman was the MASTER at the backdoor cover, and this game has backdoor cover potential written all over it.

Ravens (+2.5) over EAGLES

First Dance: All the guests know that you’ve danced before, but all eyes are on you for this one as it’s such a huge moment. Andy Reid, all eyes are on you... you’ve been in this situation before and we’ve seen it end miserably. Eagles SCRAPED by against Cleveland and Week 1 and now you get the Ravens who are primed to become early hype Super-Bowl favourites.

PANTHERS (+2.5) over Saints

The Dance Floor: As the night progresses the dance floor gets livelier and livelier. The scoreboard is going to be lively in this game. The Saints didn’t look like had a game-plan to begin the game nor did they seem to have an answers for RGIII. Meet Cam Newton. New Orleans also has an odd-feel to it. Like the 2010 Colts. They weren’t bad yet, but Brees (like Manning) is masking some of this teams true flaws.

Texans (-7) over JAGUARS

Conga Line: The Conga Line is all about following the person in front of you – and does anyone really wanna buck the trend and go against conformity by taking the Jags?

RAMS (+3.5) over Redskins

Chicken Dance: I’ve never understood the fascination with the Chicken Dance but it seems like people go NUTS when it comes on. The football world is going NUTS right now for Robert Griffin III. But facing a team with an interim x2 head coach is different than playing Jeff Fisher. Rams also played impressively vs. Detroit picking off Matt Stafford numerous times. ‘Skins WR’s combined not as good as MegaTron.

SEAHWKS (+3) over Cowboys

Bouquet Toss: Look, I’m not female so I don’t totally get this fascination – but this is by far the most overrated event of any wedding. It’s like a 5 minute break from fun. The ‘Hawks were a sneaky underdog pick to upset the established order in the NFC, but the offence just wouldn’t click in Week 1. Tony Romo may be the most scrutinized QB and potentially overrated. The Seahawks have that home-field advantage so I’ll take the dog at home.

Steelers (-5) over JETS

Glass clanging: I get it, it has to be done... You want to clang the glasses to get the happy couple to kiss– it just doesn’t need to be beaten to death. Which is exactly what happened to the Jets this off-season. Everything about them was just beaten to death and then they showed up and proved everyone wrong in Week 1. No Polamalu or Revis in this game which changes things, but I think Revis is more influential to what the Jets want to do defensively than Polamalu is to Pittsburgh.

Titans (+6.5) over CHARGERS

Cake Cutting: A subtle and often over-looked part of the day. Titans got out of their game-plan vs. the Patriots with getting down and forcing Jake Locker to throw and win the game. They need to utilize CJ2K to be successful and he’ll get more work and yards in this game. Chargers were given so many miscues by the Raiders and still only pulled out an 8 point win.  

49’ERS (-7) over Lions

The Bride Enters: The moment when everyone stands up and we’re all focused on 1 thing. It’s the night game. The first meeting since that infamous handshake between Jim Schwartz and John Harbaugh. The Lions already have a meek running game and the 49’ers swallow up the run. They took away Aaron Rodgers ability to go for the big pass, and they’ll try to make someone other than MegaTron beat them.

Broncos (+3.5) over FALCONS

Best Man Speech: Big pressure moment of the day, maybe the biggest. A true stand and deliver moment - are you ready for the stage... Well Matt Ryan, are you ready for the stage? In comes Peyton Manning, who remains as smart and sharp as ever proving there’s no correlation between 4 neck surgeries and your brain. He absolutely dissected the Steelers, and now he’s in a dome. All the pressure in this game is on Ryan – luckily for him it’s at home. But if things go awry early, the nervous energy scale in the crowd could go through the roof.

Last week 7-9-0

Season 7-10-0