In the picture here Brett Favre scoops up Greg Jennings to celebrate his record-breaking 421st TD pass. Fittingly, the 1st quarter FLICK gave Green Bay a 7-0 lead in an eventual 23-16 win at Minnesota. Favre added another TD pass to rookie WR James Jones in the 4th quarter as the Pack moved to 4-0.
Meanwhile, fulfilling dp's NFC North prophecy, Detroit exploded for an NFL-record 34 4th quarter points to surprise Chicago 37-27.
Once again, dp demonstrated deadeye precision...
slightly over half the time. Once again, the NFL demonstrated remarkable volatility, as the underdogs went a ridiculous 9-4 (Green Bay was actually a 2-point favorite at most sports books.) Despite dp's reluctance to back any underdogs this week, there were actually plenty to choose from. dp did correctly predict Seattle's victory at San Francisco, but he missed the mark badly in backing Philly(McNabb sacked 12 times?!) and Carolina (dp should have known better, as he violated his own never-bet-on-a-backup-QB policy.) Even more embarrassingly, these teams were actually slight favorites, and although dp correctly backed Seattle, he only assigned the Seahawks three points, the lowest index of confidence possible in a bye week, in the FLICKsters NFL Picks Pool.
Then again, 60% isn't so bad, even with a theoretical 5% vig, especially considering that dp is almost always picking underdogs to win, thereby capitalizing with the higher moneyline payout (if gambling were legal).
In any case, dp, the digital producer, will un-dauntedly proffer daring picks in Week 5. Check back Saturday for the upset special.
Week 4 record: 3-2
Season record: 6-4