Pitiful.
But we’ve been here plenty of times and we know that, with so many good weeks, we were going to run into a terrible one. It’s the nature of the beast. Do I wish that were the case? Of course not.
We are also at the end of the first quarter of the season. Which means that we are only now starting to settle into the year and its rhythm.
Below are predictions for each game against the spread. Spreads have been taken from various websites and are subject to change. The spread in parenthesis denotes the selected team. Spread is listed as advertised number and odds at either DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook, or Fanatics Sportsbook (formerly PointsBet). All efforts were made to provide picks at -110 or better, with some stretching to a -125 if no reasonable advertised spread was found.
*Confidence Picks – 2026 Season: 16-11 (Last Week: 2-4)
(2024 Season: 65-57) (2023 Season: 63-61-4) (2022 Season: 54-54-5) (2021 Season: 55-50) (2020 Season: 53-42-3) (2019 Season: 57-43-3) (2018 Season: 63-48-4) (2017 Season: 53-48-4) (2016 Season: 53-67-3) (2015 Season: 69-45-2) (2014 Season: 61-46-2) (2025 Season: 63-53-1) (12-Year Total: 709-614-31)
All Picks Against Spread – 2026 Season: 33-30-1 (Last Week: 3-12-1)
(2024 Season: 148-136-1) (2023 Season: 142-135-8) (2022 Season: 143-132-9) (2021 Season: 158-126-2) (2020 Season: 132-128-7) (2019 Season: 142-118-7) (2018 Season: 137-118-12) (2017 Season: 137-119-11) (2016 Season: 123-136-8) (2015 Season: 143-117-7) (2014 Season: 149-114-4) (2025 Season: 151-133-1) (12-Year Total: 1705-1512-77)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys
However you want to look at the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys, it’s easy to dismiss the the Buccaneers. They have no quarterback, no time to prepare for a short week and, based on what I have personally written for years, no head coach we can trust to get the team to a point where they can compete in the face of adversity — Todd Bowels has literally one playoff win in his entire career.
But, of course, this is not