My Thursday Pick

Jacksonville -10.5 at Atlanta

My wife has taken a couple of months off to stay home with our new daughter. She is money. Rarely wakes me up to do anything and takes care of the kid all night so that I can sleep. A couple of nights ago she had to wake me up to hold the kid while she drained some excellence (That's what we drain in the Staton family). So I'm holding my daughter at 2:30 am, she is wide awake, looking at me, probably wondering who the hell this giant guy is and why isn't he letting me suck on his breasts to eat. Then all of a sudden she gags and throws up out her mouth and nose all over herself. Now I'm scrambling, trying to find a rag to wipe her down and clean the barf off my pillow.

Awesome.

Here's your daughter. Oh how cute. Barf.

That's pretty much how I feel about tonight's game and the line, which is currently up to 14, but we are picking at 10.5. Here's a random Thursday night game. Oh the Jaguars and the Falcons. Barf.

Honestly, Atlanta could win by 30, Jacksonville could control the clock and win by a TD, or Atlanta could win a tight game due to Jacksonville's pass defense, which is better than people think.

Since 1996 these teams have played 4 times. Jacksonville has won 3 of them. Atlantas only win was by 7 points when Wade Phillips was their head coach. Wait, Wade Phillips was the head coach in Atlanta?

Atlanta has only one 2 games this year by more than 10 points (Carolina and Indy) and Jacksonville has only lost by more than 10 twice (Jets and Chargers).

Really I don't like either side of this game. But all the data points to this being a closer game, so I'm going with the Jags.