I happened to peruse the expert picks for this week's NFL games this morning, and couldn't help but notice the number of unanimous picks. Maybe it is just the product of this year's matchups, or of important factors like injuries to star players like Peyton Manning or Eric Berry. It just seems odd to me that there are so many games that many deem so apparently predetermined.
One of the great strengths of the NFL regular season has long been that anybody seems to be able to pull out a game on any given Sunday. Perhaps the experts just don't want to go out on a limb as much and pick upsets, but the unanimity seems to suggest that most of the games are heavily favored one way. It is at least encouraging that there have been surprise starts like the Redskins possibly leading their division at 2-0 with a win this week, or the mighty NFC South having every team lose their opening game. But it would be nice to see less uniformity and more intrigue when picking games.
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