NFL Week 11 Picks: Eagles, Packers Move Beyond the Blowouts

November 15, 2014   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

Riffs, rants, observations and dissenting opinions from the voices in my head: Here's a warped and dented take on this weekend's games, including thoughts about what it means to win a blowout and what it means to win a bye week. 
Note: All times listed are Eastern, lines are via Odds Shark and game capsules are listed in the order you should read them.
 
Eagles at Packers 
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. 
Line: Packers -7
Everybody's blowing everybody else out these days. If a team isn't trouncing its opponent, it's getting trounced. What ever happened to old-fashioned 10-point victories? Nowadays, every final is 55-14 or 45-21. Even the Ravens and Steelers don't play 23-20 games anymore: They take turns thumping each other in 26-6 and 43-20 routs. Kids these days need to get their Google off my lawn. 
There have been 39 games decided by 20 or more points this season. There were only 53 such blowouts in 2013, 57 in 2012 and 54 in 2011. Not ...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - NFL
Article is property of BleacherReport.com