At the quarter pole of the NFL season, Steelers writer Gar Bercury maintains a narrow lead in our NFL picks feature. He gave a little ground this week, as his impressive 8-6 mark was bested by the other three writers, who all finished 9-5. This week, everyone likes the Atlanta Falcons over the Washington Redskins and the Denver Broncos over the Oakland Raiders. What do you think NFL fans? Like em? Love em? Think you can do better? Sound off or make your own picks in the comments below. ... Read More
PSN Week 3 NFL picks
Due to technical difficulties, we won't have our little fancy graphic this week, but the show must go on. Here are our Week 3 picks: Pittsburgh (-1.5) at St. Louis: Alan Saunders: Steelers Gar Bercury: Steelers Michael Waterloo: Steelers Matt Shetler: Rams San Diego (+1.5) at Minnesota AS: Chargers GB: Vikings MW: Chargers MS: Vikings Tampa Bay (+3.5) at Houston: AS: Tampa Bay GB: Houston MW: Houston MS: Tampa Bay Philadelphia (-2.5) at NY ... Read More
Week 2 NFL picks
After Week 1, it's hockey writer Alan Saunders with the early lead. Saunders went an impressive 10-5 in the first week. He was the only one to correctly pick Carolina over Jacksonville and went 3-for-3 in prime time, nailing the Giants over the Cowboys, San Fran over Minnesota and Atlanta over Philadelphia. The rest of the crew didn't do so badly, either. Our four writers combined went 34-26. Only Matt Shetler (7-8) had a losing record. This week, there is a lot more agreement, as all ... Read More
NFL Picks for Week 1
Four members of our Pittsburgh Sporting News staff will be making their NFL picks each week this season. Editors Michael Waterloo and Matt Shetler, Steelers writer Gar Bercury and Penguins writer Alan Saunders (what's he doing here?) will pick each Sunday and Monday game of the 2015 NFL season. At the end of the season... um... something will happen to the winner, and... something else (hopefully worse) will happen to the loser. Clearly we didn't really think this out very well. Do you agree ... Read More