[Mark's Moneymakers]

What a great day it is going to be. The NFL officially kicks off Thursday night and my favorite team, the Miami Dolphins are playing at the defending Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers. I live about 100 miles outside of Pittsburgh and 95% of the people around here are steeler fans, I am definitely the minority. The Steeler fans already have a built in excuse in case they lose with “Big Ben” being out. I almost wish he was playing, so when we do beat them they would have no excuse. I guess you can tell who my pick is going to be on.


Here is how I am going to rate my plays this year in the nfl, it is the same as I do in college ball.

Best bets are three unit plays
Strong plays are two unit plays
Regular plays are for one unit

I am also making picks called opinions, the are just for fun and no units are involved.

I have a history of not doing so well in the nfl, so be warned. Last year was my best year in the nfl in a long time and I still lost money, but not very much. At least I can be honest about it. My goal this year is to make a profit, even if it is only $1.00


Miami +1 vs Pittsburgh (regular play)………………I know what you are thinking. As much as I talked in my first paragraph, how can this only be a one unit play? The answer to that is simple. Even with Ben, we are still playing at the Superbowl champion Steelers and you know they will be all fired up and emotion has much to do with winning. Of course you know my heart comes into play with this pick as well. With that being said, coach Saben is going to have his team ready to play, that is for sure. Miami’s first string defense looked very good in the preseason and now they get to play all four quarters. This is a statement game for the dolphins to prove to everybody that last years run at the end of the season was no fluke. Some people think Miami is way over-rated going into this season. I love having a real QB on this team. I think they are going to be a better team without Ricky as well, they don’t need the distractions and wondering what will happen to him with each drug test they had to give him. Ronnie Brown, given the chance and staying healthy is a 1500 yard rusher, write that down. If Miami can get off to a good start, scoring first would be great, they can win this game. If Pittsburgh comes out of fire and jumps in front by more than a touchdown, they could be in trouble. I really do think Miami is going to win this game, but I feel it would be foolish to put more than one unit on it. People think everybody is on Miami, that is not why the line went from five to one. Ben is a huge part of the steelers success and he will be missed. Charlie Batch is prone to mistakes and I am sure the dolphins are going to apply some extra pressure to him. I know I am going to be in front of my 50 inch high definition tv watching this one from start to finish. It should be a great game to start the season with.

I will be back sometime Thursday afternoon with all my nfl picks for Sunday. I have to work most of the weekend and will not be available to post, so I better get them in early.

Good Luck Everybody!! Back tomorrow with more.

[Tommy]

No Ben. I like the Dolphins as well still getting a point. BOL Mark

NFL Football is here!!!!!!!!!!!!

[naught33]

i think a lot of public action is on miami...i expect this to be a struggle, prob a lowe scoring game..pitt is gonna try to run run run on miami, and i think pitts d is gonna get after culpepper...im not sure of the side here, id think mia gets it done but just when u count out pitt they come up big so i might just play the total