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Monday Night Football Week Five: Atlanta Falcons Vs New York Jets

NFL Picks and Predictions Week Five: Monday Night Football – New York Jets at Atlanta Falcons

Z-Code is all over the dirty birds at home tonight, even with the ten point spread. There’s only a moderate amount of conflict in the line, which is rare when spreads get this out of control. In a battle between two mediocre teams (so far, at least), we side with the team we still have significantly higher expectations for.

I don’t think the Jets are very good. I know they’ve played well enough to win tight games against decent opponents, but I don’t know  ... 

NFL Picks Week Five: Denver Broncos at Dallas Cowboys

NFL Picks and Predictions Week Five: Denver Broncos at Dallas Cowboys

This game has looked screwy from the start. A seven-point spread doesn’t seem appropriate here, given how poorly the Cowboys have played this year and given Peyton Manning’s world-obliterating performance so far this year.

Public money agrees with us. Walking right into Vegas’ little trap, Z-Code money trackers show approximately 70% of the money coming in on the Broncos. Personally, I think this spread should be double digits. As such, I find value, just like everyone else, on the Broncos.

Z-Code likes the Broncos in a moneyline wager here.  ... 

Zcode 2 Years Anniversary: Your Survey Results Revealed

Zcode Club is celebrating 2 years!

Thank you everyone who took the time to complete our Z-code survey. I learned a lot about you from our results and your suggestions will help us build our vision and plans for the coming years. As you all know, Zcode is here to stay for years to come and thanks to our members, we have the support to continue our research, developments, new tools and start new great contests.

Of course, we are not perfect but we’ve learned a lot about what works for you and what doesn’t, and we’ll keep all your  ... 

WEEK 2 NFL Grand Cash Championship – RESULTS

WEEK 2 NFL Grand Cash Championship – RESULTS

What a great week! What a scores! What a drama! Lets look closer!

Panamera 29 : 30 The JJ SWATT Team

Wild Cliff led his great team to second victory like a real capitan. In high scoring game win just by 1 point, public simply loves it! Panamera was even stronger than last week, but life goes in cycles. Last time they took victory in last seconds, this time fortune went in the opposite direction. Well done to all of you guys! Exciting matchup1  ... 

NFL Picks Week Four: San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams, Thursday Night Football

NFL Picks and Predictions, Week Four: San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams – Thursday Night Football

There are two trends, three really if you consider the downward spiral of the 49ers to be a trend, that make me very nervous about this game. First, Thursday Night Football always favors the home team. Since its inception into the NFL, the lack of prep time and the travel considerations of a shorter week always favor the home team. Second, the Rams beat the Niners last year in two tight, divisional rivalry games.

First, I don’t think the Rams’ wins last year  ... 

WEEK 1 NFL Grand Cash Championship – RESULTS

WEEK 1 NFL Grand Cash Championship – RESULTS

Very exciting start! Small upsets and bright victories! Just like in major leagues! We had a lot of great, tight battles, many games was decided in last day by last pick!

The Spot 21 : 29 Mustangs

The Spot faced against best team in week 1. Both sides showed great performance and went 3:1. Mustangs just choose amazing odds and got 8 points more. Details decided here, maybe home field advantage ? No doubts both teams are very very strong, be aware!  ... 

NFL Picks Week Three: Chicago Bears at Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday Night Football

NFL Picks and Predictions Week Three: Sunday Night Football – Chicago Bears at Pittsburgh Steelers

This is one of many interesting trap games this week. The line seems to lend a ton of value to the Chicago Bears, and while I and the rest of the community are on them with some degree of confidence, let me explain why there’s some risk involved in this pick.

First of all, the Chicago Bears line is an abomination. Jay Cutler is on his back more than Jenna Jameson in her prime – before all those plastic surgery operations messed up her face.

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NFL Picks 9/19: Thursday Night Football – Kansas City Chiefs at Philadelphia Eagles

NFL Picks and Predictions: Thursday Night Football – Kansas City Chiefs at Philadelphia Eagles

In a game with almost no Z-Code signal, I thought it would be fun to bring back one of my favorite forms of analysis – the bullet point organization of a tricky game. Unfortunately, I still can’t come to a decision. Let’s check out why:

1. Thursday Night Football always favors the home team. With less time to prepare, road teams historically have some serious difficulty adjusting to the short week with travel. Beware road teams on Thursdays! It’s a DEFINITE trend.

2. Both the Philadelphia  ... 

NFL Week Two Picks: Dallas Cowboys at Kansas City Chiefs

Arrowhead is a tremendously difficult stadium to go into and win. This could be a factor when Romo’s receivers are already running the wrong routes when they’re in friendly confines. Andy Reid knows the Cowboys pretty well, which could also be a factor. I see why Vegas is making the Chiefs a three-point favorite, but I don’t necessarily agree with it.

I don’t know that the Chiefs are very good. I understand the higher expectations, but I don’t believe in Alex Smith and I don’t think the Chiefs have all that many weapons on offense. Charles is an excellent running  ... 

NFL Picks and Predictions Week Two: Thursday Night Football – New England Patriots Vs New York Jets

NFL Picks and Predictions: Thursday Night Football – New York Jets at New England Patriots

I’m on the Patriots -12 and the Patriots teased to -6 with the over. I am very low confidence and betting this because it is the only show in town and I’m looking for fun… I would not qualify this spread as a system play, but I will be on it.

The Jets surprised everyone when they stole a win from the Bucs, who I thought were going to have a great year. New York is a garbage team with a slow defense, weak running  ... 

Week One NFL Picks: Monday Night Football – Houston Texans at San Diego Chargers

NFL Picks and Predictions: Monday Night Football – Houston Texans at San Diego Chargers

Monday Night Football features two seemingly obvious games, a seemingly valuable line, and a seemingly simple choice…

Monday Night Football is tricky, however, because Las Vegas has a lot of action on only a few games (usually one). They can control the intake and push the action – think back to that Seahawks Packers game from last year that was lost on a blown call hail mary…

I would not go high confidence on either of these “obvious plays” – but they do look pretty good.

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Week One NFL Picks: New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys, Sunday Night Football

NFL Picks and Predictions: Opening Football Weekend – New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys, Sunday Night Football

I like the Cowboys this year, but I like the Cowboys every year and I’m always wrong. My feeling, this time around, is that with a healthy running back and so many dynamic offensive weapons, they can find enough balance to keep Tony Romo on his feet. If the Cowboys don’t use the run and screen effectively, Romo has proven he can’t do it alone (though he is good for one or two remarkable scrambles a game).

Z-Code sees no value. Sunday Night  ... 

AFC East NFL Predictions 2013: How Bad Are The New York Jets?

NFL Predictions – AFC East

After a nice win to open the year with a Broncos blowout, let’s get back to our predictions. The AFC East looks pretty straightforward, and I’m pretty excited about another year where the Jets are terrible!

New England Patriots (11-5): The division is soft, and that should mask a decade of mediocrity on defense. Brady lost his go-to guy, but the Pats look good enough to dominate the rest of this nonsense division.

Buffalo Bills (8-8): CJ Spiller has emerged as a legitimate threat, but they parted ways with the man they thought would be a franchise quarterback and this team is hurting. Not much of a defense, not much consistency on offense, but some talent… maybe.

Miami Dolphins (7-9): Mike Wallace will only be as good as his young, inexperienced, unexciting quarterback will make him. I don’t think the Dolphins will be all that impressive this year.

New York Jets (4-12): Even if  ... 

NFL Picks: Opening Day – Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos Thursday Night Football

NFL Picks and Predictions: Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos

FOOTBALL IS BACK! We’re ready for another profitable season and it starts on Thursday Night! The Denver Broncos are arguably the best team in the AFC while the defending champs lost a lot of pieces. This one seems obvious.

Still, Z-Code isn’t so sure. Three-star moneyline support lends to the idea that something is up, and the line is pretty sharp.

I picture the Broncos picking apart the Ravens here, though their defense is a little bit shaky. Still, Peyton Manning is the better QB, the Broncos are the better team,  ...