Last week was a mess. This week can’t get much worse. I was 4-10 straight up. Four and 10! The spread worked out a little better, at 6-8. Simms and I disagreed on six games. He hit on five of them, to go 8-6. My lead has imploded from nine games to two. For the year, I’m 51-26-1 straight up …
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The lead is down to six. This week, things could change dramatically. We disagree on six of 14 games. Last week, Simms won the slate with 12-3-1 straight up. I went 11-4-1. Against the spread, I was 12-4 to his 11-5. For the season, I’m 47-16-1 straight up. He’s 41-23-1. Against the spread, I’m 38-26. He’s 30-34. All Week 5 …
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“First off, I saw him at training camp quite a few days. He is a big dude. He can run. That was the one thing that finally probably swayed me on him before the draft. I just kept watching him. And I knew the Giants really liked him. Brian Daboll, this was his guy. He got his guy,” Simms said. …
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Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy currently has an ankle injury. That obviously causes concern. As former Giants quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms sees it, there are other causes for concern regarding the 2024 first-round pick. “I don’t like to start controversies or anything like that, but I would be worried about J.J. McCarthy,” Simms said on Thursday’s PFT Live. …
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It’s gotten a little tighter. This week, it can only further tighten by one game. For Week 3, Simms won the microcontest, going 12-4 straight up against my 10-6. For the season, I’m 36-12 and he’s 29-19. He went 3-1 in our four disagreements. (He would have swept me, 4-0, but for Jordan Davis.) Against the spread, I was 8-8. …
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Two weeks down, 16 to go. And the lead is growing. Nine games, with a 10-1 record in our disagreements. But it’s a new week. And a new chance to screw things up. In Week 2, I went 13-3 straight up and 9-7 against the spread. Simms was 11-5 and 9-7. For the year, I’ve blind-squirreled my way to 26-6 …
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Stop the fight. In Week 1, Simms and I disagreed on seven of 16 games. In those disagreements, I went 7-0. This week, we disagree on five games. Which could extend my lead to 12. Or shrink it to two. In Week 1, I went 13-3 straight up and 9-7 against the spread. Simms was 6-10 and 3-13. For all …
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We’re back, baby. It’s Florio vs. Simms. Picking every game. Straight up and against the spread. Here they are, starting with the first game of the season, to be played tonight in Philadelphia. As the Eagles, unbeknownst to coach Nick Sirianni, hang their second banner. And this season will get off to a bang. We disagree on seven picks, with …
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Giants legend Phil Simms is returning to the broadcast booth after his exit from CBS. The star quarterback, who called games for NBC and CBS from 1995 to 2016, will work three Big Ten college football games on Peacock this season, NBC Sports announced Tuesday. Simms was tabbed to serve as an analyst for the Illinois-Western Illinois game on Aug. …
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