If you’re betting against Skinner’s locks you’re a very rich person by now. With an almost unbelievably bad “locks” record of 1-6 through 7 weeks, Skinner turned to Jet from the Front Office Podcast to make his lock of the week pick for him this time around.
Luckily for him, his non-lock related picks have fared well over the last two weeks and he’s begun to chip away at Kirkwood’s early season lead. There’s still some work to do if he hopes to overtake him down the stretch, but at least we won’t be forced to call this contest by Week 14.
A quick reminder of the format as the boys will be picking no spreads, just straight up winner take all for each contest on the Sunday slate from Week 1 until Wildcard Weekend. We’ll track their records throughout the season to crown one Kyle superior at NFL prognostication than the other. They’ll also each give their “lock of the week” game, which will be worth 2 pts in the standings (however they can’t use the same team twice as their lock).
So without further ado, here are their picks for Week 5:
Kyle Kirkwood
Season Record 56-40-1
Week 7 Picks
Jaguars over Broncos
Dolphins over Lions
Vikings over Cardinals
Cowboys over Bears
Raiders over Saints
Falcons over Panthers
Jets over Patriots
Titans over Texans
Giants over Seahawks
Rams over 49ers
Colts over Commanders
Bills over Packers
Eagles over Steelers (Lock of the Week)
Kyle Skinner
Season Record 51-44-1
Week 7 Picks
Jaguars over Broncos
Eagles over Steelers
Vikings over Cardinals
Dolphins over Lions
Cowboys over Bears
Raiders over Saints
Falcons over Panthers
Patriots over Jets
Titans over Texans
Seahawks over Giants
49ers over Rams
Commanders over Colts
Bills over Packers (Lock of the Week)