Week 13 Picks

Gabe got off to a good start last week thanks to Dave going 0-for on Thanksgiving. Despite a rousing bounceback from Jersey's Finest, Gabe was still able to chip away at his deficit for the season, dropping it to a mere seven games with five weeks to play.

This week, the NFL was nice enough to bestow upon us an almost unwatchable clash between the hugely disappointing Philadelphia Eagles and the equally uninspiring Seattle Seahawks.

Here's our take:

LAST WEEK

Gabe: 7-9

Dave: 6-10

SEASON

Dave: 87-84-8

Gabe: 80-91-8

Eagles (-3) at Seahawks

Dave: Seahawks - The history of teams having to travel cross-country and play an away game on a short week and come out victorious isn't very favorable. It's especially unfavorable to an Eagles team that is coming off getting shalacked by the New England Patriots and will go into Qwest Field(one of the hardest places to play in the NFL) sans Mike Vick and Jeremy Maclin. The Seahawks are a bit of a mess, too, having lost one they should have had against putrid Washington. Still, the Seahawks can run the ball well with Marshawn Lynch and, while they can't quite put the kind of pressure on Vince Young to force him to make mistakes, I think the Eagles are underwhelming enough to lose this game and finally put the nail in their once-promising playoff hopes. Seahawks by 2.

Gabe: Seahawks - This game is against my two least favorite teams in the NFL, so I couldn't give a fuck. I think the combination of travel and having to play on a short week is going to really hurt the Eagles. Also, as Dave said, Seattle's stadium is one of the toughest places for away teams in the NFL. As Dave also said, the one thing the Seahawks do well, run the ball, matches well with the Eagles' defenses' biggest weakness. Seahawks by a touchdown.