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Updated on November 3, 2021 5:27PM EST

Last week was so-so -- two writers (Erickson and DDD) went 9-6, and we went 1-1 on unanimous picks. Payne is still in first place, two games ahead of DDD.

This week we have a whopping seven unanimous picks and three of them, the Bengals, Chargers and Titans are best bets. Moreover four writers took the Dolphins, and they're Erickson's and my best bets.

	Erickson	Pianowski	Liss	Payne	Del Don
Jets +10.5 at Colts	Jets	Colts	Colts	Colts	Jets
Texans +6.5 at Dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins	Texans	Dolphins
Broncos +9.5 at Cowboys	Broncos	Cowboys	Cowboys	Broncos	Broncos
Vikings +5.5 at Ravens	Ravens	Vikings	Ravens	Ravens	Vikings
Patriots -4 at Panthers	Patriots	Panthers	Patriots	Panthers	Panthers
Bills -14.5 at Jaguars	Bills	Bills	Jaguars	Jaguars	Bills
Browns +2.5 at Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals
Raiders -3 at Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants
Falcons +6 at Saints	Saints	Falcons	Saints	Falcons	Falcons
Chargers -1.5 at Eagles	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers
Packers +7.5 at Chiefs	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers
Cardinals -1 at 49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers
Titans +7.5 at Rams	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans
Bears +6.5 at Steelers	Bears	Bears	Bears	Bears	Bears
Best Bet	Dolphins	Titans	Dolphins	Chargers	Bengals
Last Week's Record	9-6	7-8	7-8	8-7	9-6
2021 Record	55-64-3	60-59-3	57-62-3	63-56-3	61-58-3
2021 Best Bet Record	4-4	3-5	8-0	5-3	3-5
Unanimous Pick Record	9-10
Majority Pick Record	57-62-3
2020 Record	121-127-8	128-120-8

Last week was so-so -- two writers (Erickson and DDD) went 9-6, and we went 1-1 on unanimous picks. Payne is still in first place, two games ahead of DDD.

This week we have a whopping seven unanimous picks and three of them, the Bengals, Chargers and Titans are best bets. Moreover four writers took the Dolphins, and they're Erickson's and my best bets.

	Erickson	Pianowski	Liss	Payne	Del Don
Jets +10.5 at Colts	Jets	Colts	Colts	Colts	Jets
Texans +6.5 at Dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins	Dolphins	Texans	Dolphins
Broncos +9.5 at Cowboys	Broncos	Cowboys	Cowboys	Broncos	Broncos
Vikings +5.5 at Ravens	Ravens	Vikings	Ravens	Ravens	Vikings
Patriots -4 at Panthers	Patriots	Panthers	Patriots	Panthers	Panthers
Bills -14.5 at Jaguars	Bills	Bills	Jaguars	Jaguars	Bills
Browns +2.5 at Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals
Raiders -3 at Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants	Giants
Falcons +6 at Saints	Saints	Falcons	Saints	Falcons	Falcons
Chargers -1.5 at Eagles	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers	Chargers
Packers +7.5 at Chiefs	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers	Packers
Cardinals -1 at 49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers	49ers
Titans +7.5 at Rams	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans	Titans
Bears +6.5 at Steelers	Bears	Bears	Bears	Bears	Bears
Best Bet	Dolphins	Titans	Dolphins	Chargers	Bengals
Last Week's Record	9-6	7-8	7-8	8-7	9-6
2021 Record	55-64-3	60-59-3	57-62-3	63-56-3	61-58-3
2021 Best Bet Record	4-4	3-5	8-0	5-3	3-5
Unanimous Pick Record	9-10
Majority Pick Record	57-62-3
2020 Record	121-127-8	128-120-8	118-130-8	115-133-8	118-130-8
2019 Record	126-124-6	140-110-6	127-123-6	127-123-6	134-116-6
2018 Record	125-122-9	134-113-9	141-106-9	N/A	120-127-9
2017 Record	117-125-14	128-114-14	117-125-14	N/A	98-144-14
2016 Record	140-111-5	130-121-5	123-128-5	N/A	132-119-5
2015 Record	134-114-8	120-128-8	114-134-8	N/A	121-127-8
2014 Record	123-128-5	140-111-5	135-116-5	N/A	128-123-5
2013 Record	132-114-10	118-128-10	123-123-10	N/A	128-118-10
2012 Record	110-140-6	125-125-6	121-129-6	N/A	123-127-6
2011 Record	121-128-7	134-115-7	124-125-7	N/A	127-122-7
2010 Record	129-122-5	134-117-5	126-125-5	N/A	134-117-5
2009 Record	123-130-3	132-121-3	131-122-3	N/A	126-127-3
2008 Record	132-114-10	128-118-10	124-122-10	N/A	130-116-10
2007 Record	127-120	118-129	127-120	N/A	130-117
2006 Record	118-129	N/A	139-108	N/A	N/A
2005 Record	121-126	N/A	127-120	N/A	N/A
2004 Record	124-124	N/A	130-118	N/A	N/A
2003 Record	121-126	118-129	124-123	N/A	N/A
2002 Record	113-136	123-126	141-108	N/A	N/A
2001 Record	124-113	117-120	118-119	N/A	N/A
2000 Record	123-117	134-106	141-99	N/A	N/A

This week, we have a whopping seven unanimous picks: Bengals, Giants, Chargers, Packers, 49ers, Titans and Bears. We went 1-1 on unanimous picks last week, winning with the Steelers, but losing with the Team to bring our record to 9-10 on the year. We went 9-6 on majority picks (three or more writers) to go 57-62-3 on the year. We went 17-23 on unanimous picks and 118-130-8 on majority picks in 2020.

Writer	Comment
Erickson	Apparently it's a sucker play to go big on the Dolphins, but I'm just that sucker. Also, I feel like the line is begging me to take the hook on the Titans, and I'm going to do just that.
Pianowski	Titans are a junkyard dog, they'll show up.
Liss	I think the Dolphins this week are like the Eagles last week -- a down-on-its-luck team that will take out its frustrations on a true doormat. I also like the Saints (it's not like Jameis Winston was playing great anyway) and the Patriots -- Bill Belichick's teams get better as the year goes on.
Payne	Is there a support group for those of use who have kept picking the Chiefs? If the Chargers don't win this week, I'm convinced they might be broken after a good start.
Del Don	For whatever it's worth, I continue to feel much better about the slate overall than any particular one bet.

The players:

• Jeff Erickson: RotoWire Senior editor, 2001, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016 Staff Picks Champ. Writes the Weekly Rankings. Covers and roots for the Bengals.

• Scott Pianowski: Fantasy expert for Yahoo! Sports, and also contributes to Rotowire.com. 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2020 Staff Picks Champ. Roots for the Patriots.

• Chris Liss: RotoWire Managing Editor, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2018 Staff Picks Champ, 2003, 2004 co-champ. Writes East Coast Offense, Beating the Book and the Survivor column in addition to Staff Picks. Covers and roots for the Giants.

• Kevin Payne: Staff Writer, Writes our Waiver Wire column. Roots for the Bills.

• Dalton Del Don: Fantasy Expert for Yahoo! Sports, 2007 Staff Picks Champ. Roots for the 49ers.