{"id":5906,"date":"2009-10-04T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-injuries-and-weather-for-week-4-spread-picks-and-fantasy-football\/"},"modified":"2009-10-04T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T13:42:00","slug":"nfl-injuries-and-weather-for-week-4-spread-picks-and-fantasy-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-injuries-and-weather-for-week-4-spread-picks-and-fantasy-football\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Injuries and Weather For Week 4 Spread Picks and Fantasy Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here are key NFL injuries and NFL weather conditions for both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=58\">fantasy football <\/a>player and for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=6870\">week 4 NFL betting picks <\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Chargers vs. Steelers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It&#8217;s the Sunday night football game on NBC. One team is likely to have their star RB, the other not. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>San   Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>&#8217;s LaDainian Tomlinson is probable after missing the last two games with an ankle injury. LB <span class=SpellE>Shawne<\/span> Merriman is questionable-to-probable. <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>&#8217;s Willie Parker is doubtful. <span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'>Rashard Mendenhall<\/span><font size=2 color=\"#585858\" face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#585858;mso-ansi-language:EN'> <\/span><\/font>will start for the Super Bowl Champions, but be aware that he has struggled learning the playbook. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Cowboys vs. Broncos<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This game is one of three Wise Guys from Grandmaster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will have RB Marion Barber but will not have fellow RB Felix Jones. OT <span class=SpellE>Flozell<\/span> Adams and LB <span class=SpellE>DeMarcus<\/span> Ware will play for the Pokes. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Bills vs. Dolphins<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Buffalo<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is minus four starters on defense including <span class=SpellE>Leodis<\/span> <span class=SpellE>McKelvin<\/span>, a loss that hurts them on special teams as well points out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=6753\">handicapper Matt Rivers<\/a>. They are without both starting safeties <span lang=EN style='mso-ansi-language:EN'>Bryan Scott and Donte Whitner<\/span><font size=2 color=\"#585858\" face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family: Arial;color:#585858;mso-ansi-language:EN'>. <\/span><\/font>Two reserves on defense are also out so the Bills are very thin on the defensive end. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On offense, they are without starting T Demetrius Bell. The Bills also are very thin depth wise among the big <span class=SpellE>uglies<\/span>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Buccaneers vs. Redskins<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Aging Washington RB Clinton <span class=SpellE>Portis<\/span> is a game time decision. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Lions vs. Bears<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=GramE><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But no tigers, oh my.<\/span><\/font><\/span> Detroit RB Kevin Smith, who got 101 yards rushing last week on only 16 carries, is a game time decision. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Ravens vs. Patriots<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Again New England WR Wes Welker won&#8217;t have his status determined until close to game time. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Raiders vs. Texans<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There is a 74 percent chance of rain at kickoff but winds only 7 mph. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Bengals vs. Browns<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There is a 42 percent chance of rain at kickoff and winds 14 mph to west to southwest. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>For more information: <\/span><\/font><\/b>Get today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettorsadvice.com\/\">football picks<\/a>, <font color=\"#333333\"><span style='color:#333333'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles\">free pick<\/a>, and <\/span><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/scoresoddspicks.com\/oddsnfl.html\">NFL Vegas odds<\/a> on OffshoreInsiders.com Network. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are key NFL injuries and NFL weather conditions for both the fantasy football player and for week 4 NFL betting picks Chargers vs. Steelers It&#8217;s the Sunday night football game on NBC. One team is likely to have their star RB, the other not. San Diego&#8217;s LaDainian Tomlinson is probable after missing the last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-injuries-and-weather-for-week-4-spread-picks-and-fantasy-football\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Injuries and Weather For Week 4 Spread Picks and Fantasy Football<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}