NFL WEEK 5 SELECTIONS

To continue with my theme with irrelevant facts determining the outcome of NFL games I will make this week's selections opposite to last week's and select games by the number of consonants in a team's name.

This works for a couple of reasons. The first being that last week was not a great week for the vowels. My picks went 6 - 8 for the week bringing my totals to 30 -32 against the spread this season. Still somewhat respectable but definitely slipping. I need a big week from this week's picks.

The second reason to pick consonants this week is that it's easy. I just need to reverse my counts and go with it. So here are the selections for NFL Week 5.

Visitor	Consonants	% of Letters	Home	Consonants	% of Letters	Selection	Point Spread
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	11	55.00%	Cincinnati Bengals	11	61.11%	Cincinnati Bengals	-7.0
Green Bay Packers	10		Washington Redskins	13		Washington Redskins	+2.5
Kansas City Chiefs	10	55.56%	Indianapolis Colts	10	55.56%	Kansas City Chiefs	+8.5
Atlanta Falcons	9		Cleveland Browns	11		Cleveland Browns	+2.5
Denver Broncos	9	64.29%	Baltimore Ravens	9	56.25%	Denver Broncos	+7.5
New York Giants	9		Houston Texans	8		New York Giants	+2.5
Saint Louis Rams	8		Detroit Lions	7		Saint Louis Rams	+2.5
Jacksonville Jaguars	12		Buffalo Bills	8		Jacksonville Jaguars	PK
New Orleans Saints	10		Arizona Cardinals	9		New Orleans Saints	-7.5
San Diego Chargers	10		Oakland Raiders	8		San Diego Chargers	-7.0
Tennessee Titans	9	56.25%	Dallas Cowboys	9	64.29%	Dallas Cowboys	-8.0
Philadelphia Eagles	10		San Francisco Forty Niners	15		San Francisco Forty Niners	-3.0
Minnesota Vikings	10		New York Jets	8		Minnesota Vikings	+3.0