Week 4 TNF pick

Two weeks ago: 14-2
Last week: 8-8
Season record: 31-17

Okay, so I had double pneumonia for two weeks.  I tried to make my picks last Saturday but my brain was too foggy to think about each game let alone pick a winner and write a blurb for each one.  And so, I'm picking up here after a 14-2 week 2 showing; and also I'm giving myself an 8-8 for last week since that was the result of my picks straight up in my pick 'em league.  So let's get to it with the pick for tonight's game:

Denver at NY Jets--Once again, the curators of the NFL schedule have laid a Thursday night egg.  We went from the exciting kickoff to the season in Week 1 of KC vs. Houston, followed by an exciting battle of Ohio in Week 2.  Then last week, it was a not-very-exciting battle of Florida.  And for Week 4, we have this gem between two 0-3 teams.  The Broncos at least have some exciting players such as Melvin Gordon, Jerry Jeudy and Noah Fant, even if they keep having to rotate their three young QBs because of injuries.  The Jets?  They are historically awful and could easily go 0-16.  The problem for me is I want my Giants (who are maybe equally awful) to have the top pick in the draft in 2021.  I'm not going to pick a tie in this game, but I'm going to say that I would be absolutely okay with that outcome.  Broncos 20, Jets 16

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