NFL 2021 Week 7 winners picks: Straight up, spread, and over/under

<div> <figure> <img alt="NFL: SEP 30 Jaguars at Bengals" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/aI63E4ZJH_ql0V7Q1T2G9s1E8j4=/0x0:2449x1633/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70035733/1235629080.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images</figcaption> </figure> <p id="Qsgbuq">It is time for The Phinsider’s weekly picks pool, where our contributors pick the straight-up winners for the NFL’s weekly slate of games. In this case, it is on to Week 7 in the NFL, and it is another chance for me to go 11-3 on the week and somehow lose ground in the overall standings. But, that is beside the point.</p> <p id="dtyLNj">Our season-long picks pool is focused primarily on the straight-up winners, but we also can make picks against the spread and over/under picks as well. You can check out those picks using the tabs in the chart below. And, you can <a href="https://dksb.sng.link/As9kz/qqa5?_dl=https%3A%2F%2Fsportsbook.draftkings.com%2Fgateway%3Fs%3D341866674%26wpcid%3D163146%26wpcn%3DBlog%26wpsrc%3DVox%26wpcrid%3DOdds&pcid=163146&pscn=NFLRegSeason&pcrn=Blog&psn=Vox">check out the latest odds for every game over at the DraftKings Sports Book</a>.</p> <p id="0UP2Jg">As I said, last week I was 11-3, as was James McKinney and Josh Houtz. Yet, we did not win the week because Marek Brave is crushing it this year and he finished 12-2 for Week 6. CT Smith finished the week at 10-4, while Justin Hier came in with a 9-5 record.</p> <p id="5n97w5">That brings our 2021 season standings to:</p> <p id="djxL0p">Marek Brave 69-25 (73.4%)<br>Kevin Nogle 66-28 (70.2%)**<br>Josh Houtz 61-32 (65.6%)*<br>James McKinney 61-32 (65.6%)*<br>Justin Hier 61-33 (64.9%)<br><em>*McKinney and Houtz missed a Thursday game during the season, giving them one less game in the standings.</em><br><em>** My standings were not matching with TallySight’s record for me for the year. I went back and re-added my standings and found I was off by one game. That has been corrected.</em></p> <p id="xfVMBc">CT Smith did not have picks for the majority of Week 2, so he is not in the overall standings, but he remains about mid-pack in terms of winning percentage among our writers:</p> <p id="ssKNWc">CT Smith 51-27 (65.4%)</p> <p id="rg1zIZ">On to this week’s picks. Check out all of our predictions using the chart below. Thanks to <a href="http://tallysight.com/">TallySight.com</a> for the widget:</p> <div id="MNC0hG"></div> </div>