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Chris Berman has taken his Swami Sez NFL picks segment, seen on SportsCenter, to ESPN Chalk. NMD XR1 Canada . Each week during the NFL regular season, hell give his favorite picks against the spread here with a little further analysis.Season record:?26-11 ATS (last week: 2-3)Arizona Cardinals at Carolina PanthersComing off a bye, this is Carolinas last stand. With six losses, the Panthers postseason hopes would basically be finished. Wouldnt you think youre going to get their best effort here, whatever that is at this point? I do worry about Arizona playing five quarters in that very physical 6-6 tie with Seattle on Sunday, but I think the Cardinals will get it done on the field where they were denied a trip to the Super Bowl last season.Score: Arizona 24, Carolina 23Detroit Lions at Houston TexansMatthew Stafford is playing at a very high level, and this Detroit team has the belief it can win every game late in the fourth quarter. Lamar Miller is iffy for this one, which is a factor. Brock Osweiler hasnt done much to justify his big contract yet, but I think hell play a little better at home. Detroit has a tough time scoring here, and Houston gets back on track.Score: Houston 23, Detroit 17Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis ColtsKansas City played a team like this last week in New Orleans, which can score on offense and has a porous defense. This could be a game where Kansas City opens up the downfield attack with Jeremy Maclin and Travis Kelce. Its hard to expect the Chiefs defense to score a TD on defense every week, but its also foolish to overlook it. Kansas City will do enough to slow down Andrew Luck here and get a big road win.Score: Kansas City 26, Indianapolis 20Green Bay Packers at Atlanta FalconsFor the second straight week, this isnt a pick against Atlanta. Ive been impressed with the Falcons?so far. And I dont believe theyre headed down last seasons path when they stumbled after a 5-0 start. They wont be the first team to lose to Aaron Rodgers. And they wont be the last, either. Rodgers will get this offense on track and the Packers will win on the road.Score: Green Bay 30, Atlanta 27San Diego Chargers at Denver BroncosSan Diego does better than most teams at Mile High. Philip Rivers has a hot hand right now, and this Chargers team is finally playing games for 60 minutes (or longer), instead of 58 or so. At 3-4, San Diego is climbing into the playoff race, and a win here (and a season sweep of Denver) would go a long way toward that goal. Its tough to beat a team twice in 2.5 weeks, but I think the Chargers are capable of it. San Diego will get it done in Denver.Score: San Diego 20, Denver 19 NMD Restock Canada . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Womens NMD Shoes Canada . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. http://www.nmdshoescanada.com/ultra-boost-cheap-canada.html .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Editors note: This story was originally posted on Oct. 7, 2016 and updated on Oct. 10 with news of the Sacramento Kings ad deal.Its been almost five months since the NBA announced it would allow its 30 teams to sell small advertising patches on jerseys beginning in the 2017-18 season.So why have only two teams -- the Philadelphia 76ers?and Sacramento Kings -- made a deal?We know its not a lack of interest. Plenty of companies are salivating to get their logos on the jerseys of NBA players.So what is going on?The answer is complex.The biggest factor is market value. Teams top marketing executives are under pressure to create value for something that doesnt have an established market -- at least not in the U.S. Their nightmare scenario would include rushing to make a deal before other teams sign more lucrative ones. In other words, no team wants to be sold short.So what happens? Teams are waiting and hoping the early deals develop a lucrative market. Theyre tentative even though its understood the revenues will vary wildly.The 76ers three-year deal with StubHub was announced at $15 million. Future values will be dependent on market size, marquee-player value and team success. The Golden State Warriors are looking for as much as $65 million for the 2?-by-2?-inch patch on its jersey for three years, while sources say the Cleveland Cavaliers are looking for something closer to $50 million. The Brooklyn Nets are looking for half that ($25 million), were told.NBA teams typically tend to share a great deal of information with one another, but because they are very much competing for the same companies here, teams have shared less about these deals, sources say.The next issue is complexity. Some product categories cant be touched in thesee ads: alcohol and gambling outfits, media content providers, and competitors of sports equipment company Spalding or watchmaker Tissot. Fake NMD Canada. Individual teams also have other business partners that need to be satisfied: the players and local TV networks.Players get 50 percent share of the deal, so they dont have to worry about the cut. But sources say some teams dont want to create a situation in which a top player has an endorsement with a competitor of the company on their patch or one in which players make deals with a competitor after the teams patch is sold -- devaluing the whole proposition.At least one team, were told, has spoken to player representatives and is seeking to offer the top players in a package that includes their endorsement with the patch deal. Another wants to make sure the patch isnt just a way to avoid advertising on local TV and is asking the uniform ad company to also buy ads on other media.Nike will be making NBA team uniforms next season. NBA teams were told that if they wanted Nike to affix the sponsor patches on the uniforms, they had to sign their deals by January. But teams were also informed that if they do it later, theyd have to attach the patches themselves. Because jerseys sold outside the local market wont have the patches, there isnt any production pressure on Nike to know way ahead of time.Almost a half-year of silence -- with the season rapidly approaching -- has led some to believe the NBA and its teams miscalculated the opportunity. Thats not the case. Its just uncharted territory, and once deals start to get announced, expect others to follow quickly. ' ' '