I picked the Dallas game wrong, and never been happier. The Football Giants not only won, but knocked Dallas to the bottom of the playoffs. Worse for Dallas, they will now get slaughtered at New Orleans in the first round. And that’s assuming they don’t lose one of the remaining games and any of a quarter dozen teams hold their own or just win one more game than I figure.
On the other hand, Denver is now in the playoffs. If you’re a Bronc fan, don’t get excited, they aren’t going any further than Dallas. Tebow is a great quarterback, unfortunately, John Fox doesn’t have the slightest clue how to use one of those. If only he knew of some way a quarterback could somehow get the ball to a receiver down the field. Some way that the ball would go past the defenders out of their reach and end up at one of his runners. Almost like it could fly through the air…
Here’s my take this week:
Away |
Home |
Away |
Home |
Favorite |
Line |
O/U |
Jacksonville |
Atlanta |
18 |
24 |
Atlanta |
7 |
42 |
Dallas |
Tampa Bay |
22 |
20 |
Dallas |
2 |
41 |
Cincinnati |
St. Louis |
21 |
19 |
Cincinnati |
2 |
40 |
Miami |
Buffalo |
19 |
18 |
Miami |
1 |
37 |
Washington |
NY Giants |
20 |
23 |
NY Giants |
2 |
43 |
Tennessee |
Indianapolis |
20 |
22 |
Indianapolis |
2 |
43 |
Seattle |
Chicago |
18 |
26 |
Chicago |
8 |
44 |
Green Bay |
Kansas City |
25 |
19 |
Green Bay |
6 |
43 |
Carolina |
Houston |
19 |
25 |
Houston |
5 |
44 |
New Orleans |
Minnesota |
23 |
24 |
Minnesota |
1 |
47 |
Detroit |
Oakland |
21 |
23 |
Oakland |
3 |
44 |
Cleveland |
Arizona |
20 |
23 |
Arizona |
3 |
43 |
NY Jets |
Philadelphia |
22 |
22 |
Philadelphia |
0 |
43 |
New England |
Denver |
27 |
21 |
New England |
6 |
48 |
Baltimore |
San Diego |
19 |
22 |
San Diego |
3 |
41 |
Pittsburgh |
San Francisco |
18 |
21 |
San Francisco |
3 |
39 |
Here’s Vegas:
Favorite |
Line |
O/U |
Bet |
O/U |
Atlanta |
12.0 |
42.5 |
Jacksonville |
Under |
Dallas |
7.0 |
47.0 |
Tampa Bay |
Under |
Cincinnati |
6.5 |
40.0 |
St. Louis |
Under |
Buffalo |
0.0 |
42.0 |
Miami |
Under |
NY Giants |
7.0 |
46.5 |
Washington |
Under |
Tennessee |
6.5 |
41.0 |
Indianapolis |
Over |
Chicago |
3.5 |
36.0 |
Chicago |
Over |
Green Bay |
13.5 |
46.0 |
Kansas City |
Under |
Houston |
6.5 |
45.0 |
Carolina |
Under |
New Orleans |
6.5 |
51.5 |
Minnesota |
Under |
Detroit |
1.0 |
47.5 |
Oakland |
Under |
Arizona |
6.5 |
37.5 |
Cleveland |
Over |
Philadelphia |
3.0 |
44.0 |
NY Jets |
Under |
New England |
6.5 |
46.0 |
Denver |
Over |
Baltimore |
2.5 |
44.5 |
San Diego |
Under |
San Francisco |
3.0 |
39.5 |
Pittsburgh |
Under |
The economy still sucks, so there’s still no good bets this week.
E.W.
I watched the painful St. Louis game. Seven shots at the endzone from the 1 yard line. At some point the quarterback should have just said, “Screw the play call, you two line up behind for the hand off. When the ball snaps, you shove my ass through the line.”