So I took the 3 divisional dogs of the 4 games. Only the Giants crapped out on me. Both the Bears and Raiders crapped out in the dying seconds to lose but more importantly cover. I only made the bets in my pool so I'd have a horse in the race and make the games more interesting. None of the 4 games were particularly compelling matchups.
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I feel sorry for the NY Jets, they are playing all their games as visitors. NJ is hardcore Giants country.
Ya that Bears D was legendary. Particularly the line which boasted I believe 3 future HOF'ers. Of course you can't forget the field general MLB Singletary, one of the best ever.
Antonio Pierce was a decent LB in his day. But man he has been a pretty horrific head coach so far in his career.
Sunday slate best bets.
Bills minus 6.5 vs. 49'ers. 49'ers are without OL Trent Williams and DE Nick Bosa and possibly QB Brock Purdy. I see no way how they can keep this game close, unless the Bills beat themselves. Will be old and snowy at Orchard Park as well.
Rams minus 2.5 @ Saints. I can't understand this line at all. I get that the Rams are not good at LB but they have more than enough weapons offensively to win this game. The Saints are deficient in so many areas. Perhaps the line is closer due to the Saints winning the past two games, including week 11 35-14 bashing of the Browns.
Colts minus 2.5 @ Patriots. The Colts are 5-7 but have only lost one bad game to the Jaguars back in week 5. All their other losses - Houston x2, Minnesota, Detroit, GB, Buffalo are against teams with impressive winning records. In all but one of those games (Detroit) they were in it. I cannot see how they could lose to the Patriots if they stick to pounding the rock with Jonathan Taylor and mixing in some play action. It also looks like Michael Pittman Jr. is finally healthy so that gives them the key receiving weapon they've been missing.
Bills minus 6.5 vs. 49'ers. 49'ers are without OL Trent Williams and DE Nick Bosa and possibly QB Brock Purdy. I see no way how they can keep this game close, unless the Bills beat themselves. Will be old and snowy at Orchard Park as well.
Rams minus 2.5 @ Saints. I can't understand this line at all. I get that the Rams are not good at LB but they have more than enough weapons offensively to win this game. The Saints are deficient in so many areas. Perhaps the line is closer due to the Saints winning the past two games, including week 11 35-14 bashing of the Browns.
Colts minus 2.5 @ Patriots. The Colts are 5-7 but have only lost one bad game to the Jaguars back in week 5. All their other losses - Houston x2, Minnesota, Detroit, GB, Buffalo are against teams with impressive winning records. In all but one of those games (Detroit) they were in it. I cannot see how they could lose to the Patriots if they stick to pounding the rock with Jonathan Taylor and mixing in some play action. It also looks like Michael Pittman Jr. is finally healthy so that gives them the key receiving weapon they've been missing.
I took 2 divisional dogs.
Steelers +3 at Cincy---50 points
Carolina +6 at home vs. Tampa---200 points.
Steelers +3 at Cincy---50 points
Carolina +6 at home vs. Tampa---200 points.
Something I saw in the Bengals-Steelers game today I don't remember seeing before. One team had 3 penalties called on them in the same play. Offside, holding, and defensive pass interference called against the Steelers on the same play.
The only thing memorable of Singletary's run as niners HC was him reportedly dropping his pants in the locker room to moon his players as a motivation technique. I guess we are blessed that this was before the days of smart phones.
