Mr. Royal covers again today with plenty of notice for weekend bets. I will hit you all up tomorrow with my stuff.
Side Note #1: It’s too early to push the panic button in New Orleans, but my hand is hovering over it at the moment if I’m Sean Payton. Here’s the deal: if you’re not going to throw all over the place at will like we all know Brees is capable of, then Rob Ryan’s “something with nothing” defense has to show up. Both sides of the ball have been underwhelming thus far.
But today’s intro is dedicated to ripping the football overtime. Notice how I said “football.” Not “NFL” not “College football” because they’re both terrible.
The logic behind both is stupid and I don’t care what excuse you make for it. In college, yea starting at the 25 is cool, interesting, exciting, whatever. I don’t care. It’s not football. It’s like a football minigame where kick and punt returns are taken out of the game entirely. Look, in an overtime, you should have to play the freaking game to get the result. Not kicking off, not punting, and being guaranteed a decent field goal shot isn’t playing the game.
Take the FSU/Clemson game last week. You know Jimbo Fisher deliberately ran out the clock at the end of that game because he knew he had a better FG kicker, and thus a better chance in OT? That’s insane.
And the NFL. Still can’t get it right. “Modified” Sudden Death. That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Peyton Manning and the Broncos should have at least been given a possession to tie the game. And to all the people who say, “Oh but the game would drag on and on!” Yea. So what? If it’s more fair, so what? It’s not like anyone was going to stop watching that game. It’s not like rating suddenly drop in OT. Baseball games go on and on. Basketball games go on and on for OT. Who cares? Get it right.
Anyways, here’s Week 4. Again, I’m only making picks on games I’m comfortable betting on.
Last week (6-2), Season (6-2) – put a last-second bet on the Bears on Monday… gut feeling type thing
Games I’m too chicken to bet on
Giants (+3.5) at Washington
Bills (+3) at Houston
Bucs (+7.5) at Pittsburgh
Eagles (+4) at San Fran
Pats (-4) at Kansas City
Rapid-Fire Reasoning:
– Rule #3: Never bet on or against Eli Manning. Plus, Kirk Cousins looks like a pretty good bad QB right now
– Who are the Bills? I don’t see how they’re underdogs in this game because Houston looked awful last week but I don’t buy EJ Manuel either
– I like the Steelers to win at home. But I hate that spread. Both teams show that last week was a little fluky.
– I don’t think the Eagles should be an undefeated football team and gun to my head, I think they lose by three or four. But this Niners team looks to be a shell of their former selves. Good spread.
– Is KC better off without Jamaal Charles? Nah, just kidding guys. And Brady you’ve done nothing to show me if you’re still you so I’m obliged to post another sad pic of you and am considering dropping you from my fantasy team.
– Rodgers told everyone to relax this week and Chicago is missing some DB’s (namely the injured Charles Tillman), so I would say GB is gonna win but its a rivalry game vs. Chicago at their house. Anything can happen
The Can’t Miss Picks (home team denoted by city name)
Baltimore also showed that they play four full quarters as well as anyone out there. Great tenacity last week against a surprisingly scrappy Browns team. And that over/under is LOW, folks.
I thought that spread was a joke. I seriously had to double check. Yea, I’ll take Julio Jones with a side of Harry Douglas and healthy Roddy White please.
“I WILL NOT GET SUCKED INTO THINKING DALLAS IS GOOD”
“I WILL NOT GET SUCKED INTO THINKING DALLAS IS GOOD”
“I WILL NOT GET SUCKED INTO THINKING DALLAS IS GOOD”