I just can’t seem to put a winning streak together as I broke down and lost more games this week than any other week this season. It’s going to be a tough hole to climb out of, but what can I do? Gotta keep climbing till I get to the top! At least I won the majority of my Top 5 bets…
TOP 5 Bets
1. Jacksonville over Houston Loss
2. Chicago over New York Giants WIN
3. Philadelphia over Washington WIN
4. Jets over Patriots WIN
5. Tampa Bay over Carolina Loss
Baltimore (-7) at Tennessee: LOSS! The Ravens didn’t come out swinging like the Titans, and if it wasn’t for a late game missed field goal, the Titans would have broken the mighty Ravens, but isn’t that they way it goes. Ravens didn’t cover, but they won. Count how many times that happened this weekend.
Buffalo at Indianapolis (-11.5): LOSS! Colts win, don’t cover, looked terrible in the process, and gave up 1billion rushing yards to the A Train. That’s right, the A Train.
Chicago (+3) at N.Y. Giants: WIN! Chicago got me one of my few victories, as they dominated the 2nd half in their win over New York.
Cleveland at Atlanta (-7): LOSS! “The Falcons sure struggled last week against the Lions.” And much to my betting dismay, those freaking scraggly birds did me in again. I can’t believe the fall from grace Mr. Vick has taken. Kind of like mine. Ugh, with Vick goes Lucky…
Green Bay at Minnesota (-5): LOSS! Oh Vikings, take a hint from the Redskins, bench father time and go with a young gun, your season is caput.
Houston at Jacksonville (-10.5): LOSS! The Jaguars didn’t cover, that’s for sure. They lost to a bad Texan team in Jacksonville. What’s that I heard about Byron Leftwich being worse than David Garrard? Byron wins that game.
Kansas City (E) at Miami: LOSS! I hope Miami’s on a run very similar to last season, as this week I’m riding the train they may or may not be on.
New Orleans +4 at Pittsburgh: LOSS! New Orleans looked awfully good early, but I pick an entire game, not a half. And that tends to hurt me, never more than this week… Ugh umm…. Bengals/Chargers!
N.Y. Jets (+12) at New England: WIN! Not only did the Jets prove that they can compete with the Patriots, they beat those darn Pats and fled Foxboro in a close second place within the division.
San Diego at Cincinnati (+1.5): LOSS! What can Cincinnati do to win a ball game? Chad Johnson flat out dominated the game, yet the Bengals couldn’t hold on late, as LaDainian Tomlinson found his running mate, Phillip Rivers, and together they solved all the crime in Cinci, oh, and beat the Bengals like a bunch of rotten thieves.
San Francisco at Detroit (-5.5): LOSS! Detroit, Detroit, Detroit…. What can I do with you donkeys? Talk about a team that changes their complete identity as soon as I put money on them. I’m not taking them next week… (wink, wink – maybe they’ll read this and win – cackle)
Washington at Philadelphia (-6.5): WIN! The Redskins suck, and the Eagles are very good. It’s nice when that works out to an easy win, why couldn’t the Jaguars, Chiefs, Colts, Ravens and Broncos follow through like that? Bugger me!
Denver -9 at Oakland: LOSS! “I hate picking Denver with any more than 3 points to cover,” And since I already said that, I will never do it again, for eternity. Or until Jake Plummer pulls a Drew Bledsoe and watches young Culter run the team.
Dallas at Arizona (+7): LOSS! What was I thinking here? Maybe I thought Dallas would come out thinking they’d easily beat the struggling Cards… Well, they didn’t think it, they just did it.
St. Louis (+3.5) at Seattle: WIN! The Hawks pulled out another game winning field goal, and the Rams covered. I have to be honest, this was the best of both worlds for me.
Tampa Bay (+11) at Carolina: The Panthers fought their kryptonite, and pulled out over the spread, but don’t bet on them to do that two weeks in a row… Next week is St. Louis, and another big spread is no good for the Panthers.