Not the greatest weekend of football. Both betting and watching football was a losing effort this week, but I’m elated the Dawg Pound and Bills Mafia got dubs this weekend. Let’s get into it.
Colts@Bills (-6.5)
Our only winning ticket from the weekend. Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines combined for over 150 yards rushing, but Frank Reich decided to help out his former team by having Old Man Rivers throw the ball 46 times in January. I’m convinced Phil Rivers lives his entire life with 3 seconds left on the play clock while screaming at everyone around him. Luckily he folded when it counted most, otherwise we would’ve been talking about the absolute boneheaded sack-fumble from our sweet prince Josh Allen. Circle the wagons.
Rams@Seahawks(-3.5)
This game was terrible and should have cruised to the under, but pick sixes will ruin that bet every time. Maybe don’t let Russ cook as much and order takeout? The Rams defense is on another level and proved it needs just a little competency from the Quarterback to win. I really have nothing else for this game, it sucked.
Bucs(-8)@Football team
We all got Heiny’d. As soon as Alex Smith was ruled out of this game I was ready to mark this up as a dub, but the Bucs defense looks like a shell of itself and let some Conference USA Quarterback come in and carve them up for 306 yards. Good for Taylor Heinicke, I hope for nothing but the best for that guy, but I’ll have a hard time trusting the Bucs defense again…which means they’ll probably pitch a shutout next week against Drew Brees and his 4 healthy ribs.
Ravens(-3)@Titans
The sus Titans defense decided to show up yesterday and the Ravens kept King Henry to 40 yards, essentially killing the over. I should’ve known when there’s a team going to get its bike back to hammer the under because it’s going to be a backyard brawl, save that for a later date. According to @surrender_idx90 on twitter, Vrabel deciding to punt down by 4 on 4th and 2 from the opponents 40 is one of the most cowardly punts we’ve seen in recent memory. I’m not sure if it accounts for a monster who rushed for over 2,000 yards in its data, but the fact they threw for it on 2nd and 3rd and 2 before the cowardice move grinds my gears. Ravens celebrating on the Titans logo=poetic justice.
Bears@Saints(-10)
Really bummed I didn’t get to see the Nickelodeon broadcast of this game because the football itself was a snoozer. I actually feel bad for Mitch Trubisky (congrats on NVP) being held captive by some loser who puts “be you” on his play sheet. Stop being you and be someone else; be Andy Reid before you get put back beside him as an assistant coach again you bozo. I tried to call Javon Wims for comment but the call was dropped. Saints go marching.
Browns@Steelers(-6.5)
Is Kevin Stefanski holding this team back? This performance should take him out of consideration for the coach of the year and give it to Sean McDermott. I’m so happy for the Dawg Pound and that city, but where do the Steelers go from here? It’s starting to feel like the end of the 2004 draft class era with Phil Rivers unable to ¾ arm slot his way up the field and Big Ben suffering from incognito withdrawals. It’s pulling on my heart strings a bit.
The Morning Flush 