If you can jump on the over the 35 Vikings/Browns in London do so. (10-7 at the half and Vikings may be down to a third-string rookie QB, endangering our bet and our wine selection for next week - see below. Carson Wentz just has no luck as a starting QB in the NFL. Sheesh).
Update: One TD away in the 4th Q from cashing and starting out our Sunday with a win$.
Yesterday was shaping up to be a great day, with our picks of the Brewers and Blue Jays hitting easily. And then the Dodgers staged a late comeback, spoiling our three-team parlay for 200 units that put us slightly in the red.
This is a very tough week for NFL picks. Not a whole lot jumps out.
Colts at home -7 is too many points, but we have no faith in the Raiders (although their rookie RB has started to pick up some yards and TDs, helping us in fantasy).
The Eagles are the best team in football, but they are not going undefeated. Are the Broncos +4 a trap game for Philly? Could be. We are putting a few cheesesteaks on the Eagles, but not a whole dinner.
We are tired of losing money on the Cowboys. But the J E T S are just not a very good football team. Are they worth a few knishes as a home dog +1.5?
Here's our pick. The NY football Giants, getting 1.5 on the road against the Saints. And under 42. The Gints have a top five defense and their rookie QB looked not bad. They have a hellish schedule coming up, including the Eagles, 72 Dolphins, Chiefs, and 78 Steelers. So this is a winnable game for them and they know it.
We like the Bills at home over the cheaters for the Sunday night game, which we will watch sipping an Opus One courtesy of our winnings the past few weeks. The 7.5 is worrisome, so we are teasing it down a point.
And we like the resurgent Chiefs -3 on the road at Jax. There's life in this team yet. And it's the MNF game so there's plenty of time to ponder the pick.
MLB Playoffs.
Phillies at home +1.5; ditto Brewers over Cubs. (games are Monday). Two years ago we made a small fortune on their Playoff run and we are looking to replicate our success.
Yanks and their ace Max Fried to bounce back against Toronto. They lost the first game to the Red Sox in the previous series before winning the next two. We don't like giving up 1.5 but that's the standard line in baseball.
Speaking of which, the Phillies were down by two with bases loaded in the 8th yesterday and all we needed was one run to cross the plate for our nice three figure parlay to payoff. But alas mighty Casey struck out (or in this case a weak fly ball to left ended the inning).
SURVIVOR POOL
We lost one player last week. This week the Colts are the popular pick, while Rumpole wisely chooses his bye in the difficult week. Public Pretender realized the mistake of picking Broncos for the second time last week and timely changed to the Fins and remains alive. As always, if you make a mistake and have enough to Z$ell, we will accommodate you.
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