3-1 with a bonus Saturday college football winner.
6-4-1 +1.8 units
Bills kicked off the week with a loss which is never fun. Playing from the front is so much more stress-free. And in hindsight, there were probably too many question marks surrounding this game to have laid more than a FG. Basically got what we deserved. I am quite surprised at how well Oakland came out the gates as usually West Coast teams comes out flat. Overall, I think it was a bit of a forced-fade of the Raiders. I will continue to look for spots to fade them, unfortunately this was not the right spot.
The Texans again were pretty impressive and really dominated the Dolphins more than the score even indicates. Strangely, they had some major red zone issues and settled for FG's which kept Miami within striking distance. Ultimately, they proved to be much the best and I saw nothing that would dispute my thought that Houston is a team capable of doing major damage this year. Miami on the other hand is a true mixed bag. Dan Thomas, to my surprise, looked very impressive. Marshall is a freak, Bush is explosive and Henne, well, Henne is still inconsistent. Overall, pretty happy with this play.
The Bengals game played out a bit as expected. This team is not nearly as bad as a lot of people still think. Dalton actually played even better than I expected but clearly the real story here was AJ Green being a hero. No surprise here, you already know how I feel about Green. Benson continues to be effective running the ball. The line is decent and the receiving options are solid. Defensively they're not great but they're pretty average. Won't exactly shut anyone down but decent enough to keep you in a game. My type of pick, took some fortune to get it home, but when you take the points sometimes you deserve it.
As for the Giants last night. That's about as fortunate as you can feel after a game. If I had the Rams I'd be sick to my stomach. I'll credit myself for expecting a young team without that much talent playing across the country in a primetime game to make some mistakes. But last night every ball seemed to bounce the Giants way. And despite the fact that Aaron Ross couldn't cover my ex-girlfriend, we somehow managed to not let them go through the backdoor time and again. I feel I have a great read on both teams now. Will look to use that moving forward.
Major regret of the weekend is not betting the Titans. On Sunday morning I really started to like them. They're the type of play that makes you money in the NFL. Home dog, average team with some playmakers, against a team that is overhyped. Whenever you see the type of lopsided result like Baltimore killing Pittsburgh in week 1 you know it probably had to do with some type of snowball effect. For that reason they were installed as way too heavy of favorites on the road and I should've known better.
No comments:
Post a Comment