Did week one feel weird to anyone else? Guys like Mike Evans coming up with one catch while guys like John Ross and Sammy Watkins catch a million yards worth of passes and score three times?
I guess that’s just the NFL. It WAS good to have real games back. The NFL’s 100th season is going to b ea good one.
It started out especially well for Andy, who, despite picking the Colts by mistake, still captured the win with a 9-6-1 mark. On another note, no more fitting tie has ever taken place than the one between Arizona and Detroit – ties were made for those two organizations, who have spent years not being able to get out of their own respective way.
Didn’t it feel this year like the offseason took forever? Finally, the Bears and Packers kick things off Thursday night. And we’re back with our highly acclaimed, err perhaps highly scorned, Alternative Picks segment.
Each week we’ll alternate making picks in contest fashion. Then we’ll also pick the games straight up. These picks are for entertainment purposes only and should not be used to, you know, bet or anything like that.
Tony won big in 2017. Andy won big last year. Who will show up this season?
Andy might win alternative picks and he might walk away with straight-up picks too, but he should never be allowed near a Las Vegas bankroll.
His bets, for the … whatever-number-of-seasons-he’s-been-eligible-to-gamble-legally-in-a-row have downright sucked. Tony’s bets are … well, a little more interesting, perhaps, if not just marginally better. So, again, if you want to use these for anything … maybe bet against them.
Here are the standings:
Week 16 W/L
Week 16 $
Total W/L
Total $
Bankroll
Andy
1-2-1
-$400
26-36-2
-$4,131
$5,869
Tony
2-2
-$273
28-36
-$3,801
$6,199
And here are our last bets for the 2018 regular season:
The holiday week, which coincides with a family birthday, has taken its toll on the availability of time this week, so we’ll get the standings updated later. Suffice it to say that betting is a foolish activity and we’ll never be doing it for a living.
Here are our bets for week 16:
Andy:
$1,000 – Dallas (-7, -10) vs Tampa – The Bucs are terrible. And I stacked Prescott, Elliott and Cooper in a DFS tournament I’m in. I’m no Cowboys fan, but … go Dallas.
$1,000 – Green Bay (-3, even) at NY Jets — This game started as a pick ’em. Really? As much as Green Bay has been bad, the Packers are better than the Jets. … I think. Right?
$1,000 – Houston (+2.5, -110) at Philadelphia — I probably should be going the reverse psychology route here, especially after the Ravens win and the Titans near-loss. But the Texans need this to keep in the two seed. I think they knock the Eagles out of the playoff race.
$400 – Cincinnati (+235) at Cleveland — I am squarely on the Cleveland bandwagon. Definitely heading in the right direction. But teams like that slip up sometimes. This in-state rivalry would be a perfect time for that … besides, we need to stop Mayfield, Chubb and the Cleveland defense to win a fantasy league.
Tony:
$2,000 – LA Chargers (-4, -105) over Baltimore – The line opened at 6, and has moved in Baltimore’s favor, despite the fact that the Chargers are at home (which isn’t a great stadium advantage, but at least they didn’t really have to travel) and they’re fighting for the top seed in the AFC.
$2,000 – Chicago (-4.5, -110) over San Francisco – Yes, the Bears are on the road–and they’ve already locked up the division–but they’re still playing for a bye, and they’re just better than San Francisco, with as many 49ers hurt as there are.
$1,000 – Jacksonville at Miami: Under 38.5 – Normally a number this low screams “Take the over!” Not with these two teams playing.
$1,000 – New York Jets (+130 moneyline) over Green Bay – It’s not a sexy pick, but if I have a chance to add some fictional cash to my fictional pants pockets, especially at the expense of the Packers, I’ll take it. The Packers season is over–they might even rest Aaron Rodgers if things start to look bad–and they’re new to playing with nothing on the line (this season), whereas the Jets are used to it. Add in the Packers travel, and they might just mail one in.
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