Bet the Mortgage: Week 7, 2020

by Tony & Andy | Oct 23, 2020 | 2020 season, NFL Gambling

Andy’s picks have been top notch and he’s dominating the Zoneblitz DFS competition, but when it comes to bets he’s choking like a overzealous dog on an oversized bone.

Tony stayed close to even for a while, but he’s been struggling of late. Only hitting on his biggest bet last week kept him within striking distance of staying even.

So, in short, after a year of competence in 2019, they’ve returned to sucking. If you are in Vegas, we suggest doing the opposite of what they recommend – or just print out this part of the blog and use it in your bird cages, much as you used to with newsprint. … you know, the gray paper newspapers are printed on?

Right. So … staying on task …

Andy

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Bet the Mortgage: Week 6, 2020

by Tony & Andy | Oct 17, 2020 | 2020 season, NFL Gambling

Andy started the slow crawl back to mediocrity last week with a .500 performance that left him in the black for the first time in a while. Tony had his toughest week to date in week five.

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Bet the Mortgage: Week 5, 2020

by Tony & Andy | Oct 11, 2020 | 2020 season, NFL Gambling

Another week, another hunk of budget down the crapper for Andy. He’s doing fine with regular picks, but when the pointspreads start coming into play, blech. Tony split his bets, getting to a couple hundred dollars in the black.

Andy – Well, this sucks pretty bad. Nothing to do but keep throwing bad hypothetical money after bad hypothetical money.

$1,000 – Carolina (+2, -110) at Atlanta – The Falcons are beat up on a short week. And the Panthers actually don’t look half bad so far. They win outright.

$1,000 – Cleveland (+1.5, -110) vs Indianapolis – Don’t look now, but I think the Browns are actually pretty decent this year. The Colts have looked okay too, but Cleveland has a chance to keep proving that this year it’s actually for real.

$1,000 – Seattle (-7, -110) vs Minnesota – The Vikings have looked alright the last couple weeks, but it’s been against a Houston team that had pretty much given up on Bill O’Brien and a Tennessee team that might have already been festering with COVID. The Seahawks are a bit of a different monster. Could have gone the over here too, but 57 is a high number, even against this junior high set of cornerbacks.

$300 – Cincinnati (+650) at Baltimore – I don’t really see this happening, but I don’t like many of the money lines for bets this week. Lamar Jackson has missed a couple practices. Joe Burrow looks good. What the hell.

Tony – Getting a really late start on this week’s games…

$1,000 – Kansas City (-10.5. -105) vs Las Vegas – Mahomes at home against the Raiders, who are reeling a bit.

$1,000 – Pittsburgh (-7.5, +100) vs Philadelphia – A Steelers team that is looking like it wants one more shot for Big Ben, vs a team that is already fighting off fans calling to bench Wentz in favor of Jalen Hurts…or trading to get Nick Foles back.

$1,000 – Seattle (-7, +100) vs Minnesota – How has the line moved down on this one? The LetRussCook movement is going to be even hotter after today…only thing that might stop Russ is sitting out the second half with too big of a lead to justify playing him more.

$500 – Washington (+310) vs LA Rams – Washington took a step forward this week in benching Dwayne Haskins, and is now just one minor injury from having their best QB back on the field.  The Rams should win this game–but they’re on the road, traveling east, and it’s not like the Football Team doesn’t have a potentially dangerous defense…

Bet the Mortgage: Week 4, 2020

by Andy | Oct 1, 2020 | 2020 season, NFL Gambling

Tony said he didn’t want to keep going back and forth between double-digit wins and double-digit losses. He succeeded, bringing on a four-digit loss instead. Andy, on the power of managing to lose a huge figure on the Vikings losing, but not by enough, still managed to have his best week so far this season, keeping his losses in the triple digits. … Take That, Vegas.

Andy – It’s got to turn around, it’s got to turn around … (more…)

Bet the Mortgage: Week 3, 2020

by Tony & Andy | Sep 24, 2020 | 2020 season, NFL Gambling

Two weeks in and Tony’s barely dipped into his wallet. He’s plugging along like he’s playing the nickel slots. Andy should heed that advice the way things are going. He’s on pace to be out of cash by week six. Here are the standings:

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Bet the Mortgage: Week 2, 2020

by Tony & Andy | Sep 17, 2020 | 2020 season, NFL Gambling

We’re always fascinated here at ZB HQ about what exactly it is Vegas knows that we don’t. Andy had a crappy weekend of gambling that was reminiscent of every year these writers have done this segment except for 2019. Tony had an okay run, but he was one point away from a solid profit when his “under 53” bet on the Chiefs/Texans game went over at 54.

Anyway, neither player picked many games right, but as oft is the case, Tony proved once again that it doesn’t matter as long as you get the right games right. He came out with a $100 profit after nailing the Jags’ upset against Indy.

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