(Don’t) Bet the Mortgage: Week 15, 2020

This sucks.

Andy:

$500 – New England (+2.5, -110) at Miami – In the picks segment, I’m pretty sure I went with Miami. I think I’m getting that one wrong. I should have thought more ahead of time about what Bill Belichick did to Justin Herbert the other day. It’s what he does to all rookie QBs. And Tua has not played as much as Herbert. And most of his front-line weapons are beaten up. I now think the Patriots win this game.

$500 – Tennessee (-11, -105) vs Detroit – Frank Ragnow played the game last week with a fractured throat. Think about that. I didn’t really know the throat could fracture. Not actually sure it can. Anyway, the Lions might have a little fight to them, but Tennessee needs this game and Derrick Henry should be able to run all over them. This looked better at the opening number of 8.5, but whaddya gonna do.

$500 – Pittsburgh (-13, +100) at Cincinnati – The Steelers have not been playing well, but the Bengals should be the cure for that. Pittsburgh gets back on track here comfortably.

$500 – Philadelphia (+240 money line) at Arizona – Jalen Hurts looked good … well, better than Carson Wentz last week in his starting debut. The Cardinals unexpectedly (at least to me) beat up the Giants last week, but before that game had lost four of five. I’m not exactly expecting Philly to win the battle of the birds, but it wouldn’t shock me.

Tony: Interesting…one more bad week, and I could owe more than Andy here too.  Fun times.

$1,000 – Buffalo (-6, -105) over Denver – Drew Lock played well last week, but not well enough to beat the Bills. Wouldn’t be surprised if this line keeps sneaking up a bit higher.

$1,000 – Seattle (-6) at Washington – If Alex Smith and Antonio Gibson were completely healthy, I’d feel differently about this — but if they were healthy, it probably wouldn’t be a 6-point spread.

$1,000 –  Kansas City at New Orleans: Over 51.5 (-105) – Doesn’t seem like too much to ask for this one to go over 60.

$500 – Atlanta (+220 money line) vs Tampa Bay – Eking out a win over Minnesota isn’t the way to head into the playoffs with confidence, and in a heated division matchup, the Falcons could pull this one out at home.