Pete is a Beast

I'm watching the tail end of Bears-Packers right now. I didn't bet on this game, but it has fantasy implications for me, since I have Jay Cutler and Greg Jennings. Actually the fantasy implications should be minimal, since Adrian Peterson's 180 yard, 3 TD performance vaulted me to a pretty massive lead, though my opponent still has LaDanian Tomlinson yet to play on Monday night. He also has Wes Welker, but it is my nderstanding that Welker is injured, though this could be Belichekean deception.

Incidentally, these other games that could determine my fantasy fate are 3 of the 4 I bet on. I took minnesota(-4.5)overCLEVELAND. The Vikings won and covered, 34-20. I have
NEW ENGLAND(-11)over buffalo, and san diego(-9)over OAKLAND. Whether you think these lines are reasonable or not, I don't think I need to explain these picks.

Aaron Rodgers just completed a bomb to Greg Jennings for the go ahead touchdown. If my internet wasn't acting up I would check to see how many points this got me. We get extra points for plays over 40 and 50 yards. Jennings also got the 2 point conversion, which gets me 2 more points. The score is now 21-15, though the 2 points only matter if the Bears score a touchdown and then miss the extra point. There is 1:11 remaining. Hopefully Cutler will score me some more points, even if he doesn't get the Bears any.

Or not--Jay just threw his 4th pick. Unless this was his 5th. Shades of Jake Delhomme. I might suspect Cutler was Delhomme, if Delhomme himself hadn't lost so convincingly earlier today.

My other game was washington(+6.5)over NYGIANTS. I initially thought this should be about a 4 point spread. I was already considering the 'Skins when they opened as a five point dog. When it moved to 6.5 I felt like I had to bet it, especially after I pushed for the 'Skins on the radio.

I absolutely should have lost this one, but the Redskins got a garbage touchdown to close within six, 23-17, so I covered. There must have been some pissed off gamblers out there.

I still can't tell how many yards that touchdown pass went for, but that and the 2-point conversion vaulted Jennings to my second-highest scorer, after Peterson, and I think it makes him the top receiver this week other than Reggie Wayne. I think our league scoring leaders look like this:

1. Drew Brees--56
2. Tony Romo--43
3. Adrian Peterson--41
4. Joe Flacco--34*
5. Matt Hasselbeck--29
6. Reggie Wayne--25
7. A bunch of guys at 23

The asterisk is for the fact that Joe Flacco's points didn't count, since he was on my bench. I think I would have far and away the highest points if I'd started Flacco over Cutler, as Matthew Berry recommended. I think I may still have the highest total for week one. I thought the Packers run defense would force Cutler to throw, resulting in a bunch of fantasy points, while I thought the Ravens would go conservative once they had a lead

My college bets were about as impressive as Michigan State, who managed to lose to Central Michigan. Tennessee lost to UCLA, despite being favored by 10, and USC beat Ohio State but failed to cover. North Carolina beat UConn, 12-10, which gave away the fact that this was not a basketball game, as well as salvaging me a NCAA win.

So, the NFL has brought me to 3-2 on the weekend, with both Monday night games still in play.