2-2--week one recap
About a day after I got my bets down on the NFL last week I regretted 2 out of 3 of them. I'd forgotten that Dennis Dixon played well last year when Roofie Ben went down for a game or two. Kind of hard to give the Steelers points at home...especially if you don't believe the Falcons preseason hype.
Don't confuse this with the Falcons' preseason fantasy hype. I loooooove Michael Turner and Roddy White this year. Matt Ryan? Not so much. This may explain why I'm not buying the Falcon hype either. Not to mention that I'm not about to trust their defense until they show me they've improved.
Anyway, I got what I deserved when Rashard Mendenhall romped to a 50+ yard TD run on OT, and Pittsburgh won, 15-9. On the other hand, I was concerned about fading Phily at home, but the Packers came through and covered. Meanwhile, the road favorite I wasn't worried about lost by 10 at Houston. I'm thrilled about losing this bet, since it bodes well for my Bunny Slope fantasy team, which is Texan heavy, with four of them.
Ditto for the Chiefs Monday Night win over San Diego. I may have a bet on the Chargers winning over 10.5 this year, but between two of my teams I have Jamaal Charles, Dwayne Bowe, and Thomas Jones twice. I still don't think the Chiefs will be good this year, but if they are it will do wonders for my fanatasy prospects.
I had no such misgivings about my pick of Michigan(+4) over Notre Dame. Not even when I woke up at the end of the game and ND was up by 3. Fuck Michigan. On the other hand, I look better as a handicapper if the Wolverines win outright, which they did.
On to this week. The Pats at Jets line has ballooned out to Pats by 3, but it looks as if it could drop back to 2.5, so I'm waiting. The Jets may fix a few things this week, but Mark Sanchez will not be one of them. He's more of a long-term structural weakness. The Jets D seemed to spend alot of time chasing Joe Flacco, but not quite getting to him. While I see Brady doing alot of 3 step drops and dumping to Welker, Flacco moves like a statue, and the Jets stopped getting to him a bit before halftime. Have I mentioned that I don't buy the Jets hype either? I still love their defense, but Sanchez is still a liability. At least LDT looks sharp, making up for Shonn Greene's crapping of the proverbial bed Monday night. Greene needs to keep this up, to keep my Jamaal Charles pick from looking stupid. So far, so good. I could root for Ryan Matthews to suck, but I have him in one of my leagues.
Don't confuse this with the Falcons' preseason fantasy hype. I loooooove Michael Turner and Roddy White this year. Matt Ryan? Not so much. This may explain why I'm not buying the Falcon hype either. Not to mention that I'm not about to trust their defense until they show me they've improved.
Anyway, I got what I deserved when Rashard Mendenhall romped to a 50+ yard TD run on OT, and Pittsburgh won, 15-9. On the other hand, I was concerned about fading Phily at home, but the Packers came through and covered. Meanwhile, the road favorite I wasn't worried about lost by 10 at Houston. I'm thrilled about losing this bet, since it bodes well for my Bunny Slope fantasy team, which is Texan heavy, with four of them.
Ditto for the Chiefs Monday Night win over San Diego. I may have a bet on the Chargers winning over 10.5 this year, but between two of my teams I have Jamaal Charles, Dwayne Bowe, and Thomas Jones twice. I still don't think the Chiefs will be good this year, but if they are it will do wonders for my fanatasy prospects.
I had no such misgivings about my pick of Michigan(+4) over Notre Dame. Not even when I woke up at the end of the game and ND was up by 3. Fuck Michigan. On the other hand, I look better as a handicapper if the Wolverines win outright, which they did.
On to this week. The Pats at Jets line has ballooned out to Pats by 3, but it looks as if it could drop back to 2.5, so I'm waiting. The Jets may fix a few things this week, but Mark Sanchez will not be one of them. He's more of a long-term structural weakness. The Jets D seemed to spend alot of time chasing Joe Flacco, but not quite getting to him. While I see Brady doing alot of 3 step drops and dumping to Welker, Flacco moves like a statue, and the Jets stopped getting to him a bit before halftime. Have I mentioned that I don't buy the Jets hype either? I still love their defense, but Sanchez is still a liability. At least LDT looks sharp, making up for Shonn Greene's crapping of the proverbial bed Monday night. Greene needs to keep this up, to keep my Jamaal Charles pick from looking stupid. So far, so good. I could root for Ryan Matthews to suck, but I have him in one of my leagues.
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