The Freeroll Game, a Follow-up

Posted by pat on 2009/12/30; This entry is filed under NFL.

So I said we were going to keep half an eye on this freeroll game thing from last week so let’s take a looksie back to Week 16.  Before we do I should note that on Monday Night Football the Giants crushed the underdog Redskins putting the total for Week 15 at 6 Underdog wins, 2 double the spreads by favorites, and 8 Nothin’ Doin’s.  As for Week 16…

San Diego/Tennessee – Underdog San Diego wins

Buffalo/Atlanta – Atlanta doubles spread

Kansas City/Cincinnati – Nothing

Oakland/Cleveland – Cleveland doubles spread

Seattle/Green Bay – Green Bay doubles spread

Houston/Miami – Underdog Houston wins

Jacksonville/New England – New England doubles spread

Tampa Bay/New Orleans – Underdog Tampa Bay wins

Carolina/Giants – Underdog Carolina wins

Baltimore/Pittsburgh – Nothing

St Louis/Arizona – Nothing

Detroit/San Francisco – Nothing

Jets/Indianapolis – Underdog Jets win

Denver/Philadelphia – Nothing

Dallas/Washington – Dallas doubles spread

Minnesota/Chicago – Underdog Chicago wins

WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!  what in the name of bill parcells in going on here?  16 games were on the board.  6 underdog outright wins?  5 favorites double the spread?  and the people making these lines are professionals!  imagine the results if they didn’t know precisely what they were doing!  lets see what i like this week.

Chicago (-3) @ Detroit

When has Detroit shown at any point during the season that they should be getting this level of respect?  In my mind this line should be 7.

Giants (+9) @ Minnesota

I think the Giants will come to play and give the Vikings a decent fight.  I think they would like to end the season with guns drawn.

As a side note, three games this weekend will have a solid chance of being playoff previews during the wild card.  In order of sexiness

Packers/Cards

Philly/Dallas

Bengals/Jets

Another side note is that the last week is obviusly gut check time for season total bets.  I’m looking at you, Atlanta.

One Comments

  1. lou December 31st, 2009 at 00:49

    According to the whiteboard, I’m going for a push on Minny under 11. Thinking about the SF and BAL games makes me want to vomit.

    I’m anticipating ATL-TB being the best game of the day. Sean and I have action on Oakland under 5.5. I kind of like Oakland +10.5 as literally no one is going to take them, and combined with the futures hedge I’ll probably have to take it.

    Happy new year