Football Stuff

Going over currently open bets, as well as submitting my picks for Over/Under Season Totals.  Speaking of which, the Indiana play took a hit last night with a home loss to Navy.  Indiana looks to be able to score points with relative ease but they had genuine problems on the defensive side.  Hopefully this was more of a case of facing a weird offense (triple option).  We shall see.  Aside from that, bets I am the house for…

Oakland Raiders Under 5.5 (-229) 150 Units

Oakland Raiders League Worst Record (+225) 30 Units

And bets on my end…

Cincy to win AFC (+1200) 15 Units

I really didn’t think Andy Dalton was going to be good in the pros, but he has progressed to the point for me that I actually forget it’s Andy Dalton who is out there.

5 Point Pick – Browns Over 6

Hear me out.  Pitt and Balt seem to be both getting worse these days.  Cleveland has a favorable stretch of 3 home games early on where they play Cincy, Buffalo on a very short week, and then have a week and a half before Detroit comes in.  Trent hitting his prime.

4 Point Pick – Panthers Under 7

You know how Harbaugh is all about trying to prevent Kapernick from getting hurt?  Do you know who you don’t hear being a part of that conversation?  Ron Rivera, who is coming across as the equivalent of an absentee father with Newton.  If Newton gets injured at any point early, a plausible scenario given the distressing fact that he was Carolina’s leading rusher last year, this Under is a lock.  Steve Smith aint getting any younger, their running backs aint getting any healthier.

Side Note, I love how confident I sound when making picks.

3 Point Pick – Packers Under 10.5

In Simmons’ season preview he rightly points out how difficult the Packer away schedule is.

2 Point Pick – Falcons Over 10

I see this as Atlanta signing up for making a run this year.  There is no way Gonzalez plays a down in the league after this year.  Steve Jax is never going to be as productive moving forward as he will be this year.  Good chance the same can be said for Roddy.  I do not think they will feel the ripple effect of trading away a chunk of their future for Julio at this point.  Once more into the fray while you all still have legs.

1 Point Pick – Patriots Under 11

They have an easy schedule, they play in the easiest division of the easier conference.  All they do is win double digit games of every year.  But my God did they look awful in the preseason.  I put next to no faith, stock, belief in preseason football, except when I want to.