The Freeroll Game, a Follow-up

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 thought on “The Freeroll Game, a Follow-up”

  1. 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

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