Daily Archives: October 2, 2009

Bet of the Week: Week 4

Last week was all smiles for me as I went a perfect 4 for 4, making it the second week i had accomplished that feat.  Let’s see if I can keep the streak going through week 4.

Week 4

1. Cincinnati Bengals (-5.5) over the Cleveland Browns

This line looks too good to be true but I’m still taking it.  You can count me in the Bengals believers camp.  They are a fluke td away from a 3-0 start and have taken down the defending champs and the Packers in Lambeau.

Chad Ochocinco looks like the old Chad and Carson Palmer finally appears to be healthy.  The biggest surprise on the offense so far has been Cedric Benson.  The former Bears cast-off is salvaging his career in Cincinnati and looks like a legit NFL running back.  While the offense looks good the defense also deserves a lot of credit.  The unit that has plagued the Bengals for years is finally playing good defense.  Antwan Odom is leading the charge with his league leading 7 sacks and Leon Hall is shutting down opposing teams best receiver.

The Bengals get the lowly Browns this week and I’m sure they will be licking their chops.  The Browns have looked anemic on offense so far and are starting Derek, throws 3 picks in one half then be named the starter, Anderson at quarterback.  This one won’t be close.

2. New York Giants (-8.5) over the Kansas City Chiefs

I went with the Giants as my suicide pick this week and I think they will cover as well.  This team is hitting on all cylinders and I don’t think they can be stopped.

If Kevin Kolb torn the Chiefs, imagine what Eli Manning will do especially now that he has viable receivers in Steve Smith and Mario Manningham.  Combining that with the combo of Jacobs and Bradshaw the Chiefs are in big trouble.  The Chiefs are going to have to figure out a way to move the ball against a Giant s defense that allowed 84 total yards to the Bucs last week.  With Dwayne Bowe questionable it doesn’t look promising.

3. Pittsburgh Steelers (-6.5) over the San Diego Chargers

The Steelers enter this week 1-2 and know they can’t afford to go 1-3.  The Charger will do their best to make this happen but the Steelers will win this game.

Ben Roethlisberger has been in spots like this before and will come up big on Sunday Night.  The Chargers have been poor against the run and are without nose tackle, Jamal Williams, which will allow the Steelers to be able to get their ground game going.  It was better last week but can be better.  The Steelers are home in this one and won’t lose back to back home games after blowing an 11 point lead at home against the Bengals last week.

Underdog Pick

1. Baltimore Ravens (+120) over the New England Patriots

This game is hard to call an upset since the line is only two but there simply isn’t any dog that I love this week.  That being said I think the Ravens will come away with this game.  The Ravens actually have the better offense in this matchup and are number 2 in the league behind only the Saints.

The Pats are also likely to be without at least two out of these: Wes Welker, Vince WIlfork, and Jerod Mayo.  Without Wilfork in the middle the Ravens two headed monster will be able to run up the middle all day.  Without Welker the Pats will be hard pressed to score on the Ravens defense.  With all the talk about the Ravens offense now a days, people seem to forget that the Ravens still boast one of the best defenses in the league.

Final Score: Ravens 24 Patriots 21

The Craziest Ending Ever

We take an aside form the NFL as we look at high school football for a second.  The ending to the game will make the Vikings-49ers game look ordinary.

A potential game winning field goal with 2 seconds remaining goes all wrong in a Vermont high school football game.  Got to 1:30 to see the ending.

You have to feel terrible for the kid.  But the blame belongs square on the shoulders of the coach, who decided to put 2 players back for a reason not known to anyone.  Whether he makes it or misses it the game will be over.  There was simply no need to have those two players back there.

Suicide Pick: Week 4

It was a stress free week 3 as my pick, the Baltimore Ravens, absolutely demolished the Cleveland Browns.  Elsewhere around the league there was only one upset, the Lions over the Redskins, but I hope you didn’t pick the Skins after their performance against the Rams two weeks ago.  Through 3 weeks of the season there still hasn’t been that one huge upset that knocks out a bunch of people.

Now onto to this week:

Teams already used:

Week 1: Seattle Seahwaks: Win

Week 2: Green Bay Packers: Loss

Week 3: Baltimore Ravens: Win

The pick for week 4 is the New York Giants.

These are two teams that are going into two opposite directions right now.  The Giants are clicking all cylinders while the Chiefs are struggling to do anything.  Their suspect passing game has proved all the naysayers wrong so far as Steve Smith and Mario Manningham are forming quite the tandem.  Also Ahmad Bradshaw has picked up the slack left by Derrick Ward averaging 5.7 yards per carry.  Their defense completely shit down the Tampa Bay offense last week holding them to only 86 total yards.  With the Chiefs failing to manage 200 yards last week it could be a long day at Arrowhead.  If you are worried about picking the Giants because they are on the road, take a look at the Chiefs record in their last seven home games: 0-7.

The Chiefs on the other hand are looking terrible so far.  They have had very ugly performances in their two games, losing to the Raiders and the Eagles.  They let Kevin Kolb tear them apart last week and let JaMarcus Russell actually win a game.  Their offense is looking so hot either.  Larry Johnson is a shell of his former self and Dwayne Bowe is iffy to play this week.  Cassel had looked mediocre but the departure of Tony Gonzalez has clearly hurt the team.

Final Score: Giants 27 Chiefs 10

In case you use one of the teams I have already sed here are some other teams I like:

Colts over the Seahawks- The red hot Colts get the Seneca Wallace led Seahawks at home.  Enough said.

Texans over the Raiders- This is a bit of risk but I wouldn’t worry too much.  The Texans are at home are a win would get them back to .500.  Don’t forget they are playing JaMarcus Russell.