Just Enough!
9-6-1
It
was a crazy week in the football world, but as interesting
and exciting as ever. My 9-6-1 Week 17 pushed me up
and over the .500 mark for the regular season. It was
up and down, as good as it gets, and down right awful
at times. But all in all I came up on top of the regular
season charts. Let the gloating begin!
PUSH
ME
New
Orleans At Tampa Bay (-14) - Tampa Bay didn't
run over the Saints as I had imagined, leaving me to
question if they can truly win a playoff game. We'll
see. I was down late, but a Saint turnover turned into
just enough points for me to get my money back on this
one.
LOSERS
Baltimore
(-3) At Cleveland - 'The Ravens have played like
a real live NFL Football team the last two weeks. It's
really quite amazing. Kyle Boller has tempted Baltimore
fans into cheering for him, while playing well enough
to get Brian Billick another year coaching the Ravens.
Will it continue? I have to believe it will.' (Me) As
you can see I was down right tricked by the Ravens.
It started out just as I had hoped, the Ravens high
stepping to a 13-0 lead. But Charlie Brown wouldn't
quit, and seeing as it was the holidays, he kept the
Browns in it with two second quarter drives that ended
in field goals. It was 13-6 at the half. As good as
Kyle Boller was the last few weeks, he was at least
that bad on Sunday. He was 15-36 with 151 yards and
2 interceptions. Horrible. Dennis Northcut's 3rd quarter
punt return for a touchdown sent the Brownies up by
4 to stay. Tricked!
Chicago
(+4.5) At Minnesota - As I didn't predict, the Bears
didn't start Rex Grossman. I thought they would start
him because he'd only played 6 quarters this year, but
I guess they didn't start him because he's always getting
hurt and because of that he's only played 6 quarters
this year. Humph. Kyle Orton looked blah, as did the
resting Bears. I hope it works out for them.
Buffalo
(-1) At NY Jets - Kelly Holcomb had a Ryan Leaf-like
4 interceptions as the Bills just barely lost on the
road to the Jets. A late kick return by rookie corner
back Justin Miller pushed the Jets to 4 wins on the
season, and right smack out of the Reggie Bush sweepstakes.
But hey, at least they won, right?
Miami
At New England (-6) - 'The Patriots aren't a
team that sits their starters.' (Me) As it turns out
the Patriots are a team that does anything they want
on a week to week basis and try as hard as can be to
be unpredictable. Son of a bitch. The Dolphins won,
ending a pretty good season where they finished 9-7.
Nick Saban has these water mammals on the right track
for next year.
Detroit
At Pittsburgh (-14.5) - The lions actually played
pretty close in this one, but are you kidding me, a
half point, I guess you have to lose some by that small
impossible point total. Joey Harrington ended his short
career in Detroit with 3 touchdowns and no interceptions.
Big Ben went for 0 TD's and 2 picks. Willie Parker rushed
for 135 yards while Jerome Bettis banged home 3 touchdowns
in possibly his last home game.
Seattle
(+4) At Green Bay - Seattle stopped playing their
starters after Shaun Alexander scored his record breaking
28th touchdown of the year and rushed for 73 yards to
capture the rushing title. Green Bay capitalized by
getting Brett Favre a win in what could very well be
his last game.
WINNERS
Denver
(+11) At San Diego - This game was boring. The Chargers
looked bad and the Broncos looked like a 2 seed skipping
their way into the playoffs. Denver's D came to play,
and Mike Shanahan kept his starters in for most of the
day. Thanks Mike!
NY
Giants (-7.5) At Oakland - Jay Feeley, a kicker
who has missed his fair share of big kicks this year,
made a huge one for me a the start of the 4th quarter.
The kick pushed me up and over a 7.5 point spread, getting
me a much needed victory. Tiki Barber was awesome, rushing
for 203 yards on 26 carries. Randy Moss had his biggest
game of the year. Don't matter, the Raiders lose and
I win!
Arizona
(+7) At Indianapolis - 'The Cardinals have a 'wing
it deep' motto with Josh McCowen at the helm. With Indianapolis
in need of nothing, the Cardinals will take advantage
with Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald. Tony Dungy
might be back on the field for this one, but the Colts
don't seem to win games that mean nothing.' (Me) Well,
Joshy Woshy had 297 yards while Larry Fitz and Anquan
combined for 161 yards and a score. The score was just
enough to cover me. I was confused about the importance
of the win to the Colts. Every guy wanted to win one
for Tony. That's important.
Carolina
(-4) At Atlanta - 'The Panthers need to win this
game to assure themselves a spot in the post season.
Expect Deshaun Foster to annihilate the piss poor Falcon
run defense on way to a Panther victory. Steve Smith
will be extra motivated to produce after he had 18 yards
while getting kicked out of the game last week. Steve's
the kind of guy to get some payback.' (Me) Sometimes
I really knock them out of the park. Deshaun Foster
ran 18 times for 165 yards and a touchdown while Steve
Smith had 9 catches for 131 yards and a score. Mike
Vick was bad. Matt Schaub looked good in back-up duty.
Hmmm... Quarterback controversy? Anyone buying that?
Cincinnati
At Kansas City (-7) - 'If I've learned anything
the past two weeks, it's been that the team with the
most on the line almost always plays with more passion.
Passion equals victory.' (Me) This couldn't have been
more true. The Larry Johnson's had a hell of a day.
Larry finished the season with his 9th straight 100+
yard rushing game, and three big scores on way to a
Chief route in Dick Vermeils last game. I'll miss him...
(Tears, lots of tears).
Houston
At San Francisco (+2) - Well, Dom Capers found
a way to lose. David Carr went down with the Texans
up 17. After that it was all signs point to Reggie for
the Texans. Capers carefully played out his game of
Chess and ended overtime in checkmate. Unfortunately
for him, that didn't mean he got his job back. How rude
is that? A coach does just enough to get Reggie Bush
and he doesn't even get to coach him. Frack!
Tennessee
At Jacksonville (-3.5) - Garrard looked okay,
but it was the Jaguar back-ups that came to mash the
Titans. LaBrandon Toefield, Alvin Pearman, and Derrick
Wimbush each rushed for touchdowns while Quinn Gray
passed for two in the Jaguar route. Now they have to
go into New England and upset the Patriots. No problem!
Washington
(-7) At Philadelphia - With 2:16 left in the 4th,
I had all but lost this game. The Eagles weren't going
anywhere, but the Redskins had the game in the bag up
4. Then my main man Sean Taylor picked up a stray fumbled
football and carried him all the way to the end zone
for an 11 point Redskin win. I win again!
St.
Louis (+12.5) At Dallas - 'By the time this game
is played, the Cowboys will already be removed from
playoff contention. Drew Bledsoe is slow and un athletic.'
Hey, I was right on all accounts. This game meant nothing
to the Cowboys. That's a good thing for them, because
the Rams came in without their starting running back
or quarterback and beat some Cowboy ass. It's always
nice to see a Cowboy loss, even if it did improve their
draft pick. Drew threw 2 interceptions, didn't complete
half of his passes and was sacked like a little bitch
5 times by the Rams. He was hit countless other times,
too. Here's to another Cowboyless playoff situation!
Cheers!
Good
Luck with your NFL Football Betting!
Lucky Lester - Free
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