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Perfection in imperfection. Damn huge ass spreads got
me again. Hopefully I learned a few lessons this week.
Immediately after my best week of the season, I step
out on a couple limbs and crack, snap, capow, I fall
tumbling to near death on a pile of rubble. Luckily,
a couple wins bailed me out, but the fall, I mean the
week, was one of many bumps and bruises. I’ll be
walking funny for a week. This is how the destruction
went down… 4-9… Ugh…
Buffalo
(-1) at Detroit: Loss. I still can’t believe
the Lions beat the Bills. The Packers, sure, but the
Bills. Buffalo has really tumbled from earlier in the
season when their football play was sharp. From one
week to the next, they are just too random. 1 game –
1 loss… Never a good way to start.
Carolina
(+3) at Baltimore: Winner. As I predicted, the underdog
Panthers won again. If they could be underdogs in every
game, they’d be undefeated. Since that’s impossible,
they lose too many easy games, and rarely cover for
me. But, ah, not this week, the week I needed them to
come through the most. This week they were my Championship
Squad!
Cincinnati
(-5) at Tampa Bay: Loss. I really thought I had
this one in the bank, but then again, I’m sure
that’s exactly what the Bengals thought too. It’s
nice to see the Bucs get a W, but they should thank
Cinci. While they dominated most of the game, the Bungles
didn’t take advantage of their dominance, while
they allowed a late score to Michael Clayton, and just
like that, they lost their 2nd straight after beginning
the season with 3 wins.
Houston
(+14) at Dallas: Loss. I should have been one of
the 75% of the people who had the Cowboys in this one.
TO had a day in the end zone, and the rest of the Boys
looked good against their interstate rival. On the contrary,
I looked bad here.
N.Y.
Giants (+3) at Atlanta: Winner. I said the Giants
were the better team here, and they didn’t let
me down. Mike Vick got in the sack, err sacked, 7 times
on Sunday. Eli had 2 touchdowns. But like I said, Tiki
would be the one to carry the Giants. His 220+ total
yards ran the Giants right passed the Falcons.
Philadelphia
(-3) at New Orleans: Loss. The Eagles, right now,
are making me sick. They’re so much better than
they played on Sunday. Defensively, it was a struggle
all day for the Eagles. Drew Brees is looking like the
best offseason pick up this year, as the Saints did
it all to get their 5th win in 6 tries.
Seattle
(-3) at St. Louis: Loss. Oh Seattle. Up 6 with just
about 2 minutes to go, I was already celebrating. Then
Maurice Morris thundered me hard, fumbling the ball,
and giving the Rams another chance. They took it. A
juggling, bumbling, one handed snag for a long touchdown
by Torry Holt broke me down. But the Hawks wouldn’t
be had. A quick drive set up a 54 yard game winner by
Josh Brown. He hit it. The Hawks won, and me, well,
I lost by a point.
Tennessee
at Washington (-10): Loss. I’ll take this one.
The Titans gave it to the Redskins good. Trying to prove
that their losing fight against the Colts was no fluke,
Vince Young walked his Titans into the Nation’s
capital and downed the heavily favored Redskins. Honestly,
I loved every second of this one. Travis Henry blew
up. I’ve been saying for years, this kid is a 1,500
yard back. We’ll see if they continue to deal him
the rock.
Kansas
City (+7.5) at Pittsburgh: Loss. Ben looked good,
and the Chiefs, well, they helped Ben look good. I lost
this one big. What the hell was I thinking? I guess
I thought the Steelers were losing it quick, and the
Cheifs had played solid defense of late. Haha. Tricked
me good didn’t they. Hopefully you didn’t
lose as much money as I did on this game.
Miami
at N.Y. Jets (-1.5): Winner. It took a while, but
I had a feeling it would be the Jets that pulled me
out of the gutter. Well, it wasn’t as much the
Jets as it was the Dolphins, but you get the picture.
NY won the game, thought it got close late, and I got
another much needed victory.
San
Diego (-10) at San Francisco: Winner. My 4th win
couldn’t have come at a better time. I take that
back, it could have come in the morning. But I needed
this one. After Rivers, LT, and the rest of the Chargers
dismantled the Niners, I had 2 more games to get me
to 6 wins – only a game down on the week.
Oakland
at Denver (-15): Loss. God al mighty I hated watching
this game. I could see that halfway through the 3rd
quarter, Mike Shanahan saw an opportunity to log away
an easy win while giving me a painful 8th loss on the
day. He followed through, and I hated the Broncos even
more than I hated them to start the last day of the
week. The much needed win here never came, only my 8th
loss on the day.
Chicago
(-10) at Arizona: Ugh… This is the worst of
both worlds. The Bears win, and I have to sit through
another week of 2006 and 1985 Chicago Bear comparisons,
and I lose my bet by a healthy 9 point margin. Did I
mention I was 4-9 this week? Puke. I guarantee a winning
week in the form of comeback champions next week.
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