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I just can't pull off two good ones in a row. Following
up a winner last week, the Halloween tricksters weren't
on my side. I needed a Monday Night blitz by the purple
defense in Minnesota to collect a whopping 4 wins. Records
of 3-10-1 just aren't acceptable. Back to the
drawing boards for me, but first, check how I fumbled
more than the 49ers on Sunday. Double digits in the
L column get you fired… One more week?
Arizona (+4) at Green Bay - LOSER! The Cardinals
were horrible again, and now I can see why the Titans
rolled with Vince Young. After a great start to his
Arizona career, Leinart has looked human during the
last two weeks. Human for Matt means jobless for Dennis
Green? It sure means another loss for me.
Atlanta
at Cincinnati (-4) - LOSER! The Bengals played tough,
but never had the spread in hand as Atlanta pressed
on. Mike Vick might not be overrated anymore, making
Atlanta one of the scariest teams in football. The Bengals
bungled and I lost one early.
Baltimore
(+2.5) at New Orleans - WINNER! The Ravens made
me a winner early, as this was the first game I was
watching to start the day. I thought to my self, now
this is going to be a good day. I didn't knock on wood,
didn't rub a rabbits foot, just went to the bathroom
and had an omelet. Read on to see how that turned out.
Houston
(+3) at Tennessee - LOSER! The Texans played really
poorly until Sage Rosenfels came in for David Carr…
But it wasn't enough as the Titans held on late to win
by 4. Lost by one. A loss is a loss.
Jacksonville
(+8) at Philadelphia - WINNER! With no passing game,
the Jags still ousted the Eagles. Jacksonville showed
their stout defense and a very productive running game
against an Eagles team that never seemed to come out
of the locker room. Lucky me.
Seattle (+7) at Kansas City - PUSH! Yeah! A push. TO
be honest, I knew I was in trouble when the Chiefs completed
their 2 point conversion to go up 7… I pushed.
San
Francisco (+17) at Chicago - LOSER! Unfortunately
their were two halves to this game. The first one I
didn't care much for, the 2nd one would have made me
a winner. The 49ers had a touchdown and a field goal
in the 4th to finish the 2nd half with a 10-0 lead.
However, the first half netted the Niners 0 and the
Bears 41…. Add those two together. Did I cover?
Ah… No.
Tampa
Bay (+10.5) at N.Y. Giants - LOSER! Another close
one broke my heart. Eli and the Giants O was held in
check for much of the game, as little Manning could
only muster 154 yards passing. Tiki only had 68 yards
on 26 carries. But the bigger story was the Bucs inability
to do anything. The Rook, Bruce Gradkowski, completed
just over 35% of his passes. That won't get you many
wins, that's for sure. Giants win, Lucky loses.
St.
Louis (+10) at San Diego - LOSER! The Rams just
couldn't stop LT. The cat had over 200 total yards,
183 rushing, and managed 3 scores on the day. Bulger
passed for 32, but it wasn't enough as the Ram defense
couldn't hold. I lost again.
Indianapolis
(+3) at Denver - WINNER! Indy made it interesting,
but they couldn't be denied as even the league's best
defense didn't have an answer for Peyton Manning and
Reggie Wayne. The three hooked up 10 times for 3 touchdowns
and a bus-load of yards to get me a much needed W.
N.Y.
Jets (+2) at Cleveland - LOSER! The Jets couldn't
stop the Browns famed rushing attack. Famed? Oh, I'm
sorry, Cleveland had the worst rushing attack in football
coming into Week 8. On the other hand, New York had
the worst rushing defense. Apparently bad offense beats
bad defense. Makes sense.
Pittsburgh
(-9) at Oakland - LOSER! I can't believe the Raiders
won again. I really don't have an explanation for this
game, besides the fact that Ben Roethlisberger sucked
for nearly the entire contest. What is with this guy.
He couldn't lost the first couple years, and now he's
an interception machine.
Dallas
at Carolina (-4.5) - LOSER! In the midst of a tough,
painful, foot in the mouth week, not only did I lose
my 9th Sunday game of the day, but the Cowboys just
happened to come out of Carolina with a victory. It
looked good for me early, but too many turnovers and
absolutely no production from the Panthers' offense
got me numero nine.
New
England at Minnesota (+3) - Could I have been more
wrong? I'd like to own up now. The Patriots aren't overrated,
the Vikings defense is. Or even better yet, the Vikings
could very well stop any other team in the league, while
the Patriots are the only dominant force that can completely
annihilate such a club. Honestly, Tom Brady is amazing,
he makes everything look easy, and ice water seems to
run through his veins.
What
a terrible week for UN-Lucky Lester…. Next
week is guaranteed to be better.
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