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A HUGE WEEK for Lucky Lester… Talk about
bringing in the big bucks. After a slow start to the
season, I pulled off a killer Week 8 and I'm feeling
good going into Week 9. The double digits always seem
to do me well. Anyway, how good was I? 6-1 with my
free picks and 7-1 with my elite
package. That's a lot of wins and a couple losses.
Check out my free pick review below.
Cleveland
Browns @ St.
Louis Rams (+3): Loss (only one)
(Line: Monday, 2:00am EST: Bookmaker)
Steven
Jackson's injury seemed to crush the Rams, as the threat
of running the ball was all but gone, and the Browns
focused in on allowing nothing on the ground. St. Louis
spent much of the game on top, but couldn't pull it
out, losing a close one by a touchdown.
Detroit
Lions (+5) @ Chicago
Bears: WINNER
(Line: Monday, 2:00am EST: Bookmaker)
"A
straight up win by the Lions wouldn't surprise me."
There were lots of things I liked about this game, the
way the Lions were playing defense coming in, the confidence
they had, and the lack of it in Chicago - and the way
the Lions had been asserting themselves on the ground.
It all worked out, and the Lions made the Bears and
Brian Greise look bad in my first win of the good Sunday.
Oakland
Raiders (+9) @ Tennessee
Titans: WINNER
(Line: Tuesday, 3:30pm EST: 5Dimes)
This
deal was too good to pass up, and the Raiders almost
had this one anyway. Oakland plays in their fair share
of close games, as do the Titans, the difference is,
Vince and his Titans find ways to win, while the Raiders
are the Raiders… They were good enough to get me
a win though, that's always appreciated.
Houston
Texans @ San
Diego Chargers (-10): WINNER
(Line: Monday, 5:00pm EST: Bookmaker)
This
was a killing. I thought the Texans would be a little
better through the air, but instead, they gave away
points when they tried to pass. They didn't run the
ball all that well either, and the game was over at
half time. Another win for Ole Lucky.
New
Orleans Saints (-2.5) @ San
Francisco 49ers: WINNER
(Line: Tuesday, 3:30pm EST: Belmont)
"The
Saints have dug themselves a hole deep enough that they
can't walk into any game thinking they can skate and
win." I don't know what New Orleans was doing to
start the season, but they looked pretty good against
a decent 49ers secondary. The entire San Francisco team
looks to be going through the motions, which is killing
49er fans and from the looks of it, Frank Gore as well.
I do know that Colston is back doing what he does best,
jumping over people's heads and catching touchdowns.
Got me a good win.
Washington
Redskins @ New
England Patriots (-16): WINNER
(Line: Monday, 2:00am EST: Bookmaker)
"I
think the Redskins have the best defense the Patriots
have faced thus far, but that doesn't mean they will
have trouble scoring. New England has made it look easy
this season, and while this game might have a few more
twists and turns, I wouldn't be surprised if the Patriots
held the Redskins to 7-10 points. That means the Patriots
would have to score 27 points to surely cover, something
I think is very possible, especially with such a young
quarterback running the show for the Redskins. New England's
defense is so tactical that they always seem to take
the strongest part of opposing offenses out of their
game. That means the Redskins' rushing attack will have
to go through walls to succeed. That puts a lot of pressure
on Campbell. Yes, the Patriots are this good."
I called it, didn't I? Well, from what I've seen so
far, the Patriots receivers are wide open against bad
defenses and just regular open against good defenses.
This team is a machine, and stop the talk about running
up the score, or they have it coming to them - they
play football, they play it hard, they play it for 60
minutes - why do people always have to find something
to get pissed about. Brady crushed, the defense destroyed
the Redskins' rushing attack, and Jason Campbell was
pressured into too many mistakes. This game wasn't ever
close.
Indianapolis
Colts (-6.5) @ Carolina
Panthers: WINNER
(Line: Tuesday, 3:30pm EST: Bookmaker)
Another
win for a great team, weird. This one was easy. The
Colts are very good and the Panthers were way overrated.
Even as touchdown dogs, the Panthers rarely play well
at home, and they had Grandfather time playing quarterback.
That's no way to win games in the NFL, and if you bet
on the Panthers, you didn't do your homework. This was
one of my top 2 bets of the week in my elite package.
I hope you rocked it this week! My 6-1 Free Picks felt
very nice.
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