NFL YTD: 40-38 (-1.24*)
Pressure? A smart 15-4-1 run the last four weeks has me on the fringes of the Infinity NFL contest, which is precisely what I was hoping for since that began. On the other hand, I am entrenched in last place in thisisbad's NFL POW thread. Overall, my NCAA and NFL football bankroll is more than all there, and is even a handful of units stronger than my record on posted plays, but I'd like to get the posted NFL plays over the +/- Equator, and then keep it on the good side. There are only 12 shopping days left until Christmas. And, oh yeah, teams around the league are feeling pressure regarding their postseason aspirations, I guess.
Baltimore(-6' & -6) over Oakland (1*)
Stout defenses have taken charge in every game involving Oakland this season. Anthony Wright is playing within himself and to his strengths and might be emerging as the right man at the right time on a very dangerous team. A gimpy Rick Mirer leading a battered Super Bowl loser without the zest of something fairly tangible in this spot is quite enough for the Raider Fader in me.
Jacksonville(+7) over New England (1*)
A fresh young club with nothing to lose and everything to play for is the beneficiary of tangling with New England off a pair of big games (does I means New England or Jacksonville off a pair of big games?). While the Patriots defense can confound even the most experienced QBs and coaches in the league, Leftwich has the arm and the guile and the supporting cast on defense and offense to deliver a few daggers of his own. How the receivers and all the skill position players of the Jaguars latch on to and value the football in what appear to be moderately wintry conditions will be a huge part of the story in how this game plays out.
Cincinnati(-2') over San Francisco (1*)
It seems like forever since Cincinnati felt the energy in their stadium when they took down the Chiefs and became the darling of the league. But there was something solid and substantial happening that was hard to ignore before and since that game. Same old Bungles, or same old 49ers on the road? I give my love to an energized home team chasing a dream in this one.
That makes three. It's only Saturday and I'm already choking.
GL
Pressure? A smart 15-4-1 run the last four weeks has me on the fringes of the Infinity NFL contest, which is precisely what I was hoping for since that began. On the other hand, I am entrenched in last place in thisisbad's NFL POW thread. Overall, my NCAA and NFL football bankroll is more than all there, and is even a handful of units stronger than my record on posted plays, but I'd like to get the posted NFL plays over the +/- Equator, and then keep it on the good side. There are only 12 shopping days left until Christmas. And, oh yeah, teams around the league are feeling pressure regarding their postseason aspirations, I guess.
Baltimore(-6' & -6) over Oakland (1*)
Stout defenses have taken charge in every game involving Oakland this season. Anthony Wright is playing within himself and to his strengths and might be emerging as the right man at the right time on a very dangerous team. A gimpy Rick Mirer leading a battered Super Bowl loser without the zest of something fairly tangible in this spot is quite enough for the Raider Fader in me.
Jacksonville(+7) over New England (1*)
A fresh young club with nothing to lose and everything to play for is the beneficiary of tangling with New England off a pair of big games (does I means New England or Jacksonville off a pair of big games?). While the Patriots defense can confound even the most experienced QBs and coaches in the league, Leftwich has the arm and the guile and the supporting cast on defense and offense to deliver a few daggers of his own. How the receivers and all the skill position players of the Jaguars latch on to and value the football in what appear to be moderately wintry conditions will be a huge part of the story in how this game plays out.
Cincinnati(-2') over San Francisco (1*)
It seems like forever since Cincinnati felt the energy in their stadium when they took down the Chiefs and became the darling of the league. But there was something solid and substantial happening that was hard to ignore before and since that game. Same old Bungles, or same old 49ers on the road? I give my love to an energized home team chasing a dream in this one.
That makes three. It's only Saturday and I'm already choking.
GL
