NFL YTD: 12-14 (-1.14*)
Last week's card gave me a headache, and the games played out in matching fashion . . . I like this week's card, which means I expect to about break even.
Philadelphia(-7') over Carolina (2*)
- The contrasts with last year's game are no less striking than blue hair with yellow streaks. I like this play at least twice as much as I liked Carolina(+4')(-105)(1.25*) in the NFC Championship game last year, maybe two times twice as much, but money management capped the play where it's at . . . Reid and Johnson will have that flock of Birds poised and primed to (a) take the initiative, and (b) frustrate the less sustained initiatives generated by a Panther team teetering close to irrelevance. Even under that scenario, anxious moments are likely at the end before any payoff can be gratefully delivered and received, but the line won't be climbing to any level that will have me playing the middle with any part of the wager.
Minnesota(-3')(-108) over New Orleans (1*)
I like the matchups in the trenches and in space, I like the competing mindsets and momentum percolating through the situation, and I can even claim Minnesota as the more disciplined team in this game. I don't think a stunning overtime or desperation for same is the final chapter in this one.
Kansas City(-2')(-108) over Jacksonville (1*)
The Chiefs are being challenged to a man, which gives their OL something extra in their lunch pail to counter the Jags strength and then strike with their advantages elsewhere, and building on the best defensive performance in over a year will need to be just enough for KC to keep their season alive.
Adding . . .
GL
Last week's card gave me a headache, and the games played out in matching fashion . . . I like this week's card, which means I expect to about break even.
Philadelphia(-7') over Carolina (2*)
- The contrasts with last year's game are no less striking than blue hair with yellow streaks. I like this play at least twice as much as I liked Carolina(+4')(-105)(1.25*) in the NFC Championship game last year, maybe two times twice as much, but money management capped the play where it's at . . . Reid and Johnson will have that flock of Birds poised and primed to (a) take the initiative, and (b) frustrate the less sustained initiatives generated by a Panther team teetering close to irrelevance. Even under that scenario, anxious moments are likely at the end before any payoff can be gratefully delivered and received, but the line won't be climbing to any level that will have me playing the middle with any part of the wager.
Minnesota(-3')(-108) over New Orleans (1*)
I like the matchups in the trenches and in space, I like the competing mindsets and momentum percolating through the situation, and I can even claim Minnesota as the more disciplined team in this game. I don't think a stunning overtime or desperation for same is the final chapter in this one.
Kansas City(-2')(-108) over Jacksonville (1*)
The Chiefs are being challenged to a man, which gives their OL something extra in their lunch pail to counter the Jags strength and then strike with their advantages elsewhere, and building on the best defensive performance in over a year will need to be just enough for KC to keep their season alive.
Adding . . .
GL
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