TDL’s Sports, Wrestling, & Otherwise

W/W - Browns -3 at Rams: Browns cover. Seriously… if the Rams and the Dolphins both manage an 0-fer… can we get a playoff game for them? I need to start a website.

W/W - Lions +5.5 at Bears: Lions Cover. In case you haven’t heard, John Kitna’s on pace to hit his 10 win prediction. Don’t look now, but could the Lions actually make the playoffs?

W/W - Colts -7 at Panthers: Colts cover. In case you haven’t heard, they’re playing the Patriots next weekend in the Undefeated Bowl. FYI: When the Colts run the score up on teams, they do it with class.

W/W - Giants -9.5 “at” Dolphins (London): Dolphins +9.5. Ugly, ugly game but the score is no indication that the Giants took a step back. They played a football game on a soccer pitch in pouring rain. They were basically playing in a mud pit by the end of the game. The only thing missing was strippers and gamblers. Sloppy game… which was the main reason I took the points.

W/W - Raiders +7 at Titans: Raiders +7. Raiders: We can cover spreads like no one’s bidness.

L/L - Eagles -1 at Vikings: Vikings outright. I’d like to say “f*ck the Eagles for ruining my first ever perfect week against the spread. I though I hated you as much as humanly possible. It turns out I was wrong.”

W/W - Steelers -3.5 at Bengals: Steelers cover. That might have been the quickest turn around from “perennial dog” to “legitimate good team” and back ever recorded.

W/W - Bills +3 at Jets: Bills outright. As it turns out, last week WAS the beginning of the Kellen Clemens era… just not until the fourth quarter. Next week, Clemens gets his first start. On the other hand, the Bills get to test out this winning streak against the Bengals.

W/W - Texans +8.5 at Chargers: Chargers cover. The Chargers scored 35 points in the first half. Had it been the Patriots, people would have been asking why they weren’t taking knees with 11 minutes left in the first half.

L/W - Jaguars -2.5 at Bucs: Bucs outright. I won this in the pool where they were getting points (they lost by 1). Lost it where they were giving points.

W/W - Saints -3 at Niners: Saints cover. If the Saints beat the Jags next week, they official reach “back in this thing” status. Has the demise of America’s Team has been greatly exaggerated?

W/W - Redskins +16.5 at Patriots: Patriots cover. Just to get this down: there’s no such thing as running up the score in a league where guys are paid to do their jobs. If you want to tell me that you shouldn’t run up the score in Little League or Pop Warner or even high school and college… I’m with you. If you want to tell me that professionals are getting “shown up”… too bad. If a professional defense is lazy enough and/or untalented and/or inept enough to give up that many points, while getting paid millions of dollars to do so, I have very little pity for them. Maybe it’s just me… the Patriots are playing the Giants the last week of the season. If the Patriots shut the Giants out 63-0, I’ll be much angrier at the Giants Defense for giving up 63 points than at the Patriots offense for scoring it. It’s not the Patriot offense’s job to be nice to the defense. It’s their job to score points. Period. If the defense doesn’t like what’s happening… stop it from happening.

W/W - Packers +3 at Broncos: Packers outright. 45 points. “Ya just can’t bet against Favre on a Monday night!!!”

Locks: Dolphis +9.5 over Giants (W)
Upsets: Bills over Jets (W)

This Week:
- Straight up: 11-2
- Against the spread: 12-1 (Filthy Friggin Eagles!!!!)

Overall:
- Straight up: 74-42
- Against the spread: 64-47-5

Locks of the Week: 11-3

Upsets of the Week: 3-3