Ok not a lot of time, I have to be at a pseudo-bachelor party in a couple hours (don’t ask) and I still have a ton of other smack to get done.
As such I can’t give a total re-hash of last week’s game. I will say the following however;
1. Thank you N.Y. Giants, your big win and me betting on you the last couple weeks (plus the money-line) has made me a very rich (i.e. tens of dollars more in my pocket)
2. Tim Tebow’s performance was still only ok. I had more to do with Clark being out because of the Denver climate (go figure) and every woman in the civilized World hoping for Rothlesberger to collapse (call it karma or girl power or whatever, but he’s losing some big games since…well..)
3. The Saints looked great, despite their suspect defense
4. Don’t bet against the Giants, they look like the best team in foot ball right now.
THE PICKS
Gold- Giants +9 cover against Green Bay
I have no idea why this spread is so high against the Giants. The Giants have been putting up mad points of late, and have shown that they can go into people’s backyards and kick ass. Furthermore, the Green Bay cold climate isn’t that different from NY (ok it is but they are both cold) and on Defense the Giants are the best team in football right now, while Green Bay is the worst. Take the points and take the Giants.
Silver- Denver +13.5 cover against New England
Yes Brady is playing home and the Patriots are usually dominant at home, but this is the playoffs and the Patriots have been underperforming in the playoffs the last few years, and the Patriots have at last count 13 guys questionable for the game. In addition, while Brady has the capacity to put up points and has on the Broncos (even on the road), Denver still has an amazing defense( and the Patriots don’t), plus a ton of momentum off their upset win last week. I am not saying they will win this game, but Denver should cover the spread as long as they don’t get down too early in this game and the they play lights out defense like they have all season. I think the Patriots should still win this game, but not by 14 or more. Furthermore, if you wanna take a flyer on the Broncos winning, money line pays 6-1, that means if you put down 5 bucks ), you get 30 bucks if they win. Not bad for the price of a sub or drink at the bar.
Bronze- Saints -4 cover over San Fran
I feel a huge upset coming here, except it really isn’t an upset. Yes the 49ers are playing at home and have a great defense, but they haven’t been in the playoffs in a while, and if you take away their stats from the free games (andwins) in which they played their terrible division, they are actually only an ok team. They lost against the Saints earlier this season, and of course they have Alex Smith at the helm. For all these reasons I weakly suggest taking the Saints.
Bonus- no bonus
This Ravens v. Texans game is too tough to call. Yes the Ravens seem to have it all and are playing at home (not to mention the pull of every girl who has ever seen the Blindside), but they live to disappoint in winnable games, and have all season. It is therefore hard to fathom that they will cover on a Texans team who dismantled their first round opponents last week. The case against the Texans is equally tough, they are QB’d by T.J. Yates, they only beat the Bengals and they are playing at home. Be safe, stay away from this one.
Good Luck.
