Press Your Luck: When the Lights Go Down
Before we get to the losing of money, how about some love for yours truly? OK, I didn’t get the script of the Minnesota-Pittsburgh exactly right, but I’m pretty sure I was yelling in the direction of my TV, screaming at that flippin’ Favre for not only ruining the spread with his carelessness, but for also not being able to punch it in before the final whistle. Nice pick-up six. So old. So predictable.
Let’s get to the picks this week. I’m not including where my money is headed for the Giants-Eagles game, but you can probably figure that out. Maybe I should put it this way: I’m not going to tell you HOW MUCH I’m laying down for a turnaround. Sunday will either be very good, or very bad.
San Francisco at Indianapolis
Colts minus 11.5
With Alex Smith starting for the 49ers, I would take the Colts here no matter what the line. Twenty? No problem. Thirty? Sure. If Peyton Manning is still in this game at the end of the third quarter then you know I’ve made a huge mistake.
Atlanta at New Orleans
Under 54.5 points
The Monday nighter should be a doozy, provided the real Atlanta Falcons show up. If they do make the trip to Superdome, I expect them to at least pretend to play some defence. Not that garbage they displayed in Dallas last week. When do injuries start to slow the Saints down? Every team goes through them throughout the season. Just wondering.
Denver at Baltimore
Broncos plus 3
Jay Cutler Kyle Orton et al are great at home, but now we get to see what this club really looks like. I expect the Ravens to come up firing but once things calm down, the smoke will reveal that Joe Flacco’s offence had to settle for field goals, not touchdowns. Not saying the Broncos win this game, but I’ll take the three and line things up for a game-winning field goal.
