Despite their best efforts, the Texans and Packers couldn't quite lose home games to dreadful football squads, which locked up my four team teaser to finish off my second perfect week of the season. While I'm not smart enough to completely quit while I'm ahead, I'm pulling back a little bit this week. Last week I bet a total of six units, so this week I'll only betting four units instead of my standard five. Since my teaser worked out, I'll be giving that another go this week, as well as a couple of spread bets. Let's get to it.
Denver -1.5 over Arizona
The Broncos stink. The Cardinals stink worse. I'm laying the points. Moving on.
Kansas City -6 over Cincinnati
Despite a tough loss in Foxboro, the Chiefs can walk away proudly after going toe-to-toe with the AFC's dominant force of the 21st century. Meanwhile, we got the same old Bengals finding new and improved ways to lose to the Steelers. Cincinnati isn't exactly a "bounce back" squad, so I'm going to lay the six. It's a big spread, but the gap between the Chiefs and the Bengals is big enough to justify it, especially at Arrowhead.
7 Point teaser (2 unit bet at +135 odds):
LA Chargers +1 over Titans
LA Rams -3 over San Francisco
Atlanta +1.5 over NY Giants
- I'm the most confident in the Chargers coming through, since they're playing at home against an incompetent quarterback. The Bolts' offense is rolling, and their defense is showing life after a shaky start. That's more than enough to lock them in as a winner this week over the hapless Titans.
- The hardest pick in this group to justify is probably the Rams game, since they're going on the road and I still have to lay a field goal. That being said, their offense should bounce back against a subpar 49ers defense, and while I respect CJ Beathard as a quality backup, he's still a backup. If it wasn't good enough against a mediocre Packers team, it won't be good enough against the class of the NFL.
- Being forced to watch the incompetent Giants play in prime time is absolute torture, and yet here we are for the third time already this season. Woof. Anyway, the Falcons are at home, which is a plus, and while their defense is porous, I don't honestly believe there's such a thing as a defense that can't stop Eli Manning at this point. Combine that with Matt Ryan having an under-the-radar elite season and I'm left feeling quite confident in this one going Atlanta's way.
Week 6: 3-0 (+5.45 units)
Note: I'm only counting last week's teaser as one win, but it cleared +3.6 units on a 4 unit risk
Overall: 16-11-1 (+6.27 units)
Denver -1.5 over Arizona
The Broncos stink. The Cardinals stink worse. I'm laying the points. Moving on.
Kansas City -6 over Cincinnati
Despite a tough loss in Foxboro, the Chiefs can walk away proudly after going toe-to-toe with the AFC's dominant force of the 21st century. Meanwhile, we got the same old Bengals finding new and improved ways to lose to the Steelers. Cincinnati isn't exactly a "bounce back" squad, so I'm going to lay the six. It's a big spread, but the gap between the Chiefs and the Bengals is big enough to justify it, especially at Arrowhead.
7 Point teaser (2 unit bet at +135 odds):
LA Chargers +1 over Titans
LA Rams -3 over San Francisco
Atlanta +1.5 over NY Giants
- I'm the most confident in the Chargers coming through, since they're playing at home against an incompetent quarterback. The Bolts' offense is rolling, and their defense is showing life after a shaky start. That's more than enough to lock them in as a winner this week over the hapless Titans.
- The hardest pick in this group to justify is probably the Rams game, since they're going on the road and I still have to lay a field goal. That being said, their offense should bounce back against a subpar 49ers defense, and while I respect CJ Beathard as a quality backup, he's still a backup. If it wasn't good enough against a mediocre Packers team, it won't be good enough against the class of the NFL.
- Being forced to watch the incompetent Giants play in prime time is absolute torture, and yet here we are for the third time already this season. Woof. Anyway, the Falcons are at home, which is a plus, and while their defense is porous, I don't honestly believe there's such a thing as a defense that can't stop Eli Manning at this point. Combine that with Matt Ryan having an under-the-radar elite season and I'm left feeling quite confident in this one going Atlanta's way.
Week 6: 3-0 (+5.45 units)
Note: I'm only counting last week's teaser as one win, but it cleared +3.6 units on a 4 unit risk
Overall: 16-11-1 (+6.27 units)