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Summer Vs Zeus NFL Picks season 2, week 7
4 years ago
Welcome to the weekly journal entry where I match NFL-knowing against a friend of mine. What we'll be doing each week is picking our three sure-thing against the spread bets of the week, whoever does better that week gets a point and if we tie no one gets a point. If you're unfamiliar with the concept, a point spread is the margin of victory that Las Vegas oddsmakers determine the favorite will win by. In order to "cover the spread" a team favored to win by 4 points would have to win by 5 or more. Should they prevail in the real life game by 3 or less in that scenario, the underdog would be considered the winner. This concept applies to whatever the number assigned to the favorite is, on a game by game basis.
Current score:
1 
2
Week 6 was a tough one, where both I and my foe got 1 correct and 2 wrong. NOT GOOD ENOUGH! The score remains 2-1 Zeus as we enter week 7.
Pick 1
Tennessee Titans +4 to defeat Kansas City Chiefs
Before their uneasy start and their loss to the Jets, I had the Titans pegged as a team that's going to be a big problem in the AFC. This past Monday night they traded shots with the Bills and got the big play in the closing seconds for the win. On the other hand Kansas City had no answers against Buffalo and then proceeded to look extremely vulnerable in the first half of the Washington game that followed. This Chiefs team has some glaring flaws, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, and the Titans seem to be on the rise. I'd pick Tennessee to win straight up, but heck yeah I'll take 4 insurance points.
CORRECT!! Tennessee absolutely dismantled Kansas City. The Chiefs have serious problems and each week seems worse than the last. Have they been solved? Is it time for announcers and studio analysts to stop saying, "Well the Chiefs are clearly going to be in the playoff picture...."?
Pick 2
Cincinnati Bengals +6.5 to defeat Baltimore Ravens
Last week I picked against my friend
ArisWyvern 's Ravens and was rewarded by being embarrassingly so very very wrong. However, I'm not the kind of skunkette that learns lessons easily, so here we go again. I do NOT expect the Bengals to outright win the game, but they have been worthy opponents for everyone they have played this season, so I think they keep it close enough for their 6.5 point cushion to carry them through for me.
CORRECT!! This game started out by giving me the back and forth close game that I expected, and in the second half Cincinnati got some breaks, pulled away, and never looked back. Good for them. The AFC North is wild, man.
Pick 3
Miami Dolphins +2 to defeat Atlanta Falcons
Miami is on an alarming plunge into a lost season, and if they have any hope of pulling out of it they need to start winning. Even if IS too late for the Dolphins this season, I'm expecting a dead-cat bounce after them reaching bottom in their loss to Jacksonville. I see the Dolphins winning this outright.
CORR...NO!! IT'S A TIE!!! Miami put together a touchdown drive to take the lead late in the game, only to give up the winning field goal on the subsequent drive. They lost by EXACTLY TWO, which was my margin afforded by the spread. That makes it a tie, and ties are not wins, so ties are not correct.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10023677
Raiders -3 > Eagles YES
Titans +4 > Chiefs YES
Patriots -7 > Jets YES
Nooooo, Zeus got the perfect 3 while I had only 2 right! The pony's lead goes to 3-1 on the season.
GO BILLS!
Current score:
1 
2 Week 6 was a tough one, where both I and my foe got 1 correct and 2 wrong. NOT GOOD ENOUGH! The score remains 2-1 Zeus as we enter week 7.
Pick 1
Tennessee Titans +4 to defeat Kansas City Chiefs
Before their uneasy start and their loss to the Jets, I had the Titans pegged as a team that's going to be a big problem in the AFC. This past Monday night they traded shots with the Bills and got the big play in the closing seconds for the win. On the other hand Kansas City had no answers against Buffalo and then proceeded to look extremely vulnerable in the first half of the Washington game that followed. This Chiefs team has some glaring flaws, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, and the Titans seem to be on the rise. I'd pick Tennessee to win straight up, but heck yeah I'll take 4 insurance points.
CORRECT!! Tennessee absolutely dismantled Kansas City. The Chiefs have serious problems and each week seems worse than the last. Have they been solved? Is it time for announcers and studio analysts to stop saying, "Well the Chiefs are clearly going to be in the playoff picture...."?
Pick 2
Cincinnati Bengals +6.5 to defeat Baltimore Ravens
Last week I picked against my friend
ArisWyvern 's Ravens and was rewarded by being embarrassingly so very very wrong. However, I'm not the kind of skunkette that learns lessons easily, so here we go again. I do NOT expect the Bengals to outright win the game, but they have been worthy opponents for everyone they have played this season, so I think they keep it close enough for their 6.5 point cushion to carry them through for me.CORRECT!! This game started out by giving me the back and forth close game that I expected, and in the second half Cincinnati got some breaks, pulled away, and never looked back. Good for them. The AFC North is wild, man.
Pick 3
Miami Dolphins +2 to defeat Atlanta Falcons
Miami is on an alarming plunge into a lost season, and if they have any hope of pulling out of it they need to start winning. Even if IS too late for the Dolphins this season, I'm expecting a dead-cat bounce after them reaching bottom in their loss to Jacksonville. I see the Dolphins winning this outright.
CORR...NO!! IT'S A TIE!!! Miami put together a touchdown drive to take the lead late in the game, only to give up the winning field goal on the subsequent drive. They lost by EXACTLY TWO, which was my margin afforded by the spread. That makes it a tie, and ties are not wins, so ties are not correct.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10023677
Raiders -3 > Eagles YES
Titans +4 > Chiefs YES
Patriots -7 > Jets YES
Nooooo, Zeus got the perfect 3 while I had only 2 right! The pony's lead goes to 3-1 on the season.
GO BILLS!
Buffalo is going to win by a bigger margin to make up for losing to the Titans before their bye. Good thing I'm not watching the team anymore this season.
I'm still antsy about the whole Deshaun Watson situaton. >_<