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Summer Vs Zeus NFL Picks season 2, week 8
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:
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3
In Week 7 I got 2 out of 3 correct, but mr pone went a perfect 3 for 3. I'm once again down two and the mid-season mark is fast approaching.
Pick 1
Los Angeles Chargers -4.5 to defeat New England Patriots
Look, it's time to stop being afraid of the Patriots. They're not good. They have three wins, and those wins are against the Jets, the Texans, and the Jets again. That's it. LA is hosting, and they are legitimate playoff contenders with eyes on the top of their division. Chargers by a touchdown here.
RESULT - Despite my confidence that they were dead and gone, the Patriots won the game.
Pick 2
Seattle Seahawks -3.5 to defeat Jacksonville Jaguars
Geno Smith needs a win. Since being thrust into action by Russell Wilson's gross-ass hand injury, he's looked surprisingly competent, and has kept Seattle in each game that he's played in. Jacksonville will serve the same roll a mid-major college program does when they collect a check to get rolled the heck up. It's not quite an exhibition, it counts, but it'll serve as a confidence booster for a Seahawks team that is otherwise reeling.
RESULT - Yes, absolutely correct.
Pick 3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers -4.5 to defeat New Orleans Saints
I can't shake the feeling that New Orleans and Jameis Winston are frauds, and one thing i know from a long ass decade and a half of Bills vs Patriots twice a year is that Tom Brady loves to run up a score. He loves running up the score more than he loves kissing his son on the mouth. Between the grinding pass rush of the Tampa defense and the balanced attack of the Tampa offense, I think this will be another 10+ point victory for Tampa Bay.
RESULT - The Saints won this game, but only after Jameis was knocked out of the game by injury. So wrong, but not dead wrong.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10029752/
Titans +2.5 > Colts YES
Bengals -11 > Jets NO
Buccaneers -4.5 > Saints NO
Man....aren't we supposed to be good at this? Zeus and I both went 1 right and 2 wrong, the score staying the same for another week.
GO BILLS!
Current score:
1 
3 In Week 7 I got 2 out of 3 correct, but mr pone went a perfect 3 for 3. I'm once again down two and the mid-season mark is fast approaching.
Pick 1
Los Angeles Chargers -4.5 to defeat New England Patriots
Look, it's time to stop being afraid of the Patriots. They're not good. They have three wins, and those wins are against the Jets, the Texans, and the Jets again. That's it. LA is hosting, and they are legitimate playoff contenders with eyes on the top of their division. Chargers by a touchdown here.
RESULT - Despite my confidence that they were dead and gone, the Patriots won the game.
Pick 2
Seattle Seahawks -3.5 to defeat Jacksonville Jaguars
Geno Smith needs a win. Since being thrust into action by Russell Wilson's gross-ass hand injury, he's looked surprisingly competent, and has kept Seattle in each game that he's played in. Jacksonville will serve the same roll a mid-major college program does when they collect a check to get rolled the heck up. It's not quite an exhibition, it counts, but it'll serve as a confidence booster for a Seahawks team that is otherwise reeling.
RESULT - Yes, absolutely correct.
Pick 3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers -4.5 to defeat New Orleans Saints
I can't shake the feeling that New Orleans and Jameis Winston are frauds, and one thing i know from a long ass decade and a half of Bills vs Patriots twice a year is that Tom Brady loves to run up a score. He loves running up the score more than he loves kissing his son on the mouth. Between the grinding pass rush of the Tampa defense and the balanced attack of the Tampa offense, I think this will be another 10+ point victory for Tampa Bay.
RESULT - The Saints won this game, but only after Jameis was knocked out of the game by injury. So wrong, but not dead wrong.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10029752/
Titans +2.5 > Colts YES
Bengals -11 > Jets NO
Buccaneers -4.5 > Saints NO
Man....aren't we supposed to be good at this? Zeus and I both went 1 right and 2 wrong, the score staying the same for another week.
GO BILLS!
