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Summer Vs Zeus NFL Picks season 2, week 9
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 
3
I'm running out of tiiiiiime. I'm down to roughly half a season to make up a two week deficit. 1 for 3 weeks like last Sunday aren't going to cut it... I'm starting to doubt my own Professor-hood....
Pick 1
Baltimore Ravens (-6) to defeat Minnesota Vikings
Six points is a lot here. Despite sucking and failing the Vikings keep hanging around in games and either eating shit or steak in the last seconds. However, I'm so out of sorts on my big football brain thoughts that I have to revert back to knee-jerk instinct. The power of some pissed off Ravens trying to keep pace in their wide-open division is what I'm counting on, and hopefully the other purple team never gets a chance to claw back to under a touchdown. Caw Caw,
ariswyvern
Result - Ravens 34 Vikings 31. Aris got her win, but the Ravens did not cover their -6 handicap, so this one is WRONG
Pick 2
Los Angeles Chargers -1.5 to defeat Philadelphia Eagles
This is where Summer takes the bait. Eagles (3 wins 5 losses) are bad. Chargers (4 wins 3 losses) are good, maybe? So why are the zaps only favored by a point and a half? It's very very suspicious and if I had any backbone I'd call this a bullshit fix job and pick the Eagles to win straight up. But no, not this week. I've been a mark and I'm going to pick like a mark. Chargers cover by 2 points or more.
Result - Chargers 27 Eagles 24 I was right not to trust my "fix is on" radar, the Chargers won like they were supposed to and the minuscule -1.5 handicap did not flip the result. CORRECT
Pick 3
Arizona Cardinals +3 to defeat San Fransisco 49ers
This spread is absurd. I have to imagine that there's an injury I'm not aware of. The Arizona Cardinals have just been dealt their first loss of the year and now they're 3 point underdogs to a 3 win 49ers? Everything in my fix-smelling soul is telling me to pick the 49ers, so no. NO! I will stick to the surface level, and even IF the Cardinals are ravaged by injuries I expect them to win this game straight up, it's inexcusable for a supposed NFC championship contender to do otherwise.
Result - Cardinals 31 49ers 17 I think the lesson learned this week is not to overthink, as the other "free money" spread also came in. CORRECT
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10036439/
Raiders -3 > New York Giants NO
Chargers -1.5 > Eagles YES
Cardinals +3 > 49ers YES
A better showing this week, having gotten 2 out of 3 correct, but the pone did the same, so I didn't gain any ground. Same score heading into next week.
GO BILLS!
Current score:
1 
3 I'm running out of tiiiiiime. I'm down to roughly half a season to make up a two week deficit. 1 for 3 weeks like last Sunday aren't going to cut it... I'm starting to doubt my own Professor-hood....
Pick 1
Baltimore Ravens (-6) to defeat Minnesota Vikings
Six points is a lot here. Despite sucking and failing the Vikings keep hanging around in games and either eating shit or steak in the last seconds. However, I'm so out of sorts on my big football brain thoughts that I have to revert back to knee-jerk instinct. The power of some pissed off Ravens trying to keep pace in their wide-open division is what I'm counting on, and hopefully the other purple team never gets a chance to claw back to under a touchdown. Caw Caw,
ariswyvernResult - Ravens 34 Vikings 31. Aris got her win, but the Ravens did not cover their -6 handicap, so this one is WRONG
Pick 2
Los Angeles Chargers -1.5 to defeat Philadelphia Eagles
This is where Summer takes the bait. Eagles (3 wins 5 losses) are bad. Chargers (4 wins 3 losses) are good, maybe? So why are the zaps only favored by a point and a half? It's very very suspicious and if I had any backbone I'd call this a bullshit fix job and pick the Eagles to win straight up. But no, not this week. I've been a mark and I'm going to pick like a mark. Chargers cover by 2 points or more.
Result - Chargers 27 Eagles 24 I was right not to trust my "fix is on" radar, the Chargers won like they were supposed to and the minuscule -1.5 handicap did not flip the result. CORRECT
Pick 3
Arizona Cardinals +3 to defeat San Fransisco 49ers
This spread is absurd. I have to imagine that there's an injury I'm not aware of. The Arizona Cardinals have just been dealt their first loss of the year and now they're 3 point underdogs to a 3 win 49ers? Everything in my fix-smelling soul is telling me to pick the 49ers, so no. NO! I will stick to the surface level, and even IF the Cardinals are ravaged by injuries I expect them to win this game straight up, it's inexcusable for a supposed NFC championship contender to do otherwise.
Result - Cardinals 31 49ers 17 I think the lesson learned this week is not to overthink, as the other "free money" spread also came in. CORRECT
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10036439/
Raiders -3 > New York Giants NO
Chargers -1.5 > Eagles YES
Cardinals +3 > 49ers YES
A better showing this week, having gotten 2 out of 3 correct, but the pone did the same, so I didn't gain any ground. Same score heading into next week.
GO BILLS!
