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Summer Vs Zeus NFL Picks season 2, week 14
4 years ago
Welcome back 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:
3 
5
Gambling is a cruel cruel mistress. After a furious and inspired comeback to level the score, I went ice cold. I've got a very short timeframe and a 2 point deficit to erase.
Pick 1
Carolina Panthers -2.5 to defeat Atlanta Falcons
This is a pretty much meaningless game, neither team has playoff aspirations at this late stage of the season. I don't know, I just feel like Cam will get a nice feel-good win for the home fans.
NOPE, Cam looked terrible, his replacement looked worse, and the Panthers lost
Pick 2
Dallas Cowboys -4.5 to defeat Washington Football Team
Washington has been strangely unpredictable, so this feels a little queasy, but I feel like Dallas should beat them by double digits.
YEP, Washington fought back at the end but Dallas had opened up too great a lead, covering the spread
Pick 3
Detroit Lions +11.5 to defeat Denver Broncos
I think this spread is insane. The Broncos are pretty dang fraudulent. Detroit should be able to stay within 10, damn.
NOPE, hah, earlier in the season I swore off on taking Detroit, and I should have learned my lesson. They got their heads kicked in.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10069276/
Titans -8.5 > Jaguars YES
49ers -1.5 > Bengals YES
Lions +10.5 > Broncos NO
Pretty grim, I've given up another week and fallen behind. It's practically unwinnable at this point, down 3 with 4 weeks remaining.
GO BILLS!
Current score:
3 
5 Gambling is a cruel cruel mistress. After a furious and inspired comeback to level the score, I went ice cold. I've got a very short timeframe and a 2 point deficit to erase.
Pick 1
Carolina Panthers -2.5 to defeat Atlanta Falcons
This is a pretty much meaningless game, neither team has playoff aspirations at this late stage of the season. I don't know, I just feel like Cam will get a nice feel-good win for the home fans.
NOPE, Cam looked terrible, his replacement looked worse, and the Panthers lost
Pick 2
Dallas Cowboys -4.5 to defeat Washington Football Team
Washington has been strangely unpredictable, so this feels a little queasy, but I feel like Dallas should beat them by double digits.
YEP, Washington fought back at the end but Dallas had opened up too great a lead, covering the spread
Pick 3
Detroit Lions +11.5 to defeat Denver Broncos
I think this spread is insane. The Broncos are pretty dang fraudulent. Detroit should be able to stay within 10, damn.
NOPE, hah, earlier in the season I swore off on taking Detroit, and I should have learned my lesson. They got their heads kicked in.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10069276/
Titans -8.5 > Jaguars YES
49ers -1.5 > Bengals YES
Lions +10.5 > Broncos NO
Pretty grim, I've given up another week and fallen behind. It's practically unwinnable at this point, down 3 with 4 weeks remaining.
GO BILLS!
