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Summer Vs Zeus NFL Picks season 2, week 3
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:
0 
1 Week 2 saw me continue to struggle, while a better performance by Zeus has staked him to an early lead.
The skunkette, her confidence shaken, looked over this week's matchups and felt nothing but dread. No free money beacons, no mark-bait laying there. Just a lot of 50/50 coin flips. I narrowed them down 1 by 1 until I was left with these 3, but another poor showing will have me questioning my entire methodology.
Pick 1
Seattle Seahawks (-2) to defeat Minnesota Vikings
Both of these teams are reeling after shocking game-ending field goals. Seattle after staking out a huge lead and then gagging it up, Minnesota after a gutsy comeback effort fell just short. I give the edge to Seattle here, frankly due to psychological fortitude. Minnesota gets their hearts broken game after game, year after year, and I just don't see them bouncing back the way a team with a better track record of success like Seattle will. Seattle wins by a field goal, covering the 2.
Wrong!! Seattle took an early 17-3 lead and then gave up 27 unanswered points.
Pick 2
New Orleans Saints +3 to defeat New England
The spread seems to be the result of the Patriots looking like the cheaters of old last week, while at the same time Jameis Winston looked to be the turnover machine everyone expected him to be. If New Orleans loses this game then I'll feel it safe to dismiss the way they absolutely throttled the Packers in week 1, but not until after they lose this game. I think they'll win straight up, so I'll take those 3 free points as insurance.
Correct!! I accurately sniffed the fraudulence of the Patriots, and they lost by a sizeable margin on their own field.
Pick 3
Pittsburgh Steelers (-3) to defeat Cincinnati Bengals
Ben looked shaky and old last week against the surprising (maybe legitimately good) Raiders, and the Bengals have been competitive this so far, but I don't think 3 points is enough to draw them even. I expect the Steelers to hold a 2-score lead for most of the game, with that then translating to the final score.
Wrong!! And I don't even mind. Goodbye Ben. You are waaaaaashed.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9998921/
Seahawks -2 > Vikings NO
Falcons +3 > Giants YES
Steelers -3 > Bengals NO
This season makes no sense, but I take comfort in knowing it's not just the handicapping that is weird. The Chiefs are last in their division, the Broncos are undefeated. Nearly everyone has a puzzling loss on their resume and we're only three weeks deep. Zeus went 1-2 just like I did so I didn't fall any further behind. It's fine.
GO BILLS!
Current score:
0 
1 Week 2 saw me continue to struggle, while a better performance by Zeus has staked him to an early lead.The skunkette, her confidence shaken, looked over this week's matchups and felt nothing but dread. No free money beacons, no mark-bait laying there. Just a lot of 50/50 coin flips. I narrowed them down 1 by 1 until I was left with these 3, but another poor showing will have me questioning my entire methodology.
Pick 1
Seattle Seahawks (-2) to defeat Minnesota Vikings
Both of these teams are reeling after shocking game-ending field goals. Seattle after staking out a huge lead and then gagging it up, Minnesota after a gutsy comeback effort fell just short. I give the edge to Seattle here, frankly due to psychological fortitude. Minnesota gets their hearts broken game after game, year after year, and I just don't see them bouncing back the way a team with a better track record of success like Seattle will. Seattle wins by a field goal, covering the 2.
Wrong!! Seattle took an early 17-3 lead and then gave up 27 unanswered points.
Pick 2
New Orleans Saints +3 to defeat New England
The spread seems to be the result of the Patriots looking like the cheaters of old last week, while at the same time Jameis Winston looked to be the turnover machine everyone expected him to be. If New Orleans loses this game then I'll feel it safe to dismiss the way they absolutely throttled the Packers in week 1, but not until after they lose this game. I think they'll win straight up, so I'll take those 3 free points as insurance.
Correct!! I accurately sniffed the fraudulence of the Patriots, and they lost by a sizeable margin on their own field.
Pick 3
Pittsburgh Steelers (-3) to defeat Cincinnati Bengals
Ben looked shaky and old last week against the surprising (maybe legitimately good) Raiders, and the Bengals have been competitive this so far, but I don't think 3 points is enough to draw them even. I expect the Steelers to hold a 2-score lead for most of the game, with that then translating to the final score.
Wrong!! And I don't even mind. Goodbye Ben. You are waaaaaashed.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9998921/
Seahawks -2 > Vikings NO
Falcons +3 > Giants YES
Steelers -3 > Bengals NO
This season makes no sense, but I take comfort in knowing it's not just the handicapping that is weird. The Chiefs are last in their division, the Broncos are undefeated. Nearly everyone has a puzzling loss on their resume and we're only three weeks deep. Zeus went 1-2 just like I did so I didn't fall any further behind. It's fine.
GO BILLS!
