NFL Sunday !!
Yesterday's Premium Play - Arkansas = Loss
Yesterday's Free Play - BYU = WINNER
Yesterday's Free Play - Iowa = Loss
***Not a good day in my eyes...Split the free plays and we lose the premium...Rather upset with the premium as we had the better team if you watched the game...They made big mistakes in spots they could have sealed the deal and failed..Not once or twice, but on three occasions the Hogs just killed us...Just have to deal with the results of that one..Free plays split which was the highlight of the day.."Today We Get It Back" !!
Today's Free Play (1)
481 PIT (-180) Pinnacle vs 482 PHIAnalysis: I feel this is the perfect kind of storm game....Both teams coming off a win, but Philly has received a ton of press the last few days...Yes, the Eagles are 2-0 and they beat two trash teams...We knew that going into both games....I'm very in tune with the Eagles and people who support them....Eagles getting a ton of press now because they found the "franchise" QB.....I can name about 35 guys in the NFL who could look like the "franchise" against the Browns and Bears defense...I'm not taking anything away from what Wentz did, but let's be realistic...He played two trash teams....The Eagles are also coming off a MNF win, which the public and sharps all banged on the Bears...Well it was a wake up call to some, but overall the Eagles are getting too much respect...This line took a nose dive from 5.5 to 3.5....Well that's great for us because we are taking the ML in this contest...I think the smart money knows this will never hit -3 or -2.5...So get it down as low as possible and just bet the Steelers to win the game outright....Here is another reason I'm on the ML.....Laying the hook is never a good idea in NFL games IMO....I also hate the fact that HC Tomlin likes to go for 2pt conv in games.....It's going to bite the Steelers backers sooner or later and my gut feeling is it happens to them in this game somehow...Steelers win by 2 or 3, just makes sense to me..i can almost see it happening in this one....I like the fact that Pittsburgh has short travel here..A true road game, but a quick 1hr flight for the Steelers....Steelers have a running game, passing game, defense and a HOF QB......The Bears and Browns have none of that....Bears got WR Jeffery who is very good.....So the line move IMO is just setup money....Notice how the line got pounded down to -170/-175, then got hammered back up again.....It will rise again IMO...I would grab this -180 asap.....Steelers have the better offense...Do you really think Wentz can keep up the scoring with Big Ben and Antonio Brown?.....No....He can't....Why so, because he is going to face and actual defense that knows what's going on...Steelers have plenty of defensive team speed and that will limit the Eagles big play....Philly WR have issues dropping passes and that hasn't changed in the last 19 games....They will drop key passes again in this one...Philly overall is a team in rebuilding mode...They have some nice pieces and I hope Wentz is the QB of the future for Philly....Eagles defense is much improved and I'm actually impressed with them right now....I just don't feel good about the big step up in class even at home for the dirty birds.....I feel strong about Tomlin going to the well and screwing up the 2pt conv in this game and it costs the Steelers backers perhaps...I have to take the ML here with the much better team all around....If you watched the Eagles the other night, they didn't do anything flashy....It was the Bears that just stunk up the joint...The Eagles will need to make plays in all 3 areas today...I just can't see it happening here...Eagles PK Sturgis is also a bit gimpy right now and he isn't all that good to begin with... Another area Pitt wins with...Close game though.
Best Of Luck !!!