Before I write my picks..just wanted to give a shoutout to "HARDCOREUSMC".. last year he wrote that he was fortunate enough to win some money off my picks and that he donated a lot of money to the following three orginizations. This year he posted that he plans to do the same.
Stopsoldiersuicide.org www.mission22.com www.woundedwarriorproject.org.
As a member of a millitary family it means a lot that someone is that generous to help America's heros.. and makes me want to even work harder to get some winners.. so once again, thank you for your support and awesome comments in my threads.
RAVENS/DOLPHINS U39.5 -110 *WINNER*
- Jay cutler will be making his first appearance in miami and word is Adam Gase wanted to ease him into the Dolphins offense.. obviously his timing isn't fully there with his wideouts and the Ravens are one of the top defenses in the NFL. The Ravens QB depth chart is one of the poorest in the league, starting with Ryan Mallett as the starter. The Ravens have been the leagues most injured team throughout training camp.. and the Dolphins have not been far behind, losing their starting QB, LG, and MLB. I expect both teams to try to get out of their preseason games healthy after all the bad injury luck they have had. The Ravens have also went UNDER 39.5 in 5 of their last 6 preseason games.
PATRIOTS +.5 FIRST HALF -115 *WINNER*
- This and the Browns play last week are my two biggest plays this preseason. Word is the Patriots plan to play Tom Brady and the first string offense for a quarter. When Jimmy Garrapolo takes over in the second, the Pats will still have the clear best QB on the field. The Texans are poor at that position, and are playing this game without their top three wideouts in hopkins, Fuller, and Miller. Even with fully healthy wideouts, The Texans offense has a tough time going, and now they'll go against the Patriots top end secondary for at least a quarter with all backup pass catchers. Getting this big of a QB and playmakers advantage, one of the biggest you'll ever see in the preseason for a first half, is too much value to pass up on.
Packers/Redskins OVER 20 1H -115 *WINNER*
- Jay Gruden was adamant that the redskins offense has to get going after an awful showing last week. The redskins offensive starters are expected to play a quarter "until they put together a good showing", according to beat writers. Aaron Rodgers may play a drive, but if not, Brett hundley has 8 career TDS and 1 INT in the preseason, and people close to the Pack have said how the team wants to showcase Hundley to drive his trade value up. The Pack also have one of the leagues deepest WR cores to give Hundley. With both teams having the agenda of getting their offenses going for different reasons, I think there is value and I expect aggressive game plans from both teams in the first half.
Giants FIRST HALF ML -125 *LOSER*
- Head coach Ben Mcadoo said that he wants his starters to play into the second quarter tonight, and ESPN reports have the Giants looking to get the starters about 30 plays on offense and defense. That could very likely take both starting units to the middle or end of the second quarter. That gives us some value on this game. The Browns will be starting Brock Osweiller tonight, which is a huge mismatch against this top 5 Giants defense, and they will also be without LT Joe Thomas. The Browns played their starters into the mid second quarter in the teams first preseason games, and the teams first stringers were down on the scoreboard to the Saints second teamers. With the Giants expected playing time for the teams starters, we have some nice value against the Osweiller led browns for the first half.