CINCY -3 (-115) Clev.... 2 STARS...LOSER
There’s a log jam in the AFC at 5-5 for the last 2 playoff spots. This is do or die for Cincy who has a winnable gme next week as well at home vs Denver. They have lost 4 of 5 and this is a must win. This won’t be a blow out but I think Cincy finds a way to win by 6-8.
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OVER 46 NYG/PHIL.... 1 STARS....WINNER
Im not the best at Over Unders, so take that for what its worth. There will be rain on Saturday night. If theres rain on Sunday for the game, this probably shouldnt be a play...All I will say is, both teams are in very favorable offensive matchups. Giants have 2 of the best skill players in the NFL and the Eagles secondary is so thin, they called me to see if i can suit up at Nickel. We all know Darby and McLeod are on IR. Mills has missed the last 2 and Maddox, Douglas and Sidney Jones are all dinged up. Those 3 guys shouldnt be touching the field, nonetheless, be playing significant snaps. On the other side, Im still bullish on the Eagles offense. One more week with Tate, to go along with Ertz, Jeffrey, Agholar..........And this RB Josh Adams might the truth as well. At 4-6, I expect Phill offense, to pull out all the plays
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DET +3.5 (-115) Chic..... 2 STARS....LOSER
This wouldve been a 3 star if I was able to get +4 (-110). Chicago is on what has to be the shortest turnaround in NFL history. Not only did they play the Sunday night game, but they have to take a plane (albeit a short plane ride) to Detroit for the early game on Sunday. To make things worse, Chicago defended 44 plays in the 2nd half of that Sunday night game trying to fend off Minnesota's comeback effort, and 28 of those plays were in the 4th Q. And it looks like they will have to do it without Trubinsky. Trubinsky isnt great but hes about the 15th best QB in the NFL because of his completion pct and his ability to run the ball. He is also the perfect QB for this team that relies so much on its D. Chicago is a bit too fat and sassy right now sitting at 7-3, while Detroit was given some life last week with a win and a playoff heartbeat at 4-6. This is very close to a 3 star for me
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San Fran +3.5 (-115) TAMPA.....2 STARS.....LOSER
SF has a clear advantage in coaching, and coming off the bye, I think SF will have the right gameplan in place. SF is 3rd in NFL in rushing yards and I think that will help the young QB Mullens. What i really like about this pick is that SF will be getting LB R Foster and S Tartt back. On the other side, TB is still super banged up on defense. No Hargreaves and Conte..Stewart, Curry and David all missed last week...And Winston will be missing a huge weapon with TE OJ Howard going on the IR. TB is a dead team with a dead coach and a flip flop flip flop QB scenario which cant be beneficial and you cant lay points with them
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MINN -3 (-115) Green Bay..2 STARS.....WINNER
Betting against Rodgers in a must win game isn’t something that I would necessarily want to do but I’m betting against the GB defense and coaching staff here. Minny is back at home off a loss and only sit at 5-4-1. I thought Minny had a chance to win 11 or 12 games this year. I think Minny is going to start their surge towards the playoffs here. GB is going in the wrong direction and all the talk about the coach possibly being canned can’t be a positive. The GB secondary is an absolute disaster. That isn’t good when u have Diggs and Thielen.