Retroactive Line Picks
So you may have noticed the site acting a tad wonky as of late, obviously this is beyond my control (and apparently beyond my employers) but technical issues have been plaguing not just this site, but the entire network. Thankfully this is, you know, a fantasy football site. And no one is really playing in a real fantasy football league at the moment.
Never the less, this proved costly (or as costly as a inaccessible blog can be) because I never got to publicly make my picks for yesterday’s games. Well, let me kill the suspense: I lost. On both accounts. I could lie, but if you’ve picked up on the tone and tenor of this site, you could probably determine that I was going to pick both Atlanta and Indianapolis to cover their 1 point spreads. It is a tad ironic though. Not being able to post my lines and everything. Because I actually had a friend in Vegas lay down a parlay for me with all four playoff games. For once I actually have money on the games slated for the weekend, and I am unable to pontificate about them on this here site.
Anyhow, as far as the Atlanta game is concerned, I threw out the old “NFC South sucks donkey dick on the road” credo in favor of the “The Cardinals are inept against anyone who isn’t in their own shittastic division” theory. This seemed reasonable. Mind you, Minnesota blew the doors off of Arizona’s defense in Glendale just four weeks ago. I assumed with Atlanta having a balanced offensive attack that hinged on the run, they would be able to get the job done at University of Phoenix Stadium (handily the worst named sporting venue this side of Papa John’s Stadium).
As it turned out, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Their offense looked sporadic and downright frightened at times. I could get into all the reasons as to why I feel slighted as a result of this game, but without getting too technical, let me just say this: It took not only a safety, two sixty yard plus touchdowns and a defensive touchdown for the Cardinals to win, but also the greatest game ever played by the Cardinals in the franchise’s history in Phoenix. I should have known I was fucked when everyone on CBS’ pregame picked the Cardinals to win except for Matt Millen. You know you’re in trouble when the architect of the first and only 0-16 team in the league’s history is agreeing with you.
As for last night’s primetime game, it was yet another playoff failure by the Colts who always seemed to go unnoticed because they won one Superbowl. This marks only the second time I’ve bet on Peyton Manning and the Colts to win, and also the second time they disappointed me (2005 against the Steelers in the playoffs was the first, I found the schmuckiest of Steelers fans to give me Indy at even money).
What specifically happened in this game? Other than Sproles proved himself to be an every-down back and officially surpassed Tomlinson as the better option and it ended in overtime? I have no idea since I was busy eating and carousing at Elevator and didn’t watch it all that closely. (Mmmm, Crab Manicotti). But we should really stop acting surprised when the Colts loses in the playoffs. Going all the way back to the 2001 season when a Chad Pennington Jets team curb-stomped them in the wild card round to the tune of 41-0, Indy has usually been a disappointment.
If you’re wondering why I went with the Colts over San Diego, the answer is quite simple: San Diego hasn’t beaten anyone good all season. They’ve had some horrendous home losses and their defense is still pretty soft. But being at home against an Indy team that appears to be running on fumes (see the much narrower than the 31-21 score against the Lions would lead you to believe). Basically, if I had any foresight or an ounce of originality in my body, I would have went with San Diego. But I don’t, so I didn’t.
Anyhow, that’s 0-2, killing our dream of 11-0 for 2008 pretty hastily. If you want to know who to bet against for this afternoon’s games, I am taking Philly at -3 and Miami at +3.5 (the former seems to be much more popular of a sentiment that the latter).
That’s pretty much it. We’ll get back to some fantasy commentary come tomorrow morning.
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