NFL Week 15

I picked the Dallas game wrong, and never been happier. The Football Giants not only won, but knocked Dallas to the bottom of the playoffs. Worse for Dallas, they will now get slaughtered at New Orleans in the first round. And that’s assuming they don’t lose one of the remaining games and any of a quarter dozen teams hold their own or just win one more game than I figure.

On the other hand, Denver is now in the playoffs. If you’re a Bronc fan, don’t get excited, they aren’t going any further than Dallas. Tebow is a great quarterback, unfortunately, John Fox doesn’t have the slightest clue how to use one of those. If only he knew of some way a quarterback could somehow get the ball to a receiver down the field. Some way that the ball would go past the defenders out of their reach and end up at one of his runners. Almost like it could fly through the air…

Here’s my take this week:

Away

Home

Away

Home

Favorite

Line

O/U

Jacksonville

Atlanta

18

24

Atlanta

7

42

Dallas

Tampa Bay

22

20

Dallas

2

41

Cincinnati

St. Louis

21

19

Cincinnati

2

40

Miami

Buffalo

19

18

Miami

1

37

Washington

NY Giants

20

23

NY Giants

2

43

Tennessee

Indianapolis

20

22

Indianapolis

2

43

Seattle

Chicago

18

26

Chicago

8

44

Green Bay

Kansas City

25

19

Green Bay

6

43

Carolina

Houston

19

25

Houston

5

44

New Orleans

Minnesota

23

24

Minnesota

1

47

Detroit

Oakland

21

23

Oakland

3

44

Cleveland

Arizona

20

23

Arizona

3

43

NY Jets

Philadelphia

22

22

Philadelphia

0

43

New England

Denver

27

21

New England

6

48

Baltimore

San Diego

19

22

San Diego

3

41

Pittsburgh

San Francisco

18

21

San Francisco

3

39

Here’s Vegas:

Favorite

Line

O/U

Bet

O/U

Atlanta

12.0

42.5

Jacksonville

Under

Dallas

7.0

47.0

Tampa Bay

Under

Cincinnati

6.5

40.0

St. Louis

Under

Buffalo

0.0

42.0

Miami

Under

NY Giants

7.0

46.5

Washington

Under

Tennessee

6.5

41.0

Indianapolis

Over

Chicago

3.5

36.0

Chicago

Over

Green Bay

13.5

46.0

Kansas City

Under

Houston

6.5

45.0

Carolina

Under

New Orleans

6.5

51.5

Minnesota

Under

Detroit

1.0

47.5

Oakland

Under

Arizona

6.5

37.5

Cleveland

Over

Philadelphia

3.0

44.0

NY Jets

Under

New England

6.5

46.0

Denver

Over

Baltimore

2.5

44.5

San Diego

Under

San Francisco

3.0

39.5

Pittsburgh

Under

The economy still sucks, so there’s still no good bets this week.

E.W.

I watched the painful St. Louis game. Seven shots at the endzone from the 1 yard line. At some point the quarterback should have just said, “Screw the play call, you two line up behind for the hand off. When the ball snaps, you shove my ass through the line.”