I certainly hope you don't gamble on NFL games, not these past two weeks anyway. Vegas has to be smiling right about now, while sports betters are wondering what they did to anger the football gods so much.
These past two weeks, the NFL world has been turned upside down, as favorites have gone a combined 13-14 against the underdogs, including 6-8 this past weekend. Their 7-6 record a week before was bad enough, and they were lucky to finish with that mark. Dallas had to come from behind to defeat one-win Minnesota inside the final minute. Seattle had to come back from a 21 point deficit to defeat then winless Tampa Bay in overtime. Indianapolis had to come from 18 back to beat the two-win Houston Texans. Yes, we were a few seconds away from seeing favorites go 4-9 two weekends ago.
This past weekend put the term crazy to shame. There were only two winless teams heading into Week 10 - 0-8 Jacksonville and 0-8 Tampa Bay. Jacksonville beat 4-4 Tennessee and Tampa defeated 4-4 Miami. Not only that, but 3-6 St. Louis pounded 6-2 Indianapolis by 30 points in Indy. Baltimore (3-5) defeated Cincinnati (6-3) in overtime. Carolina beat San Francisco in the bay area. Detroit won in Chicago. Philly won at Lambeau against the Green Bay Packers. One-win Minnesota started the week with a victory over 3-5 Washington.
Yes, while I'm not thrilled with my 16-11 record over the past couple of weeks, I'll certainly take it for how crazy things have gotten. If this trend continues, the NFL may want to change its name to the WTFL.
These past two weeks, the NFL world has been turned upside down, as favorites have gone a combined 13-14 against the underdogs, including 6-8 this past weekend. Their 7-6 record a week before was bad enough, and they were lucky to finish with that mark. Dallas had to come from behind to defeat one-win Minnesota inside the final minute. Seattle had to come back from a 21 point deficit to defeat then winless Tampa Bay in overtime. Indianapolis had to come from 18 back to beat the two-win Houston Texans. Yes, we were a few seconds away from seeing favorites go 4-9 two weekends ago.
This past weekend put the term crazy to shame. There were only two winless teams heading into Week 10 - 0-8 Jacksonville and 0-8 Tampa Bay. Jacksonville beat 4-4 Tennessee and Tampa defeated 4-4 Miami. Not only that, but 3-6 St. Louis pounded 6-2 Indianapolis by 30 points in Indy. Baltimore (3-5) defeated Cincinnati (6-3) in overtime. Carolina beat San Francisco in the bay area. Detroit won in Chicago. Philly won at Lambeau against the Green Bay Packers. One-win Minnesota started the week with a victory over 3-5 Washington.
Yes, while I'm not thrilled with my 16-11 record over the past couple of weeks, I'll certainly take it for how crazy things have gotten. If this trend continues, the NFL may want to change its name to the WTFL.
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