When was the last time we had a chance to see a worse football game than yesterday afternoon…I mean, aside from the game last night?
The Baltimore Ravens jump all over the Pittsburgh bumblers yesterday and at half time I said to (my wife) Susan, "You know, the Ravens seem to have a habit of taking leads in games and then slowly giving them up in the second half."
I think it was one of the few things I had right on Saturday. Another one was that I knew on that third and ten in the fourth quarter that Ben Roethlisberger was going to hit Hines Ward on a slant for a first down. That’s about all I had right. I have to ask (how in the name of Ed Reed) does Antonio Brown beat the nickel back on that fly pattern down the sideline for 58 yards? Isn’t Baltimore supposed to be a fantastic defensive football team? Isn’t the basic rule that no one beats you deep at that point in the game? Did you really need to drop 9 guys into coverage -- 8 was not enough to stop a third and 19 huh?
Have you looked at the numbers from this game? The two teams combined for 389 yards in offense. 389 yards combined…yeah, and Aaron Rodgers had 379 yards all by himself versus that JV team from Atlanta in the late game.
Five turnovers by teams that got into the positions they were in by not turning it over. For good measure, they combined for 167 yards in penalties too.
Was the game entertaining, well yes, but don’t tell me it wasn’t awful football.
I couldn’t even bother watching the second game after Tramon Williams intercepted a horrible pass from Matt Ryan and raced 70 yards for a TD to end the first half. I mean were the Falcons really the top seed in the NFC? Four turnovers made them look like some scrub team from the NFC West, and all the props Matt Ryan has been getting for being so cool and mature, well maybe he’s not that good…yet. He was sure awful yesterday.
Good for Rodgers though, for a second enormous playoff win on the road as an underdog, and the fabulous game he had. It really did look like a video game when he had the ball in his hands, didn’t it? Brett Who?
Today we get to see the Bears chew up the Seahawks – well, we better see that, as I pretty much struck out looking with my picks yesterday. The only "bet" I had right yesterday was the Packers covering the 2.5 points spread. I took the under in that game, and you know it’s a really bad pick when one team goes over the number (45) by themselves.
I felt the best bet of the weekend was the under (37 points) in the Ravens/Steelers game, and of course that went away quickly, even if both offenses really sucked. One bomb to Brown accounted for about 15% of the total offensive yards gained in that game.
For the record, I really like Chicago to win the early game today, but I wouldn’t be able to resist taking 10 points and Seattle, and betting on the spread too. I’m taking the under for the third time, which I pegged at 40.5. I am hoping for a slog match at midfield for about 55 minutes, and a 19-12 Bear’s win. (Yes, I am predicting 8 field goals by the two teams, and a Devin Hester punt return for the one TD)
In the other game, what percentage of viewers aside from myopic and diehard Jet fans think New York is going to beat New England? I sure don’t think New York will win, and I am a Jet fan, though I would take the Jets and 8.5 points and a puncher’s chance against the line, but I’d back it with a straight bet on the Pats, even if I had to lay the bookies 4-1 odds.
I have the under (44.5) in this one too. Of course I do! Last week I won 3 of those, and if I’d only bet it the fourth time in the Packers and Eagles game, I would have swept the totals.
Last week I won 10 out of 12, but only "won" $180, because just like the rest of the sane people in this world I figured New Orleans to be a lock to win in Seattle. Yeah, sure they were, and that bet cost a lot of big rollers big time at 6-1. I am 1-5 right now and "down" $470 this week, so far.
What if I could offer you all one more bet to get even, or a chance to add to your winnings?
How about five rounds of boxing between
"Belligerent" Bill Belichick and Rex "R-rated" Ryan?
There’s Bill, jabbing and pecking away like some annoying gnat, then flitting off, while flicking his nose with the thumb of his left glove like Alfalfa in an old Our Gang comedy.
Then there’s Rex, soaking wet from sweat and his pants falling down taking wild swings at Bill, I can see Ryan huffing and puffing around the ring chasing Belichick.
Kind of like one of those old-fashioned black & white films from the early 1920’s, where everything is all speeded up? You know, the movies before sound, where they’d have someone playing that jittery piano to the action on the screen?
Doodly do,
doodly do,
doodly doodly doodly,
doodly do…
And, as an added attraction, on piano, Harry Truman!
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