Well, the sun is shining and I’m looking to make some money today!!
Let’s do this..
Minnesota (-10.5) at St. Louis
I got burned on this Rams last week thinking that Kyle Boller would provide a spark to a wooden Rams offense. I was wrong, Kyle Boller is still, well, Kyle Boller and that offensive line almost got him killed last week and it doesn’t get any easier this week against the Vikings. The Packers did a good job on Monday night stopping Adrian Peterson…Don’t expect the same thing to happen this week. AD should run all over Rams today and Brett Favre should be able to take it easy while his foot is hurting a little bit. Kyle Boller will have to deal with ‘maniac’ Jared Allen all day today and that just doesn’t help an offense that is only averaging 6 points a game. The Vikes with take care of business today.
Pittsburgh (-11) at Detroit
After watching the Steelers on Sunday night, I have concluded that they are not messing around anymore. It is very cliche to say the score (38-28 vs. San Diego) didn’t describe how dominate the Steelers really were. No Willie Parker, no problem as Rashard Mendenhall ran wild on the weak Charger defense. Expect much more of the same today as the Lions rank 20th in rushing defense. It would already be hard as hell to face the Steeler D with Matthew Stafford healthy but as it looks like Daunte Culpepper is starting today and he looked terrible last week filling in for Stafford after he got hurt last against the Bears.. I am usually one to stay away from double digit chalk on the road but this season has taught me that it’s nothing to be afraid of. The Lions are 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games at home and you know most of those had heavy chalk. The Steelers roll.
UPSET OF THE WEEK
Cincinnati (+9.5) at Baltimore
I know the Bengals struggled against a bad Browns team last week but I still believe in this team. Maybe I’m suffering from Hard Knocks disease or something but the Bengals should be 4-0 right now, everyone knows about the fluke play they lost on. As I’ve been saying, this is not your Dad’s Ravens defense. The Bengals do have the potential to put some points up on them. I may be the only person that hasn’t jumped on the Joe Flacco bandwagon just yet but then again, thank to Mark Clayton, they should be 4-0 but my gut and the trends support me as the Bengals have won 6 of the last 9 meetings and they are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 and they have been close in every game. I don’t see the Ravens running away with this one today.
Special treat – I’ve got two totals for you today
Oakland vs. NY Giants under 38
Too make a long story short…JaMarcus Russell means UNDER…That offense is horrid and with Eli Manning hurting the Giants will be running a lot so the clock will be ticking quite a bit but then it will keep stopping with all the incomplete passes that Russell will throw. They still won’t score though…Under is the play..
Houston vs. Arizona over 49
This total has probably gone up.. Since the Saints aren’t playing today, I have to pick an over somewhere right? The over is 8-3 in the Texans last road games and the Cardinals has an over record of 12-3 in their last home games. This one will be one fun shootout to look at. This one will be one to enjoy..
Good Luck Everybody!!