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How to play
Here is the way this game works. I will supply the Sunday and Monday matchups. With each matchup will be the line as of the last 24 hours. What you need to do is:
Step 1. Pick 3 teams who are NOT the favorites that you think will cover the spread
Step 2. Well…that’s it.
Effective Week 6 forward: I am officially assessing a 5 point penalty to each week you do NOT pick to compensate for the slaughter that is staying in this game week in and week out. We all suffer through this together!
Week 7 High Level Overview
- 6 games netted positive amounts (vs. 8 in Week 4)
- 7 games netted negative amounts (vs. 6 in Week 4)
- Biggest variances: Bengals had a -29.5 (and three of us picked them), Bills had -24.5 (two of us picked them) and the Texans were +17.5 (one person picked them)
Week 7 Results
| Week 7 | Favorite | Underdog | Fav | Under | Outcome | Feslen | Pete | Mark | Salti | Paddi | Sixtus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 7 | Favorite | Underdog | Fav | Under | Outcome | Feslen | Pete | Mark | Salti | Paddi | Sixtus |
| LAC -6.5 | Los Angeles Chargers | Tennessee Titans | 20 | 19 | 5.5 | 5.5 | |||||
| NE -3 | New England Patriots | Chicago Bears | 38 | 31 | -4 | ||||||
| Ind -7.5 | Indianapolis Colts | Buffalo Bills | 37 | 5 | -24.5 | -24.5 | -24.5 | ||||
| DET -3 | Detroit Lions | Miami Dolphins | 32 | 21 | -8 | ||||||
| MIN -3.5 | Minnesota Vikings | New York Jets | 37 | 17 | -16.5 | ||||||
| PHI -4.5 | Philadelphia Eagles | Carolina Panthers | 17 | 21 | 8.5 | 8.5 | |||||
| TB -3.5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Cleveland Browns | 26 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| JAX -4.5 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Houston Texans | 7 | 20 | 17.5 | 17.5 | |||||
| BAL -2.5 | Baltimore Ravens | New Orleans Saints | 23 | 24 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||||
| LAR -9.5 | Los Angeles Rams | San Francisco 49ers | 39 | 10 | -19.5 | ||||||
| WSH -1.5 | Washington Redskins | Dallas Cowboys | 20 | 17 | -1.5 | ||||||
| KC -5.5 | Kansas City Chiefs | Cincinnati Bengals | 45 | 10 | -29.5 | -29.5 | -29.5 | -29.5 | |||
| ATL -4 | Atlanta Falcons | New York Giants | 23 | 20 | 1 | ||||||
| Total Week 7 | -17.5 | -11.5 | -48.5 | 0 | 0 | -20.5 |
Current Totals
- Paddi: 11 (No picks since week 1)
- Feslen -1 (He had the 2nd BEST week 7 with -17.5)
- Salti: -9 (No picks since week 1)
- Mark -27.5 (Well..first was fun for a week but a -48.5 takes me down to fourth)
- Sixtus: -65 ( Two of his three picks were positive, but the Bills -24.5 was too much to overcome)
- Pete: -72 (Two of his three picks were positive but the Bengals -29.5 was too much to overcome)
Beat the Spread Week 8
| Week 8 | Favorite | Underdog |
|---|---|---|
| Week 8 | Favorite | Underdog |
| PHI -3 | Philadelphia Eagles | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| CHI -7 | Chicago Bears | New York Jets |
| CIN -4.5 | Cincinnati Bengals | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| DET -3 | Detroit Lions | Seattle Seahawks |
| KC -10 | Kansas City Chiefs | Denver Broncos |
| WSH -1 | Washington Redskins | New York Giants |
| PIT -8.5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Cleveland Browns |
| BAL -1.5 | Baltimore Ravens | Carolina Panthers |
| IND -3 | Indianapolis Colts | Oakland Raiders |
| LAR -9.5 | Los Angeles Rams | Green Bay Packers |
| ARI -1 | Arizona Cardinals | San Francisco 49ers |
| MIN -1 | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| NE -14 | New England Patriots | Buffalo Bills |
| Total Week 8 |
Idiom of the week
Throw a spanner in the works – To complete an action that complicates a preconceived idea or plan and prevents it.
History: Equivalent to throwing a spanner into the gears and pistons of an engine and stopping it from functioning
Ex: I thought the Bills and Bengals would have a good week but Kansas City and Indianapolis threw a spanner in the works