14-3, and the last touchdown was a 60+ yard pass on a broken tackle. This game was awful to watch. The Browns actually were in a position to tie this game up late in the 4th quarter, had they not put a recently concussed Colt McCoy back into the game to throw a pick. How bout McCoy's Dad going public and complaining about the coaching staff putting his son back into the game? Good to know that parents do that kind of thing no matter how old their child is.
Who picked the Browns to cover? This guy. And the kid. This week would prove to be the week that the kid reached down into his diaper and pulled several picks straight out of his ass.
Jets crush KC
This seemed pretty simple to me. Who would pick the horrible Chiefs to cover against a Jets team, at home, that still has a chance to make the playoffs? . . . . Brent, that's who. Come on man. Even the kid was smart enough to pick the Jets.
Eagles beat up Miami
Vick comes back and people are betting against him? Never bet against an ex-con when his back is against the wall. Did you know the Eagles still have a back door chance of winning the NFC east? That would be awesome.
So I had the Eagles in 2 different teasers this weekend. I took the to cover in a 4 team teaser, which I won, and I took the over at 38 in a 3 team teaser. In the first half of this game there were 31 points scored, so I think I'm golden on my over bet. Then the 2nd half comes around. Anybody know how many points were scored in the second half of this game? 5. A field goal and a safety. Miami had the ball on the Eagles 30 with 4 minutes left, down by 16, and on 4th and 10 (as I'm nearly begging Tony Sparano to kick a field goal. Come on you're getting fired anyway) instead of kicking a field goal to cover the over, they throw an incomplete pass to lose the game. Brutal. Don't they know that people have money riding on these games? Selfish.
The kid picked the Dolphins. Silly kid, don't you know Eagles eat fish? What kind of logic is he using?
Back Door Dan O
I told you the Ravens would get up by a bunch, then relax and let the Colts come back and cover the spread. Who didn't know that Dan Orlovsky would lead the Colts down the field, down by 21, and throw a TD pass with no time left on the clock? . . . . Brent, that's who. The only poor bastard to take the Ravens. Turned out to be kind of a bad luck week for our Northern California buddy, but we will get that later.
TJ Yates?
So let me get this straight. TJ Yates, who wasn't good enough to be above Matt Leinhert on the depth chart, leads the Texans down the field on a last second drive, against a good Bengals defense, to not only win the game, but get the Texans to the playoffs for the first time. Two things here:
1. How pissed are you if you are Matt Schaub? You help build up this Houston team for years, get the team their first 8 wins, then TJ Yates comes along, wins 2 games and now he is the media hero. I smell a Tanya Harding type incident coming on.
2. It's time for Matt Leinhert to crawl into a hole and die. He gets the chance to start in Arizona over an aging Kurt Warner, then proceeds to play horribly and watch Warner take the Cardinals to the Super Bowl. Then he gets to start for a playoff bound Texans team, and gets hurt in his first game. This guy used up all his good karma at USC.
I took the Bengals, but so did the kid. No ground lost here.
New Orleans covers vs Tennessee
Washington covers vs. New England
The kid and I went the same way on both these picks, and lost both. The only thing important here is that Belichick let me down. It's my fault, my special order hoodie hasn't arrived yet. I will wear it this week.
Atlanta beats Carolina
Of all the morning games, the kid and I had 2 different picks (this game being one of them), and I won them both. BOOM! Suck on that buddy! How's it feel? In your face! That's what you get for taking the "Meows".
Sorry, had to get that out. After the morning games I am up 2 games, I'm on the trail. That's comeback trail, for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about.
Tebow wins, but can't cover
Everybody took Tebow here, so no rankings changed. The Bears are up 10 with 4 minutes to play, and lose the game. I would love to say I was shocked, but really you almost expect it now. This is like some mystical ride only seen in kids movies. My only advice to everyone out there is to drink the cool aid and get on board. I'm not even mad that he didn't find a way to make that overtime field goal worth 4 points so he could have won the game and covered the spread. Although it is entirely within the realm of possibilities.
Brent's spirit gets crushed by the Cardinals
For those who don't know, Brent is a die hard, season ticket holding, 49er fan. I can actually picture him, in my head, yelling at the TV from his reclining seat on his leather sectional. Probably a large glass of rum and coke next to him. Staring in disbelief as his beloved 49ers lose to John Skelton. Pretty much everyone picked the 49ers to cover here. I say pretty much everyone, because this is the other game that the kid pulled right out of his freshly powdered ass.
I'm only up by 1 game now, this can't happen again.
Green Bay covers
My only question is this: I know the 2 year old has no idea who he is picking, that is the whole point of this. But how does even he know to pick the Packers over the Raiders? This should have been a point winner for me. Kid picks the Raiders cause their logo has a pirate and the Green Bay logo is the most boring logo in all of sports, and I go up another game. But instead his tiny stupid little hand falls on the Packers, and I make up no ground.
San Diego crushes Buffalo
Somebody should tell the Bills that they suck. Remember when they beat the Patriots? Where the hell did that team go? Same QB right? Same receivers right? Maybe living in Buffalo in the winter sucks so much, that you can't work up the energy to do anything but stay warm.
The good: Rivers and Gates hooked up twice for TDs, helping me to another win in my TD only fantasy league. The bad: kid picked the Chargers to cover.
NY Giants get me back to even
This is how it should work. The kid picks the Cowboys cause their logo is a star and the star is a generally recognizable shape by people with an undeveloped pre-frontal cortex. The Cowboys lose another game they should win. Thank you Dallas kicker. That guy has to be the most hated player in their locker room. Ah kickers. And I go up to games on the kid. Which pulls us to even for the year.
I'm on the trail baby! Who's coming with me? I've got kool-aid
Before we get to the standings it should be known that Hambone, of team Haselhuhn, picked both the Browns to cover and the Cardinals to cover, but father Haselhuhn decided to go another way. Bad call Dad. If you're kid was old enough to understand that you cost him 2 games by undermining his authority, I would tell him.
This week
Me 8-5
Kid 6-7
Huhns 6-7
Brent 5-8
On the year
Me 34-35 49%
Kid 34-35 49%
Brent 18-23 44%
Huhns 15-12 55%
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