thursday super teaser

[pepin46]

i don't like either game, but with the 13 points i feel a better than fair shot at cashing it.

detroit + 19.5 yes, this is the right side
over 34

denver +6.5
under 53 this is also the right side. think.

money in the bank? perhaps


pep

 

[Senor Capper]

2 different writers, both from ESPN site.....
I gotta kick out of the first 2

Three Thanksgiving traditions happen every year:
1.) The Lions (7-point underdogs) either winning or keeping the game close
2.) somebody getting carried off the Silverdome field on a stretcher
3.) John Madden getting way too excited about somebody eating a turkey.

Packers 31, Lions 30
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2nd writer........

Green Bay at Detroit
The Packers (minus-7) are going to knock the stuffing out of the hapless Lions.
-- The pick: Packers 36, Lions 9

other games.....


Denver at Dallas
You always like loading up on the home teams on Thanksgiving, if only because the road teams are bummed out to be playing on a holiday. Of course, taking the seven-point underdog Cowboys here violates the "One close game/one blowout" rule -- a Thanksgiving tradition -- unless you pick the Cowboys for a surprising blowout win ... so I'm doing that. Can't you see Broncos coach Mike Shanahan standing on the sidelines with the vein on his forehead pulsating, as Phil Simms says, "Well, I can't remember things being this bad for the Broncos in a long time"?

Cowboys 27, Broncos 10

New Orleans at New England
When will Vegas start showing the Patsies some respect? They made this game a pick 'em, for God's sake. Aaron Brooks on the road, on grass, in cold weather, against a quality defense ... and it's a pick'em? Mark my words: The Patriots will make the playoffs. And the Ewing Theory shall lead
them.

Patriots 24, Saints 17


Oakland at New York Giants
Jim Fassel, whose Giants are 2?-point underdogs, put his chips on the table again ... his back is to the wall ... anyone wants to ante in, they better ante in ... you want out, get out ... it's gut-check time ...

Raiders 70, Giants 0

 

[pepin46]

how did this fellow arrive at 70?

can't see detroit scoring less than 4 tds here. the real question is: is g.b. about ready to fall apart?

have been backing n.e. since brady's second game. wise decision by the coach to keep him for the duration, and like the man said, when will vegas give n.e. some respect? so we keep cashing. ditto for wash.

den/dallas

nothing really will surprise me, but why would you root for a loser with your own money? we are talking major problems here, and national tv ain't gonna help.

now really, don't you just love this teaser?
no, i could not talk myself into taking dallas +19.5.


pep

 

[phoenix566]

if was upsets philly this weekend, they may get some more respect?? If they just keep it close and lose by a FG, probably will get attributed to another close divisional rivalry game. I hope they do not give them the respect....if they do, we will lose the value we have been getting in their line....

good luck and gobble gobble pep!!

 

[EricG]

I like were you are headding with this Pepin46, except I like this one a notch better:

Green Bay +6.5 (why not take the better team, no way they loose by more than two field goals)
Over 34.5
Denver +6.5 (I know Denver will play conservatively and win or loose it will be a close game-Shannahan will find a way)
Under 52.5 (hopefully leaf will stop throwing touchdowns for the other team)

as a side note I gotta find someway to throw Illinois -5 in this mix.

 

[pepin46]

eric

it may well be that either team will get the cover with the added 13. many people, including myself, suspected that g.b. would be surprised at home last week. but lose the game? no way.

given the comments i made on the yyz thread, i have to go with detroit.

phoenix

yes, we would love to have a real tight game in philly, decided with a field goal in the last seconds. i would also do the m.l. in a smaller scale on wash.


g.l.

pep

 

[pepin46]

as i expected, the superteaser would have hit any way you played it tonight. that is 3 in a row for me now, and if anybody is still reading:

i was on the "wrong" side last week with g.b. (-9.5), yet, just made the teaser by 1/2 point. everything that could have gone wrong at green bay did, yet those 13 points are powerful enough to amend a broken forecast and bring it in.

tonight, again, as i was 90% certain the dallas game would be a big time under, i ended up on the wrong side, yet cleared the bet, being at under 53 with the 13 points.

as far as myself, i am fullfilling the need, if you will, of getting action, still having fun, and cashing. i did not particularly care for either game and had i chosen all four sides/totals i would have gone 2-2, missing with denver and the under.

some people counter this teaser by saying: why not just make a single bet? if we take today's games as examples, probably half of the bettors split. had you been completely wrong in your forecast for any side of total today, you would have still cashed the ticket with the superteaser.

food for thought.


pep