12.05.2009

Deadlock, featuring Stephen Tobolowsky #4

It was a good week for the Deadlock last week, nailing three of four bets and bringing me into an imaginary positive balance (+$20). Time to turn that into some real (fake) money.

New England (-4.5) at Miami
Here's what Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and co. have done after losses this season: beat Atlanta by 16, beat Tennessee by 59, beat New York by 17. You think they're not gonna come out angry after that embarrassing loss to the Saints last week? You think Belichick doesn't have the Wildcat figured out by now, especially in its watered-down, Ronnie Brown-less version? Much as I hate them, Pats are gonna roll in this one.
$40 on the Patriots

San Francisco (-1.5) at Seattle
Neither of these teams is very good, but they are in the same division. The Niners won their first face-off this season, in San Fran, so I'm thinking that divisional parity will win out in this one and even things out. The Seahawks have won two of their last three, and the 49ers pretty much need this one to stay alive, playoffs-wise. That's when teams that aren't very good (like this one) crumble.
$15 on the Seahawks

Minnesota Vikings (-3) at Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals have been up-and-down all season long. The Vikings have been exclusively up. Way the fuck up. They look awesome. This seems too easy, and probably is. But...
$30 on the Vikings

Baltimore Ravens (+3) at Green Bay Packers
It's December, time for toughness. From what I've seen so far this year, Baltimore has it and Green Bay doesn't.
$15 on the Ravens

3 comments:

dois said...

good call on pats. i'm in with you for some real dollars. although it was really fucking good rooting against them last night and see belichick get smacked like the bitch he is.

JD said...

You stink at this Sovic.

Commandant Lassard said...

i know, right? good thing it's imaginary money.