Week XIII Review

posted on 2004-12-11 at 23:03:58 by Joel Ross

So I finally have some time. Saturday night, and the wife's in bed. So first things first. Let's review last week's games. I can barely remember them, so commentary may be light! As always, my pick is in bold.

  • Houston 7, New York Jets 29 (-7): No surprise here really. The Jet's are one of the best teams in the AFC.
  • Cincinnati 27, Baltimore 26 (-6.5): Baltimore could have solidified it's wild card bid with a win, but wasn't able to do so. By losing, Cincinnati's hopes are still alive. And Baltimore's now tied with Denver.
  • New England 42 (-8), Cleveland 15: The Patriots continue their dominance.
  • Arizona 12, Detroit 26 (-6): Detroit stops it's five game slid. Too bad they have Green Bay next week.
  • Tennessee 24, Indianapolis 51 (-11): Indy rolls. And they locked up Harrison for a while. Now, they pay, what? Their whole cap to their top three players? No wonder thier defense is pitiful.
  • Minnesota 14 (-7.5), Chicago 24: Just when you think you know what is going on in the NFL, Chicago finds a way to win. And Minnesota, once again, seems to be collapsing late in the season. Oddly enough, the NFC North is the only division with a second place team above .500.
  • Buffalo 42 (-3.5), Miami 32: At one point, Buffalo and Miami had similar records. Now, Buffalo is in the wild card hunt.
  • Atlanta 0, Tampa Bay 27 (-1.5): Now I know why Tampa Bay was favored.
  • San Francisco 6, St. Louis 16 (-10): St. Louis regains the lead in the NFC West, at 6 - 6!
  • Carolina 32, New Orleans 21 (-1.5): I went to high school with Muhsin Muhammed!
  • Kansas City 34 (-1), Oakland 27: KC gets a win, but loses their stud back for the year. Not that it'll affect their season any. Worst it can do is improve draft position!
  • Denver 17, San Diego 20 (-3): The Chargers continue thier cinderella season, as does Brees.
  • New York Giants 7, Washington 31 (-2.5): Man. The Giants have fallen fast and far! And even with that, they are still in second place in the East
  • Green Bay 17, Philadelphia 47 (-6): Philly is by far the best team in the NFC. The Falcons are second, but after their beating at the hands of the Bucs, that's even in doubt now.
  • Pittsburgh 17 (-3), Jacksonville 16: Imagine you have the chance to win the game for your team. Just kick a 60 yard field goal, outside. What would make you miss? Distance, right? Now imagine you get the distance right. But you put it just wide. And I mean just - by what looked like 3 or 4 feet. That's a tough way to lose!
  • Dallas 43, Seattle 39 (-7): Down by 10 with two minutes left. I thought this one was over. What a finish! Looks like Parcells still has it. On the touchdown play to go up with 20 seconds left, from the 20 or so, instead of passing to the end zone, he opted to run. And they scored. Great play!

So with that, let's review how I'm doing.

This Week Season
Against The Spread 7 - 7 (50.0%) 95 - 90 (51.4%)
Head to head 12 - 4 (75.0%) 116 - 76 (60.4%)

t week to review week 14.

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