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Raiders yet to cover in young season--- it's my inertia play
Courtesy of: I.M. Bettor
Boston Herald
I.M. BETTOR
BY THE NUMBERS
WEEK SIX
Friday, Oct. 10, 2003
In Week Seven, on Monday, October 20, the Kansas City Chiefs fly into Oakland to play arch enemy 1-A. Last Sunday, in Week Five, once again thanks to the divine intervention of Dante Hall, these same Jeffes defeated arch enemy 1-B, the Denver Broncos. Mimicking the color of their home jersey, this Sunday they are the tomato in a BLT when they fly to Green Bay.
Even with the NFL equivalent to Annie Sullivan at their helm, these traveling Chiefs are in what the gambler in me sees as a real dangerous spot. In the perfect script, the Chiefs come out flat, fail to execute crisply and the talking head delivers some quip like, “It looks like the Chiefs are emotionally drained off that big division win last Sunday,” whereupon Dante Hall fields a punt like Dante Alighieri and later Priest Holmes decides that this is the day he plays like Judas Priest. It’s a lovely script.
Problem is, the Packers aren’t exactly sitting in another happy valley Sunday. Turning back the clock, last Sunday, old friend Mike Holmgren came to town and all the wise guys bet the visiting Seahawks. The Packers surgically carved the heretofore unbeaten Seahawks with Ginzu-like execution. After this week, the Packers fly into St. Louis for a conference game. Is it possible to have game where both sides fail to cover?
Instead of timidly backing the Pack, let’s aggressively vote for youth and take a stand with the Browns. While I fully realize that Cleveland fares better as a ‘dog than as a favorite, let it be known that this current edition of the Raider fares equally bad as a favorite and as a ‘dog. As constructed, they can’t run, their wide receivers, while destined for Canton, run deep routes like they’re toting cannons on their backs and the defense has made mediocre QB’s like Jon Kitna, Jake Plummer and Kordell Stewart look like Johnny Unitas.
Of course I know that the Browns are coming off a big win at Pittsburgh, but in this one, we’re asking the Raiders to make two cross-country trips in two weeks. Sensing that this may be the last time we can catch a paper Raider in the right price range, let’s play the Browns in Week Six.
Fortified with $595 from a 4-2 mark by the numbers, and always looking to put a bulge into the Joe’s Stone Crab and Gulfstream Exacta Fund, let’s bet $330 on the Browns at -3 because when the emperor has no clothes it’s time to take a stand.
Raiders yet to cover in young season--- it's my inertia play
Courtesy of: I.M. Bettor
Boston Herald
I.M. BETTOR
BY THE NUMBERS
WEEK SIX
Friday, Oct. 10, 2003
In Week Seven, on Monday, October 20, the Kansas City Chiefs fly into Oakland to play arch enemy 1-A. Last Sunday, in Week Five, once again thanks to the divine intervention of Dante Hall, these same Jeffes defeated arch enemy 1-B, the Denver Broncos. Mimicking the color of their home jersey, this Sunday they are the tomato in a BLT when they fly to Green Bay.
Even with the NFL equivalent to Annie Sullivan at their helm, these traveling Chiefs are in what the gambler in me sees as a real dangerous spot. In the perfect script, the Chiefs come out flat, fail to execute crisply and the talking head delivers some quip like, “It looks like the Chiefs are emotionally drained off that big division win last Sunday,” whereupon Dante Hall fields a punt like Dante Alighieri and later Priest Holmes decides that this is the day he plays like Judas Priest. It’s a lovely script.
Problem is, the Packers aren’t exactly sitting in another happy valley Sunday. Turning back the clock, last Sunday, old friend Mike Holmgren came to town and all the wise guys bet the visiting Seahawks. The Packers surgically carved the heretofore unbeaten Seahawks with Ginzu-like execution. After this week, the Packers fly into St. Louis for a conference game. Is it possible to have game where both sides fail to cover?
Instead of timidly backing the Pack, let’s aggressively vote for youth and take a stand with the Browns. While I fully realize that Cleveland fares better as a ‘dog than as a favorite, let it be known that this current edition of the Raider fares equally bad as a favorite and as a ‘dog. As constructed, they can’t run, their wide receivers, while destined for Canton, run deep routes like they’re toting cannons on their backs and the defense has made mediocre QB’s like Jon Kitna, Jake Plummer and Kordell Stewart look like Johnny Unitas.
Of course I know that the Browns are coming off a big win at Pittsburgh, but in this one, we’re asking the Raiders to make two cross-country trips in two weeks. Sensing that this may be the last time we can catch a paper Raider in the right price range, let’s play the Browns in Week Six.
Fortified with $595 from a 4-2 mark by the numbers, and always looking to put a bulge into the Joe’s Stone Crab and Gulfstream Exacta Fund, let’s bet $330 on the Browns at -3 because when the emperor has no clothes it’s time to take a stand.