Drink em if you got em, folks. This is the real last week of the NFL season as we all know the Super Bowl is more pageantry than game. This is the last week we get to bet on more than 1 NFL game so it’s bittersweet as it’s the beginning of the end of football. And then after the Super Bowl, we ahead into the great abyss. Or as I call it, Tera Patrick’s gash. 3-4 last week, 6-4 overall. I snuck out the Pats over, thanked Christ the Eagles missed the PAT to get my first half under, and had a puckered up asshole as Vikes late TD didn’t kick the PAT to cover the Saints. Lost Pitt, the under, Vikes under, and the Falcons. We all watched Matt Ryan pull off his best “Crohn’s disease patient fucking a woman on his period” impression: shitting his pants in the red zone. I give that joke a 6.5.
Tom Brady was hurt in practice when a teammate’s helmet accidentally smashed in his hand. Or so the “liberal media” would want you to think. I’m sure he really got the injury when one of Giselle’s hooves crushed his hand when he tried reaching for a candy bar. Jacksonville comes in after a stunning win in Pittsburgh where they dropped 21 on Pitt faster than a Vietnamese black jack dealer in Vegas. Let’s talk stats: Jacksonville is on its 2nd road game in 3 weeks while the Pats have slept in their own beds for a month. And teams that put up 40+ in the playoffs the previous week (Jags)? 4-25-1 ATS. Jags are 2-5 vs NE, 1-5 in NE. Pats are 6-0 ATS at home, 10-1 of their last 11. Blake Bortles passer rating is fucking TERRIBLE when they’re behind, 55 QBR. Do you think the Pats are going to let them get ahead? They’re going to take Leonard Fournette out early and make Blake Bortles beat them. Btw, Bortles averaging 151 passing yds and with a 53% completion rate. And do you think the Patriots are going to take their foot off the gas? Nope. They’ve outscored their opponents in the playoffs, 80-25 in the 2nd half in the last 4 playoff games.
Let’s talk over/under. Pats have hit the under 9/13 but 8/11 over at home. Jaguars vs Patriots are under 4/6 times as well as 4/6 under in NE.
The facts are here: Take the Patriots -7.5 and under 46.5
This last game had me debating for the entire week. The Vikings are good on the road, the Eagles are good at home. Both teams could have EASILY lost last week. Both teams are playing with house money as their backup QBs haven’t flinched, yet. We all know my distaste for that goddamn awful town. Nick Foles is one of the worst in 3rd and long situations. Believe it or not, the Vikings D is better on the road than at home (329 yds allowed vs 387 at home) and the Vikes D is top 5 against the run. But the Eagles D has also been fantastic, 20 points allowed in 3 games. Philly has been 2-4 ATS and under 6/6. Also 5/6 under at home.
I’m still not sure but leaning Vikings -3 and under 38.5. I’m definitely jumping on the Vikes if it gets to 2.5.
Happy gambling and don’t be afraid to grab the first half unders again.
Kevin Gootee 