Some programming notes:
Week 18 NFL - I rarely have picks of the final week of the season so do not be surprised if you do not hear from me next week for NFL picks. That said, I will make sure that if I do not do picks next week the Week 17 recap is part of wild card weekend post.
Golf
The new calendar means golf is back!!!! We had a really great last 15 months and I wrote a long recap article about it here. I will have my picks for the Sentry, the first tournament on the PGA Tour calendar midday on New Year’s Day!
Further, in preparation for the new golf season, I wrote an educational article that goes through how I think about golf betting! Make sure you check that out!
-T
Week 16 Recap
Apologies for the delay on this as I have been traveling quite a bit and due to bad weather I was impacted on my ability to get out the recap with the Thursday Night post.
We had a 2.2u loss as the Vikings didn’t bother to show up to play their game and KC’s blew their game to a QB who didn’t complete a pass after the 1st quarter, which is unthinkable to me.
Futures that settled1 and move to 2-10 +2.8u:
LV Raiders u6.5 - Loss
Titans to win AFC South - Loss
Packers to win NFC North - Loss
Detroit Lions to miss the playoffs - Loss
The games:
Saturday game:
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New Year’s Eve early games:
New Year’s Eve late games:
Other Plays
I will definitely be back Sunday for an update this week. See you all then
UPDATE 9:35 AM ET - Okay folks, it is New Year’s Eve. Last night’s game took years of my life and basically means we need the Bills to win outright to cover the losses on the Cowboys. Felt like we were well on our way to a good night and then CeeDee’s fumble through the endzone turned it. oh well. We go again today!
Other bets
0.5u Atlanta Falcons +3 (-120)
Teasers
Pending - 1u 6pt Teaser Saints +8.5 / Chiefs -0.5 (-115)
1u 7.5pt teaser Packers +8.5 / Panthers +11.5 / Seahawks +3 (+116)
0.5u 7pt Teaser Colts +3 / Falcons +10 / Giants +13 (+120)
0.5u 6pt teaser Rams-Giants over 37.5 / Falcons-Bears over 323 (-110)
Parlays
Pending - 2u Cowboys -245 / Bills -1100 (-187)
0.5u Seattle -205 / Packers -105 (+190)
1u Seattle -205 / KC -290 (+100)
0.25u Panthers +175 / Falcons +127 / Saints +120 (+1273)
Props (0.25u each)
Pending - Bryce Young over 10.5 rushing yards (-118)
Loss - Jahmyr Gibbs over 23.5 receiving yards (-113)
Pending - Mahomes over 21.5 rushing yards (-108)
Pending - Matt Stafford over 0.5 INTs (+102)
Pending - Jalen Hurts over 0.5 INTs (+150)
Good luck with all your action! Have a great weekend!
Note that I only grade things as win when there is a clinch
Edit note, this incorrectly said 38. It was updated to 32 at 9:41am