Feel free to chime in. But I know in the past I don't even care what the spread is this early in the week, I'll look Sunday morning to see which way things have moved but generally will ignore them.
Baltimore +.5 @ Cincinnati : 2 Week 1 winners, just on principle, we don't play this for this exercise.
Cleveland +8.5 @ New Orleans: New Orleans defense got thrashed. Cleveland got a tie, but did so in horrible weather conditions and IMO didn't look all that impressive either. I think a slight lean on New Orleans here. Feel like that line though is a little disrespectful though. But right, we ignore it And we take the Saints. Saints were garbage. Browns eeked out a tie in a matchup where they were dogs. Slight lean Saints - betting for .5 unit. SAints were embarassed though so if you wanted to go a full unit on them, I would be in favor of that. I love the trend facook posted above
Kansas City +5.5 @ Pittsburgh: The Chiefs looked quite good and the Patty Mahomes hype train is rolling. Pitt looked awful and may be awful. How they are laying nearly 6 points is beyond me. If it weren't week 2, I'd probably bet the Chiefs, but for this exercise. Firm on the Steelers - betting for 1 unit. One of the stronger plays on the slate.
Miami +2.5 @ New York Jets: I'd say this is a no brainer Miami play, but Miami won. And looked "okay-ish". It's not traditional to bet a team that won in Week 1 for this exercise, even as much hype as the Jets are getting. I still think Jets is a very small play not No bet for the purposes of this exercise. We need the synergy here of both teams being perceived in opposite manners and because the opponent is Miami, I don't think you can make this a strong one. If it were the Saints instead of Miami, I'd be betting my mortgage on New Orleans
LA Chargers -7.5 @ Buffalo: Again, as per the above, the Chargers didn't necessarily set the world on fire last week either. Buffalo is the play here, but it's very small play because of the lack of synergy with a Chargers loss last week. You can totally envision a world where they come in and absolutely smoke the Bills out. I wouldn't be mad if you wanted to take the Bills here though because of the fact they have been talked about as possibly the worst team in the league this week by all of ESPN. No bet for me but you can roll with Buffalo here and I wouldn't hate it. If the Chargers won last week, I'd be all over the Bills. They didn't, they didn't look good either.
Indianapolis +5.5 @ Washington: The Skins looked quite good against a horrible Arizona team. Indy looked quite bad. This is Slight lean indianapolis for .5 unit - I'd bump this up if the Skins hadn't beaten up on what is an awful team and since we're gonna have a big slate. I'm using some discipline with the bank roll. FAIR ENOUGH!?
Houston +.5 @ Tennessee: Both teams lost. There's nothing to be gleaned here. Weather might also be a factor. We're a NO BET on this one
Philly -3.5 @ Tampa Bay: The only issue here is that the Eagles won last week. We can't go all in but we can ignore the Bucs great start last week and hammer the Eagles for a full unit. I'd feel better about it if they lost but I've heard way too much about Ryan Fitzpatrick actually not being a bum this week. Philly for 1 unit
Minnesota +.5 @ Green Bay: Both teams won. No bet
Carolina +5.5 @ Atlanta: Panthers win, Falcons lose, but there's not a lot of talk surrounding either team to give me a strong feel for this one. We have to take Atlanta though in this spot based on the system. Slight lean Atlanta, .5 unit
Detroit +5.5 @ San Francisco: "DEtroit is the worst team ever". Only issue here is that San Fran lost too so we lack the double whammy to support this one for a full unit right now. If San Fran looked like world beaters last week, it's an easy Detroit play. Still based on sentiment. Slight lean Detroit .5 unit, but if you want to fully support them up to a full unit. I wouldn't hate that at all. I think it's a strong play. Stronger if San Fran had won their game last week.
Arizona +12.5 @ LA Rams: Need we even discuss? Strongest play of the week by a mile. Strong play on Arizona at least 1 unit, if not more. - not much else to talk about on this one. You just gotta trust the system and make money where we can.
Oakland +5.5 @ Denver: Denver won but there is no hype behind them. And Case didn't really play all that well from an efficiency standpoint. Oakland got beat on. We have to take some Oakland here. Slight lean, Oakland .5 unit - this one feels kinda bad as a road divisional game, but it shouldn't. We just did it with the Cards and that's how we roll in week 2.
New England -1.5 @ Jax: 2 week 1 winners. No play - firm
G-Men +2.5 @ Dallas: 2 week 2 losers. No play - firm
Seattle +3.5 @ Chicago: 2 week 2 losers. No play - firm
Where was I wrong, way off? I've tried to take in all the talk radio I could this week and listen to all of the narratives.
Saints
Colts
Eagles
Falcons
Lions
Oakland
STRONGEST PLAYS:
Steelers
Arizona
That's a lot of poopy teams we're betting on. Hold your noses.