Fans of NFLbets (come on, we know there’s two or three or you out there) no doubt noticed the lack of betting tips offered on last night’s insane Monday Night Football contest, despite finishing Sunday at 2-3-1 on best bets and pick of the week.
But you know what? Sometimes it’s better just to sit back and watch. In fact, despite losing a bet on the Houston Texans by 1 point and thus blowing any potential profit, week 11 was lots of fun to watch (though perhaps not from an Atlanta Falcons fan’s perspective). Six outright winners failed to cover the point spread – as noted by NFLbets previously, an expected balance to the previous two weeks, which included just three such games combined – and three games, adjusted for the spread, ended in ties.
O, and then we got the MNF game with the highest over/under line in three decades – and the Los Angeles Rams only missed it by 9 points themselves. Wacky!
Below runs a complete list of results for week 11 in NFLbets’ standard format, i.e. adjusted for the point spread; all results listed in boldface indicate games in which the SU winner did not cover the spread. Comments, questionable humor and the occasional salient point courtesy NFLbets writer/editor Os Davis.
• Seattle Seahawks 24, Green Bay Packers 24. NFLbets bragged previously about calling this result exactly, but must now backtrack a bit to admit that the key to a Seahawks SU/ATS loss was an Aaron Rodgers miracle – Who knew dodgy calls from Mike McCarthy would be the true X-factor?
• Jacksonville Jaguars 16 at Pittsburgh Steelers 16. The Steelers may have taken care of business on the field, but are just 1-3-1 ATS vs Jacksonville in the 2010s.
<>• Chicago Bears 22½, Minnesota Vikings 22. To those of you who covered the Bears at 9/1 or so in the “To Win the NFC North” proposition bet during the preseason: Congratulations, great call there! (Dammit.)
• New York Giants 35, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35. A push is probably the most fitting result for this game – If you’re sick enough to have bet this perhaps foolishly believing in some special insight into either of these team’s incomprehensible states of being, well, just be happy with the f#^&#^ing push.
• Denver Broncos 23 at Los Angeles Chargers 14½. Now *there’s* those mistake-making, dumb-luck Chargers we remember from San Diego!
Dallas Cowboys 22 at Atlanta Falcons 16. O, all right, we’ll say it…
• Washington 21, Houston Texans 20. And in the game featuring the 2018 Cowboys’ sudden rival, Washington and Houston continued their outlier seasons: At 7-3 ATS, Washington is bettered only by New Orleans and Kansas City, while Houston’s now 7-game winning steak and 7-3 SU record are diametrically opposed to their 4-6 ATS (and 1-3 ATS home!) marks.
• Oakland Raiders 23 at Arizona Cardinals 16. Soooooo, the Cardinals really are this bad?
• Indianapolis Colts 36½, Tennessee Titans 10
• Cincinnati Bengals 21 at Baltimore Ravens 17½. Thanks to these two results, the four involved AFC teams together with the Miami Dolphins are knotted up at 5-5 SU in a free-for-all for the no. 6 seed – and the distinct possibility of “upsetting” the New England Patriots in round 1. Well, maybe only the Colts…
• New Orleans Saints 41, Philadelphia Eagles 7. At what point is it syntactically correct to cease using the term “defending champions” to describe the Eagles? How about after allowing 75 points and 950-plus yards in two games? Is that a good time?
• Los Angeles Rams 51, Kansas City Chiefs 51. Every one get their kicks watching this games and its 100-topping points? Good – because this may be the nadir of absurd offense in the NFL. NFLbets expects the next few outrageously high over/unders involving either of these teams or the Saints to go under from here on out.
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