Alright before I dive into excuses let me give credit where credit is due, tip of the hat to Jerod Mayo and the Pats. I honestly thought there was no chance they’d cover, let alone outright win. Sure the Gatorade bath at the end was excessive but starting off a new era 1-0 must feel real good. Personally, I wouldn’t know as the Dan Quinn era was the one that started with a wet fart. That new look Washington’s defense I yammered on about couldn’t stop a nose bleed, letting Baker throw for 4 TDs. JD5 at least looks like the Lamar 2.0 some expected him to be, as he showed off his dynamic ability to run the ball and his eerily similar inability to find wide receivers. Our TD Triducken was also a miss because Ceedee was the only Cowboy that didn’t wanna score against the Browns but hey at least the Over hit in that game so that’s something. That’s enough dwelling on last week though we got some money to make so let’s get into it.

Life’s Too Short to Bet the Under

Raiders @ Ravens (41)

Just like last week there’s several games hanging around at this 41 number and it worked last week so why not come back for more. Similar to last week this is a line that has dropped since it came out and 84% of the bets are on the Under, so you know what that means? Time to fade the public. Those reasons aside I expect this game to get to this total because the Ravens will blow doors. They’ve been stewing with that loss to the Chiefs on opening night and I’m expecting them to beat the bag out of the Raiders and run up the score. So here’s hoping the Ravens are wearing their white cleats and cover this Over all by themselves.

Over 41 (-112)

Fade Dawgs

Rams (+1) @ Cardinals

I gotta admit finding a Dawg this week that I loved was a little tricky. Several teams were considered but as expected with underdogs there were reasons to question each of those picks. In the end even though this is practically a pick ’em I kept coming back to this game because the Cardinals were the favored team I trusted the least. The Rams are banged up coming off a tough OT loss to the Lions, but despite the loss of Puka and a couple offensive lineman I still like them more than Arizona. The Cards defense is still stinky and the Kyler to Harrison connection looks like it’s gonna need some time to develop. Not to mention Kyler is 1-7 all time against the Rams so I’m gonna trust McVay and company to get it done.

Rams +1 (-115)

Touchdown Triducken

Anytime TD Parlay: Jayden Daniels, Lamar Jackson, Justin Fields

Our Triducken came up one leg short last week because of Ceedee which was definitely a disappointment. I went with what I thought were sure things but alas it wasn’t meant to be. This week I’m getting a little spicy and we’re going all QB rushing TDs chasing the big payout. Is that the best idea? Probably not. But they’re my picks so deal with it. The age of the running QB is here and I’m aiming to profit off it.

Anytime TD Triducken: Jayden Daniels, Lamar Jackson, Justin Fields (+1794)

Bick’s Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the Week

49ers (-4.5) @ Vikings

Alright I learned by lesson last week picking against the Pats I gotta try to keep the spite and bias out of my locks. With that being said I certainly have no love for Kyle Shanahan but I can’t deny that once again they look like the class of the NFC. They dominated the Jets without CMC and frankly I got no reason to believe anything different will happen to the Vikings. Sure Minnesota is 1-0 and Sam Darnold looked more competent than expected but it was against the Giants. Not to mention any career resurgence Sam Darnold could be having is being quickly credited to the time he spent in San Fran last season. So I’m thinking if anyone can quickly turn Darnold back into a pumpkin it’ll be the Niners. I almost wanna tease this up to -6.5 but after last week I’ll take the -4.5 for an easy win.

Niners -4.5 (-110)