Week 2 Schedule Please do in this order CIN AT CLE - CIN JAX AT TEN - TEN CAR AT TB - CAR LAR AT PHI - PHI SF AT NYJ - SF DEN AT PIT - DEN BUF AT MIA - MIA MIN AT IND - IND DET AT GB - GB ATL AT DAL - DAL NYG AT CHI - NYG WAS AT AZ - WAS KC AT LAC - KC BAL AT HOU - BAL NE AT SEA - SEA NO AT LV - NO
CIN AT CLE JAX AT TEN CAR AT TB LAR AT PHI SF AT NYJ DEN AT PIT BUF AT MIA MIN AT IND DET AT GB ATL AT DAL NYG AT CHI WAS AT AZ KC AT LAC BAL AT HOU NE AT SEA NO AT LV
CIN AT CLE - CIN - TNF is old & feeble, was kind of hoping COVID19 would kill it off JAX AT TEN - JAX - Once again, Minshew Mania runs wild CAR AT TB - TB - I'm still pulling for TB & TB12 LAR AT PHI - PHI - I don't like Rams after last week SF AT NYJ - SF - Jets channeling their inner Mets, doing what it takes to lose DEN AT PIT - PIT - sorry PNH BUF AT MIA - BUF - no one happier to see TB12 leave the ACF East than the Buffs MIN AT IND - IND - Indy rebounds, beats the Vikes DET AT GB - GB - in an ever changing world, the Lions are the one constant ATL AT DAL - DAL - I'm contractually obligated NYG AT CHI - CHI - home cooking WAS AT AZ - AZ - OK, so that Josh Rosen for Kyler Murray swap seems to be panning out KC AT LAC - KC - should be a good game, Bolts D vs Chiefs O BAL AT HOU - BAL - cue the "Fire BoB" chatter now! NE AT SEA - SEA - tempting to pick NE, but I think SEA wins a close one @ home NO AT LV - LV - putting Raiders in LV is so genius, there is no way Roger Goodell thought of it
CIN AT CLE - Bengals JAX AT TEN - Jaguars CAR AT TB - Bucs LAR AT PHI - Eagles SF AT NYJ - 'Niners DEN AT PIT - Steelers BUF AT MIA - Billskis MIN AT IND - Minny DET AT GB - Pack ATL AT DAL - 'Boys NYG AT CHI - Bears WAS AT AZ - Hate to, but Cards KC AT LAC - Chefs BAL AT HOU - Crows NE AT SEA - 'Hawks NO AT LV - Raydahs
Which is why I suggest to let Yahoo do it... but it looks like there are very few people entered compared to last year.
CIN AT CLE I would have taken Cinci, but too late now. JAX AT TEN Tenn CAR AT TB TB LAR AT PHI LAR SF AT NYJ SF DEN AT PIT Pitt BUF AT MIA Buff MIN AT IND Indy DET AT GB GB ATL AT DAL Dall NYG AT CHI Chi - tossup - taking the 'home' team WAS AT AZ AZ - but barely, Wash is better than we think... KC AT LAC KC BAL AT HOU Balt NE AT SEA Sea NO AT LV switching to NO
I agree with most of your thoughts, in particular I think a lot of these games could go either way...T
Week 2 Schedule Please do in this order CIN AT CLE X JAX AT TEN. Ten CAR AT TB. Tb LAR AT PHI. Lar SF AT NYJ. Nyj DEN AT PIT. Pit BUF AT MIA. Buf MIN AT IND. Min DET AT GB. Gb ATL AT DAL. Atl NYG AT CHI. Nyg WAS AT AZ. Az KC AT LAC. Kc BAL AT HOU. Bal NE AT SEA. Ne NO AT LV. No
CIN AT CLE - CLE picked earlier JAX AT TEN - TEN CAR AT TB - TB LAR AT PHI - LAR SF AT NYJ - SF DEN AT PIT - DEN BUF AT MIA - BUF MIN AT IND - MIN DET AT GB - GB ATL AT DAL - DAL NYG AT CHI - NYG WAS AT AZ - WAS KC AT LAC - KC BAL AT HOU - BAL NE AT SEA - SEA NO AT LV - NO
I am not fully into NFL yet this year sorry boys been slacking! CIN AT CLE - OOOOPS JAX AT TEN - TEN CAR AT TB - CAR LAR AT PHI - PHI SF AT NYJ - SF DEN AT PIT - PIT BUF AT MIA - BUF MIN AT IND - MIN DET AT GB - GB ATL AT DAL - DAL NYG AT CHI - CHI WAS AT AZ - WAS KC AT LAC - KC BAL AT HOU - BAL NE AT SEA - SEA NO AT LV - NO
Week 2 lndividual Results Noah 15-1 Congratulations and welcome to weekly pick em 14-2 Phil ytd 25-7 13-3 Tom ytd 22-10 Whisky ytd 22-10 12-4 Pilotocs ytd 21-11 11-5 Nicholas ytd 19-13 10-6 Tamas ytd 19-13 Paul ytd 18-14 8-8 Jason ytd 15-17
Week 3 Please do in this order Thanks MIA AT JAX HOU AT PIT CIN AT PHI SF AT NYG LV AT NE TEN AT MIN WAS AT CLE LAR AT BUF CHI AT ATL DEN AT TB CAR AT LAC NYJ AT IND DAL AT SEA DET AT AZ GB AT NO KC AT BAL
Week 3 MIA AT JAX JAX HOU AT PIT Pitt CIN AT PHI Cinci SF AT NYG SF LV AT NE LV - going out on a limb here. TEN AT MIN Tenn WAS AT CLE Clv LAR AT BUF LAR CHI AT ATL Atl TB AT DEN TB CAR AT LAC LAC NYJ AT IND Indy DAL AT SEA Sea DET AT AZ AZ GB AT NO GB - this may change. KC AT BAL Balt
Uh huh. I wanted the 5 1/2 points I got at the sportsbook. I had the Raiders +5 1/2 and the 48.5 points over. I thought the Raiders would need the points and so did every oddsmaker in town. The spread dropped down to 3 at game time. It was the only game I bet this week. I wish you could see the stuff I post in B&I up in Silver. I can't post picks in this thread again because it is publicly viewable. My bad. ‘Super-Strong’ Betting on Las Vegas Raiders’ Home Debut For years, professional sports and Las Vegas went together like taking a hit on 20 in blackjack. The Las Vegas Raiders won their debut at new Allegiant Stadium 34-24 on Monday night against New Orleans. (Image: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports) The NFL wouldn’t even allow the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to air Super Bowl ads during the championship game that capped the 2002 season. In 2007, Las Vegas hosted the NBA All-Star Game under the provision that sportsbooks wouldn’t take any bets on the game. In 2015, the NFL short-circuited a fantasy football convention featuring then-Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, among numerous other NFL players, because it was being held at a Las Vegas convention center connected to a casino. That’s all changed. The NHL’s Las Vegas Golden Knights, who debuted during the 2017-18 season, have been a major hit. And on Monday night, the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders played their first home game in $1.84 billion Allegiant Stadium. It was a historic moment, even if there were no fans in the stands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It really has come full circle,” Nick Bogdanovich, the director of trading at William Hill, told Casino.org on Tuesday. “We begged and pleaded for the longest time that, ‘It’s OK, it’s OK’ and, voila, all of a sudden, it happened. “I drive by that stadium on the Strip all the time and it’s weird that you can’t go in it and watch the games,” he continued. “You’ve got this shiny new toy and you can’t play with it. It’s very weird from that standpoint but it looked pretty beautiful inside, that’s for sure.” No Longer Taboo For the NFL, and professional sports in general, the arrival of the Raiders in Las Vegas was a white flag of surrender. For decades, the sporting world attempted to keep gambling at bay. In 1963, two of the NFL’s biggest stars, Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras, were suspended for the season for betting on NFL games. However, with the advent of sports betting technology and the rise of sportsbooks across the nation, the fear of having Vegas-based teams has died. Besides, there’s money to be made, as evidenced by the casino advertising ringing Allegiant Stadium. All the sports have embraced it,” Bogdanovich told Casino.org. “Listen, it’s part of society. In England, it’s been that way for a hundred years and now we’re with it. As long as people do it responsibly, it’s a great thing. “It makes the game much more fun. A lot of people in a blowout, they turn off their TV in the third quarter. Well, they’re not turning that TV off in the third quarter now because that over/under is yet to be decided or the player prop is yet to be decided. I think you’ll see people tune in for the whole game instead of leaving.” The Raiders had to pay the NFL a whopping $378 million to relocate from Oakland. Moreover, gambling means added interest in games, added interest in games means higher TV ratings, and higher TV ratings mean more money in the next set of TV contracts. Good Day for Sportsbooks While the pandemic has taken a big bite out of the number of people visiting Las Vegas and opening their wallet at casinos, the first game in Las Vegas was a win for sportsbooks. “It was super-strong,” Bogdanovich told Casino.org. “There were a lot of things going on. It was Vegas, obviously, being at home, but it was a classic matchup. Plus, the public had a really good weekend so they had more money in their pockets, so they probably bet extra on that game last night. There was a ton of money on that game.” Ed Salmons, the vice president of risk management and oddsmaking at Westgate SuperBook, said the first NFL game in Las Vegas was a “big deal.” We had a huge group of Saints fans in our sportsbook and tons of Raiders fans,” Salmons told Casino.org. “The handle for the game and halftime was much, much higher than a normal Monday night game. The result was very good for the book.” At William Hill, the Raiders were 4.5-point underdogs to the Saints, who were considered a top Super Bowl contender. Las Vegas delivered a 34-24 upset victory. “When it’s the last game of the betting cycle, all the liability is rolling into the one game, so it’s usually lose-lose,” Bogdanovich said. “We really needed Vegas to win outright, so it was a good result. New Orleans winning outright, we would have been just crushed. We didn’t really win anything but it was a great result for the house. It saved us from mass destruction.”