The interesting part of WildCard Weekend is I have yet to make a play on any of the NFL games. After much to much time spent with JoePub going over the Skins-Hawks game I concluded and agreed that SEA was the cheap side. However I guess my stubborness , hardheadness whatever you want to call it prevented me from joining the boys on SEA even when I could have the ML @-150. I just thought WASH would fight and Sea based on there play wasnt as good as the names on the back of the jerseys. Well SEA played like shit but did what it had to do.Really I am never gonna lay anything in a playoff game on the road unless I have a clear edge ( like Indy last year) and I was dead wrong about Pitt falling to pieces in the 2nd H. Figured Jax would win but what a great effort from Pitt. Today I couldnt figure if Iliked NYG or it was just the fan in me wanting them to win...so I passed again and then yet again when I could have them 2nd H +3 even.
So that leaves me 1 with game to figure out and a feeling of leaving some cash on the table....
4:30 Tenn @ SD
Talk about limping into the playoffs. There "star" QB gets hurt and is gametime decision but should play( think Collins is just as "good" but different). There starting TE Scaife and one of there starting WRs goes down. They are down an OL in Olson hoping Mawae returns. They already lost Brandon Jones at WR a few games back. So have to rely On Gage and Moulds at WR and Hartstock and Troupe who has disappeared from the face of the Earth at TE.
The one player must important to this team is Head Stomper Albert Haynesworth. 10-3 with him and 0-3 w/o him. Worse look at the defensive output 28, 34, 35. Only 4 games he played in saw the D allow 20+ points and one was the OT affair vs SD(17 at regulation) , 20vs Hou and 22 vs Indy at home then a weird 4th q @ Hou where they allowed 4 fourth Q scores up alot. So the defense starts and ends with Haynesworth. See how SD fared vs good defenses at home Chi , KC , Indy and even Oakland...not there best offensive days...
In the meeting that sparked some bad blood @ Tenny there was 7 sacks and 5 Ints. Might be worth it to play O4.5 sacks at ++ money. Anyway there was little offense that day think SD ran 70+ plays to get 340 yds and Tenny had little offense except White grinding out yards so from that sstandpoint the few receptions Williams and Scaife made were not significant keys.
However no matter how slice it the Tenny offense is pretty bad and relies heavily on LenDale White to move the chains sprinkled in with a play or two by VY those longs runs have disappeared it seems and a bad hammy doesnt help here. I think we all agree Tenny looked terrible on offense vs Indy. Which begs me to wonder if the old forget last week angle should come into play. We all saw how bad tenny looked and for that want to quickly fade them despite there defense.
SD was tough at home and on defense but a close look at who they played is laughable. They got DEN after they were eliminated from the playoffs , a banged up Balt team , Det after they choked vs Dallas , Houston w/o Schaub , Green and I believe Andre Johnson , Oakland who actually played them well , KC who somehow beat them , Chicago , and the only good team was Indy in a disgusting performance they won.
Also telling how a good team is how they travel and vs good teams SD went 2-4 on the road the sneaky win @ Tenny and the blasting they gave Denver. Otherwise they lost @ Jax , NE , GB , and Minny.
SD has is 7-1 at HOME SU and ATS. If they win they cover but they were never more then 10 and played worse teams then Tenny.
Vince Young is 10-1 ATS as a dog in his career catching 3 points or more . Only loss @ Jax 37-7 (+9.5) . This year won @ Jax and NO as dogs covering vs Indy.
Its crazy because of there reputation but I think Tenny can run the ball on SD some. Teams do it every week on the road and he really didnt face any solid backs, solid offenses or teams at home to give them a challenge. Larry Johnson ran on them and Addai didnt but Addai is small not LenDale White.
We here all the complaints about Turner , we have SD lackuster history in the playoffs and we have Philip Rivers struggling past few weeks and vs good defenses.
Play: Titans +10.5 (lean UND 38.5)(21-14 game)might add:cheers:
So that leaves me 1 with game to figure out and a feeling of leaving some cash on the table....
4:30 Tenn @ SD
Talk about limping into the playoffs. There "star" QB gets hurt and is gametime decision but should play( think Collins is just as "good" but different). There starting TE Scaife and one of there starting WRs goes down. They are down an OL in Olson hoping Mawae returns. They already lost Brandon Jones at WR a few games back. So have to rely On Gage and Moulds at WR and Hartstock and Troupe who has disappeared from the face of the Earth at TE.
The one player must important to this team is Head Stomper Albert Haynesworth. 10-3 with him and 0-3 w/o him. Worse look at the defensive output 28, 34, 35. Only 4 games he played in saw the D allow 20+ points and one was the OT affair vs SD(17 at regulation) , 20vs Hou and 22 vs Indy at home then a weird 4th q @ Hou where they allowed 4 fourth Q scores up alot. So the defense starts and ends with Haynesworth. See how SD fared vs good defenses at home Chi , KC , Indy and even Oakland...not there best offensive days...
In the meeting that sparked some bad blood @ Tenny there was 7 sacks and 5 Ints. Might be worth it to play O4.5 sacks at ++ money. Anyway there was little offense that day think SD ran 70+ plays to get 340 yds and Tenny had little offense except White grinding out yards so from that sstandpoint the few receptions Williams and Scaife made were not significant keys.
However no matter how slice it the Tenny offense is pretty bad and relies heavily on LenDale White to move the chains sprinkled in with a play or two by VY those longs runs have disappeared it seems and a bad hammy doesnt help here. I think we all agree Tenny looked terrible on offense vs Indy. Which begs me to wonder if the old forget last week angle should come into play. We all saw how bad tenny looked and for that want to quickly fade them despite there defense.
SD was tough at home and on defense but a close look at who they played is laughable. They got DEN after they were eliminated from the playoffs , a banged up Balt team , Det after they choked vs Dallas , Houston w/o Schaub , Green and I believe Andre Johnson , Oakland who actually played them well , KC who somehow beat them , Chicago , and the only good team was Indy in a disgusting performance they won.
Also telling how a good team is how they travel and vs good teams SD went 2-4 on the road the sneaky win @ Tenny and the blasting they gave Denver. Otherwise they lost @ Jax , NE , GB , and Minny.
SD has is 7-1 at HOME SU and ATS. If they win they cover but they were never more then 10 and played worse teams then Tenny.
Vince Young is 10-1 ATS as a dog in his career catching 3 points or more . Only loss @ Jax 37-7 (+9.5) . This year won @ Jax and NO as dogs covering vs Indy.
Its crazy because of there reputation but I think Tenny can run the ball on SD some. Teams do it every week on the road and he really didnt face any solid backs, solid offenses or teams at home to give them a challenge. Larry Johnson ran on them and Addai didnt but Addai is small not LenDale White.
We here all the complaints about Turner , we have SD lackuster history in the playoffs and we have Philip Rivers struggling past few weeks and vs good defenses.
Play: Titans +10.5 (lean UND 38.5)(21-14 game)might add:cheers:
rayerwe are right on this one....
