Week 2 Recap

Sometimes you are on the right side and still lose, and sometimes you are on the wrong side and still win.  The Eagles-Colts tilt on Monday Night was the former for sure-- a whole lot of unlikely events had to happen in a very short span of time to blow my Colts pick. 

Unlikely Thing #1:  Chuck and Pep have a collective dumbass attack on the sideline and decide not to run the ball for the first down, knowing that worst case they could take the 3 points from a Vinatieri field goal to go up by 10 points with 5:08 left... on a night when the Colts could actually run the ball effectively against the Philly stop unit.

Unlikely Thing #2:  Andrew Luck throws an interception trying to convert on a play that should have been a running play (see above)

Unlikely Thing #3:  Related to #2-- this should never have been a pick.  Refs miss a painfully obvious call on Boykin.

Unlikely Thing #4:  Refs miss an obvious call (see #3) then randomly compensate by calling a highly questionable horsecollar tackle on Landry, which gives the Eagles the first down and 15 yards.  Sproles awesomeness happens for 51 yards, and yeah, well, there you have it.

So a perfect storm of suck can really derail an otherwise solid play.  Over the course of the season, you are going to have them.  It happens.  Taking the long view over 5 months of the NFL, these kinds of losses will be cancelled out by a few wins the you edge out when you make a bad call.  So we regroup.  It was still a profitable week, going 2-1 (or, 2-1-0-1 if you want to use wins/losses/ties/moral victories [which don't pay as well]).  That puts me at 3-3 for the year, but on the right track.

Speaking of getting a call wrong and getting bailed out..  remember when I didn't take the Steelers because I couldn't get them at +3 and took the under instead?  The fact that the line was Steelers +2 1/2 saved me a loss there; the under was a pretty easy cash. 

The KC-Denver game was just as expected-- huge divisional dog on the road covers the spread.  I was a little worried when Jamal Charles went out early, but the Chiefs hung tough and took Denver to the wire. 

I'll take a winning week any week, even a 2-1.  

NFL 2014 Week 2: 2-1
NFL 2014 Season Total: 3-3