Not winning is better than losing, so a 1-0-1 week is a good week. The Cowboys were SU winners as 3 1/2 point dogs in Philly, in a game that went much as I had expected. The 49ers were competitive for much of the tilt in Seattle, but ended up pushing the number. Not a bad week.
Elsewhere in the week, the sharps were right on Buffalo-- Green Bay was one of the those dangerous road favorites to which I alluded. The big road chalk winner was New Orleans, who put the wood to a reeling, dysfunctional and altogether horrible Chicago Bears squad. New Orleans is now in the driver's seat in the well, reeling, dysfunctional and altogether horrible NFC South. But don't count Drew Brees and company out-- if they win the division, they get a home playoff game and in a great twist of NFL irony, will probably win it.
The books made some money on the Bengals, or rather, beat down the folks that pounded the Browns on behalf of Johnny Football. The Browns and Green Bay were winners for the books, who took it on the chin with the widely bet Pats and Broncos covering.
New England tightened its grip on the AFC with a second half blowout of the Dolphins-- it looks (barring exceptional things happening over the next two weeks) that the road to the Superbowl in the AFC will go through Foxboro. This would seem to be bad news for the Broncos, but the emergent MO for Denver (playing better defense and running the ball, relying less on Peyton's arm, grinding out close wins) is better suited for late season, cold weather road trips in the playoffs. The recent string of games for the Broncos could be a late season slump or a calculated reorienting to playoff-style game plans. This will be interesting to watch as it unfolds.
Indianapolis clinched the AFC South and got the cover, albeit by a half point. Luck hasn't played great, and the T.Y. Hilton apparent concussion is a huge issue for them. Consistency and turnovers have been problems.
Arizona got the win as an underdog to the suddenly hot Rams, in a field goal Thursday night affair. The Cards are such an interesting story, now down to their third string QB and getting ready to face Seattle. That seems like a tall order for a team limping down the stretch, but they've managed to find the next man up all year. Certainly this rivals the NFC East for the most interesting story line heading in the NFC heading into the last few weeks of the season.
So we are back at .500 for a moderate (-2.3 unit) loss on the season thus far. We'll see if we can get some value plays in the final two weeks and get even.
NFL 2014 Week 15: 1-0-1
NFL 2014 Season Total: 23-23-1
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