Perfect wk. My Thanksgiving record has been very good, so that streak continued as well. DET came back to make that gm more interesting than it should’ve been. LAC looked to be the better POW in their demolition of DAL. Then my added play of LAR & teaser both hit w/ease on Sunday. Very enjoyable holiday weekend, to be certain. I hope everyone else did well too.
POW 7-5, Teasers 6-6, Overall 33-22-1.
MIN +2 ½ won a key div gm on Turkey day @ DET. Now coming off a long wk, they face the suddenly hot Falcons. Indeed ATL’s oline is looking much better, which only helps the vertical play of Ryan, Jones & Sanu. But, their 3 gm win streak is a little suspect upon closer inspection. It started against DAL where they were fresh off the losses of Elliott & all-world LT Smith. ATL’s “D” cashed in that gm sacking Dak 8 times. Then ATL took SEA to the woodshed early on MNF, but allowed them to comeback to squeak out a W against a SEA “D”, w/out stalwarts Sherman & Chancellor roaming the secondary. Then last wk ATL beat the Fitzpatrick-led Bucs. MIN on the other hand went thru 3 straight battles against top-tier “O”s in DET, LAR & WAS. Those “D”s aren’t half bad either. Even their cupcake wins earlier in the season against CLE, BAL & CHI have very good front-7’s. Led by LT Reiff (hasn’t given up a sack yet), MIN’s oline is very deep & humming along. It’s no surprise that career backups Latavious Murray & Case Keenum are lighting up the field. It always starts in the trenches. On the other side of the ball, MIN’s “D” is definitely no surprise. The big matchup will be all-pro corner Xavier Rhodes vs Julio. But what will likely decide this one is the matchup between Sanu & Trae Waynes. Waynes has been excellent in coverage & should be able to contain Sanu. MIN’s run “D” has been consistent, so the return of Devonta Freeman should be nullified. W/that kind of coverage, Everson Griffen & co should have success getting to Ryan. This will be an interesting matchup between the #1 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down “O” (ATL) vs the #1 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down “D” (MIN). But the key for me is MIN also being #2 on 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down “O”, while ATL is #16 on 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down “D”. Throw in MIN being @ +4 in TO ratio while ATL is @ -3, & MIN should win this one SU.
MIN 31
ATL 20
5 Units
GL to all & comments are most welcome.
POW 7-5, Teasers 6-6, Overall 33-22-1.
MIN +2 ½ won a key div gm on Turkey day @ DET. Now coming off a long wk, they face the suddenly hot Falcons. Indeed ATL’s oline is looking much better, which only helps the vertical play of Ryan, Jones & Sanu. But, their 3 gm win streak is a little suspect upon closer inspection. It started against DAL where they were fresh off the losses of Elliott & all-world LT Smith. ATL’s “D” cashed in that gm sacking Dak 8 times. Then ATL took SEA to the woodshed early on MNF, but allowed them to comeback to squeak out a W against a SEA “D”, w/out stalwarts Sherman & Chancellor roaming the secondary. Then last wk ATL beat the Fitzpatrick-led Bucs. MIN on the other hand went thru 3 straight battles against top-tier “O”s in DET, LAR & WAS. Those “D”s aren’t half bad either. Even their cupcake wins earlier in the season against CLE, BAL & CHI have very good front-7’s. Led by LT Reiff (hasn’t given up a sack yet), MIN’s oline is very deep & humming along. It’s no surprise that career backups Latavious Murray & Case Keenum are lighting up the field. It always starts in the trenches. On the other side of the ball, MIN’s “D” is definitely no surprise. The big matchup will be all-pro corner Xavier Rhodes vs Julio. But what will likely decide this one is the matchup between Sanu & Trae Waynes. Waynes has been excellent in coverage & should be able to contain Sanu. MIN’s run “D” has been consistent, so the return of Devonta Freeman should be nullified. W/that kind of coverage, Everson Griffen & co should have success getting to Ryan. This will be an interesting matchup between the #1 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down “O” (ATL) vs the #1 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down “D” (MIN). But the key for me is MIN also being #2 on 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down “O”, while ATL is #16 on 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down “D”. Throw in MIN being @ +4 in TO ratio while ATL is @ -3, & MIN should win this one SU.
MIN 31
ATL 20
5 Units
GL to all & comments are most welcome.
