The Wormy trend continues this season. Followed GOY disaster w/a perfect 6-0 wk. Got very lucky w/DAL & OAK which both won in OT on fluky TDs. But NE handled BUF easily, NOR could’ve given up the gm vs SEA but pulled it out in the end, & MNF was ugly as predicted. Hate to say it, but this is the wk to fade me.
Wasn’t able to post, but I really liked ATL on TNF due to TB coming in wounded off OT gm & won 1 unit on them. I’ll be tracking that as undocumented.
POW 4-3-1, Teasers 6-2, Overall 23-12-2 (24-12-2 undocumented), GOY 0-1.
MIA (-4) is coming off a bye & as hot as this longtime, suffering Phin fan can remember. In fact, MIA was 2-0 last yr following Philbin’s firing, blowing out HOU & TEN. Then they came back down to earth finishing the yr w/7 losses. That was expected however, w/interim coach Dan Campbell getting the most out of his players but being easily out-coached by more seasoned teams. I think Adam Gase breaks that mold. He’s shown he can adapt as the season rolls along & has made many changes already this yr. He’s an unproven commodity off a bye, but a resurgent run gm gives him a lot of options. CLE made a mistake by trying to take advantage of the NYJ’s dead last pass “D” in the NFL & going away from their strong run gm. They had some success early, but could not be sustained once NY began their comeback. I feel Gase learns from that & sticks w/Ajayi on the ground against NYJ’s #1 run “D”, but peppers deep shots throughout the gm. 1 stat encouraging that is Ajayi avg 8.6 ypc w/8 men in the box! A lot of experts are going w/NY here based on their dominance against MIA. Trust me, I know all about that trend because how often have I said there’s no way MIA can lose to this Jets team. Crossing my fingers, I think this time will be different & it’s all because of the men in the trenches. It’s no coincidence that Ajayi’s explosion occurred @ the same time that MIA’s starting oline playing together for the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] time all season. 1[SUP]st[/SUP] rd pick Tunsil has been a beast @ LG & Pouncey has been consistent @ center. Even on the other side of the ball, MIA’s dline has improved the last 2 gms holding some pretty potent run gms (McCoy & LeVeon Bell) in check. I expect the same vs Forte & co here. If MIA can contain the run, that’ll just leave good ol’ Fitzy to get blasted by Cam Wake, which should lead to TOs he’s famous for. NY is now in its 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] rd gm in a row (0-2 in that situation this yr by 23 ppg) & is worst in the league in TO differential (-9). Homer alert.
NYJ 16
MIA 24
4 Units
GL to all & comments are most welcome.
Wasn’t able to post, but I really liked ATL on TNF due to TB coming in wounded off OT gm & won 1 unit on them. I’ll be tracking that as undocumented.
POW 4-3-1, Teasers 6-2, Overall 23-12-2 (24-12-2 undocumented), GOY 0-1.
MIA (-4) is coming off a bye & as hot as this longtime, suffering Phin fan can remember. In fact, MIA was 2-0 last yr following Philbin’s firing, blowing out HOU & TEN. Then they came back down to earth finishing the yr w/7 losses. That was expected however, w/interim coach Dan Campbell getting the most out of his players but being easily out-coached by more seasoned teams. I think Adam Gase breaks that mold. He’s shown he can adapt as the season rolls along & has made many changes already this yr. He’s an unproven commodity off a bye, but a resurgent run gm gives him a lot of options. CLE made a mistake by trying to take advantage of the NYJ’s dead last pass “D” in the NFL & going away from their strong run gm. They had some success early, but could not be sustained once NY began their comeback. I feel Gase learns from that & sticks w/Ajayi on the ground against NYJ’s #1 run “D”, but peppers deep shots throughout the gm. 1 stat encouraging that is Ajayi avg 8.6 ypc w/8 men in the box! A lot of experts are going w/NY here based on their dominance against MIA. Trust me, I know all about that trend because how often have I said there’s no way MIA can lose to this Jets team. Crossing my fingers, I think this time will be different & it’s all because of the men in the trenches. It’s no coincidence that Ajayi’s explosion occurred @ the same time that MIA’s starting oline playing together for the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] time all season. 1[SUP]st[/SUP] rd pick Tunsil has been a beast @ LG & Pouncey has been consistent @ center. Even on the other side of the ball, MIA’s dline has improved the last 2 gms holding some pretty potent run gms (McCoy & LeVeon Bell) in check. I expect the same vs Forte & co here. If MIA can contain the run, that’ll just leave good ol’ Fitzy to get blasted by Cam Wake, which should lead to TOs he’s famous for. NY is now in its 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] rd gm in a row (0-2 in that situation this yr by 23 ppg) & is worst in the league in TO differential (-9). Homer alert.
NYJ 16
MIA 24
4 Units
GL to all & comments are most welcome.
