Here are our players' first underdog picks
The first week of our charity pro football underdog game is under way, with our players making the following fine selections:
6 ARIZONA at Buffalo - Stephen F.
6 DENVER at Seattle - SteveO, Portland Pandemonium, Shoeshine Boy, John, Air, Andy C., Annie B., Linda
4.5 TENNESSEE at Chicago - Oredogger, Buster Dog-las, Gordon
4 CAROLINA at New Orleans - Cliff
3.5 LOS ANGELES RAMS at Detroit - Kosar19
3 BALTIMORE at Kansas City (Thursday, unsuccessful) - PDXileinOmaha, Bad Picker
3 JACKSONVILLE at Miami - PdxTrojan
3 PITTSBURGH at Atlanta - Roger Goodell, Andypdx, pitter patter, Mojo, Zen Cohac
2.5 DALLAS at Cleveland - Meow
A special welcome to our new players! And welcome back to the returning crew.
As always, my game administration skills may be a little rusty here in Week 1. If anything above looks amiss, please let me know right away at dogpdx24@gmail.com.
Nobody chose:
9 NEW ENGLAND at Cincinnati
3.5 NEW YORK JETS at San Francisco (Monday, pick still due Sunday, 10:00 a.m. PDT)
3 GREEN BAY vs. Philadelphia (in Brazil, Friday, unsuccessful)
3 LAS VEGAS at Los Angeles Chargers
3 WASHINGTON at Tampa Bay
2.5 INDIANAPOLIS vs. Houston
1.5 NEW YORK GIANTS vs. Minnesota
IMPORTANT NOTE: These are all the picks for the week. None came in after the original post.
Good luck, players!
UPDATE, 2:50 p.m.: The Steelers beat the Falcons, and five of our players (including three new entrants) are on the board.
UPDATE, 5:30 p.m.: The Cowboys stomped the Browns, and so Meow scores.
If I’m reading the code right, every home team is favored over the visitors except for the two most narrow spreads of the week (1.5 and 2.5) going to home dogs Indy and NYG. This suggests that the early weeks are where the points are easiest to get, before the oddsmakers really dial in their understanding of the teams — or it’s just an amazing coinky-dink that the home teams are such favorites across the board.
ReplyDeleteThe first week is the hardest for the oddsmakers and a good opportunity for underdog wins. The pre-season exhibition games are meaningless.
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