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Red Sloth Week 14

JAX +4'

LAR -3

NYG -3'

DAL -3'

OAK +10'

Blue Sloth Week 14

JAX +4'

KC -6'

HOU -5

CLE +2'

NYG -3'

Survivor Week 14

Nice to be able to type that headline. Still alive with one ticket after 13 weeks. There are 109 survivors, but I can't think about my competition. I just have to keep my head down, make four winning picks and make it across the finish line. 

I have agonized over this week. I have Denver beating SF on the road in my Path to Victory, but I cannot trust Atlanta next week at home against Arizona. Atlanta might be in total rebuilding mode in ten days (as I expect GB to wax them this week) and Arizona proved resilient last week (a desert team winning in the snow, hmmm). So then we look to Tennessee tonight at home against the Jaguars. I picked Tennessee this morning and continued studying. It just felt wrong. Like that dry mouth feeling of dread. The quiet before the storm, where the wind is whipping up the dry leaves and the sky turns green before a tornado hits. The zombies are walking up the street kinda wrong. Just Wrong with a capital W.

So I'm selecting the New York Giants to carry me to week 15.

100K Contest

Used: Baltimore, Los Angeles Rams, KC, Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Green Bay, New Orleans, Dallas, Seattle

Week 15: NYG

15. Denver v cle
16. New England v buf
17. Houston v jax

 

Blue Sloth Week 13

LAC +3'

ATL -1

NYG +5'

MIN +5

WAS +6'

Red Sloth Week 13

LAC +3'

TB +3'

ATL -1

DEN -4'

ARI +13'

NFL Weekend Recap & Survivor Week 13

Lovely Thanksgiving week here in the Carolinas. Got all my kids home for five days which made me a very happy man. I am blessed beyond measure.

Dallas took my Survivor ticket into the Teens as weeks One through Twelve are in the books. I have adjusted my Path to victory once again and looks like I'm going to use my Week 17 team Seattle this week. I had Seahawks beating Arizona in Week 17, and Houston beating Cleveland in Week 13, but Cleveland all of a sudden is a legitimate average team instead of an easy "free square." Houston will be on a short week after playing tonight, and I'm just getting that prickly sensation at the back of my neck. So I will strike with the suddenly hot Seabirds at home against SF in 13 and then push Houston to Week 17 at home vs. Jacksonville. Looks like this:

100K Contest

Used: Baltimore, Los Angeles Rams, KC, Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Green Bay, New Orleans, Dallas

Week 13: SEATTLE

14. Denver @ sf (or Ten v. jax)
15. Atlanta v ari
16. New England v buf
17. Houston v jax

There are 121 tickets left vying for the 100k.

And Carolina... sigh, we were doomed after Donte Jackson injured his quad on the very first play of the game. His replacement got burned deep over and over (though it took Pete Carol 3 quarters to notice and let Wilson throw the ball). Gano blew another game and now the Panthers have lost three straight. The last two losses by a total of 4 points. I'd say we do not make the playoffs this year, with games against the Saints (twice) and Atlanta still on the docket.

Survivor Week 12

Another 50% plus went down in week 11 as 140 tickets fell. One hundred and twenty-four remain.

100K Contest

Used: Baltimore, Los Angeles Rams, KC, Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Green Bay, New Orleans

 

12. DALLAS v Washington (formerly Cincy, formerly Philly)

Blue Sloth Week 12

Blue Sloth went 4-1 last week.

DET +3

NYG +6

CIN -3

SEA +3'

DEN +3

Red Sloth Week 12

DET +3

DAL -7

NYG +6

CIN-3

SEA +3'

Red Sloth went 3-2 last week. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Red Sloth Week 11

SEA -2'

CIN +6'

CHI -2'

HOU -3

ARI -5'

Baltimore has RG III as the only QB taking snaps today. Cinci can put up points, Baltimore's defense has been exposed (once they stopped playing offensive cupcakes) and can they keep up? Six is too many for this game. Houston playing balanced ball and Washington was lucky to eke out a win in TB after being out-yarded 2-1 last week. Banged up line means Texans will feast on Smith and stuff the run. Raiders? Fade 'em until they fucking care.