Monday Night Football Reaction

Posted by Vegas Martin in NFL Picks on September 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The first game went as planned with the Packers win, so that was 2 units under my belt. Despite leaving 10 points off the board (a 70+ yard TD by Donald Driver that was called back due to a dumb penalty and a blocked FG), they still came out with the win. What a regular season debut from Aaron Rodgers. The guy has a canon for an arm. The Packer’s front office made the right call: this guy is the real deal.

I made a bad call with the Raiders pick, but I only put 1 unit on them since I wasn’t too confident with them to begin with. The Broncos screwed me several times last year when I bet on them, which I had in my mind when making this call, and I was looking too much into the Broncos’ poor run defense (ranked 30th) and thought the Monday night/home team combo would be a safer play — it usually is for the Monday Night home dog. The Raiders still have their way to go and their secondary certainly doesn’t look as good as it does on paper. Cutler looked damn good — I’m certainly glad I picked him up in the 10th round of my fantasy draft. How about that Eddie Royal. I thought I had the fantasy win locked up and this guy puts up over 150 yards and 1 TD. Ouch. He may challenge DeSean Jackson and Matt Forte for rookie of the year.

Here’s my updated record:
— Straight Up: 11-5
— Against The Spread: 10-6
— My Betting Units: +12