It has been extremely rare weeks – to say the least – in the NFL, it is not worth reviewing everything that has happened in the past two weeks and of course what happened on Thursday in Miami, but it is recurrent that in each season of the NFL there is a streak in which logic is conspicuous by its absence.
What makes me uneasy is that I am not being able to find the reasons, the reasons, this season like few others, the victories of the visiting teams in the season are practically 50-50 so far this season, in a pandemic and without an audience. I would understand, this year does not make sense, but if we talk about betting, the underdogs have a record of 77-56 against the betting line (ATS) and if we transfer that to the visiting teams we will not favorites, the number is 51-31, in short, for the public who usually bet on the favorites in sports, the season of the NFL it has been a carnage.
Despite the fact that my column last Monday in which I exposed the reasons to stop blaming the casinos, Las Vegas and whoever you want and that by the way, had a horrible “timing” for what happened on Sunday night in the match between the Bears and the Steelers, I continue to insist that the NFL has no “need” to fall into any kind of match-fixing, that for them the money in the casino is peanuts and how impossible it would be to get by with multiple players on a 48-player roster, if I believe that the season of the officers has been pathetic in several aspects, if there have been punishments that usually condition a result, they are abusing the criteria of punishments for provoking rivals, the famous “taunting” same as the NFL has emphasized this season to avoid fights and collisions, which I do not understand, is why an offensive player can celebrate the way he wants a Touchdown, jumping, dancing, throwing himself to the stands, but a defensive player cannot celebrate euphorically a catch or an interception that can be as key in the game as a touchdown.
The league is attacking too much against itself, against the spectacle, the rudeness, the emotions, this time in an exaggerated way and it is a point that I am sure will not do the league any good and they have to consider being more permissive, much less demanding, give fluidity to the game and in some way that the key punishments, which have clearly conditioned the game, can be reviewed by an official in the stadium boxes.
Came back Russell Wilson with the Seahawks to travel to Gren Bay to face the Packers that until tomorrow Sunday they will know if they can count on Aaron Rodgers for the game, so that Rodgers play needs two negative tests in a period of 24 hours, today should have been the first and tomorrow the second, clearly Rodgers does not need to train with the team to be prepared for the game, but the physical issue could be a factor, at the end of accounts the Covid-19 kept him locked up in his house for at least 10 days. For Seattle this game is vital, I think Rodgers he is going to play and with the official announcement to have a better line in favor of Seattle, in any case, I will take the points, but I wait until there is clarity to do it. PICK: Seattle 21-24 Green Bay, I take Seattle +3.5 or better and the under of 48.5.
Sunday night the Raiders receive the Chiefs, They have not been easy weeks for the Las Vegas team, extra-court problems that have had them with their heads elsewhere and last week’s defeat against the Giants. The Chiefs For their part they have not looked good even in their recent victories, the Raiders offense will be a difficult task for the defense of the Chiefs and on the other side it will be a similar situation, in the history of the Allegiant Stadium the highs have been a constant and we will continue to trust that there are many points. PICK: Chiefs 27-28 Raiders, let’s go with the OVER of 52.5.
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