Week 8 kept the Scumbag System’s ™ winning streak alive. Just barely.
Jumping on the Buffalo Bills early at -10 resulted in a Sunday night push when Josh Allen briefly forgot how to play football in a moment where he could have erased all hope of a Green Bay Packers comeback. Instead, he left that duty to Mason Crosby, who came through to miss a late 55-yard field goal and allow the Bills to walk to the locker room with a 27-17 win.
Things didn’t go as smoothly with the gameday bets our Ocean State handicapper actually made. Garbage time was absolutely brutal to our Scumbag friend, making it two straight weeks with profitable locks and creating some behind the scenes drama (that he is in no way shape or form compelled to share with us, but does anyway. I think it’s therapeutic. Who doesn’t like throwing a good “bad beat” story into the universe?).
Backdoor covers in the NFL can make or break your weekend. I’ve been on both sides of them. This week was one of the worst experiences that I’ve ever had in the NFL. I was on the wrong end of four garbage time, meaningless scores turning my betting tickets from stacks of hundred dollar bills to coasters for the beers that I then had to consume to try and dull the pain.
I live bet the Jacksonville Jaguars on three different occasions in the early game. All I needed was a three-point win to cash all three. Nope, thanks a lot Trevor.
I live bet the Tennessee Titans two different times and just needed a 14-point win to cash both. Then Dameon Pierce catches a touchdown pass with 17 seconds left. Light those tickets on fire.
New England Patriots alternate line -9.5 was one of my favorite plays of the day paying out at +215. They had the New York Jets pinned deep and all they had to do was play a little bit of defense. Nope. 60 yard play followed by a 3rd down TD catch. Light that eight-unit winner on fire.
Finally, the Packers. Oh my god was I right about this team. They suck.
However, Buffalo doesn’t really care if they win by 10, 20 or 30. Once they are up a few points, they knew they were in the driver’s seat against that inept offense. That one really stung. Hopefully you got -10 or better and didn’t lay the alt line -16.5 or the actual -10.5 [Ed. note: ooof]
The good news is your official locks are in good hands and still hitting at a plus-.600 rate. Here’s what we’ve got for Week 9.
