![]() ![]() What is the strategy moving forward when everyone is on their last life and one person is still perfect? Do you just bet against the perfect person every week and try to pick a team they aren’t picking? – Patrick M.Īdam: We’re now in Week 14 so there aren’t a lot of opportunities left for that person to lose two lives if I understand your pool correctly. The Giants are a mess offensively, but they’ve allowed only 91 points at home this season, and 40 of those were to Dallas in Week 1. With Watson not looking likely, I’m less willing to take a chance on the Pack in New York. I’ll go more into why I like Houston the best below, but to touch on Green Bay…Jordan Love is on a tear right now, but part of his success was coming from the terrific play of Christian Watson the last two weeks. New England is a much better defensive team than the Cardinals, so even if the Pats struggle to score offensively, this is not a gimme game for the Steelers. Of your three choices, only Pittsburgh is home, but it appears from their performance against Arizona last week that we greatly overestimated the offensive improvements. It would really help my answer if I knew who they could still use (or who they couldn’t use). Renee: Congrats! Only one person to beat. I have the same three selections I’m agonizing over. Is the Packers game a trap game? Is Pittsburgh just enough against weak NE? Can Houston be trusted on the road for the first time since 11/12? Who do you got? -John S. It’s down to two people left! I’m debating Houston, Pittsburgh, and the Packers. At least not enough where I would have more confidence than the Steelers against the Patriots. I think that is a sound layout, and I do not like any of the other matchups you might have available this week. I would stick with the Steelers this week and hold onto the Packers. They seem to save their best for those moments. If he suits up, do I move up the Packers or hope their defense holds the Pats in what will probably be another rock fight?Īdam: While I have zero trust in Mitch Trubisky leading the Steelers offense, I will say this about them this week: They do not tend to lay an egg two weeks in a row, and they are excellent under Mike Tomlin at home in primetime games. If Stevenson can’t go Thursday I’m sticking with the Steelers. Also have Browns, Colts, Bengals, Falcons, and Chargers. Realistically, it’s going to be split, but I just saw 70% of entries go in one week, so who knows? I am among the last 300 entries of a 40,000+ pool. Renee: Both are reasonable, but as I’ll elaborate below, the Texans are the safer pick this week. I would tread with caution, especially if Carr can not play.ĭo I trust the Texans to defeat an inept Jets offense, or the Steelers in prime time on Thursday against a similarly broken Patriots team? -Evan N. But it will probably be painfully close and not the slam dunk it might seem based on records. I think the Saints SHOULD win, and for survivor purposes that is all that matters. ![]() Under Allen the Saints are 3-12-1 against the spread as favorites, 2-6 as a home favorite, 1-8-1 as a favorite this season and 0-4 as a home favorite this season. Is this based on any perceived improvement by them or is this more of an indictment of Carr and the Saints? Is fading the Panthers still a viable strategy or is NO to risky to back at this point? -Brendon D.Īdam: Derek Carr’s situation is a part of it, but I also think the fact Dennis Allen is one of the NFL’s worst coaches as a favorite is also a part of it. We won’t be writing up these teams anymore, but if you saved them, the Ravens, Dolphins and 49ers would make for solid plays again in Week 14. We will keep answering reader questions this week, but first, the highest percentage of rostered teams through Week 13: Baltimore, Buffalo, Kansas City, San Francisco, Miami, Buffalo, Seattle, Los Angeles Chargers, Cleveland, Dallas, Washington, Tennessee and Pittsburgh. Maybe you want to roll the dice on Pittsburgh after its bad showing on Sunday, or perhaps you want to keep buying into Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers. New Orleans over Carolina might be enticing, but be cautious there given how bad the Saints are against the spread and the injury situation with Derek Carr. With Arizona and Washington on bye, that limits the number of obvious targets sitting out there. ![]()
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