NY Jets @ Pittsburgh Steelers (-3), O/U 38.5: So I’ve basically been avoiding any sort of sports news this week after last Sunday’s debacle of a football game. I figure I’ll tune in again when Carmelo and the Nets come to town to play the Celts. I don’t plan on watching the AFC Championship Game, but what better way to subconsciously root against both teams than to take the under? Last week I talked about how much I love unders and this game should be no different. When these two teams played in the regular season someone at my work Christmas party asked me about the game and I made a remark about how I was “rooting for the terrorists”. Oddly enough, it didn’t go over too well. Anyways, the Jets D is starting to come together, but their offense did not impress me last week. The Steelers had the help of a couple big plays and short fields to top the Ravens, and I don’t see the Jets letting that happen. No matter who wins, we will either have Big Ben looking to tie TB12 with his 3rd ring, or will have the loathsome Jets looking to give New Yorkers one more thing to be obnoxious about. This time we both lose. Pick: Under 38.5
Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears (+3), O/U 43.5: I simply don’t think the Bears are very good. And no, I’m not impressed by them beating an 8-9 team at home last week. The Pack are playing great ball and really impressed me with what they did to the Falcons last weekend. Their rush is going to pressure Cutler into the mistakes that we know he so desperately wants to make and the Bears don’t have the receiving corps to take advantage of what, at times, is a shaky Green Bay secondary. Either way, whichever team wins this matchup will have my full support on February 6th…lets just hope it’s the Packers, because the Bears don’t stand a chance. I hate it, but like everyone else in the betting world, I’m gonna be Fly Like a Cheesehead on Sunday. By the way, how old is that chick in the video? Think she’s single? Think she’s into degenerate gamblers from Boston? Call me, cutie. Pick: Packers -3
