Dallas @ Tennessee (Dallas -13 O/U 40)
Whenever you see a number this high, your first thought is, “But they’re professional players too, surely they can cover almost 2 touchdowns.”
And uh, well. This week these Titans’ guys are professional players, TECHNICALLY. Yes, they are getting paid, but buddy… this isn’t even a preseason game for the Titans, it’s Hall of Fame game shit.
If you haven’t been paying attention, this game doesn’t mean anything to the Titans. There’s something with the numbers that makes this game entirely inconsequential for them, and it makes next week's game against the Jaguars a Win-and-In. That means the Titans are benching pretty much everyone and their backups and those guys' backups are playing, and then those guys’ backups are playing.
That 13 points might not be high enough, and here’s why: normally, you would think that the Cowboys wouldn’t play their starters the entire game since it’s not going to be competitive and you don’t want to risk your starters getting hurt. But the Cowboys are just so fucking stupid. Last year they played the Eagles in week 18. The Eagles sat everyone in another inconsequential game before the playoffs, but the Cowboys dove head-first into the shallow dipshit pool and played their starters until very deep in the 4th quarter. They wanted to send a message going into the playoffs last year. They got eliminated in the first round. They’re incredibly super dumb. Fuck Dallas.
“They’ve gotta bench their starters. They’re up 35-0.” is something you’ll say halfway through the 3rd quarter. They won’t.
The smart move is Dallas -13.
However, I will never bet on Dallas, because fuck them. Give me the Under.
U 40