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The Bets: Sunday 1/15/23

I don’t want to hear anyone praising anybody from that Jags Chargers game last night.

Yeah Lawrence had a historic comeback, but FOUR INTERCEPTIONS IN THE FIRST HALF!?!?!?

Are you fucking kidding me? That dude is a clown. Bum.

Herbert… I need people to stop claiming he’s a top 5 QB. 3 points in the second half? In your first playoff game? Bum.

Brandon Staley should be fired, easy synopsis.

The officiating was ass. Missed calls all game and a terrible unsportsmanlike conduct call late in the game. Almost like the Refs wanted to feel like it was their show.

Only person that deserves credit is Doug Pederson. He’s the only one that kept his cool.

Clearly it was a decision before the game to target Asante Samuel Jr. Bad decision? Sure. But how the fuck did Lawrence not realize after the first interception, or the third, that this plan is out the window.

But no. Pedersons signal caller was shitting down his leg so he had to take him by his pretty hair and shove it down his throat what the game plan was. And that dumb bitch finally listened.

If anyone gets any praise from this game then it’s undeserved and I know whoever is praising is a dumb fucking idiot.

OH and the booth? What the hell was going on there? I’ve been refreshing Twitter all morning to see if Al Michaels wife and children were brutally murdered in the first quarter, and Tony Dungy was holding a gun against his head saying “finish the game or you’re next”

Fucking snooze fest. They were literally sleep walking through the game. I pray that this is Al’s last season I’m tired of his lisp during some electric football.

The first game yesterday was a great one up until the fourth quarter… I’m excited for the rest of this wildcard weekend.

After after all of that I was 1-1. The blogs total is now…

+2.55 Units (+5.06 Units Lifetime)

Again, just NFL playoffs. Sit back and enjoy.

Archie is talking shit in the comments but doesn’t have the balls to answer what part of my writing seems stolen from Pardon My Take. Don’t be a bitch Archie answer back.

I am on vacation, so the blog is a little vanilla. I’m sure I will be betting more on my Action Network mobile page!


Miami @ Buffalo 12:00 pm CST

(Bills -13.5, O/U 43.5)

Fucking gross ass game.

If you have to miss a game it’s this one. Just… ew….

Tua is out, and Big Dick Teddy is out so it’s up to rookie Skylar Thompson to lead the Dolphins in this playoff game.

Now the Bills are a team of destiny. I don’t need to explain why, but it’s amazing that Damar Hamlin is alive, let alone already discharged and is getting back on track after suffering Cardiac Arrest.

Buffalo has struggled with Miami this year. They lost outright in Miami and won a nail biter in Buffalo.

I really like Mike McDaniel, when there was rumors of him getting fired I was licking my chops at the thought of Dallas being able to get him

He does a great job scheming for games. He’s going to put his team in a great spot to be successful. Tyreek Hill is going to be a factor and is going to get his yards and his score.

43 being a low-ish total I’m surprised by the spread being so high. With 28-14 being the projected final score by Vegas, I can confidently say I would expect Buffalo to score at least 28, and I can’t say 100% that Miami can score 14

Give me the home team. Don’t need those points

Buffalo -13.5 (-110)

Risk 1 Unit to win 0.91


New York (Giants) @ Minnesota 3:30 pm CST

(Vikings -3, O/U 48)

This is the sexy pick for everyone betting these playoffs. Everyone is betting the Giants. At the time of writing, there have been 88 thousand bets on this game, and 79% of the money is on the Giants +3

It makes sense too. All of the Vikings and Giants games seems like it. Is a one score game, and is settled on a last minute field goal.

Teams playing the Vikings twice are MUCH more successful this year as well. Both the Packers and the Lions dropped their first game against them, and absolutely dominated the second.

Giants lost on a miracle 60 yard field goal by the Vikings as time expired, and people are thinking this time it’s different

I got a funny feeling about this game. In the way that the Vikings come out and just SHIT on the Giants defense. I’m thinking they’re going to come out hot and fast and put up points

But I don’t trust their defense. I think the Vikings will win, but I know they will put up points

Give me the Vikings team total OVER 24.5

Minnesota Team Total Over 24.5 (-115)

Risk 1 Unit to win 0.87


Baltimore @ Cincinnati 7:15 pm CST

(Bengals -8.5, O/U 40.5)

Another gross spot. Unfortunately, Lamar is not playing and people don’t know 100% why.

At first, it was rumored it’s all because of the contract situation. Roquon Smith got 100 million as an off ball linebacker, and if I was Lamar that would fucking piss me off. Now you’re asking him to go out there and play hurt? Huge level of disrespect

The Cincinnati offense is clicking too. Joe Burrow is the truth he’s fucking good good. God dammit I hate his coach though.

Zac Taylor is just so mid. I know he made the Super Bowl last year and that is an impressive feat, but I can’t bet on him against Harbaugh

I’m going to double dip this bitch too, not only am I going with the Ravens plus the points, I’m going with the under as well.

Final score 20-13 Cincy does have a ring to it, slow moving game where Baltimore just milks the shit out of the clock

Baltimore +8.5 (-110)

Risk 1 Unit to win 0.91

Baltimore/Cincinnati Under 40.5 (-110)

Risk 1 Unit to win 0.91


Zabe’s Futures

In this section, I will keep track of any futures that I will be placing for The Blog.

December 11, 2022: CASHED
Georgia to win the NCAAF Championship (-130)
Risk 4 Units to win 3.08

If you have been following along on my Saturday “The Bets” blogs, you will know my opinion on this Georgia team and the other three teams in this playoff. Georgia is just SO much better.

Remember Bama in their hay day? Yeah, that is this team and we are STILL getting decent odds because people don’t want to accept that the playoff system is still non-competitive.

Now, this play DOES count for the blog. If it hits, it will go toward The Blog’s total. If it misses, the -4 will still go towards The Blog’s total.


Zabe’s Past

2022 Total (October start): +2.51 Units


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