Another week in the NFL and it didn’t really go as planned. Going through my predictions for this past weekend, I fall one game short of getting 50% correct. That’s not very good, especially considering my accuracy in some of the previous weeks in the National Football League.
What can I say? Here are the results:
How ’bout dem Cowboys? What is wrong with these “America’s Team” Cowboys? I thought that Brad Johnson, despite being 40 years of age, would be able to step up and fill the void left by the injured Tony Romo.
He’s not completely to blame, of course, as this is a team sport. The Cowboys have a tough schedule ahead — Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, a bye (thankfully), and then the Washington Redskins — so they’ll really need to pull themselves out of this rut. Romo is taking a few snaps in practice, so he could be ready sooner rather than later. Not that he’d be a wondrous savior or anything.
On the completely opposite end of the spectrum, the Tom Brady-less New England Patriots managed to pull out a win. Are they playoff contenders again? Maybe. Just maybe. I’m still not convinced that the Bills and the Titans are the real deal, but they keep proving me wrong. At least the Redskins have bounced back (but didn’t cover the spread).
We’re almost halfway through the season. Have any predictions for the upcoming Super Bowl matchup? Is Tennessee really the best team in the league?
I feel your pain! The Cowboys knocked me out of my pool a few weeks back…
I find it somewhat amusing how some games/weeks/years in a particular sport can go almost exactly as predicted by the spreads and common guess as which teams are going to win and then other times (like your recent experiences) it seems like every-other game is an upset.