Ready, Set, and Let’s GO Week 2 of the 2023 NFL season!
Welcome back to WA DAWGS.
The 4 football contests we have entered:
We did pretty well in week one with a 4 and 1 score. Those darn Steelers! I really did not see that force of destruction coming. There were a lot of contestants that did 4 and 1. But still feeling good about it either way.
Here is a quick recap for week one in our picks:
– Steelers lost big time at home to the 49ers.
– Ravens covered against the Texans.
– Packers covered against Bears
– Falcons covered against the Panthers
– The Jets covered and won against the Bills in an amazing game without AR.
For our survivor contest, week one we picked the Ravens. So we survived week one!
In week one, there were a lot of upsets. This week we don’t want to get blinded by the excitement of week one and make rash decisions.
We had a lot of leans, but really wanted to avoid taking Away-Favorites. Perhaps because there were 10 away teams that covered ATS week one, and only 3 home teams covered ATS. That is not commonplace in the NFL. We felt like there could be some regression on away teams covering the spread. Also, we had some serious leans for the Bills, Eagles, Seahawks, and New Orleans before week one even started. But with way too much overthinking, sweating over it, overanalyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing leans, and dissecting each game, I think we have narrowed our picks.
Our leans for week 2 of the NFL season:
Let’s hear it for Cinncinati–the comeback kid! In a disappointing loss last week to Browns, this is a good comeback win for the Bengals. It seems in the past that the Browns have gotten the best of the Bengals, but 24 to 2? It was a bad beat. But this time, the Bengals are at home and the Ravens have some serious injuries to their team. We are looking forward (with some prayers and fingers crossed) that the Bengals beat the Ravens by 3.5.
Back to the Bills! The Bills had a terrible loss to the Jet’s Monday night. Even without Aaron Rodgers and Jack Wilson as the QB, the Bills still lost. Also given the fact that Josh Allen was the Jets MVP with three interceptions and one fumble. Makes you wonder if Josh Allen is a double agent? But all kidding aside, Josh Allen and the Bills are going to be back in business to rectify the loss. They are going to win big and cover the 8.5 point spread.
The Steelers are going to steal the show. They were miserable last week against the 49ers. With that said, the Steelers really need to comeback and make a win at home. If they don’t win, then they might as well join the USFL. And don’t even think the Canadian football league will take them.
New Orleans looks really good on our model to win and cover against the spread at Carolina. Derek Carr, won’t be smearing his eyeliner as he makes the Panthers look like Garfield.
Seattle needs to bury last week’s awful loss. They came out looking like a strong force in the first half. The second half on the other hand, it was like someone clipped their wings.
There were 248 yards for the Rams and only 12 yards for the Seahawks. So much for the 12th man. They need to strike hard and make a comeback this week against the Lions and cannot use the excuse that there are too many offensive line injuries. Seriously, just give it to D.K.
That’s our leans, but in the next few hours it might change. Because, come on, it’s the NFL, anything can happen.
