Friday, November 17, 2006

Let’s go with a double D: Denver and Dallas

from patriots.bostonherald.com

... All of a sudden the NFC East is up for grabs as the Giants are injured and the Eagles and Cowboys are only one game behind with parity-induced 5-4 marks. Switch to the AFC South where the Colts have a commanding lead and loads of pressure as talk of an undefeated season once again rears its head.

But in case you don’t know, the Colts have huge problems tackling people and the Cowboys have a pair of excellent running backs in Julius Jones and Marion Barber. Now here comes the tricky part - the 1-point number is tighter than Jack Benny’s wallet. Of course, I wanted a field goal head start, but the oddsmaker is thinking like I am: Where is the motivation here? It’s with the homestanding Cowboys. I’m taking Dallas with 1 point for $385. ....