When coaches or players play the old “you are soft” card, you know things are getting desperate and the team needs to get that next game in the worst possible way or something or someone will explode! Personally, I have relied on this psychological angle many times, including several write-ups on Covers from the past. I don’t have much time for writeups these days, but I’ll give it a shot since I have some time.
The NY Football Giants are a cataclysmic disaster right now. They are beyond rock bottom. They are a bottomless pit. Losers of 6 straight, with the latest off a humiliating defeat at home after their bye week! They shipped off their starting QB who was lousy and now have to rely on backups who are even worse. The organization is in full tank mode, even if the team isn’t, and players and coaches are feeling the heat, shame, and ignominy that comes with losing in a city like NY. Something had to give. And it did! After their most recent loss, a couple of their players labeled the team as “soft.” The word soft, as most of us men know, is code for a weak, cowardly, flaccid man: an emasculated man who can’t perform or get it up any more. Although this is an unfortunate turn of events for Giant fans and players (a soft football team isn’t even a football team, it is an oxymoron) it is absolute music to the ears of an astute bettor. For them words, say it with me, and say it softly, “soft,” are as good as gold!
The Giants are now in the perfect win or you are truly a eunuch situation. With their manhood questioned and their butt cheeks agains the wall they have no choice but to “ball out” when all of America will be watching and hoping that the Giants poor play doesn’t make their guests gag or puke their thanksgiving “cutlets” all over themselves.
Meanwhile, the football gods have given the Giants and us the perfect opponent for the occasion: a team that is even more putrid than the Giants. A team that has yet to win a game at home. A team, that despite having one of the largest payrolls, is one of the worst run organizations in the NFL.
Yes, I’m talking about the Cowgirls, fresh off a “win” that only a mother could love. Now everyone expects the Cowboys, who ended their own long losing streak, to finally win a home game. And they just might, more on that in a bit, but will they cover? Did you know the Cowboys will be playing 3rd NFL game in 10 days! Meanwhile the Giants will be playing their 3rd football game in 18 days, that is if you count the game on Sunday, when they simply mailed it in. That is a massive rest advantage for a team that needs any advantage they can get.
All this to say, I like the Giants +4 to give the Cowboys, their hated division foes, all they can handle on Thanksgiving in Jerry World. I would even bet the ML but the only thing that stops me is the organizational tanking taking place by the Giants. They are now locked into the #2 pick in the draft, and I’m certain that they are gunning for #1, which is why they got rid of Jones. Nonetheless, I expect the coaches and players to go all out and make this a very competitive game on Thursday,
Giants +4 for one unit only
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