CD Newsletter Wildcard Round

Sweetttttttttttttttttttttttttttt....

Lamar 1-3 SU and 1-3 ATS as a playoff HF

@Biscuiteater1

@bigred84

Steelers last 5 post season

0-5 SU

0-5 ATS

She's warming up

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEe1dQDOLO2/?igsh=MTNqZXd3aThlY3hkbg==

@undermysac

 Is this Crew this "good" every week?

Give ur money to a good charity....

I use flower as well....

Not sure don't watch em much. Just seen the post, it validated what I said before the game.

Do we bob n weave again this Sunday vs the Rams? I couldn't imagine the public backing the Vikings 

Correct...

Any Ravens, or Notre Dame, or Buffalo Grove High school fans out there?

Good ole Tommy Zbikowski just became the new St. Patrick's high school football coach in Chicago. 

My good friend's son goes there and plays football. 

off the net....

Texans 15-6-1 UNDER last 22 home games

before the last meeting a few weeks ago...Balty/Pitt went UNDER 8 straight

Pack a dog of 3 or more....... 15-2 ATS 

 The Bills

@undermysac

 Doesn’t Olin Kruetz coach a Catholic League school in Chicago too?

Catholic schools are the bomb ....these priests had it good for a long time 

Father Trainwreck, I presume.  

3-3 +0.98 last week

78-83-9 (+0.59) YTD

Ravens -8.5(-110) *1.10/1.00

Eagles -3.5(-110) *1.00/.91

Broncos 1H +6(-115) *1.00/.87

Vikings 1H ML(-110) *1.10/1.00

Vikings 1H -.5(+110) *.40/.44

Looks like there are a couple poser Ravens fans in here, don't even know who Tom Zbikowski is.

@undermysac

 YUP

Hard hitting safety awhile ago.....#28.......

Hard hitting safety....slow ..

Ran with Ed Reed on a  huge pick 6 against the Eagles a long time ago...109 yards...

bigred is deeply invested in Ravens history , lore , and tradition , so much so , that he once upon a time ago spent damn near a calendar year living inside Tony Siragusa’s shed , unbeknownst to the behemoth defensive lineman , and collected all the scrapped Subway sandwich wrappers and torn open and used ketchup packets from his garbage bin , hoping to get them autographed .

he was subsequently arrested and released on his own recognizance , since he’s famous for being the number 2 flooring salesman in the greater Maryland area .

A restraining order was put into place to derail any further incidents . But they didn’t see him living in that sewer grate on Siragusa’s street for that 6 month period so , haha , jokes on them . Fuck the Police bigred said with authority !

U are a true gift...

Thee BIGGEST NFL helmet ever made

So, as to NO ONE'S surprise, I'm on the Chargers this week. I tried to talk myself out of it, but it's like trying to convince someone that understands math that 2+2 doesn't equal 4. At this stage of the season, the Chargers are the better team. You're asking them to cover -3.5 against the Texans. That's not asking a lot.

The Chargers are 6-1 as road favorites at the spread. The closest margin of winning was against the Falcons, where they won by 4. Every other win (starting with their most recent against the Raiders) were by 14, 33, 17, 7, and 23. (That Raiders TD was a garbage time touchdown too.) The one game they lost as road favorites were against the Cardinals, and they lost by 2. You can make an argument against the Chargers SOS this season (coming in at 32), but two of those aforementioned victories (on the road, winning ATS) were against the Broncos and Falcons -- both of which are also in the playoffs. Regarding the SOS argument, you can only play the teams in front of you. It's not uncommon for teams to play down or up to their competition. How'd you think the Pats almost beat the Bills, and then get smashed by the Chargers the following week? The Bills weren't all of the sudden a bad team Week 16, were they?

The Chargers, sans Josh Palmer, are getting healthy at the right time. They've had the defense all along, but their offense has finally found an engine. They'll be playing against a better defense than that of the Patriots and Raiders (the last 2 teams the Chargers have played), but they scored 74 points combined in those games. Take it down a notch, and you're still expecting the Chargers to put up points.

So, why bet the Texans?

The Texans can run the Chargers defense into the ground. With Dameon Pierce coming off IR, the Texans have a great duo with him and Mixon. Bobby Slowik can design continuous zone runs to tire out the defense, and then call those high percentage passing plays. The question is, can the Texans rely on their receiving corp, consisting of Nico Collins, Robert Woods, and Dalton Schultz?

I think if I were the Chargers I'd put their "#2" CB, Cam Hart, on Nico Collins. He's been the better shutdown corner than Kristian Fulton. Dalton Schutlz may be completely erased from the equation as there is no better duo at locking down Tight Ends this year than Derwin James and Daiyan Henley. (My opinion, as I can't come across this stat.) But according to what I've read on Twitter, they've allowed just 66 yards in 12 games facing Brock Bowers (twice), Pat Freiermuth, Travis Kelce (twice), David Njoku, Mark Andrews, Mike Gesicki, Kyle Pitts, Trey McBride, Hunter Henry, and Cade Otton. I don't know if you can find grading better than that.

Tarheeb Still has been forced to play the slot, but can play both outside and inside. With Fulton healthy again, he'll probably go back to the slot and defend Robert Woods. 

CJ Stroud was the second most sacked QB in the NFL this past season, whereas the Chargers have been one of the more creative teams and producing pressure looks against QBs. 

-to be cont.-