WINFO Issue #17

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
THE GOOD, THE BAD
AND THE UGLY
When the Buckingham’s sang
“Kind of a drag” they could
have been talking about most
Week 17s of the NFL season. This
one included. It had potential, as we
broke down the Week 17 matchups
prior to the Week 16 games kicking
off (as we do every week) there were
a large number of games that might
have had playoff implications – but it
wasn’t meant to be.
The results that would have teed up
a healthy dose of drama didn’t come
through. Minnesota didn’t beat Green
Bay, Baltimore couldn’t hold off Pittsburgh,
Denver didn’t dig deep and
upset the Chiefs and nor did Buffalo
do their part.
When the Week 16 games went final,
six teams had clinched spots and
eight were officially eliminated.
It means a liberal number of games
this week have either no playoff
meaning for both teams, or for one
of the two, adding an element of
complexity to handicapping the card.
This is the only week of the season in
which we’ll pass on making a suggested
play for a game in our NFL
Game-by-Game Analysis.
Let’s have a quick look back at the
results from last week’s issue.
The Good
The NFL Analysis had a nice
bounceback week after stumbling
the previous issue. We finished up
with an 11-5 mark against the spread
taking the overall record to a healthy
57-45-4 ATS.
We also won with our NFL Best Bet (we
had the Packers), taking the best bet record
for the season to a 9-2 ATS mark.
The NHL also got back on the winning
track, adding +1.25 units. The season
record does sit at a very pedestrian
+0.45 units overall.
The Bad
Both Greg and Jarvis dropped their
plays last week, landing them here.
Greg had been on a nice winning
streak the last few weeks, as had Jarvis
with his Over/Under picks and info
before the setback in Issue #16.
Greg has a Total play from the NFL
in this week’s column, while Jarvis
has the week off. He’ll be back with
breakdowns on all the NFL WildCard
playoff games.
The Ugly
THE RESULTS
THAT WOULD
HAVE TEED UP
A HEALTHY
DOSE OF
DRAMA
DIDN’T COME
THROUGH.
Neil’s had a great season so far, but
he took it on the chin a little last week,
dropping all three of his games. He’s
still sitting with a 12-9 ATS mark on
the year and has three more plays in
his column this week.
Good luck this week everyone.
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