Oso planning to go pro
Are the Packers really only -3.5?I haven’t bet on an NFL game in a long time, but that is soooo tempting.
Agreed. I kept watching to see where the concussion could have occurred. It wasn’t anything like Lamar Jackson. But his actions upon getting up screamed “concussion.”https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30736432/patrick-mahomes-nfl-concussion-protocol-needs-happen-chiefs-star-play-bills
A buddy of mine is a former high level wrestler who has done a lot of Muy Thai and grappling in his adult years. He said he’s had a pinched nerve similar to what is being described and if you get get any of those nerves tweaked, it’s very disorienting/immediately light headed and you lose your legs, which would check out
Two reasons:1) Brady2) TB beat GB by four touchdowns earlier in the season.
Those reasons seem, well, reasonable. But they also make the Pack a pretty attractive bet IMHO.I mean, New Orleans had beaten Tampa twice, and that meant a whole lotta nuthin' Sunday.
Agree.I have never before bet on sports (other than informal bets with friends and March Madness brackets), but this one has me tempted.
Uh-oh ... now I’m thinking it’s a sucker bet, with guys like us being set up!
I think this should be replaced with. 1) TB is dominant in the trenches. That is how you win games.2) TB bet GB by four touchdowns earlier in the season.If you look throughout Brady's career (and most other elite QBs). They win when their offensive line can dominate the line of scrimmage and give their QB time, and their RBs lanes to run in. Couple that with a D-line that can rush 3 and put pressure on the opposing QB and you win games.You don't have that, and suddenly your "elite" QB starts to look a lot more average.
That’s the part that worries me most about this game. If we can generate a pass rush, we should be good. That’s a pretty big if. I’m hoping the cold impacts the Bucs, but obviously Brady has experience in the cold. That’s why I was hoping for the Saints. The change from indoor/turf always seems to give them problems. That and Brady definitely has much more left than Brees.
The first game between Bucs and Packers has about as much meaning as the first game between Tampa and Saints. For whatever reason, Rodgers was not right in that game. It is unlikely that will happen again and extremely unlikely he will throw a pick six and another almost pick six. Brady isn’t used to the cold. He is acclimated to the warm weather now. I don’t necessarily buy into weather angle, but coming from 80 degrees, the 25 degree temperature is going to feel much colder for Tampa than it will for Packers.
Brady spent his entire career in New England. I doubt he forgot how to handle the cold
It’s not handling the cold mentally as much as his body not being equipped for it. He’s 44, he’s looked stiff at times this year. He was not great down the stretch last year in NE in the colder months. And now he’s spent a year, and a full season playing in warm temps. He had 1 game under 50 degrees all seasons. I think it’s a valid point. Same would have held true for Brees.
I remember against the Giants in the NFC Championship, you could tell Favre was not comfortable in the cold. I think in poor conditions, Rodgers stats are absurdly good compared to others.Should be a fun one.
In Chicago we called it "Bears Weather", which all worked in '85 when Lake Michigan gusts caused Sean Landetta miss on a punt attempt. Otherwise warm weather teams came into Chicago and beat the Bears in the playoffs.