Pepe came on in the 75th minute while Arsenal were playing like shit and down 2-1 to Guimaraes.
Then he did this.
Then he did this.
Free Ozil. My Parlay was almost killed right away, but never fear.. Pepe is here. 72 million bought me and Arsenal some happiness today.
61-53-2Â on NBA in 2017/18Â up 9.28 units
30-28-2Â on NBA in 2018/19Â up 4.16 unitsÂ
0-1Â on NBA in 2019/20Â down 4 units
Still riding high from the Hornets win, I don’t even care that I lost my first play of the season. Kings got smacked by the Suns.
Clippers at -125 for 5 units. Clippers opened as underdogs vs the Warriors, but have shifted to favorites. There is a reason that has happened. Kawhi is just too damn good. He is the best player in the NBA right now and it isn’t close. LAC’s bench is one of the best in the league. 4 bench players, led by Lou Williams, scored in double figures for the Clippers against the Lakers. Warriors new additions: D’Angelo Russell, Glenn Robinson III, and Marquese Chriss are all good players, but not near the level of Klay, KD, and Iggy. Warriors knocked the Clippers out last year, Lou Williams and Patrick beverly haven’t forgot that.
69-58-5Â on the NFL last season (2018/19)Â up 26.36 units
24-35 on the NFL this season down 19.87 units
Redskins Successful Field Goals over 1.5Â at +135 for 2 units. Playing in a dome. Washington will settle for field goals after not even scoring last week, just to feel good about themselves. Dustin Hopkins hasn’t made two field goals since week 1. He is due. Redzone turnovers can’t ruin my plays on Monday Night and Thursday Night right? RIGHT?
Redskins to score first at +200 for 2 units. Case Keenum will want to play well vs his former team. Mike Zimmer loves to defer if the Vikings win the coin toss. I am not convinced the Redskins won’t take the ball if they win.
Total Sacks over 4.5Â at -130 for 4 units. These teams average 5 sacks a game combined on defense. Vikings should win this game easily, which means more passing opportunities for Case Keenum and the Redskins. If Haskins comes in, this will hit easy.
Chiefs: 30-6 win
Broncos:
Sanders has been traded to the 49ers. Flacco looked awful. Matt Moore played better than Flacco. Moore got his first start in place of a 44-year-old Vinny Testaverde in 2007 for the Panthers. Moore is older than Flacco. Justin Simmons was the only defender on the Broncos that stood out. Fangio just doesn’t look like a head coach. Mahomes is out, but he should be back sooner rather than later. Hard to learn much from this game besides Denver is not good.
Cardinals: 27-21 win
Giants:
Daniel Jones is a fumble machine early in his career. Barkley tweaked his ankle, but looked good otherwise. You could tell he wasn’t 100%, but I expect him to go off this week. Golden Tate will get his. Cardinals play Teddy Two Gloves and the one-loss Saints this week. Cardinals have looked good lately, I am interested to see how they play vs the Saints.
Saints: 36-25 win
Da Bears:
Mitch Trubisky has a similar yards per attempt in his 3rd year to JaMarcus Russell and Jimmy Clausen had in their rookie years. Not good. Tarik Cohen was made fun of for being short and went off on twitter. Allen Robinson is good, but Mitch either isn’t healthy, or isn’t a franchise QB. Latavius Murray and Michael Thomas dominated. Thomas is 1 of 2 wideouts with 50 yards in every game this season.
Ravens: 30-16 win
Seahawks:
Has Lamar Jackson passed Wilson in the MVP race? I for one hope CMC wins it. Wilson’s pick 6 was the difference in the game. Marcus Peters is already making a difference for the Ravens. Earl Thomas got his revenge. Lamar Jackson is really fucking good for a running-back.
Raiders: 24-42 loss
Packers:
Derek Carr fumbled into the endzone and Rodgers turned it on after that. Waller finally found the endzone.. twice. Jones and WIlliams got cathcing Tds for Green Bay (first time two Packers Rbs caught Tds since the 90s). The Jones TD catch was impressive. Green Bay has no wideouts, but Rodgers don’t care. This was a “Are the Raiders legit game?” The answer is no.
Bills: 31-21 win
Dolphins:
Dolphins were up 14-9 with the ball on Buffalo’s side of the field… Then Fitzy threw an interception and the Bills rolled. Josh Allen is good. Dolphins are getting creative with their tanking. They almost made me think they were trying to win this game. John Brown is 1 of 2 wideouts with 50 yards in every game. Impressive. Frank Gore is still doing his thing. Is this 2010?
49ers: 9-0 win
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Hard to learn much for this game. It was pouring rain. Bosa sliding 20 yards on the wet grass after a sack to end the game was fun.
Jaguars: 27-17 win
Bengals:
Andy Dalton sucks and the Bengals can’t tackle. As a fellow Ginger, I wanted Dalton to be great in the NFL, but he was just good. Now he isn’t even good. Tyler Boyd has the 3rd most targets in the league. Auden Tate looks talented. Moustache Minshew did enough for the needed win.
Falcons: 37-10 loss
Rams:
Falcons don’t have a defense and Matt Ryan was bad today. Ramsey and Julio was a fun matchup to watch.
Chargers: 23-20 loss
Titans:
I bet on the Chargers. Melvin Gordon had 4 carries inside the 5. He fumbled two of them. That was the difference in the game. Tannehill looks better than Mariota for this offense. Aj Brown and Ekeler were the best players on the field in my eyes.
Colts: 30-23 win
Texans:
Colts controlled both lines of scrimmage and won the game because of it. Indy’s offense is a lot better with a healthy Hilton. Watson will have better games.
Eagles: 37-10 loss
Cowboys:
Eagles don’t have a defense. Wentz is 14-2 when sacked once or less in games. Wentz is 12-19 when sacked twice or more.
Vikings: 42-30 win
Lions:
Kerryon Johnson is out for at least 8 weeks. Kirk Cousins is still trying to trick us into believing he is a franchise QB. It is working on some people, not me. Marvin Jones had his annual 4 TD game this week. TY Johnson and McKissic are going to have to step up if Detroit wants to make a playoff push in their tough division. Golladay will have better games. Dalvin Cook is really fucking good when healthy.
2-3 on weekend parlay up 4.44 unitsÂ
2 of the 12 legs lost last week. Boise State of Idaho and Bayern Munich of Bavaria. I won’t let you down this weekend.
These are in order of start time: Arsenal plays Thursday afternoon in the Europa League, but all the others are on Saturday with 1 (Sevilla) on Sunday. Hayden ride with me! It only lost last week because you didn’t play it. Walker and I need you!
Arsenal/Bayern/Manchester City/Ohio State/LSU/Iowa/Oregon/Sevilla risking 2 units to win 9.22 units.
Arsenal beat St. Liege and Frankfurt. St. Liege and Frankfurt beat Guimaraes. Transitive property doesn’t work in sports gambling, but I am deploying it here.
Bayern won’t kill my parlay twice. Bayern are a point back from the top of the Bundesliga. They need a win here. They won’t lose at home here.
Manchester City have looked pretty amazing. Going to keep riding them even though Pep doesn’t have central defenders.
Ohio State is the best team in college football no cap. Wisconsin just lost to Illinois. Barstool Big Cat was bummed.Â
I am not convinced Auburn is that good. I am convinced LSU is a wagon.
Iowa have not beat Northwestern since 2016. Iowa -10 is a lock on the the “Locks and Thoughts” podcast. Go download wherever you get podcasts #shamelessplug
Washington State are booty. Oregon will roll.
Sevilla is added as the only Sunday play. Once all the others win, you can take Getafe +0.5 at plus money to hedge out and guarantee some profit, or just let it ride. Sevilla has only lost to Real Madrid at home this season though. They are hard to beat in Seville.
Anthony Rendon hit a double in the top of the first to put the Nationals up 2-0. Alex Bregman answered with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first to tie it up 2-2. Verlander and Strasburg coasted like aces do until the 6th inning. Yuli Gurriel had an amazing AB that he turned into a full count double down the left-field line with two outs. Strasburg then threw two balls to young DH Yordan Alvarez that led to an intentional walk. Fernando Rodney started warming up for the Nationals. Then Carlos Correa worked a full count before popping out on a change-up. Kyle Tucker came in and Strasburg struck him out.
Then, in the top of the 7th, the Nationals exploded. Suzuki got it started with a solo homer..
A K to end it. A HR to start it.
Robles was walked next. Then Pressly came in for Verlander and it got ugly for Houston. Bregman had a play to his right he should have made.. but he didn’t and the Nationals rally started. Kendrick, Cabrera, and Zimmerman all had 2 RBI singles in the 7th. The score was 8-2 and that bottom of the 6th/top of the 7th changed the game. Strasburg 1 – Verlander 0.
Adam Eaton added a 2-run homer for good measure in the 8th. Nationals are leading 2-0 headed back to the Nation’s Capital.
PJ Washington and Devonte Graham balled out. Washington was 7-11 from 3 in his debut. Washington set an NBA record for made 3s in a debut. INJECT IT IN MY VEINS. Charlotte was down 118-108 to the Bulls. They lost all these games last year. 1-0 is awesome. This may be the peak, but I am soaking it in. I was impressed with Devonte Graham’s pick n roll. The guy is an amazing passer. Batum looks slow and old, but the YOUNGSTERS BALLED OUT! Shoutout to Marvin Williams, the 15 year veteran was 5-7 from 3. The Hornets actually won a close game after being terrible in these games over the past two seasons.
Let me start off by saying I love Cam Newton as a Panthers fan. He won a MVP and led the Panthers to the Super Bowl in 2015. When he is healthy, he is my favorite QB to watch in the league. Ideally, Allen would lead the Panthers to wins against the 49ers and Titans. Then Cam would come back and wreck the Redskins and lead the Panthers to another Super Bowl. The ideal result rarely happens with my professional sports’ teams Ex: Kemba and the Hornets. From everything I have read about Cam, he is a hard-worker, great father, and team player. Kyle Allen has said Cam has been helpful since Allen has been starting. I am saying all this to say I will miss him if he is traded, but I think it may be the best move for my favorite NFL franchise and here is why:
Now that we know why the Panthers would even think about trading one of their best players in franchise history.. The Panthers have a history of getting rid of franchise cornerstones. Julius Peppers, Steve Smith and more recently, Ryan Kalil and Thomas Davis.
Let’s look at who would want him..
It is not an easy decision to make. I already listed my ideal scenario as a Panthers fan above. I just think if there is a strong offer for Cam Newton, it could make the Panthers a lot better in 3-5 years to trade him now than keep him.
61-53-2Â on NBA in 2017/18Â up 9.28 units
30-28-2Â on NBA in 2018/19Â up 4.16 unitsÂ
0-0Â on NBA in 2019/20
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The Raptors beat the Zion-less Pelicans in overtime and the Clippers won the battle of LA against Lebron and AD.
The games were fine. This kid was awesome. I love how he pumpfaked the camera-man by showing a Clippers shirt.. then took it down and put up a “Fight with Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong” shirt. The camera-man did the awkward look away that happens when you’re staring at a cute girl for too long and she catches you. The NBA (or Lakers affiliate) definitely told the camera people to not show these shirts. The first kid dabs. The second kid stands up for Human Rights. What a World. I am watching all NBA games illegally until they stand with freedom and not with China. It is the least I can do. As a Hornets fan.. it shouldn’t be that hard for me to avoid watching Primetime NBA games. But I am still gonna gamble on the games because a degenerate gotta degenerate.
Here is a video of the Hong Kong flag that wasn’t taken down on the TNT broadcast. I have a lot of respect for Daryl Morey, Adam Silver, and Shaq for their views. It seems the NBA is standing with freedom, but they are not all the way there yet. Keep going!
Kings at -120 for 4 units. I had the Kings at 14 in my power rankings and the Suns at 27. That alone is good enough for me to take them at -120. De’Aaron Fox, Buddy Hield, and Marvin Bagley all improved last year. I expect them to continue their upward trajectory. Suns had a lot of preseason injuries.. Cam Johnson, Ty Jerome, Mikal Bridges, Tyler Johnson, Oubre Jr, Aron Baynes, and Saric have all missed time over the past 10 days. Kings have more talent, more depth, and more cohesion than the Suns. Call me crazy, but I think the Kings are gonna make the playoffs in the West. The Suns are not, even if they were healthy.
Juan Soto was 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs in the Nationals win in Houston. The Astros tried to come back, but fell a little short. Scherzer struck out 7 and gave up 2 runs over 5 innings in the win. Gerrit Cole receives his first lost since he pitched against the White Sox on May 22nd, 5 months ago. Great Game 1. Strasburg-Verlander Next.
