Our tough 2017 continued last week with a mediocre 8-6 mark straight-up and a sad 5-8-1 (Lions game pushed) against the spread. We did have Giants-with-points over Chiefs, that one highlight as alone as a man clinging to a life preserver in the middle of the ocean. Still trying to avoid our worst season in 27 years doing this.
I remain confident we can climb over our low-water mark straight-up (.573 in 2008), but we've got serious work ahead of us to get up over our worst mark vs. the spread (.449 in 2006). For NFL teams, Thanksgiving Day coinciding with no more byes signals the start of the stretch run that determines everything. For me and my season, too. [Note: Thursday's three Thanksgiving Day picks Lions (+3) over Vikings, 24-20; Cowboys (Even) over Chargers, 27-23; and Redskins (-7 {) over Giants, 30-17].
