Oddball: Week 15 Recap

Matt's bank account is even more mangled than Patrick Mahomes' knee.

Oddball is our weekly NFL gambling competition where we each get $100 every weekend and try to outdo each other. The loser has to do the TB12 diet for a week. Let's see how we did in Week 15.

Matt's Picks

$100.00 wagered -$100.00 lost -$416.76 for the season

Sigh.

8-Team Moneyline Round Robin (7 Ways)

Must hit 7 out of 8 to win.

• Jaguars ✅

• Seahawks ✅

• 49ers ✅

• Chiefs ❌

• Rams ✅

• Packers ❌

• Bengals ❌

• Steelers

Jaguars — If I was the Sports Czar, I would institute a clause that if you give up 48 points to AEW superstar Lank Lawrence, you're relegated. Easy win for the Jags against the hapless Jets who have no actual quarterbacks left. The Jags are currently the 3-seed in the AFC and would host the Bills if the season ended today. Good luck with that, Lank!

Seahawks — On Thursday I wrote, "If the Seahawks lose this game it might be worse than the time the Toronto Maple Leafs lost to their own zamboni driver." Well, Phillip Rivers spent most of Sunday resurfacing the ice in Seattle, but ultimately came up just short of pulling off the upset. Since it was clear this parlays was busted by then, I was rooting hard for gramps. Bummer he didn't finish the job.

49ers — San Francisco was in control of this one all afternoon. Cam Ward did his usual garbage time sprint for the backdoor, but Purdy was able to thwart it. I'm not really sure what to think about the Niners. It feels like they aren't on anyone's radar despite their 10-4 record. I guess it's because they've been whooping up on teams like the Titans, Browns, Giants, and Falcons recently. We'll see how they fare against some better competition in January.

Chiefs — From Thursday: "Hot take... I don't think the Chiefs are dead yet. In fact, I'm throwing a few bucks on them to make the playoffs right now at +520." Turns out, that was the kiss of death. My apologies to Chiefs Kingdom, the Mahomes family, and Clark Hunt for jinxing you. This one was pretty brutal. The Chiefs were down by 3, driving for the tie or the lead, when Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn ACL that will rule him out for the rest of the season. Gardner Minshew came in and promptly took a delay of game penalty (coming out of a timeout!) which backed the Chiefs up out of field goal range. He then threw a backbreaking interception that ended the Chiefs season. Yuck.

Rams — The Rams are pretty good!

Packers — From Thursday: "The Packers are starting to play like the very complete team I thought they would be before the season. Their wide receiver room is finally healthy and Jordan Love is limiting his completely boneheaded picks to just one per game these days." Hahaha. Man, am I a jinx or what?

Bengals — Future headline: Joe Burrow has been traded to the New York Giants in exchange for Jaxson Dart and the 2026 first overall pick.

Steelers — Writing this on Monday before this game happens. But I fully expect the Dolphins to win by three touchdowns, given how off I've been on my picks. Congratulations to Coach McDoofus and Tua Tagovailoa on the impressive victory.

❌ Lost $96.00

Birds Are Done Parlay (+4737)

Raiders Moneyline Chiefs -5.5 Rams -5.5 Packers -2.5

Lol, real sharp pick on the Raiders moneyline. The Las Vegas Losers couldn't even muster a point in Philadelphia on Sunday. Unfortunately for Eagles fans, they won't be able to host Kenny Pickett in the playoffs — but they should consider inviting Joe Biden to hang out on the sidelines more often. He seemed to be more aware of his surroundings than Pete Carroll on the opposite sideline.

❌ Lost $4.00

Kirk's Picks

$457.41 wagered -$457.41 lost +$446.68 for the season

Is The Cheese Real (-134)

Green Bay Packers ML

The Cheese has turned bad man. And with their injuries to key players during this game, The Cheese is gone.

❌ Lost $257.41

Tri-Pod (+578)

Texans -9.5, Panthers -2.5, Lions +5.5

Clearly, never betting on cat teams again.

❌ Lost $100.00

Football. Family. Fun. (+750)

Colts ML

So close. This one hurt. With 47 seconds left and after taking the lead the Colts defense went directly into the 'prevent defense'.

Now if you are unfamiliar with football, you should know that the 'prevent defense' is the dumbest fucking thing ever.

It only prevents the deep ball, not the 20 yard strikes that Darnold threw two of to get immediately into FG range. It only works when you're up by a touchdown.

Shucks!

❌ Lost $100.00

Bonus Bet

$100.00 wagered -$100.00 lost -$1129.86 for the season

Note: Not part of the weekly totals. This is a brotherhood bet, a ritual sacrifice to Taranis so he doesn't smite us both.

We got Bakered!

Same Game Parlay (+645)

• Bijan Robinson 40+ Receiving Yards ✅

• Kyle Pitts 60+ Receiving Yards ✅

• Baker Mayfield Under 221.5 Yards Passing ❌

❌ Lost $100.00

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