Oddball: Week 6 Recap

Matt sweat out a couple of successful moneyline parlays and opened up a big lead on Kirk, who continues to spiral into the abyss.

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 6.

Matt's Picks

$108.62 wagered +$79.95 won +$179.95 for the season

They certainly won't be hanging my portrait on the wall at Circa Sportsbook after this week's performance. But you know what? Sometimes boring pays the bills. While some of us keep setting fire to their bankroll chasing +450 miracles, I’m over here quietly stacking nickels like a Depression-era banker. Yes, I’m that guy quietly betting the Don’t Pass line in craps while a group of bachelor-party jabronis scream “YO ELEVEN!” and spill Coors Light on my shoes. Sometimes boring is profitable.

Now if you’ll excuse me, my $7.77 steak-and-eggs special isn’t going to eat itself.

"I ❤️ LA" Moneyline Parlay (-107)

Rams ✅ Chargers ✅

The Rams barely broke a sweat, as they easily handled the Ravens' quarterback tandem of Cooper Rush and Snoop Huntley — look out Canton! Despite the "year from hell" start, the books aren't giving up on Baltimore just yet. I was thinking about putting a little down on them to win the division, but they are only getting +160 right now. That doesn't seem rich enough to entice me, since we'll probably be able to get that on the moneyline in one of these upcoming games after the bye.

The Chargers definitely did break a sweat, as they needed the entire 60 minutes of game clock to finally put away the surprisingly frisky Miami Dolphins. Tua Tagovailoa had an impressive two minute drill to grab a late lead, but DJ Mike McDoofus left too much time on the clock for Justin Herbert and company, who were able to kick the game-winning field goal. I was pretty much having a panic attack given the Chargers propensity to miss go-ahead field goals, but thankfully Taranis was on my side today.

✅ Won $50.00

"I ❤️ Cheese, Horses, & Tomlin" Moneyline Parlay (-114)

Packers ✅ Colts ✅ Steelers ✅

The Steelers coming off a bye facing a jet-lagged Dillon Gabriel was a gift. I should have laid the points and put a lot more on it. Oh well. Again, we're just trying to stay in the black week-to-week here.

The Packers and Colts both flirted with the idea of forcing me to have a complete meltdown in my living room. Honestly, I was much more scared of the Cardinals with Jacoby Brissett than I was when I thought I'd be facing a semi-focused Kyler Murray. And what's going on with our boy Hammermill Love? The books are giving him the fourth-best odds to win MVP. He could barely get past old man Flacco who didn't even know the playbook and tied a team that let Rico Dowdle run a half-marathon on them this weekend. I was buying the Packers pre-season hype but I am monitoring them for a potential late-season fade. Stay tuned.

✅ Won $40.00

"I Still ❤️ Stinky Underdogs" Moneyline Parlay (+544)

Saints ❌ Panthers ✅

My Uncle Jack absolutely hates when I moneyline parlay the underdogs together and lose one leg. He's probably right, but it's hard to take seriously a man who got arthritis from writing hate mail to the Detroit Lions training facility and petitioning Rodger Goodell to suspend Jared Goff.

Anyway, the Saints still remain pretty frisky and actually had a chance to steal their game against the almighty Patriots. New England fans are ready for Drake Maye to walk across the Charles River, but I'm keeping very close eye on the Titans as an upset candidate next week.

What can even be said about Dallas at this point? Dak Prescott dropped absolute dimes all day to George Pickens, but in the end Rico Dowdle was far too dominant to be stopped. This was a nice win for the Panthers, who cannot be trusted under any circumstances on the road, but seem to be a very live home underdog.

❌ Lost $10.05

Kirk's Picks

$100.00 wagered -$100.00 lost -$400.00 for the season

Somebody Hand Me A Tourniquet (+583)

Cowboys -3 ❌ Buccaneers -3 ✅ Detroit Lions +2.5 ❌

I'm as cold as ice. I've lost so, so, so much money.

But hey, last night I bet the Bears so I'm starting off the rest of the season 1-0.

So, you know, I've got that going for me.

❌ Lost $100.00

Bonus Bet

$100.00 wagered -$100.00 lost -$600.00 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.

You know we're snakebitten when we can't even make the right pick when it's sitting right there in front of us:

Anytime touchdown parlay (+313)

• Saquon Barkley

• Cam Skattebo

❌ Lost $50.00

"The Giants secondary is ass, I've gotta figure out a way to make money on this" prop (+330)

• A.J. Brown over 99.5 receiving yards

❌ Lost $50.00

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