NYJ @ PHI – WEEK 5

Battle of the two green and white/greys. Jets coming off Bye Week.  Eagles also coming off extended rest having played the Thursday game last week.

Doesn’t look good for the Jets fans. Who will we see at QB; Sam Darnold or Luke Falk? Does it matter? Doggy Don’t Think So.

Will likely be Luke Falk. Better for Jets in all honesty, seeing a rusty Darnold would kill even the slimmest chances at an upset on the road. 

Eagles will no doubtedly carry momentum into this one coming off a huge win in Green Bay. The Dog sees them putting up 35+ in this one.

Gotta take the Eagles to cover in this one.

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PHI -14

OVER 44.5

LA @ SEA – Week 5

The Dog has to bounce back after a Dog Sh*t showing in Week 4. File this one under Need It AND Gotta Have It.

And after the Buccaneers put up 55 on them on their home turf, so do the Rams. Fortunately for the Rams, Seahawks don’t have the barrels of firepower that the Bucco’s do.  

Seahawks, let’s face it. Haven’t beaten anyone “GOOD” yet.  Wins over Bengals (garbage), Steelers (soon to be garbage), and Cardinals (not sure what they are).  Couldn’t beat a Drew Brees-less Saints team at home either.

Thursday night game means short week. This lends itself to the offenses.  Rams will go for 40 the second week in a row. This time, they won’t lose.

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Rams +2

Over 49

Two WOOFs

CHI @ OAK – Week 5

I’m sitting here piling stuff onto the scale for this game, and everything seems to tip in favor of The Bears. 

The Bears just made it to London. The Raiders haven’t been in their own beds for over a week.

The Raiders have one of their better defense pieces in Vontaze Burfict suspended for the season. The Bears’ defense, on the other hand, got their tackle machine back in Roquan Smith. The Dog loved that Defense without him last week too!

Derek Carr has a passer rating approaching 100 and the offense is still chasing its tail. The Bears lose their starting QB and Chase Daniel arguably looks like an upgrade for the Bears offense.

The scale all points Bears. More often than not, that’s my queue to just do the opposite, but The Bears cover the 4.5 points in this one with another big defensive game.

Unders this year are 28-22 and with this Bears team I don’t see many points… Unless they come from their defense. I feel better about the side than the total here, but still like the under.

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CHI -4.5

UNDER 41

Two Woofs

MIN @ NYG – WEEK 5

What is going on with the Vikings? Adam Thielen runs his mouth, Kirk Cousins apologizes, Zimmer ain’t happy about any of it, and Diggs wants out. 

Add all that drama with the fact that Delvin Cook got shut down last week by the Bears and what do you get? An offense that is closer to imploding than one that will figure it out. 

The Giants defense is doing ok vs the run (The Vikings bright spot) and pretty poor against the pass (The Vikings $28 million dollar problem)

Too confusing, let’s back it up the brain cells.

Vikings are playing their second game in a row on the road, outdoors. The G-Men are playing their second in a row at home. 

The Giants seem to be piecing it together, and the Vikings seems to be falling apart. This one could go either way, but I don’t expect the winner to run away with it. It’ll be close, so we’ll take the 5 points.

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NYG +5

UNDER 45

Two Woofs

NE @ WAS – WEEK 5

The Dog loves a mindless pick like this. There’s not a lot to say about this one. 

The Patriots are the best team in the NFL right now. The Redskins are among the worst.

Washington does not really stand a chance against The Pats D. 

Washington does not really stand a chance against The Pats O. 

The videos of Jay Gruden may not be fresh, but I bet he’s not far off right now. Roasting a bone and chatting up some honeys. He’s not dumb. No amount of prep is going to change what is coming on Sunday. Take the day off.

New England covers and scores enough to hit the over so long as Billy B doesn’t pull Brady for a pick six.

P.S. From The Dog – Does anyone see this going to halftime without the Pats up at least 10? I don’t dabble much in the halves, but if that is available at 9.5 or less, I’ll look at that too.

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NE -16

OVER 43.5

Three Woofs

BAL @ PIT – WEEK 5

Rewind ⏪to week 3. Some smart ass out there was saying “Let’s not buy The Ravens quite yet. They haven’t played any good competition yet”.

Dog didn’t care. My pea-brain was just excited to see The Ravens and Chiefs square off at Arrowhead. 

Then Cleveland rolled into Baltimore (Willingly) and made that smart as look, well…… smart. 

Sure, we don’t really know what the Ravens are yet. Their defense is not the Raven’s defense of the past decade and LamJacks is a dice roll every week. 

HOWEVER! We do know what the Steelers are. Aside from an OK front-7, this is a team that shed all their talent and is Swiss cheese everywhere else. Yinz is looking at a rebuild in Pittsburgh and we don’t need to be smart to know how to play this.

The Steelers looked interesting running the wildcat with Jaylen Samuels and Conner but it was against the Bengals. Harbaugh knows how important it is for Lamar Jackson to bounce back quickly after a couple of bad losses, so I expect their game plan to support it. The  Ravens rebound and cover 4.

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BAL -4

OVER 42.5

Three Woofs

ARI @ CIN – WEEK 5

Both of these teams are still looking for their first win. This one’s gonna be messy.

The Bengals are just terrible, and JRoss 3 is out. Andy dalton is coming off a performance that left him peeling his sacked ass off the turf 8 times. I don’t like what Zac “The Sac” Taylor is doing so far.

But, I don’t trust Murray and the Cardinals either. This could be a shit show game so do not pound it. Let’s just say Bengals -4 because cardinals D is non existent…. Oh wait Cincinnati’s D is giving up EVEN MORE yards per play than the Cards.

Road Dog for This Dog. 🛣🐶

I’m breaking my Arizona OVERS play this week. I may have overestimated The Cardinal’s ability to put those late points on the board, and I don’t expect The Bengals to be helping out this week. Prove me wrong🙏

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ARI +4

UNDER 48

One Woof

BUF @ TEN – WEEK 5

Some games are just gut games, and here’s how I feel.

The Titans have struggled this season with bright spots and head scratchers. They are very inconsistent and Mariota just isn’t trustworthy.

The Bills have been on a roll this year. Their last loss may have been their highlight of the year keeping it that close with The Patriots.

So I’m going with my gut.

The Bills as a dog? No doubt, it’s going in the dog pound.

I’ve got some more beyond the gut too. Yes, the teams play the game on the field, but this one feels like it’s just as much about coaching. Love Vrabel. Love McDermott just a little more. He’s got to go against the best in Belichick twice a year, and that makes you sharpers. He showed it last week.

How did this line never move? I’m onto you Vegas… 🤔The fact that Josh Allen is going to play and the line didn’t budge makes me think they knew all along. Who cares. Liked the Bills without Allen. Love it now.  

Buffalo is 3-1 against the spread so far, maybe Vegas isn’t so smart after all. I trust my gut, I love the coach, and the trend is my friend. Bills looking at 4-1.

Who’s a computer to place this bet for me?

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BUF +3

OVER 38.5

Three Woofs.

ATL @ HOU – WEEK 5

I’ve heard a lot of talk over the past two weeks about how The Falcons are done. They peaked halfway through The Super Bowl and haven’t been pointing up since. 

Know what The Dog did even before that? I said the Texans are done. 

Ever since The Texans let The Jags come into Houston and beat them (even though through some video technicalities Houston did get the W) I drew a big fat line through The Texans.

Atlanta is near the bottom of the league in sacks, but that should change this week as Deshaun continues to be among the most-sacked QBs in the league. 

Karma is working against the Texans in this game that is sure to be a fair mix of awesome WR play and hot-garbage. I say it’ll be close and we take the points.

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ATL +5

UNDER 48.5

One Woof

The Dog’s Week 4 Recap

Overall it was a bad week at 13-16-1. The Dog Pound picks got spanked going 0-5!

Buzz. Your girlfriend. WOOF!

Kevin McCallister re: The Dog’s week 4 picks

And that’s all we gotta say about that. The Dog has to go learn a thing or two about a thing or two.

2019 Record

The Dog Pound🐾 2019 Record: 6-9 📉

The Dog’s 2019 Record: 39-39-2 ⚠️

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It’s everything that you need to know and how you should play Rams @ Seahawks, The Bears and Raiders in the first London game, Jags @ Panthers, and the rest of the Week 5 slate. Maybe fade me, but I plan to be back baby!

Philadelphia @ Green Bay

PHI 34 GB 27

GB -5 ❌🐾

OVER 45

What can The Dog say about this one? 

The Eagles played a squeaky clean came on the offensive side of the ball. No turnovers.  Balanced attack. Holes to run thru big enough for The Beast to bury 10000 baseballs.

Costly Packers turnover at the end of the first half led to Eagles TD. Not being able to punch it in twice from inside the 5 with a full set of downs.  This one was certainly a winnable one for the Packers and The Dog.

Started off Week 4 on the wrong foot, going 0-1 in the Dog Pound. Got a bad taste in my mouth.

Maybe the Packers Defense isn’t for real. The Eagles were their first true test as a balanced offense (some could argue that the Vikings were) and they sure weren’t up to the task.

LA Chargers @ Miami

LAC 30 MIA 10

LAC -16.5

OVER 44.5

No surprise here; Phil Rivers and the Chargers offense were in control of this one all the way.

Chargers offense to get an added boost in Week 5 with the return of Melvin Gordon. Arguably the best trio of backs in the league when he is healthy and on the top of his game.

Classic AFC West matchup next week for the Chargers against the Broncos. The Dog is already drooling at this one.

We’ll see if an early Bye in Week 5 can give them some much needed to time regroup. Dolphins have shown they’re not good for any more than 10-13 a game at this point.   Will be hard to play Overs with them at anything more than 47 at this point.

Washington @ Giants

NYG 24 WAS 3

NYG -3

UNDER 47

Dimes Jones didn’t have to do much in this one; Giants got up early and then bled the clock. 

He managed to throw 2 INTs, but that doesn’t bother The Dog. You have to let your rookie QB make some throws and maybe some mistakes, and what a better time to do it than up 14-0 in the 2nd Q against the Redskins.

But Until Saquon Barkley is back, Giants will live and die with the productivity of backup RB Wayne Gallman. If he can make defenses respect the run, Dimes will give the Giants a fighting chance/

Only thing we know for sure about the Redskins is that they are stuck in reverse.

Tennessee @ Atlanta

TEN 24 ATL 10

ATL -4

OVER 45.5

Dud of the week.  Titans went into Atlanta as Road Dogs & won handily.  Falcons don’t seem to have the offense we expected them to have

Titans have been tip-toeing the line for me. One week I have them breaking out only to see them regress the next.  I’ve got the Titans rolling off 5 straight wins from here. The Dog is BUYING!

Falcons are trending downward.  No defense. No offense? Not sure how you win games and stay competitive with that formula. Had they not been playing the Texans this upcoming week, it would be SELL SELL SELL!

Kansas City @ Detroit

KC 34 DET 30

KC -6.5 ❌🐾

OVER 54

Chiefs spotted the Lions 10 points in the 1st quarter on top of the 6.5 of the spread.  Can’t do that. Chiefs better not make a habit of falling behind early in games; won’t be as fortunate to come back against better teams.

Well within their grasp and let slip away, the Lions have to be hurting after this Loss.  The waya the NFC North is shaping up, the 14 point swing on the 100 yard fumble recovery KC touchdown will still be stinging come December.

We know Patricia’s defense ought to be serviceable all year; Lions need to get Stafford airing it out more and the running game has to gain some traction.  They get a Week 5 Bye to go back to the drawing board.

Chiefs continue to put up points; don’t expect otherwise until further notice.

Dog Pound now 0-3

Carolina @ Houston

CAR 16 HOU 10

HOU -4.5 ❌🐾

OVER 46.5

Dog Pound 0-4.

The Dog still hasn’t picked an ATS winner in Week 4 thus far. The Texans will for sure be the ones to end the drought, right? Wrong.

26 total points, you say the defenses must’ve played great! Wrong again!.  

5 turnovers.  4 fumbles lost. 1 INT thrown by DeAndre Hopkins. Who on Earth are you planning to throw it to, Bill O’Brien? You have to know that DeAndre Hopkins can’t throw it to himself, right? Apparently not.

The Texans offense was abysmal. Panthers Offense wasn’t much better.  Other than McCafferey, everyone looked like they were playing in Quicksand.

Texans receive a big downgrade from The Dog after this one. I’ve come to realize their Defense isn’t what I remember it to be, and the offense is too hit or miss to put much stock in them.

Panthers are a hold if you got em, wait and see how things go if you’re looking to buy.

Cleveland @ Baltimore

CLE 40 BAL 25

BAL -7

OVER 46.5

In the Week 4 Preview, we thought Mark Ingram 2 and The Ravens who were going “to Literally Run Away with this one and cover.” Looks more to me like it was their counterparts, Nick Chubb and the Browns were the ones doing the running.

Stat sheets here show this game as being pretty evenly matched, just the Browns outgaining the Ravens by 115 yards and LamJacks throwing one more INT than Mayfield.

The Dog was surprised at the kickin’ the Browns gave to the Ravens in Baltimore, but this might have been a little coming out party. Looked more like the Browns that the Cleveland Faithful had hoped for and less like your Father’s Browns.

If Browns can keep their opponents in check with mid-low 20s, and start to get the passing game going, they could be tough to beat.

New England @ Buffalo

NE 16 BUF 10

NE – 7.5 ❌🐾

OVER 42.5

What can The Dog say about this one?  Patriots come in 7.5 point faves against a 3-0 Bills team.  Think I still would’ve taken Patriots at 10.5. Hell, maybe even 13.5.  

What if I were to tell you….

  1. Pats have a special teams block punt touchdown & jump out to an early 13-0 lead in 1st Quarter. 
  2. Pats pick off Josh Allen 3 times and completes < 50% and a 24.0! QB rating.
  3. He gets pulled in favor of Matt Barkley who goes on to throw another interception.

Is that something you might be interested in? The Dog says WOOFx3, put this one in The Doggy Bag.

NAHHHHH! You wish you weren’t interested in that.  This one really ruined my week.

The Patriots put my Dog Pound picks at 0-2 for the week, so I’m putting them out back in the Doghouse until further notice.  They might be back inside come Sunday, but who knows at this point.

Oakland @ Indianapolis

IND 24 OAK 31

IND -7

OVER 45

The Dog didn’t catch any of this one on TV, and The Dog also didn’t see this one coming. Had I known for sure TY $ Hilton would be sitting this one out when I made my pick, I still don’t think I would have played this one any different.  

The Dog has been high on the Colts all year and been touting the smooth, yet unexpected, transition from Luck to Brissett.  Good O-Line and a decent running game. And then they go and lay an egg hosting Oakland.

Going forward I’ll be weary of Colts at anything over -4 ATS.  -7 might be a bit much to cover for these Colts. Tough matchup next week on road in Kansas City – they’ll be dogs but by how many.

Oakland travels to London for Game vs. Bears.  Those Soccer fans like low scoring games with ties and weird shit like yellow cards, so The Dog is leaning under there. Head on back to Doggybets later this week to see how we’re playing this one.

Tampa Bay @ Rams

TB 55 LAR 40

LAR -9

OVER 50.5

Well, well, well. If you were to tell me that on Sunday the Buccaneers would go into The LA Coliseum 9-point dogs, put up a franchise record 55 points against the reigning NFC Champs, and win by 15; I’d tell you not this time, no chance.

If you thought otherwise, The Dog is all ears if you’re willing to share your intel.

What we do know is that the Bucs can put up points in bunches.  What we don’t know is how consistent they can do this. And if they don’t put up points, can they stop anyone? 

Buccaneers scare me right now as a very volatile play – Case of the CatDog and not sure which team you’re going to get.

Rams are trending down for me. The lack of running game is forcing Jared Goff and the Rams Offense into a pocket passing system. One which I don’t see working well for them in the long run. Goff is serviceable, still young and has his spurts of good. But he’s not great.

Seattle @ Arizona

SEA 27 ARI 10

SEA -5

OVER 47.5

The Dog really thought this one was destined for the Over.   Played out just about how I expected, and figured Arizona would put another 10 on the board in the 2nd half.

Just Arizona couldn’t find the endzone.  Should’ve known a disciplined Seattle defense wouldn’t let up on the road against a divisional opponent, no matter how bad.

Still think I like playing Arizona in the Overs.  Seahawks will be tough to pick them as winners ATS.  They’ll always do enough to win games, but winning ATS is always a different animal.

Minnesota @ Chicago

CHI 16 MIN 6 

MIN +3

UNDER 38.5

Vikings came out and tried to do what The Dog expected.  Run the ball with Dalvin Cook and limit the number of throws Kirk D. Cousins makes.

Looks like the Bears D knew too.  Cook was held in check to under 50 yards on the ground and the Vikings couldn’t muster any sort of offense.  Vikings fans and players alike are starting to get restless with an expensive QB putting up pedestrian numbers.  This offense is stuck in neutral.

Mr. Biscuit (Trubisky) went down with a shoulder injury, we’ll see how this impacts the team long term.  Chase Daniel appears serviceable in the near term, especially with a defense this good.

Bears head to London to play Oakland Raiders.  Expect it to be a low scoring affair, just like those soccer fans like.

Jacksonville @ Denver

JAX 26 DEN 24

JAX +3

UNDER 38

Wanted the game to end after the 3rd Quarter.  But 4th Quarter points in this one cost us going 2 for 2.

The Magician. El Mago. The Gardener Minshew 2 Show continues to impress.  The biggest new age Cult hero following in recent memory, in only 3 starts!

Had two of my favorite touchdowns of the week. 

The first, El Mago evaded multiple rushers, lookin’ like Brett Favre, and found an open receiver in the endzone.

The other; a classic fake end around/reverse w/ a double pump fake to find James O’Shaughnessy in the end zone, just like ya draw it up in the backyard.

And does The Dog have to say about Leonard Fournette. The Nard Dog. If he runs angry like that the rest of the year, WOOF WOOF The Dog wants to be all in on these Jags.

Broncos lose Bradley Chubb to ACL tear; makes their defense much less intimidating.  Von Miller won’t be able to shoulder the load by himself. These ain’t no Bucking Broncos, put ‘em out to pasture.

Dallas @ New Orleans

NO 12 DAL 10

DAL -3

OVER 46 ❌🐾

This one was a snoozer! Good thing The Dog likes afternoon naps.  Evident early on that this one wasn’t going to hit the Over, The Dog shut his eyes and checked out. 1 TD and 5 FGs later, Saints defender home turf as Home Dogs.

Until Saints get a little more aggressive with the playbook, expect their formula to be similar to this one. Eat up clock, take care of the ball, shorten the game and hopefully solid D wins you games.

Cowboys got their first true test, a road game against a formidable NFC opponent.  Hopefully they learned a thing or two about a thing or two. 3-0 don’t mean anything when you haven’t played anyone.

The Dog thinks this reality check is good for the Cowboys in the long run.  They’re back home in Week 5 to host the Packers. Shaping up to be the marquee matchup of the Week.  Check back in later this week to see how The Dog is playing this one!

Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh

PIT 27 CIN 3

PIT -4

UNDER 43.5

The Dog got both of these picks rights; a great way to close out a sub-par week. That’s what they call whipped cream on DogSh*t.  But that’s what will keep you coming back to The Dog Pound!

Mason Rudolph showed me something Monday night for the Steelers.  Not sure what exactly it was and it was against a below average defense. But a win is a win and he has to start somewhere. Hoping he can get his traction. 

Steelers hosting divisional rival Ravens this upcoming Sunday, will be interested to see if they can build from their first win of the season.

Bengals have nothing going for them right now.  The Dog will leave their outlook at that.