Week 9 brought another profitable Sunday for our Scumbag System ™. It would have been even better had the Miami Dolphins settled for at least one more field goal on fourth-and-short, but these are the perils of betting on an enterprising young head coach in 2022 (and, somehow, a reason why Jim Irsay believes Jeff Saturday will be the next great head coach of the Indianapolis Colts).
Week 10 will provide four divisional rivalries as well as a handful of big underdogs and lofty totals. Is this the week to trust Kirk Cousins? To believe in the Atlanta Falcons chaos? To invest further in the Tennessee Titans’ slow-and-steady progress under Mike Vrabel?
Here’s what our resident dirtbag handicapper had to say about last week’s mediocre result:
Going 1-1-1 doesn’t seem that bad … but when you realize how close we were to an easy 3-0 weekend, it is mildly infuriating. The Dolphins decided they didn’t want to tackle Justin Fields. Mike McDaniel decided to go for it on multiple fourth downs in field goal range and convert none. That should have been a blowout by Miami. The Rams just needed a first down in the fourth quarter to ice the game. Nope … they gave it back to Tom Brady and let him do Brady things.
Frustrating day, but we are on to Week 10.