Week 9 Results

What a wacky week of football!! If you play fantasy football, I am guessing your scores were low for your entire league. If you bet on the NFL, I am guessing "the house" took your money. Just look at the all the upsets that took place this week....

Cleveland beat Cincinnati - Opening line Cincy -2

Denver beat Dallas - Opening line Dallas -10

Jacksonville beat Buffalo - Opening line Buffalo -14

Atlanta beat New Orleans - Opening line New Orleans -6

New York Giants beat Las Vegas - Opening line Las Vegas -3

Arizona beat San Francisco - Opening line San Francisco -3

Tennessee beat Los Angeles Rams - Opening line Los Angeles -10

How is someone suppose to make money in a week like this? Let me show you how...

A) Steelers -6.5/Cardinals -3/Rams -2/Chargers -2: Lost $15

Wow.... a Derrick Henry less Titans just made LAC looked like a middle school field hockey team. Stafford thought he was back in Detroit and looked absolutely lost on the field. This was a big bet that was suppose to be a lock once Cardinals pulled off the upset, instead we are standing here pissing away good money on a team that is a legitimate Super Bowl contender.

B) Jets +10.5/Panthers -2/Chargers -2/Steelers -6.5: Lost $10

Doomed from the get go, Indianapolis really took it to the Jets. However, Josh Johnson came in and took advantage of the soft Indianapolis defense and almost scored enough garbage time points to have them cover the spread. Instead, Indianapolis intercepted the ball in the redzone and secured the easy victory. It would not have mattered though, the Panthers have forgotten to play football and their early schedule victories look like they are a thing of the past.

C) Big Bet: Lost $5 

So many things went wrong... did you see the number of big upsets that took place this week? I have a feeling that one of these is going to get hit and you do not want be stuck wishing you have jumped in. It is like I am sitting in a hot tub full of beautiful people and all you have to do is join us, come on in.... the water is fiiiiiiinnneee!

D) Giants -2/Chargers -2/Dolphins ML/Steelers -6: Lost $10

Yes, we technically lost this bet.... but we didn't really. This played out exactly as we had hoped it to play out - we were able to hedge the MNF game, and guarantee ourselves some cheddah. Jump to the bottom to get the exact wrap up on the hedge bet.

E) TNF SGP: Canceled.... returned $20

Soooooo, that happened. Corey Davis did not play in the game, which means that the SGP parlay is void and we are given back our money. Well, heck ya - this is especially good because we happen to miss the Jets score the first touchdown portion of the bet. But hey, we will take that $20 if you are willing to give it back.

F) Round Robin of 1 o'clock games: Lost $18 (Bet $21 but made $3)

I still think this sort of thing is fun every once in a while. However, in a week when the underdogs outshine the favorites - this is not going to go well. You can bet your sweet a$$ this bad boy has not seen his last days on Stacking the Bet. This has a good chance to show up on weeks when we feel confident about multiple picks and we want to protect ourselves in case something tragic goes wrong.

G) M. Ryan over 257 passing/D. Parker over 4 receptions/J. Taylor over 103 rushing+receiving/Steelers -6: Made $20 (Bet $20 and made $40)

This was part fo the Round Robin and Parlay Play. This also played out the exact way that we had hoped it would. We cashed out our parlay portion of this bet... $10 to win $32 and then we hedged the round robin when the first 3 legs hit. The Steelers ended up losing, but we still made an addition $8 on the first 3-leg bet.

If you follow @FFDojoSensei, you will see that we hedged the Pitt/Chi game and locked in some profit - another winning week in the book baby!!

H) Bears +6: Hedged $50 to win $125

This was the final bet we placed.... the hedge bet. We figured that we in line to win $186 dollars in the Steelers won by more than 6 points. There was also a boost out there that gave us increased odds and allowed us to be $50 and win $125. Essentially, this protected our original investment and gave us something to cheer for in the MNF game. Betting can be difficult, but in situations like this - don't throw away guaranteed money!!

Week 9

Bet: $131

Won: $168

Profit: $37

Season: +$207