A missed field goal (and two prior) from being perfect.

Good morning, I hope we all had a good night’s sleep after another Sunday Night Football stinker.

In Brian Daboll’s return to Buffalo, he finally had his star running back but not his quarterback. This game was extremely low-scoring and poorly officiated, and the team we knew would win pulled it out in the end. It seems the NFL can’t risk one of their golden children losing under the bright lights against a New York (New Jersey) team.

Speaking of New York teams, the Jets pulled out the very surprising upset of the Eagles. Zach Wilson still isn’t looking great, or even good for that matter, under center, but the Jets’ defense is finally firing on all cylinders. If they can keep carrying that team through the season, and by some miracle Aaron Rodgers is ready for the postseason (he won’t be; post all the videos you want of you moving and throwing but a torn Achilles is a torn Achilles), this team could be one you don’t want to see in the playoffs.

The Eagles, on the other hand, looked bad. Jalen Hurts threw 3 picks to 3rd-string corners, and an early Lane Johnson injury proved to be a huge problem on offense. Moving the ball gets a bit harder when your right tackle doesn’t get to jump early on every play.

While we’re on the topic of upsets, a missed field goal at the buzzer by kicker Jake Moody (after missing one earlier in the game) sealed a Browns win over the 49ers. The Browns, who had an XFL quarterback under center in P.J. Walker, did just enough on offense against that great San Francisco defense. He held out longer than most people expected but Christian McCaffrey finally got hurt, Brock Purdy looked human, and the Cleveland defense made George Kittle look non-existent. As I said in yesterday’s blog, I was itching to take Browns +10, but chickened out and took the over instead (which pushed, thanks to three missed field goals).

My other two picks on the day hit, with huge division wins for the Vikings and Jaguars. That brings our record to 8-7, +1.1u on the season.

We have what should be a good game tonight against the Cowboys and Chargers, but you know what happened last time Dallas was in prime time. I believe they bounce back this week, but if you want to bet on them (I’m not), make sure to take the ML. Remember, -1.5 is the most dangerous line in sports betting.