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Tornado Emergency Preparedness – What to Do and Who to Call

Avoid being unprepared for the devastation and calamity tornadoes cause when they touch down and roar through your community. Knowing how to prepare and what to expect during and after such a disaster will help get you quickly on your feet.

New Image Roofing Atlanta assembled this comprehensive guide for tornado preparedness, damage mitigation, and recovery.

Tornado Watch Vs. Tornado Warning

When weather conditions are primed for tornado formation, the National Weather Service (NWS) will issue advisories to all communities in that area. Some people still confuse the difference between a watch and a warning. Consider the following explanations:

Tornado Watch – issued by the NWS when weather conditions in an area suggest an increased severe weather risk capable of producing a tornado.

Tornado Warning – The NWS releases a Tornado Warning when a tornado has been observed or detected by weather radar. A warning means you should immediately seek shelter.

Tornado Preparedness

Tornadoes are unpredictable and destructive natural forces that can wreak havoc on homes and communities. Being prepared for these emergencies is crucial to ensuring your loved one’s safety and minimizing potential damages. Here’s how you can stay a step ahead:

Create and Rehearse an Emergency Plan – Develop a detailed emergency plan including a designated safe room or shelter in or near your home. Practice tornado drills with your family to ensure everyone knows what to do and where to go when a tornado warning is issued.

Put Together an Emergency Kit (Evacuation Go-Bag) – Assemble a comprehensive emergency kit containing essentials like water, non-perishable food, first aid supplies, flashlights, batteries, clothes, important documents, and medications. Keep the kit in your designated safe area for easy access during a tornado.

Creating an evacuation go-bag is a crucial step in emergency preparedness. In times of crisis, having a well-equipped bag ready to go can make a significant difference. Here are the essential items for an emergency kit or evacuation go-bag:

1. Identification and Important Documents

Personal identification (ID, passport, driver’s license)

Emergency contact information

Insurance information

Medical records and prescriptions

Copies of important documents (insurance, birth certificates, marriage certificates, deeds)

2. Communication Essentials

Fully charged cell phone and charger

Multiple charged device batteries

Portable power bank

Battery-operated or hand-crank radio

Emergency whistle

3. First Aid Kit

Adhesive bandages and sterile dressings

Antiseptic wipes

Pain relievers (aspirin, ibuprofen)

Prescription medications

Tweezers and scissors

First aid manual

4. Clothing and Personal Items

2 or 3 changes of clothes (including undergarments and socks)

Sturdy shoes or boots

Hat and gloves

Rain poncho or jacket

Personal hygiene necessities (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, feminine hygiene products)

Bath and hand towels

5. Shelter and Bedding

Lightweight, compact emergency shelter (tent or tarp)

Sleeping bag or blanket

Travel pillows

Space-saving emergency blankets or wraps

6. Nutrition and Hydration

Non-perishable, easy-to-open food items (granola bars, energy bars, canned goods)

Bottled water or water purification tablets

Compact water filter or purification system

Lightweight mess kit or reusable utensils

Note: Some companies like Ready Hour, Augason Farms, and My Patriot Supply produce shelf-stable meals and snacks packaged for long-term storage (similar to MREs issued to troops by the military).

7. Tools and Multi-Function Items

Multipurpose tool or knife (Swiss Army knife)

Duct tape

Ropes or paracord

LED flashlights with extra batteries

Glow sticks

8. Navigation and Maps

Local maps

Compass

GPS device (Device service may be interrupted if not satellite-enabled)

Whistle with a compass and thermometer

9. Cash and Important Cards

Cash (including coins)

Credit/debit cards

Prepaid phone card

Note: Convenience stores, supermarkets, gas stations, and restaurants depend on power and connectivity to process credit or debit card payments.

10. Personal Comfort Items

Notepad, post-its, and pen

Entertainment items (book, playing cards)

Comfort items for children (stuffed animals, toys, games)

11. Miscellaneous Items

Face masks

Emergency contact information for friends and family members

Compact umbrella

Personal protection items (gloves, long-sleeve shirts, masks, etc.)

Sanitation and waste disposal supplies (toilet paper, paper towels, trash bags, wet wipes, soap, etc.)

12. Special Needs Items

Baby formula and diapers (if applicable)

Specialized medical equipment or supplies

Pet essentials (if evacuating with pets)

Customize your go-bag based on your and your family’s specific needs. Periodically review and update the contents to ensure everything is in good condition and that it meets your current needs. Consider the climate and potential hazards in your region when assembling items for your evacuation go-bag.

Stay Informed – Stay updated on weather forecasts and tornado warnings. Invest in a NOAA weather radio for real-time alerts. Additionally, download weather apps (The Weather Channel) on your smartphone to receive notifications and updates.

Read more about NOAA weather radios and programming at weather.gov/mob/nwr

Fortify Your Home – Consider reinforcing your home by installing storm shutters, impact-resistant windows, and a reinforced roof. These measures can help minimize damage caused by strong winds and flying debris.

Tornado Damages – Roof and Home

Tornadoes impact varied locations across the country every year, bringing tremendous winds and destruction (from minor cosmetic damages to catastrophic structural failures) in their paths. Although tornadoes are most common in the Central Plains, the Midwest, and the Southeast, they have been reported in all 50 states. Consider the following hazards:

Wind Damage – Tornadoes generate powerful winds capable of causing extensive roof, gutter, siding, and window damage. Check for loose or missing shingles, damaged gutters and siding, and broken windows after a tornado has passed.

Tip: Have your roofing system thoroughly inspected by a professional roofer and repaired or reinforced before a storm system ravages your community.

Flying Debris – Tornadoes can lift and hurl debris at high speeds, leading to significant structural damage. Inspect your property for signs of impact, like dents or punctures in the roof, siding, and windows.

Note: Keep all lawn furniture and decorations safely stored when not in use and move potted plants indoors when the weather looks ominous.

Tip: Have trees annually inspected and pruned to keep them healthy and sturdy.

Water Damage – Tornadoes are often accompanied by hail and significant rainfall. Inspect your home for water leaks and damage to ceilings, walls, and floors. Promptly address any water-related issues to prevent mold and further deterioration.

Structural Damage – Tornadoes can compromise a home’s structural integrity. Look for leaning walls, sagging ceilings, or any potential foundation issues. Structural damages should be addressed promptly to avoid costly problems.

Emergency Services (Post Tornado)

After experiencing a tornado’s immense power and destruction, you may experience a sense of helplessness. The following services will help you get your bearings:

Emergency Response Teams – After a tornado, local emergency response teams and agencies will be on the scene to provide immediate assistance. Follow their instructions and seek shelter in designated areas.

Medical Assistance – In a tornado’s aftermath, medical assistance may be required. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will be deployed and on hand to provide aid and attend to any injuries promptly.

Utility Restoration – Contact utility companies to report gas leaks, electrical issues, or water supply disruptions. Strictly avoid using damaged utilities until they have been inspected and deemed safe by professionals.

Community Support – Local community centers, churches, and shelters may provide assistance, including food, water, clothing, transportation, and temporary housing. Stay informed about available resources and support services in your area.

Having a list of important emergency numbers readily available is crucial during a natural disaster or any emergency situation. Ensure that all family members are aware of the following numbers, and consider keeping a printed copy in your emergency kit. Here’s a list of key emergency numbers:

Emergency Services – 911 – This universal emergency number can be dialed for immediate assistance from police, fire, medical, and other emergency services.

Local Emergency Management Agency – Find the contact information for your local emergency management agency, which is responsible for coordinating disaster response and recovery efforts in your area.

Non-Emergency Police Line – In situations that require police assistance but are not immediate emergencies, having the non-emergency police line for your local law enforcement agency is crucial.

Fire Department – Save the direct number to your local fire department for non-emergencies or for information about fire safety and prevention.

Hospital and Medical Facilities – Keep the contact information for the nearest hospital and medical facilities in case of injuries or medical emergencies.

Poison Control Center – 800-222-1222 (United States)

Reporting Utility Disruptions

Know how to reach your utility providers to report gas leaks, power outages, or water-related emergencies.

Gas Emergency (gas company)

Power Outage (electric company)

Water Emergency (water utility)

Tip: Refer to your monthly service statements or contact your property management company to discover and record these numbers.

Local Weather Information

Tune in to local weather channels or radio stations for up-to-date information on weather conditions and alerts.

Tip: Download a weather app on your mobile device for notifications and alerts.

National Weather Service (NWS)

The NWS provides nationwide weather alerts and forecasts. Be aware of their local contact number for relevant information.

Animal Control – Humane Society

If you have pets or encounter animals in distress, having the number for animal control services is crucial.

The Humane Society of the United States – 866-720-2676

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross is a valuable resource during disasters, providing shelter, assistance, and support. Know how to contact your local Red Cross chapter.

American Red Cross Main Phone Number – 800-733-2767

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

FEMA provides assistance and resources during major disasters. Familiarize yourself with their contact information for guidance and support.

FEMA Helpline – 800-621-3362 (TTY – 800-462-7585) (United States)

Tip: Download and use the FEMA mobile app.

Other Essential Emergency Contacts

Consider researching and documenting the following agencies and providers for your records and future reference:

1. Local Government Offices – Save the numbers for your local government offices, including city hall and county offices, for additional information and assistance.

2. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) – CERT teams are trained community volunteers who assist emergency services during disasters. Know how to contact your local CERT for additional support. Search for a local program or register your group at community.fema.gov/PreparednessCommunity/s/welcome-to-cert?language=en_US

3. Insurance Providers – Keep an updated list of contact numbers for your insurance providers, including:

Homeowners

Renters

Auto

Note: Major insurance providers will typically deploy emergency response teams to communities suffering significant damages from severe storms.

4. Family and Friends – Keep a printed list of contact numbers for family members and close friends who may not be living with you. Formulate a communication plan in case of separation during an emergency.

5. Neighbors and Local Support – Establish a community network and know the contact information for neighbors or local community groups that can provide support during emergencies.

Note: Local emergency numbers and services may vary. Always follow local guidelines and stay informed about the specific emergency numbers relevant to your region.

How to Get Your Home and Roof Repaired

After a severe weather event, it is crucial to act quickly to assess damages, file claims, and have repairs or replacements made (claims are expedited first-come-first-served). Consider the following:

1. Document Damages – Take photographs and videos of all tornado-related damages to your home, both interior and exterior. This documentation will be crucial when filing insurance claims and working with contractors.

Tip: Schedule free home and roof inspections and evaluations to obtain professional reports on your home’s sustained damages. Schedule your roof inspection now. Visit newimageroofingatlanta.com/roofing-services/roof-maintenance/roof-inspections

2. Contact Your Insurance Provider – Notify your insurance company as soon as possible after the tornado. Provide them with a detailed description of the damages and the documentation you have collected. Begin the claims process promptly.

3. Choose Reputable Contractors – Choose experienced and reputable contractors for repairs. Request and Obtain multiple quotes, check references, and verify credentials before making any decision. Ensure the contractors are licensed, bonded, and insured.

4. Coordinate with Insurance Adjuster – Work closely with your insurance adjuster and contractors during the inspection process. Ensure that all damages are thoroughly assessed and included in the insurance claim.

5. Timely Repairs – Once your insurance claim is approved, schedule repairs promptly. Address structural issues, roof damage, water and mold remediation, and any other necessary repairs or services to restore your home to its pre-tornado condition.

Tornado Emergencies

In this article, you discovered crucial information about tornado preparedness, roof and home damages caused by tornadoes, emergency services available post-tornado, and steps to getting your home, roof, and life put back together.

Taking time to assemble the things and plans you need during a natural disaster minimizes the chaos experienced after such events.

Failure to prepare for an eventual tornado or severe weather event will leave you physically, emotionally, and financially vulnerable in the catastrophic aftermath.

Sources: www.weather.gov ready.gov/tornadoes cdc.gov/disasters/tornadoes/prepared.html redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/tornado.html humanesociety.org/contact-us

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Drabble: The Bet 2020

I never post stories this late... but here we are. The Patriots and Seahawks game ended about 20 minutes ago now... in a shocking fashion. I sat on my couch just staring in disbelief for like two minutes straight.

Anyway... here is the Chris and Ellie drabble I hinted that I was writing earlier tonight. It ended up being centered on Scott more than Chris and Ellie, but I’m not mad about that. 

But here we go, here’s the drabble.

Title: The Bet 2020

Pairing: Chris Evans x OFC Ellie Spencer-Evans

Rating: PG-13

Warning: Language

Disclaimer: This work of fiction is not to be reposted, used or translated without my permission. 

September 20, 2020

Scott watched Chris and Ellie as they worked side by side in the kitchen while he supplied Tommy with cheerios.

As usual on a Sunday morning, Chris was rocking a Patriots shirt and Ellie was wearing a Seahawks shirt. However, neither of them had mentioned the fact that the two teams were playing each other.

If it had been any other couple with a newborn at home, Scott would believe that they didn't know that their teams were playing each other. But it was Chris and Ellie. He knew they knew and he knew they had a bet.

"Should be an interesting game tonight," he said, conversationally.

"Should be," Chris agreed.

"Especially now that the Patriots have a quarterback that can actually run," Ellie muttered under her breath.

With the kitchen island between them, Scott could only imagine what his brother did that made his wife jump and squeal before she whipped around to glare at him.

"Moe! Moe!" Tommy said from beside him, pounding his little fists on the highchair tray.

Turning towards his nephew, Scott saw that the tray was empty. He poured some more cereal out for his nephew and smiled.

"Tankoo," Tommy said before grabbing a fist full of cheerios.

Turning back to Chris and Ellie, he rolled his eyes when they saw them being flirty. Clearly, Ellie had forgiven him for whatever he had done.

"Innocent eyes in the room," he called out.

"Not the worst he's been in the room for," Chris replied with an unapologetic shrug. "Or were you talking about yourself."

Reaching over, Scott put a hand in front of Tommy's face while he used his other hand to flip his brother off.

"Behave," Ellie said, grabbing Chris's hand to keep him from returning the gesture. Then she leveled a look at Scott. "You, too."

Scott smiled innocently in response, making her roll her eyes.

"I'm on to you," she told him. "Both of you."

"That's what you think," Chris said as he wrapped his arms around her from behind. "But we're really good actors."

Ellie scoffed but didn't try to free herself. Instead, she leaned back against him and rolled her eyes for only Scott to see.

Deciding to not beat around the bush anymore, Scott asked, "So what's the bet this time?"

"Bet?" Ellie asked in an almost believable surprised tone. "What bet?"

"Ullbay itshay," Scott responded, saying 'bull shit' in pig latin to get around the no cursing around the babies rule.

Chris snorted and gave him a small thumbs up at his creativity.

Ellie, on the other hand, put a hand to her chest in mock offense. "Are you suggesting that we, two adults, can not see our two teams play without betting on the outcome?" she asked.

"That's exactly what I'm saying," Scott replied. "Because they've played each other twice since we've known you and you betted on both of those games. Not to mention that the two of you betted on which team was going to go farther the first year we knew you."

"And it's 2 to 1, baby," Ellie said, giving a little dance that had Chris grabbing her waist to hold her still to keep things rated PG. "On the way to 3 to 1."

"Uh, no, it's going to be 2 and 2 after today," Chris argued.

"So what is the bet?" Scott asked again.

"Oh, it's nothing big," Ellie replied with a shrug. "Kind of boring, actually."

"I don't know if I would go that far," Chris said with raised eyebrows. "Sometimes, it is. Big, that is."

"If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, I don't want to know anymore," Scott replied.

"Diapers, we're talking about dirty diapers," Ellie told him. "Specifically, poopy diapers. Get your mind out of the gutter, Scott."

Scott glared at Chris for setting him up.

Chris just grinned and gave a small shrug.

"The loser has to change all the poopy diapers for a week," Ellie explained. "I'm looking forward to handing the boys over and not having to deal with any surprise blow outs."

"Imagine all you want, cause it's not happening," Chris stated. "The Patriots are going to whoop the Seahawks."

"Speaking of poopy diapers," Scott said as a smell reached his nose. "I think we have one."

"I'll take care of it," Chris said with a sigh. Walking around the island, he came over to the table. "Let's go change your butt, little guy." He freed Tommy from the highchair and then carried him out of the room.

"So is the bet really just about changing dirty diapers?" Scott asked Ellie as he carried the highchair tray over to dump the leftover cheerios.

"We're keeping it simple this time around," Ellie replied with a shrug. "Your brother is just afraid he'll lose again."

"No I'm not," Chris called from the next room over.

Scott met Ellie's eyes and she mouthed, "yes he is."

"I heard that," Chris called again.

Ellie rolled her eyes and then groaned as Marcus's cries came through the baby monitor.

"My turn," she said.

-----

Hours later, they were all in the family room watching the end of the Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs game. Ellie had been thrilled when she saw that Justin Herbert, a rookie quarterback from Oregon, started the game for the Chargers. The Chargers had lost in overtime, but it had been an exciting game.

Ellie and Marcus were cuddled in the corner of the sectional couch, Dodger curled up next to them. While Chris and Tommy were on the floor playing with wood puzzles.

"Unca Soot pay," Tommy said, looking up at Scott with a face that Scott couldn't say no to.

Putting his beer on the coffee table, Scott sank down on the floor with him and helped him with a puzzle.

When the game started, Scott moved back up onto the couch with Ellie while Chris stayed on the floor with Tommy. After an exciting pick six by the Patriots to start the game, the Seahawks were able to score their own touchdown. By half time, it was all tied up at 14, with both teams scoring again.

With Chris and Ellie putting the boys to bed during half time, Scott put together the finishing touches on the crockpot dinner he and Ellie had put together earlier in the day.

By the time they came back downstairs, dinner was ready and they carried their food into the family room just in time for the second half of the game to start.

The third quarter saw the Seahawks pull ahead, but the Patriots didn't give up. As the final minutes of the game ticked down, Chris, Ellie and Scott were on the edge of their seats waiting to see how it would all play out.

The Patriots marched down the field and with two second left tried to score the winning touchdown from three yards out.

And failed.

Scott groaned and Chris collapsed back against the couch cushions in complete agony.

Ellie said nothing as she ran her fingers over Chris's short hair. Even she was shocked by the outcome of the game, especially the way it had ended.

"It was a good and exciting game," she finally said after a few minutes. "Right until the last second." Chris and Scott groaned. "Too soon?"

Chris tilted his head and shot her a look that told her he wasn't amused.

"Aw, it's ok, babe," Ellie said, the joy of winning flooding her veins. "I still love you, even if you cheer for shitty teams."

A squeal was the next thing that escaped her lips when Chris lunged for her.

Shaking his head, Scott grabbed the dishes and carried them into the kitchen. At the end of the day, he knew that regardless of whose team had one, they both would have changed poopy diapers. They'd been a team when it had just been them and Tommy and they seemed to have it all together with the addition of Marcus, too.

As he started to clean up the dinner dishes, Chris and Ellie came into the room carrying the rest. He rinsed and loaded the dishes while Chris put away the leftovers and Ellie wiped down the table.

"Do you want me to start the dishwasher?" Scott asked them.

"Sure, that would be great," Ellie replied with a smile.

Opening the doors to the cabinet below the sink, Scott missed the mischievous look that passed between the couple. But he did see the neon yellow sticky note taped to the bottle of the dishwashing detergent that said "use this one in the dishwasher".

"Fuck you both," he said as they both started cracking up. He'd known they'd bring up his dish soap in the dishwasher situation eventually. "Seriously, fuck you."

"We love you," Ellie said with a giggle. "And go Seahawks!" She blew him a kiss and then ran for the stairs.

Chris rolled his eyes, but smiled at Scott. "Happy early birthday, see you in the morning," he said before following his wife upstairs.

Scott shook his head as he put the soap in the dishwasher and then started it. Grabbing the key for his cabin, he turned off the kitchen lights and then made his way out to the one bedroom cabin he was staying in. With his mom back home, he could have moved into the house with them, but he liked having his own space and the small cabin afforded him that. He had a bathroom and a kitchenette and it was all he needed.

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2019 & 2010s Best/Worst

Because I like lists and cataloguing the dumb shit I cared about. As my brother once said after seeing and reviewing NOW YOU SEE ME on a lazy Sunday, ‘Some would say it was a waste of time, others might say it was a colossal waste of time.’     

I’ll admit, it’s a bit over-the-top. Particularly including the Pats, but yeah, in the Tom Brady era that started when I was 14 as a Freshman in high school to 33 years old now and wrapping up soon-ish (?), there’s not a chance in hell I’ll care as intimately about this shit. I grew up with it at just the right time.

2019 MOVIES  TOP TIER 1) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2) Uncut Gems 2nd TIER 3) Knives Out 4) Parasite 5) Little Women 6) Midsommer 3rd TIER 7) John Wick III 8) Ready or Not 9) Marriage Story 10) Joker 11) Irishman 12) Shazam! 13) Us UNDERRATED Ready or Not TOO LONG John Wick III; Irishman SOLID El Camino GOOD BAD 6 Underground OK 21 Bridges; Avengers: Endgame; Dolemite is my Name; Dragged Across Concrete; Fighting With My Family; Hustlers; Knock Down the House; Longshot; the Report; Two Popes MEH Always Be My Maybe; Death of Dick Long; High Flying Bird; Spiderman: Far From Home; Standoff at Sparrow Creek DISAPPOINTING Hobbs & Shaw; Toy Story 4; Triple Frontier SUCK Laundromat; Under the Silver Lake OVERRATED Ad Astra; Booksmart; the Farewell FUNNIEST SCENE Dicaprio flipping out in movie trailer BEST CLIMAX/ENDING Once Upon a Time; Uncut Gems HAVEN’T SEEN 1917; Apollo 11; Beach Bum; Dark Waters; Ford vs Ferrari; Honey Boy; Jojo Rabbit; the Lighthouse; Star Wars 2019 TV  TOP TIER 1) Succession 2) Fleabag 3) Watchmen 2nd TIER 4) When They See Us 5) Barry 6) Unbelievable 7) Chernobyl 8) Sex Education DAMN GOOD Big Mouth; the Boys; Brockmire; Derry Girls; Euphoria; Loudest Voice; Mindhunter; Pen15; Righteous Gemstones; Veep WATCHABLE Atypical; Bosch; Dark; Goliath; Karate Kid; Kominsky Method; Mandalorian; Mr Robot; Mrs Fletcher; Russian Doll; Warrior HIGH/LOW I Think You Should Leave SHIT END FOR ALL-TIME GREAT Game of Thrones HALF-WATCH Living With Yourself; Raising Dion; the Society NOT UP TO STANDARD Stranger Things; GLOW; Killing Eve; True Detective BAD Luther; Shameless; Silicon Valley; SNL SUCK 13 Reasons Why; Big Little Lies; the Witcher FUNNIEST Desus & Mero DOCS 1) Fyre: both  2) Ted Bundy Tapes 3) American Factory 4) Leaving Neverland STAND-UP SPECIALS 1) Burr 2) Chappelle 3) Jeselnik 4) Birbiglia 5) Gulman BEHIND ON SHOWS I DIG Brooklyn 99; Catastrophe; Corporate; Expanse; Good Place; It’s Always Sunny; Letterkenny 2010s TV  DRAMA 1) Breaking Bad 2) Game of Thrones 3) Justified 4) Mad Men 5) Hannibal 6) Banshee ANTHOLOGY/LIMITED SERIES 1) Fargo SII 2) True Detective SI 3) When They See Us 4) People Vs OJ Simpson 5) Chernobyl 6) Show Me a Hero 7) the Night Of 8) Honorable Woman COMEDY 1) Atlanta 2) Fleabag 3) Veep 4) Big Mouth 5) Parks & Rec 6) Rick & Morty 7) Nathan for You 8) Review 9) American Vandal HIT/MISS Black Mirror OVERRATED Boardwalk Empire; House of Cards; Peaky Blinders; Westworld UNDERRATED Banshee; Brockmire; Hannibal FUN HATE-WATCH Newsroom DOWNHILL Homeland; How I Met Your Mother; Legion; Sons of Anarchy HATED Girls; Leftovers; Rectify UNWATCHABLE Twin Peaks BEST ENDINGS Breaking Bad; Justified; Fleabag; Parks & Rec DUMBEST ENDING Dexter; Sons of Anarchy LATE NIGHT Desus & Mero POLITICAL John Oliver 2010s MOVIES 2010 Social Network Animal Kingdom; the Fighter; Four Lions; Inside Job; Jackass 3; MacGruber; Shutter Island; Toy Story 3; True Grit; Winter’s Bone 2011 the Raid Descendents; Drive; Fast Five; the Guard; Mission Impossible 4; Take This Waltz; Warrior 2012 Magic Mike 21 Jump Street; Argo; Cabin in the Woods; Chronicle; Django Unchained; Goon; Looper; Queen of Versailles; Silver Linings Playbook; Skyfall 2013 Wolf of Wall Street Before Midnight; the Conjuring; Gravity; Her; Inside Llewyn Davis; Prisoners; Short-Term 12 2014 John Wick the Drop; Edge of Tomorrow; Gone Girl; the Guest; Lego Movie; Nightcrawler; the Raid 2; Whiplash 2015 Mad Max 7 Days in Hell; Big Short; Brooklyn; Creed; Ex Machina; Fast 7; It Follows; Logan; Magic Mike XXL; the Martian; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl; Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation; Sicario 2016 the Nice Guys Deadpool; Edge of Seventeen; Everybody Wants Some!; Green Room; La La Land; Manchester By the Sea; Moonlight; OJ: Made in America; Popstar; Sing Street; Weiner 2017 Get Out Blade Runner 2049; Coco; Dunkirk; Lady Bird; Logan; Thor Ragnorak; Tour de Pharmacy 2018 Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse BlacKKKlansman; Den of Thieves; Hereditary; If Beale Street Could Talk; Minding the Gap; Sorry to Bother You

THE BEST Mad Max BEST DOC OJ: Made in America FUNNIEST DOC Tickled UNDERRATED DOC Weiner HORROR Hereditary FAVORITE/FUNNIEST PERFORMANCE Ryan Gosling (Nice Guys) DESERVED 5 SEQUELS the Nice Guys SUPERHERO Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse WAR Dunkirk BEST FIGHT SCENES the Raid UNDERRATED any Lonely Island project NICE TRY Dark Knight Rises; Inception; Interstellar; Widows STAND-UP 2010s FAVORITE Bill Burr NEXT BEST Ali Wong; Anthony Jeselnik; Kyle Kinane; Bert Kreischer; Marc Maron; John Mulaney; Patton Oswalt; Rory Scovel; Tom Segura COMEBACK Chappelle DOWNFALL Louis CK DIED BEFORE PRIME Patrice O’Neal, Greg Giraldo UNDERRATED Joe Derosa MUST-SEE LIVE Robert Kelly  PODCASTS 2010s  BEST/FUNNIEST/UNDERRATED Walking the Room RUNNER-UP 600 Dollar Podcast ONE-MAN RANT Bill Burr Monday Morning Podcast SPORTS Pardon My Take RIFFING Bodega Boys HISTORY/COMEDY Dollop HISTORY DEEP DIVE Hardcore History MOVIES Rewatchables HATE-WATCH CRITICISM West Wing Thing POP CULTURE/FILM Frotcast MIXED Revisionist History GOOD/BAD Joe Rogan: GOOD: propping up comic friends; BAD: useful idiot for propping up bad faith fascists who should be put out to pasture INTERNET CURIOSITY Reply All LEFTIST POLITICS Chapo Trap House TRUE CRIME In the Dark ADVICE Don’t Take Bullshit From Fuckers LAME Pod Save America OVERRATED Missing Richard Simmons DIDN’T LIKE S-Town SERIAL Season 3>Season 1 TRUMP Trump, Inc SPORTS SCHAUDENFREUDE Fuck the Chargers OKAY Bill Simmons WTF WITH MARON good when he talks to comics MURDER My Favorite Murder OTHER GOOD ONES Hound Tall; Press Box

2010s MUSIC  FAVORITE anything Brian Fallon ROCK BAND Menzingers SONG Robyn-‘Dancing On My Own’ POP-PUNK BAND Wonder Years LIVE ALBUM Horrible Crowes-‘Elsie’ HEAVY BAND Every Time I Die ELECTRONIC Chvrches SOLO Rihanna COVER ALBUM Dustin Kensrue-‘Thoughts on a Different Blood’ GO-TO AT GYM Story So Far OFF THE INEVITABLE & IRRECOVERABLE DEEP END Kanye KIND OF LIKE THE MUSIC/HATE THE PERSON: LIKE KANYE Taylor Swift, Bieber THOUGHT I’D HATE BUT DOES NOT SUCK Lana Del Rey; Post Malone OTHER FAVES 1975; Arctic Monkeys; Beach Slang; Black Keys; Bon Iver; Carly Rae Jepsen; the National; Thrice MIXED Chance the Rapper; Kendrick Lamar I’ll be honest I spent far more time listening to podcasts nearly all the time and just listened to mostly the same couple of things I liked. 2010s PATRIOTS  2010s BEST GAMES 1) Seahawks Super Bowl 2) Falcons Super Bowl 3) Ravens 2015 Divisional 4) Chiefs 2019 AFCCG UNDERRATED CLASSIC Ravens 2015 Divisional BRADY/GRONK GO DOWN LIKE CHAMPS 1) 2018 Eagles Super Bowl 2) Broncos 2015 AFCCG: Brady’ offensive line was a sieve EITHER WAY Giants Super Bowl: game changed when Brady’s shoulder got fucked up by Tuck FAVORITE PLAYER TB12 MOST FUN/DOMINANT Gronk HEART OF TEAM Edelman BELOVED Wilfork ROCK SOLID 1) Hightower 2) McCourty 3) James White 1st BALLOT HALL OF FAMERS 1) Brady 2) Gronk 3) Revis LATER BALLOT 1) Edelman 2) Scarnecchia 3) Welker 4) Wilfork 5) Slater MAKING AN ARGUMENT Gilmore PATS HALL ONLY 1) McCourty 2) Hightower 3) Mankins 4) White 5) Gostkowski 6) Mayo 7) Chung UNDERRATED/GOOD VALUE 1) Amendola 2) Vollmer 3) Ninkovich 4) Chung 5) Woodhead DESERVED BETTER Welker UNSUNG Slater OVERRATED 1) Solder 2) Brandin Cooks NO-SHOWS Dolphins (Dec ’19); Jets Divisional (Jan ‘11) BEST REGULAR SEASON WINS 1) 2013 Broncos 2) 2017 Steelers 3) 2013 Saints BEST REGULAR SEASON LOSSES 1) 2012 49ers 2) 2016 Seahawks 3) 2014 Packers 4) 2015 Broncos LOL Miami Miracle: saved by winning Super Bowl LEAST TALENTED TEAM 1) 2013 by a mile 2) 2010 3) 2011 4) 2018 BEST TEAM 1) 2014  2) 2016 BEST PLAYS (NON-GRONK) 1) Butler INT Seahawks 2) Edelman TD pass vs Ravens 3) Buttfumble Jets 4) Edelman catch vs Falcons 5) Walk-off TD vs Falcons 6) Dan Connolly kick return 7) Brady TD pass to LaFell 2015 Divisional POUNDED TABLE TO DRAFT 1) Lamar Jackson 2) Kittle 3) AJ Brown 4) Honey Badger 5) Stefon Diggs WANTED BUT OUT OF REACH 1) Aaron Donald 2) Quenton Nelson 3) Derwin James 4) Hopkins 5) TJ Watt 6) Saquon 7) Keenan Allen 8) McCaffrey 9) Gurley WOULD’VE WON IT ALL IF NOT FOR INJURIES 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017. That’s football HEALTHIEST SEASON 2018 ROPE-A-DOPED/GOT BY ON VETERAN GUILE 2018: Belichick’s best coaching FAVORITE PICKS AT THE TIME OF GUYS I WANTED 1) Gronk 2) Hightower/Chandler Jones 3) Shaq Mason MOVES I HATED THAT I WAS WRONG ABOUT 1) Stephon Gilmore 2) trading Jamie Collins MOST IMPROVED Marcus Cannon BEST FIND Kyle Van Noy MOVE I LOVED getting Blount back the 2nd time IF BUTLER WASN’T BENCHED, DO THEY BEAT THE EAGLES? Yes 100%. If only because, if nothing else, he can tackle BUTLER’s INT KILLED THE ‘LEGION OF BOOM’ SEAHAWKS WOULD-BE DYNASTY Yes DRAFT REACH THAT MADE NO SENSE Jordan Richards: Tavon Wilson 2.0 BAD DRAFT MOVES 1) Dominique Easley 2) Cyrus Jones 3) Dobson 4) Mallett DIRTY SECRET Belichick sucks at drafting in 2nd round WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD IF HE STAYED HEALTHY Malcolm Mitchell HATE TO SEE WALK BUT COULDN’T AFFORD 1) Trey Flowers 2) Chandler Jones 3) Jimmy G 4) Talib 5) Akiem Hicks DEFLATEGATE fraud/power trip job by Goodell/owners BRADY OR BELICHICK MORE VALUABLE Brady 100% DISAPPOINTING/GAMBLES 1) Ochocinco 2) Michael Bennett: got him 2 years too late 3) Fanene signing 4) Haynesworth BEST SHORT-TERM 1) Martellus Bennett 2) Chris Long 3) Revis 4) Brian Waters SUSPECT CHARACTERS/EDGY PERSONALITY MACHINES Brandon Spikes; Brandon Browner…SERIAL KILLER Aaron Hernandez PERSONALITY DISORDER DISASTER Antonio Brown: bad signing/unexpected HOW THE FUCK DID WE LOSE TO THAT GUY? Eli Manning/Nick Foles LIFESAVER Scarnecchia MCDANIELS Frustrating—but continuity matters REFS FUCKED OVER Gronk  MISCELANNEOUS 2010s GOOD/ENJOY Bernie Sanders/AOC: people who actually want to get good done that’s long overdue…Lebron James; Stephen Curry; Kawhi; Zion Williamson; Luka Doncic...Lamar Jackson; Pat Mahomes; JJ Watt; Marshawn Lynch…Coach Ed Orgeron...David Ortiz…2011 Bruins…memes…Don Winslow crime novels…David Roth writing on Trump…David Grann non-fiction…’Book of Mormon’ DID NOT ENJOY Kyrie Irving…Deflategate…LeBron on the Heat…Bobby Valentine DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LIKE ‘Between the World and Me’…Elon Musk…Lin Manuel-Miranda/’Hamilton’ INDEFENSIBLY AND INFURIATINGLY BAD THE MORE YOU LOOK AT IT Facebook…Obama Presidency/Democratic Party Leadership EVERYDAY DISASTER Media: CNN; Fox; MSNBC; NY Times Op-Ed…Trump/Republicans: Trump presidency was basically 2010s 9/11 for inevitable disastrous fallout & consequences my generation will never recover from…Grifters Trojan horsing way in shamelessly (Trump administration; Ben Shapiro; Alex Jones; Milo; Jordan Peterson, Tomi Lahren, etc.) and no repercussions...Republican Party basically one goal: to troll libs even with shitty ideas that suck FAVORITES WHO DIED Bourdain; Elmore Leonard; Garry Shandling; Muhammad Ali; Robin Williams; Tom Petty BEST TALENT CUT SHORT Philip Seymour Hoffman SHITTIEST PEOPLE WHO DIED Antonin Scalia; George HW Bush; John McCain; Osama; Steve Jobs; Whitey Bulger I FORGOT THAT SHIT HAPPENED Charlie Sheen loses it JEFFREY EPSTEIN did not kill himself WHAT DEFINES 2010s Amazon/Bezos…Climate Change/Gun Violence inaction…Journalism being taken over by Bane Capital-esque vultures/local places dying...one-sided Class War by the uber-rich…#MeToo…Netflix…Opioids…Outrage/Cancel culture…Police Injustice…Silicon Valley…Social Media…Superhero shit…Your mom

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Denver Broncos Game 15

Hawk Valley

Quick Review

The Broncos failed to score in the first quarter and fell to the Chiefs 3-23.

That was the last road game of the season for the Broncos. Their road record for 2019 stands at 2-6. Flacco won 25% of his road games, Allen won none, Lock won 50% of them.

The Game Stats

Denver

Time of Possession

26:27

Passing Attempts

40

Passing Yards

208

Rushes

15

Yards

52

Kansas City

Time of Possession

33:33

Passing Attempts

34

Passing Yards

340

Rushes

25

Yards

92

The Running Game

*AYPC is average yards per carry

PlayerCarriesAYPCLongTD(s) Fumble(s) Lindsay751300 Freeman52800 Booker22500 Lock22300

The Passing Attack

*he was targeted once

**he was targeted twice

PlayerReceptions%LongTD(s)Fumble(s) Freeman4100%500 Sutton440%3300 Patrick343%1200 Beck267%1000 Fant267%4300 Hamilton222%900 Fumagalli1100%700 Heuerman*00%000 Lindsay**00%000

The Quarterbacks

Lock

Passing

compypaTD(s)INT(s)LongRating 45%5014351

Rushing

AttYardsLongTD(s) 2330

Sacked

TimesYards LostFumble(s) 290

Mahomes

Passing

compypaTD(s)INT(s)LongRating 79%102141116

Rushing

AttYardsLongTD(s) 31170

Sacked

Time(s)Yard(s) LostFumble(s) 3130

The 2019 Bronco quarterbacks

PlayerWinning PercentagePPGPPAGames Played Flacco25%16198 Allen33%17223 Lock67%21223

As expected, Drew Lock iced up against a good team in the snow. That one game dropped the his offensive average by a whole 10 points. The Broncos offense under Lock sunk 14 spots in the rankings… which is more consistent with the 2019 Denver Broncos. Ouch!

After 8 games with Flacco, the Bronco's offense ranked 28th. After Allen's 3 games the offense jumped up two spots to 26th best. Then Lock came along and he raised the offensive ranking into the top 10. Andy Reid from Kansas City didn't like that, so he shut down the Bronco's offense. After the game he smiled as he watched Denver's ranking exit the top ten and plummet all the way down to 22nd place.

The quarterbacks records vs the competition (through 14 games) Player% Vs Div% Vs Conference% vs NFC Flacco33%33%0 AllenDNP50%0 Lock50%100%DNP

During the Week

After the game Von Miller questioned the ability of the Denver Broncos to field a good team during the remainder of his football career. Local media had fun with this.

A few people claim that Andy Reid talked to Justin Simmons after the game. If so it just highlights the fact that Kansas City has a plan and a direction while the Broncos keep hoping for the best.

Von Miller was elected to the Pro Bowl later in the week. This is probably embarrassing for him, since he’s having one of his worst seasons ever, but getting voted into the pro bowl comes with financial bonuses, so there’s that. Local media asked the question, ‘should fans be allowed to vote for the pro bowl?’. Von’s a pro bowler this season in the same way that Joe Flacco is an elite quarterback and Eli Manning is a super bowl MVP.

On Friday, the Broncos announced they had been hit by the flu bug.

Sunday’s teams ranked by stats

Broncos (5-9)

Points: 30th

Yards: 27th

Passing yards: 30th

Rushing yards: 18th

Passing TDs: 14

Rushing TDs: 9

Field Goals: 24

Interception return(s) for TD: 0

Safety(ties): 0

Punt Return(s) for TD(s): 0

Kickoff Return(s) for TD(s): 0

Fumble Return(s) for TD(s): 1

Net Turnovers: +1

Streak: Lost 1

Lions (3-10-1)

Points: 18th

Yards: 13th

Passing Yards: 8th

Rushing Yards: 21st

Passing TDs: 26

Rushing TDs: 6

Field Goals: 23

Interception return(s) for TD: 0

Safety(ies): 0

Punt Returns for TD(s): 0

Kickoff Return(s) for TD(s): 1

Fumble Return(s) for TD(s): 1

Net Turnovers: -5

Streak: Lost 7

Outlook

On paper, the Detroit Lions look a lot better than their record. I’m guessing their offense tanked after they lost their starting quarterback. I don’t hear much about the Lions, so I don’t know. I do know they acquired former Bronco Kyle Sloter at the end of November so, I hope he plays in the game.

The Broncos are treating this game like it’s a guaranteed victory for them, but fans that are paying attention to this season will tell you, Vic Fangio has yet to win a game against his former division, the NFC north.

Maybe Vic can get victory number one against his former division on Sunday… the Broncos are 3-3 at home.

There are two remaining games this season, both are at home.

The AFC West

TeamWinning %NetGames Remaining Kansas City100%+1001 Oakland50%-392 Denver40%-421 Los Angeles0%-192

Here's a look at the race for the top draft pick.

Sub par NFL teams

TeamWinning PercentageNet Points Dallas Cowboys50%+90 Tampa Bay Buccaneers50%+18 Chicago Bears50%+3 Indianapolis Colts43%-27 Oakland Raiders43%-112 Los Angeles Chargers36%+9 Cleveland Browns36%-32 Atlanta Falcons36%-36 Denver Broncos36%-45 Carolina Panthers36%-66 New York Jets36%-96 Jacksonville Jaguars29%-103 Arizona Cardinals21%-88 Washington Redskins21%-132 Miami Dolphins21%-194 Detroit Lions14%-69 New York Giants14%-99 Cincinnati Bengals7%-148

Making sense of winning percentage and net points

Pointing out teams that have a winning percentage of less than or equal to 50 percent is great and all but how does that rank in the NFL overall? Good question, so I've decided to include the top three teams in each conference for comparison.

The National Football Conference

TeamWinning PercentageNet Points San Francisco 49ers79%+161 Green Bay Packers79%+47 Seattle Seahawks79%+38

The American Football Conference

TeamWinning PercentageNet Points Baltimore Ravens86%+215 New England Patriots79%+191 Kansas City Chiefs71%+110

Game Time

2:05 PM MT

Remaining Schedule

DateTimeDayTeam December 222:05 pmSundayDetroit Lions December 292:25 pm SundayOakland Raiders

All times MT

Home=Orange

Away=Blue

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NFL Weekly Picks Against the Las Vegas Spread Week 5 2022

(above: RIP FootballLocks.com)

I used to get weekly betting info from Football Locks dot com and it was presented in one easy screenshot but now that site is gone for some reason and compiling this info is a whip. Harsh times. 

Giants vs. Packers from jolly ol’ pip pip right-oh cherio London - Packers by 8!

This is a giant line and the Giants are a giant pile of shit with practice squad tier receivers and every east coast sports writers secret lover - Saquon Barkley. Meanwhile the Packers are maybe the class of the pretty lame NFC. This isn’t a bad matchup by any means for 8:30 am - Packers cover and win by 10+ against whatever is happening/not happening in New York. Prediction - Daniel Jones fumbles the ball.

Chargers at Browns - Chargers favored by 1.5 on the road

I will take the home dog Browns because I recently watched a betting video with an actual expert and he said something cool about betting on home underdogs and how that’s sharp. Austin Eckler does not score 3 more TDs. Keenan Allen is dust at this point.

Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings - Vikings favored by 6

IT’S A GAME AND IT’S HAPPENING. For the love of God Cole Kmet.... please catch LIKE FIVE PASSES FOR 50 YARDS AND YOUR ONLY TD OF THE SEASON AND THEN I’LL STOP PLAYING YOU IN DAILY. Bears cover just because. 

Texans at Jags - Jags favored by a manly 7 points

Questions we have for the Jags ahead of Sunday - Are the Jags and their wet giraffe QB for real? And what is the urine / DNA content % in the Jags ill-chlorinated in-stadium pool? And also and possibly more importantly - will this game be a shoot out? Yes Yes it will - dunno who wins but OVER ON 43.5 POINTS.

Seahawks at Saints - Saints favored by 6

Hey look another game I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT. Lord God who would bet on this? Flip a coin I dunno fuck you.

Falcons at Buccaneers - Bucs by 10

This is the Brady nuclear eruption get-right spot with all the WRs back and healthy. Tons of fantasy goodness in this one. Fournette scores a TD or 3. Bucs should roll. RIP Kyle Pitts we hardly knew ye.

Dolphins at Jets - Dolphins by 3

I will buy this up to 3.5 and take the Jets at home vs a backup QB to keep it within a field goal. 

Steelers at Bills - Bills by 14 oh no!

This line started at 9.5 and moved to 14. Let’s buy it down to -13.5 and yes on the Bills. Diggs goes nuclear - Pickett plays decent. Buffalo still looks like peak Buffalo.

Lions at Patriots - THE MATT PATRICIA REVENGE GAME YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU DIDN’T WANT TO SEE - New England by 3 points

I think New England absolutely rolls them and both New England RBs have big days. Lions offense can’t stay that hot especially with all the injuries.... r-right?

Eagles at Cardinals - Eagles favored by 7.5

Sheesh - I’ll take the Cards to cover here.

Cowboys at Rams - Rams by 5.5 points

Higbee has quietly been getting elite tier usage at THE TIGHT END WASTELAND POSITION OF MILD DISCOMFORT and seems to be the best TE play of the week considering he’s BASICALLY THE RAMS #2 WR. Cooper Rush can’t win every game and the Rams win this game BECAUSE THEY JUST WON THE SUPER BOWL. Jerry Jones throws a watery glass of Johnny Walker Blue at his grandson in the luxury suite.

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NFL Week 4 Preview And GOTW

Week 4 is basically defined by pick em’ games. Most of these games just feel like absolute toss-ups, and a lot of that is the fact that it’s only week 4, but you know the feeling of just not being sure about some of these teams.

Like the Monday Night NFC West game between the Rams and the 9ers, where the Rams appear like favorites because they’ve played better this year but history suggest that the 9ers at home, combined with Shanahan’s record against Sean McVay, makes them the smarter pick.

Thursday Night Football offers the undefeated Miami Dolphins and the ever-tough, Tua Tagovailoa travelling to Cincinatti to play, what appears to be a resurgent Bengals team and another tough game to pick.

And of all those, there is simply no game that is more difficult to pick than this week’s Game Of The Week.

NFL WEEK 4 Game Of The Week: Buffalo Bills VS Baltimore Ravens

Now look, the obvious choice here, obviously would have been the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Kansas City Chiefs, but to be fair, the Chiefs coming off of a loss, are going to be heavy favorites in that game. So I cannot justify putting it as Game Of The Week, even if it will be worth the watch.

Instead, I’m going to lean towards the game that will be the most interesting and the most competetive, and a Lamar Jackson-Josh Allen matchup, right now, in 2022, is absolutely the Game Of The Week on any week.

The last time these two teams would have played would have been in the 2021 playoffs, when the Bills thumped the Ravens in a 17-3 to book a trip to the AFC Championship game and Josh Allen threw for 206 yards in that game while completing 23/39 pass attempts. 

The Bills come in to this one off their first loss of the season, and I have to believe there will be that added bit of urgency to get back to winning ways but there is are some key concerns for them on both sides of the ball. 

Starting with the Bills secodnary on defense and the key injuries to both of their safeties, this issue bleeds onto the other side of the ball too, because the Bills run game has been less than stellar and while Devin Singletary was supposed to be their most dependable option from the backfield, but the 13 yards on 9 carries he had in week 3, is not going to get it done.

The Ravens, for thier part, have injuries on their defense too. Injuries to the secondary definitely came back to haunt them in week 2 against the Dophins and Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis will be eager to expolt that.

If the Ravens are looking for a template on how to beat this Bills team, they can look to the 2019 season regular season where they walked away with a 24-17 victory. They won time of possession in that one, but they had to grind hard for their rushing yards that day where they totalled just 118 yards as a team.

Fortunately for the Ravens, Lamar Jackson has just been sizzling since the start of this season. 3 touchdowns in both weeks 1 and 2, and then 4 touchdowns and 218 yards against the Patriots in a win last week.

So with both teams missing their secondaries, this game will be determined by who does a better job airing it out, and it could turn in to a high scoring game if the recent exploits of the two quarterbacks are anything to go by.

That said I will be rooting for the Ravens, but I gotta go with what I think is the likeliest outcome, and I’m gonna go with the Bills because they already win without a run game.

Scroll down if you want to see my picks for each of week 4′s games, which I am extremely concerned about considering the disaster that was week 3.

WEEK 4 Picks:

1. Dolphins Over Bengals

2. Vikings Over Saints

3. Seahawks Over Lions

4. Steelers Over Jets

5. Giants Over Bears

6. Titans Over Colts

7. Chargers Over Texans

8. Browns Over Falcons

9. Cowboys Over Commanders

10. Eagles Over Jaguars

11. Bills Over Ravens

12. Cardinals Over Panthers

13. Raiders Over Broncos

14. Packers Over Patriots

15. Chiefs Over Buccaneers

16. 49ers Over Rams

WEEK 3 SCORE: 5W-10L

SEASON TOTAL: 25W-22L

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5 winners and 3 losers from Week 4 in the NFL

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images

This version of the Cardinals is different, and very special.

I’m drinking the Cardinals Kool-Aid, big time. I’ve been warned against falling for its intoxicating scent. Given reason not to give in to its sweet promises. But dammit, at this point I’m willing to take a big swig, even if it kills me.

After the first week of the season I noticed this was a very, very different Cardinals team to the past. There have been established expectations for Arizona that existed long before the Kliff Kingsbury era. They established themselves as a team that lived or died by the pass, with almost nothing else to show for it. There are times this approach has worked well, like the 2008 team that made the Super Bowl — but what is often forgotten about that team is just how average they were.

Kurt Warner having one last run made for a heck of a story, but this was a really bad team propped up by a hell of a playoff run. The Cardinals went 9-7, in the regular season, had the worst rushing attack in the NFL, and a defense that was in the bottom third of every statistical area. The narrow loss to Pittsburgh for the Lombardi Trophy was the absolute maximum juice that could ever be squeezed out of that orange.

We know that Kingsbury’s approach was bold. He was taking the Air Raid offense and porting it over to the NFL, and for a while it seemed destined to follow in the path of other bold offensive choices that flourished, before fizzling and failing.

Now in 2021 it’s working, or it would be if this was a true Air Raid. Calling what Arizona is doing by any label would be inaccurate, because they’re absolutely unique. Sure, the bread-and-butter of the offense is overwhelming teams through the air with a host of weapons, but the running game has increasingly become a focal point — and it’s been trending this way for a couple of years.

The concept that the Cardinals are marked by Kyler Murray throwing 50 times a game is definitely true at times, but not in 2021. Rather, they’ve been remarkably balanced. Murray has thrown the ball 134 times this season, while the team has run the ball 114 times. This near-parity has positioned Arizona as 19th in the NFL in passing attempts, and 11th in rushing attempts.

This offensively balance was on full display against the Rams, who really didn’t have an answer defensively for the Kingsbury approach. Now with a 1-2 punch of Chase Edmonds and James Conner at running back as their shifty and power back respectively, there are just infinite ways this Arizona offense can attack you — and this season they’ve finally found a defense that’s good enough to get the job done as well.

A win over the Rams is of extra significance to Cardinals fans, who have seen this team struggle so much against Los Angeles in recent years that it’s their Moby Dick. Entering the game on Sunday Arizona had never beaten the Sean McVay led Rams, with an 0-8 record against them. Now sure, 1-8 isn’t much better — but that’s a very important symbol. In doing so it’s also catapulted Murray into potential MVP conversation, even though the season is young.

In four games Murray has been, well, incredible. He’s thrown for 1,273 yards, which projects to well over 5,000 on the year. While his 9 TD to 4 INT ratio is good, but perhaps not incredible — it’s really two other statistics that jump out to me. Murray is completing a ludicrous 76.1 percent of his passes, while converting at yard-per-attempt of 9.5. Keep in mind that averaging over 8.0 is normally a sign of an elite quarterback, and this number is just astonishingly good.

Oh, have we mentioned he can run too? 109 rushing yards for three touchdowns this season. Nothing to exactly write home about, but he’s also been incredibly efficient on the ground when needed — averaging 4.7 yard-per-carry.

What this means in totality is that Murray makes everyone’s life so much easier because he’s locking down an entire phase of the game. It’s meant that the defense doesn’t need to be in world-beating form, just enough of a speed bump that it’s impossible to hang with a team averaging 35 points a game and succeeding against everyone they’ve faced.

Now at 4-0 and coming off a big divisional win over Los Angeles I’m ready to double down on the Cardinals this season. They are that damn good, and this could be their best season ever.

Winner: Dallas Cowboys

It’s not like beating the Panthers is some huge statement game that solidifies the Cowboys in the NFL elite, but there’s a trend to this 3-1 team that’s worth following: Their offense is extremely good, and very difficult for teams to manage. Dallas hasn’t really had an easy “gimme” game this season so far, and they’re still on the right side of the ledger.

Time will tell whether their offensive explosion against Carolina is an indictment of their defense just not being as good as we thought, or if it’s a case of how good the Cowboys’ offense is — but either way this was an important win to take a grip on the NFC East.

In the next four weeks Dallas plays the Giants, Patriots, Vikings and Cowboys — which could absolutely position them at 7-1 as they reach the halfway point in the season.

Loser: Tennessee Titans

If you lose to the Jets you’re a loser of the week. I don’t make the rules around here, I just enforce them.

Winner: The Panthers and Broncos

This was a major statement week for both teams who entered Sunday at 3-0, but neither of whom really had an actual test. When the dust settles I think fans of both teams should remain pretty excited about their teams.

Carolina definitely made mistakes on Sunday, and their defense was exposed by Ezekiel Elliott — but without Christian McCaffery on offense the team still made this a one score game. Assuming McCaffery isn’t out too long there’s every chance this team can get back on track and continue to surprise this season.

Meanwhile the Broncos deserve plenty of props too. The scoreboard might not appear too favorable, but Denver was able to hang very close to Baltimore up until Teddy Bridgewater was forced out with a concussion. The game got away from them after that point, and it became clear a comeback wasn’t in the cards, because Drew Lock is terrible, but this is another case where I think Denver can move past this and put together a good season.

Even if 2021 isn’t the year in Carolina or Denver, both teams are showing that they’re trending in the right direction.

Loser: Urban Meyer

‘Nuff said really. You can find the video, I’m sure.

Winner: Patrick Mahomes

The Chiefs are a bit of a mess this season if we’re all being honest. Defensively Kansas City has been one of the worst teams in the NFL, and when that side of the ball is so bad that Mahomes can’t bail you out, well, you know there’s trouble.

That aside, we can’t just ignore a player throwing five touchdowns — even if it meant just a 12 point win over the Eagles, who are lost and confused this season.

I don’t think the Chiefs have it in 2021. There are just too many issues on defense to imagine this team making a playoff run in a division with the Raiders, Chargers and Broncos (who are better than expected), and I just realized that’s an actual sentence that I said, and not as a joke.

This is all so wild. This season rules.

Loser: Everyone who sat through the Patriots vs. Buccaneers broadcast

The game between Tampa Bay and New England was fantastic. Easily one of the best of the weekend — and it was absolutely ruined by how far the hyperbole in this match was pushed.

Every Patriots series we heard Cris Collinsworth talk about what a win over Tom Brady would mean to Mac Jones. Whenever Brady made a throw there was a cut away to show him warming up before the game, walking into the stadium or hugging Robert Kraft.

Then, just when you thought “this game is so great we don’t need to rely on Jones vs. Brady being a thing,” NBC played this video of Patriots fans leaving voicemails about Brady like it was call in radio, and it was awful. People saying they felt like Tom betrayed them, others saying watching him win a ring in Tampa was tantamount to seeing an ex get married.

Jesus Christ people, dude gave you unparalleled success for 20 damn years. Chill maybe.

Anyway, Mac Jones was good. The Patriots have a solid foundation, the Buccaneers are still the dangerous — and we just didn’t need any of this.

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NFL odds, lines, point spreads: Updated Week 6 betting information for picking every game

Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season was another week that tilted in favor of the favorites, albeit barely. Underdogs went 7-8-1 against the spread with a couple of notable upsets. The Bears defeated the favored Raiders in Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon while the Bills pummelled the reigning AFC Champion Chiefs on “Sunday Night Football” 38-20. That shocked bettors who believed the Chiefs would be poised to make a statement after a lackluster start to the season.

Week 6 of the 2021 NFL season is here and there are a lot of elements that bettors and bookmakers alike will need to pay attention to in their betting analysis. First of all, bye weeks are beginning in Week 6, so four teams will be off. They are the Falcons, Jets, Saints and 49ers.

Additionally, the Raiders have undergone a massive change seemingly overnight. Jon Gruden is out as the team’s head coach after emails he sent between 2011 and 2018 — which contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic language — were made public. He resigned from his post on Monday night and was replaced by interim coach Rich Bisaccia. How will the Raiders respond to the coaching change there? That will be one of the biggest storylines to watch moving forward.

JON GRUDEN RESIGNS: Explaining the emails that led to him leaving the Raiders

Elsewhere, injuries continue to be key for teams, especially at the quarterback spot. Daniel Jones (concussion) is the latest NFL passer to get dinged up while Tua Tagovailoa (ribs) could return to practice in Week 6. If he does, he may be able to play in the Jaguars-Dolphins London game, but Miami may elect to play it safe with him and have him return after their bye week.

Also, it’s worth noting that the Justin Fields vs. Andy Dalton drama appears to be over. Fields is set to be the starter moving forward, so there is no longer any wondering about whether it will be Fields or Dalton at quarterback for the Bears. It will be the rookie henceforth, provided that he can stay healthy.

Knowing the latest injury news and trends will be critical to bettors moving forward, especially during bye week season when some teams will be better rested than others.

For more expert NFL predictions, check out Sporting News’ picks straight up and against the spread for Week 6.

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NFL odds for Week 6

Below are the latest Week 6 NFL odds, including point spreads, money lines and over-under totals for every game, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Last updated: Sunday, Oct. 17

NFL point spreads Week 6

Game Spread Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia Eagles TB -7 Miami Dolphins vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (in London) MIA -3 Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts IND -10 Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears GB -6 Kansas City Chiefs at Washington Football Team KC -7 Minnesota Vikings at Carolina Panthers MIN -2.5 Los Angeles Chargers at Baltimore Ravens BAL -3 Cincinnati Bengals at Detroit Lions CIN -3.5 Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants LAR -8 Arizona Cardinals at Cleveland Browns CLE -3.5 Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos DEN -4.5 Dallas Cowboys at New England Patriots DAL -3.5 Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers PIT -4.5 Buffalo Bills at Tennessee Titans BUF -5.5

NFL money lines Week 6

Game Moneyline Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia Eagles TB -295 Miami Dolphins vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (in London) MIA -152 Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts IND -480 Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears GB -250 Kansas City Chiefs at Washington Football Team KC -300 Minnesota Vikings at Carolina Panthers MIN -144 Los Angeles Chargers at Baltimore Ravens BAL -152 Cincinnati Bengals at Detroit Lions CIN -190 Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants LAR -405 Arizona Cardinals at Cleveland Browns CLE -180 Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos DEN -198 Dallas Cowboys at New England Patriots DAL -186 Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers PIT -215 Buffalo Bills at Tennessee Titans BUF -245

NFL over-unders Week 6

Game Over/Under Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia Eagles 51.5 Miami Dolphins vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (in London) 47.5 Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts 43.5 Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears 44 Kansas City Chiefs at Washington Football Team 54.5 Minnesota Vikings at Carolina Panthers 45.5 Los Angeles Chargers at Baltimore Ravens 51.5 Cincinnati Bengals at Detroit Lions 46.5 Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants 49.5 Arizona Cardinals at Cleveland Browns 48.5 Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos 43.5 Dallas Cowboys at New England Patriots 50.5 Seattle Seahawks at Pittsburgh Steelers 42.5 Buffalo Bills at Tennessee Titans 53.5

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NFL best bets for Week 6

Cardinals (+3) at Browns

The Cardinals are the lone 5-0 team in the NFL, but they are coming up on what appears to be a tough game against the Browns. That said, betting them as underdogs seems appealing considering that Cleveland is banged up right now.

The Browns were without left tackle Jedrick Wills, edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney, cornerback Greg Newsome II and top receiver Jarvis Landry on in Week 5, and it’s unclear whether those three players will return to action. The team also suffered plenty of injuries during Sunday’s contest, as right tackle Jack Conklin and corners Denzel Ward and Greedy Williams exited the game and didn’t return.

Myles Garrett is also dealing with a couple of injuries to his knee and ankle, so he might not be at 100 percent.

So, long story short, the Browns are banged-up, and worst of all, they’re missing depth at two key positions: offensive tackle and cornerback. If Wills and Conklin can’t play against the Cardinals, Cleveland will be starting their fourth and fifth-string tackles, as top backup Chris Hubbard is out for the season. They could move Joel Bitonio outside, but that would weaken the interior offensive line.

At corner, the Browns would have trouble covering Kyler Murray’s plethora of weapons, including DeAndre Hopkins, A.J. Green, Christian Kirk and Rondale Moore. It’s not a good time to be without their top players there.

Making matters worse, the Browns play on “Thursday Night Football” in Week 7, so they may have to think about resting players to get healthy for that game. The mini-bye after it will be helpful, but if they rush players back to play against the Cardinals, they may not be ready to face the Broncos.

With all that said, it seems like a good time to bet the Cardinals. They’re winning, playing well and have the receiving weapons and pass rush needed to take advantage of Cleveland’s weakest positions. They could win this game outright, so bet on them while they remain a three-point underdog. It might not last long even with coach Kliff Kingsbury out for the game after testing positive for COVID.

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Raiders (+5.5) at Broncos

I know, I know. The Raiders just saw their head coach Jon Gruden resign because of the email scandal. Won’t they be distracted by that ahead of a tough, divisional road game against one of their rivals?

Sure, it’s possible. But strangely enough, teams that undergo midseason coaching changes have actually won more often than not in recent years. Since 2015, teams have posted an 8-5 record straight up with an interim coach at the helm. That tilts the scale a bit in the Raiders’ favor.

Year Team Coach fired Game after firing 2020 Falcons Dan Quinn Win over Vikings 40-23 2020 Texans Bill O’Brien Win over Jaguars 30-14 2019 Panthers Ron Rivers Loss vs. Falcons 40-20 2019 Washington Jay Gruden Win over Dolphins 17-16 2018 Packers Mike McCarthy Win over Falcons 34-20 2018 Browns Hue Jackson Loss vs. Chiefs 37-21 2017 Giants Ben McAdoo Loss vs. Cowboys 30-10 2016 Bills Rex Ryan Loss vs. Jets 30-10 2016 Jaguars Gus Bradley Win over Titans 38-17 2016 Rams Jeff Fisher Loss vs. Seahawks 24-3 2015 Eagles Chip Kelly Win over Giants 35-30 2015 Titans Ken Whisenhunt Win over Saints 34-28 2015 Dolphins Joe Philbin Win over Titans 38-10

Granted, Gruden’s situation is a bit different than the other coaches on the list above. They were largely on the hot seat while Gruden’s departure came together rapidly over the span of four days, so perhaps it will be a bit harder for the Raiders to get motivated for this one.

At the same time, they could see this as an opportunity to refocus on football, and they have had the Broncos’ number in recent years. They hold a 7-4 record against them in their last 11 meetings and have taken four of the last five. Two of the Raiders’ losses in that span have been by a single point, too, so they would have covered a 5.5-point spread in nine of these 11 games.

The Raiders may be without their coach, but they still are a solid 3-2 team and the Broncos’ stout defense just surrendered nearly 400 yards and 27 points to the hapless Steelers’ offense. Las Vegas often plays Denver close even on the road, so trusting them to keep this game within a field goal is a fine move.

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Rams (-7.5) at Giants

There’s nothing sexy about trusting a 10.5-point road favorite, but there is plenty to like about the Rams in this matchup. Or, at least, there’s plenty to dislike about the Giants.

The Giants already had issues with consistency on offense, and they only figure to be heightened with Saquon Barkley (ankle) and Kenny Gollday (knee) out of action in Week 6. And if Daniel Jones can’t clear the NFL’s concussion protocol, the team will be in even worse shape, as they’ll be without their top quarterback, running back and receiver against a solid defense.

Jones’ status will be the most important thing to watch in this game. If he’s out of action, Mike Glennon will be the starter. Glennon usually puts up decent stats, but he has won just once in nine starts since 2017. During that span, Glennon’s teams have been beaten by an average of 14.1 points per game; his teams have averaged just 16.8 points per start.

That doesn’t bode well for Glennon, especially considering that the Rams are averaging 28.2 points per game (eighth-best in the NFL) and are allowing just 23.2 points per game (12th-fewest in the NFL).

The Giants are averaging just 20.6 points per game with Jones, and that number figures to decrease if Glennon starts. So, feel free to trust the Rams if Glennon starts, even as big favorites.

UPDATE: Jones has cleared concussion protocol, so he will start against the Rams. As a result, the spread has dropped by three points, and now the Rams are favored by 7.5 points. The Giants have a better chance of covering with Jones at QB, but given the line movement, the Rams still seem like a strong bet.

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These are the team that deserve your time this weekend.

The beginning of the new 18-game NFL season is right around the corner thanks to a shortened preseason, and it’s wild to think we’re beginning all this already.

If you’re a glorious degenerate like I am, and plan to watch numerous games in Week 1, here’s every game in the slate ranked so you know what to circle on the schedule, and what to avoid.

No. 16: Eagles vs. Falcons, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — Fox

Outside of these fanbases I have no idea who wants to see this. The Eagles are clearly not convinced in Jalen Hurts as their starter, or they wouldn’t be sniffing around potential trades — and the Falcons, well, they’ll probably win in unconvincing fashion.

No. 15: Jaguars vs. Texans, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — CBS

Oooof this game is going to be a stinker. You couldn’t pay me to watch the Texans play professional football this season. However, this narrowly avoids being worst game of the week because I’m curious to see Trevor Lawrence play.

No. 14: Packers vs. Saints, Sunday 4:25 p.m. ET — Fox

A team full of offseason drama vs. one moving on from the end of an era. It’ll be interesting to see the new-look Jameis Winston, who can reportedly actually see now, but other than that I don’t think this is super compelling.

No. 13: 49ers vs. Lions, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — Fox

This is an oddly interesting game. I’m curious to find out whether the 49ers defense can return the team to prominence while they wait for Trey Lance to take over, and see what the hell Dan Campbell’s Lions look like with Jared Goff.

No. 12: Broncos vs. Giants, Sunday 4:25 p.m. ET — Fox

The thing to really watch here is Daniel Jones, and whether he can basically start to save his own career because the writing is really on the wall.

No. 11: Vikings vs. Bengals, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — Fox

Joe Burrow has barely appeared this preseason, but hopefully for all concerned he’ll bounce back and return to pre-injury form. The Vikings will likely win this, and are better than they’re being given credit for.

No. 10: Bears vs. Rams, Sunday 8:20 p.m. ET — NBC

Ugh Andy Dalton starting, woof. At least we should see some interest on the other side of the ball with the Bears defense taking on Matthew Stafford.

No. 9: Seahawks vs. Colts, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — Fox

I am kind of interested to see Carson Wentz take over the Colts, but now he’s on the Covid list — making this all a big shrug.

No. 8: Jets vs. Panthers, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — CBS

This game has no business being ranked this highly, but it makes it just because of the drama and possibility of a Sam Darnold revenge game.

No. 7: Dolphins vs. Patriots, Sunday 4:25 p.m. ET — CBS

The Bills control the AFC East at this point, but it’s going to be interesting to see if the Dolphins 2020 wasn’t a fluke, and how Mac Jones fairs as full time starter.

No. 6: Chargers vs. Washington, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — CBS

An underrated game that would be higher if Washington had a more compelling QB than Ryan Fitzpatrick. Justin Herbert is poised to become one of the best QBs in the league if his development continues, and this might be the year the Chargers aren’t completely forgettable.

No. 5: Cardinals vs. Titans, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — CBS

I don’t think the Titans can stop Kyler Murray and co. in the air. I also don’t think the Cardinals can stop Derrick Henry on the ground. What can I say? I love offense.

No. 4: Ravens vs. Raiders, Monday 8:15 p.m. ET — ESPN

The Raiders are decidedly better on paper than their 8-8 record a year ago, and the Ravens are the Ravens ... they’re great. This will be fun.

No. 3: Cowboys vs. Buccaneers, Thursday 8:20 p.m. ET — NBC

A major statement game in the NFC to kick off the season with two teams who SHOULD make the playoffs when the dust settles.

No. 2: Browns vs. Chiefs, Sunday 4:25 p.m. ET — CBS

I can’t believe the Browns are in one of my most anticipated games of the week, but here we are. Obviously the Chiefs are looking to rebound after their crushing Super Bowl loss, while Cleveland is wanting to make a point that they can challenge in the AFC North.

No. 1: Steelers vs. Bills, Sunday 1 p.m. ET — CBS

If Dallas vs. Tampa Bay is the NFC’s statement game, this is the AFC’s. The Bills are looking to make a Super Bowl run this season and build off their success, while the Steelers are seeing if they can keep the ship afloat for one more season with Ben Roethlisberger at the helm. This is the game to watch this week for sure.