All Predictions Wrong

All Predictions Wrong

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All Predictions Wrong
TMQ: Is the NFL clean? Don’t bet on it.

TMQ: Is the NFL clean? Don’t bet on it.

Disney, NBC, NFL Network and NFL clubs urge you to become a problem gambler, while the Rams just flat-out manipulated the spread.

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Sep 19, 2023
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At halftime in Glendale, Arizona, Brian Daboll was in danger of becoming the first person ever to win NFL Coach of the Year then be fired during the second game of the following season. Jersey/A was trailing the lowly Cardinals 20-0,. The Giants had been outscored 60-0 in the first six quarters of the new football year.

Then the football gods deigned to intervene. Lambasthor, god of halftime tirades, incarnated in the visitors’ locker room and delivered a tongue-lashing no one present ever will forget.

Ears ringing, the G-Persons outscored the Cardinals 31-8 in the second half. Now Daboll’s job is secure for at least another couple weeks.

In other NFL news, the season-ending injury to Aaron Rodgers brought word Colin Kaepernick approached the Jets, said he was in game shape and wished to try out.

Kaepernick hasn’t been on the field in six years, so any NFL general manager would view him as a long shot. If he did come back and have even one decent game, there would be a national sensation.

Jersey/B declined to offer a tryout. This makes it the time to assess Kaepernick events.

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