SpreadSHREDDER: Week 4
__________________________________________________________________________SpreadSHREDDER Week 3 ATS: 2-1
SpreadSHREDDER Overall ATS: 5-5
The SpreadSHREDDER is heating up, going 2-1 twice in the last three weeks. There’s always room for improvement, however, and as more pertinent information becomes available while the NFL season matures, we have our sights set on a perfect week starting right about…….now.
Indianapolis (-10) over Seattle
The Seattle Seahawks are in a bad way as they travel across three time zones to Indianapolis with injuries along their offensive line, injuries in the secondary, and a backup quarterback who won’t take anybody by surprise at this point. The Hawks are -3 in the turnover category and that should only get worse with that banged up offensive line trying to stop a speedy and talented Colts defense that may or may not have Dwight Freeny.
The Colts should take advantage of a banged up secondary, and linebacking corps, by running the ball with Joseph Addai and, new toy, Donald Brown to set up big plays through the passing game. This one might get out of hand. INDIANAPOLIS, 29-7
San Francisco (-9.5) over St. Louis
The St. Louis Rams will be playing their 3rd road game in four weeks as they leave the turfy confines of The Edward Jones Dome to play on a slower, grass surface (not that any of that matters with a Rams team that averages a putrid 8 points a game).
The Ram’s offense and 1st year coaching staff still seem to be moving x’s and o’s around trying to find some sort of consistency anywhere, and it won’t be easy against a stout Niner defense coupled with an offense that scores 22.3 points per game (well above The NFL median). Don’t worry about Frank Gore. The 49ers won’t miss a beat, with rookie steal Glenn Coffee, as they rack up yards on the ground in hopes of remaining in firm control of The NFC Weak West. SAN FRANCISCO, 21-9
Washington (-7.5) over Tampa Bay
The SpreadSHREDDER was salivating amidst East Coast style outrage after Jim Zorn and The Redskins lost to the Detroit Lions. You say Fire Jim Zorn? We Say Give the points. You say New Coach? We say new WEEK.
If Jim Zorn and the Redskins are desperate to show their so-called peers that they still have a pulse, there is no better time or team than Sunday at home against The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Although The Buccaneers will be wearing those orangecicle throwbacks from the 70′s later this season, they seem to be commemorating the 1976 Buccaneers by playing like them.
The 2009 Bucs have really taken this 'throwback' thing seriously as they remind us of the '76 winless Bucs.
Tampa Bay does not have a single significant offensive statistic above The NFL median, and while The SpreadSHREDDER usually loves unknown backup quarterbacks on the underdog team, QB Josh Johnson under center making his first road start for Tampa Bay just doens’t sit well with us. The Bucs will have to rely on their running game in order to make Johnson more comfortable in his first start, but The Redskins have been good against the run as they even managed to stop the proficient ground game of The New York Giants. Josh Johnson will do more work than he would like, and we doubt he’ll go Ben Roethlisberger all over The Redskins. Jim Zorn wins The ‘Fire Jim Zorn Bowl’ and keeps his job for another week. WASHINGTON, 17-3
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