Brandon

Easy dude, do you know how many Academy Awards Short Circuit won? Way ahead of its time.

"Oh shit, my friends on fire!! Let me turn off the video first." If a girl ever made a "sexy" dance video that involved standing on her head shaking her ass against a door, she is finding a new dude.

And I think the Chiefs are a trendy pick because there is no team I can recall that goes 2-14 but sends six people to the Pro Bowl. The talent is there, but the coaching was awful and the QB play was unbearable.

I think it's cute he brought up the Chiefs before anyone else, in a Chargers thread of all places.

Sick brag

And it's a good start when your flex is Weller.

Kind of disappointed in the names, but I think that's because mine is too good and won a prize from my league for best name 4th and 25 to life

GA could at least produce. More like Ryan Howard.

Jim will be all over this

I feel like I'd have to come up with the most off the wall scenarios to have a chance. I kind of like Mancinis bottom portion.

My bad on the Bucs, I thought they were home. Not exactly though because it's not a three point swing, just a home field advantage of three points. I see your point though, you are taking the three point from the Texans and adding it to SD opposed to just decreasing the line by three points. I shouldn't have mentioned it though because it's just a baseline standard for equal teams. I always hear RJ Bell throw this in his analysis of picks when he is on Cowherd when lines are really close and/or home dogs.

We should collectively put all our wrong theories together.

King Koopa

Yeah, he's atop the list every year with Drew Barrymore for actors that make bank but their movies flop.....some ratio of what they are paid to what their movies produce.

I remember when Chargers fans thought Meachem was going to be as productive as Vincent Jackson. Good times.

I'm partial to Party All The Time

Give points or take points is just the expression used for the + and -. If you are taking the points you are picking the team with the + because you are getting points. If you are giving up points you are selecting the team with the - because you are giving the other team points.

No, because the Bucs and Chargers are at home. What you put would be the opposite.

I'll try. I'll start with the easy answer than explain why. To be simple, think of those numbers as starting points before a game starts. So take the Bucs/Jets game where the line (the line is the term used) is -3 for the Bucs. So essentially, the Bucs are starting the game down 3-0 or if you look at the other side, the Jets are +3 meaning they start the game up 3-0. That's a simple way to think in terms of the + or - numbers. The goal is to surpass whatever the number is with the team you pick. So if you pick the Bucs -3 then you are saying that they will win by 4 or more points. Conversely, if you pick the Jets you think they are going to win outright or at the bare minimum lose by no more than 2 points. If the final score is something like the Bucs winning 24-21, 17-14, etc. then it's exactly a 3 point difference and no one wins which is called a push and everyone gets their money back minus the vig, which is kind of like a fee to place the bet. What handicappers and Vegas do is try to set the line at a reasonable end result to get bettors to bet on both sides because casinos have a goal of simply keeping the vig and giving a losers bet to a winning bet and have it be a wash. That's why if you're in a casino you can see some of the lines change like a stock market ticker. When that happens that means one team is being bet heavily and Vegas is trying to balance out the action. The last part isn't important for a casual bettor, but is for the pros. Hope the first half helps. I think you've asked a few times over the years so maybe my explanation isn't the best.

Theoretically, it should because one should assume it appeals to a broader base, but sports fans are smart and know teams are regional. It's why a team like the Golden State Warriors aren't a bigger presence nor were we when we had the California moniker.

Both are weird games. Because of parity in the NFL handicappers in Vegas generally start with a baseline of the home team giving up 3 points just with homefield advantage. Thus, they essentially think the Bucs/Jets are a pickem and the Texans are -1. Both don't make sense. Not sure if Arian Foster is out, but SD is not good at all and playing a deep playoff team. The Jets suck and have a poor training camp rookie starting.

Didn't read the article but he is signed and should bounce back. Should be a decent 5. If he goes Kazmir on us I fear a curse.

Nothing worse than the Debbie Downers that think everyone and the team will suck. Props on the thread, I hope it comes through.

Part of me wants to say murk all rapists, then I think about people I know and the Brian Banks of the world that are accused by sluts that feel guilty and ruin other peoples lives.

Royce Da 5'9 "I'm the King" Kind of a stolen Rugged Man track