Originally Posted by
Maxlock
Pretty much my pick on Dallas +7 last week came down to the following reasons: I really believed Dallas with everyone in the media and general public sayng "they're done" would show up. Clearly that didn't happen. The game was a national televised Sunday nighter. Most teams, even bad teams no matter how bad do not want to make fools out of themselves on national tv, so I anticipated a hard fought game. For the first quarter, Dallas actually played tough, from what I recall GB had a late TD in the first quarter. From what I saw once GB scored the second TD early on in the second, it just began to snowball from there and Dallas lost hope. One note I'd like to add, cornerback Michael Jenkins Jenkins made a fool out of himself throughout the entire game and this season.
An other reason I sided with Dallas was because I though they were getting line value at plus 7, following the shellacking they received at the hands of Jacksonville. Thirdly, Jon Kitna isn't as bad as most people think. Yes, he's not really mobile and isn't the most accurate passer, but he can still do a lot of good things and get the ball to his good receivers. Out of the 4 pics he threw against Jacksonville, 3 were very catchable by the receiver. So I really believe the more work Kitna keeps getting he will improve vastly as the season goes on. The bottom line this week is take Dallas once again. +14 points against a division rival with a new coach who will hold players accountable. Dallas players are now playing for their jobs, they won't have Wade Philips to blame anymore. Playing an opponent twice in the season gives the loser the first time around a big advantage the second time around as they can account for things better than they did the first time around. *2 offensive linemen should be out for the Giants this week.