NFL Week 13 -- What About Love?

[Spartan Squad]

I'm surprised the Niners are giving 3.5 on the road to Philly. The Eagles are 10-1 and during their current five-game winning streak have beaten four really good teams: Buffalo, @KC, Dallas, and Miami. During SF's three-game winning streak (following a three-game losing streak that included a loss to Minnesota, who Philly beat earlier this year, with Cousins playing in both games), the 49ers have beaten a mediocre Seattle team on the road, the Bucs at home, and clobbered an inconsistent Jacksonville team, 34-3.

Are the 49ers really playing that well that they deserve to be 3.5 point favorites on the road against the defending conference champions who are 10-1 and riding a five-game winning streak?

Does the fact they played on Thanksgiving and will be extra rested contribute to that line?

What gives?

I think part of it is who may or may not be injured for Philly.
Another part is Philly has not blown anyone out of the water and has needed to come from behind in several of its games. If the Niners get a lead, odds are they are keeping it (unless it is the Super Bowl). Also, Nick Bosa getting paired with Chase Young has given the D Line a boost.
Plus extra rest.

Beyond that, I figured this game would be a pick-em or Philly favored by 1. So it is a little shocking.

 

[Twirling Time]

I prefer Sid and Nancy over Ann and Nancy.

 

[poindexter]

Tepper seems to be a complete asshole.

David Tepper mispronounced Frank Reich's name on Tuesday, twice

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2023/...ed-carolina-panthers-david-tepper-bryce-young

This piece sticks out for me:

Tepper described his penchant for knee-jerkism when confronted with anything he doesn't like: "If someone is an asshole," he said, "like a waiter at a restaurant, I think, I could just buy this place and fire that guy."

Imagine being such a brick that you dream of the enjoyment of firing a waiter, for chrissakes.

And he made his fortune betting on banks being bailed out by the guvment. But I am sure he's a "small government" republican.

God this country produces the worst billionaires.

 

[qtlaw]

I am astonished that SF is favored. Which means Vegas knows something and is about to build three new resorts off Philly money.

THIS is why I never bet sporting events; my heart says "SF" my head says "Philly all the way, better record, home underdog".

As others have chimed in, the rest factor, plus the fact that both Lane Johnson and Fletcher Cox have groin injuries is likely the cause for $$ going SF's way. In any event, I'm glad I'm not thirsting to put $$ on the game because I'd be so screwed (in the 80's, Vegas and Tahoe loved the Niners because lots bet with their head, going with the favorite damn the line).

 

[qtlaw]

Just saw that Rodgers has been cleared for practice, 11 weeks after surgery. That's bonkers. I completely ruptured my achilles (understood its 25 yrs ago) and they had to pull it back down from my calf (think a rubberband would up) and reattach it. Then I had to wear a non-weight bearing cast for a month, then start rehab. When your leg is immobilized for that long, atrophy sets in and it's not pretty. I couldn't run full speed until nearly a year later. (Went from dunking a volleyball to not touching the net).

I'm sure sports medicine has advanced tremendously but 11 weeks?? The biggest hurdle for Rodgers IMHO is the mental side, wondering/trusting his leg.

Nevertheless, I do give the Anti-vaxxer credit for pushing this hard to rejoin a 5-7 team.

 

[da man]

Just saw that Rodgers has been cleared for practice, 11 weeks after surgery. That's bonkers. I completely ruptured my achilles (understood its 25 yrs ago) and they had to pull it back down from my calf (think a rubberband would up) and reattach it. Then I had to wear a non-weight bearing cast for a month, then start rehab. When your leg is immobilized for that long, atrophy sets in and it's not pretty. I couldn't run full speed until nearly a year later. (Went from dunking a volleyball to not touching the net).

I'm sure sports medicine has advanced tremendously but 11 weeks?? The biggest hurdle for Rodgers IMHO is the mental side, wondering/trusting his leg.

Nevertheless, I do give the Anti-vaxxer credit for pushing this hard to rejoin a 5-7 team.

Apparently, they used a brand new procedure that's designed to accelerate the normal rehabilitation process.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/09/17/a...d-bridge-return-timeline-jets-playoffs-report

 

[da man]

https://www.nfl.com/videos/rapoport...les-surgery-using-skeletal-model-the-insiders

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Tepper seems to be a complete asshole.

David Tepper mispronounced Frank Reich's name on Tuesday, twice

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2023/...ed-carolina-panthers-david-tepper-bryce-young

This piece sticks out for me:

Tepper described his penchant for knee-jerkism when confronted with anything he doesn't like: "If someone is an asshole," he said, "like a waiter at a restaurant, I think, I could just buy this place and fire that guy."

Imagine being such a brick that you dream of the enjoyment of firing a waiter, for chrissakes.

And he made his fortune betting on banks being bailed out by the guvment. But I am sure he's a "small government" republican.

God this country produces the worst billionaires.

Worst and dumbest. But at least he's an actual billionaire, unlike TFG.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Just saw that Rodgers has been cleared for practice, 11 weeks after surgery. That's bonkers. I completely ruptured my achilles (understood its 25 yrs ago) and they had to pull it back down from my calf (think a rubberband would up) and reattach it. Then I had to wear a non-weight bearing cast for a month, then start rehab. When your leg is immobilized for that long, atrophy sets in and it's not pretty. I couldn't run full speed until nearly a year later. (Went from dunking a volleyball to not touching the net).

I'm sure sports medicine has advanced tremendously but 11 weeks?? The biggest hurdle for Rodgers IMHO is the mental side, wondering/trusting his leg.

Nevertheless, I do give the Anti-vaxxer credit for pushing this hard to rejoin a 5-7 team.

Well, it has been 5 minutes since Rodgers got any attention... oy the coverage of this is going to be nauseating.

Full disclosure: I absolutely detest Aaron Rodgers. But this is ridiculous, no matter how much the technology/procedure has improved. Anyone who gives medical clearance to a 40-year-old QB to play, especially behind that offense line, less than three months after Achilles surgery is a lunatic.

This seems more about Rodgers' thirst for the spotlight than anything else.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Well, it has been 5 minutes since Rodgers got any attention... oy the coverage of this is going to be nauseating.

Full disclosure: I absolutely detest Aaron Rodgers. But this is ridiculous, no matter how much the technology/procedure has improved. Anyone who gives medical clearance to a 40-year-old QB to play, especially behind that offense line, less than three months after Achilles surgery is a lunatic.

This seems more about Rodgers' thirst for the spotlight than anything else.

He might not make it four snaps if he comes back this year (he won't come back this year).

 

[swingline]

I hope he plays and gets his taint broken.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Well, it has been 5 minutes since Rodgers got any attention... oy the coverage of this is going to be nauseating.

Full disclosure: I absolutely detest Aaron Rodgers. But this is ridiculous, no matter how much the technology/procedure has improved. Anyone who gives medical clearance to a 40-year-old QB to play, especially behind that offense line, less than three months after Achilles surgery is a lunatic.

This seems more about Rodgers' thirst for the spotlight than anything else.

I wonder how much it's pissing him off that his former team that he threw up deuces to (not that it wasn't unwarranted given both sides were done with each other) has a better chance to make the playoffs than his new team.

Both the Packers and the Jets have two hard-to-see-them-winning games
Jets: vs Housten, @Miami
Packers: vs Chiefs, @Vikings

Conversely, the Packers have Giants, Panthers and Bears left. Jets have the Pats. I'm sure A-Aron is diluting himself into thinking if only he were out there, he can lead them to a 10-7/9-8 record and sneak in.