The NFL threw everyone a curveball in Week 3, making it extremely hard to figure out where to go with their picks. In Week 4, things seem like they are going to even itself out. Let’s go over our picks against the spread.
Last week was insane in the NFL. All the things we thought we learned in the first two weeks went out the door. The New England Patriots might be bad. The Minnesota Vikings got beat down by the consensus worst team in the league. San Francisco lost their quarterback and Eli Manning won a game. Things just didn’t make sense.
We have these weeks every football season. Ones were multiple major favorites lose outright. It usually happens when a certain set of circumstances works out perfectly, like the Vikings looking ahead to Thursday Night Football or the Patriots starting three wide receivers with Julian Edelman and Josh Gordon waiting in the wings.
This week is a weird one. The lines are very big this week. Seven games have lines that are five or more points. There are a few really bad teams taking on other really bad teams, which is really unpredictable.
Last week, we did terrible. There are no bones about it. However, the fun part about the NFL is you’re only as good as your last bet. So let’s go be great and make a little money in the process.
Last Week: 4-12
This Season: 18-29-1
As usual, all lines come from Westgate.
Minnesota Vikings @ Los Angeles Rams (-6.5)
Here we have the very best Thursday night game of the season. However, because the Vikings lost a trap game against the Buffalo Bills, this line is now insane. The Los Angeles Rams have been a juggernaut throughout the first three weeks. They’ve been so good, people have been throwing the “u” word around. (Undefeated, if that wasn’t clear.)
Let’s pump the breaks on the Rams a little bit. This is an extremely good team, but they are going into this matchup on three days rest, and they have two major injuries in Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib.
Kirk Cousins will not have as bad a game as he did on Sunday. He still has Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs on the field. The Rams should be favored, but seven points is just way too many.
Minnesota 30, Los Angeles 28