CRAZY NFL PARLAY: WEEK 2

BY ADAM GREENE

Ohhh man. Our first Crazy Parlay came withing three games of hitting last week. We can take solace that one of the losses that cost us, the New York Jets, cost everyone else involved a lot more. Let us share the pain together.

A new week gives us a new opportunity make things right and Week 2’s selection is even more enticing than what I artisanally selected for you seven days ago. 

If this is your first foray into the Crazy Parlay, let me explain what we do here. This isn’t just blindly swinging a stick at a piñata. Oh, no. We are tossing a lasso around the whirlwind here, harnessing the universe’s natural entropic state to buy that Harley Davidson motorcycle to really get that mid-life crises started early.

They say that in the NFL any team can win on any given Sunday, so let’s monetize that chaos. Just for you, I have perused the schedule, picking the best possible moneyline upsets this week that could, realistically, happen.

Here’s what I have selected for your betting enjoyment this week;

Green Bay Packers +111

Las Vegas Raiders +305

Jacksonville Jaguars +155

Baltimore Ravens +150

Los Angeles Rams +280

New England Patriots +125

Pittsburgh Steelers +128

If you’ve already read my Friday Afternoon Quarterback, Sunday Night Football and two Monday Night Football previews, then you know I only picked one of these teams to win outright. I like the Packers to knock off the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. So, it’s the rest of the games we have to talk ourselves into.

I’ve slagged on Josh McDaniels and the Raiders for the last year, but Jimmy Garoppolo is his quarterback now and few teams in the league looked less prepared last week than the Buffalo Bills.

It’s tough to see the Kansas City Chiefs starting 0-2, but the Jaguars are for real and are, at worst, just as talented as the Detroit Lions that beat KC last week.

Who looked worse than the Bills in Week 1? How about the Cincinnati Bengals who didn’t even cross 100 yards passing? Joe Burrow watched the end of their game against the Cleveland Browns from the bench. The Ravens have just as stout a defense and a better offense.

The Rams have lost eight regular season games in a row to the San Francisco 49ers. That streak has to end sometime and Brock Purdy has yet to face Aaron Donald in his short career.

The Pats slowed down the Philadelphia Eagles last week and nearly pulled off the upset. Could they do the same to the Miami Dolphins in Foxboro on Sunday night?

And lastly, the Steelers looked horrible in Week 1, but nothing can fix that faster than treating the Cleveland Browns like they usually do. Mike Tomlin and Pittsburgh haven’t started 0-2 since 2019.

A $10 bet on this seven-team moneyline parlay pays $10,609.86

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