CRAZY NFL PARLAY: WEEK 11
Summary
This week’s “Crazy NFL Parlay” proposes an eight-team bet that could turn a $10 wager into over $33,700. The bet is built on a series of underdog victories, including the Giants, Buccaneers, Bengals, Bears, Panthers, Jaguars, Broncos, and Lions all winning their respective games.
The reasoning for these picks includes the Bears continuing their momentum against the Vikings, the Panthers beating a reeling Falcons team, and the Lions overcoming an Eagles squad struggling on offense. Other justifications point to the Packers’ poor recent performance favoring the Giants, and the Broncos seeking revenge against a Chiefs team that everyone plays hard against.
Our Crazy NFL Parlays are always fantastic, but this week could be downright magical. I have looked over the spreads, the lines and the totals and I have crafted especially for all of us a perfectly monstrous payday that will take the $10 you’d spend on a grilled steak burrito and large Baja Blast at Taco Bell and turn it into a 2025 Mazda MX-5 Miata Convertible.
If this is your first foray into the Crazy NFL Parlay, let me drop the skinny on what we do here. I’m not just cramming a bunch of plus moneylines together and trying to use the power of the Force to make something happen. Oh no. Power, money, fame. A Jedi craves not these things. Which is exactly why I am not a Jedi.
No, entropy is the universe’s natural state. Chaos is our business and we’re going to monetize it. Any given Sunday, you say? Let’s turn that into some cold, hard cash.
Here is what I have carefully selected for you on this eve;
Giants +267
Buccaneers +222
Bengals +200
Bears +132
Panthers +170
Jaguars +140
Broncos +175
Lions +130
If you’ve looked over my Friday Afternoon Quarterback column for Week 11 (and you should, you’ll laugh and you’ll learn), then you know I already picked a few of these upsets outright.
I like the Chicago Bears to keep it rolling against a Minnesota Vikings squad with a quarterback, JJ McCarthy, that can barley complete half his passes. I think the Carolina Panthers will get back on the winning track against a reeling Atlanta Falcons squad. I can easily see the Jacksonville Jaguars smacking down a Los Angeles Chargers team with a tissue paper offensive line. And, lastly, the Detroit Lions have every reason to knock off a Philadelphia Eagles squad that has forgotten how to do offense.
It’s the other outcomes we have to talk ourselves into, so let’s get to it.
If the Green Bay Packers looked anymore like ass last week they’d have to file a restraining order against Kanye West. How many times does a team after firing a head coach, like the New York Giants did, have to win their very next game for us to start expecting it? Especially with Jameis Winston slinging the ball around.
Both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills are coming off losses, but only the Bucs lost to a decent team, the New England Patriots. The Bills fell to the Miami Dolphins. This could be the game, against a serious opponent, where Buffalo finally flies off the rails.
Did you watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play last week? Can you see Joe Flacco, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgens eating them alive Sunday? I can.
Finally, we have the Denver Broncos, who nearly beat the Kansas City Chiefs last season before a last-second field goal was blocked, getting a shot at revenge against a Chiefs team that gets everybody’s best shot.
A $10 winning parlay bet on these eight moneylines pays $33,700.62
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