5 Unit Play. #101 Take Detroit +10 over Chicago (Sunday 1 pm Fox) Game of the Week. The monkey is off the back of the Detroit Lions, as they snapped their 19 game losing streak last Sunday against the Washington Redskins. They now play a familiar division foe in the Chicago Bears, a team they have covered against four of the last five meetings. I am still not sold on the Bear’s receiving core and Detroit has held up pretty good against the run, holding the Redskins last week to just 44 yards (3.6 ypc). The Bears picked up an impressive win last week in Seattle, but remember that came against a Hawks team without starting quarterback Matt Haselbeck. Just too many points to be laying in a divisional game with two defensive minded coaches. Chicago 21, Detroit 17.
4 Unit Play. #128 Take Over 45 in New York at New Orleans (Sunday 4:05 pm CBS) Top Totals Play. The Saints have been an automatic over play in 2009 and I do not put too much stock into their low scoring victory last week against Buffalo. The weather conditions were not good with a lot of wind and despite that New Orleans still put up 27 points. Now the total is back under fifty and playing this game in a dome is just too good to pass up. This is the best team in the league offensively and they are playing a team that has looked great under rookie QB Mark Sanchez. We will not worry if the Saints can cover this touchdown spread in just collect with the over, as both teams reach the twenties in scoring. New Orleans 27, New York 24.
4 Unit Play. #126 Take Pittsburgh -6 ½ over San Diego (Sunday 8:15 pm NBC) The Steelers face a must win situation on Sunday night, as the defending champions cannot afford to fall to 1-3 on the season. The Steelers have had good success against the Chargers in recent years beating the them twice in 2008 including an 11-point playoff victory in the divisional round. This is also another case of west coast teams not playing well when traveling east. The Chargers have had a very easy schedule thus far that included two home games and a road game at Oakland. They have yet to look that impressive and did lose to Baltimore at home. Ladainian Tomlinson is still nursing a bad ankle and this team is just not the same without him. In the NFL, when good teams met, the team that needs is more usually gets it and Pittsburgh needs this one badly. Pittsburgh 27, San Diego 17.
Funny thing with most of Doc's plays this weekend is that you would be up probably over 15 units minimum if you just bet the 1st half...Football with the huge value in points, there's full of backdoor covers.
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