Gluten sunday

[Sweetleaf22]

Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward lead the NFL in passing and receiving. And this is no West Coast dink-and-dunk affair. Roethlisberger's 9.1 yards per attempt leads the NFL. The Vikings better get to QB with that banged up secondary and expect at least one deep ball to find the hands of the burner Mike Wallace.............





Kansas City Under 22½ 1st H (4U)


Cincinnati Over 21 1st H (6U)


Pittsburgh -3½
Cincinnati Over 21
PARLAY 1st H (4U)


Pittsburgh +½
NY Giants-1
TEASE (6U)


Tampa Bay +15 (2U)


New York Jets -7 (2U)


Cincinnati -1½ (2U)


Green Bay Over 41
New York Jets Under 35
Cincinnati Over 42½
PARLAY (2U)



GOOD LUCK
DONT DO TO MUCH...............

[NightCap424]

best of luck SL!

[Sweetleaf22]

Game Manager-turned-talking head Trent Dilfer made headlines but after his latest little "rankings" project, Dilfer's drawn the ire of a much larger figure - Ben Roethlisberger himself. You see, the ESPN employee just ranked his top five 2009 QBs on Tuesday, and the list looked like this:

1. Peyton Manning
2. Drew Brees
3. Eli Manning
4. Brett Favre
5. Kyle Orton

Supposedly, this was a list based on winning and nothing else. Which begs the question of why to bother making a list in the first place and not just rank the league's best quarterback W-L records. But the story here is not my umpteenth post on this dead horse or why we would care what Trent Dilfer says in the first place. It's about what Roethlisberger said today in so many words as captured by Scout.com's Jim Wexell on Friday.


From the middle of a mob of reporters, someone asked Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger why his pump fake has been so effective this year.

"I have no idea," said Roethlisberger.

It was a surprisingly terse answer from a guy who's become more thoughtful with the media as he's come of age as a team leader.

As the mob dissipated, the reporter told Roethlisberger that he's from ESPN.

"I know you are," Roethlisberger said as he walked away. "And tell Trent Dilfer to get his stuff together."



This should be evidence for all the people out there who believe that the players live in some sort of soundproof bubble in which they don't hear what's spoken about them. They do. They read newspapers, they watch ESPN, they scan the net, they listen to talk shows. It would be hard for anyone to ignore all the football talk, especially in a city like Pittsburgh, because news on the team is everywhere.

But honestly, I'm glad to hear about this rare look behind the Big Ben Curtain. Different players are motivated by different things - namely money (most guys in a contract year), revenge (the QB facing the Steelers on Sunday), and/or proving people wrong (HINES WARD!)

This little story would seem to at least place some portion of Big Ben's motivational forces into the third category, which is fine by me. And as long as a voice exists to tell Roethlisberger that he's not the league's top dog, I hope that means we can expect more of what we've seen. In fact, along with hard work and good coaching, that's probably been one of the contributing factors to his enormous success to this point in his career. So to Trent Dilfer, Peter King, and everyone else I've quoted over the last few years, I say to keep it up. You're only helping to fuel the fire.

[Sweetleaf22]

What a train wreck this trip has been for TB over the pond. First they left a day late on Friday morning which will totally screw up their body clocks. Early reports from London have the Bucs already bellyaching over the schedule. Then their scheduled Saturday practice was called off because of rain so that left them with only two days practice going up against the Pats! The infighting continues inside the locker room and this trip is not helping matters.

Allready have a very small play on TB but found this somewhat interesting.....

[Sweetleaf22]

St. Louis Under 45
Green Bay Over 41
Oakland Under 35
Cincinnati Over 42½
NY Giants -7
PARLAY (2U)

[rda21]

Good Luck sweetleaf. With ya on Pitt.

[Sweetleaf22]

Thanks RDA, Game of the week should be a good one, Brett Favre has not played in Pittsburgh since he was 29, which seems like a long time ago. And NFL rushing leader Adrian Peterson has never played against the Steelers. They might want to introduce themselves to James Harrison.

[LAyZbOi]

BOL today SL!!!!!!!!

[Sweetleaf22]

Well I figured that Half point in Steelers 1st Half would haunt me......
Hope this one don'tPittsburgh Steelers Over 21½ (EVEN)2nd H
Pittsburgh Steelers -3 (EVEN)
PARLAY (4U)



Pittsburgh Steelers -3 (EVEN) (2U) 2nd H

[Sweetleaf22]

redo

Pittsburgh Steelers Over 21½ (EVEN) 2nd H
Pittsburgh Steelers -3 (EVEN)
PARLAY (4U)



Pittsburgh Steelers -3 (EVEN) 2nd H (2U)

[Sweetleaf22]

All most all blowouts today but SF, Car, Pitt (but won by 10)

[Sweetleaf22]

TRENT DILFER
But after his latest little "rankings" project, Dilfer's drawn the ire of a much larger figure - Ben Roethlisberger himself. You see, the ESPN employee just ranked his top five 2009 QBs on Tuesday, and the list looked like this:

1. Peyton Manning
2. Drew Brees
3. Eli Manning
4. Brett Favre
5. Kyle Orton

As the mob dissipated, the reporter told Roethlisberger that he's from ESPN.

"I know you are," Roethlisberger said as he walked away. "And tell Trent Dilfer to get his stuff together."

[Sweetleaf22]

Kansas City Under 22½ 1st H (4U) WIN


Cincinnati Over 21 1st H (6U) WIN


Pittsburgh -3½
Cincinnati Over 21
PARLAY 1st H (4U) LOSS (1/2 Pt)




Tampa Bay +15 (2U) LOSS


New York Jets -7 (2U) WIN


Cincinnati -1½ (2U) WIN


Green Bay Over 41
New York Jets Under 35
Cincinnati Over 42½
PARLAY (2U) LOSS


St. Louis Under 45
Green Bay Over 41
Oakland Under 35
Cincinnati Over 42½
NY Giants -7
PARLAY (2U) LOSS



Pittsburgh Steelers Over 21½ (EVEN) 2nd H
Pittsburgh Steelers -3 (EVEN)
PARLAY (4U) WIN



Pittsburgh Steelers -3 (EVEN) 2nd H (2U) WIN

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OPEN BETS


New York Giants -7 (6U)


Pittsburgh +½
NY Giants-1
TEASE (6U)

[Sweetleaf22]

OPEN BETS


New York Giants -7 (6U)


Pittsburgh +½
NY Giants-1
TEASE (6U)


New York Giants -4½ 1st H (6U)




New York Giants Under 53½
New York Giants -1
Philadelphia Eagles -1
Philadelphia Eagles Over 30½
TEASE (6U)



GOOD LUCK