Week 10 ATS Recap: The Dark Side

It's nice to see Dre come over to the dark side and pick games on feel and experience instead of stats. Now that he's had a nice week and made up a few games in the standings, he can go back to using his stats now as I need to make some games back up to pad this lead.

• Raiders 24, Chargers 17 (Thurs Night) - Both losers - Micheal Bush gave the Raiders ground game a big boost, and Carson Palmer was able to throw the ball to his own team enough for the Raiders to grind out a short-week win at San Diego. With the Sunday results, the AFC West is all within one game of each other. Ick. Maybe the east coast wouldn't get all the media love if the teams is the Western divisions didn't suck so much ass.


• Jaguars 17, Colts 3 - Dre winner, Jason loser - In the NFL, any team can win on any given sunday, unless that team is the Colts.


• Broncos 17, Chiefs 10 - Both winners - Tim Tebow did his best Chris Weinke impersonation, going 2/8 passing and winning the game! In the least shocking news of the week, John Fox says that Tebow would be "screwed" in a conventional offense. Ya think?


• Steelers 24, Bengals 17 - Both winners - Not quite the Sandusky we thought it would be, I came away from this game impressed with what Cincy was able to do against the Steelers. The Bengals are still not in the class of the elite teams. Yet.


• Cowboys 44, Bills 7 - Both losers - If it wasn't for the collapse going on in Philly, maybe the Cowboys would be getting some more love for playing better ball of late. All of it wont matter because even a playoff push, or appearance, for Dallas still means Tony Romo will have to play in a pressure situation.


• Saints 26, Falcons 23 (OT) - Both losers - All the focus is on the 4th down call in overtime by Mike Smith, but the reality was that the better team still won the game. Atlanta had to scramble down 10 late in the 4th quarter just to force OT. A better spot for the Falcons to have won the game would have been at the end of regulation with a 1st and goal inside of a minute. The Falcons couldn't win it then, and then were doomed by what? Guts? Fear? Who really knows? The better team won.


• Rams 13, Browns 12 - Dre winner, Jason loser


• Dolphins 20, Redskins 9 - Jason winner, Dre loser - Dre can keep picking the Redskins every week. I'll take the cheap wins.


• Texans 37, Buccaneers 9 - Both winners - So Matt Schaub breaks his foot in garbage time, leaving the Texans with Matt Leinart to run their offense for what could be the rest of the season. Talk about snakebit: no Mario Williams, no Andre Johnson, no Arian Foster at times, and now no Matt Schaub. Know what that spells? No hope.


• Titans 30, Panthers 3 - Both losers - Every time we write off Tennessee, they put together a nice game. Now with Houston reeling, this would be the time to the Titans to buck up and mount a second half surge.


• Cardinals 21, Eagles 17 - Dre winner, Jason loser - Congratulations Philadelphia, you got lit up by John Skelton. Can you say Brady Quinn Done?


• Seahakws 22, Ravens 17 - Both winners - Allow me to just copy/paste my Ravens vs. Steelers recap from last week: And we just had gotten done talking about how infuriating the Ravens are! This team is impossible to read. Lose to Jacksonville. Suck for three quarters against Arizona. So what are the chances a team that does those things goes into
  Heinz Field and beats the Steelers on a ballsy last minute TD drive? Zero, right? Fuck me, but the Ravens did it. NOW WATCH THEM GO TO SEATTLE AND LOSE THIS WEEK. JUST WATCH.


• Bears 37, Lions 13 - Jason winner, Dre loser - Dre knew he was doomed as soon as I said I had a hunch on this one going to the Bears. The Bear Whisperer strikes in back to back weeks!


• Niners 27, Giants 20 - Both losers - Looks like we gotta start giving the 49ers some respect as a good team in this league. The Giants moved the ball at will, but the game never got out of hand and the San Fran defense made plays when they needed to, giving Alex Smith opportunities to not-lose the game.


• Patriots 37, Jets 16 - Dre winner, Jason loser - Even Rex Ryan is getting tired of Total Fraud. Took him long enough.


• Packers 45, Vikings 7 - Dre winner, Jason loser - That was an all out Sandusky right there. Mike McQueary needed to stumble upon the rhythmic slapping the Pack was putting on the Vikes and put an end to it. Too soon?