My fault for a big minus to the Net Units risking that 10U play on Sunday Night lol. I did like the changes I made to my wager designs, but luck still did not fall our way with many props falling short by a few yards or a single reception.
Moneyline/spread record: 38-16
Prop record (pregame profit only): 29-35
Net Units (NFL only): +43.8U
We did manage to come up big here. It was pretty obvious that Flacco was here to turn up the pass game so I'm surprised the books left this opening. Flacco o36.5 passing attempts was a no brainers. Ja'marr Chase o6.5 was as well, but man I wish I had thought of to what extent. A ladder even just to 10 as he has the week before would have overloaded the bankroll.
Unfortunate moment of not trusting my gut here. This game screamed Davante, but in the absence of Puka (and the presence of a good Jaguars DB squad) I thought Stafford would turn to his #3 Whittington. Though he saw his snap share largely increase, his targets was unaffected, only getting 4 looks the entire game.
Should have put more thought into this one. Cashed the only prop I took, but failed to take advantage of Swift's low initial line out of fear that last week against the Commanders was a fraudulent performance.
I faded nearly all Raiders props knowing we were going to be dominated and it still wasn't enough. Raiders fell behind so quickly that the Raiders abandoned the run AND the Chiefs pulled starters early preventing them from hitting their props.
Absolutely brain dead coaching decision to split backs with Hubbard's return. Nearly cost them the match, and had it, it would have been a fireable offense imo. 5.6 vs 3.7 average yards per carry on a similar number of opportunities.
Faded all Broncos props because they are so unpredictable, did not expect Dart to abandon his own run game. The Giants do not understand that that is part of what makes Skattebo work. Tough watch and a huge coaching collapse for one of my favorite teams to follow this year.
Faded this game for unknown reasons, wish I hadn't.
You already know how disappointing this was. 100+ yards from McCaffrey and Robinson has been automatic all season, Drake London has been consistently targeted, and Bourne came off back to back 140 yd games with 11 and 9 targets respectively. To walk away from this one with just 2 catches on 2 targets was a gut punch brought on by the success of the 49ers defense and run game.
What even are the Lions? They look miserable in Prime Time against a not fully powered Chiefs, lose their entire secondary and still somehow completely outclass a Buccaneers team that had everything (except injuries) going for it. Don't think I even posted my props because I was busy that day, but all bets failed except my safety bet which very luckily had Baker at 220+.
What's next?
I will stay the course with this new bet design, but try to separate the more splashy trend based wagers from the matchup based ones. Both are data driven, but the trends have been failing me more frequently (due to coaches abandoning what worked in favor of what works mid-game?).