Week 2 picks · Cashed
Overtime saves Jets +4.5 as Green Bay wins 20-17 at MetLife
Cashed
Tied 17-17 at the end of regulation, and the Packers needed overtime to finish it. Three points was the margin, so the four and a half was never seriously threatened, but let's be honest about what this was. My case was the line dropping from 5.5 to 4.5 on Jets money and Green Bay playing without Josh Jacobs. The Jets did not win the game, they just refused to lose it by a touchdown. Cashed by a point and a half. The number did the work here, not the side.
win Packers 20, Jets 17
The pick: Jets +4.5 vs Packers · conviction play #1
The case before kickoff
This is my favorite number of the week. The Jets have 90% of the money on 57% of the tickets, and the line has dropped from 5.5 to 4.5. Green Bay collapsed late in Minnesota and is playing without Josh Jacobs, who is on the Commissioner's Exempt List. I followed this exact pattern with the Jets last week and it cashed.
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