There's no way of sugarcoating the fact that despite an incredibly profitable 2020 for #TML (+47U), this year has been a struggle.
Through seven weeks, my beloved #TooManyLegs Teaser of the Week is 0-7, -7U. Before last week, every teaser went either 6-2 or 5-3, but yesterday featured the nightmare scenario of a 7-1 teaser. Not only did #TML go 7-1 (which is good for a solid $0.00 payout), but the only leg that didn't hit, Packers-WFT O 41.5, went under by 8 points in a game that saw a solid 13-19 points left on the field. Blocked field goals happen. They're semi-rare, but they happen. However, you usually don't see two blocked field goals in one game (forget on back-to-back series). You did yesterday.
Sweet!
In fact, since 2016, there have been 90 blocked field goals in the regular season; yesterday's Packers-WFT game was just the fourth game during that timeframe to have multiple blocked field goals.
The others were: 10/15/17- Giants @ Broncos 12/1/19- Colts @ Titans (The ghost of Vinatieri had two kicks blocked; 46 and 53 yarders, respectively) 1/3/21-Broncos @ Raiders (McManus had a 63 and 70 yarder blocked, which shouldn't even fucking count towards this wildly rare stat)
These weren't some 70 yard, low trajectory kicks; these were 42 and 34 yarders, respectively. High schoolers can make these kicks, but whatever, it happens, and there was still a ton of time left. It's not as rare as someone, let's say, diving like they have no legs for the goal line on a (potential) walk-in touchdown which also happened yesterday.
For the sake of narrative this happened before that disgusting display of scrambling. After the blocked field goal, the Football Team passed up a field goal and failed on 4th down in the 2nd quarter.
For those of you keeping score at home, we're now up to a potential 16 points left on the field.
Down 21-7 with 5:57 left in the 3rd quarter, the Football Team failed on 4th & 2 on the Packers 3 yard line.
To cap it off, Heincke threw a redzone INT to officially kill #TML.
I wouldn't blame you for jumping off the bandwagon at this point, but I'm not ready to retire #TML just yet. There's still 11 more weeks of football and a win next week puts us in plus money for the year. At least nobody was riding my Patriot props.
Almost unfathomably, this isn't the first time I bet a Jonnu Smith reception prop where he had two catches the opening drive and none for the rest of the game. At least the first time he didn't get fucking hurt.
P.S.
#facts
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