Week 13 Pattern

Starting with the Green Bay Packers’ miracle win/cover at Detroit vs the Lions the losers in the previous week’s Thanksgiving Day games won while the winners of the three Thanksgiving Day games either lost and/or failed to cover the spread  in week 13 of the NFL season.

I realized this too late at the half of the (Turkey day loser) Philadelphia Eagles win at New England vs the Patriots and the simultaneous (Turkey day winner) Carolina Panthers’ no cover win at New Orleans vs the Saints.

Before those two games on Sunday, an earlier tilt manifested in the San Francisco 49ers winning outright, as a one touchdown underdog in Chicago vs the Bears.

Chicago had beaten the Packers on Thanksgiving night.

Somebody knew something regarding the Monday night game as the Dallas Cowboys (Turkey day losers) bet from a 4 point to just a two and a fraction point underdog, won at Washington, vs the Redskins.

In  summary: 5 games involving the six teams that played on Thanksgiving, all 5 resulting in “spread” wins if you took the Thanksgiving loser and bet vs the winner that day. Three were outright wins, by 8, 7 and at a point, 4 point underdogs.

Reading this one could say the adage “a day late and a dollar short” was rarely more applicable.

This is especially so NOT if you “read” the pattern early enough to cash bets, but if you by any means control or cut out gambling. Additionally taking the NFL with many grains of salt because alas, salt and miracle touchdown plays vs, can really “BURN.”