Well, my hot streak of hitting five out of six straight plays vanished during Week 7 of the NFL faster than Donald Trump’s lead in the Iowa polls. At this pace, I’ll be the Herman Cain of prognostication by season’s end.
Only my New York Jets (+9) play won, and that too would have lost if New York hadn’t kicked a last-minute field goal to cut a two-score New England 10-point lead down to a touchdown. My “sure thing” Baltimore Ravens (+7.5) lost by the slimmest of margins on Monday night, 26-18, in the desert, and both the underdog Detroit Lions (+3.