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When you milk a cow, you must do it strategically. Going in full speed may not be the most efficient and pleasant way to get the best results.
If your're still reading this you're probably wondering why I'm talking about miking a cow? To be honest. I know nothing about it and I'm not sure how we got here, maybe I just liked the picture a little too much.
One thing we can agree on, we have been slowly milking wins out of the books this week. We picked some good spots and hit a ton of our big bets. Like you and I both know, the weekend dictates what the final results are for your week, so lets close out big.
Cheers to a big weekend.
New Plays
Champs League
Tottenham first half over 1 juiced but safe risk 10U
Monday
Mavs +5.5 3U
Sunday
Germany
Hannover/Stug
Over 2.5 2U
first half over 1 2U
UPDATE 430 CST
MLS
DC/ATL United
First half over 1 10U MAX
BTTS and over 2.5 5U
Previous Plays
Update 109 CST
Dortmund over 1 FH 10U
Dortmund TT Over 1.5 risk 10
Or
Over 2 +110 5U
UPDATE 224 CST
Dortmund +.5 10U
Barcelona first half over 1 risk 10U
Parlay 5U -124
Arsenal ML
Liverpool ML
Arsenal -1.5 5U
Game over 4.5 5U
UPDATE 554 CST
Tennessee first half TT over 35.5 5U MAX
Tenn game TT over 75 7U MAX
UPDATE 654 CST
Illinoise St 2nd half ML 7U MAX
Rockets game over 241.5 7U MAX
UPDATE 858 CST
Play at your own risk but Im riding Cinci -5 2nd half 7U
UPDATE 8 CST
Frankfurt/Hoff over 3 -180 risk 10U MAX BOMB
Goals in the first 15 min of Frankfurt games dont usually happen if you want to risk it and wait for live
or 5U on over 3.5
Update
Netherlands
PSV Over 3.5 10U MAX
UPDATE 829 CST
Manchester City at Bournemouth
Over 1.5 FH 3U
Over 3 game 3U
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Dec 7, 2024, 2:38 pm
C.J. Stroud faced criticism in Houston's last few games as the Texans hit a rough patch after losing just two of their first eight games.
But the second-year quarterback remained confident and his strong performance last Sunday helped the Texans (8-5) to a 23-20 win over the Jaguars to enter their bye with a two-game lead atop the AFC South.
“When he is leading and playing the way he is playing, our entire team feeds off of him,” coach DeMeco Ryans said. “I am excited for his second year. I think he is showing a ton of growth, he is in a really great spot for us physically, mentally. I really love where he is and I am excited to see how he comes back after the break.”
Stroud threw for 242 yards and a touchdown against Jacksonville to leave him ranked fourth in the NFL with 3,117 yards passing this season. That game came after he threw two interceptions in a 32-27 loss to Tennessee a week before for the team’s third loss in four games.
Those two interceptions brought his season total to nine, which are four more than he threw in 15 games a rookie. But the Texans aren’t worried about that statistic and believe he has grown in his second year.
“He’s made a lot of progress,” general manager Nick Caserio said. “There are some plays, like all of our players, that we probably wish he could have back, but happy he’s our quarterback, happy with what he brings to the table. ... Wouldn’t want anyone else leading this team.”
The Texans are in position to win their division for a second straight season despite dealing with several significant injuries on offense. Running back Joe Mixon missed three games early with an ankle injury and leading receiver Nico Collins was sidelined for five games with a hamstring injury.
They also lost four-time Pro Bowler Stefon Diggs for the season when tore an ACL in Week 8.
Mixon leads the team with 887 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns and has added four touchdown receptions. His work in his first season in Houston after a trade from Cincinnati has helped the team deal with those significant injuries to the receiving corps.
Mixon ranks third in the NFL by averaging 88.7 yards rushing a game and has had at least 100 yards rushing in seven games.
Stroud has continually raved about Mixon’s contributions on and off the field.
“He’s a servant, a helper,” Stroud said. “That’s ultimately what I want to be as well. Who can I serve and how can I help? That’s ultimately what the game of football is.”
While Mixon has been the team’s most important new acquisition on offense, Danielle Hunter has been Houston’s new defensive star. The defensive end spent his first eight seasons in Minnesota before joining the Texans this year.
He has helped Houston lead the NFL with 84 tackles for loss after piling up 15 this season, which is tied for third most in the league. He also leads the Texans with 10½ sacks to help them rank second with 42.
Hunter been a great addition to a team that already had defensive end Will Anderson Jr., last year’s AP Defensive Rookie of the Year. Anderson ranks second to Hunter on the team with 13 tackles for loss and 9½ sacks.
Ryans said this week’s break is much needed for a team that opened the preseason on Aug. 1 in the Hall of Fame game.
“It’s here and we’re going to take advantage of it,” he said. “We’ve been going at it for a long time.”
The Texans need to recharge this week with a brutal stretch of three games in 10 days when they return from their bye. Houston hosts Miami on Dec. 15 before a trip to Kansas City on Dec. 21 and a visit from the Ravens on Christmas Day.
“It’s Christmas and all that, but we can’t worry about that. All we can do is focus on Miami,” Caserio said. “And then when we get through the Miami game, then we kind of turn the page to the next. ... We’re either going to earn it or we’re not. Not to oversimplify it, but that’s the truth.”
The Texans will play those game without starting linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair after he received a three-game suspension for his violent hit to the head of Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence, which led to a concussion.
Al-Shaair will be eligible to return for Houston’s regular-season finale against Tennessee.