October 13 Best Bets

Tonight is what I like to call a football test from the NFL. You have to love football and the NFL to watch the 2-3 Chicago Bears hosting the 1-4 Washington Commanders. This is a matchup between two lackluster offenses led by below average quarterbacks. However, despite the ineptitude of Carson Wentz this season, he lives to play on Thursday Night Football. Here are his TNF Football stats:

1443 yards

15 TDs

2 INTs

6-0 along with a QB rating of 107

I’m backing the Commanders and Wentz tonight, solely because there is a shred of competence when Wentz plays QB. The Bears are setting up Fields to fail and he isn’t overcoming the shortcomings he has been dealt. Averaging about 135 yards passing per game is atrocious (Justin Fields) and a sign of a QB that is not developing. Tough to bet on a QB that isn’t developing offensively. 

Commanders ML (-115) 2 Units

I’m picking the Mariners on the ML (+135) to upset the Astros. They’ll bounce back after that insane collapse last game. The Mariners got too cute and tried to use Robby Ray to close the game, despite the Astros being Ray’s kryptonite and they lost the game due to it. The Mariners have Luis Castillo on the mound today, who’s been stellar (77 strikeouts and a 3.17 ERA in 11 starts) since being traded from the Reds midseason. Give me the team with the young bats in the lineup, scoring runs in bunches to even up this series.

Mariners ML (+135) 1 Unit