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NFL 2014: Week #16-The Furnace’s Five Best Bets

Posted by fantasyfurnace on December 19, 2014
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*Home team in CAPS

Chargers +1 over the 49ERS- The Niners have completely given up on head coach Jim Harbaugh and it has shown over the last three weeks, all losses, one of them to the lowly Raiders. Colin Kaepernick has been less than stellar in the last three contests garnering just 121, 174, and 141 passing yards. The Chargers are still fighting for a playoff spot and need this game too much to let S.F. have their way with them. Player to watch: Antonio Gates

Giants +5 1/2 over the RAMS- The Giants have been coming together as a team on the both sides of the ball. Odell Beckham Jr. leads all rookies in receiving yards (972) and touchdown catches (9). Eli Manning, thanks in part to Beckham, has shown signs of the Manning of old. Jason Pierre-Paul has six sacks in the past three games while Johnathan Hankings has collected 3.5. Rams are a huge step up in class from who the N.Y. football Giants have been facing of late, but they seem to be rallying around their beleaguered but much beloved coach, Tom Coughlin, second among active head coaches in career wins with 163.

#90 Jason Pierre-Paul and #95 Johnathan Hankings will bring their 16.5 sacks to St. Louis this week looking to add to their totals. Photo: Getty Images

#90 Jason Pierre-Paul and #95 Johnathan Hankings will bring their 16.5 sacks to St. Louis this week looking to add to their 2014 team leading totals. Photo: Getty Images

STEELERS -3 over the Chiefs- A little inconsistent at times this season, (remember their stunning loss to the Jets), the Steelers will need to stack the box this Sunday and contain Jamaal Charles and Kansas City’s prolific running game which, without scoring by their wide receivers this season is the Chiefs only real offensive threat. Blitzes and stunts thrown at QB Alex Smith on passing downs will help in that effort as well. We like the black & gold at home even giving up the three points.

Ravens -5 over the TEXANS- With the loss of QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, Houston is down to Case Keenum or Thad Lewis as his backups. Neither, however will frighten the staunch Raven’s defense. The Texans have won, and handily, against some of the worst teams in the NFL this season. Teams such as the Raiders, Jaguars, Redskins and the Titans (twice). Baltimore, among the better teams they’ll face in the league, needs this game desperately and should win this one going away. Ravens DST should amass some nice fantasy points for those still in the fantasy playoffs this week.

The Furnace writes that #5 Joe Flacco and the Ravens defense will have no problem containing either of the Texans backup QBs this week. Photo: AP

The Furnace writes that #5  Joe Flacco and the Ravens defense will have little problem containing either of the Texans backup QBs this week. Photo: AP

Broncos -3 over the BENGALS- Denver, losers of only three games all season, are still playing for possible homefield advantage throughout the AFC playoffs should New England falter during their last two games. New Broncos weapon- running back C.J. Anderson along with the absence of Bengals LB Vontaze Burfict, make this a little easier for Peyton to pick up his 12th win of the season.

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Stick a fork in the 2013 Giants…Their season is done!

Posted by fantasyfurnace on October 6, 2013
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Jimmy Carter was the President and gasoline was $0.90 a gallon the last time the N.Y. football Giants were 0-5. That was back in 1979 when more than half of our readers weren’t even born yet! And now, history has repeated itself as the team once again has arrived at that dubious milestone.

This season has been going downhill for the Giants every week as this merciless season has unfolded. The only real bright spot took place in game one when three Giants receivers had 100+ receiving yards. There really haven’t been any other bright spots over their next four games.

The Giants have struggled on both sides of the ball but the most glaring common denominator has been turnovers. The team has 20 turnovers to lead the league in that category while 12 of those have come through interceptions by the once very elite quarterback & captain Eli Manning, who threw 15 all of last season!. (Eli has never lost five games in a row since coming into the league back in 2004).  Those turnovers have resulted in 54 points scored by their opponents which also leads the league.

#10 Eli Manning dejectedly leaves the field after throwing one of his three picks vs Dallas in game one this season. Photo: Rueters

#10 Eli Manning dejectedly leaves the field after throwing one of his three picks vs Dallas in Game 1 this season. Photo: Rueters

Some could raise the argument that the club has suffered more than their share of injuries but that’s just the nature of the game. Fact is their offensive line has not protected Manning enough as he has been sacked 15 times this season (19 all of last year). They also have not been able to open any lanes consistently for the Giants running game to get off the ground as David Wilson and Brandon Jacobs have proven to be a major disappointment on offense.

Their defense has been, well, in a word, “offensive”. Their secondary has been as porous as swiss cheese and rushing the passer has become as extinct as the dinosaur. Jason Pierre-Paul and Justin Tuck are a shell of what they once were. Here’s a stat that exemplifies how their complete lack of defense has helped them actually make the record books: The 182 points allowed so far this season are the most through five games by ANY team since the Raiders gave up 187 in 1961…That’s over 50 years ago folks! 

It’s most shocking to see a Tom Coughlin team perform this badly, even going back to his early days in Jacksonville when he brought respectability to that franchise for the first time ever, they played hard every game for the fiery coach. Were the two Giants Super Bowl wins under Coughlin just flukes? Has the team lost its passion and hunger for another championship? Or has Tom Coughlin just lost his team?

Head coach Tom Coughlin now in his 10th season with the Giants, might be losing his team to bad case of ANDREW THEODORAKIS/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Photo:

Head coach Tom Coughlin, now in his 10th season with the Giants, might be losing his team to bad case of complacency. Photo: ANDREW THEODORAKIS/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Good questions all. We’ll have to wait and see what happens by the end of the season to realize any definitive answers. One thing is perfectly clear; no team that has begun the season 0-5 has ever made the playoffs and this bunch will be no exception to that rule. Can General Manager Jerry Reese work his magic and bring in some key replacements in time to at least salvage the season by making the Giants relevant or has that ship already sailed?

Meantime, that smoke you see coming out of Met Life Stadium means that the Giants season is done….WELL done!

2013 N.Y. Giants: Let the panic begin…

Posted by fantasyfurnace on September 23, 2013
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Few are not aware of the horrific start to the season by the NY. Football Giants. I mean it doesn’t get much worse than a 0-3 start; the latest loss by a lopsided shutout at the hands of the non-elite Carolina Panthers. But should their early results come as such a shock given their recent past?

Consider that Big Blue owns a 3-8 record over their last 11 regular season games which include two shutout losses. Throw in their abysmal Pre-Season performance (1-3), especially  that of Eli Manning who looked ‘disinteredted’, the loss of Safety Stevie Brown (8 interceptions last season), Jason Pierre-Paul returning from back surgery in June, and the loss of RB Andre Brown to IR, and you have a recipe for disaster.

The worse begginning to a season under Tom Coughlin’s rule, the Giants 38-0 loss to the Panthers on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2013, ends the revered coach’s amazing streak in which he started 5-2 every year since he was hired in 2004.

The capitan Eli Manning, who had an up and down season last year, looked totally rusty in the pre-season and has thrown 8 interceptions in the first three games this year. The biggest culprit on this team without question has been their offensive line which has not made it possible for any lanes to open up for David Wilson  (75 rushing yards in three games) and Brandon Jacobs (who now has 10 carries for six yards since signing with the Giants for a 0.6 YPC average).

With an ineffectice O-Line the protection for Eli has also been non-existent. It’s affected the time he has to release the ball and has a lot to do with him making poor decisions by virtue of his 8 picks. He also has already been sacked 11 times!

#10 Eli Manning, sacked multiple times in the 38-0 loss to the Panthers only had 1 passing yard in the first half on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2013. Photo: Mike Mccarn/Associated Press

#10 Eli Manning, sacked multiple times in the 38-0 loss to the Panthers, only had 1 passing yard in the first half on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2013. Photo: Mike Mccarn/Associated Press

Second on the list of causes for the Giants demise, is their lack of any semblence on defense; from a limited pass-rush to cornerbacks and safeties that have allowed their opponents to rack up 115 points (38.3 YPG) average through the early going.

It won’t get any easier for the G-Men either as they will face the 3-0 Kansas City Chiefs next week at K.C. and then after a home game against the Eagles, they will have to play the 3-0 Bears in Chicago. It is quite conceivable that by October 13th we could be staring at the Giants sitting at 0-6 or at best 1-5.

Playoffs? Ponder this: The last time an NFL team began the season at 0-3 and made the playoffs was 15 years ago when in 1998 the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions both accomplised that feat.

Tom Coughlin? The man will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in the first round of eligibility, or should  be. Got to feel for him as earlier last week he lost his 63 old brother in a freak accident. Instead of his team playing one “for the Gipper”, they just rolled over and played dead. Losing usually begets more losing…

Giants coach Tom Coughlin at the press conference after the embarrassing loss to the Panthers said, "He expected more from this team.." Photo: Rueters

Giants coach Tom Coughlin at the press conference after the embarrassing loss to the Panthers said, “He expected more from this team..” Photo: Rueters

 This latest edition of this team is clearly lacking in talent. Hopefully Giants General Manager Jerry Reese will go into his bag of tricks and pull out some players that can make a difference in the 13 remaining games for the Giants to at least gain some relevance in a very poor division. In the meantime, Owners, Coaches, players and fans…”Let the panic begin!”