NFL Week 6 Picks: Seahawks Triplets, Bengals Psychology, Terrible Kickers

October 11, 2014   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

Riffs, rants, observations and dissenting opinions from the voices in my head: Here's a warped and dented take on this weekend's games, this week featuring ruminations on the 1990s Cowboys and a really long segment about terrible kickers. 
Note: All times listed are Eastern, lines are via Odds Shark and game capsules are listed in the order you should read them.
 
Cowboys at Seahawks
Sunday, 4:25 p.m.
Line: Seahawks -9.5
In the most glorious of their glory days, the Dallas Cowboys were led by the Triplets. It was an awful nickname and a gross oversimplification of reason for the team's success.
But in the early 1990s, effort was uncool. We stopped shampooing or wearing decent clothes for three years, so we sure as heck weren't going to coin a clever nickname for Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin or the (ugh) Wowboys.
Those Triplets created a triangle of terror that made offensive strategy simple. If you loaded up to stop Emmitt, ...

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