Thursday Night Football: Denver Broncos vs. Oakland Raiders
Come to watch Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos jump out to a big lead, stay for the Carson Palmer second half surge of fantasy points in your start two quarterback league. That’s what we have going on tonight.
Oakland’s defense has been dreadful this year. Over the last four games, they have been outscored 84-20 in the first half. That’s right, in the first half they have given up 21 points per game. Manning and the Broncos, meanwhile, have now rolled to seven straight wins. The AFC West is also clinched. If they take care of business tonight, then they can sit back and see if the Patriots bring the Texans back to the pack on Sunday and make for an interesting final three weeks, or alternatively if they move into prime position to go into Baltimore and take the #2 seed.
The line: Broncos -10
The pick: Denver in the first half and for the game, slightly worried about the back door cover when Palmer throws a touchdown with 15 seconds remaining.
[photo via USA Today Sports Images]
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December 6th, 2012 at 8:59 PM
Lisk you see CIA Special Agent Hillis fighting the feud?
December 6th, 2012 at 9:04 PM
I know you get penalized tax wise and all that if you close out a retirement account before you’re old enough to retire. If you put it all in higher risk and just flat out lose it, would you get penalized the same as if you had just closed it? I have a retirement account that got set up at another job and was thinking about dropping it all in higher risk portfolios, because in its present state it’s going up by like $1.33 every quarter. I have it in the lowest risk, guaranteed portfolio.
December 6th, 2012 at 9:54 PM
No, the early withdrawal penalty and associated income tax is only imposed if you take the money out of the account. If you invest it unwisely and it loses value, there is no associated penalty or income tax.
December 6th, 2012 at 10:16 PM
The NFL really needs to move the Thursday Night games to Saturdays after college football is over.
December 6th, 2012 at 10:21 PM
The NFL really needs to move the Thursday Night games to Saturdays after college football is over.
They could move it to Friday or Wednesday for all I care. Can’t watch them anyways. DAMN YOU NIGHT SHIFT!!!!!!!!
December 6th, 2012 at 10:23 PM
Speaking of being at work, if I wait any longer to take my last break I might as well just wait and go home 15 minutes early. If only I could do that. I’d be one break-skipping/early leaving motherfucker.
December 6th, 2012 at 10:24 PM
They could move it to Friday or Wednesday for all I care. Can’t watch them anyways. DAMN YOU NIGHT SHIFT!!!!!!!!
Damn, Meth. You have to work Saturday nights?
December 6th, 2012 at 10:24 PM
Every one of them. Monday and Tuesday are my weekend.
December 6th, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Wanna know something funny, KC? It took 9 months for these people to realize how much of a fucking favor I do for them. Everyone always wanted to know why I’m the only one with a set schedule. I negotiated that. I work every weekend in exchange for the same 2 consecutive days off every week. I went on vacation for 12 days, which meant they didn’t get to rotate their weekends. All the other night shift people had to be here while I was gone, whereas they normally get every other weekend off. Fuckers.
December 6th, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Actually 10 months.
December 6th, 2012 at 10:45 PM
Tonight and the previous few nights have been the craziest sports labor battle/discussion whatever in the history of sports. It’s a damn shame there has been barely any coverage about it. So many ups and downs. And Gary Bettman delivered perhaps the most impassioned and impressive press conference I can remember. Hopefully, it looks like the players may be cracking and this can be resolved soon. I doubt it will happen but it would be great to see a couple posts about what has occurred the past couple days on this site.
December 6th, 2012 at 10:46 PM
Vlad, say they did get something done tonight or even tomorrow, how much of the season could they still squeeze in?
December 6th, 2012 at 10:55 PM
If a deal was signed by the end of the weekend. A 50-60 game schedule is possible with games perhaps starting on Christmas. From here it looks like either the Union will decertify or make a last ditch effort to try and beg for forgiveness and sign the NHL’s last proposal. I don’t know if that’s feasible though. It will all depend on if the NHL backs off saying everything introduced this week is off the table. Allegedly, the players were ready to sign on Tuesday but Fehr told them to continue to hold out because they could get more.
December 6th, 2012 at 11:01 PM
Donald Fehr continues to be the worst sports human alive without the title of Commissioner.