Every week in the NFL, nothing makes any damn sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s why we love it. It\u2019s why we can\u2019t get off the intravenous drip. It\u2019s why we\u2019re compelled to watch garbage teams playing in prime time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there comes a time in every fan\u2019s life when they need something to make some semblance of sense. That\u2019s why on Fridays, I\u2019ll be looking at the upcoming week\u2019s toss-up games ATS, according to RunYourPool VIP data (which you can sign up to access with a VIP account here<\/strong><\/a>). I\u2019ll throw some numbers at you, they\u2019ll make sense, and then we\u2019ll all win our pools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Importantly, too, I\u2019ll start every subsequent week\u2019s column with a look at the previous week\u2019s results and hold myself accountable so I can be mocked on Twitter. It\u2019s important to stand by your principles, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DVOA data from <\/em>Football Outsiders<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Team grades data from <\/em>Pro Football Focus<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Last Week: 1-2-1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This Season: 2-3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If there\u2019s anything certain so far through a third of the NFL season, it\u2019s that the Carolina Panthers are 100% done with attempting to win football games. Case in point: they only sacked Matthew Stafford<\/a> once, despite Stafford having less effective protection than a Catholic overnight summer camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n