Tonight was one of the those examples in which betting on football actually took away my enjoyment of the game. Instead of being thrilled by the comeback by the underdog Niners, I just had a sinking feeling in my gut as I watched the Saints blow their lead and fail to cover the spread.

Tonight was also a reminder of the old adage: if something looks to be good to be true, it probably is. I couldn't believe that the Saints were only 4.5 underdogs and bet relatively big, and now I've gone from +60 for the season to -130. None of my picks came through except for my 15 bucks on the Chiefs. So I went from +60 on the year to -145. (On the bright side, I did place an early parlay with the Saints last Monday when they were still at -3 so I one a little bit of cash on that one since the other two games can in.) I also think that I was sub-.500 on my picks overall. Just a terrible, terrible weekend. And next weekend doesn't look much better.

Looking ahead to next week, the games that jump out at me are Washington -3.5 over the Rams and the Bengals -3 over the Panthers. I'm going to put $25 on both of them. I also kind of like the Giants over the Titans at -3 but not enough to lay down an early bet.

At least my fantasy teams are doing well, even though I went into the season thinking, "Seriously, how many touchdowns is Jahvid Best really going to score?" Whoops. At least LeSean McCoy is panning out for me and Miles Austin is putting up numbers.