Going into Monday night's game, I had only one card left out of four originals, an eight team parlay that would yield $65 on a $5 wager. That card was the recipient of divine intervention in order to stay alive... twice. First, I happened to notice as we were leaving Timothy's Sunday afternoon that the Lions/Vikings game was not only not over, the Vikings were suddenly driving with less than a minute to play. I needed the Lions to win by 4 or more to stay in it, they were up 34-28. With 9 seconds left and first and goal from the Detroit 1, my heart sank as it seemed all but certain the Vikings would score a touchdown, win, and make me lose that last card.
The heavens parted, a little face-masking went uncalled and Minnesota fumbled the ball and the game away. Woo!
Then my attention turned to the Bears/Broncos game, where I needed the Broncos to lose by 2 or less, or win outright. The Bears had a 10-0 lead five seconds into the fourth quarter and looked to be putting an end to all this Tebow silliness and my hopes of financial reward.
They forgot about Dre. They always forget about Dre.
Demaryius Thomas, not to be confused with Devin Thomas as I tried to, snagged a ten yard touchdown from St. Tebow with 2:08 left in regulation. The Broncos got the ball back on their own 20 yard line with 1:12 left and drove down to the Bears' 41. A 59 yard field goal to send the game into overtime? Surely not.
I used the word "regulation" as a foreshadowing tool because damned if Prater didn't drill the hell out of the 59 yarder. That kick had 65 yards on it, easily. To overtime we went!
Chicago got the ball first in OT and helpfully fumbled it over to the Broncos immediately upon entering field goal range for Robbie Gould. Tim Tebow Jesused his way down to the Bears' 33 yard line and let Prater hit a chip-shot 51 yard field goal to seize the most unlikely of wins and preserve my card.
Monday night: I needed the Seahawks to win by 2 or more over the Rams in order to lock the card up. Seattle did all they could to keep St. Louis in game for as long as possible but St. Louis ultimately would hear nothing of it. Seattle won 30-13, and I will finally hold the line up a little bit longer this coming Sunday as I redeem football gold.
Honorable mention: It also helped that the Patriots didn't let Washington score a final touchdown.
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