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Saturday’s 6-pack:
Some spreads for bowl games on this year’s schedule:
— Utah (-7) vs Northwestern
— San Jose State (-9.5) vs Coastal Carolina
— West Virginia (-3) vs North Carolina
— Louisville (-7.5) vs USC
— Kansas State (-4) vs NC State
— Arizona (-3.5) vs Oklahoma

Quote of the Day
“In order to see the fruit, you’ve gotta toil for it. I think too many people don’t want to toil for it. They just want to walk out here and think that they’re going to make plays and think that they’re going to perform at a high level. I think we need to have more people who want to work for it, not expect it to be handed to them.”
Steelers’ safety Minkah Fitzpatrick

Saturday’s quiz
Los Angeles Angels haven’t made the playoffs since 2014; who did they play in that series?

Friday’s quiz
In the movie For Love of the Game, Kevin Costner plays a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers; JK Simmons plays the manager of the Tigers.

Thursday’s quiz
Matthew Stafford played his college football at Georgia.

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Saturday’s Den: NHL trends……..

NHL trends (thru Thursday, Dec. 7)
I’ll try to post this once a week……..

Anaheim 10-16
— 1-10 in their last 11 games overall.
— lost last five road tilts.
— over 4-0 last four road games

Arizona 13-10-2
— won five of their last six games.
— 8-5 at home, 5-5-2 on road.
— over 6-3 last nine road games

Boston 17-5-3
— 8-4-3 last 15 games, after a 9-1 start
— 9-2-1 at home, 8-3-2 on road.
— over 5-1 last six road games

Buffalo 11-14-1
— 1-9 after a win, 8-6 after a loss
— 5-7 at home, 6-7-2 on road.
— under 6-2 last eight home games

Calgary 11-12-3
— 7-5 in their last 12 games
— 6-6-1 at home, 5-7-2 on road.
— over 8-2 last ten home games

Carolina 14-11-1
— lost last three games, by combined 11-4.
— 8-2-1 at home, 6-9 on road.
— under 4-1 last five on road; over last five at home.

Chicago 8-16-1
— lost four of their last five games
— 4-6-1 at home, 4-10 on road.
— under 4-1 last five games

Colorado 16-8-2
— lost four of last five games
— 9-3 at home, 7-5-2 on road.
— under 3-1 last four home games

Columbus 8-15-5
— lost four of their last five games
— 6-7-2 at home, 2-8-3 on road.
— under 3-1 last four road games

Dallas 15-7-1
— 3-5 in their last eight games
— 6-4-1 at home, 9-3-2 on road.
— over 9-3 last 12 games
— 14-4 if they score more than two goals

Detroit 14-7-4
— won six of their last eight games
— 8-3-3 at home, 6-4-1 on road.
— over 6-2 last eight road games

Edmonton 10-12-1
— won last five games, scoring 27 goals.
— 6-4-1 at home, 4-8 on road.
— over 7-2 last nine games

Florida 15-8-2
— 5-5 in their last ten games.
— 8-4 at home, 7-4-2 on road.
— under 5-0 last five road games

Los Angeles 16-4-3
— won eight of last nine games.
— 5-4-3 at home, 11-0 on road.
— under 12-3 last fifteen games

Minnesota 9-11-4
— won four of last five games.
— 5-4-2 at home, 4-7-2 on road.
— under 5-2 last seven games
Montreal 11-12-3
— lost three of last four games.
— 6-8-1 at home, 5-4-2 on road.
— under 6-1 last seven games

Nashville 14-12
— won nine of last 11 games.
— 9-6 at home, 5-6 on road.
— over 5-1 last six home games

New Jersey 13-10-1
— won five of last six games
— 5-6-1 at home, 8-4 on road.
— over 18-6

NY Islanders 11-7-7
— won three of last four games.
— 5-3-5 at home, 6-4-2 on road.
— over 7-0 last seven road games

NY Rangers 18-5-1
— won 10 of last 13 games
— 8-2 at home, 10-3-1 on road.
— 5-0 after a loss this season.
— over 3-0 last three games

Ottawa 10-11
— lost four of their last six games.
— 8-8 at home, 2-3 on road.
— 8-2 scoring 4+ goals, 2-9 scoring less than 4.

Philadelphia 14-10-2
— won their last three games, giving up 5 goals.
— 6-6-1 at home, 8-4-1 on road.
— under 6-2 last eight games

Pittsburgh 11-11-3
— lost six of last eight games
— 5-6-1 at home, 6-5-2 on road.
— under 5-0 last five road games

St Louis 13-11-1
— 4-9 after a win, 9-2 after a loss.
— 7-4 at home, 6-7-1 on road.
— under 4-0 last four road games

San Jose 8-17-2
— won five of last seven games
— 5-6-2 at home, 3-11 on road.
— over 4-0 last four games

Seattle 8-13-6
— lost last six games, scoring 10 goals.
— 4-7-1 at home, 4-6-5 on road.
— under 3-0 last three games

Tampa Bay 12-11-5
— lost five of last seven games.
— 8-3-3 at home, 4-8-2 on road.
— under 6-1 last seven games
— 1-5 in OT/SO

Toronto 13-6-4
— won three of last four games.
— 7-4-1 at home, 6-2-3 on road.
— over 10-3 last thirteen games
— 11-1 scoring 4+ goals, 2-9 scoring 3 or less.

Vancouver 17-9-1
— 0-5 after last five wins, 5-0 after last five losses.
— 9-3-1 at home, 8-6 on road.
— under 4-1 last five home games

Vegas 17-5-5
— won three of last four games.
— 9-2-2 at home, 8-3-3 on road.
— under 11-3 at home

Washington 12-8-3
— lost last three games, outscored 15-5
— 7-4-2 at home, 5-4-1 on road.
— under 9-4 on road

Winnipeg 15-8-2
— won last three games, giving up four goals.
— 8-5-1 at home, 7-3-1 on road.
— under 7-1 last eight games
 

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Sunday’s 6-pack:
Last six Heisman Trophy winners, how they did in their bowl games:
2022- Caleb Williams, USC- L45-46
2021- Bryce Young, Alabama- W27-16/L18-33
2020- DeVonta Smith, Alabama- W31-14/W52-24
2019- Joe Burrow, LSU- W63-28
2018- Kyler Murray, Oklahoma- L34-45
2017- Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma- L48-54, OT

Quote of the Day
“Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones comes too infrequently, and if you don’t collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don’t really mean anything.”
Norman Lear

Sunday’s quiz
Which college basketball team is known as the Anteaters?

Saturday’s quiz
Los Angeles Angels haven’t made the playoffs since 2014; they lost to Kansas City in that series.

Friday’s quiz
In the movie For Love of the Game, Kevin Costner plays a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers; JK Simmons plays the manager of the Tigers.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..

— Shohei Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700M contract with the Dodgers, setting all kinds of records for the biggest contract ever; a lot of the money will be in deferred payments, so LA has some ability to sign starting pitching- they’re little short on that right now.
There are stories how the Angels made $10-20M a year in advertisements when Ohtani was in Anaheim, so the Dodgers will get some of that $70M a year back, plus jersey sales, going to be lot of jerseys sold in Japan.
Dodgers-Padres open the 2024 regular season with couple of games in South Korea.

— LSU’s QB Jayden Daniels won the Heisman Trophy, joining Joe Burrow, Billy Cannon as LSU alums who won the Heisman.
There were three quarterbacks among the four finalists for the award this year; all three of them transferred during their college career.

— Purdue 92, Alabama 86
Zach Edey scored 35 points, in his return to Toronto, his hometown.
Alabama was 19-46 on the arc, 10-18 inside the arc.
Purdue outscored the Crimson Tide 24-9 on the foul line.

— Clemson 74, TCU 66
Other game in Toronto was this battle of surprising unbeatens.
Clemson is now 9-0, vs schedule #32- improved team.
TCU is 7-1, but they’ve played easiest schedule in country so far.

— Tennessee 86, Illinois 79
All five Tennessee starters scored in double figures.
There were 62 foul shots in this game; lot of fouls.
Vols are 6-3, against the 6th-toughest schedule this season.

— Utah 73, BYU 69
First loss for BYU, which shot 7-30 on the arc.
Utah shot 64.5% inside the arc.

— Upsets of the Day:
Marshall (+9) 74, Ohio U 69
San Diego (+7.5) 89, Arizona State 84
South Florida (+7.5) 88, Florida State 72
Eastern Washington (+7.5), Air Force 68
Idaho (+6.5) 63,, Utah Tech 62
Saint Mary’s (+5.5) 64, Colorado State 61
Grand Canyon (+4.5) 69, Liberty 64
Washington (+4.5) 78, Gonzaga 73


— Word of the Day: Bonanza- a situation or event that creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits.
This week has been a bonanza for Shohei Ohtani.

— Penn State 83, Ohio State 80
Buckeyes led by 18 with 15:31 left in the game.
Both teams shot over 40% on the arc.

— Xavier 84, Cincinnati 79
Xavier outscored the Bearcats 22-10 on foul line.
First loss of season for 7-1 Bearcats; Xavier is 5-5.

— Villanova 65, UCLA 56
UCLA lost three of last four D-I games (beat Cal-Riverside by 1)
Villanova snaps three-game skid with this win.
Villanova is 5-2 vs top 100 teams, only 2-2 vs teams outside top 100.

— Rutgers 70, Seton Hall 63

Scarlet Knights win in this Garden State rivalry.
This is Rutgers’ first win in four top 100 games.
Seton Hall is now 0-4 vs top 100 teams.

— Auburn 104, Indiana 76
Tigers outscored Indiana 32-8 in last 10:00 of first half.
Auburn shot 14-29 on the arc.
Hoosiers start two frosh, two sophs, very young for this era.

— Washington 78, Gonzaga 73
Gonzaga’s 16-game win streak against the Pac-12 ends.
Three guys on Gonzaga played all 40:00; they’re not deep.
— Four of the country’s 12 unbeaten teams got beat Saturday.
 

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10

GameTime(ET)PickUnits
TB at ATL01:00 PMTB +1.0
U 41.0
+500 +500
HOU at NYJ01:00 PMNYJ +3.0
U 33.5
+500 +500
LAR at BAL01:00 PMBAL -7.5
U 42.0
+500 +500
JAC at CLE01:00 PMJAC +2.0
U 37.5
+500 +500
DET at CHI01:00 PMCHI +3.0
O 44.5
+500 +500
IND at CIN01:00 PMCIN -2.5
U 44.0
+500 +500
CAR at NO01:00 PMCAR +5.5
O 39.0
+500 +500
MIN at LV04:05 PMMIN -3.0
U 40.5
+500 +500
SEA at SF04:05 PMSEA +13.5
O 45.5
+500 +500
DEN at LAC04:25 PMDEN +3.0
O 45.0
+500 +500
BUF at KC04:25 PMBUF +1.0
O 49.0
+500 +500
PHI at DAL08:20 PMPHI +3.5
U 51.5
+500 +500
 

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DECEMBER'S NFL BEST BETS !

12/10/2023................................. 6 - 13 - 0..............................31.57%.......................- 41.50
12/07/2023....................................0 - 2 -0 ..............................00.00%.......................- 11.00
12/04/2023....................................0 - 2 - 0...............................00.00%.......................- 11.00
12/03/2023....................................7 - 7 - 0...............................50.00%.......................- 3.50

TOTALS.......................................13 - 24 - 0...............................35.13%.......................- 64.00
 

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Monday’s 6-pack:
— Long Beach State 84, USC 79 OT- Trojans were up 45-30 at halftime.
— Boston College 86, St John’s 80- Pitino isn’t happy with his team’s defense.
— Colorado 90, Miami 63- Impressive win for Pac-12’s Buffs.
— St Joe’s 74, Princeton 70- Only seven unbeaten teams left in country.
— Nebraska 77, Michigan State 70- Spartans are 4-5, 0-2 in conference games.
— Memphis 81, Texas A&M 75- Penny Hardaway’s Tigers improve to 7-2.

Quote of the Day
“These receivers can’t get out of the way of hurting the team.”
Tony Romo, talking about the Kansas City Chiefs’ WR’s

Monday’s quiz
In the movie For Love of the Game, Kevin Costner plays a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers; JK Simmons plays the manager of the Tigers.

Sunday’s quiz
Cal-Irvine’s basketball team is known as the Anteaters.

Saturday’s quiz
Los Angeles Angels haven’t made the playoffs since 2014; they lost to Kansas City in that series.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday

Buccaneers 29, Falcons 25
— Mayfield threw 11-yard TD pass with 0:31 left for winning score.
— For the game, Mayfield was 14-29/144 passing, but with two TD’s.
— Last four games, opponents were 14-51 on third down.
— Tampa is 10-7-1 ATS in last 18 games with spread of 3 or less.
— Last play of game, Falcon WR was tackled on 3-yard line.
— Atlanta outgained the Bucs 434-290, but still lost.
— Falcons lost four of their last six games.
— under Smith, Falcons are 2-10-1 ATS as a home favorite.

Bears 28, Lions 13
— Lions’ last 2 drives of first half: 20 plays, 119 yards, 13 points.
— Lions in second half: 31 plays, 86 yards, no points.
— Last four games, Detroit is minus-6 in turnovers (4-10)
— In their last five games, Detroit has given up 29.8 ppg.
— Bears held to Detroit to 3.3 yards/pass attempt.
— Chicago outscored the Lions 18-0 in second half.
— Last five games, Bears ran ball for 144.4 yards/game.
— Chicago is 7-3 ATS in their last ten games.

Bengals 34, Colts 14
— Cincinnati averaged 11.0 yards per pass play.
— Bengals are 12-3 ATS in last 15 games coming off a win
— Cincinnati is 17-10-2 ATS in last 29 home games.
— Bengals are 6-1 giving up 20 or less points, 1-5 allowing more than 2o.
— Colts scored on a pick-6, but had only one offensive TD.
— Bengals outscored Indianapolis 20-0 in second half.
— Colts are 11-13 ATS in last 24 games with spread of 3 or less.
— Colts are 0-6 giving up 29+ points, 7-0 allowing 28 or fewer points.

Browns 31, Jaguars 27
— Flacco threw for 311 yards, three TD’s.
— Browns’ team total: over 9-3-1
— Browns are 9-3-2 ATS in last 14 games coming off a loss.
— Flacco is 19th QB in NFL history to win 100 games.
— Jaguars’ first six drives: 24 plays, 81 yards, no points.
— Jaguars ran for only 58 yards; they had 4 turnovers (minus-1)
— Jaguar defense gave up 11 TD’s on their last 26 drives.
— since 2018, Jags are 13-23-2 ATS as a road underdog.

Saints 28, Panthers 6
— Carolina lost his last six games (2-4 ATS)
— Last nine games, Panthers were outscored 140-52 in first half.
— Young completed only 13-36 passes; the game was indoors.
— Carolina is 0-8 SU/2-6 ATS on the road this year.
— Saints won despite being outgained, 303-207.
— Saints’ three TD drives: 44-24-64 yards.
— Carolina ran ball for 204 yards; they were 8-20 on third down.
— Saints, Bucs, Falcons are all tied for 1st in NFC South, at 6-7.

Jets 30, Texans 6
— In first half, teams combined for 11 drives, 11 punts, no points.
— Jets outgained Houston, 347-135.
— Rookie QB Stroud was knocked out (concussion) late in game.
— since 2016, Houston is 1-7-2 ATS as a road favorite.
— Jets in first half: 26 plays, 101 yards, five punts.
— Jets in second half: 42 plays, 247 yards, 30 points.
— Jets were 6-15 on third down, Houston 1-12.
— Opponents’ team total: under 9-4

Ravens 37, Rams 31, OT
— Wallace ran a punt back 76 yards for a walk-off TD in overtime.
— This was first time this season Ravens trailed after three quarters.
— Last six games, Baltimore scored 20 TD’s on 64 drives.
— Ravens won seven of last eight games (5-3 ATS).
— Rams forced OT with a 36-yard FG with 0:11 left in regulation.
— LA is 2-7 when it gives up 19+ points.
— Kyren Williams ran ball 25 times for 114 yards.
— Cooper Kupp caught eight passes for 115 yards and a TD.

Patriots 21, Steelers 18
— New England snapped a 5-game losing skid.
— Patriots in first half: 33 plays, 209 yards, 21 points.
— Patriots in second half: 22 plays, 69 yards, no points.
— Zappe is 3-1 as an NFL starting QB.
— Steelers lost last two games, both to teams that were 2-10.
— Last four games, Pittsburgh scored 10-16-10-18 points
— Last three games, Pittsburgh was outscored 41-16 in first half.
— Steelers are 16-21 ATS last 37 games as a home favorite.

Patriots 21, Steelers 18
— New England snapped a 5-game losing skid.
— Patriots in first half: 33 plays, 209 yards, 21 points.
— Patriots in second half: 22 plays, 69 yards, no points.
— Zappe is 3-1 as an NFL starting QB.
— Steelers lost last two games, both to teams that were 2-10.
— Last four games, Pittsburgh scored 10-16-10-18 points
— Last three games, Pittsburgh was outscored 41-16 in first half.
— Steelers are 16-21 ATS last 37 games as a home favorite.

Vikings 3, Raiders 0
— Vikings kicked 36-yard FG with 2:00 left for game’s only score.
— 4th-string QB Mullens came off bench, was 9-13/83 passing.
— Minnesota was 8-20 on 3rd down, Raiders were 3-14.
— Opponents’ team total: under 9-3-1
— Raiders lost last three games, scoring 13-17-0 points.
— Las Vegas had only 8 first downs, was outgained 231-202.
— Under is 10-3 in Raider games this season.
— Last seven games, Las Vegas is 28-89 (31.5%) on third down.

49ers 28, Seahawks 16
— Backup QB Lock was 22-31/269 passing, with 2 TD’s, 2 INT’s.
— Seattle lost last four games, giving up 17-31-41 28.8 ppg.
— Seahawks are 6-1 scoring 20+ points, 0-5 scoring less than 20.
— Seattle is 16-9-1 ATS in its last 26 games as a road dog (4-2 TY).
— 49ers are 5-0 since their bye (3-2 ATS) with all five wins by 12+ points. — McCaffrey ran ball 16 times for 145 yards.
— Last three games, SF ran ball for 169-146-173 yards.
— 49ers were 6-11 on third down, Seattle 2-11.

Broncos 24, Chargers 7
— Denver’s first TD came on a 3-yard drive after an INT.
— Denver was 8-17 on third down, Chargers 0-12 (1-6 on 4th down)
— Broncos are 6-1 SU/5-2 ATS in their last seven games.
— Denver is 18-14-1 ATS last 33 games as a road underdog.
— Chargers QB Herbert broke right index finger, is probably OFY.
— Chargers got stopped on downs on Denver 7-yard line on their 2nd drive.
— Bolts are 3-6 since their bye week.
— Under is 9-1-1 in last eleven Charger games.

Bills 20, Chiefs 17
— Buffalo scored TD’s on two of its first three drives.
— Bills are 9-3-2 ATS in last 13 games as a road underdog.
— Seven of their last nine games stayed under the total.
— Bills are 7-0 giving up 20 or less points, 0-6 giving up more than 20.
— KC appeared to take lead late in game, but TD was nullified by Chiefs’ WR lining up offsides
— Chiefs are 2-4 in their last six games, after a 6-1 start.
— Kansas City team total: under 10-3
— Under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.

Cowboys 33, Eagles 13
— Last two weeks, Eagles lost 42-19/33-13.
— Last four games, Eagles were outscored 72-26 in first half.
— Eagles are 0-6 ATS in their last six visits to Dallas.
— Under Sirianni, Eagles are 5-9 ATS as an underdog.
— Dallas in 1st half: 4 drives- 43 plays, 262 yards, 24 points.
— Dallas was 9-16 on third down, Philly 4-9.
— Dallas won/covered seven of its last eight games.
— Cowboys are 16-6 ATS in last 22 games as a home favorite (6-1 TY)
 

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11

GameTime(ET)PickUnits
TEN at MIA08:15 PMTEN +14.0
O 45.5
+500 +500
GB at NYG08:15 PMNYG +6.0
O 37.0
+500 +500
 

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12/11/2023....................................4 - 0...................................100.00%......................+ 20.00
12/10/2023................................... 6 - 13..................................31.57%.......................- 41.50
12/07/2023....................................0 - 2 -0 ..............................00.00%.......................- 11.00
12/04/2023....................................0 - 2 - 0...............................00.00%.......................- 11.00
12/03/2023....................................7 - 7 - 0...............................50.00%.......................- 3.50

TOTALS.........................................17 - 24 - 0..............................41.46%.......................- 44.00
 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Interesting NFL spreads for Week 15:
— Chargers @ Las Vegas (-3)
— Vikings @ Cincinnati (-3.5)
— Steelers @ Indianapolis (-2.5)
— Broncos @ Detroit (-5)
— Jets @ Miami (-10.5)
— Falcons (-3) @ Carolina

Quote of the Day
“This is the best decision for me and my future. It was my lifelong dream to play quarterback at North Carolina, and I get a chance to check off another dream and play quarterback in the NFL.”
North Carolina QB Drake Maye, who is skipping his college team’s bowl game

Tuesday’s quiz
What team won the first two Super Bowls?

Monday’s quiz
Alex Smith was the Chiefs’ starting QB before Patrick Mahomes.

Sunday’s quiz
Cal-Irvine’s basketball team is known as the Anteaters.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..

Giants 24, Packers 22
Giants drove 57 yards, kicked game-winning 37-yard FG with 0:02 left.
Giants won their last three games, all as an underdog.
Giants gained 367 total yards, their most since Week 2.
Last nine games, Giants are +14 in turnovers.
Last five games, Green Bay gave up 170.4 rushing yards/game.
Packers are 2-8-1 ATS last 11 games as a road favorite.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.
Right now, there are five teams tied for the last playoff slot in NFC.

— Titans 28, Dolphins 27
Dolphins led 27-13 with 3:00 left in the game.
Titans then scored two TD’s in 0:53 span, on drives of 75-61 yards.
Titans are minus-7 in turnovers (9-16) so far this season.
Opponents’ team total: over 7-3-3
Miami’s first TD was an awful pick-6 by Levis.
Dolphins’ two offensive TD’s were on short drives of 7-12 yards.
Miami is 2-4 when it scores less than 31 points.
Right now, Miami is #2-seed in AFC, leading AFC East by two games.

— I’m a fan of these Monday NFL doubleheaders, think they’re preferable to Thursday night NFL games- football wasn’t meant to be played on three days’ rest, but Thursday games must bring in major TV $$$, and $$$ always wins out.

— We mentioned how Shohei Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700M contract last week; well it turns out, $680M of that money will be paid in deferred payments from 2034-43, lowering the Dodgers’ payroll and potential tax burden right now.
Ohtani makes around $40M a year in endorsements, so he doesn’t need the $$$ right now, and deferring the payments makes it easier for the Dodgers to assemble a winning team next year.

— By way of comparison, according to FanGraphs, Oakland A’s total payroll last season was a paltry $58,505,484, meaning Ohtani is going to make more $$$ than the whole Oakland team made last season. Awesome.
Would be kind of funny if after all this talk about Ohtani, the Angels made the playoffs in 2024, since they never made the playoffs with Ohtani.

— Pacers 131, Pistons 123- Detroit has lost 20 games in a row; they’re 6-14 against the spread in those 20 losses.

— Pet Peeve of the Day- At least three QB’s with NFL aspirations are skipping their teams bowl games: USC’s Caleb Williams, North Carolina’s Drake Maye, Notre Dame’s Sam Hartman.
Williams/Hartman transferred to their current school, are now skipping out on them too, so the word “loyalty” is apparently an anachronism now.

— Word of the Day: Anachronism- a person, thing, or idea that exists outside of its time in history, Something that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

— College quarterbacks on the move:
Baylor QB Blake Shapen transfers to Mississippi State.
Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel bolts to Oregon.
North Texas QB Chandler Rogers moves on to California.
Michigan State QB Sam Leavitt transfers to Arizona State.
Boise State QB Taylor Green jumps from Boise State to Arkansas.

— NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder is off to a fast 15-7 start; their last winning season was four years ago, so they appear to be a franchise on the rise.
Here’s the thing: over the next seven years, Oklahoma City has 37 draft picks!!!! What the hell will they do with all of them? Teams only have 15 guys on their roster; if you have a good team, your roster will be pretty well set. Will be interesting to see how they handle all that.

— There are seven unbeaten teams left in college basketball.

— Troy State football coach Jon Sumrall is moving on to Tulane; Trojans are 11-2 this season, are playing Duke in the Birmingham Bowl, but their coach is moving up the financial ladder. Tulane coach Willie Fritz has bolted to the Houston Cougars.

— Vikings’ 3-0 win in Las Vegas Sunday was the 7th NFL game in the Super Bowl era to end 3-0, but this game was indoors- the others were all played in cruddy weather.

— By my count, 54 different quarterbacks have started an NFL game this season, and that count will rise this weekend, with 3-4 more teams likely to start a new QB, due to injuries.

— Major league pitcher Marco Gonzales had a weird week last week:
Last Sunday, he got traded from Seattle to Atlanta.
Two days later, he got dealt to Pittsburgh.
Good news is that he’s probably the Pirates’ #2 starter.
More good news, he’s going to make $12M in 2024.
Bad news is…….well, he’s on the Pirates instead of a good team.
 

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Interesting NFL spreads for Week 15:
— Chiefs (-9.5) @ New England
— 49ers (-13.5) @ Arizona
— Commanders @ Rams (-6.5)
— Cowboys @ Buffalo (-2.5)
— Ravens (-3.5) @ Jacksonville
— Eagles (-4) @ Seattle

Quote of the Day
“It’s an honor to be who we are.”
Joseph Campbell

Wednesday’s quiz
Since 2006, Chargers have started only 3 quarterbacks; Philip Rivers, Justin Herbert and who else?
Hint: He is still in the NFL, as a backup QB

Tuesday’s quiz
Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, beating Chiefs/Raiders.

Monday’s quiz
Alex Smith was the Chiefs’ starting QB before Patrick Mahomes.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

— Be careful when handicapping college football bowl games; players are opting out of bowls to avoid injury/get ready for the NFL Draft. There have also been a few coaching changes involved with bowl teams.
This is from Brad Powers; teams with most starters opting out of bowls:
11- Texas A&M, Oregon State (both head coaches are gone)
10- James Madison (head coach bolted)
9- North Carolina, Notre Dame (both QB’s bolted)
7- Miami, Kansas State
6- Clemson, Duke (Duke’s QB/HC both bolted)
5- Ohio U, Western Kentucky

— Our write-ups for the first eight bowl games are posted on the College Football page.

— Duke QB Riley Leonard bolted to Notre Dame this week; the Fighting Irish are now like those rich baseball teams who poach the best players off less wealthy teams- they’re just going to buy a veteran QB every year.

— If you wager on season-long over/under win totals, the LA Chargers clinched their under bet again this year, 5th year in a row they came in under their win total. Not good.

— I mentioned couple weeks ago how the Arizona Cardinals lost the field position battle in their first 12 games, then of course they went out and won field position by 13 yards in their win at Pittsburgh in Week 13. You win field position by 10+ yards, you generally win the game.
Thru Week 13, NFL teams who won field position by 10+ yards were 51-3 in those games.

— San Francisco Giants signed Korean OF Jung Hoo Lee to a 6-year, $113M contract; he played the last seven years for the Kiwoom Heroes, hitting .340- he was the KBO’s MVP in 2022. He is 25 years old; his father was also an MVP in the KBO.

— Mets’ IF Ronny Mauricio tore his ACL Sunday while playing in the Dominican Winter League; he hit .248 in 26 games as a rookie for the Mets this past year.

— Kansas City Royals are signing P Seth Lugo to a 3-year, $45M deal; he was 8-7, 3.57 in 26 starts for San Diego last year, his first season since 2017 as a starter.

— RIP to Vic Davalillo, who passed away this week in Venezuela. Davalillo played 16 years in the major leagues, winning World Series rings with the Pirates (’71), A’s (’73). He hit .279 in his career, and made the All-Star Game in 1965 for Cleveland.
An outfielder, Davalillo played for six different teams over three decades. RIP, sir.

— Word of the Day: Ambidextrous- a person who can use their right/left hands equally well.

College basketball knowledge………
— Some of the teams playing the fastest tempo in America:

3- Samford
4- Western Kentucky
5- Arizona
6- Tulane
Some of the teams playing the slowest tempo in America:
362- Towson
361- Virginia
360- Middle Tennessee
359- St Thomas

— Teams turning the ball over the most:
362- Stephen F Austin 25.2% of time
360- Siena 24.9%
359- Sacramento State 24.5%
358- Wyoming 23.8%

Teams turning the ball over the least:
2- Richmond 11.7%
3- Kentucky 11.9%
4- Northwestern 12.0%
5- Denver 12.8%

— Teams with best shooting %age inside the arc:
1- UConn 64.2%
2- Tulane 63.5%
3- Creighton 62.7%
4- Cornell 62.3%

— Teams getting highest %age of points on the arc:
43.4%- Creighton
42.7%- St Joe’s
42.2%- Georgia Southern
41.3%- Cal-Riverside

— Teams getting highest %age of points on the foul line:
28.2%- Grand Canyon
27.9%- Tulane
26.8%- Maryland
26.8%- Nevada

— Teams whose subs play the most minutes:
Samford
Vanderbilt
Stephen F Austin
Auburn
Teams whose subs play the least minutes:
Princeton
West Virginia
Oral Roberts
Southern Mississippi

— Teams with best continuity:
Columbia
Drexel
Marquette
Florida Atlantic
Teams with least continuity:
New Mexico State
Iona
Utah State
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Week 15

Thursday’s game
Chargers
(5-8) @ Raiders (5-8)
— Chargers lost four of last five games, scoring 10-6-7 in last three.
— Chargers are 0-5 TY in games decided by 3 or fewer points.
— QB Herbert (finger) is out for year; Easton Stick gets first NFL start here.
— Chargers have two TD’s on their last 33 drives.
— Bolts are 0-4 ATS in last four games as an underdog.
— LA is 1-6 ATS TY in games with spread of 3 or fewer points.
— Chargers have 11 takeaways (+8) in wins, four (minus-8) in losses.
— Opponents are 18-70 (25.7%) on 3rd down in LA wins, 44-103 (42.7%) in losses.
— Under is 9-1-1 in last eleven Charger games.
— Chargers are 4-8-1 ATS in last 13 AFC West road games.
— Team total: under 4-0 last four. Opponents’ team total: under 7-6


— Las Vegas lost its last three games, scoring 13-17-0 points.
— In those games, Raiders were 14-42 on third down.
— Last three games, Raiders were outscored 26-3 in second half.
— Last four games, Raiders scored 4 TD’s on 43 drives.
— Home team won 8 of Raiders’ last 10 games (7-2-1 ATS).
— Las Vegas is 7-3 ATS in last ten games as a home favorite (3-1 TY)
— Raiders are 12-7 ATS in last 19 AFC West home games.
— Under is 10-3 in Raider games this season.
— Raiders are 12-18 ATS in last 30 games coming off a loss.
— Las Vegas is 4-2 ATS TY in games with spread of 3 or fewer points.
— Team total: under 12-1. Opponents’ team total: under 9-4


— Chargers (-5) beat Raiders 24-17 at home in Week 4.
— Raiders were 1-11 on 3rd down, minus-2 in turnovers that game.
— Chargers won three of last four series games.
— Bolts lost 27-20/35-32 in last two visits to Las Vegas.
— Last four meetings stayed under the total.


Saturday’s games
Vikings
(7-6) @ Bengals (7-6)
— 4th-string QB Mullens (5-12 as NFL starter) gets nod here.
— He’ll be Vikings’ 4th starting QB in 14 games this year.
— Vikings lost two of last three games, scoring 20-10-3 points.
— Last two games, Minnesota scored one TD on 21 drives.
— Last seven games, Minnesota is 6-2 SU/6-1-1 ATS
— Minnesota is 6-6 in one-score games this year (11-0 LY)
— Vikings are 6-3 when they allow less than 27 points.
— Minnesota has lost field position battle in 12 of 13 games.
— Vikings are 4-10 ATS in last 14 games coming off a bye
— Under is 9-2 in Minnesota’s last eleven games.
— NFC North road underdogs are 4-8 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 7-6. Opponents’ team total: under 9-3-1


— Backup QB Browning has completed 75.5% of passes (15 TD’s, 6 INT’s)
— Bengals won their last two games, scoring 34-34 points.
— starting QB Burrow is out for the year.
— Bengals are 6-1 giving up 20 or less points, 1-5 allowing more than 2o.
— Last nine games, Bengals are +7 in turnovers. (15-8)
— Cincinnati is 8-3-1 ATS in last 12 games as a home favorite.
— Cincinnati is 17-10-2 ATS in last 29 home games.
— Bengals are 12-3 ATS in last 15 games coming off a win (3-2 TY).
— Bengals are 7-1-1 ATS in last nine games vs NFC opponents.
— Four of Bengals’ last five games went over total.
— Team total: under 8-5. Opponents’ team total: under 7-6
— AFC North home favorites are 12-5-1 ATS outside the division.


— Home team won the five series games over the last 20 years.
— Vikings lost last three visits to Cincinnati, by 29-28-3 points.
— Under was 3-2 in those five games.


Steelers (7-6) @ Colts (7-6)
— Steelers lost three of last four games, scoring 10-16-10-18 points.
— They fired their offensive coordinator two weeks ago.
— Steelers are 3-2 SU/ATS on road this year.
— Steelers are 21-12 ATS last 33 games as a road underdog.
— Last four games, Pittsburgh was outscored 41-16 in first half.
— Last two games, Pittsburgh converted 7-25 on third down.
— Last 12 games, Steelers have a +11 turnover margin.
— Steelers are 13-8 ATS in last 21 games coming off a loss.
— Under is 10-3 in Steeler games.
— Backup QB Trubisky is 31-27 as NFL starter, 2-4 with Pittsburgh.
— AFC North road underdogs are 4-2 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 6-4-3. Opponents’ team total: over 7-6


— Indianapolis won/covered four of last five games.
— Last three games, Colts converted only 8-36 on third down.
— Colts are 0-6 giving up 29+ points, 7-0 allowing 28 or fewer points.
— QB Minshew is 13-20 as an NFL starter, 5-4 TY.
— Colts are 2-4 ATS in last six games as a home favorite.
— In its last five games, Indy was +6 in turnovers (10-4)
— Colts are 11-13 ATS in last 24 games with spread of 3 or less.
— Over is 6-2 in Indy’s last eight games.
— Colts are 38-23-2 ATS in last 63 games coming off a loss.
— This is 7th year in row Colts have a different #1 QB
— AFC South home teams are 8-7-1 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: over 9-3-1. Opponents’ team total: over 7-6


— Patriots won last eight series games (6-2 ATS)
— New England won last three visits to Indiana, by 21-3-7 points.
— Last three meetings went over the total.


Broncos (7-6) @ Lions (9-4)
— Broncos are 6-1 SU/5-2 ATS in their last seven games.
— Three of those six wins were by 1 or 2 points.
— Last six games, Denver is +9 in turnovers.
— Broncos outscored last six opponents 74-46 in first half.
— Denver is 3-3 SU/2-4 ATS on road this season.
— You’re reading armadillosports.com
— Last four weeks, Denver converted only 16-54 on third down.
— Broncos are 7-14 ATS in last 21 games coming off a win.
— Denver is 18-14-1 ATS last 33 games as a road underdog.
— Detroit is 3-6 ATS in last nine games vs NFC opponents.
— Seven of last eight Bronco games stayed under the total.
— Russell Wilson is 124-77-1 as an NFL starter, 11-17 with Denver.
— AFC West underdogs are 3-7 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 7-6. Opponents’ team total: under 8-5


— Lions lost two of last three games, after an 8-2 start.
— Lions gave up 37-38-29-28 points in their four losses.
— Under Campbell, Detroit is 7-4 ATS as home favorite (3-3 TY).
— Under Campbell, Detroit is 15-9 ATS coming off a loss (3-0 TY).
— Under Campbell, Lions are 31-15-1 ATS overall.
— Last three games, Detroit is minus-6 in turnovers (4-10)
— Last five games, Lions ran ball for 158 yards/game.
— Opponents converted 16 of last 37 third down plays (43.2%).
— Goff is 65-52-1 as an NFL starter, 21-21-1 with the Lions.
— over is 7-3 in their last ten games.
— Lions are 9-5 ATS in last 14 games vs AFC opponents.
— NFC North favorites are 7-5 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 7-6. Opponents’ team total: over 8-5


— Denver won last three series games, by 12-10-28 points.
— Broncos split last two visits to Detroit; last one was in 2015.
— Over is 4-1 in last five meetings.


Sunday’s games
Falcons
(6-7) @ Panthers (1-12)
— Falcons lost four of their last six games.
— Last two games, Atlanta converted 9-27 on third down.
— underdogs covered eight of Atlanta’s last nine games.
— Atlanta is 2-4 SU/ATS on the road this season.
— under Smith, Falcons are 4-3 ATS as a road favorite.
— Last four games, Falcons were 30-67 (44.8%) on third down.
— Last three games, Atlanta is +3 in turnovers (6-3)
— Atlanta is 18-24-3 in last 45 games with spread of 3 or less.
— Falcons are 5-2 ATS in last seven NFC South road games.
— Ridder is 8-7 as an NFL starting QB.
— Over is 4-2 in last six Atlanta games.
— Team total: under 6-6-1. Opponents’ team total: over 6-5-2


— Carolina lost its last six games (2-4 ATS)
— Panthers fired their coach and two assistants two weeks ago.
— Carolina is 1-4 SU/1-3-1 ATS at home, losing by 3-8-14-23 points.
— Last nine games, Panthers were outscored 140-52 in first half.
— In seven post-bye games, Panthers scored six TD’s on 71 drives.
— In seven post-bye games, Carolina scored 12.1 ppg.
— Carolina is 10-20-1 ATS in last 31 games following a loss.
— Young’s nine starts (1-11), Carolina averaged 5+ yards/pass attempt once.
— Panthers scored 27 points in game veteran QB Dalton started (5.5 ypa)
— Carolina gained 303 yards LW, its most since Week 5 (ran for 204 yards).
— Panthers are 4-2-1 ATS in last seven NFC South home games.
— You’re reading armadillosports.com
— League-wise, divisional home underdogs are 10-13-2 ATS.
— Team total: under 9-4. Opponents’ team total: over 8-5


— Falcons (-3.5) beat Carolina 24-10 at home way back in Week 1.
— Teams split last six series games, after a 10-2 Atlanta run.
— Falcons are 5-2 ATS in last seven visits to Charlotte.
— under is 6-2 in last eight meetings.


Bears (5-8) @ Browns (8-5)
— Chicago won/covered three of last four games.
— Bears are 7-3 ATS in their last ten games.
— Last five games, Bears ran ball for 144.4 yards/game.
— Chicago is 2-7 when it scores less than 28 points
— In Fields starts, Bears are 51-124 (41.1%) on third down.
— Fields is 8-26 as an NFL starter.
— Bears haven’t led at halftime since Week 7 vs Las Vegas.
— last 2+ years, Bears are 14-33 SU/19-26-2 ATS.
— Chicago is 4-3 ATS as road underdogs TY.
— Chicago is 3-9 ATS in last 12 games coming off a win.
— Five of their six games stayed under the total.
— Bears are 8-5-1 ATS in last 14 games vs AFC opponents.
— Team total: under 7-6. Opponents’ team total: over 7-6


— Flacco has completed 55.1% of passes (5 TD’s, 2 INTs).
— Flacco is 100-82 as NFL starter, 19th NFL QB ever with 100+ wins.
— Browns have started four different QB’s this season.
— Cleveland is 6-3 SU in last nine games (4-2 ATS in last six)
— Last four games, Browns were outscored 68-35 in second half.
— Last four weeks, Browns 17-64 (26.6%) on third down.
— Last week, Cleveland had three TD plays of 30+ yards.
— Browns are 6-14-1 ATS in last 21 games coming off a win.
— Browns are 5-0 giving up less than 24 points, 3-5 allowing 24+.
— Cleveland won/covered six of seven home games TY.
— Opponents have converted only 49-169 (29.0%) third down plays.
— over is 6-2 in last eight Cleveland games.
— AFC North teams are 21-15-1 outside the division.
— Team total: over 9-3-1. Opponents’ team total: over 7-6


— Chicago won four of last six series games.
— Bears lost two of last three visits to Cleveland.
— Under is 4-1 in last five meetings.


Buccaneers (6-7) @ Packers (6-7)
— Bucs won/covered three of last five games (5-2 ATS last seven)
— Bucs are 1-6 when they allow more than 18 points.
— Bucs are 5-1 when they allow less than 18 points.
— Tampa Bay is 3-4 SU/6-1 ATS on road this year.
— Bucs have 19 takeaways in 13 games (+6 turnovers)
— Last four games, opponents were 14-51 (27.5%) on third down.
— Buccaneers are 12-10 ATS in last 22 games coming off a win.
— Over is 3-0 in Tampa Bay’s last three games.
— Last three weeks, Tampa Bay ran ball for 133.7 yards/game.
— Mayfield is 38-46 as an NFL starter (1-1 in playoffs)
— Team total: under 6-6-2. Opponents’ team total: under 7-6-1


— Short week for Packers after Monday night’s loss in New Jersey,
— Packers won four of last six games, after an 0-4 skid.
— Green Bay outscored last three foes 49-19 in first half.
— Last three games, Packers are +4 in turnovers (6-2)
— Packers won/covered their last three home games.
— Last five games, Green Bay is 37-79 (46.8%) on third down.
— Packers are 20-13 ATS last 33 games as a home favorite.
— Jordan Love is 6-8 as an NFL starter.
— Packers are 15-7 ATS in last 23 games coming off a loss (2-3 TY).
— Over is 4-1 in their last five games.
— Last five weeks, Green Bay gave up 170.4 rushing yards/game.
— Team total: over 7-6. Opponents’ team total: under 8-4-1


— Packers won four of last six series games.
— Buccaneers are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Green Bay.
— Over is 5-3 in last eight meetings.


Texans (7-6) @ Titans (5-8)
— QB Stroud (concussion) was KO’d last week (check status)
— Houston won four of its last six games, but……..
— …..Texans were outscored 30-6 in second half by Jets LW.
— Underdogs covered nine of their last eleven games.
— Houston is 3-1 ATS as an underdog this year.
— Last three games, Texans are +5 in turnovers (5-0).
— Before LW, Texans had scored 26.6 ppg in previous five games.
— Houston is 3-2 ATS this year coming off a loss.
— QB Stroud is 7-6 as an NFL starter; backup Mills is 5-19-1.
— over is 4-2 in their last six games.
— Houston is 6-1 ATS in last seven AFC South road games.
— Team total: under 8-4-1. Opponents’ team total: under 9-4


— Short week for Tennessee after Monday’s comeback win.
— Titans trailed 27-13 with 3:00 left in Miami, won 28-27.
— Tennessee is 4-1 SU/ATS at home this year.
— since 2019, Titans are 12-12 ATS as a home favorite.
— Tennessee fired its special teams coach two weeks ago.
— Titans are 4-1 scoring 27+ points, 1-7 scoring 17 or less.
— Last eight games, Tennessee converted 30-95 (31.6%) on third down.
— Tennessee is 0-4 ATS this season coming off a win.
— Titans are minus-7 in turnovers (9-16) so far this season.
— Rookie QB Levis is 3-4 as an NFL starter.
— Three of their last four games went over the total.


— Team total: under 8-5. Opponents’ team total: over 6-4-3
— Titans won six of last nine series games.
— Texans are 3-1 ATS in last four visits to Nashville.
— Last three meetings stayed under the total.


Giants (5-8) @ Saints (6-7)
— Giants won their last three games, scoring 21.7 points/game.
— Last six weeks, Big Blue was outscored 78-31 in first half.
— Rookie QB DeVito won three of his first four NFL starts.
— Last two weeks, Giants are 7-23 on third down.
— Giants gained 367 yards Monday, their most since Week 2.
— Last nine games, Giants are +14 in turnovers.
— Giants are 7-4-1 ATS last 12 games coming off a win.
— since 2018, Big Blue is 11-20-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— Over is 3-1 in Giant last four games.
— NFC East road teams are 11-8 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 8-5. Opponents’ team total: over 6-6-1


— Saints lost three of their last four games.
— Saints are 3-3 SU/1-5 ATS at home this season.
— NO is 4-8 ATS in last 12 games as a home favorite (1-4 TY)
— Saints outscored last two opponents 35-12 in second half.
— New Orleans is 5-2 scoring 20+ points, 1-5 scoring less than 20.
— Saints are 6-13-1 ATS in last 20 games coming off a win.
— Last four games, New Orleans is minus-3 in turnovers.
— Last three games, Saints were 15-36 (41.7%) on third down.
— Last five games, Saints gave up 171 rushing yards/game.
— under is 9-4 in Saints’ games this year, 4-2 at home.
— NFC South favorites are 6-9-1 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 8-5. Opponents’ team total: over 7-6


— Teams split their last six meetings.
— Favorites are 4-2-1 ATS in last seven series games.
— Giants are 1-3-1 ATS in last five visits to New Orleans.
— Over is 5-2 in last seven meetings.


Jets (5-8) @ Dolphins (9-4)
— Jets lost five of last six games, scoring 15.0 ppg.
— Last week was only 2nd game this year Jets scored 2+ TD’s.
— Last four games, Jets were outscored 43-17 in first half.
— Jets are 1-7 when they score less than 20 points.
— Under Saleh, Jets are 7-10 ATS as a road underdog.
— Under Saleh, Jets are 16-23 ATS as an underdog
— Last 11 games, Jets converted 38-162 (23.5%) third down plays.
— Last two games, Jets allowed only two TD’s on 24 drives.
— Zach Wilson is 12-20 as an NFL starter.
— Under Saleh, Jets are 5-9 ATS coming off a win.
— Jets are 2-9 ATS in last 11 AFC East road games.
— NFL-wide, divisional home favorites are 20-18 ATS.
— Team total: under 8-4-1. Opponents’ team total: under 9-4


— Short week for Miami after their loss Monday night.
— Dolphins won four of their last six games overall.
— Miami led 27-13 with 3:00 left Monday, lost 28-27.
— Favorites are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 games.
— Miami scored 31+ points in seven of nine wins; 20-17-14-27 in losses.
— Last nine games, Miami is minus-4 in turnovers (13-17).
— Overall, Dolphins have scored 50 TD’s on 137 drives.
— Last three games, Miami converted 22-42 third down plays.
— Dolphins are 8-2 ATS in last ten AFC East home games.
— Under McDaniel, Miami is 8-4 ATS as a home favorite.
— Under McDaniel, Miami is 5-5 ATS coming off a loss (2-0 TY).
— over is 3-0 in their last three games.
— Tagovailoa is 30-17 as an NFL starter.
— Team total: over 7-6. Opponents’ team total: under 8-5


— Dolphins (-9) won 34-13 at the Jets three weeks ago.
— Miami ran for 167 yards, converted 11-16 on third down.
— Dolphins won seven of last eight series games (6-2 ATS)
— Jets covered once in their last five visits to Miami.


Chiefs (8-5) @ Patriots (3-10)
— Chiefs lost four of last six games, after a 6-1 start.
— Last six games, Chiefs were outscored 60-40 in second half.
— In those six games, Chiefs are minus-6 in turnovers (4-10)
— KC has outscored opponents 199-108 in first half.
— Chiefs are 12-16-1 ATS in last 29 games as road favorite (3-3 TY).
— Chiefs held nine of last 11 foes under 5.7 yards/pass attempt.
— Last four games, KC converted 26-55 third down plays (49.1%)
— Under is 6-2-1 in their last nine games.
— Chiefs are 5-2 ATS in last seven games coming off a loss.
— Mahomes is 83-24 SU as an NFL starter.
— AFC West teams are 13-20-1 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 10-3. Opponents’ team total: under 10-3


— Patriots lost five of six, eight of last ten games (2-8 ATS).
— Patriots won last Thursday, had some extra prep time here.
— NE’s last four losses were all by six or fewer points.
— Last four games, Patriots scored four TD’s on 43 drives.
— New England is minus-9 in turnovers this year.
— Since Brady left, NE is 28-35 SU in regular season, 0-1 in playoffs.
— In his career, Belichick is 83-100 without Brady.
— Zappe is 3-1 as an NFL starting QB, Mac James 18-26.
— Last four games, Patriots held opponents to 264-220-241-264 yards.
— Under is 9-3-1 in New England games this season.
— AFC East underdogs are 7-9 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 11-2. Opponents’ team total: 6-6-1


— Kansas City won four of last six series games.
— Chiefs are 5-1 ATS in last six visits to Foxboro.
— Over is 4-2 in last six meetings.


49ers (10-3) @ Cardinals (3-10)
— SF won its last five games (3-2 ATS), scoring 32.4 ppg.
— 49ers scored 27+ points in wins, 17-17-17 in losses.
— Last five weeks, 49ers were +6 in turnovers (8-2)
— 49ers have outscored opponents 171-95 in 2nd half.
— SF ran ball for 169-146-173 yards in their last three games.
— 49ers are 5-2 SU/4-2-1 ATS as a road favorite TY.
— SF is 14-13 ATS in last 27 games coming off a win.
— 49ers are 13-10-1 ATS in last 24 games as a road favorite.
— SF is 9-4-1 ATS in last 14 NFC West road games.
— Under is 6-3 in their last nine games.
— 2nd-year QB Purdy is 17-4 as NFL starter.
— Team total: over 8-5. Opponents’ team total: over 7-6


— Arizona is 2-8 SU/4-6 ATS in its last ten games
— Cardinals are 4-2 ATS as a home underdog TY.
— Last five games, Arizona was outscored 72-40 in first half.
— Last game was first time TY Cardinals won field position.
— Arizona ran for 150 yards in win at Pittsburgh, its most since Week 3.
— Cardinals lost 21 of last 26 games SU (11-12 ATS in last 23).
— Murray is 27-34-1 as an NFL starter.
— Last three games, Cardinals are +4 in turnovers (5-1).
— Over is 6-0 in Arizona’s home games this year.
— Arizona is 3-10 ATS in last 13 NFC West home games.
— Team total: over 7-6. Opponents’ team total: over 6-6-1


— 49ers (-14) beat Arizona 35-16 at home, back in Week 4.
— San Francisco won six of last nine series games.
— 49ers are 3-5 ATS in last eight visits to Arizona.
— Four of last five meetings went over the total.


Commanders (4-9) @ Rams (6-7)
— Washington lost four in row, nine of last 11 games (2-5 ATS last seven)
— Commanders fired their defensive coordinator three weeks ago.
— Since then, Washington allowed 31-45-45 points.
— Last two games, Washington allowed 10.3/11.3 yards per pass attempt.
— Washington is 1-8 giving up more than 17 points, 3-1 giving up 17 or less.
— Last five games, Commanders are minus-9 in turnovers (1-10).
— Last five games, Commanders are 41-86 (47.7%) on third down.
— Washington is 2-8 ATS in its last ten post-bye games.
— Last 11 games, Commanders were outscored 175-82 in 1st half.
— five of their last six games went over the total.
— 2nd-year QB Howell is 5-9 as NFL starter.
— NFC East road underdogs are 6-4 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: over 7-6. Opponents’ team total: over 10-3


— Rams are 3-1 in last four games SU/ATS, scoring 37-36-31 last three weeks.
— LA is in a 5-way tie for last playoff spot in NFC.
— Rams are 4-0 giving up 16 or less points, 2-7 giving up 19+ points.
— Rams are 5-3 when they run ball for 92+ yards, 1-4 when they don’t.
— Rams were outscored 98-46 in 2nd halves of their losses.
— Last three weeks, LA scored 18 ppg in first half, leading all three games.
— Stafford is 25-17 as a starter with the Rams.
— LA is 5-9 ATS last 14 games as a home favorite (2-2 TY)
— under McVay, Rams are 22-15-1 ATS coming off a loss.
— Rams’ last three games went over the total.
— NFC West favorites are 8-5 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: under 6-6-1. Opponents’ team total: under 7-5-1


— Teams split their last eight meetings.
— Washington is 4-3 ATS in last seven road series games.
— Underdogs are 6-3 ATS in last nine series games.
— Under is 3-1 in last four meetings.


Cowboys (1o-3) @ Bills (7-6)
— Cowboys won seven of last eight games (6-2 ATS).
— Last five weeks, Dallas scored 40.2 points/game.
— Dallas scored 16-10-23 points in losses, 37.2 ppg in wins.
— Dallas is 3-3 SU on road TY (favorites 5-1 ATS).
— Cowboys are 6-8 ATS last 14 games as a road dog (0-2 TY).
— Cowboys are +14 in turnovers in wins, minus-5 in losses.
— Dallas is 18-13 ATS in last 31 games coming off a win.
— QB Prescott is 74-42 as an NFL starter.
— Last five games, Cowboys are 36-68 on third down.
— Dallas is 7-2 ATS in last nine games vs AFC opponents.
— Six of last seven Dallas games went over the total.
— Team total: over 10-3. Opponents’ team total: under 7-5-1


— Buffalo won/covered its last three games.
— Buffalo scored 28.7 ppg in three games since firing their OC.
— Bills are 7-0 giving up 20 or less points, 0-6 giving up more than 20.
— Last three games, Buffalo has a +4 turnover ratio (7-3).
— Bills are 15-11-1 ATS in last 27 games as a home favorite.
— Buffalo outscored last three foes 47-20 in first half.
— Josh Allen is 54-35 as an NFL starter.
— Bills are 12-13-2 ATS in last 27 games after a win.
— Buffalo is 3-5-1 ATS in last nine games vs NFC opponents.
— Buffalo is 3-6 in games decided by 6 or fewer points.
— Seven of their last nine games stayed under the total.
— Team total: over 7-6. Opponents’ team total: under 7-5-1


— Bills won last two series games, 26-15/16-6
— Teams split last two meetings played in Buffalo.
— Under is 3-2 in last five series games.


Ravens (10-3) @ Jaguars (8-5)
— Ravens won seven of last eight games (5-3 ATS).
— Last six games, Baltimore scored 20 TD’s on 64 drives.
— Last five games, they ran ball for 178.4 yards/game.
— Last ten games, Ravens outscored foes 173-61 in first half.
— Baltimore is 4-1 SU/3-2 ATS on road this year (dogs 4-1 ATS).
— Ravens are 10-1 when they score 20+ points, 0-2 if they do not.
— Baltimore is 11-15 ATS in last 26 games coming off a win.
— Baltimore is minus-6 in TO’s in its losses, +6 in wins.
— Lamar Jackson is 56-22 as an NFL starter (1-3 in playoff games)
— over is 5-2 in Baltimore’s last seven games.
— AFC North teams are 21-15-1 ATS outside the division.
— Team total: over 9-4. Opponents’ team total: under 8-4-1


— Jacksonville lost its last two games, giving up 34-31 points.
— QB Lawrence has high ankle sprain (check status)
— Jaguars lost four of six games SU in Jacksonville TY.
— Jaguars are 6-1 SU/ATS outside Jacksonville.
— under Pederson, Jags are 4-2 ATS as a home underdog.
— under Pederson, Jaguars are 6-6 ATS coming off a loss.
— Jaguars are minus-6 in turnovers in their losses (+4 in wins).
— Pederson is 64-53-1 as a head coach (5-3 in playoff games).
— Lawrence is 20-27 as an NFL starter.
— Backup QB Beathard is 2-10 as an NFL starter (last start, 2020)
— Jaguars’ last four games went over the total.
— Team total: over 7-5-1. Opponents’ team total: under 7-6


— Teams split their last ten meetings SU.
— Ravens are 1-4 SU/0-5 ATS in last five visits to Jacksonville.
— Last three meetings stayed over the total.


Monday’s game
Eagles
(10-3) @ Seahawks (6-7)
— Eagles lost last two games, giving up 42-33 points.
— Last four games, Eagles were outscored 72-26 in first half.
— Philly didn’t score an offensive TD last week; their defense had one.
— Last nine games, Philly is minus-8 in turnovers.
— Under Sirianni, Eagles are 7-8-1 ATS as a road favorite.
— Eagles scored 21+ points in all of their wins, 14-19-13 in losses.
— Under Sirianni, Eagles are 35-16 SU.
— Under Sirianni, Eagles are 5-6 ATS coming off a loss.
— Hurts is 35-16 as an NFL starter.
— Over is 4-2 in their last six games.
— Eagles were minus-6 in turnovers in their losses (+2 in wins).
— Team total: over 7-5-1. Opponents’ team total: over 5-1 last six


— Check status on whether Smith or Lock starts at QB.
— Seattle lost last four games, giving up 17-31-41-28 points.
— Seahawks are 6-1 scoring 20+ points, 0-6 scoring less than 20.
— Seahawks were outscored 115-36 in second half of their losses.
— Last six games, Seattle converted 23-89 (25.8%) third down plays.
— Seattle is 17-13 ATS in last 30 games coming off a loss.
— Seattle is 5-3 ATS in its last eight games as a road underdog.
— Smith is 28-35 as an NFL starter; Lock is 8-14.
— Seahawks are 5-0 if they run for 100+ yards, 1-7 if they don’t.
— Seattle is 3-3 in games decided by 6 or fewer points.
— Over is 3-2 in Seattle’s last five games.
— Team total: under 7-6. Opponents’ team total: over 7-5-1


— Seahawks won last six series games (5-1 ATS)
— Eagles are 0-3 SU/ATS in last three visits to Seattle.
— Eagles’ last visit to Seattle was in 2017.
— Last six meetings stayed under the total.
 

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
College hoop teams who have played the easiest schedules so far:
— TCU
— Samford
— Cal-Northridge
— Longwood
— Georgetown
— Presbyterian

Quote of the Day
“When you watch the film, penalties in critical moments, turnovers in critical moments. Yeah, it’s frustrating, but at the same time, we know a lot of it is self-inflicted, and we know that, moving forward, it can be fixed and we have the guys to be able to get it fixed.”
Chiefs’ TE Travis Kelce

Thursday’s quiz
What actress played Mrs Griswold (Chevy Chase’s wife) in the Vacation movies?

Wednesday’s quiz
Since 2006, Chargers have started only 3 quarterbacks; Philip Rivers, Justin Herbert and Tyrod Taylor. Easton Stick becomes the 4th Thursday night.

Tuesday’s quiz
Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, beating Chiefs/Raiders.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

— There was a cool moment Tuesday night that unfortunately didn’t get onto TV until about 1:15am, during the NBA postgame show on TNT.
TNT’s Ernie Johnson was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in New York City on Tuesday night; when you listened to the people on TNT talk about him, with a universal reverence from people who aren’t usually that way, it was touching.
Ernie Johnson is so well-loved/respected that Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley showed up at the award ceremony unannounced, to surprise their partner on TNT.
All the people working on TNT that night were wearing t-shirts with Ernie’s picture on it; in an era where people can’t agree about anything, it was great to see a person honored who everyone loves/respects.

— In the NFL, “explosive plays” are defined by:
Running plays of 10+ yards
Passing plays of 20+ yards
Teams that have allowed the fewest explosive plays this season:
54- Vikings
57- Dolphins
59- Patriots
60- Bears, 49ers

Teams that have allowed the most explosive plays this season:
96- Bengals
85- Giants
84- Packers
83- Broncos

— There is a fine line between success/failure in the NFL:
Best records in games decided by 8 or fewer points:
Eagles 7-1
Steelers 7-2
Browns, Colts 5-2
Lions, Giants 4-2

Worst records in games decided by 8 or fewer points:
Panthers 1-5
Patriots 3-7
Cardinals 1-4
Bills 3-6

— NFL teams who won the field position battle by 10+ yards are 51-3 this season; the three teams that lost:
Vikings, Week 3 vs Chargers
Giants, Week 5 at Miami
Buccaneers, Week 9 at Houston

— NFL announced that there will be a regular season game in Brazil next season, the NFL’s first game in South America. It is likely that the Miami Dolphins will be one of the teams playing; it is likely the game would be in Week 1 next season.
Dolphins have exclusive Brazilian marketing rights for NFL stuff, which is why it is likely that they’ll be one of the teams playing in the game.

— Giants’ QB Tommy DeVito is making $44,000/game this season; he’ll make $915,000 next year, while the Giants pay injured starting QB Daniel Jones $40M a year. Awkward.

— Coastal Carolina QB Grayson McCall bolted to NC State, after starting for the Chanticleers for the last four seasons.

— Word of the Day: Mercenary- a person primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.

— Shohei Ohtani will make $2M a year for the next ten years, then $68M a year from 2034-43; meanwhile, Mookie Betts also has a ton of deferments in his contract:
2033-37- $8M/year
2038-39- $10M/year
2040-44- $11M/year
In 2043, Betts/Ohtani will bank a combined $79M; Betts will be 50 years old, Ohtani 48.

— Do the agents for these players have their fees deferred too? If Ohtani’s agent is banking 3%, which is normal, his take is $21M, but he’ll only see $600,000 of it in the next ten years.

— Ohtani doesn’t have an opt out, by the way, unless president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman or controlling owner Mark Walter loses his role with the Dodgers. Then he would.

— MLB Network needs to show more baseball games during the off-season; what else is there? Promote your sport; show Ohtani, show Trout, show some Japanese games with this Yamamoto guy pitching. Stop with the goofy talk shows, unless they’re talking about free agent signings or trades- anything else is a waste of time.

— UNLV 79, Creighton 64
Bluejays shot 8-29 on the arc; they were shooting 40.3% coming into the game.
Keylan Boone scored 10 points off the bench in his UNLV debut; his brother Kalib scored 25 points, with 7 rebounds, 4 steals. UNLV had great energy in this game.

— Chicago State 75, Northwestern 73:
Huge win for the 4-9 Cougars, who had been 0-3 vs top 100 teams, with losses by 29-16-9 points.
Northwestern led this game by 10 points in first half; how do you beat Purdue and lose this game?
Chicago State’s three previous wins were over teams #336-347-244

— Arkansas State 75, Louisville 63:
Louisville was 4-28 last year, is 4-6 this year; hard to believe that Kenny Payne will still be the Louisville coach next season.
Arkansas State is 4-7; they shot 5-25 on the arc and still won.

— RIP to actor Andre Braugher, who passed away this week at age 61; I remember him from his role as Detective Frank Pembleton on Homicide back in the 90’s- he was great in that show, which was set in Baltimore. RIP, sir.
 
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