Stolen from STEVE MAKINEN
PRE-BYE WEEK SYSTEM #1
Play OVER the total in Monday Night Games
featuring a team heading into their bye week.
(Record: 37-12 since ?97, 75.5%, +23.8 Units, 48.6%
R.O.I., Grade 75)
PRE-BYE WEEK SYSTEM #2
Play on ROAD teams heading into their bye week
when facing a divisional opponent. (Record: 37-24
SU & 42-18-1 ATS since ?02, 70%, +22.2 Units, 37% R.O.I.,
Grade 70)
PRE-BYE WEEK SYSTEM #3
Play OVER the total in Nonconference Games
featuring a team heading into its bye week. (Record:
46-21 since ?10, 68.7%, +22.9 Units, 34.1% R.O.I., Grade
70)
PRE-BYE WEEK SYSTEM #4
Play on any ROAD team heading into its BYE week on
Monday Night. (Record: 19-8 SU & 18-9 ATS since ?96,
66.7%, +8.1 Units, 30% R.O.I., Grade 56)
Please note that the systems above and all of the
following trends only include bye week games from
the regular-season schedule, not playoffs.
Arizona Cardinals (pre-bye week game - 10/28 vs.
SAN FRANCISCO)
? Arizona is on a 4-1 SU & ATS run in pre-bye week
games at home
? The Cardinals are just 1-5 ATS in their L6 pre-bye
week divisional games dating back to ?98
Atlanta Falcons (pre-bye week game - MON 10/22
vs. NY GIANTS)
? Atlanta has lost five straight pre-bye week
games, and is 1-5 ATS in its L6
? The Falcons have gone UNDER the total in four
straight pre-bye week games, scoring just 17.3
PPG
Baltimore Ravens (pre-bye week game - 11/4 vs.
PITTSBURGH)
? Baltimore is just 2-4 SU & 1-4-1 ATS in its L6 prebye
week games
? The Ravens have been a much better team at
home in pre-bye week games, going 5-0 SU & 3-2
ATS in their L5
? Baltimore is on a 6-3 OVER the total run in pre-bye
week games, allowing 25.1 PPG
Buffalo Bills (pre-bye week game - 11/11 at NY Jets)
? The Bills have been the league?s worst pre-bye
week team, going 2-17 SU & 4-12-3 ATS since 2000.
Their only wins were in back-to-back fashion
under Doug Marrone in ?13 & ?14.
? Buffalo?s UNDER the total result last year snapped
a string of nine OVER?s in the prior 10 pre-bye week
games
? Ironically, the Bills only two recent pre-bye week
wins mentioned above came against the Jets
Carolina Panthers (pre-bye week game - 9/23 vs.
CINCINNATI)
? The Panthers are on a stretch of 3-2 SU & 4-1 ATS
in pre-bye week games
? Five of the L6 Carolina pre-bye week games at
home have gone UNDER the total
Chicago Bears (pre-bye week game - 9/30 vs.
TAMPA BAY)
? Chicago has won three of its L4 pre-bye week
games at home, both SU & ATS
NFL Bye Week
Analysis Begins ?
Pre-Bye Systems
& Team Trends
Cincinnati Bengals (pre-bye week game - 10/28 vs.
TAMPA BAY)
? Cincinnati has been a solid pre-bye week team
over the last decade, going 7-2-1 SU & 7-3 ATS
? As home chalk, Cincinnati has won four straight
games SU & ATS, by a margin of 15.3 PPG
Cleveland Browns (pre-bye week game - 11/11
ATLANTA)
? Cleveland is on a 4-game SU & ATS losing skid in
pre-bye week games, as well as 1-6 SU & ATS in L7
? In pre-bye week games versus NFC teams, the
Browns are just 1-6 SU & 2-4-1 ATS in their L7
Dallas Cowboys (pre-bye week game - 10/21 at
Washington)
? Dallas has been a far better team on the road in
pre-bye week games, going 10-4 SU & ATS since
?93
? The Cowboys are 9-1 SU & 6-4 ATS in their L10
divisional pre-bye week games
Denver Broncos (pre-bye week game - 11/4 vs.
HOUSTON)
? Denver is on a 5-1 SU & 4-1-1 ATS run in pre-bye
week games
? Last year?s UNDER versus Oakland snapped a
string of 9-0-1 OVER the total in Denver pre-bye
week home games
Detroit Lions (pre-bye week game - 10/7 vs. GREEN
BAY)
? Detroit is on a brutal stretch of 4-10 SU & 3-11 ATS
in pre-bye week games
? The Lions are just 2-6 SU & ATS in their L8 divisional
pre-bye week games, scoring just 14.4 PPG
Green Bay Packers (pre-bye week game - MON
10/15 vs. SAN FRANCISCO)
? Green Bay is just 1-4 ATS in its L5 pre-bye week
games overall
? The Packers are on an 8-2 OVER the total run in
pre-bye week games
? Green Bay is 0-3 ATS in its L3 pre-bye week
Monday night games
Houston Texans (pre-bye week game - 11/4 at
Denver)
? Houston is 6-1 ATS in its L7 pre-bye week games
? The Texans are 6-1 ATS since their inception in
pre-bye week road games
Indianapolis Colts (pre-bye week game - 10/28 at
Oakland)
? Indianapolis is on a 4-1 SU & 5-0 ATS run in prebye
week games
? The Colts are a perfect 8-0 SU & 7-0-1 ATS in their
L8 pre-bye week road games. Since ?93, they are
12-1-1 ATS in such contests
Jacksonville Jaguars (pre-bye week game - 10/28
vs. Philadelphia in London)
? The Jaguars are on a 3-game SU & ATS winning
streak in pre-bye week games
? Jacksonville is 6-1-1 ATS since ?05 in pre-bye week
road games
? The Jaguars have been a huge OVER the total
team in pre-bye week games, 10-3 since ?05
Kansas City Chiefs (pre-bye week game - MON
11/19 vs. LA Rams in Mexico)
? Kansas City has lost three straight pre-bye week
games away from home while going 0-2-1 ATS
? The Chiefs are on a 10-5 UNDER the total run in
road pre-bye week games since ?93
Los Angeles Chargers (pre-bye week game - 10/21
vs. Tennessee in London)
? The Chargers have lost four straight pre-bye week
games outright & ATS
? The L3 Chargers? pre-bye week road games went
UNDER the total, producing just 33.7 PPG
Los Angeles Rams (pre-bye week game - MON 11/19
vs. Kansas City in Mexico)
? After the Rams? shutout win over Arizona LY, they
have now gone UNDER the total in three straight
pre-bye week games, allowing 13.7 PPG
? The Rams? L7 pre-bye week games against AFC
teams went OVER the total
Miami Dolphins (pre-bye week game - 11/11 at
Green Bay)
? Miami is 3-4 SU & 2-5 ATS in its L7 pre-bye week
games
? Dolphins? true road pre-bye week games are rare,
as they are just 2-4 SU & ATS in such games since
?96
Minnesota Vikings (pre-bye week game - 11/4 vs.
DETROIT)
? Minnesota is 8-1 SU & 9-0 ATS in pre-bye week
games since ?09
? In divisional pre-bye week games since ?98, the
Lions are 9-1 OVER the total with games producing
54.3 PPG
New England Patriots (pre-bye week game - 11/11
at Tennessee)
? New England has won nine straight pre-bye week
games while going 8-1 ATS
? Five of the L6 Patriots? pre-bye week games have
gone OVER the total, with HC Bill Belichick?s team
putting up 42.7 PPG
New Orleans Saints (pre-bye week game - MON
10/8 vs. WASHINGTON)
? The Saints are 6-2 OVER the total in their L8 prebye
week games
? New Orleans has won four straight pre-bye week
games at home while going 3-1 ATS, scoring 32.3
PPG
New York Giants (pre-bye week game - 10/28 vs.
WASHINGTON)
? The Giants are on a 7-1 SU & ATS run in divisional
pre-bye week games but lost last time out in 2014
at Dallas
? The Giants are just 3-5 SU & 2-5-1 ATS in their L8
pre-bye week home games
New York Jets (pre-bye week game - 11/11 vs.
BUFFALO)
? The Jets have gone UNDER the total in four straight
pre-bye week games, scoring just 15.8 PPG
Oakland Raiders (pre-bye week game - 10/14 vs.
Seattle in London)
? Oakland has won back-to-back pre-bye week
games after losing the prior five SU & ATS
? The Raiders have lost four straight pre-bye week
games SU & ATS as underdogs
Philadelphia Eagles (pre-bye week game - 10/28
vs. Jacksonville in London)
? The Eagles are on a 4-1 SU & ATS run in pre-bye
week games, allowing just 13.8 PPG
? Philadelphia is on a 6-1 SU & ATS surge as a prebye
week favorite, but is just 1-2 SU & ATS as an
underdog in that span
Pittsburgh Steelers (pre-bye week game - 10/14 at
Cincinnati)
? Pittsburgh is 8-3 OVER the total in its L11 pre-bye
week road games
San Francisco 49ers (pre-bye week game - MON
11/12 vs. NY GIANTS)
? San Francisco has gone 6-2 SU & ATS in its L8 prebye
week games
? The 49ers are on a 3-game SU & ATS winning
streak in pre-bye week Monday night games,
scoring 34.3 PPG
Seattle Seahawks (pre-bye week game - 10/14 vs.
Oakland in London)
? Seattle is on a 7-game SU pre-bye week winning
streak while going 6-1 ATS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (pre-bye week game -
9/30 at Chicago)
? Tampa Bay has won back-to-back pre-bye week
games after losing straight outright & ATS prior
? Tampa Bay did not have a pre-bye week game
last year due to the week 1 postponement versus
Miami
Tennessee Titans (pre-bye week game - 10/21 vs.
LA Chargers in London)
? Tennessee has won back-to-back pre-bye week
games but after failing to win ATS in either of
them, is just 2-7 ATS in such games since ?08
Washington Redskins (pre-bye week game - 9/23
vs. GREEN BAY)
? Washington has gone OVER the total in all four
pre-bye week games under HC Jay Gruden,
games producing 54.8 PPG
? Dating back to ?92, the Redskins are just 2-9 ATS in
pre-bye week home games.