Armadillo: Monday's six-pack
NFL leaders in rushing yardage:
424? Dalvin Cook, Minn
335? Nick Chubb, Clev
319? Derrick Henry, Tenn
315? Joe Mixon, Cin
303? Aaron Jones, GB
300? Josh Jacobs, LV
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 208,025
PLEASE wear a mask when you go out.
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Armadillo: Monday's Den: Wrapping up a football Sunday
Notes:
? New England-Kansas City game will be Monday at 7pm on CBS; Atlanta-Green Bay game moves back to 8:50pm, on ESPN.
? Sunday, there were 13 touchdowns scored before the first FG was kicked, which is unusual.
Saints 35, Detroit 29:
? Brees threw an INT on the Saints? 1st play of the game; the next five times they had the ball: 46 plays, 359 yards, 35 points.
? New Orleans has been outscored 72-44 in 2nd half of games.
? Saints are 13-4 ATS in last 17 games as a road favorite.
? Detroit led 14-0 after 4:37 of this game.
? Lions are 10-25-1 under Matt Patricia; their last coach was 36-28, and he got fired.
? Detroit is 6-10 ATS in its last 16 games as a home underdog.
Carolina 31, Cardinals 21:
? Murray ran ball for 78 yards, but threw for only 133 yards? Hopkins caught 7 balls, for only 41 yards.
? Arizona was outgained 444-262; Redbirds converted only 3-9 third down plays.
? Cardinals are 3-5ATS in last eight games as a road favorite.
? Carolina?s first four drives: 34 plays, 222 yards, 16 first downs, 21 points.
? Panthers won their last five games with Arizona.
? Carolina is 6-3-1 ATS in last ten games as a home underdog.
Cincinnati 33, Jaguars 25:
? Jaguars lost last three games, allowing 33-31-33 points.
? Jacksonville is 5-9-1 ATS in last 15 games as a road underdog.
? AFC South teams are 3-7 ATS outside their division, 1-5 on road.
? Bengals scored 30-23-33 points in their last three games.
? Cincy has only six plays of 20+ yards in its three games.
? AFC North teams are 8-2-1 ATS outside their division.
Browns 49, Dallas 38:
? On their first seven drives, Browns scored five TD?s, kicked a FG.
? Cleveland won its last three games, scoring 35-34-49 points, first time they?ve scored 30+ points three games in a row since they became a franchise in 1999.
? Browns ran ball for 307 yards, are averaging 207 ypg on ground this season.
? Dallas lost three of first four games; despite scoring 109 points in their last three games.
? Cowboys turned ball over nine times (-8) in last three games- they lost field position by 17-14-9 yards in those games.
? NFC East teams are 2-11-1 ATS outside their division, 0-5 if favored.
Vikings 31, Houston 23:
? Minnesota averaged 9.9 yards/pass attempt, had six plays of 20+ yards.
? Dalvin Cook ran 27 times for 130 yards, two TD?s.
? Minnesota won its last five games with the Texans.
? Houston lost its first four games, giving up 29 ppg.
? Texans? first three drives: 12 plays, 16 yards, three punts.
? Houston has been outscored 55-36 in the 2nd half of games.
Seahawks 31, Miami 23
? Seattle won all four games, but they?ve given up 27.3 ppg (over 4-0).
? Seahawks have 19 touchdowns on 42 drives; they?re +5 in turnovers.
? Seattle is 7-1-4 ATS in its last 12 games as a road favorite.
? Seahawks won field position all four games, by 6-13-14-9 yards.
? Miami scored six times, but only one of those was a touchdown.
? Seattle wasn?t called for a penalty the whole game.
? Miami is 4-10 ATS in its last 14 games vs NFC teams.
Tampa Bay 38, Chargers 31:
? Herbert averaged 10.3 yards/pass attempt, but Chargers are 0-3 in his starts.
? Chargers ran ball for only 46 yards, were outgained 484-324.
? LA?s four games were decided by total of 18 points.
? Chargers actually converted 20-38 on 3rd down in their three losses.
? Tampa Bay won its last three games, scoring 97 points (12 TD?s on 32 drives).
? Buccaneers? last five drives: 30 plays, 285 yards, four TD?s, one FG
? Tampa Bay is 5-12-3 ATS in its last 20 games as a home favorite.
Ravens 31, Washington 17:
? Ravens are scoring 30.5 ppg in their 3-1 start this year
?Baltimore is outscoring teams 47-20 in 2nd half of games.
? Ravens are 7-0-1 ATS in last eight games as a road favorite.
? Washington lost its last three games, giving up 95 points, 462 rushing yards.
? Washington has been outscored 75-24 in the first half this season.
? Redskins have converted only 18-54 (33.3%) of third down plays.
LA Rams 17, NJ Giants 9:
? Giants lost their first four games, scoring 11.8 ppg.
? Big Blue was in red zone four times, scored only nine points.
? This year, Giants have only 28 points in ten trips to red zone.
? Giants are 12-3 ATS in last 15 games as a road underdog.
? Rams were held to only 240 yards, but Goff hit a 55-yard TD pass to Kupp on a 3rd down play with 6:56 left, when things were getting dicey.
? LA has outscored opponents 59-23 in second half of games.
? Rams have converted 27-52 third down plays this season.
Colts 19, Chicago 11
? Indy won its last three games, allowing total of 29 points.
? Colts drove 53 yards for a TD on its first drive, didn?t score another TD all day.
? Colts have allowed only 11 plays of 20+ yards in four games.
? Indianapolis had an 11-yard edge in field position.
? Chicago threw the ball 42 times, ran ball 16 times for 28 yards.
? Bears trailed three of their four games at halftime.
Bills 30, Las Vegas 23
? Bills were +2 in turnovers, won field position by 14 yards.
? Buffalo won its first four games, scoring 27-31-35-30 points.
? Bills converted 50%+ of their 3rd down plays in all four games.
? Raiders scored 34-34 points in their wins, 20-23 in their losses.
? Las Vegas turned ball over five times in its last two games (-4).
? All four Raider games went over the total.
Eagles 25, San Francisco 20
? Eagles were outgained 417-267, but were +2 in turnovers.
? Philly scored TD?s 0:08 apart in the 4th quarter, one on defense.
? Eagles are 10-5 ATS in their last 15 games as a road underdog.
? Eagles won five of last six visits to San Francisco.
? 49ers yanked QB Mullens after a 4th quarter pick-6; 3rd-stringer Beathard almost pulled off an amazing comeback.
? 49ers converted 20 of last 36 third down plays.
? SF is 5-12-1 ATS in its last 18 games as a home favorite.
