Monday?s 6-pack
Home favorites/underdogs in college football conferences:
AAC? 5-9-1 home favorites, 4-4 home underdogs
ACC? 11-10-1 HF, 10-5 HU
Big 14? 3-3 HF, 3-3 HU
Big X? 9-5-1 HF, 4-7 HU
C-USA? 2-12 HF, 3-3 HU
Mountain West? 4-1 HF, 3-3 HU
SEC? 9-8 HF, 10-8 HU
Sun Belt? 7-4 HF, 5-2 HU
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 230,626
PLEASE wear a mask when you go out.
Quote of the Day
?This is what we have, this is our staff, these are our players. So right now, what we gotta do as a group is figure this out ? why we?re blowing these leads that we?re getting, and why we?re not finishing games, like we need to, in the fourth quarter. We did it last week, and we didn?t do it this week. It?s too soon for changes right now.?
Chargers? coach Anthony Lynn
Monday?s quiz
When the Bears won their only Super Bowl, who did they beat?
Sunday?s quiz
When the Chicago Bears won their only Super Bowl title, Jim McMahon was their QB.
Saturday?s quiz
Atlantic 10 basketball conference has three teams whose mascot is a Ram; Rhode Island, Fordham and Virginia Commonwealth.
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Monday?s Den: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday
Buffalo 24, Patriots 21
? Newton fumbled on the Buffalo 13-yard line in last minute.
? Patriots lost last four games, scoring four TD?s on 39 drives, with 12 turnovers.
? New England is 0-3 on the road losing 35-30/26-10/24-21.
? In his career as a head coach, Belichick is now 58-71 without Brady.
? Bills beat New England for only 6th tine in last 41 tries.
? Buffalo scored 24 points in four red zone drives; NE scored 10 points on three drives.
? Bills ran for 190 yards; Singletary had 86, Moss 81
? Six of Buffalo?s eight games went over the total.
Steelers 28, Baltimore 24
? Steelers won their first seven games (6-1 ATS), scoring 30.1 ppg.
? Steelers are 9-2 ATS in last 11 games as a road underdog.
? Over is 4-1-1 in Pittsburgh?s last six games.
? Steelers won two of last three visits to Baltimore.
? Ravens outgained Pittsburgh 457-221, but turned ball over four times (-3).
? Jackson threw pick-6 in first minute of game; he completed only 13-28 passes.
? Baltimore is 10-17 ATS in last 27 games as a home favorite, 2-2 this year.
? Penalties: Steelers 3-30 yards, Ravens 9-110
Colts 41, Detroit 21
? Colts won five of their last six games.
? Indy scored two TD?s 0:08 apart early in fourth quarter.
? Colts outrushed Detroit 119-29.
? Indy is 12-3-1 ATS in its last 16 post-bye games.
? Colts? first three drives: 22 plays, 62 yards, no points.
? Indy?s last seven drives: 46 plays, 324 yards, 34 points.
? Lions allowed 27+ points in their four losses; 23-16-22 in their wins.
? Lions are 7-11 ATS in last 18 games as a home underdog.
Vikings 28, Green Bay 22
? Dalvin Cook: 30 carries 163 yards; 2 catches 63 yards, four TD?s.
? Cousins threw only 14 passes the whole game (10.1 yards/attempt).
? Minnesota covered four of its last five games overall.
? Vikings? first four drives: 36 plays, 288 yards, 28 points.
? Green Bay?s first two drives: 28 plays, 147 yards, 14 points.
? Green Bay rest of the game: 38 plays, 214 yards, 8 points.
? Last four Green Bay games stayed under the total.
? Vikings are 3-2-1 SU in last six visits to Lambeau.
Cincinnati 31, Titans 20
? Titans are 4-0 when they score 31+ points, 1-2 when they don?t.
? Unusual thing; neither team went 3/out the whole game.
? Titans are 6-10 ATS in last 16 games as a road favorite.
? While in college at Texas A&M, Titans? QB Tannehill was moved from WR to QB by Mike Sherman, who is father-in-law of Bengals? coach Taylor.
? Bengals converted 10-15 third down plays.
? Cincinnati is 6-1-1 ATS this season.
? Bengals? last six drives: 54 plays, 331 yards, 28 points.
? Cincinnati won five of last seven series games.
Raiders 16, Cleveland 6
? Raiders outgained Cleveland 309-223 on a windy day by Lake Erie.
? First Raider game this season that stayed under total.
? Raiders are 8-5 ATS in last 13 games as a road underdog.
? AFC West non-divisional road teams are 7-1-2 ATS.
? Browns scored 37.2 ppg in their wins, 6-7-6 points in their losses.
? Cleveland gained only 223 yards, had 14 first downs.
? Browns, Jets, Dallas were only teams that didn?t score a TD Sunday.
? Browns were outscored in second half in six of their eight games.
Kansas City 35, Jets 9
? Winless Jets are 1-7 ATS, losing road games by 10-29-24-26 points.
? Jets have been outscored 81-25 in 2nd half of their last six games.
? Jets are 8-20-2 ATS in last 29 games as a road underdog, 0-3 TY.
? First four times Jets had ball, they tried a FG, making three of them.
? Mahomes threw for 419 yards; Chiefs scored TD?s on 3 of first 4 drives.
? KC allowed 20 or fewer points in their wins, 40 points in their loss.
? Chiefs are 20-11 ATS in last 31 games as a home favorite, 3-2 TY.
? Five of their last seven games stayed under the total.
Miami 28, Rams 17
? Miami had four takeaways, ran punt back for a TD in first half.
? Dolphins allowed 17 or fewer points in their wins; 21-31-31 in losses.
? Miami is 13-9-1 ATS in last 23 games as a home underdog.
? Dolphins are first team since ?04 Colts to lead three games in a row at halftime, all by 18+ points.
? Tell your statistics to shut up: Rams outgained Miami 471-145 (not a misprint)
? Kupp caught 11 passes for 110 yards; he was targeted 21 times.
? Rams lost last five visits to Miami; their last win there was in 1976.
? LA has outscored opponents 103-32 in second half of games.
Saints 26, Chicago 23 OT
? New Orleans won its last four games, by 6-3-3-3 points.
? Saints allowed 23-29-27-24-23 points in their wins, 34-37 in losses.
? Saints won despite converting only 2-13 third down plays.
? All seven of their games this year went over the total.
? Bears led 13-3 in 2nd quarter, but Saints scored TD with 0:03 left in half.
? Chicago?s first four drives in 2nd half: 15 plays, 14 yards, zero points.
? Foles was sacked five times; Saints won field position by 9 yards.
? Bears lost their last six games with New Orleans.
Seattle 37, 49ers 27
? 49ers allowed 16 or fewer points in their wins, 24-25-43-37 in their losses.
? Niners ran ball 22 times for only 52 yards.
? 49ers trailed 30-7 before scoring three TD?s in garbage time.
? Garoppolo, Kittle left this game early with injuries.
? Seattle won six of its first seven games, scoring 35.7 ppg.
? Seahawks have scored 32 TD?s on 72 drives this season.
? Seattle converted 9-15 third down plays in this game.
? Seahawks five 2nd half drives: 38 plays, 203 yards, 24 points.
? Six of their seven games went over the total.
Denver 31, LA Chargers 30:
? Broncos drove 81 yards, scored winning TD as time expired.
? Denver?s last three drives: 25 plays, 236 yards, 21 points.
? Broncos are 9-5-1 ATS in last 15 games as a home underdog.
? Denver won 11 of last 14 series games.
? Chargers lost seven of last eight visits to Denver.
? LA led this game 24-3 with 7:00 left in third quarter.
? Since Week 2 of last year, Chargers are 2-14 in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
? Chargers lost five of last six games, with two losses in OT.
? Chargers outgained Denver 485-351, but blew that big lead.
? Last four Charger games went over the total.
Philadelphia 23, Dallas 9
? Cowboys were outscored 86-22 in last three games.
? Last six games, Dallas is minus-14 in turnovers.
? Dallas lost its first four road games, 20-18/38-31/25-3/23-9.
? Cowboys are 4-8-1 ATS in last 13 games as a road underdog.
? Cowboys are 0-8 ATS this year, joining ?98 Bengals, ?03 Raiders as last teams to start a season 0-8 ATS.
? Eagles won despite turning ball over four times (-2).
? Teams averaged 3.0/3.2 yards/pass attempt. Not good.
? Teams combined to convert 7-24 third down plays.
? At halfway mark of season, 3-4-1 Eagles lead NFC East.
Home favorites/underdogs in college football conferences:
AAC? 5-9-1 home favorites, 4-4 home underdogs
ACC? 11-10-1 HF, 10-5 HU
Big 14? 3-3 HF, 3-3 HU
Big X? 9-5-1 HF, 4-7 HU
C-USA? 2-12 HF, 3-3 HU
Mountain West? 4-1 HF, 3-3 HU
SEC? 9-8 HF, 10-8 HU
Sun Belt? 7-4 HF, 5-2 HU
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 230,626
PLEASE wear a mask when you go out.
Quote of the Day
?This is what we have, this is our staff, these are our players. So right now, what we gotta do as a group is figure this out ? why we?re blowing these leads that we?re getting, and why we?re not finishing games, like we need to, in the fourth quarter. We did it last week, and we didn?t do it this week. It?s too soon for changes right now.?
Chargers? coach Anthony Lynn
Monday?s quiz
When the Bears won their only Super Bowl, who did they beat?
Sunday?s quiz
When the Chicago Bears won their only Super Bowl title, Jim McMahon was their QB.
Saturday?s quiz
Atlantic 10 basketball conference has three teams whose mascot is a Ram; Rhode Island, Fordham and Virginia Commonwealth.
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Monday?s Den: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday
Buffalo 24, Patriots 21
? Newton fumbled on the Buffalo 13-yard line in last minute.
? Patriots lost last four games, scoring four TD?s on 39 drives, with 12 turnovers.
? New England is 0-3 on the road losing 35-30/26-10/24-21.
? In his career as a head coach, Belichick is now 58-71 without Brady.
? Bills beat New England for only 6th tine in last 41 tries.
? Buffalo scored 24 points in four red zone drives; NE scored 10 points on three drives.
? Bills ran for 190 yards; Singletary had 86, Moss 81
? Six of Buffalo?s eight games went over the total.
Steelers 28, Baltimore 24
? Steelers won their first seven games (6-1 ATS), scoring 30.1 ppg.
? Steelers are 9-2 ATS in last 11 games as a road underdog.
? Over is 4-1-1 in Pittsburgh?s last six games.
? Steelers won two of last three visits to Baltimore.
? Ravens outgained Pittsburgh 457-221, but turned ball over four times (-3).
? Jackson threw pick-6 in first minute of game; he completed only 13-28 passes.
? Baltimore is 10-17 ATS in last 27 games as a home favorite, 2-2 this year.
? Penalties: Steelers 3-30 yards, Ravens 9-110
Colts 41, Detroit 21
? Colts won five of their last six games.
? Indy scored two TD?s 0:08 apart early in fourth quarter.
? Colts outrushed Detroit 119-29.
? Indy is 12-3-1 ATS in its last 16 post-bye games.
? Colts? first three drives: 22 plays, 62 yards, no points.
? Indy?s last seven drives: 46 plays, 324 yards, 34 points.
? Lions allowed 27+ points in their four losses; 23-16-22 in their wins.
? Lions are 7-11 ATS in last 18 games as a home underdog.
Vikings 28, Green Bay 22
? Dalvin Cook: 30 carries 163 yards; 2 catches 63 yards, four TD?s.
? Cousins threw only 14 passes the whole game (10.1 yards/attempt).
? Minnesota covered four of its last five games overall.
? Vikings? first four drives: 36 plays, 288 yards, 28 points.
? Green Bay?s first two drives: 28 plays, 147 yards, 14 points.
? Green Bay rest of the game: 38 plays, 214 yards, 8 points.
? Last four Green Bay games stayed under the total.
? Vikings are 3-2-1 SU in last six visits to Lambeau.
Cincinnati 31, Titans 20
? Titans are 4-0 when they score 31+ points, 1-2 when they don?t.
? Unusual thing; neither team went 3/out the whole game.
? Titans are 6-10 ATS in last 16 games as a road favorite.
? While in college at Texas A&M, Titans? QB Tannehill was moved from WR to QB by Mike Sherman, who is father-in-law of Bengals? coach Taylor.
? Bengals converted 10-15 third down plays.
? Cincinnati is 6-1-1 ATS this season.
? Bengals? last six drives: 54 plays, 331 yards, 28 points.
? Cincinnati won five of last seven series games.
Raiders 16, Cleveland 6
? Raiders outgained Cleveland 309-223 on a windy day by Lake Erie.
? First Raider game this season that stayed under total.
? Raiders are 8-5 ATS in last 13 games as a road underdog.
? AFC West non-divisional road teams are 7-1-2 ATS.
? Browns scored 37.2 ppg in their wins, 6-7-6 points in their losses.
? Cleveland gained only 223 yards, had 14 first downs.
? Browns, Jets, Dallas were only teams that didn?t score a TD Sunday.
? Browns were outscored in second half in six of their eight games.
Kansas City 35, Jets 9
? Winless Jets are 1-7 ATS, losing road games by 10-29-24-26 points.
? Jets have been outscored 81-25 in 2nd half of their last six games.
? Jets are 8-20-2 ATS in last 29 games as a road underdog, 0-3 TY.
? First four times Jets had ball, they tried a FG, making three of them.
? Mahomes threw for 419 yards; Chiefs scored TD?s on 3 of first 4 drives.
? KC allowed 20 or fewer points in their wins, 40 points in their loss.
? Chiefs are 20-11 ATS in last 31 games as a home favorite, 3-2 TY.
? Five of their last seven games stayed under the total.
Miami 28, Rams 17
? Miami had four takeaways, ran punt back for a TD in first half.
? Dolphins allowed 17 or fewer points in their wins; 21-31-31 in losses.
? Miami is 13-9-1 ATS in last 23 games as a home underdog.
? Dolphins are first team since ?04 Colts to lead three games in a row at halftime, all by 18+ points.
? Tell your statistics to shut up: Rams outgained Miami 471-145 (not a misprint)
? Kupp caught 11 passes for 110 yards; he was targeted 21 times.
? Rams lost last five visits to Miami; their last win there was in 1976.
? LA has outscored opponents 103-32 in second half of games.
Saints 26, Chicago 23 OT
? New Orleans won its last four games, by 6-3-3-3 points.
? Saints allowed 23-29-27-24-23 points in their wins, 34-37 in losses.
? Saints won despite converting only 2-13 third down plays.
? All seven of their games this year went over the total.
? Bears led 13-3 in 2nd quarter, but Saints scored TD with 0:03 left in half.
? Chicago?s first four drives in 2nd half: 15 plays, 14 yards, zero points.
? Foles was sacked five times; Saints won field position by 9 yards.
? Bears lost their last six games with New Orleans.
Seattle 37, 49ers 27
? 49ers allowed 16 or fewer points in their wins, 24-25-43-37 in their losses.
? Niners ran ball 22 times for only 52 yards.
? 49ers trailed 30-7 before scoring three TD?s in garbage time.
? Garoppolo, Kittle left this game early with injuries.
? Seattle won six of its first seven games, scoring 35.7 ppg.
? Seahawks have scored 32 TD?s on 72 drives this season.
? Seattle converted 9-15 third down plays in this game.
? Seahawks five 2nd half drives: 38 plays, 203 yards, 24 points.
? Six of their seven games went over the total.
Denver 31, LA Chargers 30:
? Broncos drove 81 yards, scored winning TD as time expired.
? Denver?s last three drives: 25 plays, 236 yards, 21 points.
? Broncos are 9-5-1 ATS in last 15 games as a home underdog.
? Denver won 11 of last 14 series games.
? Chargers lost seven of last eight visits to Denver.
? LA led this game 24-3 with 7:00 left in third quarter.
? Since Week 2 of last year, Chargers are 2-14 in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
? Chargers lost five of last six games, with two losses in OT.
? Chargers outgained Denver 485-351, but blew that big lead.
? Last four Charger games went over the total.
Philadelphia 23, Dallas 9
? Cowboys were outscored 86-22 in last three games.
? Last six games, Dallas is minus-14 in turnovers.
? Dallas lost its first four road games, 20-18/38-31/25-3/23-9.
? Cowboys are 4-8-1 ATS in last 13 games as a road underdog.
? Cowboys are 0-8 ATS this year, joining ?98 Bengals, ?03 Raiders as last teams to start a season 0-8 ATS.
? Eagles won despite turning ball over four times (-2).
? Teams averaged 3.0/3.2 yards/pass attempt. Not good.
? Teams combined to convert 7-24 third down plays.
? At halfway mark of season, 3-4-1 Eagles lead NFC East.
