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Mackenzie KraemerESPN Staff Writer
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The Minnesota Vikings improved to 8-1 past week, tied for the champion grounds successful the NFL. Yet they are presently location underdogs against the Dallas Cowboys. It would beryllium conscionable the 4th clip since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger that a squad 8-1 oregon amended is simply a location underdog, and the archetypal clip since 1976 erstwhile that squad started its regular quarterback.
For the 22nd consecutive meeting, the New England Patriots are favored implicit New York Jets, the longest progressive streak successful the NFL. The Jets are 4-0 outright and ATS connected the roadworthy this season, the lone squad unbeaten some outright and ATS connected the road.
The hottest squad successful the NFL from a dispersed position is the Tennessee Titans, who person covered 7 consecutive games. They are tied with the New York Giants for the champion people successful the NFL. The 7-2 Giants are lone three-point favorites astatine location implicit the 3-6 Detroit Lions
Season Notes
Underdogs: 81-61-5 ATS (have been .500 oregon amended each week)
Home teams: 71-74-5 ATS
Unders: 86-62-2 (unders person been .500 oregon amended each week)
Best teams ATS: Tennessee, New York Giants (7-2)
Worst squad ATS: Los Angeles Rams (2-6-1)
Best implicit team: Cleveland (6-2-1)
Best nether team: Denver (8-1)
Tennessee Titans astatine Green Bay Packers (-3), Thursday astatine 8:15 ET
Tennessee has covered 7 consecutive games, the longest progressive streak successful the league, and Tennessee's longest streak since 2008 (eight straight). Tennessee is 7-2 ATS, tied with the New York Giants for the champion people successful the league.
Tennessee games person gone nether the full successful six consecutive games.
Tennessee is 5-0 ATS this play erstwhile the enactment is betwixt +3 and -3.
Tennessee is 5-0 ATS against teams with losing records this season.
Green Bay is 0-5 ATS successful their past 5 games arsenic a favourite (1-5 ATS this season).
Aaron Rodgers is 11-3-1 ATS successful his vocation connected Thursdays.
Unders successful prime-time games are 19-11-1.
Chicago Bears astatine Atlanta Falcons (-3), Sunday astatine 1 ET
Atlanta is 0-4 ATS successful their past 4 games aft starting the play 6-0 ATS.
Chicago games person gone implicit the full successful 4 straight.
Atlanta is 1-4 ATS arsenic a location favourite nether Arthur Smith (2-8 ATS since 2020).
Justin Fields is 6-11 ATS arsenic an underdog successful his career.
Cleveland Browns astatine Buffalo Bills (-8), Sunday astatine 1 ET
Buffalo is 0-3 ATS successful their past 3 games with back-to-back upset losses arsenic astatine slightest 6.5-point favorites. Only 2 teams successful the Super Bowl epoch person mislaid 3 consecutive games, each arsenic astatine slightest a 6.5-point favourite (2002 New Orleans, 1995 Miami).
Buffalo is 1 of 3 teams to beryllium favored successful each crippled this play (Tampa Bay: 10, Philadelphia: 9 entering this week).
Kevin Stefanski is 7-1 ATS arsenic an underdog of astatine slightest 3.5 points. His largest vocation underdog relation is 8 points successful the 2020 Divisional Playoffs astatine Kansas City, which helium covered.
Carolina Panthers astatine Baltimore Ravens (-12), Sunday astatine 1 ET
Lamar Jackson is 8-3-1 ATS arsenic a double-digit favourite successful the regular play (12-0 outright).
Baltimore is 0-3 ATS arsenic a location favourite this season. Lamar Jackson is 10-16 ATS arsenic a location favorite.
Baker Mayfield is 0-5 ATS successful his past 5 meetings against Baltimore.
Carolina is 0-3 ATS against teams with winning records this season.
Double-digit underdogs are 6-1 ATS since Week 7 (9-5 ATS this season).
Philadelphia Eagles (-6.5) astatine Indianapolis Colts, Sunday astatine 1 ET
Indianapolis games are 8-2 to the nether this season. Under are 14-3 successful Indianapolis' past 17 games. Four consecutive Philadelphia games person gone implicit the total.
Jeff Saturday seeks to beryllium the eighth manager successful the Super Bowl epoch to triumph each of his archetypal 2 games, some arsenic an underdog. No manager successful the Super Bowl epoch has won each of his archetypal 2 games arsenic astatine slightest a four-point underdog.
Jalen Hurts is 5-10 ATS successful his vocation connected the road, including 2-6 ATS arsenic a roadworthy favourite (1-3 ATS this season).
Washington Commanders (-3) astatine Houston Texans, Sunday astatine 1 ET
Taylor Heinicke is 5-0-1 ATS successful his past six starts (3-0-1 ATS this season). He is 9-2-1 ATS successful his past 12 starts. Heinicke is 2-0 ATS successful his vocation arsenic a roadworthy favorite.
Washington is 4-0 ATS successful their past 4 games arsenic a favorite.
Since 1994, teams coming disconnected a triumph arsenic a double-digit underdog are 2-10 ATS successful the pursuing crippled erstwhile they are connected abbreviated rest.
This is the 16th consecutive crippled Houston volition beryllium an underdog, the longest progressive streak successful the NFL and the second-longest streak successful franchise past (19 consecutive successful 2002-03). Houston is the lone squad to beryllium an underdog successful each crippled this season. This is Davis Mills' 21st vocation start. He is the 5th backmost successful the Super Bowl epoch to statesman his vocation arsenic an underdog successful his archetypal 20 starts (Troy Aikman, Tim Couch, Dan Fouts, Randy Johnson).
Los Angeles Rams astatine New Orleans Saints (-4), Sunday astatine 1 ET
New Orleans is 1-4 ATS successful their past 5 games. Their past 3 games went nether the total.
Dennis Allen is 3-7 ATS successful his vocation arsenic a favourite (5-5 SU), including 1-2 ATS with New Orleans (2-1 SU).
This is the 3rd dome crippled successful the past 3 seasons to diagnostic a full successful the 30s. The erstwhile 2 went under.
Los Angeles has not been much than a three-point underdog since the 2020 Divisional Playoffs (+7 astatine Green Bay).
Andy Dalton is 24-11-1 ATS successful his vocation arsenic astatine slightest a four-point favourite (1-0 ATS with New Orleans).
Detroit Lions astatine New York Giants (-3), Sunday astatine 1 ET
Since 2015, teams with 7+ wins are 6-0-1 ATS against teams with 3 oregon less wins erstwhile they are not favored by much than 3 points. Those teams are 10-3-1 ATS erstwhile not favored by astatine slightest 4 points.
New York is 7-2 ATS this season, tied with Tennessee for the champion people successful the league. New York is 5-1 ATS successful its past six games and 5-0 ATS against teams with losing records this season. New York is besides 4-1 ATS astatine home.
Dan Campbell is 3-6 ATS with Detroit erstwhile helium is not astatine slightest a four-point underdog.
Four consecutive New York games person gone nether the total.
New York Jets astatine New England Patriots (-3), Sunday astatine 1 ET
New York is 4-0 outright and ATS connected the roadworthy this season, including 3 wins arsenic an underdog. New York is the lone squad undefeated some outright and ATS connected the road.
New England has covered 3 consecutive games erstwhile the enactment is betwixt +3 and -3. New York is 5-1 ATS successful their past six games successful that role.
New England has won 13 consecutive meetings, going 9-4 ATS with 4 consecutive covers.
Since 2002, determination has lone been 1 lawsuit of New England being favored by 3 points oregon less astatine location against New York (-3 successful 2020). New England has won 11 consecutive location meetings (6-5 ATS).
This is the 22nd consecutive gathering New England has been favored implicit New York, the longest progressive streak successful immoderate head-to-head matchup including playoffs.
Bill Belichick is 2-7 ATS successful location games pursuing a bye week with New England. He is 3-11 ATS disconnected a bye astatine location including his clip successful Cleveland.
Unders successful part games are 30-16-1 this season.
Las Vegas Raiders astatine Denver Broncos (-2.5), Sunday astatine 4:05 ET
Las Vegas is 9-1 ATS (8-2 SU) successful its past 10 meetings against Denver, including 5-0 ATS arsenic an underdog successful that span (3-2 SU).
Denver is 0-3 ATS (1-2 SU) arsenic a favourite this season, with each 3 games going nether the total.
Denver games are 8-1 to the nether this season, the highest people successful the league. Five consecutive Denver games person gone nether the total.
Las Vegas is 0-3 ATS successful their past 3 games.
Josh McDaniels is 10-21 ATS successful his past 31 games arsenic a caput manager aft starting his vocation 6-0 ATS.
Unders successful part games are 30-16-1 this season.
Cincinnati Bengals (-4.5) astatine Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday astatine 4:25 ET
Cincinnati has been a roadworthy favourite of astatine slightest 4 points successful Pittsburgh conscionable doubly successful the Super Bowl epoch (-4.5 successful 1986, -5.5 successful 1971). Both times, Cincinnati mislaid outright. In the Super Bowl era, Cincinnati is 1-4 outright and ATS arsenic a roadworthy favourite successful Pittsburgh (last instance: 2013).
Mike Tomlin is 14-4-2 ATS arsenic a location underdog (13-7 outright), including 7-0-2 ATS implicit the past 5 seasons (7-2 outright).
Mike Tomlin is 5-2 outright and ATS successful his vocation against Cincinnati arsenic an underdog.
Pittsburgh is 22-10-2 ATS arsenic an underdog implicit the past 5 seasons.
Cincinnati is 6-1 ATS successful their past 7 games.
Unders successful part games are 30-16-1 this season.
Dallas Cowboys (-1) astatine Minnesota Vikings, Sunday astatine 4:25 ET
Minnesota would beryllium the 4th squad since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger to beryllium a regular-season location underdog contempt a grounds of 8-1 oregon better. The past 2 instances were some final-week games wherever Kansas City (2020) and Green Bay (2011) benched their regular starting QBs for rest. The lone different lawsuit successful that span was by the 1976 Oakland Raiders (11-1), who were a two-point location underdog to Cincinnati (9-3). Oakland won 35-20.
Over the past 2 seasons, Dallas is an NFL-best 19-7 ATS overall, including 13-4 ATS arsenic a favorite, 10-3 ATS connected the road, and 6-1 ATS aft a loss.
Minnesota is 4-1-1 ATS erstwhile not favored by astatine slightest 3.5 points this season.
All 5 meetings betwixt Dak Prescott and Kirk Cousins person gone implicit the total.
Kansas City Chiefs (-6.5) astatine Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday astatine 8:20 ET
Patrick Mahomes is 13-0 outright successful his vocation successful roadworthy part games (9-4 ATS).
Justin Herbert is 3-1 ATS against Kansas City. This is the second-largest location underdog relation of Justin Herbert's vocation (if 3.5 oregon higher). His lone larger location underdog relation was successful his archetypal vocation commencement successful 2020 (+9 vs Kansas City; covered spread).
Los Angeles is 1-3 ATS astatine location this season, 0-3 ATS past 3 location games, each arsenic a favorite.
Kansas City is 49-26-1 ATS connected the roadworthy nether Andy Reid.
Unders successful part games are 30-16-1 this season. Unders successful prime-time games are 19-11-1, including 8-2 connected Sunday Night Football.
San Francisco 49ers (-8) vs Arizona Cardinals, Monday astatine 8:15 ET (Mexico)
Kyle Shanahan is 4-9-1 ATS arsenic a regular-season favourite of astatine slightest 7 points and 2-8-1 ATS with Jimmy Garoppolo.
Kliff Kingsbury is 17-16-1 outright arsenic an underdog and 11-14 outright arsenic a favorite. He is the lone manager successful the Super Bowl epoch with a grounds implicit .500 arsenic an underdog and beneath .500 arsenic a favorite. Kingsbury is 22-11-1 ATS arsenic an underdog and 4-1-1 ATS erstwhile getting astatine slightest 7 points.
Arizona is 6-1-1 ATS against San Francisco implicit the past 5 seasons. Kyle Shanahan is 2-7-1 ATS against Arizona, including 1-4-1 ATS against Kliff Kingsbury.
Four consecutive Arizona games person gone implicit the total.
San Francisco is 3-0 outright and ATS successful part games this season.
Favorites are 4-0 ATS successful Mexico City games all-time.
Unders successful part games are 30-16-1 this season. Unders successful prime-time games are 19-11-1.
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