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Monday’s 6-pack:
Six interesting college football spreads for this week:
— West Virginia @ Kansas State (-6)
— Minnesota @ Iowa (-6)
— Michigan @ Penn State (-1)
— NC State @ Wake Forest (-2)
— Oklahoma (-6) @ Baylor
— Arizona State (-5) @ Washington
Quote of the Day
“More games are lost than are won.”
George Allen
Monday’s quiz
Who holds the Cincinnati Bengals’ single-game record for passing yards?
Sunday’s quiz
Of the 32 starting QB’s in the NFL, six played college ball in the SEC.
Saturday’s quiz
Aaron Rodgers, Jared Goff played their college football at Cal.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday……
Denver 30, Dallas 16:
— Denver led this game 30-0 with 5:00 left; go figure.
— Broncos ran ball for 190 yards, outgained Dallas 407-290.
— Denver was 8-15 on third down, Cowboys 5-13.
— Denver gave up 16 or less points in its wins, 25.3 ppg in losses.
— First eight Dallas drives: 37 plays, 130 yards, 5 first downs, 0 points.
— Cowboys were stopped on downs on their first two drives.
— Last 4 games, Cowboys are minus-4 in turnovers; they were +7 in first four.
— Broncos won their last four visits to Dallas.
Cleveland 41, Cincinnati 16:
— Browns opened scoring with a 99-yard pick-6.
— Cleveland also had a 17-yard edge in field position.
— Mayfield averaged 9.0 yards/pass attempt.
— Browns had scored 14-17-10 points in previous three games.
— Bengals allowed 34-41 points in last two games.
— Cleveland averaged 7.8 yards/play.
— Last five years, Bengals are 5-10 ATS as a home favorite.
— Browns won six of last seven series games.
Baltimore 34, Minnesota 31, OT
— Vikings are 1-4 in games decided by 4 or fewer points.
— Minnesota started game with TD drives of 79-94 yards.
— Otherwise, Vikings ran 36 plays for 121 yards, 10 points.
— Vikings ran back opening kick of 2nd half 98 yards for TD.
— Baltimore won five of last six games, scoring 29.5 ppg.
— QB Jackson ran ball for 120 yards, threw for 266 more.
— Ravens: 89 plays, 500 yards. Vikings: 52 plays, 318 yards.
— Baltimore is 4-1 in games decided by 6 or less points.
Miami 17, Houston 9:
— Texans lost last eight games, seven of them by 8+ points.
— Houston was in red zone four times, scored nine points.
— Houston was outscored 119-17 in last four road games.
— There were two TD’s, nine turnovers in this game.
— Miami scored 10 points in last 1:07 of second quarter.
— Dolphins scored 17 points in both their wins.
— Miami ran ball 25 times for only 47 yards.
— Last five years, Miami is 8-2-2 ATS as home favorites.
New England 24, Carolina 6:
— New England won 4 of last 5 games, scoring 31.8 ppg.
— Patriots ran ball for 151 yards, threw for only 122.
— New England has 10 takeaways in last four games (+5)
— Patriots are +8 in turnovers in their wins, minus-6 in losses.
— Carolina lost five of last six games after a 3-0 start.
— Panthers threw three INT’s on last four drives.
— Under is 7-2 in Carolina games this season.
— Last six games, Panthers were outscored 93-45 in second half.
Jacksonville 9, Buffalo 6:
— Only 32nd game in last 20 years with no TD’s.
— Bills kicked FG’s on first two drives, didn’t score again.
— Buffalo was in Jaguar territory on six of nine drives.
— Last two games, Bills have no TD’s, 3 FG’s in first half.
— Jaguars won two of last three games, after an 0-20 skid.
— K Wright made a 55-yard FG, missed 42-yarder wide left.
— Jaguars converted 28 of 94 third down plays (29.8%).
— Six of their last seven games stayed under the total.
NY Giants 23, Las Vegas 16:
— Raiders were in red zone six times, scored 16 points.
— Raiders missed 25-yard FG, shortest miss in NFL this year.
— Las Vegas outgained Giants 403-245.
— Last four years, Raiders were 2-5-1 ATS as road favorites.
— Giants took lead for good on a pick-6 1:32 into second half.
— Giants ran ball for 149 yards, threw for only 96.
— Giants are 10-6 ATS last 16 games coming off a loss.
— Giants have been outscored 64-12 in last 2:00 of each half.
Atlanta 27, New Orleans 25:
— Falcons kicked GW 29-yard field goal at 0:00 for the win.
— Atlanta averaged 10.4 yards/pass attempt.
— Falcons led their last six games at halftime.
— Atlanta won/covered last four games away from home.
— Saints scored three TD’s in 6:56 span, after trailing 24-6.
— NO failed on 2-point conversions after last two TD’s.
— Underdogs won/covered six of their eight games.
— New Orleans has 19 plays of 20+ yards, their opponents have 37.
LA Chargers 27, Philadelphia 24:
— Chargers kicked 29-yard FG with 0:02 left for win.
— LA didn’t punt; three TD’s, 2 FG’s, stopped on downs twice.
— Chargers got in red zone on six of seven drives.
— Herbert averaged 9.4 yards/pass attempt.
— Chargers outgained Eagles, 445-331.
— Philly ran for 176 yards, converted 8-12 on third down.
— Eagles lost six of their last eight games.
— Philly is 0-4 SU at home TY, losing by 6-12-6-3 points.
Kansas City 13, Green Bay 7:
— First start for QB Love; only TD came on their last drive.
— Packers went 3/out on half of their ten drives.
— Green Bay was 2-12 on third down, minus-2 in turnovers.
— Last four Packer games stayed under the total.
— Chiefs were outgained, 301-237.
— KC in second half: 25 plays, 88 yards, 5 first downs, no points.
— Mahomes completed only 20-37 passes, averaged 4.2 yards/attempt.
— Kansas City is 0-4 ATS at home this season.
Arizona 31, San Francisco 17:
— Backup QB McCoy was 22-26/249 in place of injured Murray.
— Arizona won eight of first nine games (6-2 ATS).
— Arizona is 5-0 SU/ATS on road, scoring 34.8 ppg.
— Under Kingsbury, Arizona is 14-6-1 ATS on the road.
— 49ers are 0-4 SU at home, giving up 29.8 ppg.
— Thru eight games, 49ers are minus-10 in turnovers.
— Last five games, SF converted 14-56 third down plays.
— Last five years, 49ers are 4-9-1 ATS in NFC West home games.
Tennessee 28, LA Rams 16:
— Titans’ defensive line totally dominated the Rams’ OL.
— Tennessee scored two TD’s in 0:11 span in 2nd quarter.
— Tennessee won/covered seven of last eight games.
— Titans didn’t have offensive play longer than 16 yards.
— Rams threw two INT’s in 0:15 span in 2nd quarter.
— LA converted only 4-15 third down plays.
— penalties: Rams 12-115 yards, Tennessee 4-19.
— Tennessee had 16-yard edge in field position, also scored defensive TD.
