TNF, SNF and MNF Team Trends and Systems for the NFL (citation: vsin, public data)
The following trends and systems come from a log of all the Thursday night (TNF), Sunday night (SNF), and Monday night (MNF) games since the start of the 2019 season. Only Thursday NIGHT games were included in the TNF study, not the day games played on Thanksgiving. The Sunday night games only included those games played ON SUNDAY NIGHT, not all of the games covered by the NBC SNF crew which also included some Wednesday & Saturday contests. The games analyzed were only regular-season games.
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
- Since the home teams last won three straight ATS on TNF in September 2020, road teams have been on a roll, 26-21 SU and 30-16-1 ATS (65.2%) in the last 47.
System Match: PLAY MINNESOTA ATS
- There has been some interesting data regarding the first and second half of the season in terms of Thursday night games. In the first half of the season, or weeks 1-8, home teams have gone 16-15 SU but 8-22-1 ATS (26.7%). However, home-field advantage has picked up slightly in the second half of the season in recent years, with week 9-17 home teams going 14-17 SU and 15-18 ATS (75%) in that same time span. Going back even further, since 2016, TNF home teams in weeks 9 & later are 30-23 SU and 31-20-2 ATS (60.8%). There seems to be a fundamental edge to playing at home with less rest late in the season.
System Match: FADE PHILADELPHIA ATS
- NFL Home Favorites of 7 points or more are on a 26-2 SU and 19-7-2 ATS (73.1%) run on Thursday games since the start of the 2014 season.
System Match: PLAY PHILADELPHIA
- There has been a wild trend that has developed over the last 3+ seasons regarding TNF road teams coming off a home loss the prior Sunday, as they have rebounded incredibly with a 14-12 SU and 19-6-1 ATS (76%) record.
System Match: PLAY MINNESOTA ATS
Personal Thoughts: Cousins is much better at home and/or on turf than on the road and/or on grass. Hurts we don't have but a 1 year track record, where he throws more TD's and rushes for more by 2:1 in the first half of the game. Draft Kings reports 76% of Handle on Phil. and about 68% of the individual bets. Both high numbers. Yet the line has dropped from 7.5 to 6/6.5. FWIW: I just played
Eagles - 3.5 for the HALF. It appears the people responsible for Handle and bets are very certain 7 is the right number or the line would have likely moved higher. (Philly is injured on defense, Vikings Center is out though, and that doesn't bode well for cousins having a great night.) I bet
a smaller amount on MN under 21 for game and the under on the total of 49 for the game.)
Jake, A favor? Can you send me a link to where you saw my name on The Rx? I don't recall posting ...anything, ever; until this month. I'm more than curious. Thanks much.