Week Nine NFL Nuggets

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Atlanta: Dan Quinn is 2-0 SUATS vs. Jay Gruden, with one win coming as the head coach of Atlanta, and the other as the defensive coordinator for Seattle. However, Quinn also went up against Adrian Peterson back in 2015. Quinn's Atlanta defense allowed the Ageless Wonder to run for 158 yards and 2 touchdowns on 29 carries.

Baltimore: Since winning the Super Bowl in 2012, Baltimore is 45-44 SU. They're basically a .500 team.

Buffalo: Since 2012, Buffalo is 19-6 SU and 17-7-1 ATS hosting teams from grass fields, including 1-1 SUATS this year. In those 25 games, they've held their opponents to an average of 18 points per game. Sean McDermott has gone up against Matt Nagy-led offenses twice in the last two years. He held Nagy's Chiefs to 20 points in 2016, and 10 points last year.

Cleveland: Cleveland's defense has allowed over 400 yards in each of their last five games, including 565 yards to Oakland.

Dallas: Jason Garrett is 15-31 ATS as a home favorite, including 1-1 ATS this year. If you remove his home games vs. the New York Giants, that record dips to 11-28 ATS.

Denver: Vance Joseph is now 8-16 SU and 8-15-1 ATS as a head coach. When he was hired to be the defensive coordinator for Miami in 2016, he didn't improve the defense one iota. When he was hired to be the head coach for Denver last year, he didn't improve the team one iota. Denver went from allowing 19 points a game before he arrived to 24 points per game last year.

Detroit: Before Jim Bob Cooter took over play-calling for Detroit, Mathew Stafford was 36-50 SU. Since then, he is 27-22 SU and 27-21-1 ATS, including 3-4 SU and 5-2 ATS this year. Stafford's TD/INT ratio under Cooter is 87/30. On road turf since 2014, Stafford is 8-7 SU and 9-6 ATS, with a ratio of 23/9. Matt Patricia went up against Kirk Cousins back in 2015. Patricia's New England defense held Cousins's Redskins to 10 points. In that game, Captain Kirk completed 55% of his passes and tossed 1 touchdown pass and 1 interception.

Houston: Deshaun Watson's various injuries actually helped the team immensely in last week's game. They forced head coach Bill O'Brien to actually call some running plays in order to protect his quarterback. The result was Houston's most lopsided win of the year.

Los Angeles Rams: When Sean McVay was the offensive coordinator for Washington in 2015, he marched into New Orleans with Kirk Cousins as his quarterback and got the best of Dennis Allen's defense by a score of 47-14.

Miami: Brocktoberfest continues for the Dolphins. Brock Osweiler is 11-5 SU at home in his career, including 1-1 SUATS at home with Miami this season.

New York Jets: Todd Bowles is 7-3 SU and 6-3-1 ATS vs. rookie and backup quarterbacks. In those ten games, New York has allowed their opponents an average of 18 points per game.

Pittsburgh: Since 2014, Mike Tomlin is an amazing 20-7-1 SU in regular season division games. Tomlin is also the great Cleveland Browns slayer. Since 2008, every head coach that Cleveland has had - six total - has been fired immediately after losing to Tomlin's Steelers. Yikes!

San Fran: Head coach Kyle Shanahan is 6-2 SU and 4-3-1 ATS with Jimmy Garoppolo as his quarterback. Without Garoppolo, he is 1-15 SU and 7-9 ATS.

Tampa Bay: Ryan Fitzpatrick has passed for over 400 yards in each of the three games that he has started and finished this year.

Washington. Alex Smith is the king of streaks. Since 2011, if you had bet Smith to cover the spread after two consecutive wins, and to not cover the spread after two consecutive losses, up to Week Fifteen of the regular season, you'd have gone 33-18 ATS.

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