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Rich Green is the editor of https://www.FreeSportsLetter.com
, a free sports handicapping and information service. He has been a top ranked
handicapper for over 35 years. He specializes in Football, Basketball and
Baseball, all the major sports, and has won numerous contests in each.
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2014 NFL and NCAA Football Against The Spread (ATS) Trends
Here is a look before the 2014 NFL Football season starts on teams and some basic ATS trends:
Arizona
-- Coach is 5-0 ATS as Dog <4.5 points and 5-0 ATS off non-Division Play, 0-4 ATS on MNF, 0-6 ATS on Thursdays
Atlanta
-- 6-1 ATS before playing New Orleans, 5-0 ATS at Green Bay, 1-8 ATS vs Baltimore, 2-5 ATS at Tampa Bay
Baltimore
-- 8-1 ATS vs Atlanta, 4-0 ATS before playing Pittsburgh, 0-5 ATS as Dogs of at least a Touchdown, 1-6 ATS on Thursdays
Buffalo
-- 6-1 ATS versus Kansas City, 4-0 ATS at Home vs Green Bay, 1-7
ATS after playing New England, 1-5 ATS off a Straight Up win
Carolina
-- 10-2 ATS after allowing at least 35 points, 10-1 ATS
as Home Dogs > a TouchDown, 0-5 ATS vs Pittsburgh, 0-5 ATS after
playing New Orleans
Chicago
-- 11-1 ATS before playing Detroit, 8-1 ATS as Road
Favs off a SU Dog
win, 0-11 ATS off non-Conference Play, 0-8 ATS before
playing Minnesota
Cincinnati
-- 9-0 ATS as non-Conference Home Dogs, 7-1 ATS after scoring <10.5
pts, 1-6 ATS vs opponents with Rest, 0-6 ATS vs Houston
Cleveland
-- New Head Coach, 5-1 ATS as Home Favs versus AFC East, 6-1 ATS as
Road
Favs, 1-8 ATS at Home vs non-Conference opponents, 1-6 ATS after
playing Cincinnati
Dallas -- 9-0 ATS as non-Conference Dogs, 6-1 ATS at Home vs NFC West, 2-8 ATS vs New Orleans, 1-8 ATS on MNF
Denver
-- 4-0 ATS vs Oakland, 4-0 ATS with Rest, 0-7 ATS at Home vs San Diego, 0-6 ATS vs Indianapolis
Detroit
-- New Head Coach, 7-1 ATS with Rest vs better than avg opponents, 5-1 ATS as MNF Favs,
0-9 ATS on the Road off non-Conference Play, 0-7 ATS at Arizona
Green Bay
-- 6-0 ATS before playing on MNF, 8-0
ATS with Rest, 2-10 ATS versus
NFC South, 1-6 ATS as Road Favs >6 pts
Houston -- New Head Coach, 9-1 ATS after playing Jacksonville, 5-1 ATS vs Tennessee, 0-6 ATS on MNF, 1-8 ATS after playing Tennessee
Emotion— The most important betting edge to know about in football wagering isn't statistics or numbers. The most important edge is emotion. Find the team that desires to win more than their opponent and they'll cover a high percentage of those events. This is true in all sports. But it is even more significant in a physical game like NCAA and NFL Football. Certain Coaches are much better than others in getting their teams ready for games by providing the impetus for emotion. Such Coaches as Frank Beamer, Paul Johnson, Bill Belichick and anyone named Harbaugh among others have all shown their worth in this area over the years.
Sandwich Games— Be careful of ‘sandwich' games. That is the
game for a team that's in between two other more important games.
The NFL split into different Divisions recently, with fewer teams in
each Division. Since then we have both the AFC and NFC broken
down into four Divisions consisting of four teams each. They are
called the East, North, South and West. So now Division games are
of even greater significance than in the past with fewer teams in each
Division. When it comes to determining the Playoff picture, these
games are the most important to each competing team.
--Rich Green
Editor@FreeSportsLetter.com
https://www.FreeSportsLetter.com
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