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Nov 11 '19
Week 1 is in the books, and Week 2 is underway in the NFL. Fake Vans Slip-on . ESPN Chalks Rob Nelson is back to offer up some interesting nuggets of information for games taking place Sunday and Monday.Note: All lines are courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas SuperBookTennessee Titans at Detroit Lions Line: Lions -6; Over/Under: 47The Lions are 7-2 ATS since their bye in Week 9 last season.Dating back to last season, the Titans are 1-8 ATS in their past nine games, having failed to cover in five straight.Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans Line: Texans -1.5; Over/Under: 43.5The Texans have covered in each of their past five games as the favorite.The Chiefs are 1-6 ATS in their past seven games as an underdog (including playoffs).Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots Line: Patriots -6; Over/Under: 42The Patriots havent covered in their home opener since 2011 vs. San Diego (0-3-1 ATS during span).New England has covered in each of its past four home games vs. Miami.Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns Line: Ravens -5; Over/Under: 42.5Under John Harbaugh (since 2008), the Ravens are 7-1 ATS in games at Cleveland. Overall, this marks the 15th time in 17 meetings between these teams since Harbaugh got to Baltimore in which the Ravens are favored.The Browns are now a 5,000-1 longshot to win the Super Bowl this season, 50 times worse than the teams tied for the second-worst odds (six teams at 100-1).Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers Line: Steelers -3.5; Over/Under: 48.5The Bengals are 14-3-1 ATS since the start of last season (including playoffs), having covered in all nine of their road games during this span. This includes a 16-10 win at Pittsburgh last season, a game in which the line closed as a pick em.Starting with that Week 8 game in Pittsburgh last season, nine of the Bengals past 12 games (including playoffs) have gone under the total.Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins Line: Redskins -3; Over/Under: 45.5This marks just the sixth time in 28 career starts (including playoffs) that the Redskins are favored with Kirk Cousins as their starting quarterback. Washington has lost three of its previous five in this spot, failing to cover in every game.This marks just the third time in their past 17 meetings that the Cowboys are an underdog to Washington.New Orleans Saints at New York Giants Line: Giants -5; Over/Under 54This over/under is the highest in a game so far this season. The previous four meetings between these teams have all easily gone over the total, including last season when the 101 combined points was more than double the over/under of 50.San Francisco 49ers at Carolina Panthers Line: Panthers -13.5; Over/Under: 45.5With the line at 13.5, this marks the second-biggest favorite the Panthers have been in franchise history, and just their fifth time as a double-digit favorite. Carolina has previously gone 1-3 ATS in this spot.If the line closes at 13.5, it will be tied for the biggest underdog San Francisco has been in the past 10 seasons. The 49ers have now been an underdog in 18 straight games since Jim Harbaugh became Michigans head coach, the longest active streak as a dog in the NFL.Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Arizona Cardinals Line: Cardinals -7; Over/Under: 50.5In their past eight home games (including playoffs), the Cardinals are 1-7 ATS, having lost outright three times, including last week as an eight-point favorite over New England.The Buccaneers are an underdog for the 25th straight time on the road.Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams Line: Seahawks -6.5; Over/Under: 37.5Under Jeff Fisher (since 2012), the Rams have now been an underdog in all nine of their games against Seattle. The Rams enter Sunday having gone 6-2 ATS in those games, winning outright four times, including last season when they upset the Seahawks in both meetings.Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos Line: Broncos -6; Over/Under: 46.5This is the fifth time Andrew Luck has faced the Broncos in his career (including playoffs), and the fifth time hes been the underdog. Luck and the Colts have won three of four in this spot, covering in every game.Atlanta Falcons at Oakland Raiders Line: Raiders -4.5; Over/Under: 48After covering their first four games under Dan Quinn last season, the Falcons are 2-11 ATS in their past 13 games.The total has gone over in 21 of Derek Carrs 33 career starts.Jacksonville Jaguars at San Diego Chargers Line: Chargers -3; Over/Under: 47.5The Chargers have covered in five straight games dating back to last season, the second-longest active ATS win streak in the NFL (Vikings: 6 straight ATS wins).Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings Line: Packers -2.5; Over/Under: 43The Vikings are an NFL-best 15-3 ATS since the start of last season (including playoffs), covering in an NFL-best six straight games. One of those three ATS losses came at home vs. the Packers last season, when Minnesota lost by 17 as a 1-point favorite.Including last weeks four-point win as a 3.5-point favorite, the Packers have covered six of their past eight games as a road favorite.Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears Line: Bears -3; Over/Under: 42This is just the third time in 23 games that the Bears are the favorite, having lost their previous two games in this spot. Cheap Fake Vans . Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots on Saturday in the Oklahoma City Barons 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat. The Oilers signed Bryzgalov to a one-year $2 million contract last Friday after shedding payroll by dealing defenceman Ladislav Smid to the Flames. Fake Vans Free Shiping .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. http://www.fakevans.com/ . -- Bryant McKinnie came out of his stance and lowered his shoulder into a practice squad player, causing a crisp thud to reverberate in the Miami Dolphins practice bubble.CHICAGO -- In case there were any doubts, the Chicago Blackhawks are showing they can be resilient as well as dominant. They made it look easy in the regular season. But they had to dig deep in the playoffs. The Blackhawks dug their way out of a 3-1 deficit to Detroit in the Western Conference semifinals to take the series in seven games, beating the rival Red Wings 2-1 on Brent Seabrooks overtime goal Wednesday night. They will now face the defending champion Los Angeles Kings in what could be another difficult series for a team eyeing its second Stanley Cup in four seasons. Game 1 of the conference finals is in Chicago on Saturday. This is hardly a time to breathe easy, but the Blackhawks can at least exhale a little after surviving a grueling series against another Original Six team. "Its not the way you want to win a series, going down 3 games to 1," captain Jonathan Toews said. "But to come out on top given the situation we were in three games ago, it shows the character that we have on top of the ability and the potential this team has. We need to use the ability and the confidence this gives us." No team made it look easier in the regular season than the Blackhawks, who got off to a record start and captured the Presidents Trophy for finishing with the most points. But its been a different story in the playoffs. They came in looking for more after back-to-back first-round exits following their championship run in 2010. They took out Minnesota in five games and were looking good after a 4-1 win over Detroit in Game 1, but the series turned in a big way after that. The Blackhawks managed just two goals in Games 2 through 4 and found themselves facing elimination. It didnt help that Toews lost his composure in Game 4 after being targeted by the Red Wings and wound up being sent to the penalty box three times in the second period. The Blackhawks were looking like an unglued team at that point, but they stuck together, instead. They held a meeting and began mounting an improbable comeback. Fake Vans Store. Chicago had to regroup again late in Game 7 after the potential go-ahead goal by Niklas Hjalmarsson got waved off in the closing minutes of regulation. The crowd was in a frenzy after he fired a shot past Jimmy Howard with 1:47 remaining, except it didnt count. The Blackhawks Brandon Saad and Red Wings Kyle Quincey got tangled by the Detroit bench, and referee Stephen Walkom called roughing penalties as Chicago went in for the goal. Seabrook wound up winning it in overtime with a wrist shot that deflected off Detroit defenceman Niklas Kronwalls leg and sailed past Howards glove into the left side of the net. The Blackhawks outscored the Red Wings 10-5 over the final three games and became the 25th team to win a series after falling behind 3-1. It was the first time a Chicago team had done it. "You know what, we did have some learning curves in this round definitely," Seabrook said afterward. "Detroit played a great series. We really had to find ourselves after the fourth game being down 3-1. I thought the boys responded well. We played a very good Game 5. I thought we played a very good Game 6. I thought we played very well tonight. Detroit gave us all they had. It was just nice to come out on the winning end of this." Now, theyre looking at another big obstacle. No goalie has been hotter in the playoffs than Los Angeles Jonathan Quick with a .948 save percentage, although Chicagos Corey Crawford (.938) has been almost as good. Quick dropped two of three games against the Blackhawks during the regular season. His save percentage was .857 and he allowed 12 goals. "Weve had progressively much tougher series and they keep getting tougher," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "LAs got the Cup and theyve played two tough rounds in a row. They know how to win. Weve got to be well-prepared and excited about the opportunity." ' ' '
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