Look at this list of NFL teams on BYE last week, what do they have in common?

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  • Hoja Verdes
    SBR MVP
    • 08-23-06
    • 1403

    #1
    Look at this list of NFL teams on BYE last week, what do they have in common?
    Bye Week Teams: Denver, Tennessee, Kansas City, Arizona, San Diego, Seattle

    All of them except one (SDG) have something in common: they are widely regarded as the dregs of the league, 'the suck' of the NFL so far this year. TN even has a 3-2 record and the vast majority of gamblers would happily say 'they blow, bad team."

    I think this will be the week that the sportsbooks take a stack of money off the table as more than a few of the public darling teams fail to cover. In summary...lots of high scores and plenty of blowouts to start the year, with most 'easy money' games appearing to be just that, as public play after public play hits each week, and less than average league 'parity' so far for this point in the season. The public is due to get hammered, and given the 'shitty teams' on bye last week and well rested, this is a week i plan on playing a decent amount of 2-game ML parlays with various dogs. Remember, every time you think it gets 'easy' to pick nfl games ATS, parity creeps up on you and you realize it's very, very hard to do better than about 58-60% in the NFL in a given season, even with the relatively small sample size. I've seen quite a few threads on SBR lately featuring guys who are legitimately considering quitting their day jobs to gamble fulltime after the first 6 weeks of the season, and a similar phenomenon in NCAAF. Here comes variance, sneaking up behind them.
  • priskilla22
    Restricted User
    • 09-22-11
    • 2289

    #2
    The worst 3-4 teams are not on bye though.

    Miami, St. Louis, Indy, Vikes are all worse than those teams I think.
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    • Hoja Verdes
      SBR MVP
      • 08-23-06
      • 1403

      #3
      Originally posted by priskilla22
      The worst 3-4 teams are not on bye though.

      Miami, St. Louis, Indy, Vikes are all worse than those teams I think.
      Vikes are better than their record, look at how many points they've lost most games by, and recall how they had some of them in the bag. Indy will be better at covering now that they've got Painter at QB. St. Louis has SJax back at full speed, the next few games for them depend on how bad Bradford's 'high ankle sprain' really is. Miami, though terrible, had two dropped TD's on Monday night...but they are still pretty bad so i'll give you that one.
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      • priskilla22
        Restricted User
        • 09-22-11
        • 2289

        #4
        Well, to address the overall point, the books are up a lot in NFL....They've been losing it in CFB, winning it back in NFL. I see that pattern continuing for a few more weeks.
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        • qbsafety8
          Restricted User
          • 10-23-10
          • 393

          #5
          ... arent teams coming off bye weeks like 1-5 or something??? plus, theres a new rule saying they must have 4 consecutive days off during the bye week... seems to be hurting teams
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          • ThaTopMoron
            BARRELED IN @ SBR!
            • 04-30-10
            • 27023

            #6
            what about last week? lots of fools on the saints... the lions... the cowboys to win, ppl on the packers TT over, the steelers

            why is this week gonna be so bad for the favorites?
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