— Arizona
Last nine years, Cardinals are 7-19-1 ATS in NFC West home games.
Last eight years, Arizona is 5-13 as a favorite of 3 or fewer points.
Arizona opens in Buffalo; Cardinals are 3-2 SU/5-0 ATS in last five road openers.
Cardinals have Week 7 Monday night home game, then Week 8 they’ve got a cross-country trip to play the Dolphins in Miami.
Arizona’s two games with Seattle are in Weeks 12/14.
— Atlanta
Kirk Cousins visits his old team, the Vikings, in Week 14 (December 8).
Last four years, Falcons are 4-16-1 ATS as a home favorite.
Last nine years, Atlanta is 27-42-1 ATS coming off a loss.
Falcons are 5-12 ATS in their last 17 road openers, 5-2 ATS in last seven home openers.
Four of their first five games are at home (3 in row at home, weeks 3-5)
— Carolina
Rookie coach Caneles faces Tampa Bay, his old team, in Weeks 13/17.
Since 2016, Panthers are 1-8 ATS as a home favorite vs NFC South rivals.
Last three years, under is 16-8 in Carolina home games.
Panthers lost four of last five home openers SU (1-3-1 ATS)
Carolina visits Denver in Week 8; Panthers’ DC Ejiro Evero was Denver’s DC two years ago.
— Chicago
Bears open their season at home vs Tennessee; since 2003, QB’s drafted first in a draft are 0-14-1 SU/1-14 ATS in their first start.
Since 2018, Chicago is 1-7 ATS as a home underdog vs NFC North rivals.
Since 2015, Bears are 0-8 ATS as a double digit underdog.
Weeks 13-15, Chicago has three straight road games (Lions-49ers-Vikings)
Last 20 years, under is 15-5 in Bears’ road openers. Last seven years, under is 6-1 in Chicago’s home openers.
— Dallas
Last three years, Cowboys are +32 in turnovers (+14/+10/+8).
Last three years, Dallas is 11-4 ATS as a road favorite.
Three of their first four road games (Giants-Steelers-49ers) are night games.
Over is 4-1 in their last five home openers.
Washington coach Dan Quinn was Dallas’ DC the last three years; Cowboy-Commander games are in Weeks 12/18.
— Detroit
Detroit doesn’t play a game outdoors until Week 9 at Green Bay.
Under Campbell, Lions are 14-6 ATS as a favorite, 9-4 at home.
Last five years, over is 28-12-1 in Detroit home games.
Over is 7-2 in their last nine road openers.
Lions lost NFC title game 34-31 to San Francisco LY, blowing a 24-7 third quarter lead; they visit the 49ers on Monday night in Week 17.
— Green Bay
Packers open season against the Eagles in Brazil; Green Bay hasn’t started a season at Lambeau since 2018, but they’ve also won their last 11 home openers (8-3 ATS)
Last three years, Green Bay is 2-9-1 ATS as a road favorite.
Last five years, Packers are 10-3-1 ATS as a home favorite vs NFC North opponents.
Over is 8-3 in their last 11 road openers.
Play consecutive Thursday games in Weeks 13-14: they host Miami on Thanksgiving night, then visit Detroit the next Thursday.
Famous birthdays, August 16th:
Julie Newmar, 91
Lesley Ann Warren, 78
James Donaldson, 67
Angela Bassett, 66
Madonna Louise Ciccone, 66 (Madonna)
Timothy Hutton, 64
Steve Carell, 62
Yu Darvish, 38
Tyler Stephenson, 28
— LA Rams
Last three years, Rams are 7-2 ATS in NFC West road games.
Since 2018, over is 32-17 in Rams’ home games.
Rams lost in playoffs at Detroit LY; they open this year on Sunday night, also at Detroit, which will revive the Stafford-Goff trade drama.
Rams are in Chicago in Week 4; their next road game isn’t until Week 9, at Seattle.
Under Sean McVay, Rams are 7-0 SU/5-2 ATS in road openers.
— Minnesota
In 2022, Vikings were 11-1 in games decided by 8 or fewer points (+2 in turnovers)
Last year, Vikings were 6-8 in games decided by 8 or fewer points (-12 in turnovers)
Weeks 10-12, Vikings have 3 straight road games (Jaguars-Titans-Bears)
Under is 9-1 in Minnesota’s last ten home openers.
Vikings are 0-6-1 SU/0-7 ATS in their last seven road openers.
— NJ Giants
Last 12 years, Giants are 1-11 ATS in their home opener.
Giants were 6-11 last year, despite a +12 turnover ratio.
Last six years, Giants are 13-5 ATS in NFC East road games.
Both their games with Dallas are on Thursdays, including a Thanksgiving game.
Eagles’ new RB Saquon Barkley plays against his old team in Weeks 7/18.
— New Orleans
Saints missed playoffs the last three years (9-8/7-10/9-8).
Last ten years, New Orleans is 26-12-2 ATS as a road underdog.
Visit Giants/Packers in December, two cold-weather games for a dome team.
Last nine years, Saints are 3-6 SU/1-8 ATS in home openers.
Dennis Allen/Derek Carr’s old team (Raiders) visit New Orleans in Week 17.
— Philadelphia
Open season against the Packers in Brazil; in Week 3, they go to Tampa, Week 4, they go to New Orleans, then they have an early bye in Week 5.
Eagles started last year 10-1, then lost six of their last seven games.
Last four years, Philly is 7-13-1 ATS as a road favorite.
Last 15 years, Eagles are 4-10-1 ATS in their last 15 home openers.
New OC Kellen Moore got run out of Dallas couple years ago; Eagles’ games with the Cowboys are in Weeks 10/17.
— San Francisco
Over last 21 years, teams that lost Super Bowl are 5-16 ATS in Week 1 the next year; 49ers host the Jets in Week 1.
Last two years, San Francisco was +14/+12 in turnovers.
Last ten years, underdogs are 20-9-1 ATS in 49ers’ NFC West home games.
Under is 8-2 in their last ten home openers.
Weeks 12-13, they visit Packers/Bills, two cold weather games; the game in Buffalo is at night.
— Seattle
Last seven years, Seattle is 1-4 in playoff games, which is why they fired Pete Carroll.
Last ten years, underdogs are 21-7-1 ATS in their NFC West road games.
Seahawks won four of their last five road openers.
Week 17 Thursday night road game is long travel/short week, plus a cold weather game.
Their two games with the Cardinals are in Weeks 12/14.
— Tampa Bay
Last two years, Tampa Bay is 4-10-2 ATS coming off a loss.
Five of their eight road games this season are in domes.
Buccaneers made playoffs the last four years (6-3 in playoff games)
Last ten years, Bucs are 20-31-6 ATS in games with spread of 3 or fewer points.
Last nine years, Tampa Bay is 11-15-1 ATS in NFC South home games.
— Washington
Dan Quinn was 46-44 SU in 5+ years coaching Atlanta, winning NFC in 2016.
Last ten years, Washington is 10-19-1 ATS in NFC East home games.
Commanders play three of first four games on the road.
Washington is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 home openers.
Kliff Kingsbury is the new OC; Washington visits his old team (Arizona) in Week 4.
