— Las Vegas Raiders
Raiders made the playoffs once in the last seven years.
Last two years, Las Vegas is 11-5 ATS at home.
Last four years, Raiders are 1-10 ATS as a road favorite.
— Los Angeles Chargers
Last year, Bolts were 5-12, 0-7 in games decided by 3 or fewer points.
Chargers are #30 in salaries spent on offense, #8 on defense.
New OC Roman was Ravens’ OC; Chargers-Ravens meet November 25.
Jim Harbaugh was 49-22-1 as 49ers’ coach, 5-3 in playoffs.
— Los Angeles Rams
Hall of Famer DT Aaron Donald retired; DC Morris is new head coach in Atlanta.
Rams are #1 in salaries spent on offense, #32 on defense.
Last three years, Rams are 5-2 ATS as a home underdog.
— Miami Dolphins
Last four years, Dolphins are 15-6 ATS as a home favorite.
Miami hasn’t won a playoff game (0-6) since 2000.
McDaniel is 20-14 as Dolphins’ HC, 0-2 in playoffs (34-31/26-7).
— Minnesota Vikings
In 2022, Vikings were 11-1 in games decided by 8 or less points; last year? 6-8.
Minnesota was minus-12 in turnovers LY; now Kirk Cousins is in Atlanta.
Last four years, Vikings are 7-16 ATS as a home favorite.
— New England Patriots
Last two years, NE was 12-22, now Bill Belichick is a TV analyst. Go figure.
New coach, new QB, new GM; Patriots are #28 in $$$ spent on offense.
Patriots were minus-11 in turnovers LY, 4-8 in one-score games.
— New Jersey Jets
Jets haven’t made the playoffs since 2010.
Aaron Rodgers played 4 plays LY, threw one (incomplete) pass, tore his Achilles.
Jets committed 31 more penalties than their opponents last year.
— New Jersey Giants
Giants have had one winning season the last seven years.
Giants were 4-4 SU at home LY; they were underdog in all eight games.
Giants were 6-11 LY, even though they were +12 in turnovers.
— Famous birthdays, August 1st:
Kiki Vandeweghe, 66
Greg Bell, 62
Gregg Jefferies, 57
Stacey Augmon, 56
Edgerrin James, 46
Adam Jones, 39
Madison Bumgarner, 35
Ezequiel Tovar, 23
— New Orleans Saints
Last three years, Saints are 25-26, missing playoffs all three years.
New Orleans was 3-6 last year in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
Not a good sign when you’re +11 in turnovers and still miss playoffs.
— Philadelphia Eagles
Eagles started 10-1 LY, lost six of last seven games, canned both coordinators.
Philly was 8-3 in games decided by 8 or less points; they were minus-10 in turnovers.
Last three years, Eagles are 12-6 ATS as a home favorite.
— Pittsburgh Steelers
Last six years, Steelers made playoffs three times (0-3 in playoffs)
Former Falcons’ HC Arthur Smith is Pittsburgh’s new OC.
Steelers visit Atlanta in Week 1.
Steelers are #32 in salaries spent on offense, #1 on defense.
— San Francisco 49ers
49ers were 12-5 LY, 1-3 in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
Last 3 years, 49ers went 35-16, lost two NFC title games and a Super Bowl.
Last four years, San Francisco is 11-5 ATS as an underdog.
— Seattle Seahawks
Pete Carroll was 147-98-1 as Seattle’s coach; why exactly is he gone?
Seahawks were 9-8 LY, 6-4 in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
Last three years, Seattle is 8-15 ATS as a favorite.
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers
LY, Bucs were 1-5 vs teams that made playoffs, 8-3 vs teams that missed playoffs.
Tampa Bay went 9-8 last year, with a +8 turnover ratio.
Last two years, Buccaneers are 7-12 ATS as a favorite.
— Tennessee Titans
Titans went 7-10/6-11 last two years, canned Mike Vrabel (56-48 as Titans’ coach)
Lot of close games LY; Tennessee was 5-7 in games decided by 8 or less points.
Tennessee was minus-19 in sacks LY, giving up 64 sacks in 17 games.
— Washington Commanders
Washington hasn’t won a playoff game since 2005 (0-5 last five)
Former Cardinals’ HC Kingsbury is Washington’s new OC.
Commanders visit Arizona in Week 4.
New owner, new GM, new coach, new QB.
New coach Quinn was Atlanta’s HC; Washington-Atlanta play in Week 17.
