Coast to Coast Travel
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Playing in the NFL is a tough task for anyone that is willing to live out their dream. When you add in the travel that is demanded, it gets downright brutal.
Don’t believe me…then you might want to ask the Browns, Seahawks and 49ers for their opinion. All three of those teams played games on the opposite coast last Sunday, with Seattle (8-4 straight up, 7-5 against the spread) getting the lone victory amongst the trio. Now all three clubs will be heading back to the other side of the country in test of their mettle, if for no other reason than jet lag.
So should you be fading or unloading on any of them in this situation? Let’s find out.
The Seahawks are coming into this weekend’s contest with Arizona (6-6 SU, 7-4-1 ATS) as seven-point home favorites. The Cards are flying high, going 2-0 SU and ATS in the past two meetings against Seattle. However, the ‘Hawks have gone 4-0 SU and 3-1 ATS when Arizona has come to the Pacific Northwest, outscoring them 110-53.
Something else that Matt Hasselbeck and company have going for them is they’re one of the more solid teams in the league…especially when they play after a cross-country trip. The Seahawks have posted an 18-10 mark SU and 16-10-2 ATS in games following a flights of at least three hours since 2000.
And that concludes our list of teams you should play this weekend, which is really sad.
San Francisco (3-9 SU and ATS) is a nine-point home ‘dog to the Vikings. Oddly enough, the 49ers aren’t the biggest home underdogs in Week 14. That honor goes to the Lions, who are 11-point home pups against Dallas.
A lot of things are going against Mike Nolan’s team right now. The 49ers are 9-20 SU and 11-17-1 ATS when they’re coming off of a game on the other side of the country since the turn of the millennium.
You can also bet that people are unloading on Minnesota (6-6 SU, 6-4-2 ATS) right now because Adrian Peterson is simply playing on another plane right now, leading the NFL with 1,197 yards. And the Niners are giving up 124.0 YPG on the ground.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that maybe nine points isn’t enough on the current line.
Cleveland (7-5 SU, 9-3 ATS) is another team that seems doomed to lose its second straight tilt for the first time this season at the Jets as a 3 ½-point road “chalk.” Of course, I’m talking purely about the spread on this matchup.
The Browns have gone 5-12 SU and 7-10 ATS when playing a contest under the aforementioned conditions. Although Cleveland has struggled away from home, going 2-4 SU and 4-2 ATS in six road tilts this year, it’ll be facing a New York (3-9 SU, 4-7-1 ATS) squad that is doggie paddling in the pool with cement water wings.
On thing that I’m sure of is this contest begs for an ‘over’ play. Cleveland has seen the ‘over’ go 8-2-2 this season. Meanwhile, the Jets have watched the totals even out at 6-6 in 2007.