NFL POWER SYSTEM
From Week 4 on, play AGAINST a Sunday Night team off a home SU loss of 11+ points in its last game vs. an opponent not off a Monday home underdog SU win in its last game. (13-0-1 ATS, +12.6 ppg)
Sunday Night Football has become a bigger part of the NFL schedule over the years, and in 2006 will at least be the equal of Monday Night Football as far as “big games†are concerned, if not surpass it. To that end, Section 14 of the 2006 NFL POWER SYSTEM e-CYCLOPEDIA examines scenarios exclusive to Sunday Night Football, including how teams do immediately before or after these prime-time appearances.
In this 4 STAR situation, we find that teams limping in off a home loss of more than 10 points are simply not ready for a nationally televised appearance on Sunday Night Football, whether back at home, on the road, a favorite, or an underdog. So long as their opponent is not playing on a short week and ripe for a letdown off a Monday Night Football home upset victory, the qualifying teams have been unable to beat the spread in 14 tries over the past 10 seasons, and have lost all but 1 of the games outright.
Last year alone, this POWER SYSTEM was 3-0-1 ATS, as Houston, Oakland, and Minnesota all played with little confidence after getting pounded at home, and got exposed under the Sunday Night bright lights.