2009-10-16

There are only four NFL late afternoon kickoffs, so be sure to spend plenty of time reviewing the key game information for these contests available for you from Sportsbook.com on the LIVE ODDS, BETTING TRENDS, and TEAM STATISTICS pages. Here’s a quick look at the two divisional matchups, plus a Platinum Sheet BEST BET on one of the other contests.

(227) ARIZONA at (228) SEATTLE
Seattle hopes to head into its bye week at 3-3, but to do so, needs to come up with a second straight big effort at home. This week’s foe is rival Arizona, who snapped a 5-game losing streak at Seattle in its Super Bowl season of 2008. The Seahawks are off the 41-0 win over Jacksonville, and looking to extend a winning streak of eight straight games (6-2 ATS) in pre-bye week games. They are on a 4-1-1 ATS run at home overall. For Arizona, now 2-2 after turning back Houston, this is the first divisional road game of ‘09 and they were 3-0 SU & ATS in that spot in ‘08. Overall, the Cardinals have covered six of their L8 road games. Favorites are 6-2 SU & ATS in the L8 games of this NFC West rivalry, while eight of the L10 meetings have gone OVER the total.

(229) BUFFALO at (230) NY JETS
Buffalo begins a stretch of four road games in its next five contests when it heads to New York for a divisional contest with the Jets. With the 6-3 loss to vs. Cleveland, HC Dick Jauron’s club dropped to 1-4 heading into this do-or-die game. Amazingly, this affair will already wrap up Buffalo’s divisional road schedule for ‘09, and the Bills are looking to snap a 5-game losing streak (2-3 ATS) in such games. At New York however, Buffalo owns a 2-1 SU & 3-0 ATS record under Jauron. The Jets are back at home after a 2-game road swing, and looking to move to 3-0 SU & ATS at the Meadowlands. Their Week 2 win over New England snapped a 0-6-1 ATS skid hosting AFC East foes. Underdogs have dominated the series between these teams in New York, 11-2 ATS in the L13.
StatFox Platinum Sheet Best Bet: (231) TENNESSEE at (232) NEW ENGLAND
Tennessee is DOA, and if anyone is not familiar with that acronym, it is Dead On Arrival. The Titans effort on Sunday vs. Indy was sorry, and at 0-5, the ’09 season is virtually over for a team that won its first 10 games a year ago. The NFL is funny in that way, but can be profited from. Teams like Tennessee that are used to winning typically don’t exert the same effort when kicked and down as teams hungrier for a taste of victory. The Titans certainly won’t take satisfaction from anything but a win in this game, and simply put, they aren’t capable of winning at this point. New England meanwhile, is off a heartbreaking loss at Denver and in the midst of dogfight in the AFC East Division. HC Bill Belichick will have no qualms about putting the throttle down here. Play: New England -9.5