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NFL Pre- & Post-Bye Week Trends - Part 2
By: Steve Makinen - StatFox
Published: 10/29/2009  at  7:30:00 PM
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The NFL “open dates” continue for another three weeks and if you’ve been around StatFox or the Platinum Sheet the last few seasons, you’ve probably been anxiously awaiting the second part of the series highlighting the top team trends for pre- and post-bye week games. Here is Part 2. If you missed any or all of the first part of the series, click here.

If you haven’t ever studied teams’ performances in and out of the bye week, what you’ll see here should open your eyes. Hopefully it will expand your bankroll as well, as between the two parts of the series, all of the 68 different powerful ATS or Over-Under trends boasted winning percentages of at least 70% or at most 30%.

Week 8
11/1/09 - (209) CLEVELAND at (210) CHICAGO

  • CLEVELAND has been a solid bet in pre-bye week games since its return to the NFL in '01, 6-2-1 ATS.
    Play on: CLEVELAND ATS

    11/1/09 - (211) HOUSTON at (212) BUFFALO

  • BUFFALO has not won a pre-bye week game since '99 and is 2-7-1 ATS in that span.
    Play on: HOUSTON SU & ATS

    11/1/09 - (213) MINNESOTA at (214) GREEN BAY

  • MINNESOTA is 1-5 ATS in its L6 pre-bye week divisional games.
  • FAVORITES are 6-1 in the L7 non-pick em' line MINNESOTA post-bye week games.
    Play on: GREEN BAY ATS

    11/1/09 - (219) ST LOUIS at (220) DETROIT

  • In its L5 post-bye week games, DETROIT actually owns a winning record, 3-2 SU & 4-1 ATS.
    Play on: DETROIT SU & ATS

    11/1/09 - (221) SEATTLE at (222) DALLAS

  • SEATTLE is on a slide of 2-9 SU & 1-10 ATS in post-bye week games.
  • SEATTLE has gone OVER the total in eight straight post-bye week games, allowing 30.5 PPG.
    Play on: DALLAS SU & ATS and OVER THE TOTAL

    11/1/09 - (223) OAKLAND at (224) SAN DIEGO

  • OAKLAND is 7-1 SU & 6-1-1 ATS in its L8 road pre-bye week games.
    Play on: OAKLAND SU & ATS

    11/1/09 - (225) JACKSONVILLE at (226) TENNESSEE

  • TENNESSEE is 5-2 SU & 5-1-1 ATS in its L7 post-bye week games.
    Play on: TENNESSEE SU & ATS

    Week 9
    11/8/09 - (405) BALTIMORE at (406) CINCINNATI

  • HOME TEAMS boasts a 9-2-1 SU & 10-2 ATS record in CINCINNATI's L10 post-bye week games.
    Play on: CINCINNATI SU & ATS

    11/8/09 - (407) HOUSTON at (408) INDIANAPOLIS

  • HOUSTON is 5-2 ATS in pre-bye week games, all as an underdog.
    Play on: HOUSTON ATS

    11/8/09 - (415) MIAMI at (416) NEW ENGLAND

  • ROAD TEAMS are on a 9-1 ATS run in NEW ENGLAND's post-bye week games.
    Play on: MIAMI ATS

    11/8/09 - (423) SAN DIEGO at (424) NY GIANTS

  • NY GIANTS are 3-2 SU but 0-5 ATS in L5 pre-bye week games vs. AFC foes.
    Play on: SAN DIEGO ATS

    11/9/09 - (429) PITTSBURGH at (430) DENVER

  • UNDERDOGS are 8-3 ATS in PITTSBURGH's L11 post-bye week affairs.
    Play on: UNDERDOG ATS

    Week 10
    11/15/09 - (215) JACKSONVILLE at (216) NY JETS

  • NY JETS are 6-1 SU & 7-0 ATS in their L7 post-bye week games.
  • NY JETS are 12-1 UNDER the total in post-bye week games since '97.
    Play on: NY JETS SU & ATS and UNDER THE TOTAL

    11/15/09 - (221) BUFFALO at (222) TENNESSEE

  • BUFFALO is on a 5-3 SU & 6-1-1 ATS run in post-bye week games.
  • UNDER has been the total result in seven of BUFFALO's L8 post-bye week games.
    Play on: BUFFALO SU & ATS and UNDER THE TOTAL

    11/15/09 - (223) DETROIT at (224) MINNESOTA

  • MINNESOTA is 5-0 SU & 4-1 ATS in its L5 post-bye week games at home.
  • MINNESOTA is 10-2 OVER the total since '98 in post-bye week games.
  • MINNESOTA is on a 6-1 SU & ATS run overall in post-bye week games.
  • FAVORITES have covered six of the L8 MINNESOTA post-bye week contests.
    Play on: MINNESOTA SU & ATS and OVER THE TOTAL

    11/15/09 - (231) KANSAS CITY at (232) OAKLAND

  • OAKLAND has lost six straight post-bye week games, both SU & ATS.
  • FAVORITES are on a 10-1 ATS run in OAKLAND post-bye week games.
    Play on: KANSAS CITY and/or FAVORITE SU & ATS

    11/16/09 - (243) BALTIMORE at (244) CLEVELAND

  • The FAVORITE is the way to go in CLEVELAND post-bye week games, 7-1 ATS in L8.
    Play on: FAVORITE ATS

    Week 11
    11/23/09 - (435) TENNESSEE at (436) HOUSTON

  • HOME TEAMS own a record of 6-0 SU & 5-1 ATS in HOUSTON post-bye week games since '03.
    Play on: HOUSTON SU & ATS

     

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