STLCards' NFL Field Stretcher: Week 12
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Week 12
MAIN SLATE
Welcome back to the NFL Field Stretcher for the main slate for Week #12! This will be yet another challenging slate, as we have six teams that are out of commission thanks to playing on Thanksgiving, four teams out of commission thanks to the Sunday and Monday night games, and two teams finalizing the bye weeks for the year. The Rams and Chiefs are on bye this week because the EXPECTATION was that they would have to travel back from Mexico City… until last week’s game was forced to be moved to Los Angeles. In any case, this leaves us with yet another ten game main slate, though this will be the last time we have to endure that during the regular season. The bigger concern is that we have a lot of elite offenses that we cannot choose from, with perhaps the three most dangerous (KC, LAR, NO) all off the primary slate.
There are a lot of ugly matchups — namely ones like JAX/BUF, OAK/BAL, and ARI/LAC, but let’s see if we can’t uncover some solid GPP plays as we break down the options. Grab a beverage, and let’s roll!
The Week 11 Slate – An Overview
Largest Favorites
LAC -12 vs. ARI
BAL -10 1/2 vs. OAK
NE -10 at NYJ
IND -7 1/2 vs. MIA
PHI -6 vs. NYG
Highest Game Totals
SF/TB – 54
MIA/IND – 51
Many, many games in the 46-48 range
Highest Implied Team Totals
IND – 29
TB – 28 1/2
NE – 28 1/2
PHI – 26 1/2
BAL – 26 1/2
Lowest Implied Team Totals
ARI – 16
OAK – 16
BUF – 17
NYJ – 19
JAX – 20
A few notes on the above:
1) How about that Jaguars/Bills playoff rematch? Get pumped! We have a 37 point total in this game, and both teams have landed on the “lowest implied team totals” list. It’s the first time all year that two teams in the same game have made that list. Yikes.
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