A chaotic NFL season continued to devolve into inexplicable madness this week after a slew of unexpected final scores across the league. Favorites took a beating last week, covering in just four of 15 games and losing outright in eight. The Patriots, Bucs, Bills, Broncos, and Titans won on the road as underdogs, with Tennessee’s outright victory coming when Mike Vrabel’s squad was listed as 13.5-point dogs. Tampa’s win brought them alongside Washington as the two teams with three straight-up wins when hitting the road as the underdog.
Week 14 marked a reversal during a great year to bet on favorites. Favored teams boast a record of 103-93-9 against the closing number this season, good for 52.6%. According to BetIQ, favorites have covered the spread 47.8% of the time since 2003. 25 of the 32 teams have ATS records below 50% in that time.
Meanwhile, just ten teams have ATS records above 50% when in the underdog role in 2023, and 17 teams have a negative ATS margin as dogs. Dallas has been a nightmare to play against when favored this year, winning 10 of 11 straight up and covering nine times.
Our season-long record remained slightly above 53% after Week 14’s 1-1 result and now sits at 16-14-2 with four regular-season weeks remaining. This weekend brings the return of Saturday NFL football, with three games kicking off at 1 pm, 4:30 pm, and 8:15 pm ET, thanks to college football vacating that position during bowl season.
We’ve locked in three best bets for this week’s action and present our reasoning next.
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