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EAGLES (-6) over Dolphins Nailed the Birds last week, and Double Vis nowona4-0 run withthe Green Machine.Look- ing for “one for the thumb,” so Igotta try the Eagles against this school of Fish that have no idea which waythey areswimming. After Mi- VEGAS VIC ami fired and replaced him with Dan Campbell,the Dolphins posted two“so what” wins, beating the Titans (2-6) without Marcus Mariota,and the Texans (3-5), who RANKINGS just stink. Then the Fish reverted back to their OFFENSE DEFENSE losing ways,getting smoked by the Patriots Tot. RPTot. RP (36-7) and the Bills (33-17). Chip Kelly’s Heroes Arizona 394347 needed overtime to win —and cover— Atlanta 515510 219 against the Cowboys on the road, but we like Baltimore t-14 22 10 24 10 29 Buffalo 20 22916624 the waythey’replaying at home. Whipped the Carolina 12 12713t-15 12 Saints (39-17) and the Giants (27-7) the last Chicago 22 16 21 9245 twotimes at the Linc. And since Miami is horri- Cincinnati 611712 14 15 ble against the spread —covering only three Cleveland 27 31 15 29 32 21 Dallas 17 82415t-18 t-10 of the last 13 (23 percent) —gonna rock the Denver 232812151 Green as amedium selection. Detroit 26 32 9263018 Green Bay 25 13 26 23 28 23 RAIDERS (-3) over Vikings Houston 929614 27 8 Minnesotaisstilllisting QB TeddyBridgewa- Indianapolis 18 21 16 28 23 27 ter as questionableafter he suffered aconcus- Jacksonville 16 23 11 18 725 Kansas City 24 12 23 17 11 22 sion on Sunday, but it nowlooks as if he will Miami 13 19 13 25 31 13 play. Fine. Don’t care. Took agood look at the Minnesota 30 6307t-18 6 Vikings’ work this season (6-2) and guess New Orleans 125231 25 30 what? The Purple People have not beaten a New England 22638316 N.Y. Giants 21 24 14 32 22 31 team with awinning record. They’vecompiled N.Y. Jets 11 14 17 4114 the recordagainst the NFL’s bottom feeders, DAVID MAIALETTI /STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Oakland 818830 832 likethe Lions, Chargers and Bears. (Ohhhh, Eaglesdefensivecoordinator BillDavis(left) and coach ChipKellytalk during practice. Eagles 10 10 18 19 21 20 My!) Oakland had anice win at home against a Pittsburgh 7519 22 12 26 Seattle 19 328292 team with an actual winning record(the Jets), San Diego 430120 26 17 and the Silver &Black areriding a3-0 spread will be the Pack to coverinthe first half at mi- the Tennessee Waltz, the Leonard Cohen ver- San Francisco 32 17 31 27 20 28 run. But it’s QB Derek Carr who has me on the nus-6 or so. Look for an early explosion from sion, please. St. Louis 31 432513 4 soon-to-be LosAngeles Raiders bandwagon. TampaBay t-14 72511t-15 t-10 Mr. Discount Double Check,and ahalftime Chiefs (+6) over BRONCOS Tenneessee 28 20 22 6173 Carr has thrown19touchdowns, while Micha- scoreofsomething like24-3. Washington 29 27 20 21 29 9 el Crabtree (47 receptions for 591 yards) and Even after he lost the last twoyears, our old friend still has aphenomenal 13-3 Amari Cooper (45 receptions for 653 yards) are Patriots (-7) over GIANTS TURNOVERS giving every opposing secondary nightmares. Who yougot here? —Captain recordinthe game following the byeweek. KC should stayinside the generous six-point NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE And since Minnyhas not wonagame west of Sominex as the players used to call him back Takeaways Giveaways Net the Rocky Mountains since 2008, this is my in the day—or Tom “Colonel” Coughlin?We’re spread. Int. Fm. Tot. Int. Fm. Tot. Diff. N.Y. Giants 13 8 21 639+12 Best Bet. gonna drop some cash on Sominex. Why? A Cowboys (+2) over BUCCANEERS Carolina 13 5 18 9312 +6 whole lotta revenge. Belichick would have six Dallas could lose seven in arow,but, against Green Bay 10 2 12 336+6 PACKERS (-11) over Lions Super Bowl rings if it wasn’t for Coughlin, Eli aTampateam that has only one win in the last Eagles 12 82010515 +5 So, we knowthat Green Bayisgonna win St. Louis 6814 5510 +4 Manning and the Big Blue. Even with the re- 12 at home, thereishope. Arizona 13 4 17 6814 +3 this game. The Packers areworking on aridicu- turn of Jason Pierre-Paul,wesaw what atal- Bears (+7.5) over RAMS TampaBay 6915 7714 +1 Atlanta 10 4 14 7714 E lous 13-0 streak at Lambeau Field ... And, ented veteran QB (such as )could Would hope that Chicago WR Alshon Jeffery even better, they are24-0 against Detroit in Minnesota 459 639E do to the NYGdefense: Hang up 52 points. Tom is ready to go. If he’s not, this becomes ano Seattle 369 6410 —1 the Frozen (orevennot so Frozen) Tundra. But Terrific might go for 60. play. San Francisco 718 729—1 the fat, double-digit spread is an issue. Fortu- Chicago 459 6410 —1 SEAHAWKS (-3) over Cardinals Saints (-1) over REDSKINS Washington 4812 9514 —2 nately,Detroit is in town. But the big playhere New Orleans 4913 8715 —2 This one is fairly straightforward. It’s all New Orleans had alittle hiccup against Ten- Detroit 4711 12 8 20 —9 SPREAD RECORDS about homecooking (the12thMan)and proba- nessee, but should have no trouble getting Dallas 314 8513 —9 bly the toughest place to playasaroad team back on track in D.C. CONFERENCE Through Week 9/vs.Spread in Friday’s Daily News Takeaways Giveaways Net NFC W-L-P O-U-P AFC W-L-P O-U-P in the NFL. Seattle has put up astupid (the Browns (+5.5) over STEELERS Int. Fm. Tot. Int. Fm. Tot. Diff. Arizona .5...... -2-1 6-2-0 Baltimore...... 0-6-2 5-3-0 grandkids tell me that means great) 28-3 Big Ben might be out of his walking boot, but New England 9312 235+7 Atlanta .4...... -5-0 3-6-0 Buffalo .3...... -5-0 5-3-0 N.Y. Jets 10 9 19 8412 +7 Carolina.7 ...... -1-0 7-1-0 Cincinnati.7 ...... -0-1 5-3-0 recordathome the last three-plus seasons. he ain’t gonna play, which is whyCleveland Cincinnati 8412 448+4 Chicago .3...... -4-1 4-4-0 Cleveland.4 ...... -5-0 7-2-0 Not good enough? Youwant perfection? Got will cover. Pittsburgh 8715 9211 +4 Dallas .2...... -6-0 4-4-0 Denver..5...... -3-0 3-5-0 Kansas City 8311 358+3 Detroit.1...... -6-1 5-3-0 Houston.3 ...... -5-0 6-2-0 it. Howabout the Seahawks ripping off a10-0 Jaguars (+6) over RAVENS Denver 9817 13 1 14 +3 Green Bay...... 5-3-0 3-5-0 Indianapolis.4 ...... -5-0 5-4-0 mark as afavorite of fivepoints or less in front Baltimorehas coveredonly one of the last Buffalo 8412 7411 +1 Minnesota.7 ...... -1-0 3-5-0 Jacksonville.4 ...... -4-0 7-1-0 of the crazies? Oakland 9514 5813 +1 N.Y. Giants.5 ...... -3-1 6-3-0 Kansas City.3 ...... -5-0 5-3-0 11, and generally speaking, we don’t like Houston 639 7411 —2 New Orleans.3 ...... -5-1 6-3-0 Miami .3...... -5-0 5-3-0 TITANS (+5.5) over Panthers teams that coverless than 10 percent. Miami 628 9312 —4 Eagles .4...... -4-0 2-6-0 N.Y. Jets .5...... -3-0 5-3-0 Cleveland 5813 51217 —4 San Francisco.4 ...... -5-0 4-5-0 New England.5 ...... -2-1 4-4-0 Totally respect Carolina’s 8-0 perfecto, but BENGALS (-10.5) over Texans San Diego 549 7714 —5 Seattle .2...... -5-1 3-5-0 Oakland.5 ...... -3-0 6-2-0 after ahuge win against Green Bay, we expect Can’t buck perfection. Cincy is 7-0-1 against Tennessee 9211 8917 —6 St. Louis .4...... -4-0 2-6-0 Pittsburgh.4 ...... -3-2 2-7-0 Jacksonville 347 10 4 14 —7 TampaBay.4 ...... -4-0 5-3-0 San Diego.3 ...... -6-0 5-4-0 these Southern Cats to takeabreath. And with the spread and, even with adouble digit- Baltimore 314 8311 —7 Washington.3 ...... -5-0 3-5-0 Tennessee.5 ...... -3-0 5-3-0 Marcus Mariota back, we’regonna be dancing spread, should stayperfect. Indianapolis 10 2 12 12 7 19 —7

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