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PANTHERS (-3) over Eagles Nailed the Birds last week, but not gonna go back-to-back with them. The good newsis, they get to playinfront of the biggest TV audi- ence on aSundaynight. But the badnewsis, they have to play at Carolina. The Panthers are VEGAS VIC the pictureofperfection so far this season with a5-0 record(4-1 against the spread). Since turned the switch toward the end of last season at New RANKINGS Orleans, these Southern cats have not lost a OFFENSE DEFENSE game. Tough to buck a9-0 regular-season run. Tot. RPTot. RP My powerratings have these twodead-even, Arizona 51176169 with Carolina getting three points for the Atlanta 44919129 home field. But the real keytothis game is re- Baltimore 10 15 11 25 827 venge! Most of youremember —and every Buffalo 27 72817522 Carolina 28 330711 15 Panther remembers —the MondayNighter Chicago 26 14 25 9276 last November when the Birds crushed them Cincinnati 310620 18 19 at the Linc, pounding out a45-21 victory.So, Cleveland t-11 25 10 30 32 18 gonna makeabunch of peopleangry,but Caro- Dallas 17 18 17 12 917 Denver 29 30 18 263 lina is on my mind. Thinking it’s gonna be a Detroit 13 32 5282621 tight game, so we’ll keep it light and call for Green Bay t-11 520152411 the badguystowin. Houston 622411 17 13 Indianapolis 18 21 13 29 20 28 Jets (+9) over PATRIOTS Jacksonville 15 24 12 18 14 20 What adelicious matchup. Youhavethe Kansas City 19 19 19 21 10 24 NFL’s top-scoring offense against the defense Miami 24 26 15 24 31 12 Minnesota 31 632131914 that has allowedthe fewest points and is New Orleans 731332 30 23 ranked No. 1overall. Does defense win? May- New England 220216 22 16 be not, but the nine-point spread looks very N.Y. Giants 927827 231 generous. And so does the money line where N.Y. Jets 8121 132 Oakland 23 28 14 26 430 youcould get back $350 for a$100 pop. Check Eagles 22 23 16 22 12 25 out the history,and you’ll see whythis should Pittsburgh 16 82423726 be another nail-biter. Last season, New En- Seattle 14 227413 5 ASSOCIATED PRESS gland wonboth (27-25 and 17-16), failing to San Diego 129114 29 7 Pantherscoach RonRivera has his team on aroll. San Francisco 30 12 29 31 15 32 covereither. In 2013, the Pats lost (30-27) at St. Louis 32 13 31 10 21 10 New York, and won(13-10) at home, again fail- TampaBay 20 926525 4 ing to coverboth. That adds up to 0-4 (or4-0 if Tenneessee 21 16 22 3281 youlikeunderdogs). And if the waytobeat plus the points, because Buffalo has moreinju- bark with the Silver &Black. Washington 25 17 23 8238 Tom Brady is by controlling the flow, then New ries than adowntown urgent care. And the GIANTS (-3.5) over Cowboys York’s rushing attack, ranked first in the NFL, Buffs have coveredonly three of the last nine The lousytaste in the New Yorkers’ mouths TURNOVERS with 146.0 yardsper game, could be the an- as afavorite. from that 27-26 loss in the opener at Dallas is NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Takeaways Giveaways Net swer. After the Patriots concluded the drain- DOLPHINS (-4) over Texans stilllingering, but this time thereisnoTony Ro- Int. Fm. Tot. Int. Fm. Tot. Diff. ing “Deflategate” week, this might be the per- Not saying new head coach is mo to lead the offense and erase a10-point Green Bay 8210 224+6 Carolina 8311 415 +6 fect spot for the Gang Green from New York. the long-term answer, but it wasquite astart deficit. Matt Cassel is not the Cowboys’an- N.Y. Giants 8412 426+6 So, let’s makethis the Best Bet. for ’s replacement. The Fish busted swer. Arizona 11 2 13 5510 +3 up the Titans last week (38-10) in Tennessee, Minnesota 459 426+3 Jaguars (+4.5) over Bills Browns (+6) over RAMS Seattle 369 347+2 If the NFL wants to grow the sport in En- and QB Ryan Tannehill wasdownright giddy, Clevelandstartingtobecome an ATM, cover- Atlanta 6410 448+2 gland,why wouldtheyput this matchup in Lon- hitting on 22 of 29 for 266 yardsand twotouch- ing six of the last eight, while St. Loohas failed Eagles 8816 9514 +2 down. Houston has twowins (against the Buc- St. Louis 549 538+1 don’s Wembley Stadium? Don’t send in the to coversix of its last eight. Chicago 347 538—1 clowns, send in the Packers, or the Patriots, or caneers and the Jaguars),but that does not im- Steelers (Pick ’em) over CHIEFS New Orleans 268 4610 —2 press me. Expecting the Dolphins to rock the TampaBay 358 7310 —2 the Broncos. C’mon RogerGoodell!The match- Sorry ,but your team kinda stinks. Washington 369 8311 —2 Fish Tank and post an easydouble-digit win. up might be ugly,but we’reliking Jacksonville With or without Big Ben Roethlisberger,this San Francisco 505 527—2 Dallas 213 448—5 Falcons (-4) over TITANS should be a“W” for Steel. SPREAD RECORDS Bounce time for Atlanta. After opening the Detroit 4610 10 8 18 —8 Vikings (-2.5) over LIONS CONFERENCE Through Week 6/vs.Spread in Friday’s Daily News season with aperfect 5-0 mark, the Falcons Takeaways Giveaways Net Detroit is making huge holes in the pockets NFC W-L-P O-U-P AFC W-L-P O-U-P had acase of the hiccups at New Orleans, fall- Int. Fm. Tot. Int. Fm. Tot. Diff. Arizona .4...... -2-0 5-1-0 Baltimore...... 0-5-1 4-2-0 of its backers, dropping eight of the last nine Denver 9817 10 1 11 +6 ing to and the Saints, 31-21. The Atlanta .4...... -2-0 3-3-0 Buffalo .2...... -4-0 3-3-0 against the spread. Pittsburgh 549 303+6 Carolina.5 ...... -0-0 5-0-0 Cincinnati.5 ...... -0-1 5-1-0 keywords in that sentence being Drew Brees. N.Y. Jets 8715 7310 +5 Chicago .2...... -3-1 3-3-0 Cleveland.4 ...... -2-0 6-0-0 REDSKINS (-3) over Buccaneers New England 617 123+4 Dallas .1...... -4-0 2-3-0 Denver..4...... -2-0 2-4-0 Nowthe Falcs get to unleash their fury against Cincinnati 549 246+3 Detroit.1...... -4-1 3-3-0 Houston.2 ...... -4-0 5-1-0 rookie Marcus Mariota with the bum knee, or Putting this game into the “who cares/bet Buffalo 7310 527+3 Green Bay...... 5-1-0 2-4-0 Indianapolis.2 ...... -4-0 3-3-0 backup QB Zach Mettenberger.And neither Monopoly money only” category. Oakland 549 459E Minnesota.4 ...... -1-0 1-4-0 Jacksonville.2 ...... -4-0 5-1-0 Miami 527 718—1 N.Y. Giants.3 ...... -3-0 3-3-0 Kansas City.1 ...... -5-0 4-2-0 will ever again be mentioned in that same COLTS (-4.5) over Saints Kansas City 426 358—2 New Orleans.2 ...... -4-0 4-2-0 Miami .2...... -3-0 3-2-0 paragraph as Brees ... ever! Atlanta by at Andrew Luck looks as if he’s finally healthy, Cleveland 448 4711 —3 Eagles .3...... -3-0 1-5-0 N.Y. Jets .4...... -1-0 2-3-0 and that’s aproblem for the rest of the NFL. San Diego 437 5611 —4 San Francisco.3 ...... -3-0 4-2-0 New England.3 ...... -1-1 3-2-0 least adozen. Tennessee 617 5611 —4 Seattle .1...... -4-1 3-3-0 Oakland.2 ...... -3-0 3-2-0 Raiders (+4) over CHARGERS CARDINALS (-8) over Ravens Baltimore 314 729—5 St. Louis .2...... -3-0 2-3-0 Pittsburgh.4 ...... -0-2 1-5-0 Houston 505 6410 —5 TampaBay.2 ...... -3-0 3-2-0 San Diego.2 ...... -4-0 3-3-0 San Diego is riding an 0-7 run against the Even with aloss to St. Louis, Arizona is still Jacksonville 123 729—6 Washington.3 ...... -3-0 2-4-0 Tennessee.3 ...... -2-0 4-1-0 spread inside the AFCWest, so we’regonna amazing at home, winning 13 of the last 16. Indianapolis 606 7512 —6

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