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Week 5 Results

 

Volume VIII, Week 5  Results

October 10, 2006

2006 Results

      

Week

Year to Date

%

Ben's Picks

+17

2-3 14-10-1 58%
Ben's Power Rating (BPR)

3-4

22-17-1

56%

 

Over/Unders

0-4 10-9-1 53%
Teasers 4-1 22-6-1 79%
HD's v Opposite Turf 0-1 4-4 50%

Closing Lines and Final Scores

 
Ben's Picks

All trends are ATS (Against The Spread) unless otherwise specified.

  • WINNER - 4* St. Louis v GREEN BAY --- The Rams have a pulse, Pack is hopeless.

 

  • Loser - 4* Baltimore v DENVER --- Ray-Ray gets in Plummer’s face and forces a couple of turnovers.

 

  • WINNER - 3* Cleveland v CAROLINA --- Browns are on R B2B games and this ain’t Oakland baby.

 

  • Loser - 3* Jets v JAX --- Should be a low scoring game, Jets keep it close.

 

  • Loser - 2* Detroit v MINNY --- Vikings don’t have the offense to put anyone away, not even Lions.
 
Picks Results = 2-3 for -2*
 
The Over/Under's

·        St. Louis v GREEN BAY OVER Loser

·        Washington v GIANTS OVER Loser

·        Tampa v NEW ORLEANS UNDER Loser

·        Jets v JACKSONVILLE UNDER Loser

 
O/U Results = 0-4
 
Teasers

  (Teasers MUST include key numbers: 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, etc.)

·        Washington +10 Loser

·        Detroit +10 WINNER

·        NEW ENGLAND –3 No Play

·        Buffalo +17 No Play

·        CAROLINA –3 WINNER

·        JAX –2.5 WINNER

·        Pittsburgh +10 No Play

·        Baltimore +10 WINNER

 
Teaser Total = 4-3
 
HD's v Opposite Turf Teams
  • GREEN BAY Loser
  • PHILLY if dog No Play
 
Home Dog Results = 0-1
 

Closing Lines and Final Scores

 
Potential BPR Plays

    Remember compare the BPR (Ben’s Power Rating) to the spread, in the chart below, and if there’s a difference of 4 points or more, in your favor, then that’s a potential play. Below are the potential plays for this week; I have already added the 4 points. (Check individual game BPR's for any  line movements):

NFL WEEK 5

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2006

Potential BPR Plays in Bold

EST

Line

BPR

Play If

Notes

209 Tennessee Titans

E: 1:00

48

 

+21

Young starts at QB / Haynesworth susp

210 Indy Colts

18

-17

-13

K Vinatieri back / 6-0 v Tenn

211 Washington Redskins

E: 1:00

45

 

+8.5

O playing better with Portis / D sucks

212 New York Giants

4.5

-4.5

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Aft BYE / Need W

213 Detroit Lions

E: 1:00

39.5

 

+9.5

B2B R / O-line, secondary Inj’s

214 Minny Vikings

6.5

-5.5

-1.5

8-0 SU v Detroit / D Inj’s / penalties

215 Tampa Bay Bucs

E: 1:00

35.5

 

+16

Aft BYE / Rookie QB / O-line sucks

216 New Orleans Saints

6.5

-12

-8

Nice start / Should take care of business

217 St. Louis Rams

E: 1:00

3

-5.5

-1.5

Work in progress

218 Green Bay Packers

47

 

+9.5

Favre prob / Many Inj’s

219 Miami Dolphins

E: 1:00

37.5

 

+16.5

B2B R / O-line struggling

220 New England Patriots

9.5

-12.5

-8.5

WR’s emerging / Secondary inj’s

221 Buffalo Bills

E: 1:00

34

 

+24

OG Villarial out / TE, LB Spikes ?

222 Chicago Bears

10.5

-20

-16

Look tough / Sack happy

223 Cleveland Browns

E: 1:00

37.5

 

+6.5

B2B R / Secondary inj’s

224 Carolina Panthers

8

-2.5

+1.5

WR Smith helps O / Looking better

225 New York Jets

E: 4:00

37

 

+4

2 O-Line, 2 WR’s Inj

226 Jacksonville Jags

7

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+4

2 DT, WR Jones ?

227 Kansas City Chiefs

E: 4:00

3.5

-3

+1

Playing Good D / Put it together LW

228 Arizona Cardinals

39

 

+7

QB Leinart starts / No O-line / D sucks

229 Oakland Raiders

E: 4:00

40

 

+6.5

Blew big lead / Watch Moss

230 San Fran Niners

3.5

-2.5

+1.5

CB’s burned / OG Allen ?

231 Dallas Cowboys

E: 4:15

44

 

+8.5

Drew needs protection / T.O.’s got B.O.

232 Philly Eagles

2

-4.5

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Watch out several inj’s in secondary, RB ?

233 Pittsburgh Steelers

E: 8:15

37.5

 

+14.5

Aft BYE / Dropping passes

234 San Diego Chargers

3.5

-10.5

-6.5

Marty Ball holding team back

BYE: Atl, Cincy, Houston, Seattle

MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2006
237 Baltimore Ravens

E: 8:30

33

-6.5

-2.5

LG Out / McNair knows how to win

238 Denver Broncos

4

 

+10.5

Aft BYE / Plummer needs to stay clean

 
BPR Results
 Winners - Chicago, Philly, San Diego
 Losers - New Orleans, Cleveland, Jets, Baltimore
Total - 3-4
 

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The Legend

ATS – Against Spread

aft - after

bfr - before

BPR - Ben’s Power Rating

B2B – Back To Back

BOUNCE – Opp. result

D – Dog

Def - defense

DDD – Double Digit Dog

DDF - Double Digit Favorite

DIV - Division

F – Favorite

L - Loss

SAND - Sandwich game

 

H – Home

HD – Home Dog

HF – Home Favorite

HOME TEAM – In Capitals

LW – Last Week

LY – Last Year

N-DIV - Non Division

O/U – Over /Under

OFF – Offense

R – Road

REV – Revenge

SU – Straight Up

V - Versus

W - Win