NFL trends entering Week 5, including a tidbit on the Eagles-Giants game

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FROM KEITH GROLLER

Below, RJ Bell of Pregame.Com takes a look at some trends entering Week 5 of the NFL season.

RJ Bell, who has been called a "points-spread maven" by USA Today,  is a regular on a variety of media outlets, including a regular slot on the "Loose Cannons" radio show hosted by Pat O'Brien and Steve Hartman and heard every afternoon in the Lehigh Valley on AM-1470 the Fox.

Here are the latest NFL point spreads from Vegas and the Bell's trends:

 

NFL Lines For Week 5 - NFL Football Line Week Five
NFL Line 10/6 - 10/7, 2013

Date & Time	Favorite	Line	Underdog	Total
10/6 1:00 ET	Kansas City	-3	At Tennessee	39
10/6 1:00 ET	At Miami	-3	Baltimore	43.5
10/6 1:00 ET	At St. Louis	-11.5	Jacksonville	41.5
10/6 1:00 ET	At Cincinnati	-1	New England	45
10/6 1:00 ET	Seattle	-3	At Indianapolis	43.5
10/6 1:00 ET	At Green Bay	-7	Detroit	53.5
10/6 1:00 ET	New Orleans	-1	At Chicago	48.5
10/6 1:00 ET	At NY Giants	-2	Philadelphia	54
10/6 4:05 ET	Carolina	-2	At Arizona	42.5
10/6 11:35 ET	San Diego	-4.5	At Oakland	45
10/6 4:25 ET	Denver	-7.5	At Dallas	57
10/6 8:30 ET	At San Francisco	-6.5	Houston	42.5

Monday Night Football Line

10/7 8:40 ET

At Atlanta

-10

NY Jets

43.5

Bye Weeks: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington

RJ Bell's insights:

Cowboys: as a home underdog, 25-11 ATS (since 1990)

Dolphins: as a home favorite, 10-32 ATS

Eagles/Giants: underdog has covered 13 of 16 in series

Falcons: under Coach Smith, off a loss of 6 or more points: 16-0 ATS the next game

Jags: Odds of going 0-16: $100 wins $1000 if YES (10/1) [via bovada]

Lions: after scoring 30 or more points, lost 10 straight ATS the next game

Lions: playing at Green Bay, 0-22 SU (4-17-1 ATS)

Packers: after a loss, 15-2 ATS the next game

Packers: vs. division opponent, 31-11 ATS

Panthers: any road favorite off a bye: 45-12 ATS (79% last 13 seasons)

Patriots: Belichick, as New England’s coach, 67% ATS as an underdog

Rams: favored by 11.5 over Jags – biggest favorite for St. Louis in over 10 seasons

Ravens: won 18 of 20 games after a loss

Saints: under Coach Payton, covered 11 of last 12 regular season games

Seahawks: covered 13 straight vs. teams with a winning record

Seahawks: 15-3 ATS last 18 games

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