AFC North Preview - 2011

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Last Updated on Thursday, 01 September 2011 11:25
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The dreaded "Super Bowl hangover" profile is even more popular in football handicapping forums this time of year than the "Super Bowl Look-ahead" spot that, on its own, is usually good for around 55-60 percent winners.

Pittsburgh assumes another role in 2011 that we highlighted in our NFL Season Win Total blog where teams off a Super Bowl loss have fallen short of their projected total nine of the past 10 times.

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NFC South Preview

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:21
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Our fifth NFL preview for 2011 focuses on the carousel division that is the NFC South. Atlanta won the division last season with a 13-3 SU record and depending which online sportsbook you look at, the Falcons are either favored to repeat or they are a close second behind the Saints.

Since realignment in 2002, the NFC South winner was an upset nearly every season. No team has repeated as champ and in the past eight years, each team has won the title twice.

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NFC West Preview - 2011

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 16:20
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As we head towards the start of the 2011 season it’s clear that the NFC West is being viewed by online sportsbooks as the tightest division in the league. According to NFL odds at Sportsbetting.ag only 450 basis points separate the top-ranked St. Louis Rams from the dog of the division, Seattle, and just 1.5 games separates the clubs’ season win totals (SWT).

Coach Ken Whisenhunt (5th year) gets the nod for experience and the Cardinals also have an advantage with the NFL’s lightest strength of schedule (113-143; .441) but the margin over the Niners, Rams and Seahawks is marginal.

That cluster atop the ‘Strength of Schedule’ (SOS) chart is of course thanks to the six divisional games each team will play against each other and remember, we’re talking about a group who’s playoff rep last season went barrelling in with a sub-.500 record (and won!).

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NFC East Divisional Picks and Previews - 2011

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 16:19
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The Washington Redskins are leading the charge in the NFC East standings through two weeks of the preseason but as we look ahead to September, the division is shaping up as a tight, three-team race between the Eagles, Giants and Cowboys.

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