Here is the NFL Week 12 Schedule for Sunday, November 28. Handicapping tips for each of he NFL matchups include the favorite, under/over and record against the spread (ATS).

1:00 PM GAMES

JAGUARS (6-4) At GIANTS (6-4)

Favorite: Giants (-9) Over/Under: 44.5

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Jaguars are 6-4 ATS

Jaguars are 2-2 ATS away

Jaguars are 3-4 ATS as the underdog

Jaguars are 2-2 ATS as an away underdog

Giants are 5-5 ATS

Giants are 2-3 ATS at home

Giants are 3-3 ATS as the favorite

Giants are 2-3 ATS as a home favorite

VIKINGS (3-7) At REDSKINS (5-5)

Favorite: Redskins (-2) Over/Under: 43

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Vikings are 2-8 ATS

Vikings are 0-5 ATS away

Vikings are 0-6 ATS as the underdog

Vikings are 0-5 ATS as an away underdog

Redskins are 5-3 ATS

Redskins are 2-1 ATS at home

Redskins are 0-1 ATS as the favorite

Redskins have not been a home favorite

PITTSBURGH STEELERS (7-3) At BUFFALO BILLS (2-8)

Favorite: Steelers (-6.5) Over/Under: 43

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Steelers are 6-4 ATS

Steelers are 4-3 ATS away

Steelers are 4-3 ATS as the favorite

Steelers are 2-1 ATS as an away favorite

Bills are 5-4 ATS

Bills are 1-3 ATS at home

Bills are 4-3 ATS as the underdog

Bills are 0-2 as a home underdog

TENNESSEE TITANS (5-5) At HOUSTON TEXANS (4-6)

Favorite: Texans (-6.5) Over/Under: 46

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Titans are 5-5 ATS

Titans are 3-2 ATS away

Titans are 2-2 ATS as the underdog

Titans are 2-2 ATS as an away underdog

Texans are 3-6 ATS

Texans are 1-4 ATS at home

Texans are 1-3 ATS as the favorite

Texans are 0-3 as a home favorite

CAROLINA PANTHERS (1-9) At CLEVELAND BROWNS (3-7)

Favorite: Browns (-10.5) Over/Under: 37.5

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Panthers are 2-8 ATS

Panthers are 1-3 ATS away

Panthers are 2-6 ATS as the underdog

Panthers are 1-3 ATS as an away underdog

Browns are 4-5 ATS

Browns are 2-3 ATS at home

Browns are 0-3 ATS as the favorite

Browns are 0-1 as a home favorite

GREEN BAY PACKERS (7-3) At ATLANTA FALCONS (8-2)

Favorite: Falcons (-2) Over/Under: 47.5

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Packers are 6-4 ATS

Packers are 3-2 ATS away

Packers are 1-0 ATS as the underdog

Packers are 1-0 ATS as an away underdog

Falcons are 6-4 ATS

Falcons are 3-2 ATS at home

Falcons are 5-3 ATS as the favorite

Falcons are 3-2 as a home favorite

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4:05 PM GAMES

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (6-4) At SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (5-5)

Favorite: Chiefs (-1.5) Over/Under: 44.5

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Chiefs are 6-4 ATS

Chiefs are 2-3 ATS away

Chiefs are 2-3 ATS as the favorite

Chiefs are 0-2 ATS as an away favorite

Seahawks are 5-5 ATS

Seahawks are 3-1 ATS at home

Seahawks are 4-4 ATS as the underdog

Seahawks are 2-1 ATS as a home underdog

MIAMI DOLPHINS (5-5) At OAKLAND RAIDERS (5-5)

Favorite: Raiders (-3) Over/Under: 39.5

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Dolphins are 6-4 ATS

Dolphins are 4-1 ATS away

Dolphins are 3-1 ATS as the underdog

Dolphins are 2-1 ATS as an away underdog

Raiders are 5-4 ATS

Raiders are 3-2 ATS at home

Raiders are 1-1 ATS as the favorite

Raiders are 1-1 ATS as a home favorite

4:15 PM GAMES

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (7-3) At CHICAGO BEARS (7-3)

Favorite: Eagles (-3.5) Over/Under: 42

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Eagles are 5-5 ATS

Eagles are 3-2 ATS away

Eagles are 4-3 ATS as the favorite

Eagles are 2-1 ATS as an away favorite

Bears are 5-4 ATS

Bears are 2-3 ATS at home

Bears are 4-1 ATS as the underdog

Bears are 1-0 ATS as a home underdog

ST. LOUIS RAMS (4-6) At DENVER BRONCOS (3-7)

Favorite: Broncos (-4) Over/Under: 44.5

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Rams are 7-3 ATS

Rams are 3-1 ATS away

Rams are 6-3 ATS as the underdog

Rams are 3-1 ATS as an away underdog

Broncos are 3-7 ATS

Broncos are 2-3 ATS at home

Raiders are 1-1 ATS as the favorite

Raiders are 1-1 ATS as a home favorite

TAMPA BAY BUCS (7-3) At BALTIMORE RAVENS (7-3)

Favorite: Ravens (-7.5) Over/Under: 44.5

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Bucs are 6-3 ATS

Bucs are 5-0 ATS away

Bucs are 5-2 ATS as the underdog

Bucs are 5-0 ATS as an away underdog

Ravens are 5-5 ATS

Ravens are 2-2 ATS at home

Ravens are 3-3 ATS as the favorite

Ravens are 2-2 ATS as a home favorite

8:30 PM GAME

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS (5-5) At INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (6-4)

Favorite: Colts (-3) Over/Under:51.5

2010 Regular Season Trends ATS

Chargers are 5-5 ATS

Chargers are 1-4 ATS away

Chargers have not been the underdog

Colts are 6-3 ATS

Colts are 3-1 ATS at home

Colts 4-3 ATS as the favorite

Colts are 3-1 ATS as a home favorite

In the NFL this week, 3 games were played on Thursday, November 25, the results:
New England 45 Detroit 24
New Orleans 30 Dallas 27
New York Jets 26 Cincinnati 10

sources: New York Post, espn.com, foxsports.com, thespread.com

The Detroit Lions have the distinction of being the first team in NFL history to go 0-15.  Will they lose their last game and end up a perfect 0-16?  They play the Packers in Green Bay, where they haven’t won a game in 17 years.

before the 2008 NFL season started there were such high hopes for the Lions in Motown. They had a perfect pre-season record, going 4-0. Now that the season has one week left, they are selling T-Shirts that read “2008 Pre-Season Champions”.

Believe it or not, if the Lions lose to the Packers, they won’t be the first team to go without a victory in an NFL season.  Back in 1976, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers went 0-14.  In one of the classic lines of that dreadful season, coach John McKay was asked what he thought of his team’s execution, he replied, I’m in favor of it.”

Are the Lions cursed? Is all of Michigan cursed? Nothing positive seems to happen up there.

The Lions last won a title in 1957.  Since then things have gone from bad to worse.  They have gotten the top draft pick consistently over the years but none of them have lived up to expectations. And injuries and bad luck have compounded their misfortune.

The Lions fans seem to be taking things in stride – or not. A great gift for Detroit Lions fans is a Lions Jersey that reads “Owen” with the number “16″ under it.

I hear there is a petition going around Michigan to rename the team the Detroit Lemons – because they just really suck!

NFL Week 9 – Game To Watch Green Bay vs Tennessee

Green Bay Packers (4-3) at Tennessee Titans (7-0)

GAME INFO
November 2, 2008
Location: LP Field, Nashville, Tennessee
Time: 1:00 P.M. EST
TV: FOX

SPREAD
Tennessee @ home giving (-4.0). The Under/Over is 40.5
Odds come from Las Vegas Mirage a/o 11/2 6:00 a.m. EST

Green Bay is 4-3 against the spread (ATS) (2-1 as Visitors) while Tennessee is 7-0 (ATS) (4-0 at Home)
Green Bay is 5-1-1 ATS Over/Under (ATS O/U) while Tennessee is 4-3 (ATS O/U)

HOT ODDS TRENDS
Green Bay Packers
9-1 ATS in their last 10 games after allowing less than 15 points in their previous game.
4-1 ATS in their last 5 games in November.

Tennessee
7-0 ATS in their last 7 games on grass.
7-0 ATS in their last 7 games following a S.U. win.
7-0 ATS in their last 7 games overall.
4-0 ATS in their last 4 home games.
6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS win.
5-1 ATS in their last 6 games after accumulating less than 90 yards rushing in their previous game.

TEAM STANDINGS
The Green Bay Packers (4-3) are tied for first place with the Chicago Bears (4-3)in the NFC North. They are followed by the Minnesota Vikings (3-4) and the lowly Detroit Lions (0-7). They are coming off there BYE week.
The Packers are averaging 25 points a game while giving up 22.

The Tennessee Titans is the only undefeated team left in the NFL. They are 7-0. 4-0 at home and only 1-0 against the NFC. The three teams behind them in the AFC South, the Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and the Jacksonville Jaguars are all 3-4. The Titans kept their undefeated season alive by defeating the disappointing Indianapolis Colts @ home by a score of 31-21
The Titans are averaging 25 points a game while giving up only 12.

MOMENTUM
Kerry Collins has been asked to pass frequently in prior matchups with the Green Bay Packers. He isn’t likely to have to carry that much of a burden this time.

The Titans, who continue to get efficient play from Collins, look to remain the NFL’s last unbeaten team when they face the Packers on Sunday.

Tennessee (7-0) has been winning with dominating defense, a strong running game and sound decision-making from Collins. The veteran is averaging 28.0 passes in his six starts, completing 58.2 percent of them with three touchdowns and three interceptions. He’s gone five straight games without being sacked, and has been sacked once in 170 attempts on the season.

Collins, though, was asked to throw the ball more than usual Monday night against AFC rival Indianapolis, and went 24-for-37 with 193 yards and no interceptions in a 31-21 Titans win. He needed to put the ball in the air with the Colts using four linebackers to slow a Tennessee ground game that set a franchise record with 332 yards rushing against Kansas City the previous week.

“We can’t be happy,” Collins said. “We’ve got to put this game behind us and focus on the next game. I think that’s what allowed us to put this streak together is the fact that regardless of what happened the week before, we are able to put it behind us and move on to the next opponent.”

That performance, however, was still a far cry from what was required from Collins in his last two games against Green Bay (4-3). He set a career high with 59 pass attempts – which he has since matched – for the New York Giants in a 34-25 loss Jan. 6, 2002, and put the ball in the air 53 times for Carolina in a 37-30 defeat Sept. 27, 1998.

Those were two of the three highest pass-attempt totals of Collins’ career, but he might not come close to approaching that in this contest with the Packers struggling to stop the run.

Green Bay is allowing 141.9 yards per game on the ground. The Titans, meanwhile, have averaged 145.0 rushing yards a contest.

The running back combination of Chris Johnson (626 yards, four touchdowns) and LenDale White (327 yards, 10 TDs) has helped Tennessee score 30 or more points in four of its last five games, its best stretch since scoring at least 30 in five straight early in 2003.

The outstanding rushing attack has complemented the NFL’s best scoring defense. Tennessee has allowed 87 points, 23 fewer than Pittsburgh and Baltimore (110).

“Each week every team gets an opportunity to go out and play. We’ve had seven opportunities and won each of our games,” Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck said. “No one expects us to have an undefeated season, and that’s great, but we know every time we step on that field we have a shot to beat anyone we play.”

The Titans, though, will be facing a Packers team that has averaged 27.7 points per game, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers is healthier after a bye week. Rodgers got a chance to rest after gutting out three straight games with a sprained right shoulder.

Rodgers did manage to play well during that span, completing 70.5 percent of his passes for 707 yards and six TDs with one INT. He completed 75.0 percent (21-for-28) of his attempts for 186 yards and a TD in a 34-14 victory over the Colts on Oct. 19, as Green Bay moved into a tie with Chicago atop the NFC North.

The bye also gave the Packers defense a chance to get healthier. Cornerback Al Harris (spleen) and safety Atari Bigby (hamstring) appear ready to return from injuries.

Harris, coming off his first Pro Bowl last season, was injured in the Packers’ Sept. 21 loss to Dallas, and initially there was concern that he might be out for the season.

Bigby’s hamstring injury has been overshadowed by Harris’ absence, but the safety’s physical presence was an important part of the Packers’ success last season. Bigby has missed five games.

“Obviously I think every team in the league has to deal with injuries,” Green Bay defensive end Aaron Kampman said. “How you weather that, in a lot of ways, factors into the success of your season. Now, we obviously had a little skid there. Didn’t handle it the way we would have liked to. There’s a number of variables for that. But that’s in the past. We’ve got a two-game winning streak here, and we want to make it three.”

This will be first meeting between the Packers and Titans since Oct. 11, 2004, when Tennessee won 48-27 at Green Bay.
The Dallas Cowboys started the season strong, winning their first 3 games. Since then, they are 2-3.

KEY INJURIES (a/o 11/2)
Green Bay Packers
DOUBTFUL:
Linebacker Desmon Bishop (hamstring)
QUESTIONABLE:
Wide Receiver JOrdy Nelson (Ankle)
Tack Chad Clifton (knees), Defensive End Jason Hunter (hamstring), Linebacker
PROBABLE:
Danny Lansanah (hamstring), Quarterback Aaron Rodgers (right shoulder) and Cornerback Charles Woodson

Tennessee Titans
OUT:
Linebacker Colin Alfred (groin)
QUESTIONABLE:
Cornerback Chris Carr (back), Defensive End Kyle Vanden Bosch (groin)
PROBABLE:
Defensive End Dave Ball (concussion), Running Back Quinton Ganther (concussion)

KEYS TO THE GAME:
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers faces a Titans defense that kept the Colts’ big gains to a minimum and essentially took away Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison. Titans RB Chris Johnson could have success against a Packers defense that ranks toward the bottom of the league in giving up an average of 141.9 rushing yards per game.

PICK PREDICTION: Packers 21 Titans 20
The Titans hadn’t played a worthy opponent until last week against the Colts. And if it weren’t for some key interceptions of Peyton Manning, things would have been completely different. The Packers are coming off a BYE week and are well rested.