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**Udog** · 04-26-2019, 07:12 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Odds to win the two North Divisions in the NFL this year:

NFC North:
8-5: Chicago Bears
2-1: Minnesota Vikings
2-1: Green Bay Packers
14-1: Detroit Lions

AFC North:
5-4: Cleveland Browns
8-5: Pittsburgh Steelers
3-1: Baltimore Ravens
25-1: Cincinnati Bengals

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Notes from watching the NFL Draft

13) Washington Redskins stayed at pick #15 and got QB Dwayne Haskins without trading up; Haskins is from Maryland, but grew up in New Jersey and was a Giant fan. Most people didn’t think Haskins would drop to the 15th pick; the Giants-Redskins games for the next decade should be pretty interesting.

This pretty much clinches fact that Case Keenum won’t be a Redskin in 2020; Washington will be his 4th team in four years this season, and 2020 figures to make it five teams in five years.

12) Bruce Snyder bought the Redskins in 1999. Here is how many head coaches each NFC East team has had since then:
— Washington 7
— Dallas 4
— NJ Giants 4
— Philadelphia 3

When I think of a team with a coach on the hot seat taking a rookie QB, I think of Jeff Fisher getting canned during Jared Goff’s rookie year. Keenum was the Rams’ starting QB before Goff took over in Game 10. You wonder if this is good news for Jay Gruden.

11) New Jersey Giants took Duke QB Daniel Jones with the 6th pick in the draft. Here is what the Giants have done with drafting QB’s the last three years:

2017: Davis Webb, California, 3rd round
2018: Kyle Lauletta, Richmond, 4th round
2019: Daniel Jones, Duke, 1st round

Meanwhile, they keep starting 38-year old Eli Manning, who had the same college coach as Jones (David Cutcliffe). Most draft pundits liked Haskins better than Jones.

Last six years, Giants are 38-59, 0-1 in playoff games. Hard to get better when you waste 3rd and 4th round draft picks on guys you never use.

10) Pittsburgh Steelers traded with Denver to move up ten spots, from #20 to #10 in the first round; this is something the Steelers rarely do. Pittsburgh took LB Devin Bush from Michigan.

Steelers switched 1st round picks with Denver, and also gave the Broncos a 2nd-round and a 3rd-round pick, so it was expensive- they really wanted/needed a linebacker.

9) Last three years, the draft averaged six first-round trades per year; there were seven trades during Thursday’s first round.

— Green Bay traded with Seattle to move up seven spots, from #28 to #21.
— Eagles traded a 4th and 6th-round pick to Baltimore to move up from 25th to 22nd.
— Washington traded to the Colts to move up to the 26th pick.
— Chiefs acquired DE Frank Clark from Seattle, send the Seahawks the 29th pick, plus a couple of other picks.
— Giants acquired the 30th pick in the draft from Seattle so they could take CB Deandre Baker from Georgia.
— Rams traded the 31st pick to Atlanta so the Falcons could take T Kaleb McGary from Washington.

8) Only six of 22 Seahawks starters remain from when Seattle lost the Super Bowl to New England four years ago.

7) Only twice in the common draft era (1990, 2008) had the first round ended with no WR’s taken. This was almost the third time. Iowa had two tight ends taken in the first round. Baltimore finally took Oklahoma WR Marquise Brown with the 25th pick.

This is the longest any NFL Draft has gone with neither a WR or a RB being taken. Oakland took RB Josh Jacobs from Alabama with the 24th pick.

6) Seven of the top ten players taken were defensive players.

5) As of 1:00 Thursday afternoon, 18 of 32 teams had already traded their 7th-round pick in this draft. Three picks were traded twice; one was dealt three times. 7th-round picks are throw-ins in lot of trades.

Then again, Marques Colston, Adam Timmerman, Shannon Sharpe and Gary Anderson (the kicker) were all 7th-round picks.

4) Bengals still have 37 of their own draft picks on their roster, most in NFL, six more than any other team; Buffalo has only 12 of its draft picks, least in the league.

3) People gamble on the NFL Draft, which makes me a little queasy, but thats their business. Haskins was a -$155 favorite to get drafted before Missouri QB Drew Lock.

Speaking of gambling, a guy on ESPN’s Daily Wager Thursday picked Starlin Castro to homer at 8-1 odds in the Marlins’ game in Philly, and sure enough, Castro homered in the 10th inning. Damn good call.

2) Not sure why ESPN and NFL Network both broadcast the draft, but they do. Mel Kiper Jr is worth listening to, and Louis Riddick is very good on ESPN. My man Kurt Warner is on NFL Network, but I prefer Trey Wingo to Rich Eisen as a host, so spent most of my time on ESPN.

The player interviews are generally all terrible, so if one is happening, automatically change to the other station or to a baseball game.

1) Looked like it might’ve been a good night to be a pickpocket in the streets of Nashville; thousands and thousands of people packed in the streets, lot of jostling. I’m just sayin’……..

**Udog** · 04-26-2019, 07:30 AM

**Udog** · 04-26-2019, 08:07 AM

5Colorado -6 San Jose
COLORADO is 23-30 ATS (-16.6 Units) against poor defensive teams - allowing 2.85+ goals/game in the current season.

7Carolina -8 Ny Islanders
NY ISLANDERS are 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) in April games over the last 2 seasons.

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, April 26

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COLORADO (42-31-0-14, 98 pts.) at SAN JOSE (50-30-0-9, 109 pts.) - 4/26/2019, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 18-53 ATS (+104.2 Units) in road games second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
COLORADO is 0-7 ATS (-7.4 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest this season.
COLORADO is 12-20 ATS (-11.0 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
SAN JOSE is 136-89 ATS (-16.7 Units) in April games since 1996.
COLORADO is 96-85 ATS (+189.7 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 190-159 ATS (-82.9 Units) in home games after a division game since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 229-164 ATS (-79.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN JOSE is 6-2 (+3.6 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
SAN JOSE is 6-2-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+5.0 Units)

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CAROLINA (50-31-0-8, 108 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (52-27-0-7, 111 pts.) - 4/26/2019, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 27-36 ATS (-13.3 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 17-47 ATS (+78.9 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 52-34 ATS (+17.0 Units) in all games this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 36-17 ATS (+53.2 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 over the last 3 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 6-1 ATS (+4.7 Units) in April games this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 31-17 ATS (+50.2 Units) second half of the season this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 22-10 ATS (+33.1 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 22-9 ATS (+31.9 Units) after a division game this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 21-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) after 3 or more consecutive unders over the last 3 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 23-17 ATS (+43.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
CAROLINA is 34-17 ATS (+11.6 Units) second half of the season this season.
CAROLINA is 23-11 ATS (+8.6 Units) after a division game this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 54-86 ATS (+151.1 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 7-6 (+2.9 Units) against the spread versus CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 7-6-0 straight up against CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.5 Units, Under=-1.2 Units)

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NHL

Friday, April 26

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Trend Report
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Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Carolina's last 8 games
Carolina is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Carolina is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 5 games on the road
Carolina is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games when playing NY Islanders
Carolina is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 6 games when playing NY Islanders
Carolina is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
Carolina is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
New York Islanders
NY Islanders is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
NY Islanders is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 7 games
NY Islanders is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 8 games at home
NY Islanders is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Carolina
NY Islanders is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing Carolina
NY Islanders is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Carolina
NY Islanders is 4-10 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing at home against Carolina

Colorado Avalanche
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Colorado's last 20 games
Colorado is 13-4 ATS in its last 17 games on the road
Colorado is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Colorado's last 10 games on the road
Colorado is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing San Jose
Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing San Jose
Colorado is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Colorado's last 9 games when playing on the road against San Jose
San Jose Sharks
San Jose is 4-15 ATS in its last 19 games
San Jose is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 8 games
San Jose is 3-10 ATS in its last 13 games at home
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games at home
San Jose is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Colorado
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing Colorado
San Jose is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 8 of San Jose's last 9 games when playing at home against Colorado

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