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**Udog** · 05-01-2021, 08:15 AM

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**Udog** · 05-01-2021, 08:15 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

NFL leaders in rushing yardage last year:
2,027— Derrick Henry, Tenn
1,557— Dalvin Cook, Minn
1,169— Jonathan Taylor, Ind
1,104— Aaron Jones, GB
1,070— David Montgomery, Chi
1,070— James Robinson, Jax
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 574,383
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Saturday's Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday

— First things first, get well soon to Rams’ GM Les Snead, who tested positive for COVID this week; he is running the Rams’ draft from his garage— looks like a pretty nice garage.

— Houston Texans took Stanford QB Davis Mills in the 3rd round, raising even more ?s about the status of Deshaun Watson.

Mills only started 11 games at Stanford; he is a developmental project.
Texans have Tyrod Taylor, who was in Buffalo when they drafted Josh Allen, in LA when the Chargers drafted Justin Herbert.

Will Watson get traded, suspended or both? The TV guys seemed unanimous that no matter what, he’s played his last game for the Texans.

— This was the first time ever Northwestern had two players drafted in the first round.

— Chicago Bears drafted QB Justin Fields; they also have Andy Dalton/Nick Foles. Foles is guaranteed $9M over the next two years; going to be difficult to trade him.

— Dodgers lost nine of their last 12 games; they’ve scored total of 10 runs in their last six road games.

— Aaron Rodgers threw 48 TD passes last year; Green Bay punted 47 times. They really going to trade him? Hell, they drafted a WR Friday whose name is A. Rodgers (Amari Rodgers)

— Celtics 143, Spurs 140:
Spurs led by 32 points in the 2nd quarter.
Jayson Tatum scored 60 points for Boston.

— Phillies are 13-13, which doesn’t sound too impressive, but they’re in first place in NL East.

— Francisco Lindor is hitting .189, he is 4 for his last 29 and the Mets are 9-11. Not exactly what the new billionaire owner had in mind when he signed Lindor to a 10-year, $341M contract this winter.

— No Big X players were taken in the first round of the draft; six guys from Alabama were taken in the first round, and 8 of the first 38 choices were Crimson Tide alums.

— This is the first year since 1999 where QB’s were the first three picks in the NFL Draft; that year, it was Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith. Drafting is an inexact science, no matter how much money they throw at it.

— Seattle Mariners lost 19 of their last 21 games in Houston.

— What week does Trevor Lawrence start at QB for Jacksonville? Gardnew Minshew could start the season under center, but Lawrence has to play at some point in 2021, right?

— Patrick Mahomes didn’t play until the last game of his rookie season; I’m not saying Lawrence wouldn’t be better off watching for a year, but that hasn’t been the recent trend in the NFL.

— Nationals 2, Marlins 1 (10)— Kyle Schwarber hit a walk-off homer. Game was 0-0 after nine.

— NFL Network ran a great segment, a chalkboard session with former coach Steve Mariucci and Florida QB Kyle Trask, who wound up getting picked by Tampa Bay.

I enjoy those 1-on-1 segments, where the coach challenges the player’s football IQ by showing him some X’s-and-O’s, then changing the subject for a few minutes, before asking the player to regurgitate the X’s-and O’s he was just shown. Trask did it very well.

Trask is an unusual case; he didn’t even start in high school, playing behind D’Eriq King, who now plays at Miami FL. Trask did start for the Florida Gators for two years.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL— Phillies, Brewers, Giants. Wild Card: Padres @ Dodgers
AL— Red Sox, Royals, A’s. Wild Card: Mariners @ White Sox

**Udog** · 05-01-2021, 08:17 AM

1BUFFALO -2 BOSTON
BUFFALO is 7-35 ATS (-31.5 Units) off a loss by 2 goals or more to a division rival in the last 3 seasons.

3TAMPA BAY -4 DETROIT
DETROIT is 21-67 ATS (-31.3 Units) against poor power play killing teams - opp score on >17.5% of chances over the last 2 seasons.

5PITTSBURGH -6 WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite in the current season.

7NEW JERSEY -8 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 12-2 ATS (9.8 Units) off 2 consecutive losses against division rivals over the last 2 seasons.

7NEW JERSEY -8 PHILADELPHIA
ALAIN VIGNEAULT is 12-2 ATS (9.8 Units) off 2 consecutive losses against division rivals (Coach of PHILADELPHIA)

9NY RANGERS -10 NY ISLANDERS
NY ISLANDERS are 10-1 ATS (8.8 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp in the current season.

11COLUMBUS -12 CAROLINA
CAROLINA is 10-2 ATS (8.4 Units) in home games against good starting goalies - saving >= 91.5% of shots against in the current season.

13OTTAWA -14 MONTREAL
OTTAWA is 2-20 ATS (-20 Units) off a win by 2 goals or more over a division rival in the last 3 seasons.

15VANCOUVER -16 TORONTO
VANCOUVER is 22-15 ATS (15.3 Units) against good offensive teams - scoring 2.85+ goals/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

17SAN JOSE -18 COLORADO
SAN JOSE is 132-105 ATS (16.5 Units) in road games after failing to cover 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread since 1996.

**Udog** · 05-01-2021, 08:20 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, May 1

**Udog** · 05-01-2021, 08:23 AM

NHL

Saturday, May 1

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Trend Report
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Buffalo @ Boston
Buffalo
Buffalo is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Buffalo
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Tampa Bay @ Detroit
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Tampa Bay is 20-3 SU in its last 23 games when playing Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

Columbus @ Carolina
Columbus
Columbus is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games on the road
Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Carolina's last 6 games at home
Carolina is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games

NY Rangers @ NY Islanders
NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Rangers's last 7 games when playing NY Islanders
NY Rangers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 7 games when playing NY Rangers
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Rangers

New Jersey @ Philadelphia
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
New Jersey is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 13 games at home

Pittsburgh @ Washington
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Washington's last 11 games when playing Pittsburgh

Ottawa @ Montreal
Ottawa
Ottawa is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games
Ottawa is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Montreal's last 12 games when playing Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing at home against Ottawa

Vancouver @ Toronto
Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Vancouver's last 15 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vancouver's last 7 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Vancouver
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Vancouver

Florida @ Chicago
Florida
Florida is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Florida's last 8 games
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games

San Jose @ Colorado
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose's last 8 games on the road
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Dallas @ Nashville
Dallas
Dallas is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Dallas's last 13 games when playing on the road against Nashville
Nashville
Nashville is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas

St. Louis @ Minnesota
St. Louis
St. Louis is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
St. Louis is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games at home

Los Angeles @ Anaheim
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 6 games
Los Angeles is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Anaheim
Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Anaheim's last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing Los Angeles

Vegas @ Arizona
Vegas
Vegas is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
Vegas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Arizona
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Vegas
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Vegas

Calgary @ Edmonton
Calgary
Calgary is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Calgary's last 5 games on the road
Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Edmonton's last 13 games
Edmonton is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home

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