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For Monday, Top-Rated 1000♦ is the Detroit Lions as the home favorite over the N.Y. Jets. At 9:00 am eastern time, the Lions are -7 points in Vegas and offshore. If you line is -7 or -7 1/2, I advise buying down the half-point on Detroit.
The Jets have found their franchise quarterback, as they will give the starter to USC rookie Sam Darnold, and while hopes are high for New York fans, it is going to take a while before Darnold can lead this team back to glory, There are simply too many holes in the Jets' ship right now for Darnold to plug. Namely, an offensive line that did not do a very good job protecting the QB last season.
With little time to pass the football, expect Darnold to be putting up some high-risk passes against a Detroit secondary that recorded 17 picks a season ago. New coach Matt Patricia is a defense-first coach that is quite familiar with this opponent from his scheming days in New England.
One of my general rules of thumb in the NFL is to start with who is the better quarterback? Right now, the reply is hands-down Lions QB Matt Stafford who now has a pair of RB's in Johnson and Blount that will keep the Jets defense honest this Monday night.
Detroit covered 3 of their 4 tries last season as the home chalk, while New York went just 1-4-1 against the spread last season as the road dog.
Should be a good night to be a fan in the stands at Ford Field, as the Lions take it to the Jets in Matt Patrcia's head coaching debut.
MONDAY NOTE
Just cannot get on a positive run to save my life.
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