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NFL Betting Trends: Divisional Dogs of Seven

Many bettors don't realize this initially, but divisional matchups are a lot different than regular contests. These teams know each other extremely well, so anything can happen.

Remember when the woeful Dolphins upset the eventual Super Bowl champion Patriots on Monday Night Football a few years ago? How about the dreadful Bears sweeping the vastly superior Packers last season?

Not convinced yet? Well, because anything can happen in divisional battles, it would make sense to bet a big underdog in such a matchup. Listed below are ATS records of coaches in divisional games where the spread was seven or more (since 2002). As usual, it's better to look at each situation than to bet something blindly.

Team	Coach	ATS Record as Divisional Dog of 7+
ARZ	Ken Whisenhunt	1-5
ATL	Mike Smith	2-2
BAL	John Harbaugh	0-0
BUF	Chan Gailey	4-2
BUF	Dick Jauron	4-5
CAR	Ron Rivera	2-1
CAR	John Fox	5-4
CHI	Lovie Smith	6-1
CIN	Marvin Lewis	5-7
CLE	Pat Shurmur	5-2
CLE	Eric Mangini	4-4
CLE	Romeo Crennel	3-5
DAL	Jason Garrett	1-0
DAL	Wade Phillips	0-2
DEN	John Fox	1-0
DEN	Eric Studesville	0-1
DEN	Josh McDaniels	0-2
DEN	Mike Shanahan	1-3
DET	Jim Schwartz	1-5
DET	Rod Marinelli	4-1
GB	Mike McCarthy	0-0
HOU	Gary Kubiak	7-2
IND	Bruce Arians	0-1
IND	Jim Caldwell	0-2
IND	Tony Dungy	0-0
JAX	Mike Mularkey	1-0
JAX	Mel Tucker	1-0
JAX	Jack Del Rio	7-2
KC	Romeo Crennel	1-2
KC	Todd Haley	2-2
KC	Herman Edwards	6-3
MIA	Joe Philbin	0-1
MIA	Todd Bowles	1-0
MIA	Tony Sparano	2-1
MIN	Leslie Frazier	2-3
MIN	Brad Childress	0-1
NE	Bill Belichick	0-0
NO	Sean Payton	1-0
NYG	Tom Coughlin	3-0
NYJ	Rex Ryan	2-2
NYJ	Eric Mangini	2-1
OAK	Dennis Allen	1-1
OAK	Hue Jackson	1-0
OAK	Tom Cable	4-3
OAK	Lane Kiffin	0-3
PHI	Andy Reid	4-3
PIT	Mike Tomlin	2-0
SD	Norv Turner	4-2
SEA	Pete Carroll	1-0
SEA	Jim Mora Jr.	0-1
SEA	Mike Holmgren	2-0
SF	Mike Singletary	1-0
SF	Mike Nolan	5-2
STL	Jeff Fisher	3-0
STL	Steve Spagnuolo	1-7
STL	Jim Haslett	0-2
STL	Scott Linehan	0-2
TB	Raheem Morris	4-4
TB	Jon Gruden	0-1
TEN	Mike Munchak	0-2
TEN	Jeff Fisher	4-4
WAS	Mike Shanahan	1-2
WAS	Jim Zorn	3-2

	Total Record	124-112

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