XFL Week 3 Discussion Thread

[MikeyLo]

Trend Tracking:

Trend Week 1 Week 2 Total Under 3-1 3-1 6-2 Favorite ML 2-2 3-1 5-3 Favorite ATS 2-2 2-2 4-4 Home Team ML 3-1 3-1 6-2 Home Team ATS 3-1 2-2 5-3 Extra Day ML N/A 3-1 3-1 Extra Day ATS  N/A 2-2 2-2

Off Yards Per Play Week 1 Week 2 AVG D.C 6.3 5.9 6.1 Dallas 4.5 6.7 5.6 Houston 5.6 4.9 5.25 St. Louis 5.3 4.7 5.0 Tampa Bay 5.5 4.1 4.8 Seattle 4.8 3.9 4.35 LA 3.9 4.6 4.25 New York 5.0 2.9 3.95

Def Yards Per Play Week 1 Week 2 AVG D.C 4.8 2.9 3.85 Houston  3.9 4.7 4.3 Tampa Bay 5.0 3.9 4.45 St. Louis 4.5 4.9 4.7 Dallas 5.3 4.6 4.95 Seattle 6.3 4.1 5.2 New York 5.5 5.9 5.7 LA 5.6 6.7 6.15

Looking Back at Week 2:

New York 0 @ D.C. 27: (DC -7, o/u 48)

• NY yikes… McGloin looked awful and was pouting on the sidelines and criticizing coaches. Ex WR took a shot at him on twitter saying he sucks in practice too. They have trainwreck potential…. Stay tuned
• D.C. continues to look really good. With Thompkins back they now have a trio of good WR with Ross and Rogers. They haven’t played a road game yet though.
• DC did benefit from a Pick 6.

Tampa Bay 9 Seattle 17 (TB -2, o/u 44)

• Full Disclosure: I missed the entire second half, so am going off of what I read
• Both offenses struggled, both defenses had TD
• TB was without week 1 QB Murray
• Seattle passionate fan base
• TB hasn’t played a home game yet

Dallas 25 LA 18 (DAL -5.5, o/u 45.5)

• Both teams got their starting QB back; Johnson (LA) and Jones (DAL) playing in first XFL game
• Turnover fest in the first half, but offensive explosion in 4th quarter
• LA Defense with back to back bad games against HOU & DAL

St. Louis 24 @ Houston 28: (Dallas -7.5,o/u 47.5)

• Entertaining game, both teams looked pretty solid
• Dallas tough opening schedule: @DAL and @HOU. Hung tough, now they get to go home
• Houston 2 long INT returns led to 2 TD

Looking Ahead to Week 3:

Time to Prepare:

• -1 Day: Houston, Dallas
• Regular: Tampa Bay, Seattle, St. Louis, LA
• +1 Day: NY, DC

Travel

• Back to Back Home Games: Seattle, LA
• Back to Back Road Games: Dallas, New York
• Long Flight: DC to LA (first DC road game)

Houston (2-0)@ Tampa Bay (0-2)

• #3 Houston Offense vs #3 Tampa Bay Defense
• #5 Tampa Bay Offense vs #2 Houston Defense
• TB Home Opener and first Houston road game
• TB extra day to prepare

Dallas (1-1) @ Seattle (1-1)

• #2 Dallas Offense vs #6 Seattle Defense
• #6 Seattle Offense vs #5 Dallas Defense
• Seattle extra day to prepare

New York (1-1) @ St. Louis (1-1)

• #8 NY Offense vs #4 STL Defense
• #4 STL Offense vs #7 NY Defense
• St. Louis Home Opener.
• NY extra game to prepare 

DC (2-0) @ LA (0-2)

• #1 DC Offense vs #8 LA Defense
• #7 LA Offense vs #1 DC Defense
• DC Long flight and first road game
• DC extra game to prepare

My Power Rankings

1. DC (2-0) - #1 Offense and #1 Defense through 2 weeks. Good QB and 3 talented WR. Got to take it on the road now.
2. Houston (2-0) - Talented QB and playmaking defense. Also haven’t played a road game yet.
3. St. Louis (1-1) - Really tough schedule to open the season. Hung tough and now get a home game
4. Dallas (1-1) - Got it going in the 4th Quarter in Jones’ first game. Should continue to improve as he gets more time
5. Seattle (1-1) - Starting to see a drop off now. They hung with DC okay in week 1 and won an ugly home opener in game 2. Offense has work to do.
6. LA (0-2) - Started to get it going on offense near the end as Johnson got more comfortable in his first game. Look to build off that. Defense has really struggled with HOU and DAL.
7. New York (1-1) - Have to put them ahead of TB since they won head-to-head, but brutal showing in week 2. Trending down in a big way.
8. Tampa Bay (0-2) - Week 1 loss to NY looks even worse after week 2. They haven’t played a home game yet so maybe that will get them going. Huge concern at QB position.

[MikeyLo]

Format doesn’t copy, looks better at the RX http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=1154395

[MikeyLo]

Spreads and totals are up at 5D