Week 10 trends and tips
UPDATED: 11/12/2009

Chicago at San Francisco
The Bears are 4-4 vs. the spread including 1-3 on the road. ... Chicago has covered two of its last nine road games and is 0-4-1 against the number in its previous five night contests. ... The Bears have covered their last six times following a loss of eight points or more and have covered their previous five games following a straight-up loss as a favorite. ... Chicago has covered three of its last four road contests sandwiched between two home games but has covered one of its last seven times as a dog. ... The 49ers are 5-2-1 against the spread including 2-2 at home. ... San Francisco is 3-1-1 vs. the number in its last five night games and is 4-0-1 vs. the spread in its last five contests following a straight up loss as a favorite. ... The 49ers have covered two of their previous nine times while playing the second of consecutive home games, and three of their last four games have gone over the total.

Atlanta at Carolina
The Falcons are 6-2 against the number including 2-2 on the road. ... Atlanta has covered four of its last five, and 17 of its previous 26, contests overall. In addition, it has covered its previous three, and 13 of its last 17, regular-season games on grass. ... The Falcons have failed to cover their last six, and 14 of their previous 15, times following consecutive covers, including playoffs. In addition, it has not covered both meetings in a season since 2002 (covered first meeting in Week Two). ... Atlanta has covered all four games this season as a favorite. ... The Panthers are 3-5 against the spread including 0-3 at home. ... Carolina has failed to cover its last four home contests and is 18-26-2 vs. the number in its previous 46 home games overall, including playoffs. ... The Panthers have failed to cover their last three games on artificial turf and have failed to cover their previous four times as a home dog of three points or less. ... Carolina has covered four of its last five contests vs. NFC South rivals and has covered its last three home games vs. NFC South opponents.

Tampa Bay at Miami
The Buccaneers are 2-2 vs. the spread including 1-2 on the road. ... Tampa Bay has covered one of its last four, and three of its previous nine, away games and has failed to cover its last five, and seven of its previous eight, times vs. AFC squads. ... The Buccaneers have covered seven of their last 10 games following a cover at home. In addition, seven of their last 10 games have gone over the total, and 11 of their previous 15 road contests have gone over the total. ... The Dolphins are 4-4 against the number including 2-2 at home. ... Miami has failed to cover its last seven games vs. NFC teams and has covered two of its previous 11 games on grass following a game on artificial turf. ... The Dolphins have covered one of their last seven times following consecutive covers, including playoffs, and all four of their home games have gone over the total. ... Miami is 2-9-1 against the spread in their last 12 away games sandwiched between two home contests.

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