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2016 NFL Pointspread Result Summary

The 2016 NFL season was marked by superior pointspread performance by favorites with straight-up winning percentages at the time of the game. From week 3 through the super bowl, favorites with winning overall records compiled 76 wins and 57 losses versus the spread. That computes to 57.1% winners by simply playing favorites with winning records, good news for John Q. Public

Conversely, the 2014 and 2015 NFL seasons show 134 wins and 145 losses versus the spread for favorites with winning records. In fact, going back to 2002 not counting the 2016 season, the pointspread record for favorites with winning records at the time of the game is 999 wins and 1043 losses.

This is worth a look for next season.