By my two years experience with Pinnacle, I believe they are writing something disingenuous here -- they move lines from 8.5 to 9 and 9.5 for the same reason they move lines from 2 and 1.5 to 1 and pick: to prevent tease bettors from getting the favorable -2.5 on 6 and 6.5 point teases. So by large wagers coming on New England ATS...what they really mean is large bets are coming in on New England teased.