NFL Week 9 Trends – Green Bay Packers vs. Tennessee Titans
The Green Bay Packers travel to Tennessee to take on the last remaining undefeated team in the NFL. The Tennessee Titans have been a sports betting lock since the NFL season started. They are 7 and 0 straight-up and 7 and 0 against the BetUS online NFL wagering spread. They’ve gone 7 and 0 against the spread for a couple of reasons.
First, this team is fantastic at controlling the clock. They keep opposing offenses off the field. Second, up until their victory over the Indianapolis Colts most NFL betting fans assumed that they were a paper tiger. I suspect that the online betting lines on this team are going to get tougher for football betting fans to assess. That’s the nature of the NFL. Teams that stay hot for too long of a time tend to get dinged on the online wagering spreads.
The Green Bay Packers are actually a very good team. They lost three games in a row earlier this season, but since then they have been terrific. Green Bay comes into this with a record of 4 and 3 straight up and 4 and 3 against the online betting spread. Their quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, is actually outplaying the man he replaced, Number 4 for the New York Jets, and their defense was masterful in a home victory versus the Indianapolis Colts two Sundays ago. The Packers are a serious football team.
Here are the BetUS online betting odds for this game:
Kick-off: 11/02/2008 1:00 pm est.
Green Bay Packers + 5 ½ – 110 + 200 O 41 ½ – 110
Tennessee Titans – 5 ½ – 110 – 240 U 41 ½ – 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game:
The Tennessee Titans are 6 and 2 against the spread in their last 8 home games versus a team with a winning record.
The Under is 6-1-1 in the Tennessee Titans last 8 games versus a team with a winning record.
The Green Bay Packers are 11-3-1 against the spread in their last 15 games on the road.
The Over is 11-1 in the Green Bay Packers last 12 games on grass.
I believe that when a big online bet presents itself that online sportsbook betting fans need to take a swing. Such is the case in this game were the Packers are a terrific + 200 on the BetUS money line.
Yes, the Titans have looked terrific, but they face the best team they have faced so far this season. No offense to the Indianapolis Colts, but the Packers’ offense is just as good. What’s more important is that the Packers’ defense is actually much better than the Colts’.
Tennessee is going to find things much more difficult in this game than they have in any of their previous games. The Titans will lose a couple, if not a few, games this season. It starts this Sunday when the Packers come to town.
NFL Week 9 Prediction:
I’m going to take a big swing in this game and make an online bet on the Green Bay Packers to beat the Tennessee Titans straight-up at + 200.
