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Week 3 NFL Lines: MNF Panthers vs. Cowboys

Monday Night Football Betting – Panthers Heading To 0-3

The popular scapegoat for the Carolina Panthers 0-2 start has been quarterback Jake Delhomme but in reality, the Panthers have more problems than just him. The Panthers defense has been a nightmare to start the season and “star” Julius Peppers has been nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile, the Cowboys are taking some heat but they actually have played fairly well. Last week, they nearly topped the New York Giants at home and that’s after turning the ball over four times. Most teams – like the Panthers – can’t afford to turn it over so many times and still be in the game.

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Week 3 NFL Lines: Titans vs. Jets

Sunday NFL Betting – Titans In Trouble Against Confident Jets

The 2008 Tennessee Titans finished 13-3 and didn’t experience their first loss until Week 12. Quite clearly, the 2009 version is having a very different experience.

Not only are the Titans still winless after two weeks of action, they are in danger of matching their total amount of losses from 2008 with one more defeat.

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Week 3 NFL Spreads: Falcons vs. Patriots

NFL Week 3 – Atlanta Falcons vs. New England Patriots

Thousands of people come daily to Patriot Place, the vast shopping/entertainment/restaurant plaza that surrounds Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. Unfortunately, none of the visitors seems to have even a clue about what ails their football team. Up is down and down is up in New England, where the Patriots’ powerful offense has been rendered impotent and a defense that uses players no one has ever heard of has been not that bad.

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Week 2 NFL Lines: MNF Colts vs. Dolphins

Monday Night Football – Dolphins Dive Deep In Desperate Times

It’s no secret that the Miami Dolphins have the toughest schedule in the NFL and they are getting a very early, bitter taste to start the season.

After facing one 2008 playoff team from the NFC South, they face the 2008 AFC South winner on Monday Night Football.

The Dolphins were one of the surprise teams last season because of a number of reasons: they took care of the football, they were able to run the ball and they protected the quarterback.

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Week 2 NFL Spreads: Giants vs. Cowboys

NFL Week 2 – New England Patriots vs. New York Jets

At 34-14-1, there is no better team in the National Football League playing its home opener than the Dallas Cowboys. And win or lose, no home opener will be more memorable than Sunday’s night’s cage match against the New York Giants in the new 100,000-seat Cowboys Stadium.

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Week 2 NFL Lines: Giants vs. Cowboys

Sunday Night Football – Cowboys, New Stadium, Set To Impress

The Dallas Cowboys will unveil their new billion dollar stadium on Sunday Night Football this week as the New York Giants come to visit. It’s an early statement game in the NFC East as both teams are considered contenders and maybe even more so now that the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback Donovan McNabb has a rib injury.

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Week 2 NFL Lines: Seahawks vs. 49ers

Sunday NFL Betting – Seahawks Will Proclaim Their Return To Top Of West

The Seattle Seahawks have been the team to beat in the NFC West throughout this decade and after an injury-ravaged season, they are ready to take their crown back.

The Arizona Cardinals may not wear the crown for very long, especially not if they continue to play like they did in Week 1. The San Francisco 49ers went into the University of Phoenix Stadium and upended the NFC Champs.

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Week 2 NFL Spreads: Patriots vs. Jets

NFL Week 2 – New England Patriots vs. New York Jets

In New England, no one really knows what to make of Rex Ryan.

Since Vince Lombardi was carving up the league in the 1960s, the No. 1 rule was to never say anything that could give an opponent even an extra ounce of motivation on game day.

Ryan has basically blown up that business model, at least when it comes to the New England Patriots. The new Jets coach says he refuses to pay homage to Pats coach Bill Belichick, and furthermore he says he has a decent team in East Rutherford and plans to give NE a run for its money in the AFC East.

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Week 1 NFL Lines: Chargers vs. Raiders

Monday Night Football Picks – Line: Chargers -9

There aren’t many reasons not to lay the nine points with the San Diego Chargers in the back end of the Monday Night doubleheader.

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Week 1 NFL Lines: Bills vs. Patriots

Monday Night Football Picks – Line: Patriots -10.5

The Buffalo Bills are giving the Oakland Raiders a run for being the team in most disarray as the regular season kicks off. The Bills fired their offensive coordinator, Turk Schonert, just 10 days before the start of the season and there has been some internal squabbling as to whether that has been the right decision.

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Week 1 NFL Lines: Bears vs. Packers

Sunday Night Football Picks – Packers Aiming To Make A Statement

The first edition of Sunday night football will pit a couple of NFC North neighbors in what is a more important contest than most people want to admit.

For the Green Bay Packers, they’ve played third fiddle to the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears this offseason as both of those teams have made headlines with their quarterback acquisitions. The Packers, though, didn’t need to make wholesale changes, they just needed to do some growing.

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Week 1 NFL Spreads: Eagles vs. Panthers

NFL Week 1 – Philadelphia Eagles vs. Carolina Panthers

Stability in the NFL usually trumps change, but this game will give that theory a good test. The Carolina Panthers return basically the same team which stunk out the stadium in a bizarre playoff loss to the Cardinals last January, while the Philadelphia Eagles come in after jettisoning their best back-7 defender (safety Brian Dawkins) and in the process of figuring out what to do with Michael Vick when the former dog torturer joins the team for active duty in Week 3.

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Week 1 NFL Spreads: Titans vs. Steelers

NFL Opening Night – Week 1 – Tennessee Titans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Time: 8:35 ET
Venue: Heinz Field
Titans vs. Steelers Odds
MoneyLine: Titans +240 / Steelers -180
Spread: Steelers -6
Over/Under: 35