The NFL concludes its 13th week of football betting action on Monday night with the AFC South on display for sports bettors, as the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-7, 3-8 ATS) invade Reliant Stadium to do battle with the Houston Texans (4-7, 4-7 ATS). These two divisional rivals met earlier this season in Jacksonville, with the Jags pounding out a 30-27 overtime victory.
The Jacksonville Jaguars (4-6 SU, 3-7 ATS), who have not executed the way they’ve wanted to this season, will try to change that on Sunday, when they play host tot he Minnesota Vikings (5-5 SU, 3-7 ATS) in NFL pro football sports betting action that is set to kick off at 1 PM ET at Municipal Stadium (natural turf) in Jacksonville.
The Cincinnati Bengals (0-8 SU, 2-6 ATS) have gone way past the point where they have been a disappointment. On Sunday they will once again be going after their first win of the season when they face off against the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-4 SU, 2-5 ATS) in NFL sports betting action that is scheduled to take place at 1 PM ET at Paul Brown Stadium (artificial turf) in Cincinnati.
The Cleveland Browns (2-4 SU, 4-2 ATS) are trying to fight off charges that last season’s 10-6 record was a fluke. On Sunday they will visit the state of Florida to face the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-3 SU, 2-4 ATS) in NFL action that is set to begin at 4:05 PM ET at Municipal Stadium (natural turf) in Jacksonville, FL.
The Jacksonville Jaguars (2-3 SU, 1-4 ATS, 3-2 O/U), had high hopes of making their first Super Bowl appearance this season after a recording a promising 11-5 record in 2007, but are in serious danger of even making the playoffs this season even at this early juncture of the 2008 regular season.
The Jacksonville Jaguars, (2-2 SU, 1-3-0 ATS, 2-2-0 O/U), have won two straight games in the BetUS Sportsbook, including Sunday’s 30-27 overtime victory over the Houston Texans.
The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in a rematch of one of last season’s best playoff games. The Jags went into Pittsburgh last year and upset the AFC North champions. The Steelers haven’t forgotten that loss. Even though the Steelers record is 3 and 1 straight-up, their record versus the BetUS online sportsbook betting spread has been awful this season.
Week 4 NFL Picks – Sunday, September 28, 2008 1pm
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (67,164) — Jacksonville, Florida
I’m going to give my beloved BetUS NFL bettors some sound advice before I even get into the body of this article.
The Houston Texans (0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS, 2-0 O/U), are in big trouble!
Week 3 NFL Picks – Sunday Sept 21st, 2008 4:15 PM ET
Lucas Oil Stadium (63,000) — Indianapolis, Indiana
The Atlanta Falcons take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in each teams’ first NFL Pre-season game this weekend. The Falcons might start playing Matt Ryan right away.
There’s really nothing else to say about that other then Ryan has looked impressive in training camp and there’s no doubt that he’s got the mental outlook needed to be a quarterback in the NFL. I doubt you will find Ryan in a hot tub full of underdressed women, smoking a cigar.
Yes, he might not start the first game, but I don’t see him on the bench for that long this season. Besides Ryan the Falcons made a serious change at running back by signing Michael Turner away from the San Diego Chargers.
All indications are that Turner should have a big year. Those are good signs for a team that was anathema to online NFL betting fans last year.
The Jacksonville Jaguars are one of the favorites to make it to the Super Bowl from the AFC. They have a solid quarterback in David Garrard, who won’t play much in this game, and two terrific running backs in Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew. The Jags’ defense was sloppy at times last season. They will look to start correcting those issues this Saturday when they face the Falcons.
Here are the BetUS online sportsbook football betting odds and NFL spreads for this game
Atlanta Falcons + 3 ½ – 115 + 155 O 34
Jacksonville Jaguars – 3 ½ – 105 – 175 U 34
When in doubt in the NFL Pre-season, I always like to put money on the underdog. Why? Because that’s the way to make enough money offset loses. The Falcons have two decent running backs in Michael Turner and Jerious Norwood. The Jags have a solid team in almost every aspect.
Jacksonville is not the type of team that likes to march down the field and score touchdowns in two or three minutes. I expect them to work on timing, handing the ball off from Garrard to whatever running back is there, pulling their guards for sweep plays, and simply playing a Cover 2 defense in order to find out exactly how they are going to stop the Patriots, Steelers and now Jets in the AFC.
Atlanta, on the other hand, sort of has to show up for this game. They can’t afford to waste time with quarterbacks D.J. Shockley or Chris Redman if neither guy is going to be up to the challenge. They might as well throw Matt Ryan to the wolves if neither Shockley nor Redman can do it.
I think that since neither team is likely to establish themselves, or play their starters too long, I have to go with the Falcons at the online NFL betting odds of + 155.
I’ll take a gamble on the Falcons to beat the Jaguars at those nice online football wagering odds.
