College and pro football offer a variety of great match-ups every weekend. A good handicapper, though, doesn’t just look at individual and team match-ups. There are other factors surrounding a game that can be equally important to identifying a winning spread cover, such as scheduling and road travel.
You have to remember that in September it’s more likely that defenses are ahead of the offenses in pro and college football. This might not seem the case when you watch Miami and Florida State put on an exciting 38-34 shootout with both teams tallying over 400 yards. However, that’s not the norm, either, something that needs to be assessed carefully when trying to find football picks each week. Think of the NFL opener as the Steelers and Titans battled to a 13-10 low scoring affair in overtime.
With the week 2 college football action and first full week of NFL play in the books, let’s take a look at some of what we saw, plus take a sneak peek at what’s to come this weekend by pulling out some key betting tidbits to watch out for.
Get more key info on the Sportsbook.com LIVE ODDS & TEAM STATISTICS pages.
The first week of the 2009 NFL season is officially in the books and it couldn’t have blown by quicker. The first game kicked off on Thursday night followed by a host of games on Sunday and a doubleheader on Monday night. With some amazing finishes and spectacular plays already in the first week, this promises to be an unforgettable season. So what went down on the first weekend of NFL action? Let’s take a look at the games.
The best time of the sports calendar is here, the opening week of the pro football campaign! There are mountains of stats and angles available for sports bettors to digest from this season and years past. Information certainly is a huge key when analyzing games and point spreads. Sometimes it can seem that there is too much info, but it’s essential to understand that stats are only a starting point. They don’t always tell the whole story. In fact, stats can sometimes lie, something to keep in mind when searching for football picks.
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We’re about to enter an inner circle of hell – the last two NFL preseason games. I suppose that there are a couple of good reasons why these last two games exist, but by far the biggest is that it allows NFL owners to charge full price for two more games.
It is often called the most important game, and the only important game of the entire NFLX. Some coaches may agree, or disagree, but the NFLX week 3 is a dress rehersal for week 1, as the starters get a lot of minutes, and teams find out where they stand on both sides of the ball.
NFL PRE-SEASON PRIMER
By Marc Lawrence • Playbook.com
With this year’s NFL Hall of Fame game now in the history book, let’s take the time to assess some of the key do’s and don’ts when it comes to handicapping pre-season football games.
NFL Power System:
Play ON a .550%+ favorite of 4+ points coming off a game where they were outscored in each quarter.
SU: 16-0 (20.5)
ATS: 16-0 (12.0)
EXPLANATION:
Even good teams lose a game here and there in NFL play; however, some losses are harder to swallow than others. When a good team gets thoroughly whipped, they like to do some whipping of their own the next time out.
It’s about that time of the year where everyone is chomping at the bit to get some action down on NFL picks. For those of us in that boat it’s only a little more than a week when we get our chance with the NFL Picks Hall of Fame game next Sunday, August 9th.
Although you’ll certainly here all about the pros and cons about betting the NFL Picks preseason, the fact remains, that if you can effectively pick your sports you can start off the season with a padded bankroll.
NFL Football Futures Betting – 2009 NFL PreSeason Analysis – Packers Football Gambling
You could excuse the Packers if they were a bit distracted last season, as fans throughout the country speculated as to whether Aaron Rodgers was going to self-destruct in taking the quarterback reins from Brett Favre.
NFL Football Futures Betting – 2009 NFL PreSeason Analysis – Lions Football Gambling
I’m not sure how much can really be said about the Detroit Lions’ 2008 season except that they lost every game and were near the bottom of the NFL in almost every meaningful category.
The start of NFL training camps is right around the corner with the NFL Pre-Season beginning in less than 3 weeks! While technically true that every team has a shot at the NFL Vince Lombardi Trophy in September the fact remains that some will just be entertaining pipe dreams.
The NFL for the most part has created extreme parity making it an interesting challenge in identifying what NFL teams are going to be able to navigate successfully through the season.
NFL Football Futures Betting – 2009 NFL PreSeason Analysis – Chargers Football Gambling
The San Diego Chargers almost screwed themselves until the final month of the season, losing eight of their first 12 games. At that point they had to win the rest of their games and get some help from Denver, and that’s exactly what happened.
NFL Football Futures Betting – 2009 NFL PreSeason Analysis – Vikings Football Gambling
The Vikings began the season losing three of their first four games, then started to pick up steam in the NFC North. They won seven of their last nine games, going 4-2 in the division, and defeated three playoff teams.
