The St. Louis Rams (0-4 SU & ATS) hope they can start over with a new coach, but many fear it will be the same old story when they face off against the Washington Redskins (4-1 SU & ATS) in NFL action that is scheduled to begin at 1 PM ET at FedEx Field (natural turf) in Landover, MD.
The Washington Redskins (4-1 SU, 4-1 ATS, 2-3 O/U), were thought to be the worst team in the NFC East following their season-opening, 17-6 road loss to the New York Giants.
Now, after winning four straight games in convincing fashion, including two consecutive NFC East road contests, the Redskins are riding high and sitting pretty with their NFC playoff hopes.
The NFL is a never-ending process. Just like the commercial for the NFL Network says, “Football 24/7”. Of course, I call it a process because to me the NFL could be a serious piggy bank full of online betting profits.
Houston is a 6 point favorite the over under is 62.
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St. Louis Rams
Record: 3-13
ATS: 5-11
Super Bowl Odds: 80-1
Despite covering the spread seven times, the St. Louis Rams ended their season with a disappointing 3-13 SU record. The Rams appear to be in full rebuilding mode following a season that saw a majority of their star players injured at some point. QB Marc Bulger had a tough season, throwing 15 interceptions to go with just 12 TDs. Bulger is fully capable of playing at a Pro Bowl level and with better luck this year; he may get a chance to prove it.
The St. Louis Rams have lost rookie cornerback Justin King for the season with a torn ligament in his left big toe.
Last year for Penn State King deflected 21 passes and intercepted three others on his way to earning first-team All-Big Ten Conference honors and this year in Rams camp “He was playing good,” Rams head coach Scott Linehan said.
King suffered the injury in the first quarter of the Rams’ 34-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Saturday. The 21-year-old was the Rams’ fourth-round selection in the 2008 NFL Draft.
Saturday NFL Action – St. Louis vs. Tennessee
The St. Louis Rams face the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night in the first NFL Pre-season game for both teams. There are definitely some things for online NFL betting fans to pay attention to in this game as the Rams were hit by injuries to their offensive line last season. Now St. Louis has to deal with hold out running back Steven Jackson.
Jackson was hurt for most of last year. Holding out after being injured the year before probably isn’t the wisest move on Jackson’s part. But he did account for a lot of the offense when he was in the huddle last season. It will be interesting to see who the Rams start in place of Jackson on Saturday.
The Tennessee Titans are all about Vince Young. They sort of have to be after proclaiming him the next coming of Randall Cunningham. Okay, maybe it wasn’t the Titans that did that, but they aren’t living down the expectations regarding Young.
For online betting fans, the Titans could prove to be very capable at making profits this season. They should be better defensively and another year under Young’s belt has to be a good thing.
Here are the BetUS online sportsbook NFL betting odds for this game.
St. Louis Rams + 3 – 110 + 130 O 33 – 110
Tennessee Titans – 3 – 110 – 150 U 33 – 110
This is an NFL Pre-season game. To me that means it’s never a good idea to put up more money than you have to in order to win an online bet. The St. Louis Rams are + 130 on the BetUS online sportsbook. The Tennessee Titans are – 150.
Even though the Rams would need the three points in a regular season game, I don’t see them as underdogs in this game. The Rams have a lot more to work to do then the Titans at this point. I don’t expect to even see Vince Young take a snap. If he does in this game, then I guarantee you he will be pulled after the first series.
St. Louis needs to find a suitable quarterback to back-up Marc Bulger. Bulger has a tendency to get hurt. Bruce Gradkowski, who started a few games for John Gruden at Tampa Bay in 2006, could not only be a good back-up but he might battle Bulger for the starting job.
Who knows? I expect the Rams to come out swinging in this game. These two teams have been practicing against each other all week. They’ve already gotten into a few scuffles.
Why not take the long shot at the higher online wagering odds to win this game when there really isn’t a clear winner?
That’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to make an online bet on the St. Louis Rams to win this game straight-up at the BetUS online wagering odds of + 130.
