{"id":1335,"date":"2007-09-30T22:42:54","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T03:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/09\/are-you-on-the-outside-looking-in\/"},"modified":"2007-09-30T22:42:54","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T03:42:54","slug":"are-you-on-the-outside-looking-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/09\/are-you-on-the-outside-looking-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You On the Outside Looking In?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Were you on the outside looking in? Time to redeem <span\nclass=GramE>yourself<\/span> with a limited time offer from Center of the<br \/>\nHandicapping Universe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\">GodsTips.com<\/a> Here<br \/>\nis the sample and see below for the offer: <\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NFL<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wise Guy\u2026<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>MINNESOTA<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> +2 <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Green Bay<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nhas the league\u2019s best run defense and a great one-two punch at running back<br \/>\nwith Chester Taylor and Adrian Peterson. Yes <st1:City><st1:place>Taylor<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis expected to play and start. Who starts at QB for <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>,<br \/>\nreally isn\u2019t as important because there is no edge in the raw quarterback of<br \/>\nthe future versus the journey of Kelly Holcomb. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>We are sold on <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nbeing a good team, but not on the verge of being 4-0 squad. Going with any team<br \/>\non the moneyline after a loss of 6 or less against foe after scoring 25 or more<br \/>\npoints in two straight games is +81.6 on the moneyline. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NY GIANTS +3 <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Philadelphia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Eagles personify both ends of one of our gambling<br \/>\nGolden Rules: each week there are 3-5 teams that are not nearly as good as they<br \/>\nlooked and 3-5 teams that are not nearly as bad as they\u2019ve looked. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Remember, Philly put it all together after looking abysmal<br \/>\nin Weeks one and two. Philly\u2019s Brian Westbrook is a <span class=SpellE>gametime<\/span><br \/>\ndecision, but we don\u2019t expect him to be 100 percent even if he plays. He is<br \/>\nhuge for Philly. He did not practice this week. Meanwhile, our sources tell us<br \/>\nkey Giants weapons Plaxico Burress will start. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Major\u2026<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SEATTLE -2 San Francisco <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Shaun Alexander will wear down the league\u2019s No. 25 run<br \/>\ndefense.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Though we are actually sold on<br \/>\nthe 49ers being a team on the verge of breaking out, they are without key chain<br \/>\nmover tight end Vernon Davis. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> can<br \/>\nalso move the ball in the air as they average 7.4 passing yards per attempt<br \/>\nagainst teams normally allowing 6.4. <st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2019s<br \/>\ndomination of <st1:City><st1:place>San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nsuffered a setback last year when they were swept. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>To be sure, the formula for beating <st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nwill be more complicated than it was last season. In both games, the 49ers kept<br \/>\npounding running back Frank Gore into the line and when he broke into the<br \/>\nsecondary, the Seahawks safeties tackled &#8211; or rather, didn\u2019t tackle &#8211; like <span\nclass=SpellE>Chickenhawks<\/span>. <span class=SpellE>Holmgren<\/span> didn\u2019t<br \/>\nmess around. He dumped both of the old safeties last winter and signed two new<br \/>\nones, Deon Grant (from <st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>)<br \/>\nand Brian Russell (from <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>).<br \/>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Grant and Russell can tackle.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>With Alexander and Hasselbeck both in the<br \/>\nline-up, which was not the case last year, they are one of the top teams in the<br \/>\nNFC. They get the win today. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>INDIANAPOLIS<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> -9.5 -115 <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Denver<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The last two times <st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nhas come to <st1:City><st1:place>Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, the Colts<br \/>\nscored 90 points. This is a competitor consensus.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>If we do not have a lean towards one side but<br \/>\nit does not rise to the level of premium play, but get a strong play or<br \/>\nconsensus from the few other handicappers we respect, we pass it as a<br \/>\n\u201ccompetitor consensus\u201d.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ARIZONA<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> +230 (Moneyline) <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\u2019s<br \/>\nhead coach Ken Whisenhunt and assistant head coach Russ Grimm know the Steelers<br \/>\nas well as their current coaching staff. Going with any team on the moneyline<br \/>\nafter a loss of 6 or less against foe after scoring 25 or more points in two<br \/>\nstraight games is +81.6 on the moneyline.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ATLANTA<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> +3 <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Houston<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2019s best<br \/>\nweapons <span class=SpellE>Ahman<\/span> Green is likely out and Andre Johnson<br \/>\nis out. <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> may be without<br \/>\nthree of their top five receivers. <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nhas a very winnable game.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>While we<br \/>\nsingled out <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> as a dark horse<br \/>\nteam before the year, it was because of several weapons they will be without<br \/>\ntoday. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Now begin the rest of your gambling life: <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Thank you so much to our many loyal clients who purchased<br \/>\npackages through the end of the MLB season. 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Time to redeem yourself with a limited time offer from Center of the Handicapping Universe GodsTips.com Here is the sample and see below for the offer: NFL Wise Guy\u2026 MINNESOTA +2 Green Bay Minnesota has the league\u2019s best run defense and a great one-two punch at running back &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/09\/are-you-on-the-outside-looking-in\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are You On the Outside Looking In?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17,10,129,130],"class_list":["post-1335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-freescoreboard","tag-godspicks","tag-joe-duffy-handicapper","tag-mike-godsey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}