{"id":1395,"date":"2008-04-22T22:45:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T03:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/betting-the-nfl-draft\/"},"modified":"2008-04-22T22:45:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T03:45:18","slug":"betting-the-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/betting-the-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Betting the NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=\"#2BA100\" vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>It\u2019s a football weekend. Yes the NFL draft is this<br \/>\nweekend. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='color:blue'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b> has<br \/>\nposted <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=59\">betting odds<\/a><br \/>\nfor the draft. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Who will be the second QB drafted? Brian <span\nclass=SpellE>Brohm<\/span> -120, followed by Chad <span class=SpellE>Henne<\/span><br \/>\nat +170 and Joe <span class=SpellE>Flacco<\/span> at +175. The field is +400. <span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span>Virtually all projections of course have Matt<br \/>\nRyan going first. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbooks<\/a><br \/>\nodds are in line with Rivals.com rankings as well as most projections, which also<br \/>\nhave <span class=SpellE>Brohm<\/span> going second at the signal calling<br \/>\nposition. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>One can even bet on which position teams will pick. The<br \/>\nDallas Cowboys are rumored to be trying to trade up to draft <st1:State><st1:place>Arkansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nrunning back Darren McFadden. Not surprisingly running back is the most likely<br \/>\nposition they will draft first, but an interesting proposition is \u201cany other<br \/>\nposition\u201d other than running back, wide receiver or cornerback at +200. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Which team will draft <st1:State><st1:place>Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nball control running back <span class=SpellE>Rashard<\/span> Mendenhall? The<br \/>\nDetroit Lions are even money, followed by Chicago at +250, and Houston at +275.\n<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Philadelphia Eagles fans are chomping at the bit to draft<br \/>\na wide receiver. Gamblers can wager in which round they will pick one. If you bet<br \/>\nnot in the first four rounds and are right, collect +500. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>One can wager which side of the ball the Indianapolis<br \/>\nColts will draft. Will Chad Johnson be traded during the draft? When will the<br \/>\nAtlanta Falcons draft a quarterback? <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Check out <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='color:blue'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b><br \/>\nfor more betting options for the NFL draft, American Idol Vegas odds, Stanley<br \/>\nCup playoffs, and NBA playoff betting odds as well. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a football weekend. Yes the NFL draft is this weekend. OffshoreInsiders.com has posted betting odds for the draft. Who will be the second QB drafted? Brian Brohm -120, followed by Chad Henne at +170 and Joe Flacco at +175. The field is +400. Virtually all projections of course have Matt Ryan going first. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/betting-the-nfl-draft\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Betting the NFL Draft<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395","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=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}