{"id":1453,"date":"2008-08-13T23:35:43","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T04:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nfl-preseason-betting-notes\/"},"modified":"2008-08-13T23:35:43","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T04:35:43","slug":"nfl-preseason-betting-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nfl-preseason-betting-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Betting Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- CODE STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.5dimes.com\/tracking\/Affiliate.asp?AffID=AF000344&#038;mediaTypeID=98&#038;image=\/tracking\/banner\/468x60\/Generic_Generic_5D468x60(01).gif&#038;AffUrlID=409\" target=\"_top\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/affiliates.5dimes.com\/tracking\/banner.asp?AffID=AF000344&#038;mediaTypeID=98&#038;image=\/tracking\/banner\/468x60\/Generic_Generic_5D468x60(01).gif&#038;AffUrlID=409\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bet at 5Dimes\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- CODE ENDS HERE --><br \/>\n<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>It\u2019s time that our handicappers take a look at the<br \/>\nThursday card with news and notes from the standpoint of the sports bettor. We<br \/>\nhave quarterback rotations as well as the same for key players. <span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Steelers-Bills<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>This \u201chome\u201d game for <st1:City><st1:place>Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis being played across the border in <st1:City><st1:place>Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nand has not generated the interest that promoters expected. Though there is<br \/>\nvery likely be more Bills fans, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports<br \/>\nhandicappers<\/a> should evaluate the game more as being on a neutral field. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Key backup QB Charlie Batch is out for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nleaving Dennis Dixon and Mike Potts, two rookies as Ben <span class=SpellE>Roethlisberger\u2019s<\/span><br \/>\nbackups. The Steelers signed veteran Byron Leftwich who despite not knowing the<br \/>\nplaybook much, will probably get some time in this game. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Roethlisberger and the first time offense will likely play<br \/>\nat least the first quarter. Even bigger news is that each of these games is a<br \/>\nside selection from the football specialists at GodsTips. Already in with<br \/>\nwinning weeks both weeks in football so far, start out the windfall with Wise<br \/>\nGuy plays on both sides. <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to<br \/>\npurchase<\/a> <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=GramE>Motivation?<\/span> Bills starting<br \/>\nquarterback Trent Edwards has a precarious hold on the No. 1 spot ahead of<br \/>\nformer starter J.P. <span class=SpellE>Losman<\/span>, who outplayed him last<br \/>\nweek. Edwards should have plenty of motivation and some pressure tonight. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is<br \/>\nravaged on the offensive line and the remaining starters on offense are not<br \/>\nexpected to see more than the nine snaps they got against <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nthough head coach Dick <span class=SpellE>Jauron<\/span> said they may play \u201ca<br \/>\nlittle more.\u201d <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Panthers-Eagles<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Panthers will play their starters into the second<br \/>\nquarter. Jake Delhomme, the Cats starting quarterback will get most if not all<br \/>\nof the snaps with the first team. <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis minus only four starters for the game, a pretty small number for <span\nclass=GramE>the err<\/span> on the side of caution approach of the preseason.<br \/>\nHowever it includes starting <span class=SpellE>DBs<\/span> Chris Gamble and Ken<br \/>\nLucas. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The two biggest surprises of camp for <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nare skilled position players Jason Carter and Chad Upshaw. Motivation: the<br \/>\nEagles are off a loss and <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\na win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Eagles may play their starters the entire first half. <span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span>Kevin Kolb will get most of the second half<br \/>\nsnaps at QB for the Birds. Stevie Vincent says hitting 100 percent never gets<br \/>\nold. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve done in pro football so far. Get both over\/under burials<br \/>\ntonight in pro football at <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='color:blue'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time that our handicappers take a look at the Thursday card with news and notes from the standpoint of the sports bettor. We have quarterback rotations as well as the same for key players. Steelers-Bills This \u201chome\u201d game for Buffalo is being played across the border in Toronto and has not generated the interest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/08\/nfl-preseason-betting-notes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Preseason Betting Notes<\/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-1453","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\/1453","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=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}