{"id":1528,"date":"2008-10-12T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/nfl-betting-notes\/"},"modified":"2008-10-12T09:44:10","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T14:44:10","slug":"nfl-betting-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/nfl-betting-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Betting Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Here is the official sports info <span class=SpellE>gameday<\/span>.<br \/>\nThe NFL injury report, perfect for fantasy football players as well (<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=58\">fantasy football<br \/>\nbetting odds<\/a>) will be up shortly, but here are key news and notes for football<br \/>\nbetting on the early card. If you are making predictions against the Vegas NFL<br \/>\nodds, you must read the objective rundown of <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=3402\">the<br \/>\ntop betting picks<\/a> from the top sports betting services. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Panthers-Buccaneers<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 2-0<br \/>\nat home this year straight up and 8-2 since last year. Yet, <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nhas won five straight in <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><br \/>\nby an average of 10 points per game. The injury report will update, but it<br \/>\nappears Jeff Garcia is about 55 percent to start at QB ahead of the injured<br \/>\nBrian Griese. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Rams-Redskins<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Going back to last year, the Rams have lost eight straight<br \/>\nby a combined 288-110. The top football handicapper of all time, Mike Godsey of<br \/>\nGodsTips reminds those who bet on sports, \u201cMidseason coaching changes generally<br \/>\nhave positive short-term results\u201d as the Rams play with interim head coach Jim<br \/>\nHaslett. He takes over for the fired Scott <span class=SpellE>Linehan<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Redskins have won eight of their last nine contests<br \/>\ngoing back to late last year. The Skins are tied with the Tennessee Titans in<br \/>\nleading the NFL in turnover ratio. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Bears-Falcons<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The home team is 14-7 straight up in <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2019s<br \/>\nlast 21 games. For those who bet quarter lines, note that <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis outscoring teams 48-14 in the first, but they are outscored 93-69 in the<br \/>\nother three. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Dolphins-Texans<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The nation\u2019s top NFL handicapping service, GodsTips has a <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=3403\">free<br \/>\nwinner<\/a> on this game. <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has<br \/>\n851 yards of total offense in their last two games, their best since 1995. <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis 3-0 straight up all-time in the series. <st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nhas outscored teams 24-0 in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will<br \/>\nlikely start Matt Schaub at QB. He was 3-2 straight up at home last year and<br \/>\nthis is his first home start in 2008. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Ravens-Colts<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has<br \/>\nallowed the fewest first quarter points, just three. The Colts have scored just<br \/>\n44 points this year in the first three quarters, but 38 in the final frame. The<br \/>\nColts are last in rushing yards per game on offense and last on defense in<br \/>\nrushing yards per game allowed. They face a Ravens team that has gone 23<br \/>\nstraight games without allowing a 100-yard rusher. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Lions-Vikings<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Remember, Stevie Vincent, the founder of forensic <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/betonsports360com_1.html\">sports<br \/>\nhandicapping<\/a>, has turned the betting world upside down. He\u2019s a perfect 8-0<br \/>\nthis week in football bets and has his Pro Football Side and O\/U Parlay of the<br \/>\nYear. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click<br \/>\nnow to purchase<\/a> the entire betting card for $40. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 0-4<br \/>\nstraight up by an average of 20.3 points per game. Will this be a big moneyline<br \/>\nupset? Not likely as <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is<br \/>\n11-1 straight up in the series, but remember that <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nis coming off the short week after beating the New Orleans Saints on MNF,<br \/>\nanother GodsTips Wise Guy winner. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Raiders-Saints<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> blew a<br \/>\n15 point lead to the Chargers two weeks ago, but had off last week. The Saints,<br \/>\noff a short week, have lost 7-of-8 to the AFC. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Bengals-Jets<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will<br \/>\nlikely not start Carson Palmer at QB, but the injury report is up coming. Brett<br \/>\nFavre, the New York QB (you may have heard) is 6-1 straight up his last seven<br \/>\nfollowing a bye. The Jets average field position is tops in the NFL. <b\nstyle='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the official sports info gameday. The NFL injury report, perfect for fantasy football players as well (fantasy football betting odds) will be up shortly, but here are key news and notes for football betting on the early card. If you are making predictions against the Vegas NFL odds, you must read the objective &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/nfl-betting-notes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL 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-1528","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\/1528","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=1528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}