{"id":16122,"date":"2019-08-10T18:36:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T23:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=16122"},"modified":"2019-08-10T18:37:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T23:37:09","slug":"critical-betting-intel-packers-win-nfc-north-in-2019-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/critical-betting-intel-packers-win-nfc-north-in-2019-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Betting Intel: Packers Win NFC North in 2019-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Duffy\u2019s news and notes for NFC North Division. Duffy says the Packers at +255 is the best bet. But in the case of Matt Stafford, when you least expect it, expect it! Duffy is the top NFL handicapper in history and has full-season pick packs up now at <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bears +168 Odds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Among best defenses in NFL<\/li>\n<li>Football Outsiders document how dominating defenses take a step back<\/li>\n<li>Also third luckiest team in terms of injuries according to Football Outsiders<\/li>\n<li>Lost DC Vic Fangio<\/li>\n<li>QB Mitch Trubisky fantastic athlete, but must improve passing game\n<ul>\n<li>Better for defense<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gave up top two draft picks to get Khalil Mack<\/li>\n<li>Expect to regress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vikings +185 odds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not a Kirk Cousins guy, but offense he will run this year similar to one he had in Washington<\/li>\n<li>Top heavy at WR with Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs but not much depth<\/li>\n<li>Pass coverage among best in NFL<\/li>\n<li>Great defense, if zone-based offense clicks, could be a very good team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join the biggest and best\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/record.webpartners.co\/_HMpGcY-4ZyP50iyUy8DRTWNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/contest\">NFL Super Contest<\/a>\u00a0with $150,000 in prizes! The Hilton-inspired contest is simply the biggest and most prestigious in gambling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Packers +255 odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matt LaFleur, new HC, breathes new life and Aaron Rodgers will be out to prove Packers better without Mike McCarthy<\/li>\n<li>Rodgers revealed he played hurt all season<\/li>\n<li>Has big weapon in Devonte Adams and underrated RB Aaron Jones\n<ul>\n<li>Jones led league at 5.5 yards per rush<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>TE Jimmy Graham is off bad year but big upside<\/li>\n<li>GB added several key players on defense in free agency and top two draft picks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lions +1250 odds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Never been a fan of Matt Stafford but when least expect it\n<ul>\n<li>OC Darrell Bevell the latest to try to rescue the coach killer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>First-round rookie tight end T.J. Hockenson\u00a0is stud<\/li>\n<li>Marvin Jones and Danny Amendola good WRs<\/li>\n<li>Detroit has few glaring weaknesses on either side of ball<\/li>\n<li>Among most improved in free agency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy says the Green Bay Packers win the NFC North Division. <\/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-16122","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\/16122","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=16122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16123,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16122\/revisions\/16123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}