{"id":5182,"date":"2009-08-06T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nfl-preseason-picks-starts-with-hall-of-fame-game-titans-bills\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T20:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T01:01:00","slug":"nfl-preseason-picks-starts-with-hall-of-fame-game-titans-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nfl-preseason-picks-starts-with-hall-of-fame-game-titans-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Picks Starts With Hall-of-Fame Game Titans-Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ah finally the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=57\">NFL preseason betting picks<\/a> season is here. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covers-experts.com\/\">top NFL handicappers<\/a> share their clipboard with the preseason primer. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Quarterback rotations and key player statuses are updated closer to <span class=SpellE>gametime<\/span> at Lines-Maker.com. For the early primer, we will focus on two facets gamblers love: position battles, especially at QB and new coaches. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>While many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/\">football betting experts<\/a> have stated such rules-of-thumb are overplayed by bettors, these preseason primer reports take a &#8220;we report, you decide&#8221; approach. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sunday, August 8<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Titans-Bills<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This &#8220;neutral&#8221; Hall of Fame game should have more Bills fans making the journey as former Bills sack master Bruce Smith and Bills founder Ralph Wilson Jr. will be inducted. Former starting QB Vince Young is now the backup for the Titans but has looked sharp in training camp. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This game marks the debut of the Terrell Owens circus coming to <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> probably lost the biggest star of any NFL team in the offseason as Albert <span class=SpellE>Haynesworth<\/span> is gone. &#8220;Intangibles&#8221; handicappers will want to note this is the first Titans game since the tragic death of their best every QB Steve McNair and they will wear a No. 9 in honor of him on their helmet. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friday, August 14<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Broncos-49ers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Top draft WR Michael Crabtree is a holdout for the <span class=SpellE>Niners<\/span>. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> head coach Josh <span class=SpellE>McDaniels<\/span> is making his debut and will be breaking in a new offense with the departure of disgruntled signal caller Jay Cutler. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Minnesota-Indianapolis<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Vikings have a major QB battle as Sage <span class=SpellE>Rosenfels<\/span> and Tarvaris Jackson, two mistake prone signal callers will contend. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Colts head coach Jim Caldwell will be making his debut. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Rams-Jets<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Two coaches are making their debut: Rex Ryan for the Jets and Steve <span class=SpellE>Spagnuolo<\/span> for the Rams. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Saturday, August 15<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Browns-Packers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonsports360.com\/\">NFL gamblers<\/a> like betting on teams with major quarterback battles in the preseason. Not is more intense than in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> where Derek Anderson is clashing with Brady Quinn. Head coach Eric <span class=SpellE>Mangini<\/span> said there will be no rotating in the regular season, so a clear-cut No. 1 job is up for grabs. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Magini<\/span><\/font><\/span> is making his Browns debut but of course has head coaching experience. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Falcons-Lions<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Detroit<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>&#8216;s Jim Schwartz will be making his coaching debut. Add to that the Lions are coming off an 0-16 season, many would argue if any team desperately needs preseason wins to change the culture, it&#8217;s the Lions. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Atlanta<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is very thin at WR where Pro Bowler <span class=SpellE>Roddy<\/span> White is a holdout and up-and-coming receiver Harry Douglas is out for the year. <st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>&#8216;s three best receivers in camp are Michael Jenkins, Eric <span class=SpellE>Weems<\/span> who has one career catch, and Brian <span class=SpellE>Finneran<\/span>, who hasn&#8217;t started a game since 2005<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Seahawks-Chargers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jim Mora Jr. will be in his first game as head coach for the Seahawks, but he was assistant head coach for Mike Holmgrem and was previously the head man in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, so the &#8220;new coach theory&#8221; may not apply so much here. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Buccaneers-Titans<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tennessee<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> will have a game under their belts as they play in the Hall-of-Fame game. It marks the debut for <st1:City><st1:place>Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> head man <span class=SpellE>Raheem<\/span> Morris. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>For more information: <\/span><\/font><\/b>Last minute <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lines-maker.com\/\">NFL injury reports<\/a> up until kickoff plus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles\">free NFL spread picks<\/a> are all part of the Offshore Insiders Network. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah finally the NFL preseason betting picks season is here. The top NFL handicappers share their clipboard with the preseason primer. Quarterback rotations and key player statuses are updated closer to gametime at Lines-Maker.com. For the early primer, we will focus on two facets gamblers love: position battles, especially at QB and new coaches. While &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nfl-preseason-picks-starts-with-hall-of-fame-game-titans-bills\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Preseason Picks Starts With Hall-of-Fame Game Titans-Bills<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5182","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}