{"id":5257,"date":"2009-08-13T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/vegas-insider-previews-nfl-betting-eagles-patriots\/"},"modified":"2009-08-13T10:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T15:19:00","slug":"vegas-insider-previews-nfl-betting-eagles-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/vegas-insider-previews-nfl-betting-eagles-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Insider Previews NFL Betting Eagles-Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As the NFL world expresses shock over the fact that Dante&#8217; <span class=SpellE>Stallworth<\/span> is suspended for the entire NFL season, NFL handicappers are focusing on the here and now, assuring betting picks don&#8217;t fall below the Vegas betting version of the Mendoza Line.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <span class=SpellE>PGA<\/span> Championship <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=111\">golf odds<\/a> and Tiger Woods took center stage, this morning, but tonight NFL preseason betting goes into full swing. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&#8220;Will Tom Brady play and how long?&#8221; seems to be the burning question for NFL bettors entering tonight&#8217;s Eagles-Patriots game. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbook<\/a> Vegas odds have the Philadelphia Eagles -3 with a total of 31. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eagles backup QB Kevin Kolb and former Pro Bowl DE Trent Cole will both miss Thursday&#8217;s game. The Eagles already lost starting MLB Stewart Bradley and rookie TE Cornelius Ingram for the year. Kolb likely was counted on for a lot of snaps Thursday. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For the official betting preview of the Redskins-Ravens, check out everything <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=6352\">bettors need to know<\/a> on that game. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Philadelphia<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> will likely be without their best <span class=SpellE>OL<\/span> Shawn Andrews who has missed a lot of practice time because of a bad back. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Though Pats head coach Bill Belichick has been his usual secretive self, starting QB Tom Brady believes he will get more than &#8220;a guest appearance.&#8221; Recovering from a season ending injury, Brady has not missed any practice time. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=GramE><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eagles<\/span><\/font><\/span> starters will play about a quarter. Because of the Kolb injury, <span class=SpellE>A.J<\/span>. Feeley will play most of the rest of the contest at QB after Donovan McNabb exits, probably into the second quarter. Adam <span class=SpellE>DiMichele<\/span>, a local kid from <st1:City><st1:place>Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, was just signed as the No. 1 signal caller for tonight.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Boston Globe reports that Bill Belichick will be motivated to win thanks to last year&#8217;s 0-4 straight up preseason. He in fact showed his players game film of the <span class=SpellE>NFLX<\/span> 24-3 loss last season when these teams met. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'>That was enough motivation for all of us,&#8221; Brady said. Late breaking injury and player rotations will be posted at Lines-Maker.com as stringers report from pregame shows and beat writer bloggers. <\/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'>Top expert pick on this game: <\/span><\/font><\/b>The top NFL handicapper of all-time, Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy has both the side and total on tonight&#8217;s contest among four <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">NFL preseason picks<\/a> at OffshoreInsiders.com. <o:p><\/o:p><\/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>As the NFL world expresses shock over the fact that Dante&#8217; Stallworth is suspended for the entire NFL season, NFL handicappers are focusing on the here and now, assuring betting picks don&#8217;t fall below the Vegas betting version of the Mendoza Line.\u00a0 The PGA Championship golf odds and Tiger Woods took center stage, this morning, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/vegas-insider-previews-nfl-betting-eagles-patriots\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vegas Insider Previews NFL Betting Eagles-Patriots<\/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-5257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5257","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=5257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}