{"id":5328,"date":"2009-08-19T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nfl-betting-giants-look-to-solve-soldier-field-jinx\/"},"modified":"2009-08-19T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T19:44:00","slug":"nfl-betting-giants-look-to-solve-soldier-field-jinx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nfl-betting-giants-look-to-solve-soldier-field-jinx\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Betting &#8211; Giants Look To Solve Soldier Field Jinx"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sportsbook\" title=\"offshore sportsbook\">offshore sportsbook<\/a>&nbsp;has the Giants as a 2.5-point underdog when they head to Soldier Field on Saturday night, and they haven&#8217;t beaten the Bears in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in four straight trips to the &#8220;<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Windy<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>City<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>&#8220;. However, with the Bears&#8217; new quarterback getting used to his receivers, this looks like the best time to halt the slide.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Giants <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> Bears Odds &#8211; Saturday, August 22, 8:00 PM ET<\/span><\/font><\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Giants beat <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 24-17 in the most exciting game of the first full week of preseason, as they lost a 12-point halftime lead, but won on a Tommie Hill fumble return with no time left on the clock. <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> also showed that they were willing to continue to be a running team, racking up 139 yards on the ground on 4.3 yards per carry. They also forced five turnovers, four of which were fumbles coming off quarterback sacks. Any team with a pair of defensive ends like Justin Tuck and a healthy <span class=SpellE>Osi<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Umenyiora<\/span> will be among the top <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nflbet.org\/\" title=\"NFL picks\">NFL picks<\/a>&nbsp;because of their ability to pressure the opposing pivot.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jay Cutler didn&#8217;t have a great beginning to his <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> era, going 5-of-10 for 64 yards and a pick in a 27-20 loss to Buffalo, partly because of below-par receivers, but mostly because he made some bad throws. It&#8217;s going to take time for Cutler to get a rhythm with his new receivers, but it was only the first game, so <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> fans shouldn&#8217;t be worried. The three quarterbacks that played combined for four picks, with three coming from Brett <span class=SpellE>Basanez<\/span>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/football\/nfl\" title=\"NFL betting line\">NFL betting line<\/a>&nbsp;favors <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and the fans will be eager to see Cutler make his home debut. But if the Giants&#8217; defense plays the way they did against <st1:City><st1:place>Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, he&#8217;s in for a long night. The Giants swarm from the ends, and the secondary is underrated. Cutler is still working out the kinks in learning the new system, and it could prove to be a steeper curve than people expected, especially with the group of receivers he&#8217;s dealing with. Take the Giants to end their problems in <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in <span class=GramE>a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.payperhead.com\" title=\"betting software\">betting<\/a><\/span><u><font color=blue><span style='color:blue'> software<\/span><\/font><\/u><\/p>\n<p>  <font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: \"Times New Roman\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>&nbsp;upset. <\/span><\/font><\/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>Your offshore sportsbook&nbsp;has the Giants as a 2.5-point underdog when they head to Soldier Field on Saturday night, and they haven&#8217;t beaten the Bears in Chicago in four straight trips to the &#8220;Windy City&#8220;. However, with the Bears&#8217; new quarterback getting used to his receivers, this looks like the best time to halt the slide. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/nfl-betting-giants-look-to-solve-soldier-field-jinx\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Betting &#8211; Giants Look To Solve Soldier Field Jinx<\/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-5328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328","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=5328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}