{"id":7859,"date":"2010-09-12T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T15:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=7859"},"modified":"2010-09-12T10:26:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-12T15:26:35","slug":"live-nfl-scores-week-1-spread-picks-from-sports-betting-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/live-nfl-scores-week-1-spread-picks-from-sports-betting-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Live NFL Scores Week 1 Spread Picks From Sports Betting Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

While week 1 NFL against the spread picks<\/a> have been up for awhile, super online casino Bodog<\/a> previews some week 1 action.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s it a good or bad thing that 2010 No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford will start at quarterback in Week 1 for the St. Louis Rams? After all, St. Louis has been arguably the NFL\u2019s worst franchise for the past three seasons in totaling just six wins. But the Rams have nothing to lose \u2013 other than Bradford\u2019s health \u2013 so the former Heisman winner will be under center against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The Cards opened as 4-point favorites on Bodog\u2019s NFL Odds<\/a><\/p>\n

Bradford looked ready in the preseason, completing 33 of 55 passes for 338 yards for 3 TDs and no INTs (95.9 passer rating) to beat out veteran journeyman A.J. Feeley. Bradford is the second straight quarterback chosen No. 1 overall to start in Week 1, following in the shoes of Detroit\u2019s Matthew Stafford last year. The Rams have lost 13 home games in a row, with the last win coming in Week 7 of the 2008 season.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one of the quarterback stories of this preseason was in Arizona where offseason addition Derek Anderson, who was wretched last season in Cleveland, eventually beat out former Heisman winner Matt Leinart to replace the retired Kurt Warner. Of course, Leinart was eventually cut and signed with Houston. In the preseason, Anderson completed 33 of 56 passes for 334 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions. Last year for Cleveland in eight games he completed 44.5 percent of his passes for three touchdowns with 10 interceptions.<\/p>\n

Anderson will have star receiver Larry Fitzgerald to throw to. He sat out the final three preseason games after spraining his right knee in the first game. Tim Hightower will start at running back over Beanie Wells although both should see equal carries if Wells is healthy after bruising a knee in the final exhibition game.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals swept the Rams last season and have won seven in a row in the series. But the home team is 5-1 ATS in the past six. The Rams, rather amazingly, have covered just once in the past 10 openers.<\/p>\n

With the expected decline of two-time NFC West champion Arizona, the San Francisco 49ers are sizable betting favorites to win the division and get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2002. The Seattle Seahawks? Not much is expected of them in Pete Carroll\u2019s first season. San Francisco opened as a 3-point road favorite for Sunday\u2019s game on Bodog\u2019s NFL odds.<\/p>\n

Does the preseason mean anything? The Niners went 4-0 for the first time since 1992. Ah, but 19 of the 37 teams to do that since 1990 didn\u2019t make the playoffs. If San Francisco is going to contend this season, former No. 1 overall pick Alex Smith has to be more consistent at quarterback. He\u2019s the unquestioned starter now after completing 225 of 372 passes for 2,350 yards, 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions last year. San Francisco was a bit schizophrenic last year, following a 3-1 start by losing four straight and five of six (Smith didn\u2019t take over as starter until the seventh game). The Niners also dropped six straight road games, five in a row by a combined 19 points, before winning their season finale at St. Louis.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks are underdogs despite having won five of their last seven home games against the Niners, including a 20-17 victory last Dec. 6. But the Seahawks are just 6-10 at home in the past two seasons. Seattle wasn\u2019t very good on offense (No. 21) or defense (No. 24) last year but did, by most accounts, have an excellent 2010 draft. Its first pick in that draft, left tackle Russell Okung, won\u2019t be able to play in Week 1, however, due to an injury suffered in the preseason. Justin Forsett won the starting running back job over Julius Jones and former Jet Leon Washington, but all three will play. They will likely struggle against a Niners defense, led by Patrick Willis, that held opponents to just 3.6 yards per carry last year (tied for second in the NFL). Seattle also surprisingly cut loose top 2009 receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh near the end of the preseason. No team had more roster turnover from last year than the Seahawks. But if QB Matt Hasselbeck stays healthy, this team can be competitive. Hasselbeck has played a full season only once in the past four.<\/p>\n

These teams split two meetings last year, each winning at home. Smith threw for a career-high 310 yards, his first 300-yard game, in the loss at Seattle in Week 13.<\/p>\n

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