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NFL Totals Betting: Wild Card Round Over and Under Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 12/31/2012

The NFL regular season came to a close this past Sunday, and staying true to a trend that has been the norm over the last 11 weeks is a balanced result on the total line with nine games going “over” the total and seven staying “under”. The overall record on the total line during this extended stretch of games is now 80-81-4. I managed to go 2-1 with my top three picks last week to finish the regular season 26-20-2. With the playoffs at hand, it is time to dial things up in an effort to unearth the value in the total line for this weekend’s Wild Card Round.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 12/28/2012

Well, it all comes down to this. The Cowboys and Redskins aren’t the only ones who can say that on Sunday, although they certainly can preach it louder and prouder than every other team. Fellow NFC East rival New York is clinging to life as the NFL turns the page to Chapter 17 of the regular season. Minnesota and Chicago are also in contention for the sixth and final playoff spot in a conference that should be completely up for grabs during postseason play.
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NFC Playoff Scenarios: Who’s In and Who Can Still Move Up or Down
by George Monroy - 12/27/2012

The Playoff scenarios for the NFC entering the final week of the season are as complicated as a playoff situation can be. Just trying to follow the logic on who gets in and who does not could give you a headache that might last until the Super Bowl. But knowing and understanding each team’s playoff situation could be a great way to find excellent betting value during the final week of the season. So, let’s just jump right in and try to figure this whole NFC Playoff situation out. Here is a quick breakdown of all the playoff scenarios for each NFC team still in contention.
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AFC Playoff Scenarios: Who’s In and Who Can Still Move Up or Down
by George Monroy - 12/27/2012

The NFL playoff scenarios for the last week of the season are usually as complicated as Newtonian physics, and they probably require a lot less math. We’ve all tried to follow the insane stream of logic required to understand the end-of-season playoff scenarios: if team A loses to team B and team C either ties or beats team D then team E can make the playoffs via the final wild card spot and face team A in the first round of the playoffs (yeah, I have no idea what I just said either).
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2013 Super Bowl Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/24/2012

We are one week closer to the NFL Playoffs, so we are one week closer to knowing if our 2013 Super Bowl predictions turn out to be accurate. Week 16 was an interesting week in several ways despite an overall lack of drama. We learned which teams will be representing the AFC. We know Atlanta won’t be getting many frequent flyer miles this January. We know that though the NFC East is still wide open, at least two squads don’t handle pressure as well as they could. We know that San Francisco really hopes they don’t face a playoff game in Seattle, or in the rain. And we know that there is more to Minnesota than Adrian Peterson.
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2013 Super Bowl Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/20/2012

From now right up until when the Super Bowl kicks off, we are going to revisit our 2013 Super Bowl predictions each week — which team is going to win, where the value is in the futures odds, which teams are falling, and so on. All futures odds are from Bovada:
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NFL Picks: Falcons at Lions Predictions and Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 12/20/2012

If you had looked at this game before the season started, it could have looked like a pretty good one. Both teams seemed like they were legitimate playoff contenders, so it was quite possible that the Falcons and Lions would be battling for a playoff berth, or trying to secure a better position in the postseason. The Falcons have absolutely done their job — they can secure home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs with a win here.
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Handicapping the NFL Playoff Races
by Trevor Whenham - 12/20/2012

Three teams are tied at 8-6, so this one should be absolutely fascinating to watch. The Giants play at Baltimore and against the Eagles. Given the recent struggles of the Ravens, they are positioned to run the table and wind up 10-6, but first they have to rebound from a terrible performance last week at Atlanta. Washington should be able to beat the Eagles this week, and Dallas can beat a frustrated and irrelevant Saints team at home.
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NFL Handicapping: Teams That Have Thrown in the Towel
by Trevor Whenham - 12/20/2012

The last two weeks of the NFL season are very depressing in parts of the league. For some teams the season has been over for a long time, and everyone on and around the team knows it. They still have two games left to play, though, and for most of them there is nothing harder to do than to motivate yourselves and care when nothing is at stake. Here’s a look at the eight teams that appear to have given up, and what remains for them over the last two weeks.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 12/20/2012

A crucial Week 15 featured six contests between teams with winning records. That number is sliced in half for Week 16, with Vikings-Texas, Giants-Ravens, and especially 49ers-Seahawks on Monday night taking center stage. Only four games have spreads of fewer than three points, while three spreads favor a team by at least 13 points.
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Examining the Most Common NFL Point Spreads
by George Monroy - 12/14/2012

Point spreads may be the most fundamental aspect of sports betting. In order to be able to take equal action on games between teams that do not have equal talent, the sportsbooks have to give the bettor an incentive to bet. The basic idea behind the point spread is to give, or take, points from either side of a game in order to make the matchup an even proposition for bettors to wager on. Remember, sportsbooks make their money on the vig, and they would rather have equal action on both sides of a bet and make their money risk-free.
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2013 Super Bowl Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/13/2012

We are within sight of the NFL playoffs, so it is a good time to revisit and revise my 2013 Super Bowl predictions. The last time I made Super Bowl predictions was back at the end of August. Needless to say, a whole lot has changed since then. Here’s a look at which Super Bowl predictions have stood the test of time, which have failed miserably, and what makes sense now (all odds are from Bovada):
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NFL Home Underdogs: Valuable Betting Option?
by George Monroy - 12/13/2012

As sports bettors, we have all heard about the value of betting NFL home underdogs. The smart bettor is never afraid to take the points on a home underdog, which is usually the opposite of the general public, who love to bet the favorites as often as possible. And while it might seem like a logical thought process to take a NFL home team plus points, how much value do they really have?
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 12/13/2012

A whopping six battles will be waged this week between teams with winning records, a Week 15 record according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Get your popcorn ready for Giants-Falcons, Packers-Bears, Broncos-Ravens, Colts-Texans, Steelers-Cowboys, and 49ers-Patriots.
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Week 15 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Three for Basic Strategy Teases
by George Monroy - 12/12/2012

Week 15 of the NFL season is here. And as we quickly make our way to the playoffs, now would be the time to truly appreciate how great the NFL season has really been. Not only have we had entertaining games, coupled with great and horrendously bad teams, but sports bettors have had a great season as well (unless, of course, you were on the other end of that Golden Tate touchdown or ridiculous Jim Harbaugh safety call).
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Longshot Super Bowl Futures Odds: Which Teams Have the Best Value?
by George Monroy - 12/11/2012

The Super Bowl may be the most difficult championship to win in professional sports. The single-elimination format makes it extremely difficult for any football team to be a significant favorite. The constant threat of injuries, coupled with the grind of weekly games, make betting Super Bowl futures an excellent way to get huge value and return on a minimal investment.
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Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Week 15 vs. Bengals
by Dave Schwab - 12/10/2012

The Cincinnati Bengals will wrap up their season series against the NFC East with a Thursday night tilt against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. The kickoff for this inter-conference clash is slated for 8:20 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast nationally on the NFL Network.
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NFL Picks: Broncos at Raiders Odds and Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 12/6/2012

Writing about this game makes me a little sad. This was once a great rivalry. There is no reason it shouldn’t still be, and the Broncos have certainly done their part this year. The Raiders, though, are a total mess, and they have been for so long now that it’s getting depressing. I’d love nothing more than to close my eyes and pretend that we are back in the glory years of a grand rivalry, but that would require giving Oakland far too much credit — and making a bad decision as a result. Sadly, that means all we can do is deal with the bleak reality of what this game is instead of what it could be.
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NFL Week 14 Player Props, Leaders Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/6/2012

The rookies getting all the publicity in the NFL this season are the Colts’ Andrew Luck and the Redskins’ Robert Griffin III, the top two picks in the 2012 draft. They certainly both deserve it as both are on record-setting rookie seasons and might get their teams to the playoffs (unbelievable in the Colts’ case). But a guy you don’t hear too much about is Seattle rookie QB Russell Wilson, a third-round pick out of Wisconsin via NC State. Perhaps it’s because Seattle is nestled way up in the Pacific Northwest, but Wilson is having a season that normally would be Rookie of the Year worthy – just not this year.
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2013 Free Super Bowl Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/4/2012

The Super Bowl returns to New Orleans this February, and it appears the Super Bowl hex will continue for the host team: The Saints certainly won’t be playing in the big game in their home stadium. No club has done that in Super Bowl history.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 12/4/2012

While three teams (Atlanta, Denver, and New England) coasted to destinations that were inevitable many weeks ago, a number of NFL divisions just got a whole lot more interesting after Week 13 developments. Pittsburgh stayed alive in the AFC North, Green Bay finally pulled even with Chicago in the NFC North, and Seattle and Washington are suddenly in play in the NFC West and NFC East, respectively.
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2013 Super Bowl Contenders
by Robert Ferringo - 11/30/2012

September seems like a lifetime ago. Just three short months ago people were trying to talk themselves into Mitt Romney for president and the Carolina Panthers as Super Bowl contenders. Now, as winter seeps through the cracks and settles in for the long haul, those same folks are forced to stare at themselves in the mirror each morning and ask, “What the hell was I thinking?”
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NFL Handicapping: the Kaepernick vs. Smith Niners Quarterback Controversy
by Trevor Whenham - 11/29/2012

One of the most surprising and intriguing storylines of the last few weeks of the NFL season has been the quarterback situation in San Francisco. The unspoken rule in the league is that a player isn’t supposed to lose his starting role because of injury. When Alex Smith suffered a mild concussion, though, Colin Kaepernick was so good in relief that he was named starter even once Alex Smith was declared healthy.
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NFL Picks: Saints at Falcons Betting Predictions and Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 11/28/2012

There is a good chance that this will be the best Thursday night game we have seen all year — though that’s not saying much given the overwhelming slate of mid-week games we have been subjected to. The stakes are very high for both teams in this one.
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NFL Handicapping: Teams that Could Finish Strong
by Trevor Whenham - 11/28/2012

At this point in the NFL season there are some teams that we know are going to finish strong. The Patriots, Texans and Ravens are very strong in the AFC, for example, and San Francisco is for real in the NFC. Those teams are less interesting to bettors, though, because the public is all over them. What is more interesting is finding teams that have a good potential to be more impressive than people think. Here are four squads that have the chance to reward the bettors who believe in them the rest of the way:
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 11/22/2012

It’s Thanksgiving week in the NFL, and football bettors and fans always have a lot for which to be thankful this time of year. The Lions and Cowboys have traditionally taken the field on Thanksgiving Day, and a recently-added night game continues to be part of the menu. What more could you ask for, in addition to a smorgasbord of food, then a smorgasbord of NFL action on national television?
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NFL Picks: Texans at Lions Predictions and Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 11/21/2012

There are three games on offer this Thanksgiving, and it’s the strongest group of games we have seen on Turkey Day in quite awhile. The Patriots and Jets will be good for some fireworks, and the RGIII show rarely disappoints, but in my eyes the first of the three games is by far the most interesting. Both of these teams have the potential to be very good, but both have shown — many times over in the case of the Lions — that they are vulnerable and imperfect as well.
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Week 12 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Four for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 11/20/2012

Welcome back to another week of basic strategy teaser analysis here at Doc’s Sports. Its Thanksgiving week, so while you are running around preparing for food and football, remember that there will be many opportunities to bet on a fantastic line over the next few days. This weekend there are five basic strategy teaser games on the schedule, so if you are looking for a solid wager to bet on, these teasers are 47-7 on the season and bring in a little more than a 50 cent profit on every dollar bet. Here are the best four basic strategy teaser games to bet on this weekend.
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NFL Totals Betting: Week 12 Over and Under Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 11/20/2012

The “under” play in Week 11 of the NFL regular season had a slight 8-6 advantage, but over the past five weeks the oddsmakers have been dead on with 34 games going “over,” 33 games staying under and two games ending in a “push”. I posted a 2-1 record for the week on my top three picks to improve to13-9-1 over the past eight weeks and to16-13-1 for the year. With all 32 teams back in action, I have been digging deep into this week’s matchups to try and unearth the value in the total line.
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NFL Week 11 Bovada Backup QB Specials Props Odds and Wagering Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/16/2012

There will be more than a few backup quarterbacks starting this week around the NFL, but probably the most intriguing one is with Philadelphia where Nick Foles, a third-round rookie out of Arizona, will be the guy under center at the Washington Redskins. Michael Vick suffered yet another injury in last week’s loss to Dallas, the Eagles’ fifth straight defeat. It was called a “significant” concussion that could keep Vick out multiple weeks.
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NFL Teams that will be Looking for New Quarterback
by Trevor Whenham - 11/16/2012

We are in a strong era for quarterbacks in the NFL. More teams are reasonably well set at the position than in any period I can remember. Not just passable quarterbacks, either — there are a lot of very good pivots in the league right now. As proof of that reality, there are only three teams that are all but certain to be in the market for an upgrade at the position, and only a handful of others that could be in the market but have other needs to address that could be more pressing. Here’s a look at the six most likely potential QB openings at the end of the season:
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 11/15/2012

Twist. Pop. Guzzle. Guzzle, guzzle, guzzle. Those are the sights and sounds coming from Don Shula and friends, who no doubt enjoyed some Dom Perignon last Sunday after Atlanta was grounded in the Superdome. Another season will come and go with the 1972 Dolphins still the only team in NFL history to complete an entire campaign undefeated.
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NFL Picks: Dolphins at Bills Predictions and Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 11/14/2012

This is certainly not the matchup it could have been. The Dolphins got off to a surprising 4-3 start and were in the playoff picture — at least on the outskirts of it. They have lost two in a row, though, and have looked far from good doing it. Now they sit at 4-5 and two games behind the wild card spots. They aren’t doomed, but they sure can’t afford any more setbacks.
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Week 11 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Four for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 11/14/2012

Another week has come and gone at Doc’s Sports, so before we get caught up in Week 11 of NFL football, let’s take the time and go over this week’s basic strategy teaser betting lines. Remember, we are specifically looking for lines that feature 7.5-point to 8.5-point favorites and 1.5-point to 2.5-point underdogs. If you need to brush up on your basic strategy teaser knowledge, check out the Doc’s Sports archives for more in-depth articles.
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NFL Handicapping: ATS Studs and Duds
by Trevor Whenham - 11/13/2012

Every team in the NFL has now played more than half of their schedule. That means we have seen more than enough games to get an accurate sense of the teams that are strong enough to be a solid bet in most situations and those that will found a way to lose your money in the most frustrating ways possible. As of right now if you had bet on every game played by every team only 12 teams would be profitable. Here’s a look at the studs and duds against the spread after 10 weeks of the NFL season:
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NFL Week 10 Bovada Futures Specials Props and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/8/2012

It’s always fun to pile on the dregs of the NFL – unless of course you are a fan of such team. But thankfully my personal favorite is having a good season, so I will have no problem addressing a few Bovada Week 10 specials involving some of the league’s worst clubs.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 11/8/2012

Order continued to be restored last week in the NFL, with favorites winning just about every single game. While no division is particularly close to being clinched, six of the eight already have overwhelming favorites. This can be argued, but only two divisions (the AFC North and the NFC North) are seriously up for grabs…and even those will come down to just two teams in each.
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NFL Picks: Colts at Jaguars Predictions and Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 11/7/2012

When the NFL schedule came out this game jumped out as easily the worst prime time games of the season, and perhaps one of the worst games period. While it’s still far from must-see TV, it has become a considerably more interesting game than it could have been. All of the credit for that belongs to the Colts. They have won four of five, and are — shockingly — in the midst of playoff race. In fact, if the playoffs started today they would be a wild card team.
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Week 10 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Three for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 11/7/2012

Basic strategy teaser spreads have been difficult to find over the last few weeks, as many of the games do not qualify under the strict criteria of finding 1.5-point to 2.5-point underdogs and 7.5-point to 8.5-point favorites. But lucky for sports bettors, the games that do qualify have been winning at an extraordinary rate. Last week the only three basic strategy teaser games on the schedule went 3-0, and overall have gone 40-7 on the season.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 11/1/2012

Twelve of the NFL’s 32 teams have reached their midway point in terms of games played, and the contenders are starting to separate themselves from the pretenders. That was pretty much the theme of Week 8. The Giants edged Dallas to create some serious distance at the top of the NFC East. Chicago remained 1.5 games up in the NFC North. Arizona started 4-0 but is back where it belongs at 4-4 after getting crushed by the class of the NFC West, San Francisco.
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NFL Week 9 Bovada Futures Specials Odds Props and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/1/2012

It’s a new week in the NFL, and that means the spotlight shines on a few more NFL head coaches who better win now or will find their heads on the chopping block. In my Week 8 specials preview, I touched on the futures of Carolina’s Ron Rivera and Cleveland’s Pat Shurmur, and both of those guys are likely gone. Rivera’s Panthers blew a chance to pull an upset in Chicago on Sunday, while Shurmur’s Browns did pull a 7-6 home upset of San Diego. And that leads me to Chargers coach Norv Turner.
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Week 9 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Three for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 11/1/2012

Welcome back to another week of basic strategy teaser analysis. We have reached the halfway mark of the NFL season, and at this point we should have a solid grasp on what certain teams are doing right and what others are doing wrong. Unfortunately, for us, there are only three games this week that qualify under the basic strategy teaser rules.
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NFL Odds: Chiefs at Chargers Predictions and Betting Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 10/30/2012

It’s possible that this is the worst prime time game the NFL has ever offered — or at least the worst they have offered in a long, long time. The Chargers have loads of talent, but their last six quarters have been impossibly bad. First, they blew a 24-0 halftime lead against the Broncos, didn’t score again, and lost 35-24. Then they lost 7-6 in Cleveland in a game that set the entire sport of football back at least a decade. They have now lost four of five, and the lone win — at Kansas City — doesn’t earn them any credit.
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NFL Week 8 Bovada Futures Specials Props Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/26/2012

I will get to the immediate Week 8 player and team props in my second specials preview story here at Doc’s, but first I want to look at some interesting specials this week from Bovada that are more geared toward the end of the 2012 season/beginning of next.
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Week 8 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Five for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 10/25/2012

Week 8 of NFL football is about to begin, and after the last two weeks of the underdogs and then favorites dominating, there might not be a better time to think about using a basic strategy teaser to get the best of the spread. So if you are a bettor looking to add teasers into your sports betting arsenal, check out our weekly NFL basic strategy teasers advice and picks here at Doc’s Sports.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 10/25/2012

The NFL is approaching its halfway point of the season, and this is when things get chippy. People are starting to get fired, players are starting to get frustrated…. It’s all going down. Take Carolina and Washington, for instance.
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NFL Predictions: Buccaneers at Vikings Betting Odds and Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 10/25/2012

With every passing week I become more and more surprised by these Vikings. In fact, I have pretty much given up trying to figure them out. Last year they won three games, and they were lucky to do that. With a win this week they will double that win total, and their season is only half over. It’s the most shocking story of this season to date, and given all that has happened in this strange year that’s saying something.
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NFL Handicapping: Possible Value Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 10/25/2012

There is still a whole lot of football left to play in this regular season in the NFL. For some teams, though, any hopes or dreams — however slim — of playoff contention are long gone. It’s not even the end of October, and for teams with one or two wins the season might as well already be over in most cases.
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NFL Handicapping: What to Make of Ravens after Devastating Loss
by Trevor Whenham - 10/23/2012

I’m guessing that when the Baltimore Ravens drew up their plans for how they wanted Sunday’s game at Houston to turn out, it didn’t look much like the 43-13 debacle that transpired at Reliant Stadium. If anything, the game wasn’t as close as the score suggests. It was 29-3 at the half, and both teams played the second half like they both knew exactly how it was going to end.
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NFL Week 7 Team Props Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/19/2012

I don’t know about you, but I still act like a 10-year-old when the NFL schedule is released -- i.e., I go through each game and project wins and losses for my team. Of course, it always ends in at least 11 wins and a Super Bowl, but that’s just me (clearly I’m not a Browns fan). With that said, I’m about to do something similar in projecting which NFL team finishes with the worst record this season. Only you can bet on this, thanks to Bovada.
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NFL Betting Results of San Francisco Declined Safety
by Trevor Whenham - 10/19/2012

The Seattle Seahawks can’t seem to avoid games that end with strange and controversial twists. What happened on Thursday night in San Francisco was nothing compared to the Golden Tate touchdown to beat the Packers, but it was still bizarre. It also left a lot of bettors angry, and bookmakers pretty happy.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 10/18/2012

From replacement refs, to wild finishes, to impossible comebacks, to standings turned upside down, this NFL season has been even crazier than usual. “Everything just starts snowballing and that’s a great feeling,” Denver safety Jim Leonhard said after his team erased a 24-0 deficit to beat San Diego 35-24 on Monday night. “There’s no better feeling in sports when you know you have completely stole the momentum from a team and it’s going to be very hard for them to come back from. You can’t beat it.”
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NFL Picks: Seahawks at 49ers Betting Predictions and Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 10/17/2012

A few weeks ago it seemed as if the 49ers were going to run away with the NFC West. They have proven that they are mortal, though, and, as a result, the division is totally wide open. That makes this game huge for this time of the year. These two teams are tied with the Cardinals atop the division at 4-2, but Arizona looks like a team that has peaked and is on the decline already. That makes it likely that one of these two squads will win the division, and the winner here will have scored an important victory in that war.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 10/11/2012

The next time I’m inclined to cheer when a player on a team that I support goes down with an injury, I’m going to think long and hard about doing it. After all, I don’t want to be on the bad side of a 6-foot-7, 300-pound offensive tackle who’s spitting fire in the locker room.
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NFL Handicapping: Vikings a Legit Super Bowl Contender?
by Trevor Whenham - 10/11/2012

If you had asked me six weeks ago to guess which team would be in first place in the NFC North at this point in the season, I would have needed four guesses before I picked the Vikings. At least. Yet here we are on Oct. 11, and the Vikings are sitting at 4-1, have already exceeded their three wins from last year, and are tied with the Bears at the top of the division.
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NFL Picks: Steelers at Titans Predictions and Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 10/10/2012

Back in 2008 this would have been an epic contest. Back then the Titans were tops in the NFL at 13-3, and the Steelers were just a step behind at 12-4. Looking at these two teams on the field this year you realize just how long ago that was. The Titans have already exceeded their loss total from that season at 1-4, and at 2-2 the Steelers have been just a shadow of what they were in their best years. The problems for neither team are permanent or fatal, but both squads are in a funk — one that would really be helped out by an impressive win here.
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Handicapping NFL Teams Under .500
by Trevor Whenham - 10/9/2012

Through five weeks of the NFL season there are 15 teams with records below .500. We know from past experience that being in that boat isn’t ideal at this point of the year, but it isn’t yet fatal. Teams can turn things around if they play much better. Sometimes, though, a bad start is just a clear sign of a bad team.
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NFL Handicapping: Green Bay Packers Tough Start
by Trevor Whenham - 10/9/2012

Coming off one of the best seasons we have seen in years, few would have expected the Packers to stumble out of the gate like they have. Their season certainly isn’t lost or anything, but at 2-3 they are in a tougher position than they would have liked to have been through five games — probably by a wide margin.
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NFL Picks: Cardinals at Rams Predictions and Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 10/4/2012

When this game first popped up on the NFL schedule, my first reaction was that it would be nice to have a free Thursday evening because this game wasn’t going to be worth watching. Turns out I was wrong. This isn’t the game of the week or anything, but it is far more interesting than it could have been.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 10/4/2012

You think October is for baseball? Think again. It’s been an absolutely insane NFL season so far; for players, fans, officials, wanna-be officials…everyone. And there’s no reason to think that’s about to change anytime soon. Heading into Week 5, here are some numbers to prove it:
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Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Week 5 vs. Steelers
by Dave Schwab - 10/3/2012

The Philadelphia Eagles will take the PA Turnpike west this week to battle it out with the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on Sunday afternoon in a showdown for state bragging rights. All the action is set to get underway at 1 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
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NFL Betting: Recapping the First Quarter of Season
by Trevor Whenham - 10/2/2012

With the exception of Pittsburgh and Indianapolis, all teams in the NFL have now played a quarter of their NFL schedule. All have survived, some have thrived, and some probably wish they could start over again. For bettors, there have surely been some highs and some lows — hopefully more of the former.
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NFL Handicapping: Any Value in Saints Futures Odds?
by Ricky Dimon - 10/2/2012

Bounty-gate was never expected to end well for the New Orleans Saints, but few could have imagined that it would have turned out like this through four weeks of the 2012 NFL season. The Saints, who went 13-3 last year and had compiled a 37-11 record over the course of the three previous regular seasons, are a shocking 0-4. Is another Super Bowl victory out of the question?
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NFL Handicapping: Home Underdogs Very Profitable
by Trevor Whenham - 9/28/2012

I’ve seen a lot of talk recently about how strong underdogs have been early in this NFL season. Of most interest from a betting perspective have been the start that home underdogs have gotten off to. There has been a road favorite in 19 games through the first three weeks of the regular season. In 13 of those games the road dog has covered the spread. Even more impressively, 12 of those 13 underdogs have won outright. For moneyline bettors that means a serious payday.
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NFL Handicapping: Can 0-3 Saints Save Their Season?
by Trevor Whenham - 9/28/2012

What a mess. The New Orleans Saints came into this season with high expectations. The NFC is very deep, but the Saints were seen by many as a very legitimate Super Bowl contender — an elite squad. Just three games into the season, though, the season is spinning out of control, and it’s on the verge of being lost.
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NFL Handicapping: Ditch the Assumptions
by Trevor Whenham - 9/27/2012

Most sports bettors are lazy. They get an idea about a team or player’s performance and they stick with it — even if it isn’t particularly accurate any more. Getting stuck on assumptions and outdated opinions is a problem when you are having an argument, but when you are using those assumptions to base your betting decisions on it can be downright expensive.
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Handicapping Rough Starts for NFL Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 9/26/2012

Teams don’t want to start out 1-2 in the NFL, but this year it seems like that is the “cool” record. Nearly half of the league — 15 of the 32 teams — have started out at this mark. That’s more than we would expect. Some teams at 1-2 are on the road to futility, while others are going to be headed for the playoffs once they get back on track.
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NFL Picks: Browns at Ravens Betting Predictions and Football Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 9/26/2012

The first edition of the Modell Bowl this year has some added significance — it’s the first one played since Art Modell died earlier this month. Most Cleveland fans probably won’t miss him. Unfortunately, the fans in Cleveland haven’t had much to cheer for since Modell left town, and this year so far has been more of the same. Cleveland is one of only two teams in the league that hasn’t won a game yet.
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NFL Betting: Handicapping Jay Cutler and the Bears
by Trevor Whenham - 9/20/2012

Jay Cutler is... unique. He’s far from the best quarterback in the league (with Jason Campbell as his backup I don’t even think he’s the best QB on his team), but the league would unquestionably be less interesting if he wasn’t in it. Of course, I can say that because I have no emotional attachment to the Bears whatsoever, and I rarely feel the need to bet on them.
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NFL Handicapping: Are Arizona Cardinals a Contender?
by Trevor Whenham - 9/20/2012

If you tell me that you predicted that the Cardinals would be at 2-0 at this point in the season, and that one of those wins would be at New England, then even though I probably don’t know you I am going to call you a liar. You would have to be a really committed Arizona fan or a pill popper to have seen this one coming. Yet, there are only six unbeaten teams remaining, and one of them is based in Phoenix. Truly bizarre.
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NFL Picks: Giants at Panthers Odds and Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 9/19/2012

This game should be a lot more than it is. You have the defending Super Bowl Champion playing last season’s Rookie of the Year -- one of the most exciting players in the league in years. It should be a thrilling game, and a great way to start the third week of the NFL season.
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Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Week 3 vs. Cardinals
by Dave Schwab - 9/19/2012

The Philadelphia Eagles renew an old division rivalry this Sunday afternoon when they travel to University of Phoenix Stadium to square off against the Arizona Cardinals. The game is scheduled to kick off at 4:05 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX. This betting preview is part of an ongoing series that started with Game 1 of the preseason where I take an in-depth look at each and every Eagles game this year and offer a free NFL pick using Doc’s Sports Unit Betting System.
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NFL Betting: Are Washington Redskins a Super Bowl Contender?
by Trevor Whenham - 9/13/2012

I have now had four days to digest what I saw on opening Sunday of the NFL season in New Orleans when the Redskins manhandled the Saints, but it still doesn’t make any sense. The story of the game heading in was pretty much universally shared. New Orleans was an elite team coming off a tough season that had galvanized them, and they were ready to prove they were among the class of the NFC. Washington had an exciting young QB, but he was still a raw rookie and he had a shocking shortage of depth around him, so it was likely to take time for him to find his wings.
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NFL Week 2 Quarterback Performance Special Props and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 9/13/2012

Bovada has always been great about releasing some NFL player/team special props each week of the season, and there are several out for Week 2. Here is a look at the ones involving a few quarterbacks because, let’s face it, the NFL is a quarterback league. That is what the public likes to bet on.
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NFL Picks: Bears at Packers Predictions and Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 9/12/2012

The NFC North should be a three-team dogfight this year, so this bitter rivalry has particular importance. A loss would be a real blow for either team — and especially the Packers after their opening setback. After losing only once all of last year, starting off 0-2 would definitely not be the way things were supposed to start out.
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NFL Totals Betting: Week 2 Over and Under Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 9/12/2012

The 2012 NFL regular season got underway with a bang last week as the average number of points scored was the most in Week 1 since 1970. Nine of the games went “over” the total, with six of the games covering by double-digits. I missed the mark on two of my three picks last week, so it is back to the drawing board for Week 2.
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NFL Handicapping: Week 1 Bad Quarterback Performances
by Trevor Whenham - 9/11/2012

The opening week of the NFL season was defined by two contrasting themes this year. On one hand there was some shockingly good offensive production on display — five teams scored 40 or more points, and that has never happened before in the opening week. For teams that weren’t so lucky, though, there was some shockingly bad QB play on display.
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NFL Handicapping: First Head Coach Fired Props and Prediction
by Alan Matthews - 9/7/2012

The NFL is not Major League Baseball, the NBA or the NHL. Those leagues’ seasons drag on for months and months, with 162 regular-season games in MLB and 82 in the NBA and NHL. Because of the length of those seasons and the possibility that a team can turn its fortunes around as late as midseason, you often see coaches/managers fired during the season.
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NFL Rookie Quarterbacks Week 1 Props and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 9/7/2012

The 1983 NFL Draft has long been considered the “quarterback draft” as six signal-callers were drafted in the first round that year, oddly all by AFC teams: No. 1 John Elway (Colts, but then traded to Denver; Hall of Famer), No. 7 Todd Blackledge (Chiefs – big mistake), No. 14 Jim Kelly (Bills, Hall of Famer), No. 15 Tony Eason (Patriots, mostly a bust but did lead Pats to a Super Bowl), No. 24 Ken O’Brien (Jets, major reach but was decent for a while) and No. 27 Dan Marino (Dolphins, you may have heard of him; Hall of Famer).
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NFL Odds: Line Movement for Week 1
by Robert Ferringo - 9/5/2012

I have been staring at these NFL Week 1 odds long enough to make my eyes bleed. Now its time to make the books bleed. The sportsbooks, both online and in Las Vegas, posted early NFL lines back in May. They do this to generate interest and stoke the flame of the biggest moneymaker in gambling. Then the NFL Week 1 spreads hit the board in earnest back in July, with most of the early action on these games came from sharp, professional bettors.
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Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Week 1 vs. Browns
by Dave Schwab - 9/5/2012

The Philadelphia Eagles will open their regular season this Sunday afternoon with an interconference matchup against the Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The game is set to kick off at 1 p.m. (EST) and it will be broadcast locally on FOX. This betting preview is part of an ongoing series that started with Game 1 of the preseason where I take an in-depth look at each and every Eagles game this year and offer a free NFL pick using Doc’s Sports Unit Betting System.
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NFL Handicapping: Don’t Put Too Much Stock in Preseason
by Trevor Whenham - 9/4/2012

NFL Preseason records are notoriously hard to trust. Every year we see good teams that don’t care about their preseason performance, and we also see bad teams that shine in August. During the heyday of the Manning Colts, the team was notoriously weak in the preseason but managed to move on and dominate the regular season consistently. The reason for that was simple — neither Manning nor Tony Dungy seemed to care even slightly about the scoreboard until September rolled around. By contrast, in 2008 when the Lions compiled the only 0-16 season in league history they were the only undefeated team in the preseason.
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This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Adam Richard - 9/4/2012

The first game this season falls on a Wednesday and it is a legitimate battle of two squads with high hopes every season. Dallas against the New York Giants in a heated, early division fight that will likely have major implications on the division late in the season.
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NFL Handicapping: Keys to Success for Every Team
by Trevor Whenham - 9/4/2012

As we get ready for the start of the much-anticipated NFL season, it’s a good time to look at the biggest key to success for each of the 32 teams in the league. It oversimplifies things to say that just one thing can make the difference between a good season and a disappointing one, but each of these factors will have a big impact on how things turn out:
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Overrated NFL Handicapping Storylines for Week 1
by Trevor Whenham - 9/4/2012

As we get closer to the start of the NFL season, the media goes crazy writing, talking about, and examining every possible storyline. Some storylines in particular get a whole lot of attention — far more than they deserve. They sound good and they seem important, so they get talked about much more than they deserve. And as a result the betting public attaches more significance to them than they deserve.
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2013 Super Bowl Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 8/31/2012

With the NFL season finally just around the corner here are eight Super Bowl predictions I feel pretty good about (all odds are from Sportsbook.com). This should be a very interesting season and there don’t seem to be any teams that will be absolutely dominating and there aren’t any teams that could threaten to go winless, either.
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Dallas Cowboys Player Props Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/31/2012

Give Jerry Jones credit: He keeps the Dallas Cowboys in the national conversation. You could argue that the Cowboys remain “America’s Team” even though they have exactly one playoff victory in the past 15 years: a 2009 wild-card victory over the Eagles. Yet Cowboys games usually are among the highest-rated each season on NFL telecasts. Dallas will have a minimum of five nationally televised games this season (four prime-time, Thanksgiving Day) starting with Wednesday’s season opener at the Super Bowl Champion Giants.
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NFL Handicapping: Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks
by Trevor Whenham - 8/30/2012

One of the more interesting developments in this NFL Preseason has been the announcement out of Seattle that Russell Wilson won the three-way race for the starting quarterback gig over free agent addition Matt Flynn and incumbent Tarvaris Jackson. The degree to which people are surprised by this development is directly related to how much they have watched Wilson play. As a Big Ten fan I watched him play a lot at Wisconsin last year. As such, the only thing I was surprised about was that it took him three preseason games to win the job. I thought he might have won the job sooner.
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10 Bold NFL Predictions for 2012-13
by Trevor Whenham - 8/30/2012

The Packers had an epic season that ended in a far-from-ideal way. When that happens to a team they can either use it as a motivation or it can set them back. I expect the latter. This team won’t fall off a cliff, and the playoffs are still very possible — perhaps even likely. I just don’t quite think they’ll be the tremendous force that they were last year. They spent most of last season looking a long way from mortal. That won’t be the case this year.
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Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Preseason Week 4 vs. Jets
by Dave Schwab - 8/28/2012

The New York Jets will be in town this Thursday night for their annual preseason matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. This fourth and final preseason game for both teams is set to get underway at 6:35 p.m. (EST) at Lincoln Financial Stadium and it will be broadcast locally in each team’s home market.
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NFL Handicapping: Bad Offensive Lines
by Robert Ferringo - 8/27/2012

Offensive line play is the most underrated aspect of NFL handicapping. While media bobbleheads and square bettors spend a majority of their time talking about quarterbacks, running backs and the next-big-thing at wide receiver – this focus is due in part to America’s “other” gambling obsession, fantasy football – one of the most overlooked issues for any given team is the play of the large mammals along the o-line.
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Opinion: NFL Replacement Officials Will Cost Bettors Money
by Robert Ferringo - 8/23/2012

Officiating is one of The Great Unknowns in sports betting. You can quantify, predict and handicap just about all aspects of a given game, regardless of sport. But when the bullets start to fly, the referees, umpires and officials can be a bettor’s best friend or worst enemy.
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Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Preseason Week 3 vs. Cleveland
by Dave Schwab - 8/22/2012

The Philadelphia Eagles and the Cleveland Browns will stage of preview of their 2012 opening day matchup when they clash this Friday night in Week 3 of the NFL Preseason. Friday night’s game at Cleveland Browns Stadium is slated to kick off at 7:30 p.m. (EST) and it will be broadcast locally in each team’s home market.
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2012 NFL Player Props for Offensive Prowess
by Dave Schwab - 8/22/2012

The start of the 2012 NFL regular season is just two weeks away, but there is still plenty of time to take advantage of the numerous wagering opportunities that exist for prop bets for individual player performances. The following is a look at two of our favorites on the offensive side with money lines provided by BetOnline Sportsbook.
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2012 Carolina Panthers Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 8/21/2012

How did that Cam Newton pick turn out in Year 1 anyway? Many thought Newton would end up being a pretty good quarterback in the NFL, but no one could have predicted his amazing rookie campaign. As he knocked out records along the way, Newton led the Panthers to relevance in 2011. Sure, the team still went only 6-10, but that is a huge improvement from their dismal 2-14 season in 2010.
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2012 NFL MVP Predictions and Odds
by Alan Matthews - 8/21/2012

Last August when I wrote an NFL MVP predictions story, Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers was the 11/2 favorite at Bodog (now Bovada in the U.S.). That made sense considering the Packers had just won the Super Bowl and Rodgers was the game’s MVP. Green Bay also was the preseason Super Bowl favorite heading into the 2011 season. NFL MVP winners simply don’t come from teams that aren’t in contention.
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Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Preseason Week 2 vs. Patriots
by Dave Schwab - 8/17/2012

Week 2 of this year’s NFL Preseason wraps up on Monday night when the Philadelphia Eagles invade Gillette Stadium in Foxboro to square off against the New England Patriots in a clash of two Super Bowl contenders. Monday night’s contest is slated to get underway at 8 p.m. (EST) and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. This is part of our weekly series where we will look at the Eagles games each week of the season and offer free NFL picks using Doc’s Unit Betting System.
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2012-13 NFL Rookie of the Year Predictions
by By Alan Matthews - 8/16/2012

Last season was a bit tough to predict the NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year because the lockout robbed all rookies of OTAs, etc. In fact, because it wasn’t clear if the 2011 season would even start on time I wrote the Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year stories in May last year.
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NFL Handicapping: Most Improved Team Units
by Trevor Whenham - 8/16/2012

There are some teams in the NFL that are expected to be much better because they have made dramatic changes -- Peyton Manning to Denver or Mario Williams to Buffalo are the two most obvious ones this year. Often times, though, teams can make a dramatic improvement while doing much less-publicized, dramatic things to improve areas of major concern.
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Peyton Manning 2012 NFL Props and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/15/2012

Certainly one of the biggest storylines heading into the 2012 NFL season is the return of future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning to the playing field. Of course, Manning missed all of last season, the first time in his NFL career he didn’t start a game. Prior to missing the 2011 opener against Houston, Manning, the top pick in the 1998 draft, had started 208 consecutive regular-season games and 227 straight games if you include playoffs.
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2012 NFC South Predictions with Odds and Betting Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 8/15/2012

This is one of the most competitive divisions in football and it has a long-standing tradition of worst-to-first finishes and surprise winners. And with the amount of offense and lack of defense floating through these four franchises this should be one of the more volatile races in the league. Here are my NFL predictions and betting odds and my 2012 NFC South preview:
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2012 AFC North Predictions with Odds and Betting Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 8/15/2012

The poor Bengals and Browns have been the whipping boys for Baltimore and Pittsburgh since the league expanded to eight divisions back in 2002. The Ravens and Steelers have won eight of 10 division titles and have ruled the North with an iron fist, routinely pummeling the inept Ohioans. And as much as I would like to say that it is going to be different for the bottom feeders this season it most assuredly will not.
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2012 NFC North Predictions with Odds and Betting Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 8/15/2012

Some of the league’s coldest, harshest rivalries reside in the venerable NFC North. It has been a while since this division could lay claim to the title of Best Division In Football. But this year that is the case. And that will raise the stakes over the bi-annual blood feuds that play out in the bitter cold of the Great Lakes region.
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2012 Green Bay Packers Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/15/2012

If I told you right now that your favorite NFL team would finish a season 15-1, win a division title and have home-field advantage all the way to the Super Bowl, would you take it immediately? Of course you would. But the 2011 season is all about disappointment for the 15-1 Green Bay Packers. They welcomed the New York Giants, who had barely made the playoffs, to Lambeau Field for the divisional round.
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2012 Detroit Lions Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/15/2012

Behind record-setting seasons from quarterback Matthew Stafford and receiver Calvin Johnson, the former sad-sack Detroit Lions had their first 10-win season since 1995 and reached the playoffs for the first time since 1999 last year. That was a pretty big step for a franchise that had eight total wins the previous three seasons, including the NFL’s only 0-16 record in history in 2008.
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NFL Preseason Handicapping: Common Betting Mistakes
by Trevor Whenham - 8/15/2012

I hate the NFL Preseason. It is, for too many reasons to count, painfully pointless. For bettors who read too much into the games it can also be seriously misleading and, ultimately, very damaging to their bankroll. There are a lot of ways to make handicapping mistakes watching the preseason. Here are three big ones:
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How NFL Replacement Officials Will Affect Handicapping and Betting
by Trevor Whenham - 8/15/2012

The NFL seems incapable lately of starting a season without labor issues. Last year it was the players, and this year it is the officials. NFL officials are without a contract, and replacement officials have taken their place in preseason action as the work action has escalated. The betting public is obviously sensitive to NFL labor issues in the first place, so this story is definitely a concern. Given that these replacement officials are far from comparable replacements — Division I officials have pledged not to moonlight, so the league had to scrape the bottom of the barrels to find these guys. That means it’s sure to be a bigger story as time goes along, too.
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2012 AFC South Predictions with Odds and Betting Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 8/13/2012

The NFC West has been the worst division in football since the league went to the current eight-division format back in 2002. However, the 2012 season marks one of the few years over the last decade in which one division is so putrid, so rotten, and just hopeless that it actually begins the year recognized as worse than the West. Welcome to the AFC South.
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2012 AFC West Predictions with Odds and Betting Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2012

The AFC West gave us one of the tightest (and ugliest) division races in recent memory last year, with three teams finishing in a three-way tie at 8-8 and the last place team finishing just a game behind that group at 7-9. While it was fun dusting off the old three-way-tiebreaking procedures, it wasn’t much fun to look at or wager on from week to week.
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2012 NFC West Predictions with Odds and Betting Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2012

If the NFL is a quarterback league then there is little wonder why the NFC West has been the worst division in the sport since the league went to an eight-team divisional alignment in 2002. Two of the four teams enter 2012 with full-blown quarterback controversies, while the two others enter the year with major question marks about the overall healthy and competency of their signal callers.
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2012 Atlanta Falcons Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/9/2012

Since then-unknown NFL assistant coach Mike Smith arrived in Atlanta as the head coach before the 2008 season, the Falcons have been one of the league’s top franchises. Thanks in large part to the drafting of quarterback Matt Ryan out of Boston College, the Falcons have had a winning season all four years under Smith and reached the playoffs in three out of four.
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NFL Preseason Quarterback Rankings
by Robert Ferringo - 8/9/2012

When would Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Philip Rivers find themselves on the bottom of a list ranking NFL quarterbacks? When we’re talking about NFL Preseason betting, of course! One of the most important factors to consider when betting on the NFL preseason is the quarterback rotations.
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2012 Seattle Seahawks Predictions
by Darin Zank - 8/9/2012

The Seattle Seahawks have gone 7-9 back-to-back in their first two seasons under Head Coach Pete Carroll. One of those 7-9 seasons got them to the playoffs, and even to the divisional round. But last season 7-9 got them an early vacation. With the emergence of the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC West, Seattle had better up its game. That’s because 7-9 isn’t going to cut it this year, either.
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2012 NFC East Predictions with Odds and Betting Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2012

The NFC East should once again feature one of the more entertaining and hard-fought division races in football. The Giants, Cowboys, and Eagles will be in a four-month knife fight for control of the most hyped division in the game. As always, the stakes are high. But not just for bragging rights – the winner of the East has gone on to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl four times in the last 12 years, the most in the conference.
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2012 AFC East Predictions with Odds and Betting Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2012

The New York Jets have been the single-most talked about team in football since obtaining Tim Tebow. The Miami Dolphins are being featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks”. The New England Patriots are NFL royalty and feature several players – Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski – that are just as likely to make an appearance in People or on TMZ as they are Sports Illustrated.
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2012 Baltimore Ravens Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/8/2012

By most accounts, the 2011 season was highly successful for the Baltimore Ravens. They went 12-4 for the second straight year and won the AFC North for the first time since 2006. That earned them their first home playoff game since that season, and Baltimore delivered with 20-13 beatdown of Matt Schuab-less Houston in the divisional round.
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2012 Oakland Raiders Predictions
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 8/8/2012

The Oakland Raiders reached Super Bowl XXXVII. That was following the 2002 season. They have not had a winning season since. Bill Callahan coached that Super Bowl bound team. Since then Oakland has seen Head Coaches Norv Turner, Art Shell, Lane Kiffin, Tom Cable and Hue Jackson come and go. The 2001 NFL MVP Rich Gannon quarterbacked that Super Bowl-bound team. Since then Oakland has used Kerry Collins, Aaron Brooks, Marques Tuiasosopo, Josh McCown, Daunte Culpepper, JaMarcus Russell, Andrew Walter, Bruce Gradkowski and Jason Campbell as starting quarterbacks.
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2012 Houston Texans Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/7/2012

Certainly no team would publicly admit to being happy about an injury to a player from another club. But you know that probably, deep down, members of the Houston Texans weren’t exactly torn up over Peyton Manning missing last season with the Colts.
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Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Preseason Week 1 vs. Steelers
by Dave Schwab - 8/7/2012

The first full week of the NFL Preseason kicks off this Thursday night. As part of ongoing weekly series written especially for Doc’s Sports Service on the importance of specialization when it comes to wagering on professional football, the following is a preview of my focus team this season, the Philadelphia Eagles. I will provide weekly picks (using Doc’s unit system for money management) for every Eagles game through the preseason all the way to the playoffs and Super Bowl, if they were to make it that far. Their first preseason game is against Pittsburgh this Thursday at Lincoln Financial Field. It is slated to get underway at 7:30 p.m. EST and will be broadcast locally.
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NFL Betting Success: How to Win in Preseason
by Jason Sharpe - 8/3/2012

Most folks betting NFL Preseason football use the same type of approach. They will tell you to find out what the quarterback rotations are for each team, which star players are going to play, who is going to sit out, what the coaches ATS records are, etc…. Though those are good strategies to use, the problem with doing things this way is that you are doing the exact same thing that the other bettors are doing, and doing things the same as others won’t give you an edge over the oddsmakers in the long run.
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2012 San Diego Chargers Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/3/2012

Whenever a sportsbook releases a prop on the first NFL head coach to be fired in 2012, I will be utterly shocked if San Diego’s Norv Turner isn’t the favorite. Has any team done less with more talent the past four years than San Diego? The Bolts were 8-8 in 2008 a year after reaching the AFC title game (they did still win the weak AFC West that year).
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2012 Indianapolis Colts Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 8/3/2012

In my opinion, the 2012 Indianapolis Colts are in a way both the easiest and the hardest team to preview for the upcoming season. I say easiest because we obviously know the Colts are going to stink in 2012 after plummeting to a 2-14 record last season without the injured Peyton Manning taking a snap – and Indy being woefully unprepared with a legitimate backup.
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2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Predictions
by Darin Zank - 8/3/2012

Tampa Bay took a chance four years ago, letting go of a proven commodity in Head Coach Jon Gruden and going with guy who had never even been a coordinator, Raheem Morris. And after a rough first season the Buccaneers caught lightning in a bottle, as QB Josh Freeman showed flashes of his considerable talents, leading Tampa to a 10-6 mark in 2010.
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2012 New York Giants Predictions and NFC East Betting Odds
by Nolan Sinclair of Strike Point Sports - 8/1/2012

The New York Giants postseason run last season was something to behold. It was miraculous. It was surreal. It was unbelievable. At least, it would have been all of those things if we hadn’t seen the same movie just five years ago!
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2012 NFL Quarterback Props Odds with Betting Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 8/1/2012

The start of the 2012 NFL Preseason is just days away with the annual Hall of Fame Game this Sunday in Canton, Ohio, so it is time to get your game face on when it comes to wagering on the sport. One of the best ways to p to speed before the actual start of the regular season games the first week of September is to put your NFL handicapping skills to the test on some 2012 player props.
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2012 New England Patriots Predictions and Odds to Win Super Bowl
by Nolan Sinclair of Strike Point Sports - 7/31/2012

Most people experience déjà vu through a random experience. Maybe it’s a place they visit, or a conversation they have, or a specific setting or situation they find themselves in. It is usually somewhat ambiguous and pretty harmless. But for the New England Patriots, déjà vu can be equated to a kick square in the face.
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Utilizing Specialization to Wager on the NFL
by Dave Schwab - 7/31/2012

The start of another NFL season is right around the corner, so now is the time to be formulating a betting strategy that is designed to provide a profitable return on all your wagering activities from this Sunday’s Hall of Fame Game all the way through Super Bowl XLVII.
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2012 Chicago Bears Predictions and Odds to Win Super Bowl
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2012

The start of NFL training camp is one of the most optimistic times on the sports betting calendar. Every professional football player is dreaming of a career year and eventual Super Bowl glory while every football bettor is conjuring up images of that perfect season with no bad beats and windfall profits.
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2012 Pittsburgh Steelers Predictions and Odds to Win Super Bowl
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2012

Not many franchises can go 12-4 in a season and feel like they left money on the table. But when you are the Pittsburgh Steelers you only measure success by one thing: championships. The Steelers went 12-4 last season but can’t help feeling like they underachieved just a bit in their quest to make back-to-back Super Bowls.
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2012 Washington Redskins Predictions and Odds to Win NFC East
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2012

The Redskins have ranged from generally disappointing to just plain bad for years now. Owner Daniel Snyder has way more money than good sense, though, so he is never less than totally willing to make a splashy gamble to get things on track.
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2012 New York Jets Predictions and Odds to Win Super Bowl
by Aaron Smith - 7/28/2012

Should we really be surprised that the New York Jets have had plenty of drama during the offseason? Since Rex Ryan has come here, this team has been in the news for all kinds of reasons. The New York Jets are a beat writers dream with a coach who is constantly chirping, and players who are more than a little arrogant about their team’s chances.
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2012 Cincinnati Bengals Predictions and Odds to Win AFC North
by Aaron Smith - 7/28/2012

For just the third time since 1990, the Cincinnati Bengals made it to the NFL Playoffs last year. The Bengals lost, 31-10, to the Houston Texans in their playoff opener, but the season was still a major success. Before the season, the Bengals were expected to be one of the worst teams in the NFL. The team snuck up on a lot of people in 2011, and they did it with some solid young talent.
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2012 Miami Dolphins Predictions and AFC East Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2012

Joe Philbin was a very good offensive coordinator in Green Bay — a big reason why Aaron Rodgers is the player he is. Now, at age 51, he has his chance to be a head coach for the first time. He has a lot less to work with here than he did in Wisconsin, so if he manages to make this team respectable early in his tenure then we’ll really know that he has a magic touch.
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2012 Tennessee Titans Predictions and Super Bowl Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/28/2012

A lot of teams that we have previewed either have one clear starting quarterback and questions around the backup or no starting choice that is particularly attractive. The Titans are in the luxurious position of having two guys who are likely capable of making a little noise under center. They are at opposite ends of their career as well to add some intrigue to the race.
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2012 Denver Broncos Predictions and AFC West Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2012

Short version of the preview — the team replaced the most controversial quarterback of his generation with one of the best of any generation and they should be glad they did. That’s a loaded opinion, of course. There will be many who agree that getting rid of Tim Tebow was exactly the right thing to do — that he was not the choice to lead the franchise in the long-term, and despite his skill set the mistake was made when they acquired him in the first place.
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2012 New Orleans Saints Predictions and Odds to Win AFC South
by Trevor Whenham - 7/26/2012

There is no team in recent sports history that has overcome more distractions than the Saints did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This year that mental toughness they developed as an organization is going to truly be tested because the distractions are piling up in a big way. These aren’t just your garden variety distractions, either — these are unprecedented.
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2012 Arizona Cardinals Predictions and NFL Futures Odds
by Aaron Smith - 7/26/2012

After the first seven weeks of the 2011 season, the Arizona Cardinals were 1-6 and looking like the laughing stock of the league. Arizona then won seven of their last nine games to finish the season at 8-8. It certainly helped that Arizona had an easy schedule down the stretch, but the Cardinals did make some major progress during the last half of the season.
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2012 St. Louis Rams Predictions and NFL Futures Odds
by Aaron Smith - 7/26/2012

It seemed the St. Louis Rams finally had things moving in the right direction. Steve Spagnuolo had taken this team from one win in 2009 to seven wins in 2010. The Rams nearly made the playoffs in 2010 with that 7-9 record in the NFC West. Going into the 2011 season, many experts thought this team had a chance to finally finish with a winning record. Needless to say, things didn’t go as planned.
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2012 San Francisco 49ers Predictions and NFC West Betting Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 7/25/2012

Last year the 49ers qualified as the biggest positive surprise in the NFL. With yet another coach and yet another offensive coordinator promising that things were going to change, it was easy to tune them out. Change they did, though, and if it weren’t for a particularly awful special teams play they could have been the NFC representative in the Super Bowl.
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2012 Kansas City Chiefs Predictions and Odds to Win AFC West
by Alan Matthews - 7/25/2012

Every NFL team has to deal with injuries – it’s part of the game. But perhaps no club’s season was derailed earlier in 2011 by major injuries than the Kansas City Chiefs’. Fresh off a surprising AFC West title in 2010, many had the Chiefs as a chic pick to reach the AFC title game a year ago. But stud running back Jamaal Charles, who was second in the NFL in rushing in 2010, was lost for the season early in Week 2. Also going down for the year were star tight end Tony Moeaki (in the preseason finale) and Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry (Week 1). Without them, K.C. started 0-3 and was outscored by a record 99-10 in the first two losses.
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2012 Buffalo Bills Predictions and Odds to Win AFC East
by Trevor Whenham - 7/25/2012

That unfamiliar sight on the shores of Lake Erie right now is swagger. It has been a long time since Bills’ fans have had any reason for confidence or hope — probably since the days of Jim Kelly. Though consecutive trips to the Super Bowl aren’t likely to happen again, this is a team that has legitimate wild card potential.
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2012 Dallas Cowboys Predictions and NFC East Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2012

The Dallas Cowboys are the Notre Dame of the NFL: perpetually overrated by the NFL betting public and therefore always overvalued by the sportsbooks. Dallas enters the 2012 season again answering questions and listening to less-than-subtle whispers about Super Bowl expectations. However, once gain I think that the hype exceeds their actual station in the NFC East and in the league in general.
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2012 NFL Strength of Schedule vs. Futures Odds
by Dave Schwab - 7/24/2012

The start of another NFL regular season is still more than six weeks away, so there is still plenty of time to place a few wagers on the futures odds for your favorite teams. The odds have been tweaked and re-tweaked throughout the offseason due to reaction from the betting public, but there is still plenty of value in the numbers if you know where to look.
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2012 Philadelphia Eagles Predictions and NFL Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 7/21/2012

One would think that the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterbacks would learn to keep their mouths shut by now. Last year, after Philly added a handful of Pro Bowlers, backup quarterback Vince Young (himself a new addition), boasted about how the Eagles now had a “Dream Team” that couldn’t be beaten. Oddsmakers believed him as the Iggles were the Super Bowl favorites heading into the preseason.
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NFL Players we want to Cheer For in 2012
by Trevor Whenham - 7/21/2012

Football is the ultimate team sport. The play of one player, though — especially at quarterback — can have a huge impact on how a team performs, and more importantly how kind they are to NFL handicappers. Each of these four quarterbacks are guys that bettors should be cheering for, because, for different reasons in each case, if they perform well they are likely to deliver some very nice value for bettors.
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2012 Jacksonville Jaguars Predictions and NFL Futures Odds
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 7/17/2012

In March the Jacksonville Jaguars lost out on home-town hero Tim Tebow. The former Heisman Trophy-winner had his pick between the Jaguars and Jets and he spurned his home town to sign with New York. It is a feeling Jaguar fans have surely become accustomed to.
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2012 Cleveland Browns Predictions and NFL Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 7/17/2012

Those poor Cleveland Browns fans. They're some of the most loyal and fervent football fans in the NFL, and yet they're stuck, at the moment, with a stinker of a team. What's wrong with this outfit? Why do they have to keep changing coaches and quarterbacks? Anybody around there ever heard of the concept of continuity?
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2012 Minnesota Vikings Predictions and NFL Futures Odds
by Adam Richard - 7/16/2012

The Minnesota Vikings began the 2011 season with fringe playoff hopes, pinned to the workhorse legs of Adrian Peterson and the veteran arm of Donovan McNabb. Minnesota learned quickly what Philadelphia and Washington already knew about McNabb.
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NFL Handicapping: The Return of Randy Moss
by Trevor Whenham - 6/21/2012

Randy Moss is back. He’s with the 49ers after a one-year retirement, and he has looked good in the limited action he has seen so far in camps. We know he looks good because he has received so much attention from the media — far more than almost any other free agent not named Peyton, and certainly more than any 35-year-old receiver. The return of a high-profile player like Moss raises some interesting issues and considerations for sports bettors. Here are six that come to mind:
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2013 Super Bowl Contenders
by Robert Ferringo - 6/18/2012

Right now everyone thinks they are a Super Bowl contender. Super Bowl XLVII (47) will take place on Feb. 3 at the Superdome in New Orleans. And while players and fans alike spend the summer dreaming of world domination in the fall and championship glory in the winter, the truth is that only about a half-dozen NFL teams have a shot to hoist the Lombardi Trophy this February.
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2012 NFL Season Win Totals Top Picks
by Dave Schwab - 6/13/2012

Sportsbook.ag recently released its projected win totals and corresponding ‘over’ and ‘under’ money lines for all 32 NFL teams for this upcoming regular season. There is value in the numbers scattered throughout this list, but the real opportunity for a solid return on investment lies at the extremes.
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2012 NFL Season Win Totals Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 5/24/2012

Last week Cantor Gaming released NFL odds and spreads on every game from Week 1 to Week 16 for the upcoming 2012 NFL season. They were followed by Pinnacle and Olympic sportsbooks releasing their NFL spreads for Week 1, giving overeager football betting fans a reason to get some action in before Memorial Day.
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2012 NFL Super Bowl Futures Odds Update and Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 5/9/2012

The dust had hardly settled from New York’s 21-17 victory over New England in last season’s Super Bowl before Bovada released its odds for Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans next February. These early odds were primarily based on each team’s form at the end of last season, but with the start of free agency in March and last month’s college draft, there has been some significant movement in both directions for a couple of teams.
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2012 NFL Schedule: The Big Games
by Darin Zank - 5/2/2012

It seems so far away, it's almost not worth talking about. Then again, it is the NFL, and a lot of us are already getting the itch for the upcoming season. So now that the 2012 regular-season schedule is out, we might as well take a look at it, see what kind of fun is in store for us football-betting fools this fall. Here's my quick take on some of the biggest games that catch my attention.
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Rookie Quarterbacks and NFL Betting Impact
by Trevor Whenham - 5/1/2012

After the NFL Draft last weekend we now know what we had suspected for a while — there is at least a solid chance that four rookie quarterbacks will start the first game of the season for their new teams this year. That’s noteworthy mostly because it has never happened before.
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NFL Handicapping: Sean Payton's Suspension Has Big Impact On Saints Betting
by Trevor Whenham - 4/23/2012

The NFL offseason is never boring. Thanks to the New Orleans Saints and their bounty scandal, though, this one has been particularly interesting and we’re not even at the NFL Draft yet. For bettors the Saints’ situation is an interesting one, and one that could potentially cause more than a few headaches.
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NFL Handicapping: Best and Worst Offseasons
by Trevor Whenham - 4/9/2012

We are, with a few exceptions, at the end of NFL free agency in a meaningful sense. Now we’re just waiting for the draft to start. In this short lull in the NFL offseason it’s a good opportunity to look at what teams have improved themselves significantly so far, and which ones have had a regrettable offseason (all odds are from Bovada):
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Tim Tebow and Matt Flynn 2012 Season Props Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/22/2012

It’s not too often that a guy who sets a Green Bay Packers record with 480 yards passing and six touchdowns (Green Bay has had a few pretty good quarterbacks, after all) in a game gets overlooked when he changes teams, but that was definitely the case last week when free agent Matt Flynn signed with the Seattle Seahawks. Flynn, the Packers’ backup behind NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers a season ago, was vastly overshadowed by the Peyton Manning circus.
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NFL Quarterback Carousel and Futures Odds Effects
by Trevor Whenham - 3/22/2012

You certainly can’t complain that the NFL Offseason has been boring — at least not when it comes to the quarterback position. At least seven teams have had some degree of drama or activity around their most important position. Five of those seven teams have gotten better in my eyes. Only one has significantly affected their future odds as a result of the moves. Let’s take a look:
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Peyton Manning to the Denver Broncos Props Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/19/2012

The biggest-name free agent in NFL history has chosen a home: Peyton Manning is going to be a Denver Bronco. Was it the wisest move? Perhaps not. After all, the San Francisco 49ers made it to the NFC Championship Game a season ago, have one of the NFL’s best defenses, already have signed Randy Moss and play in an easier division than do the Broncos. And the Niners wanted Manning badly. So did the Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans and Miami Dolphins.
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NFL Combine: Biggest Storylines
by Trevor Whenham - 2/21/2012

By this point everyone knows that the top two guys are Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, and that no other pivot is even close. Most people also know that Luck is very well positioned to go first overall to Indianapolis.
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NFL Free Agency Storylines
by Trevor Whenham - 2/21/2012

With NFL free agency just around the corner and with teams scrambling to figure what they can and can’t afford to do, here’s a look at some of the most interesting storylines heading into the NFL’s biggest period of collective insanity:
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NFL Draft Predictions: Robert Griffin III
by Trevor Whenham - 2/17/2012

Entering this college football season everyone knew what was supposed to happen — Andrew Luck was supposed to collect his Heisman Trophy en route to being selected first overall in the NFL Draft. Baylor’s Robert Griffin III derailed the first half of that plan in pretty spectacular fashion, though. Now the outspoken Griffin has said that he plans to do what he can to wreck the second half of the plan as well.
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2012 NFL Mock Draft
by Robert Ferringo - 2/9/2012

Hey, Giants fan, the rest of the NFL outside of New England (and probably Philly and Dallas) was happy for you for winning the Super Bowl. For about 12 seconds. But now the 2011 season is in the books and it is officially the start of the 2012 NFL betting season. And whether it is a new wave of Super Bowl futures odds or a brand-spanking new NFL mock draft, the rest of the football world is moving on and looking forward to next season and our own shot at a trip to Disney Land.
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2013 Super Bowl Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 2/7/2012

Super Bowl XLVI has been in the books for just over 24 hours. The Giants haven’t even had their victory parade yet, and Gisele Bundchen is still swearing at New England receivers. For any self-respecting sports fan there is only one thing to do at this point -- look ahead at Super Bowl XLVII. That game takes place in New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2013 - in other words, it’s just around the corner. Using the newly posted Super Bowl futures odds as a guide, let’s look at seven Super Bowl predictions for 2013 (all odds are from 5Dimes):
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