Week 8 was full of upsets once again as underdogs paid off for NFL betting fans. Will the trend continue in Week 9, or will the favorites step up and come through?
When the lines for Week 9 first began appearing the biggest spread to be found was in the Detroit/Chicago matchup. That shouldn’t be much of a surprise considering the Lions are winless at 0-7 and they’re visiting Chicago in Week 9 with the Bears tied for first in the NFC North and coming off their bye.
We’re just about half way through the NFL regular season. For NFL betting fans, it’s time to revisit those prop online wagers that we made before the season started and to see if it makes sense to lay down more sports betting dollars on some of the props.
It has become crystal clear in this topsy-turvy NFL betting campaign, that nothing is as it seems for the majority of teams across the league.
Outside of a just a handful of NFL teams this season (Titans, Giants, Redskins, Panthers) nearly every team in the league has shown a serious propensity to display what I’ve long termed, the ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ symptom.
In last week’s NFL Sunday Re-cap I wrote about how the wheels had fallen off of the New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys. I alerted online sportsbook betting fans to the fact that all three of those teams had become horrible online betting propositions.
The Tennessee Titans are favorites against the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football and that’s just the way they like it.
Tennessee has started the season at 6-0 and 5-0-1 against the spread(3-0 ATS at home). They were able to accomplish this despite playing the majority of games with their backup quarterback Kerry Collins. Collins is a savvy veteran who knows how to limit turnovers and manage a game, his high number of throws is just 35.
If you had told me that Kerry Collins would be quarterbacking the league’s best team at the halfway mark of the season, I would’ve slapped you in the face, kicked you in the nuts and set your pants on fire (because that’s what you do to liars). But here we are staring at the Week 8 odds and lines with Collins at the helm of the Tennessee Titans, who are on the verge of an undefeated season. With a definitive win over the Colts, it will be nearly impossible for Indianapolis to wrestle the top spot in the AFC North from the reigning Titans.
Two teams who probably thought they would be doing a lot better at this time will lock horns on Sunday, as the San Diego Chargers (3-4 SU, 3-3-1 ATS) play the New Orleans Saints (3-4 SU, 4-3 ATS) in an NFL contest that will kick off at 1 PM ET at Wembley Stadium (natural turf) in London.
The Seattle Seahawks (1-5 SU, 2-4 ATS) are looking for a break that will give them some badly-needed momentum. On Sunday they will try to get it against the San Francisco 49ers (2-5 SU & ATS) in an NFL contest that is set to take place at 4:15 PM ET at Candlestick Park (natural turf) in San Francisco.
The Carolina Panthers (5-2 SU, 4-2-1 ATS) have put together nice defensive performances in three of their last four games. On Sunday they’ll look to build on that when they encounter the Arizona Cardinals (4-2 SU & ATS) in NFL action that is slated to kick off at 1 PM ET at Bank of America Stadium (natural turf) in Charlotte, NC.
The Cleveland Browns (2-4 SU, 4-2 ATS) are trying to fight off charges that last season’s 10-6 record was a fluke. On Sunday they will visit the state of Florida to face the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-3 SU, 2-4 ATS) in NFL action that is set to begin at 4:05 PM ET at Municipal Stadium (natural turf) in Jacksonville, FL.
The Oakland Raiders (2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS) would like to think they are on a high after beating the New York Jets. On Sunday they will tackle the Baltimore Ravens (3-3 SU, 4-2 ATS) in NFL action that is set to get underway at 1 PM ET at M&T Bank Stadium (artificial turf) in Baltimore.
The Buffalo Bills (5-1 SU, 4-2 ATS) look like the new kings of the hill in the AFC East. On Sunday they will be taking on the Miami Dolphins (2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS) in NFL action that will kick off at 1 PM ET at Dolphin Stadium (natural turf) in Miami Gardens, FL.
The sad sack Detroit Lions (0-6 SU, 2-4 ATS) look like they are almost hopeless at this point. On Sunday they will try once again to post their first victory of the season when they take on the Washington Redskins (5-2 SU, 4-3 ATS) in an NFL game that is set to get underway at 1 PM ET at Ford Field (artificial turf) in Detroit.
The Atlanta Falcons (4-2 SU & ATS) have been a pleasant surprise indeed for their fans. On Sunday they will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles (3-3 SU, 4-2 ATS0 in an NFL contest that is scheduled to kick off at 1 PM ET at Lincoln Financial Field (natural turf) in Philadelphia.
The Tennessee Titans have been underdogs to Indianapolis seven of the last eight meetings, but they’re favored this week on Monday Night Football.
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An initial glimpse at the early lines for Week 8 in NFL betting reveals nothing surprising, although there are some numbers that have handicappers talking.
One game where the line will surely move before kickoff is the Buffalo Bills-Miami Dolphins matchup, where oddsmakers opened the Fish as 1.5-point home underdogs early on Monday.
