Defending Super Bowl champs not favored to repeat
The defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints are preparing for their shot at becoming back-to-back champs, but they certainly aren’t a lock, according to Super Bowl XLV Odds at betED.com.
The defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints are preparing for their shot at becoming back-to-back champs, but they certainly aren’t a lock, according to Super Bowl XLV Odds at betED.com.
The 2010 NFL regular season kicks off on Thursday, September 9th when the defending Super Bowl Champion, New Orleans Saints begin their title defense at home against Minnesota. We’ve already got a ton of Week 1 point spreads and over/under lines articles up for all the games in week one.
Any coach past or present will tell you the game of football is about two things, blocking and tackling. While that is absolutely true in its simplest form, Super Bowl XLIV is completely different from its past with the possible exception of just a handful of contests for the Lombardi Trophy. Start with the total of this Roman numeral confrontation. The total of 56.5 is the highest ever, surpassing the Giants and New England figure of 54 points two years ago.
Super Bowl odds are giving the advantage in Sunday’s NFC championship game to New Orleans as Minnesota heads to the Superdome to face one of the few crowds in the NFL that may be louder than their own.
Super Bowl odds had the New York Jets as a longshot, but anyone who took the chance will be on the edge of their seats when the Jets head to Indianapolis for a meeting in the AFC championship game against the Colts, who had their unbeaten season ruined by the Jets.
The Baltimore Ravens got revenge against a team they lost to earlier in the season in the Wild Card round. They won’t be doing the same in the divisional round as they make a trip to Indianapolis.
The Arizona Cardinals got lucky in round one of the NFL playoffs but sports betting cappers know they’ll need even more breaks in the second round.
If you are placing some bets and making your NFL picks this weekend, it’s hard to side with the Arizona Cardinals in this matchup. Sure, they represented the NFC in the Super Bowl last year but the magic is gone. The Cards have stumbled into the playoffs and they aren’t healthy. Unfortunately for them, their opponent is.
The Baltimore Ravens started the season 3-0 but then had a tough, last-second loss in New England that derailed their season. Now people making their NFL picks will get another shot to get this game right as the Ravens head back to Gillette Stadium to settle the score.
For a third time this year, the sports gambling community is going to see the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys square off. The fans in Philadelphia will be hoping for a different result as the Cowboys have taken the first two matchups.
A lot of sports handicapping experts saw this coming but we’ll have to see if the results are any different. Three matchups we saw in Week 17 will be replayed the Wild Card round of the playoffs and the general hope is that the games are a lot more competitive.
BetUS NFL Point Spread: Pittsburgh -2.5, O/U: 42
At the beginning of the season, this was supposed to be a game that could have decided who would have won the AFC North. Instead, a win by either team won’t even guarantee a playoff spot at all. The Ravens, sitting at 8-6, have a much better chance than Pittsburgh to make it to the postseason.
NFL Point Spread: New England -8, O/U: 44
Jacksonville threw everything they had at Indianapolis last week but still fell to the Colts, 35-31. The Jags have lost three of four, and instead of being in prime playoff position, are a member of the not-very-exclusive “7-7 Club” in the AFC.
The New Orleans Saints were embarrassed on national television last week, but now that you take a retrospective look back to their last month of action, you won’t be too surprised.
The Saints nearly lost in Washington and to be frank, sports handicapping bettors felt that that should have been a loss. The Redskins were a chip shot field goal away from sewing that game up but missed and allowed the Saints to roar back.
It’s been a good week for the NFC East so far as sportsbetting fans saw the Dallas Cowboys upset the previously unbeaten New Orleans Saints and the Philadelphia Eagles clinched a playoff berth with a win over the San Francisco 49ers.
On Monday Night Football, the remaining two NFC East teams will go head-to-head in a matchup of two teams with very differing goals.
Sunday, December 20 th – Giants Stadium, East Rutherford – 1:00 PM ET
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The Atlanta Falcons, once a playoff threat, are on a two-game losing streak and are two games back of Dallas for the sixth seed in the NFC. But there are legitimate excuses to the Falcons unfortunate cold streak. Injuries to Matt Ryan and Michael Turner, their two biggest offensive stars, have sucked the life out of what was supposed to be a promising season.