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Saturday NFL Action – St. Louis vs. Tennessee

The St. Louis Rams face the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night in the first NFL Pre-season game for both teams. There are definitely some things for online NFL betting fans to pay attention to in this game as the Rams were hit by injuries to their offensive line last season. Now St. Louis has to deal with hold out running back Steven Jackson.

Jackson was hurt for most of last year. Holding out after being injured the year before probably isn’t the wisest move on Jackson’s part. But he did account for a lot of the offense when he was in the huddle last season. It will be interesting to see who the Rams start in place of Jackson on Saturday.

The Tennessee Titans are all about Vince Young. They sort of have to be after proclaiming him the next coming of Randall Cunningham. Okay, maybe it wasn’t the Titans that did that, but they aren’t living down the expectations regarding Young.

For online betting fans, the Titans could prove to be very capable at making profits this season. They should be better defensively and another year under Young’s belt has to be a good thing.

Here are the BetUS online sportsbook NFL betting odds for this game.

St. Louis Rams + 3 – 110 + 130 O 33 – 110
Tennessee Titans – 3 – 110 – 150 U 33 – 110

This is an NFL Pre-season game. To me that means it’s never a good idea to put up more money than you have to in order to win an online bet. The St. Louis Rams are + 130 on the BetUS online sportsbook. The Tennessee Titans are – 150.

Even though the Rams would need the three points in a regular season game, I don’t see them as underdogs in this game. The Rams have a lot more to work to do then the Titans at this point. I don’t expect to even see Vince Young take a snap. If he does in this game, then I guarantee you he will be pulled after the first series.

St. Louis needs to find a suitable quarterback to back-up Marc Bulger. Bulger has a tendency to get hurt. Bruce Gradkowski, who started a few games for John Gruden at Tampa Bay in 2006, could not only be a good back-up but he might battle Bulger for the starting job.

Who knows? I expect the Rams to come out swinging in this game. These two teams have been practicing against each other all week. They’ve already gotten into a few scuffles.

Why not take the long shot at the higher online wagering odds to win this game when there really isn’t a clear winner?

That’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to make an online bet on the St. Louis Rams to win this game straight-up at the BetUS online wagering odds of + 130.

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The Atlanta Falcons take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in each teams’ first NFL Pre-season game this weekend. The Falcons might start playing Matt Ryan right away.

There’s really nothing else to say about that other then Ryan has looked impressive in training camp and there’s no doubt that he’s got the mental outlook needed to be a quarterback in the NFL. I doubt you will find Ryan in a hot tub full of underdressed women, smoking a cigar.

Yes, he might not start the first game, but I don’t see him on the bench for that long this season. Besides Ryan the Falcons made a serious change at running back by signing Michael Turner away from the San Diego Chargers.

All indications are that Turner should have a big year. Those are good signs for a team that was anathema to online NFL betting fans last year.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are one of the favorites to make it to the Super Bowl from the AFC. They have a solid quarterback in David Garrard, who won’t play much in this game, and two terrific running backs in Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew. The Jags’ defense was sloppy at times last season. They will look to start correcting those issues this Saturday when they face the Falcons.

Here are the BetUS online sportsbook football betting odds and NFL spreads for this game

Atlanta Falcons + 3 ½ – 115 + 155 O 34
Jacksonville Jaguars – 3 ½ – 105 – 175 U 34

When in doubt in the NFL Pre-season, I always like to put money on the underdog. Why? Because that’s the way to make enough money offset loses. The Falcons have two decent running backs in Michael Turner and Jerious Norwood. The Jags have a solid team in almost every aspect.

Jacksonville is not the type of team that likes to march down the field and score touchdowns in two or three minutes. I expect them to work on timing, handing the ball off from Garrard to whatever running back is there, pulling their guards for sweep plays, and simply playing a Cover 2 defense in order to find out exactly how they are going to stop the Patriots, Steelers and now Jets in the AFC.

Atlanta, on the other hand, sort of has to show up for this game. They can’t afford to waste time with quarterbacks D.J. Shockley or Chris Redman if neither guy is going to be up to the challenge. They might as well throw Matt Ryan to the wolves if neither Shockley nor Redman can do it.

I think that since neither team is likely to establish themselves, or play their starters too long, I have to go with the Falcons at the online NFL betting odds of + 155.

I’ll take a gamble on the Falcons to beat the Jaguars at those nice online football wagering odds.

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