BOOKIES got the totals very wrong last week for the first pre-season games.
They’ve adjusted tonight but it's still fairly low considering these guys are playing for their jobs, rustiness will cause penalties, as will the new helmet rule which saw 15 yards added to plenty of drives last week.
This will be close and has already been bet up a point. Aaron Rodgers will likely start, but I imagine it’ll be one drive only. Both these teams have decent backups at QB and plenty of depth at receiver so this should be a good ‘warm-up’.
Steelers @ Packers (1am)
- Over 43 Points
- (10-11, bet365) – 2.2 points
Good start. Pick six on the first pass for the Pack ??
21 points inside 5 minutes played ??
28 points, 5 minutes played. Quietly confident…
Looking good ?
Won with only the 42 points to spare.
Can’t believe I missed this tip but the most important thing is NFL season is upon us! It’s been a long wait but we’re almost there. Hope it’s as much of a cash cow as regular season NBA was! Good
Luck Jordan and keep the great tips coming.
Welcome back mate.
Took some of your pre-season tips on and compiled a treble of Eagles, Rams & Chargers to win their divisions as a 7/1 treble. I just hope the AD hold out with the Rams passes soon.
It will. He’ll be there because he’ll know they have a chance at a SB. Not sure on the Eagles though. Something telling me the Giants very undervalued this year.
Great D and big targets in OBJ & Shepard with the addition of Barkley @ RB but they just don’t put up enough points under Eli. I think the Eagles will win 11 no probs, which I don’t see the Giants or Cowboys doing. However, just the fact we’re talking about the season is great. ?
Not wrong mate! People hate on Eli but the guy has won two SB’s. Can’t do that with luck.
Fine to leave this one here guys only a small interest. Line moving in Cleveland on the over which has been bet up 3 points since the opener. Like I said the bookies had been underestimating these pre-season games.
Bills @ Browns Over 41.5 @ 10/11 @ 365 – 2.2 points
Looks like the Bills downed that one last night. Failed to score in the red zone then missed the FG plus missed PAT. What do you make of Ravens @ Colts Monday night? Ravens are about evens and had a great pre-season. With their pass rush there’s no way the Colts will risk Luck either.
Jets line on the move. Take the -2.5 @ 5/6 @ 365 before it moves to -3.
Here we are again. NFL week 1. What a joy it is to write that.
Seems an age ago we saw the ‘Philly Philly’ in the Super Bowl. So much has happened since then, and as much as I would love to cover it all, there’s only so many hours in the day. The most recent big news is Kalil Mack heading to Chicago in a trade. The true details of why Oakland traded Mack away will likely never surface, as no matter how much cap space he would have taken up, you do not trade away premier pass-rushers like Mack in this day and age, especially so young in his career. The Raiders will very much feel that loss as he is a one game wrecking machine. That is unfortunate for my side, Green Bay, as we’ll be seeing him twice a year, but hopefully not in week 1 when Chicago come to title town. It does however boost my confidence in the Chargers to win their division and I may have an added stake to the division outright. Their first game is against the Chiefs so it will have some effect on the odds once its over.
Anyway week one gives us some fairly readable games with teams that I fancied when the schedule came out, and a few bonuses have gone in my favour since.
I had the Bills down as one of the teams to have the worst records this year. They barely made the playoffs last season, lost their starting QB tis offseason, their RB could be looking at a suspension or even a prison sentence, waived their receiver who they traded for from the Browns, and as recent as yesterday, traded their supposed starting QB to Oakland.
They face Baltimore who I like as a sleeper to make the playoffs this year. As said above the Bills pipped them at the playoff post with a late Bengals TD last year. They added key pieces to their offense in the off-season with Crabtree, Brown and Snead all being added to the receiver room, as well as drafting two top tight scouted tight ends. The one thorn in their opener is that they’ll be without their best cornerback Jimmy Smith who is suspended for four games for personal conduct.
While that is a tough loss, we can breathe easy as outside of Kelvin Benjamin, the Bills don’t have too much a threat at receiver unless first year Zay Jones can improve on a poor rookie season.
The Buccaneers head to New Orleans in an NFC South matchup. As said with the Ravens I fancied the Saints here long before the news broke out that franchise QB Jameis Winston will miss three games for his Uber driver incident back in March 2016. The spread was 7.5 and has since gone out to 9.5 at the books. I will gladly tease that down to a field goal win even without the Saints two-headed running back pairing of Ingram and Kamara. Saints are a hot favourite for the Super Bowl this year and were only beaten on a fluke, yes @mar10bet, a fluke play to take them to the NFC conference final ?
NFL Week 1 – Sunday – 6:00PM
Baltimore Ravens -2.5
New Orleans Saints -2.5
3/4 @ 365 – 4
Baltimore Ravens -2.5
New Orleans Saints -2.5
LA Chargers ML – 9:00PM
9/5 @ 365 – 2 points
Baltimore Ravens -2.5
New Orleans Saints -2.5
LA Chargers ML – 9:00PM
LA Rams ML – Monday – 3:20AM
3/1 @ 365 – 1 point
Baltimore Ravens -2.5
New Orleans Saints -2.5
LA Chargers ML
LA Rams ML
Vikings ML
Packers -2.5
64/10 @ 365 – 1 point
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