Football Sports Betting

Long gone are the heady days of September when it seemed as if the New York Jets might just be the best team in football betting. Rookie head coach Rex Ryan was a defensive genius and young Mark Sanchez was the second coming of Joe Willie Namath. It’s funny the amount of football betting perspective that three short weeks can provide.

Ryan is still a very good defensive mind and Sanchez does resemble Namath in at least one respect –and nearly surpassed the hall of famer’s single game mark for INTs- but this team is nowhere near among the best in sports betting. In fact, this team isn’t even the best in the division (third best, probably) or even in its city. The Jets soared to a perfect 3-0 record and has since dropped as many games and planed out to a 3-3 record. Read more…

No team had a rockier football betting offseason than the Denver Broncos. With all the turmoil this team went through with the firing of Mike Shannahan, the jettisoning of franchise QB Jay Cutler, the Brandon Marshall saga and the uncertainty of hiring a 32-year old inexperienced head coach seemed to spell disaster for the franchise.

But after a 4-0 start, you could hardly call this football betting season a disaster.  However, even after winning all four of its first four sports betting contests there are still a myriad of question marks about this team. In fact, there is no other 4-0 team in the league that remains such an unknown quantity. Read more…

Big change is underway in Baltimore.   There was a time when Ravens football sports betting was synonymous with teeth-rattling defense and excruciatingly dull –if ineffective- offense.  Thanks to the emergence of Joe Flacco the latter is a thing of the past and with its new found balance this team just might be the best in football betting.

Last year this team was a pleasant sports betting surprise and if it wasn’t for playing in the same division as the Pittsburgh Steelers this team might have made a lot of noise in the pro football wagering post season.  With a rookie head coach and a QB pressed in to action due to injury this offense flourished.  With a year of experience and continuity under their belts both Flacco and Coach Harbaugh are thriving. Read more…

Football sports betting fans know that if there was any doubt that Tom Brady was still the best QB in the league it most likely vanished after his superman performance on Monday night.  In a game that the home team Patriots deserved to lose to by almost any account, Brady’s individual effort and an untimely fumble is all that prevented New England from opening the season 0-1.

Brady completed 39 of his 53 pass attempts for 378 yards and two TDs.  His day was marred only by a spectacular one-handed interception that was run back for a TD by a Buffalo DE.  It ranked right alongside Drew Brees and his six TDs as the best throwing games of week one football betting.

So now that that no one in sports betting doubts Brady, there is plenty to be paranoid about when it comes to New England’s defense.  To gut out a 25-24 win over a solid team like the Giants or Steelers would be one thing.  But to go down to the wire against the Buffalo Bills is quite another. Read more…

Monday Night Football begins tonight as the Raiders face the Chargers, and the Patriots face the Bills for the first Monday game in 2009.

The Oakland Raiders have struck rock bottom over the last few years. But this football betting season, however, the Raiders seem like they may have some more talent than usual. For tonight’s 2009 Monday Night Football opener, they still have some room to surprise fans.

Though they are probably the more talented football betting team, the Chargers have had a certain knack for falling short. With Norv Turner at the helm, this team has been known to get off to a slow start. However, the Chargers should still take the win here, and easily cover the spread.

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