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Football Betting Today – Steelers and Jets
Jan 23rd
Steelers’ QB Ben Roethlisberger hit rookie Antonio Brown on a 58-yard pass play on third-and-19, and Rashard Mendenhall scored from the 2 with 1:33 remaining to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a 31-24 comeback victory over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Playoffs on Saturday. The Steelers, 9-0 against division teams in the playoffs, advance to their fifth AFC championship game in 10 seasons next Sunday at home. The Pittsurgh Steelers (13-4) were trailing 21-7 at halftime after turnovers created two Ravens touchdowns. But they came back with the help of three Baltimore turnovers during one of most miserable third quarters in Ravens history. And the Ravens’ minus-4 yards in offense during the quarter wasn’t the worst of it.
The New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers’ defenses are built around stopping the run, with much of the work being done in their base 3-4 defense. These teams were the only two to allow fewer than 40 yards per game (Jets 38.4, Steelers 36.8) against their base defense during the regular season. The Jets were second in the league in rushing first downs up the middle, but are about to run into the best interior rush defense in the NFL.
The Steelers were the only team in football to allow less than three yards per rush up the middle (2.9) in the regular season. When the teams met in Week 15, the Jets were able to establish a running game (3.9 yards per rush), which allowed Mark Sanchez to use play-action passing effectively (6-7, 84 yards, 116.7 passer rating).
Road to the 2011 Super Bowl – Chicago Bears Versus Seattle Seahawks
Jan 17th
NFL betting odds expectations are mixed for the Chicago Bears as they seem to be a one dimensional team that lacks the offense for sustained playoff success with the NFL betting lines. The Chicago Bears will host the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Playoffs on Sunday from Soldier Field with a kickoff time of 1 PM ET. Sports Gambling opened with the Bears as a 10 point favorite and with a total of 41. FOX will televise the game.
Chicago has a record of 11-5 straight up and 9-6-1 with the football betting odds. The Bears went under the total 9 times and were the champions of the NFC North.
Seattle has a record of 7-9 straight up and 7-9 with the football betting lines as just 4 of their games went under the total. Seattle scored a 41-36 home payout over New Orleans in the wild card round last week.
Chicago has lost just 1 of their last 5 games against the spread versus teams with a losing record. The Bears have covered just 2 of their last 7 games as a favorite. The post season has been a problem for the Monsters of the Midway as they have paid out in just 1 of their last 5 home playoff games. The Bears have gone over the total in 4 straight playoff games as a favorite and in 4 of their last 5 playoff games overall. Seattle and Chicago have gone over the total in their last 5 consecutive meetings.
Seattle has their share of problems in this setup with the divisional playoff odds. Seattle has been a terrible road team with just 16 payouts in their last 51 games away from home. Seattle has paid out in just 7 of their last 26 games versus teams with a winning record. Seattle has covered the spread in just 7 of their last 27 games after scoring more than 30 points in their previous game. Seattle is just 2-10 against the board on natural grass. The Seahawks have gone over the total in their last 4 playoff games and in 4 of their last 5 playoff games as an underdog. Seattle has in fact gone over the total in 36 of their last 53 games as a road dog overall.
Super Bowl Betting is the Most Exciting Opportunity of the Year
Jan 3rd
The football betting pointspread is the way that the sportsbook tries to even out the betting action towards both sides. As an example, in the February 2008 Super Bowl, the NFL betting pointspread was New England -12.5 points.
Since New England was undefeated the football betting public was naturally gravitating their way so the pointspread was made rather large to entice an even amount of football bets the Giants way. New England would have had to have won the game by 13 or more points to cover the football betting spread.
The Giants won 17-14 to “cover” the spread. Even if the Giants lost, they would have had to have lost by 13 points or MORE to lose the wager. For those who like to choose sides but don’t like pointspread football bets there is the alternative of the money line.
Money line football betting is where you chose the straight up winner by laying or taking odds rather than points. Another highly popular form of football betting would be “totals” also known as “over/unders”.
In that aforementioned Super Bowl odds, the total posted on the board was 54.5, which meant that the combined score would have to exceed that number to go “over”. The Giants 17-14 win combined for a total of 31, which went “under” the total.
Football Bets the Most Popular Type of Sports Gamble
Dec 30th
Sportsbook betting is geared far and away more toward pro football than any other sport offered at an online sportsbook.
Sportsbook betting on the National Football League is something everyone thinks that they can do with success but few actually succeed. The overwhelming majority of online sports betting fans lose at pro football. The big initial mistake that sportsbook gamblers make when betting pro football is that they first look towards the power chalk.
The initial fact to remember here is that there is no online sportsbook value in doing what everyone else does. It’s a lot like buying a tech stock last decade. There comes a time when a stock becomes totally over-valued and inflated because the masses jump on and buy high, rather than low.
Can the Bears Beat the New York Jets?
Dec 27th
The New York Jets hit the road to Chicago to battle against the Chicago Bears in one of the last weeks of football regular season. The New York Jets, who are now 2nd in the AFC East, hold a 10-4-0 record going in to Sundays matchup.
The Chicago Bears, who have been great this year, go into the Holiday weekend at the top of the National Football Conference North with the same record, at 10-4-0. In recent New York Jets news. Their Qb, Mark Sanchez had to undergo an MRI on Monday for his shoulder as it got a bit messed up in the 22-17 win over the Steelers in Week 16. Mark Sanchez says he’ll be all set to play in the New York Jets’ competition at Chicago on Sunday, in spite of being limited in practice by a painful right shoulder.
Sanchez played the majority of the Jets’ 22-17 win at Pittsburgh last Sunday with a banged-up throwing shoulder following he “fell funny” on New York’s 2nd drive. Sanchez had an MRI exam on the shoulder Monday, which revealed no considerable injury.
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