NFL Football Betting Overview
Football betting comes in many different forms. NFL betting handicappers have a plethora of options. “Sides” football betting is the basic way of wagering. With NFL betting sides you take a team by laying points with the favorite or taking points with the underdog.
Denver Disaster at QB
NFL lines for the Denver Broncos were a debacle last year as the Broncos were one of the worst values on the board in all of NFL gambling for 2008.
Lines Uncertain on Detroit QB’s
NFL lines for the Detroit Lions will be difficult enough to figure with a new front office and coaching staff trying to turn around one of the worst teams in NFL gambling.
Giant Questions for 2009
NFL odds on the New York Giants will be tough to figure at least at the start of the 2009 NFL betting season. The Giants had good overall numbers but an ugly finish.
NFL Odds Happy Punt Returns
NFL odds handicapping is far more than just figuring the offense vs. defense NFL betting matchups or the quarterbacks, coaches, and home field advantages.
Odds NFL Money Sacks
Odds NFL handicappers know of the fine line between winning and losing when it comes to football gambling. One play can make the difference and change momentum.
Odds for North Carolina
Football odds treated the North Carolina Tar Heels well in 2008 as they finished with a football betting record of 8-5 straight up and 7-5 against the spread.
The football betting pointspread is the way that the sportsbook tries to even out the betting action towards both sides. 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, 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.
A form of football betting that is exploding in popularity is “halves”. This is where you can wager on the first or the second half of a game. Many gamblers love half time wagering as they can often get a bargain on the team that they originally wanted in comparison to the regular full game line.
“Futures” football betting is where you can wager on a team's odds to win the Super Bowl, their conference or even their division. You can also wager on the over/under for their total amount of wins for a season!
Proposition football betting, known as “props” is highly popular for the Super Bowl but other big games as well. You can wager on a player's total yards, scores, sacks, and countless other items.
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