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Posted 09/05/2008 at 07:58 PM
Do you know how long I have been waiting to say,"Let's talk football.' Well sportsfan's ,football is here. At seasons start you have the opportunity to bet on how many games you think a team will win. Over recent years, this has become a very popular wager here in the Las Vegas sportsbooks. We all know which team's are touted as the NFL's elite...that would be New England,Indianapolis,San Diego,and Dallas. with Jacksonville just outside the circle. I want you to remember something about the NFL.It is a long season of 16 grueling games that in any given game a player or number of players can get injured. Just take a look at the league's elite teams that we just mentioned. Any one of these teams are a significant injury away from being a 14-2 team to being an 8-8 team. Outside of this,the number one thing you have to look at is strength of schedule. We saw several very good playoff teams from two years ago fall dramatically last season due to the change of their strength of schedule. Here is the consensus of the OVER/UNDER Team Wins for the upcoming NFL season;New England 12 1/2,Indianapolis 12,San Diego and Dallas 11,Jacksonville 10,New York Giant's,Philly,Seattle,New Orleans,and Minnesota all at 8 1/2,Tampa Bay,Denver,Cleveland,Arizona,Carolina,Tennessee,and Chicago at 8,Washington,New York Jet's,Houston,Cincy,all at 7 1/2,St.Louis and Detroit 6 1/2,San Fran,Baltimore,and Oakland 6,K.C. and Miami 5 1/2,Atlanta 4 1/2. Green Bay is OFF the board right now however they would be in the ramge of 8-8 1/2 games. Notice that there are 17 teams in the 7 1/2 - 8 1/2 range. Remember what I said that strength of schedule is key here. Also that one single injury can bring a great team down to an average team. Make sure to check out my winning NFL plays here on VI. I will be contributing regular NFL and NCAAF blogs this season. Good luck and thank you.
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