Sports Betting

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Sports Betting

Vikings vs. Lions

The Vikings have somehow put together 4 consecutive wins since QB Brad Johnson took over at the helm and now find themselves traveling to Detroit in a dangerous spot as a road favorite. The Vikings at (6-5) are still alive in the NFC playoff hunt holding on by a thread but technically have a shot to catch the division leading Bears as they are 2 games out with 5 games left in the season. The Vikings are a poor road team at (2-4) but lets be a little objective here as they have faced 5 of the BEST teams in the NFL...in the Bengals, Giants, Atlanta, Chicago and Carolina, BRUTAL!....

Both Detroit and Minnesota have 2 of the worst offenses in the league while Detroits defense is considerably better and after losing to the Vikes in Week 9 27-14 I feel that payback will be a big factor in this 2nd meeting after all that Detroit has gone through this past week.
The Lions (4-7) fired HC Steve Mariucci this week and replaced him with new HC Dick Jauron. The Lions will also be starting the BETTER QB of the 2 in my opinion, Jeff Garcia over Joey Harrington. Detroit will get up for this game as their pride will take over and upset a Vikings team that may be looking ahead. I love playing on a team in the first week with a new HC as past history shows the odds are with them. In addition, the Vikings are not worthy of being 3 point favorites let alone versus a division foe in the 2nd meeting of the season. This will be a close game but Detroit Wins and knocks Minny out of the playoffs!
TAKE THE LIONS (+3) over the Vikings!


The Jags (8-3) have now won 4 straight games and 6 of their last 7 as they battle for an AFC wild card spot in what has turned into a very tight race with Denver, San Diego, KC, Pittsburgh , and Cincinnati all in the hunt. The Colts at 11-0 have basically wrapped up 1st place. With any luck, New England will win the divison in a poor AFC East. This basically leaves 4 spots for the 6 aforementioned teams.
The Jaguars have played well on the road this year posting a 4-2 record and this may be the year they get over that hump they keep talking about. They still seem to play teams (regardless of strength) down to the wire every game but a W is a W.
The Browns (4-7) on the other hand are having a rather poor season despite putting a somewhat respectful defense on the field most Sundays. The Jeckyl and Hyde Browns seem to be in disarray at times as they beat Miami 22-0 one week, Lose to Minnesota the week after, and early in the season let's not forget the Brownies BEAT THE BEARS! Not too shabby. The past 4 weeks as mentioned above, the Browns have won, lost, won , lost and now they will follow the pattern and beat the Jags.
Jacksonville is playing their 3rd consecutive road game and have been road favorites every time including this week. Remember the Jags have trouble winning by 3 every week let alone doing it 3 times straight on the road. Jags backup QB Garrard who is 1-2 in his NFL career played well last week but he will have more to think about as the Browns defense can get nasty at times, particularly at home.
We won with the Titans over Jags with them covering at the gun 3 weeks back and then we won on the Jags last week, so people may be confused as to why we are all over the place when it comes to Jax Jags.
Simply put, this is a VERY BAD SPOT FOR THE JAGS playing their 3rd straight on the road.. Throw in the fact that the Browns are coming off a loss, Jax's defense is soft up the middle and the Browns battering ram of a RB Rueben Droughns is quite possibly the best up the middle runner in the NFL, the Jags are playing their backup QB, Browns are getting points to boot AND…….Ya Gotta love the fact that the JAGS have INDY on deck!!! SANDWICH GAME CITY!
TAKE THE BROWNS (+3) over Jags
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