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There are six games with a current point spread of at least a touchdown, including two matchups that reached a double-figure line, on the Week 8 NFL regular season schedule. That suggests we may have a few blowouts as separation among the teams begins to settle in with the halfway point upon us. There has been little movement of the significant variety with most of the 14 games on the slate staying on the opening number or moving just a half-point. The line for the Baltimore at Carolina match sw... 

The Los Angeles Rams kept their perfect season alive by winning their seventh straight with a thorough beating of NFC West rival San Francisco last week. And as a result they remain the favorite at +235 on the updated Super Bowl LIII odds board at BookMaker.eu. Responding to their first loss of the season, the Kansas City Chiefs made a jump to the second favorite on the board at +550 with a Sunday night win over Cincinnati. Ironically, they leapfrogged the Patriots, the only team to deal the Chi... 

The Week 8 Sunday Night Football matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings sets up to be a hum-dinger. Both teams are hot with the Saints winning five straight after a season-opening setback. The Vikings responded to an opening malaise to post three consecutive victories to move atop the NFC Central. The betting public is split on this one as well with near even money pushing the line to a pick ‘em. What will be talked about most on the NBC broadcast, however, is how last year... 

For the first time this season we saw a majority of games play below the closing total with the under going 9-4 last week. Is it a sign that the oddsmakers are making the proper adjustments on the totals? Or are the teams playing a better brand of defense? Who knows, maybe it’s a combination of both. But with all the points and touchdowns being scored, taking the over isn’t an automatic winner. We hit on two of our three top total plays last week with the Broncos going over the total by themselv... 

Things didn’t go so well for us last week on our public fades, but undeterred we’ll examine some of the Week 8 matchups, see which side the public is leaning on the early NFL betting lines at BookMaker.eu and make our own fearless prognostications on what teams should be faded. New England is getting nearly 85 percent of the early action for its Monday Night Football matchup with the Bills and it’s hard to imagine what the other 15 percent are thinking. Despite coming off as a 13.5-point favorit... 

We moved the line and spread in our favor to come up with three winners last week. Unfortunately we needed all four to win in order to cash the ticket and it was the Thursday night game that did us in for the second straight week. It sucks when you have a losing ticket before the Sunday games are even played. We’ll steer clear of this week’s Thursday Night Football game, which has seen a close split in the early wagers, indicating oddsmakers nailed the opening line of Texans -7 for their matchup... 

Playing a multi-team parlay card is both fun to play and very rewarding when you win. Playing on the money line gives bettors a chance at hitting the favorites. However, the payout won’t be as large. In order to hedge our bets, taking a chance on an underdog or two will increase the amount of dough we can make when playing a multi-team parlay card. We hit all our favorites last week, which gave us a solid base. But we missed on one of our underdog picks when the Cowboys couldn’t turn the trick i... 

At the start of the season this matchup had all the makings of a potential Super Bowl battle. Instead it’s turned into a cruel joke. It’s been a real downer for the Jacksonville Jaguars, who came within 10 minutes of the franchise’s first Super Bowl appearance last season. Long the punching bag for anything that negatively impacts the club, Blake Bortles was exiled to the bench last week, and it just proved that he isn’t entirely the problem. Should Bortles return to start behind center he won’t... 

During his time leading the Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers has never been an underdog as big as his team is on the opening NFL betting lines. The line hit the board at BookMaker.eu with the Los Angeles Rams as a 9.5-point favorite for the Week 8 showdown between NFC heavyweights. The Rams have been the most dominant team in the NFL this season, extending their winning streak to seven games with a thrashing of division rival San Francisco last week, covering the line as an 8-point favorite. The... 

The Houston Texans had a good look at Brock Osweiler a few years ago when they signed him to be their starting quarterback. That experiment didn’t even last a season before the team said adios to their free agent mistake. With Ryan Tannehill experiencing shoulder discomfort, the Miami Dolphins will turn to Osweiler again when the Fins take on the Texans in the Week 9 Thursday Night Football matchup. In a division that was expected to be one of the toughest in the NFL, the Texans have taken over ... 

They are favored for a reason. Teams laying points in Week 7 of the NFL regular season won nine of the 13 contests straight up through the Sunday Night Football matchup. The record against the line was much tighter with favorites posting a 7-6 ATS mark. Home dogs were particularly vulnerable this week with those teams going just 1-5 SU and ATS. The Washington Redskins were the only home underdog to get a victory, beating their NFC East rival Dallas outright 20-17 as a 2-point home pup.... 

It’s too bad Mercedes-Benz Stadium has a roof, now the New York Giants won’t be able to put a tent over it with the circus they’re bringing to town. The Monday Night Football matchup between the G-Men and Atlanta Falcons may not be the most entertaining game on the Week 7 slate, but the theatrics surrounding the Giants are worthy of a primetime soap opera. And the central figure in it all is Odell Beckham Jr., who even has the team owner talking about him. OBJ is trying to galvanize his team by ... 

The Kansas City Chiefs suffered their first loss of the season, but they showed in their game with the Patriots last week that they may just be for real this year. We’ve seen this before from the Chiefs. They start fast, fade during the middle of season, catch fire before the playoffs then flame out when everything’s on the line. We’re not quite to the halfway mark in the season, but this team has a different feel to it. One that says it isn’t going in a slump with Patrick Mahomes leading the NF... 

It looks to be another hectic week on the NFL betting lines with early movement all over the board. We have just a 14-game slate in Week 7 of the NFL regular season as more teams start to take their bye, and one game has yet to have a spread and total hit the board. Oddsmakers are waiting on news from Miami regarding Ryan Tannehill before posting a line. That didn’t affect the Fins last week as they rolled over the Bears behind backup Brock Osweiler as a 7.5-point underdog.... 

The Los Angeles Rams are the lone unbeaten in the NFL after the Chiefs were beaten by the Patriots in an epic battle between AFC heavyweights last week. And those three remain at the top of the updated Super Bowl 53 odds board at BookMaker.eu for at least another week. The Chargers, Steelers, Vikings, Eagles and Ravens all improved their odds with wins last week while the Jags and Bengals faded after losing their

Points are being scored at an all-time high in the NFL, no thanks to the Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals. But when the Cowboys can throw 40 on the Jacksonville defense, it’s time to take a good luck at the totals. Considering the amount of points being scored, we could throw down on the over and come out ahead. But the profit isn’t significant since the over is just 50-42 through the first six weeks of the season. There are teams that still play defense. After hitting on two of our three ... 

Two of our fades paid off last week, proving that sometimes it’s better to be a leader than a follower. Our lone miss came on Sunday night when we faded the Chiefs, who were the early pick of the betting public at +3.5 for their tilt with the Pats. KC covered the line but saw their perfect season come to an end in an epic clash between AFC heavyweights. The Pats will once again make our list this week, but they are the team we’re fading for their matchup with the Chicago Bears.... 

We thought the Giants were ready to make a move after their near miss against Carolina. But we were proven wrong last week and our four-team teaser was a loser before the weekend even got here. We did learn one thing and that’s not to bet on the G-Men, who couldn’t cover against the Eagles even with the line teased in their favor. The wonderful thing about teasers is they allow us to move the spread or total by as much as six points in our favor with a minimum of two wagers. Most sportsbooks, in... 

We cashed a winning ticket right here last week hitting on our four-team money line parlay card. Our strategy of picking three favorites along with one underdog to sweeten the pot paid off when the Eagles, Vikings and Packers all won as the favored team. We also correctly picked the underdog Steelers to upset Cincinnati. Week 7 of the NFL regular season offers up some intriguing matchups that give bettors a chance to line their pockets. When playing a multi-game money line parlay, it’s essential... 

Just in case you were wondering, the AFC will run through Foxboro again this season. The New England Patriots won a statement game on Sunday night, sending the Chiefs to their first loss of the season in a matchup that makes the NFL the wonderful visual spectacle that it is. On the other side the Chicago Bears might be ready to contend in the NFC, but they proved to be young and inconsistent with a frustrating game against the Dolphins. Playing a backup quarterback, the Bears defense was gouged ... 

An offensive explosion by the Dallas Cowboys last week didn’t do much to persuade the oddsmakers on the opening total for their NFC East showdown with the Washington Redskins on Sunday afternoon. Dallas entered last week’s tilt with Jacksonville scoring an average of less than 17 points per game. Certainly they couldn’t rip up the Jags vaunted defense. But anything can happen in the NFL and the Boys dropped 40 on the Jags, covering the total of 39 all by themselves. It was the second time in the... 

The Denver Broncos got a late touchdown for a backdoor cover in their game against the Rams, however, that was their only consolation as the troubling season continues. The Broncos covered the spread for the first time this season, but they lost their fourth in a row straight up and surrendered a bunch of yards on the ground once again. They have a short week to get things straightened out with a trip to the Arizona Cardinals on tap for the Week 7 Thursday Night Football matchup. And the Cards h... 

Betting on the underdog was a money maker again in Week 6 of the NFL regular season and a trend has emerged that has seen home dogs be extremely profitable over the last two weeks. Teams getting points were 8-5 with a push against the line last week with home dogs going 4-2 ATS and winning three of six games outright. In Week 5 home underdogs were 3-1 SU and 4-0 ATS. Miami pulled off the biggest upset of Week 6 beating Chicago at home as a 7-point pup.... 

Unlike last week when the opening lines appeared to signify some kind of balance between oddsmakers and the betting public, who were in agreement with most spreads early in the betting week, that’s not the case in the early going of Week 6 games. We’ve seen a number of minor shifts, which is more an indication of one team getting a bulk of the early action. As is always the case, things tend to even out as the week progresses. ... 

The Week 6 Monday Night Football matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers looked a lot more enticing several weeks ago when Jimmy Garoppolo still had two good knees. Instead we get Jimmy G’s backup C.J. Beathard going to toe-to-toe with Aaron Rodgers as the Niners just try to stay competitive. Beathard has put numbers comparable to Garoppolo since taking over three weeks ago and he is familiar with Kyle Shanahan’s system having started five games last season. The Niners are ...