A slight down week in week 2 after the great start of the opening weekend. Straight into week 3's bets
STAR BETS (last week 2/3, season 4/6) San Francisco 49ers -6.5 @ Minnesota
A very good argument can be made saying that the 49ers are the best overall team in the NFL, and their defence is certainly good enough to restrict the Vikings to not very many points Detriot Lions -3.5 @ Tennessee
The Lions have laboured to a 1-1 start (laboured meaning struggled, not spunked the national budget 10times over and destroyed the place)while the Titans have gone 0-2 in style. A perfect opportunity for the Lions to kickstart their season.
Indianapolis Colts -3 vs Jacksonville
MONEYLINES (last week 0/3, season 2/6) New York Jets 16/19 @ Miami
Rex will have plenty of plans afoot to make Ryan Tannehill wonder what day it is. Wouldn't surprise me is Tony Sporano has been saving up one of 2 Tebow plays Atlanta Falcons 6/4 @ San Diego
Just think this looks big for a good team vs Norv
Could be a Sting in the tale Sunday for the Norv World Order
Cleveland Browns 5/4 vs Buffalo
The Browns have put up 2 credible efforts so far with Trent Richardson living up to the hype, The Bills offer a great opportunity to get off the mark providing the Browns can avoid giving up big plays to CJ Spiller
Not even this keeps Jay Cutler from permanently having a face like a smacked arse
TOTALS (last week 1/3, season 4/6) St Louis @ Chicago OVER 43
Will Jay smile???
New England @ Baltimore UNDER 49.5 Philadelphia @ Arizona OVER 42 TV TRIXIE (last week 1/3, season 4/6) New York Jets @ Miami Houston Texans @ Denver New England @ Baltimore UNDER 49.5
Treble pays 6.4 @ william hill
HANDICAP BETS (last week 2/3, season 4/6)
this week once again star bets and h/cap bets are 1 and the same
HANDICAPS ATLANTA -3 VS DENVER 5/6 WON SAN FRANCISCO -6.5 VS DETRIOT WON WASHINGTON REDSKINS -3 @ ST LOUIS 5/6 LOST
TOTALS MINNESOTA @ INDIANPOLIS OVER 44.5 LOST NEW YORK JETS @ PITTSBURGH OVER 41.5 LOST KANSAS CITY @ BUFFALO OVER 44.5 WON MONEYLINES BALTIMORE RAVENS 11/10 @ PHILADELPHIA LOST DALLAS COWBOYS 8/13 @ SEATTLE LOST NEW ORLEANS 14/19 @ CAROLINA LOST
TV TRIXIE NEW ORLEANS 14/19 @ CAROLINA LOST WASHINGTON REDSKINS 8/13 @ ST LOUIS LOST SAN FRANCISCO -7 VS DETRIOT 24/23 WON
Last weeks tips got the season off to a great start as you can see from the below posts, this week i'm letting the picks speak for themselves, sort of. Week 2 is always a minefield becuase we just don't know how much of week 1 was real life, or was it just fantasy. Lets hope we don't get caught in a landslide.. [that's enough pretentious queen rubbish, ED]
HANDICAPS ATLANTA -3 VS DENVER 5/6
Peyton looked ok on Sunday night but i think i'd take the Falcons at home giving 3 against 28 teams in the league
SAN FRANCISCO -6.5 VS DETRIOT WASHINGTON REDSKINS -3 @ ST LOUIS 5/6
The Skins should be able to control the clock with anyone of around the 2 dozen running backs they roster. Sam Bradford just doesn't have anyone to throw to, not that he'd pick them out anyway.
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TOTALS MINNESOTA @ INDIANPOLIS OVER 44.5 NEW YORK JETS @ PITTSBURGH OVER 41.5 KANSAS CITY @ BUFFALO OVER 44.5 MONEYLINES BALTIMORE RAVENS 11/10 @ PHILADELPHIA
The Eagles fans could be on their teams backs faster than Mike Carlson pounces on a mistake by his co-host
DALLAS COWBOYS 8/13 @ SEATTLE
11 days since Romo and Co. took care of the Giants. Can't have much trouble with a team with a Rookie QB coming off a defeat at Arizona, even if they turn the speakers all the way up to 11, can they ??
NEW ORLEANS 14/19 @ CAROLINA
The Saints were done by the run last weekend, unluckily for Carolina they pay big bucks for 3 RB's who can't do it
Cam Newton's better half, well she popped up on a search for his bird anyway
TV TREBLE NEW ORLEANS 14/19 @ CAROLINA WASHINGTON REDSKINS 8/13 @ ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO -7 VS DETRIOT 24/23 treble pays 5.54 STAR BETS the 3 handicap bets
The NFL returned on Wednesday night this year and not Thursday as usual, (apparently Barack is more important the NFL season opener) meaning this is 2 days late and not 1 like it should be. As time is not as freely available to me as it was last year the write ups may become ever barer than they were last year but rest assured that the necessary research and guesswork has gone into every selection made.
Romo was in Cruz control Wednesday night as opposed to the sloppy Giants
The aim of this blog is not only to make some cash (as we did very well last year season-wrap-up.htmlregular-season-wrap-up.html ) but to also give us an interest in the majority of the games every weekend.
This season the same picks will continue with records kept based based on tirxies on 3 money lines/3 handicaps/3 totals, but also a Trixie on the 3 UK TV games each Sunday for those who like to watch the games and have a casual bet. ON TOP OF THAT I'll also be highlighting the STAR BETS of each weekend.
This season there is a game EVERY Thursday night, I'll probably miss that game most weeks due to random nature of the games where players are coming off 3 days rest but if i do have a pick in those games it will be up on here and advertised like buggery at https://twitter.com/tompetty17 .
ENJOY THE SEASON
WEEK 1 MONEYLINES
New England Patriots 4/9 @ Tennessee Brady will have too much in his Locker for Jake to keep up with Buffalo Bills 13/10 @ New York Jets Just look at the Jets offence!!!!. Mario Williams could have field day Arizona Cardinals 24/19 vs Seattle Seahawks Always a sucker for a home dog vs Seattle
Rex Ryan, coming toe-wards the end of the line in New York
HANDICAPS
Houston Texans -11.5 vs Miami Dolphins The Dolphins O makes the Jets O looks like the Dolphins O of the 80's (if that makes sense) *Detriot Lions -7.5 vs St Louis Rams Only complacency would see Stafford, Johnson, Burleson and co failing to cover agains tthe Rams limp offence.
*Chicago Bears -9.5 vs Indianapolis Colts
First game in the NFL at Soldier field, Hard Luck
all 10/11
Mrs Rysn Tannehill, The Dolphins wont win many games but Ryan will still be smiling
TOTALS Philadelphia Eagles @ Cleveland Browns UNDER 42.5 The Browns wont score many but could limit the Eagles.
*Cincinnati @ Baltimore OVER 41 No Suggs this year could lead to a leaky D in Baltimore, but at home theey have plenty of offence to counter it.
San Diego Chargers @ Oakland Raiders UNDER 47 This game could be played on the ground, particulaly the Raiders who wont want to put games in Carson Palmers hands unless they really have to.
all 10/11
Should feel at home in the Dawg Pound
TV TRIXIE Chicago Bears -10 vs Indianapolis Colts 68/67 San Francisco @ Green Bay OVER 46.5 15/16 Denver Bronocs 11/14 vs Pittsburgh Pinnacle Prices, 6.98 treble
No Danny this season on C4 so Mike might get space on the sofa
STAR BETS
Chicago Bears -9.5 vs Indianapolis Colts Detriot Lions -7.5 vs St Louis Rams Cincinnati @ Baltimore OVER 41
all 10/11
DIVISION BY DIVISION PREVIEW AFC EAST
If the Pats (2/7) don't walk it i shall eat my metaphorical hat. You could make an argument that Tim Tebow is the 2nd best QB in the division and not get laughed out the room, that's how bad the other teams are, and the rest of their offense's aren't much better.
AFC NORTH
See last years preview, nothing much has changed, and i'll stick with the Ravens @ 13/8
AFC SOUTH
The Texans (Corals 2/7 gen 1/5) should walk this division as the odds suggest. They've lost Super Mario Williams to the Bills but on the other side of the ball have Matt Shaub back and should have far too much for their divisional rivals who are the in the beginnings of being works in progress.
AFC WEST
The hardest division to call in the AFC. I'll take a shot on the Raiders (37/5) given there are reason to doubt their rivals, (Manning health/outdoors, Norv, Cassell) and keeps everything crossed that Darren McFadden keeps fit for the whole season.
NFL EAST
The Cowboys got off to a great start on Wednesday night with a win over the Giants in the Meadowland, mainy due to the fact that Romo didn't Romo thing up after a pick in the first half. They should really have won the division last year but for a December mini implosion. I think after a great start they'll get over the line this time at 2/1
NFL NORTH
This should all be about the Pack 1/2. Da Bears could make it interesting with the Lions pushing them. The Vikings can also give anyone a game on their day, sadly it's only their day 4 days a year.
NFL SOUTH
This is the Falcons 6/4 year, if they dont win the division this year they never will. The Saints have Sean Payton banned for the year, a defence too scared to tackle since the Roger Goddell put bounty's on their heads, and Drew Brees now cares about an extra few million he'll never spend more than the City of New Orleans. Atlanta have Roddy and Julio down by the endzone and Michael Turner hopefully has one big year left in him *Pick stands even on the back of the overturning of suspensions
NFL WEST
Seattle have the making of a decent team but wont be strong enough to seriously challenge the 49ers 8/15
Graeme Nash give his thoughts on Seahawks training camp
