NFL: A Monday night melee
Two of the most dominant teams from opening week highlight the NFL Week 2 odds.
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The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles are two of the best teams in the NFC, and they combine with the New York Giants to form the best division in football, the NFC East. That’s why fans are salivating already at their Monday Night Football melee.
Dallas is coming off a 28-10 win at Cleveland. It was a devastating performance by quarterback Tony Romo as he torched the inexperienced Browns secondary to the tune of 320 passing yards. Dallas’ bigger accomplishment was holding Cleveland’s potent passing attack to just 114 yards.
Philadelphia silenced any critics they may have had with a 38-3 thrashing of the St. Louis Rams. Donovan McNabb was equally as sharp as Romo with 361 passing yards and three touchdowns. However, the Rams are one of the worst teams in football, and the Eagles need to prove they can play well on the road, thus their seven-point dog status.
A great early division battle in the AFC features San Diego getting two-points at Denver. The Chargers are supposed to be the class of the AFC West, and they are still the heavy 2:5 favorites in that category at Sportsbook.com (Denver is 3:2).
The problem is that San Diego lost at home to Carolina last week, a place they were 15-1 in the last two regular seasons. Meanwhile, Denver quarterback, Jay Cutler was doing his best Dan Marino impression is an impressive 41-14 win at Oakland. And that was without his favorite receiver, Brandon Marshall who returns this week from a one-game suspension.
Two more interesting AFC battles are Buffalo (+6) at Jacksonville and Pittsburgh (-6) at Cleveland. The latter game is the Sunday night affair with the pressure purely on Cleveland coach Romeo Crennel to rebound from last week’s debacle.
Buffalo again showed last week why they are so dangerous at home, beating Seattle, 34-10. The road has been their nemesis though (3-5 straight-up and ATS last year), and that’s why they are getting almost a touchdown from a Jacksonville team that is decimated on the offensive line due to injuries.
The best out-of-conference game this week is Indianapolis two-point chalk at Minnesota. That’s not a lot of points to give if you’re a Peyton Manning fan. However, Manning and the Colts offense sputtered last week against Chicago, scoring just 13 points at home while surrendering 29.
The Vikings lost 24-19 at their biggest rival last week, the Green Bay Packers, and neither team can afford to start the season 0-2.
Of course, we can’t talk about this week’s games without mentioning the New England Patriots. The ‘Brady-less Bunch’ are two-point dogs at their biggest rivals, the New York Jets. The oddsmakers clearly believe the Pats will rally around backup Matt Cassel this week and give the Jets a game.
Other Week 2 spreads at Sportsbook.com have Oakland (+4) at Kansas City, Tennessee (+1) at Cincinnati, New Orleans (Even) at Washington, Green Bay (-3) at Detroit, Chicago (+3) at Carolina, NY Giants (-9) at St. Louis, Atlanta (+8) at Tampa Bay, San Francisco (+8) at Seattle, Miami (+7) at Arizona and Baltimore (+4.5) at Houston.
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This post was written by admin on September 9, 2008
