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NFL Power Rankings: Week 7
Chicago's comeback victory on Monday night saved us a lot of work here at the NFL Power Rankings. We'd already decided on this week's order late on Sunday night - surely the Bears would pound the Arizona Cardinals on MNF, and keep their top spot on the list. However, plans for some serious cut-and-paste work started to be developed at halftime on Monday, and as the fourth quarter got underway we were trying to decide how far Chicago would fall down the rankings, and how far Arizona would move up the list. But, needless to say, all such plans were scrapped.
So the Bears stay at No. 1 in the rankings this week, with the Indianapolis Colts at No. 2, and the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, and San Diego Chargers rounding out the Top 5. The Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, and New York Giants all solidified spots in the Top 10 with their victories on the weekend, while the Philadelphia Eagles and the Cincinnati Bengals barely retained their Top-10 berths. And the Cardinals? They should have been punished more for their collapse, but with the teams around them so weak they stayed at spot No. 24.
Here is the Week 7 edition of the NFL Power Rankings.
01 - Chicago Bears 6-0 SU, 4-2 ATS (Last Week 01)
It wasn't pretty, but they got the win on Monday - thanks to touchdowns off two fumble returns and a punt return.
02 - Indianapolis Colts 5-0 SU, 3-2 ATS (Last Week 02)
Come back from a bye this week to play host to the Redskins. Can improve record to 6-0 with a Week 7 victory.
03 - New England Patriots 4-1 SU, 3-2 ATS (Last Week 03)
Coming off a bye as well, but they'll be on the road versus the Bills. Need a Colts stumble to get top AFC mark.
04 - Seattle Seahawks 4-1 SU, 2-3 ATS (Last Week 05)
Stormed back with 16 points in the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon to get past the Rams and move into first place.
05 - San Diego Chargers 4-1 SU, 4-1 ATS (Last Week 07)
The 49ers weren't much of a challenge for Philip Rivers and company, as the Chargers romped to an easy 48-19 win.
06 - Denver Broncos 4-1 SU, 2-3 ATS (Last Week 08)
Is the Denver offense really this bad? Managed to score only 13 points in their victory over the Raiders last week.
07 - New Orleans Saints 5-1 SU, 5-1 ATS (Last Week 12)
Scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to beat the Eagles on Sunday, and improve their mark to 5-1.
08 - New York Giants 3-2 SU, 3-2 ATS (Last Week 10)
It wasn't looking good for the Giants midway through the third quarter Sunday, but Eli Manning led them to a win.
09 - Philadelphia Eagles 4-2 SU, 4-2 ATS (Last Week 04)
Had a chance to burst the Saints' bubble on the weekend, but couldn't get the job done. Play at Tampa this week.
10 - Cincinnati Bengals 3-2 SU, 3-2 ATS (Last Week 06)
There's really no excuse for the Bengals losing to the previously winless Bucs on the weekend. Have Carolina next.
11 - Jacksonville Jaguars 3-2 SU, 3-2 ATS (Last Week 11)
Return from a bye to play the Texans on the road on Sunday. Yet another team looking for the Colts to go cold.
12 - Carolina Panthers 4-2 SU, 2-4 ATS (Last Week 13)
Got a big win over the Ravens in Baltimore on Sunday, with Steve Smith having a huge game (189 yards, one TD).
13 - Baltimore Ravens 4-2 SU, 3-3 ATS (Last Week 09)
Steve McNair was knocked out of their loss to Carolina early on Sunday, but Kyle Boller almost got them the win.
14 - St. Louis Rams 4-2 SU, 5-1 ATS (Last Week 14)
Torry Holt caught eight passes for 154 yards and three touchdowns Sunday, but the Seahawks still won the game.
15 - Pittsburgh Steelers 2-3 SU, 2-3 ATS (Last Week 15)
Ran roughshod over the Chiefs on Sunday, going up 31-0 at halftime and then cruising to a 45-7 win at Heinz Field.
16 - Dallas Cowboys 3-2 SU, 3-2 ATS (Last Week 19)
A game against the Texans was just what Terrell Owens needed: five catches for 45 yards, with three touchdowns.
17 - Atlanta Falcons 3-2 SU, 3-2 ATS (Last Week 16)
Their defense wasn't able to shut down the Giants on the weekend, and now they're two back in the NFC South.
18 - Minnesota Vikings 3-2 SU, 4-1 ATS (Last Week 18)
They're the team in the middle in the NFC South - well behind the Bears, well ahead of both the Packers and Lions.
19 - New York Jets 3-3 SU, 4-2 ATS (Last Week 23)
Almost blew a lead on Sunday against the Dolphins, but they held on and boosted their record back up to .500.
20 - Kansas City Chiefs 2-3 SU, 2-3 ATS (Last Week 17)
How bad were they against the Steelers? Larry Johnson ran for just 26 yards, and he was their rushing leader.
21 - Washington Redskins 2-4 SU, 2-4 ATS (Last Week 20)
Rock bottom for the Redskins? After losing to the Titans at home on Sunday, Washington isn't looking so good.
22 - San Francisco 49ers 2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS (Last Week 21)
Had no chance against the Chargers on Sunday, but at least they're still a game up on the Cardinals in the division.
23 - Buffalo Bills 2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS (Last Week 22)
Got down early against the Lions on Sunday, and a late rally failed to get them a win. In tough against the Patriots.
24 - Arizona Cardinals 1-5 SU, 2-4 ATS (Last Week 24)
We had a lot of nice things to say about Matt Leinart in this space, but his team's meltdown cost him that press.
25 - Miami Dolphins 1-5 SU, 0-6 ATS (Last Week 25)
That stuff about Joey Harrington being the answer? Never mind; one touchdown pass but two INTs versus the Jets.
26 - Green Bay Packers 1-4 SU, 1-4 ATS (Last Week 26)
Coming off a bye week and have only one win so far this season. Can anything interesting be said in this spot?
27 - Cleveland Browns 1-4 SU, 2-3 ATS (Last Week 27)
Coming off a bye week and have only one win so far this season. Can anything interesting be said in this spot?
28 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1-4 SU, 3-2 ATS (Last Week 29)
Bruce Gradkowski tossed a touchdown pass in the last minute of play to get the Bucs that win over the Bengals.
29 - Detroit Lions 1-5 SU, 2-4 ATS (Last Week 30)
Jon Kitna threw for 278 yards and a touchdown to carry the Lions past the Bills, and Kevin Jones ran for 127 yards.
30 - Tennessee Titans 1-5 SU, 3-3 ATS (Last Week 31)
Travis Henry ran for 178 yards and a touchdown against the Redskins on Sunday in the team's first win of 2006.
31 - Houston Texans 1-4 SU, 1-4 ATS (Last Week 28)
Not a good game for David Carr against the Cowboys: 15-of-27 for 128 yards passing, no TDs, two interceptions.
32 - Oakland Raiders 0-5 SU, 1-4 ATS (Last Week 32)
All the other winless teams picked up a win on the weekend, meaning the Raiders are clearly the team for this spot.
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Online NFL betting sites allows you to bring the excitement of the Vegas casino sportsbook into your own home. A straight NFL point spread wager aka "the NFL Line" is the most common form of NFL betting today, but can find many other opportunities. You can place futures bets on events that are scheduled days, weeks, or months down the road. You can also make parlay wagers that give you the opportunity for major payoffs with little risk. You make one bet on two or more teams (up to 12) and if all the teams in a parlay win, you win. If things don't go your way, you are still only out for one wager.
One of the most interesting NFL betting options is the If bet. This allows you to place multiple (2 to 7) bets on one ticket with each successive bet hinging on the one before it. For instance, you can bet on a team to win in each round of the playoffs. If it pans out, you hit on all your wagers. However, even if they only win the first two rounds, you still receive a payout for those games.
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You can make parlay bets with up to 12 selections. This gives you incredible betting power with a minimal risk. The odds on specific games and the parlay as a whole are better than you will find from most online and traditional sportsbook services.
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To win consistently you will need in depth information on games, players, and more. This will give you a better understanding of why specific NFL parlay odds are set. It will also enable you to spot something the odds makers might have missed and use it to your advantage.
One of the exciting and aspects of NFL online betting information sites and you can get up-to-date sports statistics and news, before placing all kinds of wagers on NFL events, ranging from proposition wagers to point buying, and a whole lot more in between.
NFL Football Odds
When people first get involved in sports betting, they do not always realize that odds on games or propositions are not set in stone. Different casinos and online sportsbook services will often feature football odds that are slightly varied. In most cases, adjustments have been made to favor the house. Therefore, when you choose a Sports Book, you want to find one that gives you the best opportunity to be successful.
Sportsbook's update their NFL odds regularly based on the situations surrounding a game, taking into account injuries and other factors that can alter one team's ability to compete. They even offer teaser bets that are basically parlay wagers with odds adjusted to favor the bettor.
Along with supplying you with fair, current NFL football odds, a sportsbook like VIPsports.com offers an in depth guide each type of wager that is available to you, so you understand exactly what type of risk you are taking and what type of payoff you can expect if you should win.
NFL Line
The smoothest, most efficient, and most reliable betting line in the world is the NFL Line. What exactly can you do with this popular NFL betting line? The breadth of options is interesting, to say the least. You can engage in pointspread wagers, over/under wagers, halftime wagers, quarter wagers, straightforward moneyline wagers, point buying wagers, and proposition wagers.
NFL Odds
The wild world of sports demands an ever-increasing attention to detail. Forget the political pundits and talking-heads; keeping abreast of the details of one's favorite sport is a full-time commitment. Thankfully, the advent of information technology has revolutionized sports viewing and, yes . . . sports gambling. The Internet not only has opened the door to comprehensive sports research, but also lightning fast and secure betting.
A perfect example is online wagers on professional football. You can find up-to-date NFLodds at many sites. The only dilemma faced by gamblers is sifting through the junk sites and finding a superior and reliable medium for them to check NFL odds, place their bets, and receive prompt pay-outs. Fully licensed and critically acclaimed website like VIPSports is a godsend for gamblers who care about professionalism, discretion, and efficiency.
The most popular form of betting remains pointspreads but there is much more, including moneyline wagers (you bet on a price, as opposed to a pointspread) and over/under wagers (the sportsbook predicts a total of the two teams score, and you must select whether or not the actual score will be over or under it).
NFL Betting Pick
The amount of NFL betting on the books in Nevada is a drop in the bucket compared to bets made on professional football online, where making your NFL betting pick is almost as much fun as raking in your winnings. Almost.
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NFL Point Spread
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NFL Betting Tip
The majority of online NFL sportsbook sites are eager to take your money without giving you any advantage or any advice. They serve only as betting services and do not supply the bettor with insight into wager options or offer a single NFL tip.
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You can use the information from SportsAction.com and the SportsNewsNetwork and apply them to a wide range of bets. Sites like VIPSports offer straight wagers, parlays, If bets, and more. Unlike many online sportsbook sites, they give you the opportunity to place futures bets prior to and throughout the football season. You can even place proposition (exotic) wagers on what will occur throughout a specific game such as over/under on passing yardage, who will score first, and whether or not a QB will throw an INT.
NFL Football Betting
Many sports fans believe that the only way to place a bet on an NFL game is to hop a flight to Vegas and pay a visit to the sportsbook room at one of the casinos on the Strip. That is not the case. There are a number of online sportsbook sites that offer a variety of wager options for football, basketball, baseball, and much more.
When engaging in online NFL betting there are several issues you need to address before making a bet. You'll want the best odds and the best wagering limits available.
NFL Football Betting Line
When you study an NFL betting line, you will get a clear picture of how much you need to bet to make a specific amount of money. You will also gain insight into the general take on a game. An NFL line highlights favorites, underdogs, and games that are considered to be even. A number of online sportsbook sites give bettors nothing more than an NFL line to work with. This can lead bettors, especially those who are new to the game, to make uninformed decisions.
You need current NFL lines that are updated regularly up until a short time before kickoff. However, you also need knowledge about each game so you can study every aspect of a game before you place a wager.
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NFL Football Point Spread
The most common bets placed from pre-season through the presentation of the Lombardi trophy are NFL football point spread bets. Point spread bets are some of the easiest to understand and they are a great way for casual bettors to get into the game, because they do not require a substantial investment as some more complex or multiple-wagers do.
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Before you place a bet, find out as much information on team and player stats, injuries, current hot streaks as you can. In short, you can go beyond the spread to find out what is really happening in a game.
Football Betting & Handicapping
NFL betting action begins the day after the Super Bowl with NFL futures betting on next year's championship. Weekly you will find early NFL betting lines available before the Sunday night game on ESPN is over. The NFL sports betting business centers on the posting of NFL betting lines.
Take any 'sport, most people pick football, betting MLB or NBA at a Vegas sport book just doesn't have the same thrill. In recent years sports betting on football has been made increasingly available by free NFL betting lines. NFL betting odds are no longer hidden in the back of the newspaper - betting, online betting and online sports betting in particular have created a growth industry in sports betting lines and information. Though not sports betting odds we can find betting formalized by localities starting in the late 60's through off track betting's horse race betting parlors and telephone accounts. So it all starts with the betting odds or the betting lines. The betting line or point spread betting is most popular in both college and pro football betting.
But football is not alone. Vegas odds, the official sports odds have popularized 'March Madness betting beyond the office bracket pool. NCAA tournament odds and it's popularity has spilled over to include ncaa basketball odds on most major college games throught the season. Of course college footbal betting was football betting before NFL betting took off. Now with pro footbball, there is 'internet football betting from the kcik off of preseason ganes in July through the end of January. For college football - football odds betting or football betting line is available througout the week prior to the games being played.
Unlike football, baseball odds or baseball betting odds are stated not in points but in a money line. Major league baseball odds may also include a run line which also states the odds in a money line. The baseball run line option was for a long while only available in Las Vegas. Baseball odds can now be found online including baseball odds on the championship or future baseball odds as they are alternatively known. Though some analysis has been done on baseball betting odds history most baseball gambling odds selections are made influenced by the starting and releif pitchers performance. Still in post season you can find and wager on the baseball world series odds.
Football picks - pro football picks and college football picks can be found on many sites on the internet and have been a staple in newspapers throughout the country for years. Even the networks - ESPN sports, CBS sports, Fox sports - that cover football offer college pro picks from their anaysts on pregame shows. Free football picks including free NFL football picks and free college football picks should be tracked before making them real football picks betting. College football preseason picks for the national championship are stated in mony line odds. College football game picks, pro football weekly picks and college football bowl picks would all be stated in pointspreads.
Sports Betting Odds
An introduction to football betting odds, basketball betting odds, baseball betting odds and hockey betting odds (including ncaa basketball betting odds and ncaa football betting odds).
For years the betting odds could rightfully be called the "las vegas sports betting odds". That is where the line originated And although the sport betting odds would be republished in newspapers accross the country they were the "las vegas betting odds". Early on, believe it or not, people actually bet baseball. The sports betting odds on baseball were local - often in game - pitch by pitch wagering in the stands. This is not what we would expect today as sport book betting odds. The NFL betting odds are the most widely followed sports betting line odds. With the advent of the Internet we now have online sport book betting odds including but not limited to online betting football odds, online sports betting odds on baseball, online sports betting odds on NBA and NHL betting odds.Online sports betting odds have begun to dispalce vegas betting odds as the standard. For variety and access, online betting odds, allows players to compare betting odds whether that be nba betting odds, ncaa betting odds or online baseball betting odds. In the end, either on line or Vegas super bowl betting odds and march madness final four betting odds create the greatest attention.
College Football
This offseason the college football news did not focus on the upcoming college football schedule. No, there was more to the headlines. One hot topic was would Boston College football and college football's Miami Hurricanes jump the Big East for the ACC. The spotlight was also on the off the field predicament of college football coach Mike Price who was about to walk in the shoes of Bear Bryant with the Alabama college football program.. There is even the highly rated college football recruit and former strating QB McPhearson of FSU accused of betting on his own games.
Luckily the machine keeps going: college football's spring games were played, college football recruiting continued and fitting in junior college football transfers to a new defensive shceme - well you get the picture. College football history is more than just the college football team. It is the historic black college football programs, the college football mascots, the revered college football stadiums. That is american college football. Even with all of the attention and pressure, a college football coaching job is still a coveted spot in the nation's sports pecking order. Tradition of course also runs deep. College football rivalry games are time honred a lifetime memory for the college football player. For the hard core fan the publication of the first college football magazine of the season starts the hunt for the (sort of still mythical) college football championship.
Of course no talk of the raod to becoming college football's national champions wuld be or should be complete without understand the BCS. The BCS is combination of college football polls and college football rankings by computer topped off with difficulty of schedule. This aspect, the value of tough opponent is decided by a future college football schedule which is set year's in advance. More programs have given up the cupcake scheduling of early season non-conference games. In doing so many college football rosters have also forfeited any opportunity to develop playiing a team in games no tougher than a college football workout. Why would a program do this? Simple - college football revenue from the the bowl games. Without a college football playoff system any time in the future the real college football score will be kept and published beginning each October by the BCS.
College football betting is also a fall tradition. The college football betting line is offered in nearly all of the Division 1-A games. Professional handicappers offer free college football picks, college football previews, college football ATS records against their opponets, college football ATS stats season to date and longer histroical periods.