Bodog NFL Newsletter for Week 3

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Only three teams have won the Super Bowl following a 0-2 start: I mention this because that’s what is potentially facing the Minnesota Vikings should they get upset a home Sunday by a dangerous Miami team. Minnesota is a 6-point favorite on Bodog’s NFL Odds.

The Dolphins weren’t especially impressive in their Week 1 15-10 win at Buffalo. Both Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams rushed for more than 60 yards and QB Chad Henne was solid in going 21-for-34 for 182 yards with no picks, but the offense managed only one touchdown. The defense was excellent, holding Buffalo to a total of 166 yards – but these are the Bills we are talking about.

Minnesota got a little extra time to prepare for this one, having lost in the Thursday night opener to the Saints. But clearly that Viking offense missed No. 1 WR Sidney Rice as the Vikes managed only nine points after scoring 28 back in the NFC Championship Game on the same field. Brett Favre looked very rusty, completing 15 of 27 passes for 171 yards with a TD and an interception.

This should be an interesting matchup because the Dolphins run the ball more than almost any team in the league, while the Vikings have had one of the NFL’s best run defenses for years. In fact, Minnesota was No. 2 against the run last year after finishing No. 1 the previous three years. Thus possibly look for Miami to throw a little more than usual, especially to WR Brandon Marshall. He had eight catches for 53 yards in the opener and will have at least a five-inch height advantage on any Minnesota starting cornerback.

The Vikings have won nine consecutive regular-season games at home. Favre threw 21 touchdowns and only two interceptions in eight regular-season games at home in 2009.

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If you want proof that you need a good backup quarterback in the NFL, look no further than Sunday’s game in Detroit as both the Eagles and Lions will be startingtheir No. 2 quarterback as both clubs look to avoid 0-2 starts. The Eagles are 6.5-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL Odds.

Because Kevin Kolb suffered a concussion in Week 1, Michael Vick will start for the Eagles – the first time he has started a game since 2006. Vick looked like the Vick of old in relief of Kolb in last week’s 27-20 loss to the Packers, finishing with 175 yards passing and running for 103.

Vick became just the third Eagles quarterback to throw for at least 175 yards and run for at least 100 yards in the same game since 1960. Vick now has 10 career games with 100 yards rushing. However, it was a costly loss for Philly as not only did it lose Kolb, it also lost linebacker Stewart Bradley to a concussion (also expected out Sunday) and fullback Leonard Weaver and center Jamaal Jackson to season-ending injuries.

The Lions were the hard-luck losers of Week 1. They were pretty well dominated in Chicago but should have won the game on a last-second TD catch by Calvin Johnson. But an arcane rule meant Johnson’s catch was incomplete despite the fact he clearly did catch the ball. Detroit lost starting QB Matthew Stafford late in the first half of that one and Shaun Hill, who was 10-6 as a starter with the 49ers, will start Sunday. He was 9-for-19 for 86 yards with one pick in relief of Stafford last week. Detroit got two touchdowns from rookie RB Jahvid Best last week – the first rookie running back to score two touchdowns in his debut since LaDainian Tomlinson in 2001 – but only rushed for 20 yards.

These two teams haven’t met since 2007. Since 2000, Philadelphia is 35-16-1 following a loss.

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Probably the biggest star of Week 1 in the NFL was Houston Texans running back Arian Foster as he helped lead the Texans to an upset of the Indianapolis Colts – just Houston’s second win ever over its division rivals. But is a letdown imminent this week in Washington? Houston is a 3-point road favorite on Bodog’s NFL odds.

The Texans lead the NFL in rushing after one week thanks to Foster, who had 231 yards and three touchdowns in the 34-24 win over Indy. Not bad for a guy who spent most of last season on the Texans’ practice squad. It was the NFL’s second-best opening weekend rushing performance since 1933, topped only by O.J. Simpson’s 250 for Buffalo in 1973 against New England. It shattered the Houston team record of 158 yards.

The Redskins also pulled off a Week 1 upset, beating Dallas 13-7 despite not scoring an offensive touchdown. Frankly, Washington had no business winning that game but scored on the final play of the first half thanks to a boneheaded call by Dallas and then survived a Tony Romo last-second TD on the final play of the game due to a Cowboys holding penalty. Donovan McNabb was 15-for-32 for 171 yards in his first game as a Redskin.

Houston, in its Texans format, has never started a season 2-0. The Redskins might have an advantage in that four former Texans coaches are now with the Redskins, including offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. The Redskins haven’t won consecutive home games as an underdog in nine years. These two teams haven’t met since 2006.

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