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It’s it a good or bad thing that 2010 No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford will start at quarterback in Week 1 for the St. Louis Rams? After all, St. Louis has been arguably the NFL’s worst franchise for the past three seasons in totaling just six wins. But the Rams have nothing to lose – other than Bradford’s health – so the former Heisman winner will be under center against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The Cards opened as 4-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL Odds

Bradford looked ready in the preseason, completing 33 of 55 passes for 338 yards for 3 TDs and no INTs (95.9 passer rating) to beat out veteran journeyman A.J. Feeley. Bradford is the second straight quarterback chosen No. 1 overall to start in Week 1, following in the shoes of Detroit’s Matthew Stafford last year. The Rams have lost 13 home games in a row, with the last win coming in Week 7 of the 2008 season.

Meanwhile, one of the quarterback stories of this preseason was in Arizona where offseason addition Derek Anderson, who was wretched last season in Cleveland, eventually beat out former Heisman winner Matt Leinart to replace the retired Kurt Warner. Of course, Leinart was eventually cut and signed with Houston. In the preseason, Anderson completed 33 of 56 passes for 334 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions. Last year for Cleveland in eight games he completed 44.5 percent of his passes for three touchdowns with 10 interceptions.

Anderson will have star receiver Larry Fitzgerald to throw to. He sat out the final three preseason games after spraining his right knee in the first game. Tim Hightower will start at running back over Beanie Wells although both should see equal carries if Wells is healthy after bruising a knee in the final exhibition game.

The Cardinals swept the Rams last season and have won seven in a row in the series. But the home team is 5-1 ATS in the past six. The Rams, rather amazingly, have covered just once in the past 10 openers.

With the expected decline of two-time NFC West champion Arizona, the San Francisco 49ers are sizable betting favorites to win the division and get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2002. The Seattle Seahawks? Not much is expected of them in Pete Carroll’s first season. San Francisco opened as a 3-point road favorite for Sunday’s game on Bodog’s NFL odds.

Does the preseason mean anything? The Niners went 4-0 for the first time since 1992. Ah, but 19 of the 37 teams to do that since 1990 didn’t make the playoffs. If San Francisco is going to contend this season, former No. 1 overall pick Alex Smith has to be more consistent at quarterback. He’s the unquestioned starter now after completing 225 of 372 passes for 2,350 yards, 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions last year. San Francisco was a bit schizophrenic last year, following a 3-1 start by losing four straight and five of six (Smith didn’t take over as starter until the seventh game). The Niners also dropped six straight road games, five in a row by a combined 19 points, before winning their season finale at St. Louis.

The Seahawks are underdogs despite having won five of their last seven home games against the Niners, including a 20-17 victory last Dec. 6. But the Seahawks are just 6-10 at home in the past two seasons. Seattle wasn’t very good on offense (No. 21) or defense (No. 24) last year but did, by most accounts, have an excellent 2010 draft. Its first pick in that draft, left tackle Russell Okung, won’t be able to play in Week 1, however, due to an injury suffered in the preseason. Justin Forsett won the starting running back job over Julius Jones and former Jet Leon Washington, but all three will play. They will likely struggle against a Niners defense, led by Patrick Willis, that held opponents to just 3.6 yards per carry last year (tied for second in the NFL). Seattle also surprisingly cut loose top 2009 receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh near the end of the preseason. No team had more roster turnover from last year than the Seahawks. But if QB Matt Hasselbeck stays healthy, this team can be competitive. Hasselbeck has played a full season only once in the past four.

These teams split two meetings last year, each winning at home. Smith threw for a career-high 310 yards, his first 300-yard game, in the loss at Seattle in Week 13.

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Vegas insider pick experts agree that one of the best bets for sports picks against the spread is the contest between the Oakland Raiders vs. Tennessee Titans.

The NFL point spread has been set. Following some line moves, the current odds are the Titans from six to 6.5 so free odds comparison in necessary.

Comparing that Vegas sportsbook line, the power ratings say the computer betting line is Tennessee -7. It comes off a key number, so the Titans are a pretty strong play.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Raiders are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 vs. AFC, but 1-4 the last five opening week picks. Titans are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games in September, but 3-8 to AFC last 11. The chalk has covered 4-of-5 in the series.

Over/under trends: Over is 8-3-1 in Raiders last 12 games in September. Over is 4-1 in Titans last 5 home games.

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The pro bettors off one of the great starts ever in the history of sports betting. They are 15-3 this season with all football “named plays” NFLX and NCAAF. Yesterday the ESPN Nonconference Best Bet of the Year on Ohio State was a gift. Falcons/Steelers are the Pro Football Non-Conference Best Bet of the Year. It’s among eight locks. Falcons vs. Steelers

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An NFL betting picks warning has been issued for the New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals.

Oddsmakers have the NFL football point spread at anywhere from New England -5.5 to Patriots -4.5 so shop around.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Bengals are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games in September, but 1-7 their last eight overall.

Over/under trends: Over is 10-3 in Patriots last 13 games in Week 1.

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This week’s NFL schedule has a game so strong for sports betting, that a sports bulletin has been issued for the Miami Dolphins vs. Buffalo Bills.

The NFL point spread for this game has Miami -3 but line shopping turns up some 2.5. The total ranges from 38.5-39.

Compare this to the NFL power ratings for bettors that has the Dolphins -3.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Dolphins are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 vs. AFC East, 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games, 3-12-2 ATS in their last 17 games in September.

Bills are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games in Week 1, 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games on turf, 3-10 home.

Over/under trends: Under is 9-4 in Dolphins last 13 road games. Under is 9-3 in Bills last 12 games in Week 1, under 8-3 home, under 7-3 last 10 vs. AFC.

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It’s time for week 1 free pick NFL winner for Sunday is on the Falcons. This comes from Matt Rivers of the top football handicapper’s web site OffshoreInsiders.com

It’s definitely not the easiest thing to lay anything on the road against Troy Polamalu and what is still a quality Steeler defense but I do believe that the Falcons will win 10 or 11 games and in order to do so this is a big step towards that. Mike Smith and Thomas Dimitroff turned the culture around for this franchise after the whole Mike Vick/Bobby Petrino debacles and this is the third year of that plan.

Matt Ryan is a talented guy with a head on his shoulders and in this, his third year as well, should be able to really start blowing up. Throw in a healthy Michael Turner along with a future Hall of Famer in Tony Gonzalez and a borderline great wide receiver named Roddy White and this offense is going to be just fine, even in Heinz Field. Meanwhile the defense which was much maligned at times last season for being very vanilla and soft should be much improved with Dunta Robinson in the fold, Peria Jeri back from injury, Sean Weatherspoon wreaking havoc and the unit as a whole being far more athletic and stouter.

It’s not my strongest of NFL spread picks week 1 but I do think that Mike Tomlin’s Steelers have the potential to rebound from a poor 2009 but without Ben Roethlisberger things are just not going to come easy. Dennis Dixon can be a bit of a matchup problem with his blazing speed but he is still a third stringer for a reason and in what should be a hard fought rough game I think the Birds are going to be the team able to prevail. Atlanta’s run defense should be extremely tough to move the ball on and Rashard Mendenhall is in for it a bit.

I do respect the champions from a few seasons back with Polamalu, Harrison, Ward and a few others but there’s no Big Ben, Willie Parker or Santonio Holmes and in the end the Falcons are the better team and should show it on the field.

The pick: Atlanta

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Sunday marks the true return of the NFL, and sports betting fans find themselves with a tough slate of games to choose from. The schedule makers (and odds makers) did a nice job with these match ups, making for an exciting opening week. Here’s a quick breakdown of the most interesting games on Sunday—including the games you should be picking.  Yes, ScoresOddsPicks are also fantasy football experts and they’ve shown how that knowledge applies to beating the odds.

Panthers at Giants (-7) – 1:00 p.m. ET

The Panthers should be much improved this year simply by starting Matt Moore over Jake Delhomme, but New York won’t blow the opportunity to officially christen the new Meadowland Stadium with a big win. Take the Giants to cover.

Dolphins (-3) at Bills – 1:00 p.m. ET

The Bills might be the worst team in the NFL this season; it’s practically criminal Miami is just a three-point underdog, even on the road. Your best bet of the week is the fish starting 2010 1-0 against the spread.

Lions at Bears (-6.5) – 1:00 p.m. ET

Sure, Mike Martz is going to improve Chicago’s offense—but what about the “D?” Detroit should have a pretty impressive offense of its own. Go with the underdog Lions, who should surprise some people in 2010.

Bengals at Patriots (-4.5) – 1:00 p.m. ET

The Bengals defense isn’t up to speed yet, as its cornerback duo of Leon Hall and Jonathan Joseph struggled in the preseason. That’s great news for Tom Brady, who faced the NFL’s toughest passing schedule last year. After surviving a car wreck unscathed this week, he’ll carve up the Bengals secondary. Bet the Pats.

49ers (-3) at Seahawks – 4:15 p.m. ET

The Niners are a strong pick to win the NFC West; the Seahawks could potentially be one of the league’s five worst teams. New coach Pete Carroll has failed in NFL stints before, and the Seattle roster endured a heap of turnover in the offseason. San Francisco will lock this one up on the road.

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A Vegas scores and odds and offshore sportsbook NFL betting odds alert for the entire pick nation has just been issued on the battle between the Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans.

Currently the best available line on the underdog Houston Texans is at 5 Dimes where they are getting 1.5.

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One of the reasons for this alert is that the power ratings for the NFL say that Indianapolis should be -3, making it a Vegas computer boys pick on the Colts.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Colts are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 road games, 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 games in Week 1, 16-7-1 ATS in their last 24 games in September.

Texans are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games in Week.

Over/under trends: Under is 5-0 in Colts last 5 games in Week 1, but under 5-1 to AFC, under last 16 games in September.

Over is 8-1 in Texans last 9 games in September, but under 9-3 overall, over last 20 vs. AFC South.

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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The National Football League offers up a full slate of Sunday matchups, while the Phillies close out their road series against the rival Mets.

Colliding on the gridiron . . .

After opening up on Thursday the 2010 NFL schedule begins in earnest with 13 games on Sunday, including Dallas at Washington in the 8:20pm ET matchup on NBC. The Cowboys went 3-2 during the preseason and will be looking to repeat as the NFC East champs, while the Redskins went 2-2 over their exhibition schedule and are hoping that new QB Donovan McNabb (despite a tender ankle) can help them vastly improve on their 4-12 campaign from 2009. The oddsmakers are looking for Dallas to roll to a road win in their first game of the year, setting them as 3.5-point favorites with the total at 40.

There are just three late-afternoon games around the NFL on Sunday, with San Francisco (-3) at Seattle, Green Bay (-3) at Philadelphia, and Arizona (-4) at St. Louis. At 1pm ET, though, it’s Oakland at Tennessee (-6), Carolina at the Giants (-6.5), Indianapolis (-2) at Houston, Denver at Jacksonville (-2.5), Atlanta (-2) at Pittsburgh, Miami (-3) at Buffalo, Detroit at Chicago (-6.5), Cleveland at Tampa Bay (-3), and Cincinnati at New England (-4.5). Patriots fans got a scare on Thursday morning when Tom Brady was involved in a traffic accident; the star quarterback, though, was fine afterwards. The total for the Bengals/Patriots matchup for Sunday is listed at 45 points.

Also, there is one Canadian Football League game on the schedule for Sunday, with Saskatchewan at Winnipeg. The Roughriders (6-3 SU, 5-4 ATS) and Blue Bombers (2-7 SU, 4-5 ATS) played just last week, with Saskatchewan winning 27-23 at home. Oddsmakers have the Riders listed as 4-point road favorites for their Sunday matchup.

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Meeting up on the diamond . . .

The American League schedule for Sunday features Baltimore at Detroit, Tampa Bay at Toronto, Kansas City at the White Sox, the Yankees at Texas, Seattle at the Angels, Boston at Oakland, and Minnesota at Cleveland. Kevin Slowey (11-6, 4.39 ERA) is expected to take on Mitch Talbot (9-11, 4.40 ERA) in that last contest. Righthander Slowey faced the Indians back on July 20, getting a no-decision after giving up three runs over 5 2-3 innings of work. Righthander Talbot is coming off a win over the Mariners in which he surrendered just one unearned run on five hits over 6 2-3 innings.

The National League schedule for Sunday then has Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Florida at Washington, the Dodgers at Houston, the Cubs at Milwaukee, Arizona at Colorado, San Francisco at San Diego, St. Louis at Atlanta, and Philadelphia at the Mets. Roy Oswalt (11-13, 3.09 ERA) gets the ball for the Phillies on Sunday, while Jon Niese (9-7, 3.85 ERA) takes the hill for New York. Righthander Oswalt beat the Marlins in his most recent start, giving up four runs on six hits in seven innings of work while fanning seven. Niese is coming off a win over the Cubs in which he gave up five runs over six innings.

Roaring around the track . . .

The Formula 1 schedule resumes on Sunday with the Italian Grand Prix, the year’s final stop in Europe. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who has three victories on the season and won last time out in Belgium, is the oddsmakers’ race favorite at 7/4. Red Bull’s Mark Webber (four wins in 2010) is next at 11/2 odds, followed by Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso (two wins in 2010) at 7/2 odds. Ferrari’s Sebastien Vettel (two wins in 2010) is next at 9/2 odds, while McLaren’s Jenson Button (two wins in 2010) rounds out the top contenders at 7/1 odds. Rubens Barrichello (150/1 odds) is the defending event champ.

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Finally, the WNBA Finals tip off on Sunday afternoon, with Atlanta at Seattle in Game 1 of the best-of-five series. The Dream beat New York 105-93 to win their second-round series on Tuesday night, while the Storm dispatched Phoenix 91-88 last Sunday to advance. Oddsmakers have Seattle pegged as the 7.5-point home favorites for Game 1.

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In week 1 NFL picks, sports bettors and the top professional handicappers agree that one of the strongest bets is today’s contest between the Green Bay Packers vs. Philadelphia Eagles.

Thus OffshoreInsiders.com is releasing a major sports betting alert on this game. Las Vegas scores and odds have the line posted at either Philadelphia +3.5 -115 at Bodog or Green Bay -2.5 -130 at SportsBook

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Packers are 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall, 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 games on grass, 20-8-1 ATS in their last 29 road games.

Over/under trends: Under is 5-1 in Packers last 6 games in Week 1. On the other hand, the over is 23-9-1 in Packers last 33 vs. NFC, under 8-2 in Packers last 10 games in September.

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NFL power ratings say that the offshore and Vegas betting odds should be a pick, thus advantage to Philly.

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Las Vegas betting odds are up for NFL picks and predictions on the Carolina Panthers vs. New York Giants.

The bookmaker’s point spread is the NY Giants -5. The posted online sportsbook’s total is 41.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Panthers are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 vs. NFC, 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 games in September.

Giants are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games on fieldturf, 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 games in September. On the other hand, Giants are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 vs. NFC, 2-9 overall. The road team is 4-1 in the series.

Over/under trends: Under is 6-1 in Panthers last 7 games overall, under 11-3 week 1, under 23-10-2 last 35 games in September. Over is 7-0 in Giants last 7 vs. NFC.

Top expert pick on this game: Matt Rivers, who was the winningest handicapper ever—nobody came close—on a large network of sites. From this great tipster: I certainly proved my worth once again yesterday as the 400,000* on South Carolina, 200,000* on Michigan outright and the 100,000* on the Braves turned the trick.

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