Football Gambling Tips From the Offseason
With springtime now a distant memory and the summer in full swing, only one conclusion can be reached - we're getting closer to the start of the National Football League season. Here at Bodog, we're excited about another solid campaign of football gambling.
It promises to be another thrilling NFL season in 2005, as the off-season brought us blockbuster trades, one of the deepest drafts in recent memory and a flurry of free-agent activity.
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One of the biggest movers this summer was the Oakland Raiders. By swapping with Minnesota for all-world WR Randy Moss, the Raiders injected their offense with a player who averaged 1,300 receiving yards and 12 TDs per season. Signing Moss was a big gamble for this football team. Moss joins incumbent wideouts Jerry Porter and Ronald Curry to form one of the most formidable receiving trios in the league.
Oakland didn't stop with the addition of Moss. Looking to improve their running game - which ranked dead last in 2004 - the Raiders signed RB LaMont Jordan, formerly of the New York Jets. The Jets are gambling that football games will be won with Curtis Martin, not Jordan in the lineup. After apprenticing under the ageless Martin in New York for four seasons, Jordan seems primed to assume the role of a starter, and should be able to post a 1,000-yard rushing season.
The result? Oakland could be the most improved offense in the NFL. They will almost certainly best their 20 points-per-game average from 2004, and will certainly be a trendy "over" pick early on, but they'll be a gamble to win football games. The two divisional games with high-scoring Kansas City this year will almost certainly be shootouts, along with contests against prolific offensive teams such as Philadelphia, Denver and New England.
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While Oakland beefed up its offense, the stingy Baltimore Ravens added to an already formidable defense this offseason. Owners of the sixth-best defense in the NFL last season, the Ravens only got deeper, adding veteran LB Tommy Polley from the St. Louis Rams. The big move, however, came at the expense of the Tennessee Titans, who had a summer fire sale to get below the salary cap.
The Ravens signed Pro-Bowl DB Samari Rolle, who led or tied the Titans in interceptions for four of the last six seasons. Rolle will team up with fellow Pro Bowler DB Chris McAllister and SS Ed Reed to form a lethal secondary in Baltimore. They are a gambling unit; football ballhawks who look for turnovers frequently.
The result? If it wasn't tough enough already, scoring against the Ravens this year will be an even more difficult task. The Ravens are a gambling football team; adding two proven veterans to a stacked defense means Baltimore could actually improve upon their stingy 17 points allowed per game average. My guess? Take the under. With early games against shoddy offenses such as Cleveland, Chicago and Tennessee, the Baltimore defense could gain some early momentum.
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