Betting on the NFL Preseason Football Games

Written by By Ron Dyer of Dyer’s Sportsline


Many sports bettors don’t take advantage and decide to pass on betting inrepparttar NFL Preseason. More than likely, they've done battle with NFL Preseason games inrepparttar 133236 past and have started their football seasons inrepparttar 133237 hole. The number one reason why they failed is because they usedrepparttar 133238 same handicapping methods in exhibition games that they use duringrepparttar 133239 regular season games.

As it turns out,repparttar 133240 NFL Preseason is one ofrepparttar 133241 best times to bet on football. Winning edges can be found in decipheringrepparttar 133242 available information heading intorepparttar 133243 game givingrepparttar 133244 edge torepparttar 133245 astute handicapper overrepparttar 133246 books. Information is key inrepparttar 133247 NFL Preseason and it’srepparttar 133248 only time ofrepparttar 133249 year when coaches are willing to reveal their game plans.

Amongrepparttar 133250 items to look for when handicapping NFL Preseason games is to assessrepparttar 133251 intentions ofrepparttar 133252 head coach. An established veteran head coach’s primary objective is to prepare his team to win duringrepparttar 133253 regular season. Ifrepparttar 133254 coach is a veteran, look at his exhibition record in past seasons to gather clues as to how he prepares his team for preseason games and how seriously he takesrepparttar 133255 games. If a veteran coach is secure in his job and with stable personnel, it can reasonably be expected that he will not be looking to win at all costs, will rest his starters and key reserves to avoid unnecessary injuries, especially inrepparttar 133256 first two exhibition games. However, asrepparttar 133257 preseason wears on andrepparttar 133258 regular season looms, look for this type of team to step it up in their third preseason game.

A veteran coach whose team is coming off an unsuccessful season whose job may be in jeopardy may go all out in preseason to win a few games and appeaserepparttar 133259 ownership, media, and fans. This coach may play his starters longer in an attempt to get them ready forrepparttar 133260 regular season. Such a coach tends to be dangerous early inrepparttar 133261 preseason.

A rookie coach almost always tries to impress and win games inrepparttar 133262 preseason, in order to build their own confidence,repparttar 133263 confidence ofrepparttar 133264 team, andrepparttar 133265 confidence ofrepparttar 133266 ownership, media and fans thatrepparttar 133267 right man was hired forrepparttar 133268 job. A new coach is often in a “honeymoon period” with his new team and they may play harder for him.

The major decision that any coach must make is who is going to play quarterback and for how long. When handicapping NFL Preseason games, you must pay attention to how deeprepparttar 133269 quarterback position is with each team and how many snaps each quarterback will see. This has a huge bearing on how well a team will perform. If a team is embroiled in a quarterback controversy, possibly a situation where two veterans are competing forrepparttar 133270 starting job, one could expect both quarterbacks to play well. This situation could have a seasoned NFL quarterback playing against opponents second or third string defense in early preseason games – Advantage veteran quarterback. When a team is not deep at quarterback, or is hurt by injuries or hold outs, it might find itself in trouble playing young and inexperienced signal callers that may have trouble movingrepparttar 133271 ball when facing complex, speedy NFL defenses while directing an offensive scheme in which they might not be familiar with.

Do we really NEED celebrities???

Written by James Sorrell


Years ago, when movies & TV came about, local talent that performed forrepparttar community lost out everywhere, replaced by "celebrities" onrepparttar 133235 screen & "tube"....a lot of talent was wasted! There are some local theatre groups, but many don't have a venue for their talents, and end up in misery with jobs they hate just to earn $money$. No wonder there are so many unhappy people across each country that has mass entertainment. We need to encourage local programming everywhere, and give a spot for people to blossom their talents; and, do away withrepparttar 133236 "star system" that pays obscene salaries & attention to just a few [sports "celebrities", too] who now consider themselves "gods & goddesses" [with copy-cat attitudes infesting many everywhere], who think they are aboverepparttar 133237 law (Winona Ryder) andrepparttar 133238 rest of us & act like it!!! Help to free mankind from inequality!

[by Doug Doolittle]: In his book, Errol Flynn wrote that "celebrities are manifestations of mass hysteria; all I know is, this is a different world than it was beforerepparttar 133239 cinema; idealists do more for society than movie stars as public figures, who are national folklore onrepparttar 133240 screen but not in real life". Celebrities create inequality !

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