Betting American Football, part 2

Today I thought we would continue our talk about betting on American Football, yesterday we talked about how the early games were settling down games, and are very difficult to predict with any certainty. Now once the season gets underway and things have settled down, you should be able to make some much better choices for your betting. When doing your research you should be sure to start by simply taking a look on Tuesday or Wednesday at the opening lines, this is so you can see what the early lines look like, and this gives you several days to research the games you want to bet on this week. Then you want to take a look at how the teams are ranked for the current season, and what the outcomes of the previous meetings between the two teams have been. Sometimes if the two teams have a little bit of a rivalry, this is more important than the current seasons rankings. Then you want to take a look at the health of each team your betting on, and their opponents health as well. If a team has a lot of injury’s, and this can be a big factor late in the season, you should take that into consideration when deciding to bet on them, especially watch the secondary as the star players can't do their jobs if they don't have the protection. You also want to look at the style of play, are they a big passing team, and if they are, is their opponent better against the pass or the run, defensively? Also take a look at the two teams ranks in both defense and offense and how they compare with each other. Remember in each bet, one of the 2 teams that are playing are going to win, and sometimes it is not, the strongest team but the team that wants it the most. This is very true later in the season, because once a team has made the playoffs, sometimes they slack off a little to protect their star players, while other teams that are on the verge of making the playoffs play a little harder and little better. We will continue this conversation tomorrow.