NFL Week 1

[Milos NS]

Seahawks at Bills

The final year of the Mike Holmgren era begins this Sunday at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium, where the longtime head coach brings his Seattle Seahawks in for a season-opening interconference matchup with the Bills. Seahawks relised their long time RB, Shaun Alexander in off season, after pretty bad 2 seasons, but they left most of their Pro Bowl players signing with them luckrative deals (quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, offensive tackle Walter Jones, defensive end Patrick Kerney, middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu and cornerback Marcus Trufant).
Seahawks are well known pass happy team, and they will continue to produce big numbers in that area. QB Matt Hasselbeck (3966 passing yards, 28 TD, 12 INT in '07) will not have 2 of his favorite recivers in Sundays game, because Bobby Engram (94 receptions, 1147 yards, 6 TD), will miss up to month with a cracked bone in his shoulder, and Deion Branch (49 receptions, 4 TD), who hasn't fully recovered from ACL surgery. For the running game, after Alexander departure, Seahawks signed ex-Cowboy Julius Jones (588 rushing yards, 2 TD, 23 receptions) in an effort to boost a ground game that ranked a disappointing 20th in the league (101.2 ypg) during 2007. Still big problem last year was underachiving offensive line, who had problems opening lines for RBs, and defending Matt H against blitzes.

Buffalo, on the other hand, has not reached the playoffs since 1999 and recorded its third losing season in a row with last year's 7-9 finish. Still Buffalo managed to sign some interesting players in off season, three-time Pro Bowl tackle Marcus Stroud in a trade with Jacksonville for example.

Seattle has an edge on the Bills in experience and overall talent, but the Seahawks have also shown a tendency to come up short on the road in recent years. They have real problems on the road, and I think young Bills team can snatch this season opener.

Bills -1 @1.96 Pinnacle 6/10

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MONEYLINES

Sunday 7th of September, 2008
18:00 Cincinnati Bengals 4/5 Baltimore Ravens 21/20
18:00 New York Jets 20/31 Miami Dolphins 27/20
18:00 Kansas City Chiefs 10/1 New England Patriots 1/20
18:00 Houston Texans 23/10 Pittsburgh Steelers 5/14
18:00 Jacksonville Jaguars 4/6 Tennessee Titans 13/10
18:00 Detroit Lions 4/7 Atlanta Falcons 6/4
18:00 Seattle Seahawks 20/21 Buffalo Bills 20/23
18:00 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6/4 New Orleans Saints 4/7
18:00 St. Louis Rams 3/1 Philadelphia Eagles 1/4
21:15 Dallas Cowboys 2/5 Cleveland Browns 2/1
21:15 Carolina Panthers 7/2 San Diego Chargers 1/5
21:15 Arizona Cardinals 5/7 San Francisco 49ers 6/5

Monday 8th of September, 2008
01:15 Chicago Bears 4/1 Indianapolis Colts 2/11

Tuesday 9th of September, 2008
00:01 Minnesota Vikings 11/10 Green Bay Packers 10/13
03:15 Denver Broncos 20/31 Oakland Raiders 27/20

HANDICAPS

Sunday 7th of September, 2008
18:00 Cincinnati Bengals (-1.5) 10/11
Baltimore Ravens (+1.5) 10/11

18:00 New York Jets (-3.0) 10/11
Miami Dolphins (+3.0) 10/11

18:00 Kansas City Chiefs (+15.0) 10/11
New England Patriots (-15.0) 10/11

18:00 Houston Texans (+6.5) 10/11
Pittsburgh Steelers (-6.5) 10/11

18:00 Jacksonville Jaguars (-3.0) evens
Tennessee Titans (+3.0) 5/6

18:00 Detroit Lions (-3.0) 20/23
Atlanta Falcons (+3.0) 20/21

18:00 Seattle Seahawks (+1.5) 10/11
Buffalo Bills (-1.5) 10/11

18:00 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+3.0) evens
New Orleans Saints (-3.0) 5/6

21:15 Dallas Cowboys (-5.5) 10/11
Cleveland Browns (+5.5) 10/11


21:15 Carolina Panthers (+9.5) 5/6
San Diego Chargers (-9.5) evens

21:15 Arizona Cardinals (-2.5) 10/11
San Francisco 49ers (+2.5) 10/11

Monday 8th of September, 2008
01:15 Chicago Bears (+9.5) 10/11
Indianapolis Colts (-9.5) 10/11

Tuesday 9th of September, 2008
00:01 Minnesota Vikings (+1.5) 10/11
Green Bay Packers (-1.5) 10/11

Tuesday 9th of September, 2008
03:15 Denver Broncos (-2.5) 5/6
Oakland Raiders (+2.5) evens

(Odds from ladbrokes)

[kosar19]

Two small plays for me on the Opening Weekend.

CINCY -1½ ( Ravens are banged up and MaGhee may be missing and Ray Rice will take much of the workload -22/1 1st T/D scorer. Also Flacco has not got to grips with his progression reads yet. Cincy should take this on the road)

DET -3 (As much as I hate taking the Lions as favs on the road, this should be a good match up for them.Far to much fire power for Atlanta to keep up)

2* Bets on both - 2.2units

[Milos NS]

Bills 34-10 +5.76u

[SAMOAN]

Big Raider fan, so will be up at 3am to watch. Betting wise I will stick to small fun bets The 2 first TD scorers of interest are Tight End Zach Miller ( around 16's ) and RB Michael Bush ( around 12's ).Miller seems to be one of Russell's favourite targets and Bush, although the 3rd stringer, may be used in Short Yardage situations. The only other price of interest to me is Ladbrokes 33/1 about " any other Raider " scoring first.

[sdsponger]

Good call on the Miller 1st score bet...he and J-Russ have a great chemistry. As a fellow Raider fan, I'd thought I'd pass these 2 articles on...good reads.

First place in the AFC West is at stake, we need to capitalize and beat the donks tonight!!!

10 Reasons we win tonight

Russell ready to take control