Week 2 of the NFL season is officially in the books and it had its share of drama. The blown call in the San Diego / Denver game by ref Ed Hochuli cost the Chargers the game and completely blew the game for Chargers bettors. Overall, the NFL betting lines for the week for sides were fairly straightforward. The public appears to have done well. Two key stats that might grab your attention are the number of betting wins on totals lines when the total was 40+ and the road favorites who won.

Here are the NFL betting lines for NFL week 3. I'm listing the average line from various sportsbooks here in Vegas and a couple online sportsbooks. I'm finding the Seahawks line (-9.5 home against the Rams) a bit ridiculous. Will bettors be sideswiped two weeks in a row? The defense of the Seattle looks horrible and the offense isn't that much better. Given the history in this game, 9.5 seems to be a bit much. And just how bad are the Miami Dolphins? Despite the Patriots having an unknown at QB, they are still a 12.5-point favorite. Will they fail to cover another big line like they did against the Chiefs in week 1? Here are week 3's NFL betting lines:

It’s been a poor start to the year for the Seattle Seahawks. They were expected to get off to a nice start, but they’re now at 0-2. The Hawks last real receiver, Burleson, was lost for the season after the first week. Bobby Engram and Deion Branch are still out. So, the Seahawks went out and traded for Keary Colbert from the Denver Broncos for a draft pick (hope it was real, real late).

We’re just in week 2 of the new NFL season an already there are some teams in must-win situations. If these teams lose, their seasons may be over. Could there be extra reason to bet on them? Here’s the bottom line. Since 1980, only 19 teams (about one per year) have started 0-2 and made it to the playoffs. This isn’t some secret stat that just successful football bettors know. Everyone knows it. In fact, they mentioned this stat on the NFL network the other day. Check out this list of teams that must win this week:

As part of an on-going series, I'll be looking at the betting trends and results from the previous week. Week 1 had some upsets, but overall it was a great week to bet the favorites. NFL Favorites Overall: 11-5 NFL Home Favorites: 7-3 NFL Road Favorites: 4-2

Week 1 of the NFL season was a great ride. Some of the games finished as planned and others were shockers for some—Chargers losing on the last play and the Colts getting dominated at home come to mind. While watching the games I was anticipating the lines this week. I think I’ve found a couple worth playing and I’ll release my thoughts on these NFL betting lines later in the week.

It's week one of the NFL season and you're all pumped up about winning lots of NFL bets over the course of the season. You'll probably bet on many NFL lines, such as over/unders on the totals. Is there a key to winning football bets on the totals in week 1? This is the first part in our on-going series about NFL betting strategies. I try to stay away from terms like "NFL betting systems." Today, I look at totals lines for week 1 of the NFL season and present you with some interesting thoughts about betting them.

It’s finally here. Tonight the NFL season officially opens as the Washington Redskins battle at the New York Giants. The sportsbooks have the New York Giants as a 4.5-point favorite. This number could increase another half point by game time as it appears that about 60% of the public is on the Giants. We’ll see though.

This is my first NFL betting lines segment for the 2008-09 NFL season. Early each week I’ll talk about the preliminary lines. And I invite you to participate as well. The NFL season officially kicks off this coming Thursday, so I put the NFL lines and this segment up early. There are four NFL lines that I will discuss.

We’re finally approaching the start of the 2008-09 NFL football season and I’m excited. Usually I like to see a week of action before firing off my bets, but week 1 has a couple of interesting lines that I believe hold great value. The Dallas line moved up a point, from 3 to 4, and the New England line has moved 2.5 points as bets continue to flow in on the Patriots. Here’s the current NFL odds for week 1: