Stupefying lines for week 3

natedogg · #1 09-22-2004, 02:55 AM

Why is KC laying 8 pts on ANYBODY? Their offense scored 10 pts last week.

Why are the Rams laying 8pts on ANYBODY? They have looked terrible in their first two weeks. If they can't beat hapless Arizona by a touchdown, why should they be able to do better against a far superior team? Am I crazy?

Why are division rivals laying double digits on each other, especially ones that failed to break 10 pts of offense last week? Denver scored 6 and Seattle scored 10, yet they are both laying 10 on their division rivals? Something smells fishy but

speaking of FISH! Miami -1 may be a gift from the gods. Still thinking about it...

natedogg

Army Eye · #2 09-22-2004, 03:21 AM

St. Louis -8 is definitely a fishy line. At my sportsbook it has already moved to -7 and that's probably not where it stops.

KC -8 seems about right. They're desperate as can be right now. Unlike Houston, at least they've been losing to good teams..

craig r · #3 09-22-2004, 03:59 AM

Bowmans is offering a pretty line of 9.5 on HOU/KC.

craig

MicroBob · #4 09-22-2004, 04:40 AM

Denver and Seattle both caught my eye too.

You'd think they were the freaking defending super-bowl champions being favored by that much.

Has anyone told the betting-public or the lines-makers that the NFL has a ton of parity?

I'm also looking very closely at some of those +500 to +600 ML's on those games.

MicroBob · #5 09-22-2004, 05:20 AM

Going off of memory here....

Previous weeks:
STL -9 vs AZ
STL -3 vs ATL

This week:
ATL -10 vs. AZ

Previous weeks:
NO -7 vs SF
NO +3 vs SEA

This week:
SEA -10.5 vs SF

I don't know. Struck me as interesting.
I think both should be around 7-7.5.

SF is getting +580 on one ML I'm looking at.

Beerfund · #6 09-22-2004, 11:17 AM

Denver was on the road against one the best defenses in league last week. Jac's only given up 16 in first 2 games. da broncs scored 34 against a crappy chiefs D at home and are facing a D at home almost (if not worse) this week.
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