Let me start off by saying that I feel the NFL
preseason is a great opportunity to start and
build a nice bankroll for the upcoming regular
season. Many handicappers have the opinion that
the preseason games should be left alone and not
bet on. I feel just the opposite. If you do your
homework the preseason games offer the betting
public a tremendous chance to make a ton of
money.
In the preseason, many head coaches have a track
record of wanting to win and some just don’t
care and are just preparing for the regular
season. You can find many games this preseason
where you can get a definite edge. Below I have
put together a list of all 32 teams with a
breakdown of things to look for this preseason
that will give you that winning advantage.
A very important thing to remember for this upcoming preseason is that there will be 7 new head coaches this season, so previous preseason trends for these teams are no longer valid. However I have found some nice hidden trends that can still show us a profit with these teams.
Here are the 7 teams with new head coaches for the upcoming season:
Arizona - Ken Whisenhunt
Atlanta - Bobby Petrino
Dallas - Wade Phillips
Miami - Cam Cameron
Oakland - Lane Kiffin
Pittsburgh - Mike Tomlin
San Diego
-
Norv Turner
AFC
North
Baltimore – The Ravens under head coach
Brian Billick are just a .500 team ATS over the
past four preseasons (10-10). However, there is
a very strong trend that can make you some money
on the Ravens this preseason. Baltimore in the
past two preseasons has seen the under go 6-2.
Plus in week # 3 when the regulars play the
under has gone 3-1 the past 4 years.
Cincinnati – Some early preseason trends
to follow for the Bengals this year. Cincinnati
really doesn’t care about their opening
preseason game going 1-3 the last 4 years.
However the Bengals are a perfect 4-0 against
the spread the last 4 years in game 2 of the
preseason. This year’s game #2 opponent is a
Saints team coached by Sean Payton who has shown
that winning preseason games is not one of his
top priorities.
Probable preseason quarterback rotations:
Carson Palmer, Doug Johnson, Jeff Smith, Jeff
Rowe.
Cleveland
– It should be noted that Romeo Crennel brought
over New England’s winning ways with the Browns,
going 6-2 against the spread in his first two
preseasons with the Browns. With a nice 07 draft
look for these winning ways to continue for the
Browns this preseason with a coach that’s under
a lot of pressure to win this year.
Probable preseason quarterback rotations:
Charlie Frye, Ken Dorsey, Derek Anderson, Brady
Quinn
Pittsburgh
–
Mike Tomlin takes over as the new head coach of
the Steelers.
Tomlin was the Minnesota Vikings' defensive
coordinator in 2006 after spending the previous
five seasons as defensive backs coach for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In his first preseason as defensive coordinator
last year with the Vikings defense ruled in the
preseason with Minnesota giving up only 16, 10,
7, and 10 points. May be something we can take
advantage of in his first preseason as head
coach of the Steelers.
Probable preseason quarterback rotations:
Ben Roethlisberger, Charlie Batch,
Brian St. Pierre,
Bryan Randall
Probable preseason quarterback rotations:
Steve McNair, Kyle Boller, Drew Olsen, Troy
Smith
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