Odds and Ends, NFL Style: Week 3

You want a sure thing in the NFL? There are no sure things. And that’s just the way the NFL likes it. That mindset maintains interest. It coincidentally also has oddsmakers staying on top of NFL games as well as their own, as they adjust to performances.

Not that the NFL and gambling ever would be a perfect union or anything like that. Whaddya mean? Till debt do us part is part of the vows of any person wagering on sports, isn’t it?

All the monetary-constraint department at elliottharris.com knows (this department, like many others in the organization, does have little in the way of knowledge) is you can’t lose money if you don’t bet any.

Among those who think they know their NFL fairly well, say hello again to Danielle Moinet. The former Lingerie Football League player with the Chicago Bliss has been doing more than fairly well. She is 8-2 after two weeks of selective selections for turdferguson.com.

“I should have gone 5–0 last week, but thanks to a controversial touchdown in the Falcons-Eagles game, I got one wrong,” she notes on the site.

Her selections this week: Saints over Texans, Eagles over Giants, Titans over Broncos, Bears over Packers and Redskins over Cowboys. For a more comprehensive look at her selections (well, that and at more photos of her), you can go to her page at turdferguson.com.

Meanwhile, back at the more professional portion of the wagering world, Bodog Sportsbook Manager Richard Gardner notes:

“The most interesting move of the week in our Super Bowl odds would have to be the Washington Redskins who have gone down to 45/1. With Michael Vick and Tony Romo both possibly injured this week and potentially longer, this division may be more wide-open than we thought going into the season. [Rex] Grossman had some troubles last week but still managed to give them the win and if they keep up the momentum the Redskins may be one of the surprises of the season.”

BODOG ODDS TO WIN SUPER BOWL XLVI
TEAM ……………. PRESEASON …… LAST WEEK …. CURRENT
New England Patriots ……… 11/2 …………. 5/1 …………. 9/2
Green Bay Packers ………….. 7/1 ………… 11/2 ……….. 11/2
Philadelphia Eagles ………… 15/2 ……….. 7/1 ………….. 8/1
San Diego Chargers ……….. 11/1 ……… 10/1 ………… 11/1
New York Jets ……………….. 12/1 ………. 14/1 ………… 12/1
New Orleans Saints ………… 12/1 ……… 14/1 ………… 12/1
Pittsburgh Steelers …………. 13/1 ……… 16/1 ………… 13/1
Atlanta Falcons …………….. 16/1 ……… 22/1 ………….. 20/1
Baltimore Ravens ………….. 16/1 ……… 12/1 ………….. 14/1
Houston Texans ……………. 20/1 ………. 12/1 …………. 10/1
Dallas Cowboys ……………. 20/1 ……… 25/1 ……………. 25/1
Indianapolis Colts …………. 20/1 …….. 60/1 …………… 150/1
New York Giants …………… 28/1 …….. 40/1 …………….. 40/1
Chicago Bears ……………… 30/1 …….. 25/1 …………….. 40/1
Detroit Lions ……………….. 30/1 …….. 22/1 …………….. 18/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers … 30/1 …….. 50/1 ………………. 50/1
Minnesota Vikings ……….. 40/1 ……… 60/1 ……………. 75/1
St. Louis Rams …………… 45/1 ……… 55/1 ……………. 75/1
Kansas City Chiefs ………. 50/1 ……. 100/1 …………… 200/1
San Francisco 49ers ……. 60/1 …….. 50/1 …………….. 75/1
Miami Dolphins …………… 60/1 …….. 80/1 ……………. 125/1
Arizona Cardinals ……….. 60/1 …….. 50/1 …………….. 65/1
Oakland Raiders …………. 80/1 …….. 60/1 …………….. 80/1
Tennessee Titans ……….. 80/1 ……. 100/1 …………….. 75/1
Jacksonville Jaguars ……. 100/1 ……. 65/1 ……………. 125/1
Seattle Seahawks ……….. 100/1 ….. 150/1 ……………. 300/1
Denver Broncos …………. 100/1 ….. 150/1 ……………… 150/1
Cleveland Browns ……….. 100/1 ….. 150/1 ……………… 125/1
Washington Redskins …… 100/1 …….. 75/1 ………………. 45/1
Carolina Panthers ………. 125/1 …….. 150/1 ……………. 125/1
Buffalo Bills ……………….. 150/1 ……. 100/1 …………….. 75/1
Cincinnati Bengals ………. 150/1 ……. 125/1 …………….. 150/1

[note to critics of the chart above because it is not uniformly spaced, etc.: The technical staff at elliottharris.com no doubt could have figured a way to make everything line up. It might have taken till Week 7 or so of the NFL season, however. Yes, this season. Not next. What? You think we’re technologically challenged or something around here? What would give you that idea?]

FACTS & FIGURES

Other Bodog numbers:

In the last two years, 17 teams have begun the season 0-2. None made the playoffs. With that in mind, how many 0-2 teams will reach the postseason in 2011?

0: 4/7
1 or More: 7/5

Who will be the first coach fired in the 2011 Regular Season?

Todd Haley 3/2
Tony Sparano 3/1
Jack Del Rio 3/1
Tom Coughlin 7/1
Marvin Lewis 15/2
Norv Turner 15/2
Lovie Smith 12/1
Mike Shanahan 15/1
Field 5/1

Which team will be the last remaining undefeated team for the 2011 regular season?

New England Patriots 5/4
Green Bay Packers 9/2
Washington Redskins 5/1
Detroit Lions 6/1
New York Jets 6/1
Houston Texans 8/1
Buffalo Bills 16/1

TOTAL PASSING YARDS, WEEK 3
Tom Brady Over/Under: 300½
Cam Newton Over/Under: 250½
Tom Brady & Ryan Fitzpatrick combined Over/Under: 550½

JAY CUTLER WEEK 3 TOTAL SACKS
Over 3½ (-150)
Under 3½ (+120)

OK, let’s go to some video (and not of Jay Cutler, thank you):