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08/17/2010 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs have signed quarterback Bill Stull, who went undrafted after a standout collegiate career at Pittsburgh.
Stull started 26 of the 32 games he played for the Panthers and threw for 5,252 yards with 32 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. As a senior last year, he completed 209-of-321 passes for 2,633 yards with 21 scores and eight picks.
The Chiefs also waived defensive end Jeffrey Fitzgerald, who had seven sacks and 10 tackles for loss last year at Kansas State.
<< Pirates continue set with Marlins
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Florida Marlins have lost four consecutive games, and
an ineffective offense has been a big reason for the team's current woes.
They'll try once again to break out of that funk in tonight's clash with a
Pittsburgh Pirates
<< Twins, White Sox to begin series between AL Central's best
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins have a chance to pad their AL Central
lead over the Chicago White Sox when the two rivals square off tonight in the
opener of a three-game series from Target Field.
Minnesota is three games ahead of Chi
<< Padres shoot for another win over sagging Cubs
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres are making sure that the Chicago Cubs
don't get to play spoiler for a second straight series.
The Padres aim tonight for a third straight victory overall and second in a
row at Wrigley Field, where the
<< Braves resume homestand with visit from Nationals
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Though the Atlanta Braves are now without a future Hall of
Famer for the rest of the season, they could be at least getting an All-Star
back into the lineup Tuesday.
Aiming for a third straight victory, the Braves are expe
Boston, U.S. midfielder Osborne out three months >>
Allston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston Breakers and United States international
midfielder Leslie Osborne fractured her collarbone on Sunday and will miss up
to three months, which rules her out for the remainder of the WPS season.
Osborne
AL West: Angels running low on time >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have any hopes of
playing playoff baseball come October, now is the time to make a push.
When the Angels kick off a three-game series in Boston Tuesday night, they'll
be eight games beh
Diamondbacks pick becomes a free agent >>
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arizona Diamondbacks first-round draft pick
Barret Loux will become a free agent on September 1 after Major League
Baseball helped settle a dispute between the team and the pitcher.
Loux, a right-ha
Browns put P Zastudil on IR >>
Berea, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Browns announced Tuesday they have
placed punter Dave Zastudil on injured reserve and that Reggie Hodges will
handle the punting duties in 2010.
Zastudil was unable to sufficiently recover
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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