Pats/Eagles - The current line is 23.5

[Na_polian]

Holy crap!

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/las-vegas/?s=728

 

[FloridaPatsFan]

Holy crap!

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/las-vegas/?s=728

Unbelievable. This is a respectable 5-5 team that plays in the NFC east....usually considered a tough division.

 

[patsox23]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL. We'll F-ing COVER it, too. Ha ha.

 

[Stop Being A Jerk]

Good lord.

 

[Na_polian]

Unbelievable. This is a respectable 5-5 team that plays in the NFC east....usually considered a tough division.

No kidding. It's not often you see a line over 20... I'm a little... shocked, I guess. Although, in a way I shouldn't be the way the Pats are playing...

 

[pheenix11]

WTF is the line against the Jets & Fins going to be, 30?

 

[Satchboogie3]

Wow. Whats the spread going to be like when we face the Fins and Jets, -40?

 

[jbb9s]

I read that the largest line in NFL history was the 49ers spotting the Charger 18.5 in the SuperBowl. If this is true and holds, this would be the biggest line. I think the Jets will have a higher line - because there will be no mercy on Mangini for what he did on week 1.

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

I read that the largest line in NFL history was the 49ers spotting the Charger 18.5 in the SuperBowl. If this is true and holds, this would be the biggest line. I think the Jets will have a higher line - because there will be no mercy on Mangini for what he did on week 1.

I read the largest was '76 Steelers -24 over expansion Bucs (Steelers covered 42-0).

Nonetheless, 23.5 in this day and age is insane...and probably still too small.

Regards,
Chris

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

WTF is the line against the Jets & Fins going to be, 30?

my thoughts exactly...

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Holy crap!

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/las-vegas/?s=728

They have Super Bowl spreads and Pats are favored anywhere from 15 (Dallas) to 23 points.....Wow.....
scroll to the bottom

 

[Patriot Power]

I say this all the time, but... point spreads are about money and have nothing to do with how good one team is vs. the other in real life.

Vegas has been taking a bath on the Patriots this season... they've covered 9 out of 10 games... people are loading up on them at this point... it's the only thing they can do to try and bring in some money on the other side.

Unfortunetely, if I'm an Eagles player, I take it as an extreme slight and it pisses me off and I come out on Sunday night, balls to the wall. Not that that will make any difference.

 

[makewayhomer]

I say this all the time, but... point spreads are about money and have nothing to do with how good one team is vs. the other in real life.

point spreads are an excellent measure of relative team quality.

if they weren't, the sports books wouldn't be able to make money. do you see why?

 

[Patriot Power]

I understand what you mean and I agree to a degree. But the original purpose of a point spread is not to be a measuring tool for comparing football teams, it's only based on one primary reason... to bring in as close to equal money on both sides of the bet as possible, so the house doesn't lose in either scenario.

 

[SaCaCh]

Vegas has officially thrown in the towel with the Pats.

 

[makewayhomer]

I understand what you mean and I agree to a degree. But the original purpose of a point spread is not to be a measuring tool for comparing football teams, it's only based on one primary reason... to bring in as close to equal money on both sides of the bet as possible, so the house doesn't lose in either scenario.

sure...but IF the point spreads weren't generally set up accurately, then the bettor would be able to pick games correctly at a 60% (or more rate) which would be enough to overcome the juice and make the books lose money.

since sports books have existed for so long, we know that the bettor can not beat the books at a 60% rate, which means that the lines are set up very well with regard to relative team quality

it is possible to pick say 55% correct over the long run, but almost nobody has been documented to do better than this, and most people are right around 50%

 

[spacecrime]

I say this all the time, but... point spreads are about money and have nothing to do with how good one team is vs. the other in real life.

Really? Nothing to do with how good one team is vs the other, huh? So you are saying there is a 50-50 chance that the Dolphins will be favored over the Pats next month?

Of course the Pats will be favored over the Dolphins, and you know why. Because the Pats are a better team than the Dolphins.

There is a definate relationship between how good a team is and how many points they are giving. The point spread may not indicate exact what anyone thinks the exactly score will be, but to say that the spreads have NOTHING to do with how good teams are vs their opponent is silly.

Just look at any odds sheet. Good teams give points and bad teams get points, and the better the team the more points they give, and the worse the team, the more points they get.

 

[Patriot Power]

Really? Nothing to do with how good one team is vs the other, huh? So you are saying there is a 50-50 chance that the Dolphins will be favored over the Pats next month?

Of course the Pats will be favored over the Dolphins, and you know why. Because the Pats are a better team than the Dolphins.

There is a definate relationship between how good a team is and how many points they are giving. The point spread may not indicate exact what anyone thinks the exactly score will be, but to say that the spreads have NOTHING to do with how good teams are vs their opponent is silly.

Just look at any odds sheet. Good teams give points and bad teams get points, and the better the team the more points they give, and the worse the team, the more points they get.

Whether I phrased it improperly or not, the point remains... the point spreads' purpose has to do with where the money is being bet, and is not to be taken as an accurate tool for comparing how good one team is vs. the other. Yes, it can be used a basic indicator for the relative quality of teams, but it's not chiefly derived on football statistics, it's derived more on money and betting statistics, how much/how often a team covers, etc.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

They have Super Bowl spreads and Pats are favored anywhere from 15 (Dallas) to 23 points.....Wow.....
scroll to the bottom

Dallas v. New England (-15) O/U 60
Green Bay v. New England (-17) O/U 56
Giants v. New England (-20) O/U 58
Seattle v. New England (-21) O/U 57
Other(?) NFC team v. New England (-22) O/U 56

 

[makewayhomer]

Whether I phrased it improperly or not, the point remains... the point spreads' purpose has to do with where the money is being bet, and is not to be taken as an accurate tool for comparing how good one team is vs. the other. Yes, it can be used a basic indicator for the relative quality of teams, but it's not chiefly derived on football statistics, it's derived more on money and betting statistics, how much/how often a team covers, etc.

see my post above to explain why it's not just about "betting" stats, which are actually pretty unimportant