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(PHOTO: usa today - USA TODAY Sports) The Westgate Las Vegas Superbook published their NFL Week 4 Advanced Betting Lines earlier this week. The world’s largest sports book publishes these prior to any of the previous week’s games. Also known as Look-Ahead or Early lines, they give sports fans a chance to toll the dice on games 9-12 days away. Let’s take a look at what the professional handicappers are thinking about NFL Week 4.
The New England Patriots are listed as 3-point favorites over Carolina. Typically odds makers add three points for home field advantage. Taking that into consideration, that means the handicappers look at the Panthers and Pats as equals on a neutral field. Despite Carolina’s impressive defense I find that to be a slight surprise.
Home field typically represents a three point drop for the visitors.
Aside from Carolina at New England, there are a few other good games on tap. The Broncos are 1½ point home favorites against the Raiders in what will be the 106th meeting between the original AFL rivals. Pittsburgh at Baltimore is a pick’em in the biannual bloodbath of these AFC North combatants. Week 4 also has a scheduling oddity. Thanks to the ineptitude of the Colts, the Monday night game (Washington at Kansas City) should be better viewing than the Sunday night contest (Indianapolis at Seattle).
As a result of another game being played in London, week four has a second consecutive early morning game. I would guess that these back-to-back games is another test by the league offices to ascertain the interest and viability of an NFL team there. There will be four NFL games in London this year. The Cardinals play the Rams week 7 with a 1:00 pm ET kickoff, and the following week the Vikings play the Browns. Those two games will be played at Twickenham Stadium, while the week three and four games take place at Wembley Stadium.
Thursday Sept 28 at 8:30 pm ET on CBS
Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers (-11)
Sunday Oct 1 at 9:30 am ET on Fox, in London
New Orleans Saints ‘at’ Miami Dolphins (-1)
Sunday Oct 1 at 1:00 pm ET on CBS
Tennessee Titans (-2½) at Houston Texans
Jacksonville Jaguars (-4½) at New York Jets
Cincinnati Bengals (-1½) at Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers (PK) at Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills at Atlanta Falcons (-9)
Sunday Oct 1 at 1:00 pm ET on Fox
Carolina Panthers at New England Patriots (-3)
Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys (-8½)
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings (N/A, due to Sam Bradford injury status)
Sunday Oct 1 at 4:00 pm ET on Fox
New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-6)
Philadelphia Eagles (-1) at Los Angeles Chargers
San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals (-6½)
Sunday Oct 1 at 4:30 pm ET on CBS
Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos (-1½)
Sunday Oct 1 at 8:30 pm ET on NBC
Indianapolis Colts at Seattle Seahawks (-14½)
Monday Oct 2 at 8:30 pm ET on espn
Washington Redskins at Kansas City Chiefs (-8½)
Best Bets:
Bucs (-6) vs Giants
Patriots (-3) vs Panthers
Steelers (pk) at Ravens
The Westgate has also updated their odds for all 32 NFL teams to win Super Bowl 52. The Patriots, Steelers, Falcons and Raiders top the list, all improving their stature. To nobody’s surprise the stock in Washington, Arizona, Cincinnati and Indianapolis has dropped dramatically. However, no team is sporting slimmer odds than the New York Jets. Gang Green’s slim chances have plummeted to a laughable low after just two games.
Current Odds – (Original Odds) – Team
7:2 —– (6:1) —– New England Patriots
7:1 —– (10:1) —- Pittsburgh Steelers
7:1 —– (16:1) —- Atlanta Falcons
8:1 —– (20:1) —- Oakland Raiders
10:1 —- (10:1) —- Dallas Cowboys
10:1 —- (12:1) —- Green Bay Packers
10:1 —- (12:1) —- Seattle Seahawks
14:1 —- (20:1) —- Kansas City Chiefs
20:1 —- (20:1) —- Carolina Panthers
20:1 —- (20:1) —- Denver Broncos
25:1 —- (25:1) —- Baltimore Ravens
30:1 —- (25:1) —- Minnesota Vikings
30:1 —- (25:1) —- New York Giants
30:1 —- (40:1) —- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
30:1 —- (40:1) —- Tennessee Titans
30:1 —- (60:1) —- Philadelphia Eagles
40:1 —- (60:1) —- Detroit Lions
60:1 —- (25:1) —- Arizona Cardinals
80:1 —- (40:1) —- Miami Dolphins
80:1 —- (60:1) —- Houston Texans
80:1 —- (100:1) — Los Angeles Rams
100:1 — (50:1) —- Washington Redskins
100:1 — (80:1) —- Jacksonville Jaguars
100:1 — (80:1) —- Los Angeles Chargers
100:1 — (80:1) —- New Orleans Saints
200:1 — (50:1) —- Cincinnati Bengals
300:1 — (80:1) —- Buffalo Bills
500:1 — (25:1) —- Indianapolis Colts
500:1 — (100:1) — Chicago Bears
500:1 — (300:1) — Cleveland Browns
500:1 — (300:1) — San Francisco 49ers
9999:1 — (100:1) — New York Jets
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