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Games Guy | February 16, 2011

The Oakland Raiders are a mere ½ game away from the top of the AFC West, just prior to they take their week of rest.

As the Raiders poured out onto the field to rejoice Sebastian Janikowski’s overtime kick, the 13 penalties, three turnovers and lengthy stretches of offensive ineptitude were merely a footnote. The Oakland Raiders won their biggest competition in close to 8 years and are once again a contender in the AFC West. Jason Campbell threw a 47-yard pass to rookie Jacoby Ford in overtime to arrange Janikowski’s winning 33-yard field goal that capped Oakland’s 23-20 win over the division-leading Kansas city chiefs on Sunday at the sports book.

Campbell and Ford connected on a 29-yard pass in the ending seconds of regulation to scheduled up Janikowski’s tying 41-yard field goal. The Oakland Raiders (5-4) then won it in overtime for their most sizeable win since successful the 2002 AFC tournament. Oakland hasn’t had a winning record anytime since being 2-1 in 2004 and not this late since ’02. By winning their 3rd consecutive match for the 1st time since that year, Oakland goes into its bye week only a half-game behind Kansas City (5-3) when betting football.

The Kansas City Chiefs won the ot toss but were unable to produce a 1st down. Campbell then struck Ford on a diving catch on the 1st play for Oakland. Ford, a 4th-round pick, caught six passes for 148 yards and returned the starting kick of the second half for a touchdown. Following a limited run and a timeout by the Chiefs, Janikowski came on for the successful kick. As soon as it sailed between the uprights, the Raiders celebrated with the 1st sellout crowd in Oakland since last season’s starter.

The conversation all week concerned the rebirth of a rivalry that had been one of the sport’s best for ten years starting in the 1960s. While the play was sloppy sometimes with 5 turnovers, 27 penalties and two blown fake punts, the intensity was top-notch. The Oakland Raiders trailed 20-17 when they took over at their 25 with 2:06 to play. The big play came when Ford tore a ball away from a defender for a 29-yard gain to the 22. Oakland rushed to the line and spiked the ball with seven seconds left, making the way for Janikowski’s tying field goal.

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Games Guy | February 10, 2011

When you look at the football odds for Week 8 you will notice that the Rams are preferred versus the Carolina Panthers. It’s already obvious this season that the Rams are vastly greater and the public has come around to St Louis.  The St Louis Rams are the most trendy squad among gamblers in Week 8 betting football lines.

St Louis Rams – The Rams are getting 3 points at home to the Panthers.  Bettors believe the St Louis Rams will win and cover that number.  St. Louis has been very good at home this year but it should be noted that Carolina did get their first win of the year this past week and Matt Moore seemed quite great in his return as the starting qb for Carolina.

New england patriots – Another quite popular squad this week with the community is the Patriots.  The sports betting world has had an ample amount of the Minnesota Minnesota and the Favre mess.  They are siding with the Pats minus the points in this match nevertheless of whether Favre plays or not.

Other Sides – The sports betting world is additionally siding with Oakland at home against Seattle. I guess they were satisfied by the Raiders demolition of Denver a week ago.  The Raiders are 2.5 point favorites at the internet  NFL sportsbook.  It is tough to get too thrilled about the Raiders however unless qb Bruce Gradkowski brings back from injury.  The community also likes Tennessee plus the points at San Diego and Washington plus the points at Detroit.  Those are the two road teams that the community is backing in Week 8.  The public has been disappointed enough by San Diego this season so they’re picking the Titans plus the points on the road.  The public is also not sold on Detroit as a home fave against the Redskins.

Favorite Totals – The community practically always wagers matches to go over the total except if the weather is bad. This week they favor Tennessee and San Diego over, Minnesota and New England over, Buffalo and Kansas City over, Seattle and Oakland over, Green Bay and the Jets over, Washington and Detroit over and the game between Pittsburgh and New Orleans over the total in football odds.

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