The biggest NFL betting story heading into the NFL draft wasn’t even about which players were going to be selected first in the process this year. Instead, the fallout created by Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger bled over into the NFL draft action and threatened to overshadow the entire process.
After being under investigation for sexual assault, for the second time in two years, Big Ben’s off field antics took center stage in the run up to the biggest off season event for NFL gambling fans. Rumors were rampant that the Steelers would trade the troubled, but talented franchise QB on or before the NFL draft.
That kind of deal had the potential to shake up the entire NFL betting scene and so it’s little wonder why the sports betting universe was more interested in Big Ben then the NFL draft. Read more…
Heading into the 2010 college football betting season it seemed as if safety might be on of the deepest positions in the upcoming NFL draft. However, after some disappointments in the during the college wagering competition, a poor showing at the senior bowl and some serious questions raised at the NFL draft combine, some NFL gambling fans are beginning to question just how good the 2010 Safety class really is.
There are plenty of marquee players at the safety position and some of them are all but certain to go on to have a major impact in the NFL gambling but this class is nowhere near as invincible as it used to be and predictions from NFL betting experts as to where these players will go in the NFL draft are all over the board. Read more…
It wasn’t that long ago that Colt McCoy was the highest rated passer in the 2010 NFL draft class. In fact, just a year ago he was the toast of the college football betting scene and looked as if he would be the #1 pick overall when he finally left the college football betting lines for the NFL betting lines action.
But injuries and somewhat disappointing play have caused his NFL draft stock to plummet and now many NFL draft boards even have him falling behind option QB Time Tebow on the QB depth chart. No offense to Tebow, who has worked tirelessly to prove he can throw against NFL betting-caliber defenses and improved his stock, but McCoy is prototype NFL gambling QB who led one of college football’s top programs with great success. So why is he be projected as a third-round pick by many NFL betting lines authorities? Read more…
In the past, many NFL betting fans find themselves starved for top NFL receiver talent but they should be able to find plenty of help at that position in this year’s NFL draft. While the 2010 NFL draft class won’t be as rich in receiver talent as some recent classes, there should still be a handful of players that will make an immediate impact and improve their team’s chances in the NFL odds this fall or the next.
At the top of the WR class is former Oklahoma State Cowboy Dez Bryant who despite missing much of the college football betting season due to suspension put together such an impressive body of work through a half season of football betting that he’ll be the first WR taken in the 2010 NFL draft. Read more…
If you’re an NFL franchise with two first-round picks in the upcoming NFL Draft the last thing you want to concern yourself with right now is some kind of scandal. Unless you’re the Oakland Raiders, one of the craziest franchises in sports betting. This is a franchise that has learned to cope with such interruptions.
But if you’re the San Francisco 49ers, winners of 5 Super Bowl betting titles and one of the elite franchises in NFL gambling than a front office scandal just a month before the NFL draft is not something that works in your favor. Read more…
