The New York Jets (5-1) are arguably the best team in the NFL sports betting action right now and to beat them at home in their new billion dollar stadium is a tall, tall task indeed. The Baltimore Ravens did in Week 1 –barely- but no one has been able to accomplish that feat since.

This weekend the banged up Green Bay Packers (4-3) will look to become just the second team to hand the Jets a home loss in their new digs, but it’s going to be an uphill battle. All from the NFL gambling odds makers, to stadium janitors like the Jets chances in winning this game. And while the Jets may well indeed win this game, the Packers might have a better chance than most people might think. Read more…

There are only a handful of top tier teams in the NFL sports betting this season but to be sure, the New England Patriots are one of them. The Pats are just one of three teams with just 1 loss on the season (5-1) and have the top offense in the NFL though 6 games.

At 29.5 points per game no team has scored more points than New England which has some wins against some very quality teams (Baltimore). Read more…

There are a lot stats that you can look at when trying to measure the how good this year’s 5-1 Pittsburgh Steelers has been so far in the 2010 NFL gambling action. You can obviously look at their defensive stats: #1 overall defense (13.7 points per game), #1 rush defense by a huge margin (63.7 yards per game).

Or you could point to the fact that the Steelers, despite a pretty tough schedule still managed to win 3 of 4 games early in the season without All Pro QB Ben Roethlisberger who was suspended for putrid behavior. Read more…

There’s about a million different story lines surrounding this Sunday Night NFL betting odds matchup and only a few of them concern football. Brett Favre returning to Green Bay, Randy Moss’s return to the Vikings, a crippled Green Bay lineup trying to get by, an Aaron Rogers concussion, etc, etc.

But despite the circus surrounding this game at its core is two very good teams –despite what their records might indicate- playing an NFL North division rivalry that could have a huge impact on who wins the division.

Minnesota (2-3) has gotten off to a very slow start but is starting to hit its stride while Green Bay (3-3) has been nearly incapacitated by injuries. Read more…

The Denver Broncos are just about where most people expected them to be after 5 games into the 2010 NFL gambling season: 2-3 and tied for last place in the AFC West.

But those numbers don’t tell the whole story and while the team may be tied for last in the division, they’re also just 2 games out first place and two of their losses have come against two of the best teams in the NFL (Baltimore and Indianapolis). Read more…