[h=1]Raiders, Jets drawing early win total bets[/h]Graham McKean
6/20/17
It was a rough 2016 NFL campaign for sportsbooks. The model of the gambling world being the great leveler and the "against the spread" or "ATS" records bringing the good and bad teams alike back to the middle never came to fruition.
In fact, just the opposite occurred.
It was a rough 2016 NFL campaign for sportsbooks. The model of the gambling world being the great leveler and the "against the spread" or "ATS" records bringing the good and bad teams alike back to the middle never came to fruition.
In fact, just the opposite occurred.
Why has the number stayed at 4.5? These season-long under bets are hard to stomach both financially, from tying your money up for months at a time, and in terms of stress, from sweating the remaining schedule whenever said team does manage to win.
But that's why these low unders often have value -- multiple teams are going to be bad and few are willing to play the long game in trying to figure out which teams will fill that role.
Although the Browns traded up to select three players in the first round of this year's draft, I don't see any class making that immediate of an impact on a team that's only one year removed from a 1-15 record and allowing the third-most points against (452) while scoring the second fewest (264).
Signing quality starters C JC Tretter and G Kevin Zeitler should help to improve Cleveland, but I'm betting not enough to get to 5-11.
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6/20/17
It was a rough 2016 NFL campaign for sportsbooks. The model of the gambling world being the great leveler and the "against the spread" or "ATS" records bringing the good and bad teams alike back to the middle never came to fruition.
In fact, just the opposite occurred.
It was a rough 2016 NFL campaign for sportsbooks. The model of the gambling world being the great leveler and the "against the spread" or "ATS" records bringing the good and bad teams alike back to the middle never came to fruition.
In fact, just the opposite occurred.
Why has the number stayed at 4.5? These season-long under bets are hard to stomach both financially, from tying your money up for months at a time, and in terms of stress, from sweating the remaining schedule whenever said team does manage to win.
But that's why these low unders often have value -- multiple teams are going to be bad and few are willing to play the long game in trying to figure out which teams will fill that role.
Although the Browns traded up to select three players in the first round of this year's draft, I don't see any class making that immediate of an impact on a team that's only one year removed from a 1-15 record and allowing the third-most points against (452) while scoring the second fewest (264).
Signing quality starters C JC Tretter and G Kevin Zeitler should help to improve Cleveland, but I'm betting not enough to get to 5-11.
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