Lions Betting Prediction
(0-16, 7-9 Against the Spread): +17500 to win Super Bowl XLIV
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Betting on a team as bad as the Lions is always tough. The Lions did show some chops on the road with a 6-2 against the spread mark last year. On the other side, they were a dismal 1-7 against the spread at home. This year's squad should at least put up more of a fight and could hold value as long as the public perceives them as a 0-16 team.
Lions Strength:
Could Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson be the next Montana and Rice? Stafford appears to be ready to handle the task of resurrecting football's worst franchise. The rookie out of Georgia is big, smart and has bazooka for an arm. But he's also lining up behind the remains of an offensive line that gave up 52 sacks in 2008. Stafford will have to keep his head on a swivel and get rid of the ball quickly if he wants to survive his first year in the pros.
Johnson is simply a freak of nature on the wing. How else can you explain the 1,331 yards and 12 touchdowns he registered during last year's nightmare? The 6-foot-5 speedster is heading into his third year and will face tons of double coverage this season. But with Scott Linehan taking over the offensive play calling, Johnson will see a ton of balls including more looks in the red zone.
This season, Stafford will need production from RBs Kevin Smith and Maurice Morris if he wants to keep defenders honest. Detroit's rushing attack was among the worst in the league in 2008 but Smith did start to pick it up in the second half of the season. He's also emerging as a target in the pass game. The offensive line will stack up to six players in order to clear room for the backs.
Lions Weakness:
The Lions’ defense got a shot in the arm this offseason. First, the franchise brought in Jim Schwartz and his defensive philosophies with the Tennessee Titans. Then, Detroit beefed up the depth chart with guys like LB Julian Peterson, DT Grady Jackson and CB Phillip Buchanon. The Lions will improve on their four interceptions and 32 points allowed per game, but are still among the worst stop units in the NFL.
Detroit's offensive line will be the same dismal unit that burned through three quarterbacks last season and forced the team to dig up Daunte Culpepper in Week 10. Other than the addition of Daniel Loper, the Lions are trying to make things work with inconsistent parts like Jeff Backus and Dominic Raiola. The offense was responsible for 729 yards of penalties last season and a lot of that came from a careless O-line.
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The Chicago Bears tangle with the undefeated Detroit Lions under the prime time lights of Monday Night Football this week in a classic black and blue battle of division rivals. The game is scheduled to get underway from Ford Field at 8:30 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
Detroit overcame a 20-0 deficit at halftime to register a 26-23 win over the Minnesota Vikings last week as three-point road favorites, moving the team’s record to a perfect 3-0. Expectations are now sky-high for this franchise in the Motor City.
Detroit enters Week 3 of the 2011 season with a perfect 2-0 record, coming off wins over Tampa Bay (27-20) and the Kansas City Chiefs (48-3). The Lions are the only team in the NFL that have covered all six games this season, which includes the preseason.
Kansas City was humiliated in the opening week by dropping a 41-7 contest to the Buffalo Bills as 3.5-point home favorites. The Chiefs were a 2010 playoff team and nobody at Arrowhead Stadium was
The Detroit Lions were the only NFL team to finish the 2011 NFL preseason with a perfect 4-0 SU and ATS record. Fans of the team know that it means absolutely nothing due to the franchise
Florida Atlantic travels to The Swamp in Gainesville and will begin the final season under head coach Howard Schnellenberger, who began the program 13 years ago, taking it from obscurity into the major college football ranks
LSU is a dominating 20-4 all-time against current members of the Pac-12 Conference, which includes a 3-0 mark under Miles. Playing inside of a dome will likely factor little in the Tigers ability to come out with a victory, entering with a 22-7 all-time mark when indoors. LSU has won
Detroit Lions (-1) at Buffalo Bills, Total 39 Detroit is the NFL’s darling of the 2011 preseason thus far and one of only three teams with a perfect 3-0 against-the-spread record
New England has arguably been the best team in the NFL through two weeks of the preseason and will now travel to Ford Field—a place that saw them light up the scoreboard last Thanksgiving Day. The Patriots pummelled the Lions by winning a 45-24 contest as six-point road favorites
Bettors are enjoying a unique opportunity to start playing around with the NFL Week 1 lines this year, even with many roster spots in doubt due to free agency starting this week. Professional bettors will continue moving these numbers around until the season kicks off with a premiere matchup
Detroit has been tabbed by many experts as a team to watch for the upcoming 2011 season and quarterback Matthew Stafford put everyone on notice. He completed 6-of-7 passes
The ongoing negotiations between the NFL owners and the Players Association to arrive at a new CBA (collective bargaining agreement) continue to point towards a resolution that could potentially end a four-month owner imposed lockout of the players and reopen the league for business as early as the end of this week
The 2011 Pro Bowl returns to Hawaii after being held in Miami, Florida last year. The annual contest of the AFC's and NFC's best will take place Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at 7 p.m. ET. This is only the second time in history that the Pro Bowl will be held the week
We thought that Philadelphia was going to kill the Vikings last week until the game was postponed. At that point Minnesota realized that they were going to be on national TV
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Green Bay came on at the end of the game last week, to beat San Francisco with those ugly uniforms that looked like they came from that George
The Bears are starting to make people feel that they are for real. The Lions really played well on Thanksgiving until the second half. I never would have guessed that Chicago would
This is the reason I love football and I love betting on football. Motivation wins games. People were laughing at the Cowboys, the coach was fired
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After a surprising Week 3 performance in which Wisconsin barely squeaked out a 20-19 win over Arizona State and needed a blocked extra point to do it, the Badgers get
The Lions really got screwed last week. The guy got 2 feet down, one knee, and then as he held the ball in one hand, and was placing it in the end zone
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Virginia coach Al Groh has beaten the Cavaliers’ arch rival Hokies just one time in his nine years at UVA. He and the Cavaliers look to make that number two and possibly avoid his firing this Saturday in Charlottesville. The Hokies are in a down year at 8-3 and will not contend for the ACC Championship,
Not quite the same allure as the Red River Rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma, but this week’s Bedlam Rivalry game is Oklahoma State’s Super Bowl. The Cowboys have had a tremendous season so far and Oklahoma is sitting at 6-5, ensured of its worst season since 1999
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The bloody Steelers had to choose last week to open up the offense, and shock the Chargers. You have to believe that they will come back to earth this week.
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The Falcons must have thought a lot of wide receiver Roddy White, who finished 2008 with 88 receptions for 1,382 yards and 7 touchdowns.
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