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Betting NFL Props
by Predictem.com Staff
Betting NFL Props may look kind of corny but some sharp handicappers make a living doing so through some good solid handicapping and statistical analysis. There are of course some hocus-pokus bets to avoid though too.
Each week the bookies put out wagering opportunities on worthless bets like heads or tails on the coin flip, who will score first, team to score last, will there be a score in the first 7.5 minutes of the game and will the first score be a TD, FG or a safety.
With all due respect, unless you have a crystal ball you simply can't answer those questions and expect to win on a long term basis. These bets are a shot in the dark when you really should be looking for the type of bet that is more like shooting fish in a barrel.
There are however beatable props. Often times the most beatable ones are the ones that look easiest in the opposite direction. These are known as sucker bets. One thing can be said for sure in sports betting, if it looks too good to be true, it is! These Cadillac driving bookies do not give away free money when they don't have to.
I know this is the NFL section of the site, but we're going to use a basketball example to explain the biggest sucker bet play we've ever been duped into betting.
It was the mid nineties and the Suns were playing the Utah Jazz. Back in that day Charles Barkley was a stud and scored a fair amount of points per game. There was a prop that had him or backup point guard Howard Eisley scoring more points in the game. We couldn't help ourselves, we took Barkley and are still smarting from one of our worst losses ever. The books had the inside track somehow, put out a more than shady line and we bit hook, line and sinker.
It looked too good to be true and it was. Lesson learned. Beware of the bet that looks "too easy." You'll be glad you did!
Prop bets worthwhile include a player to get over a certain amount of yards as that's "handicappable," QB to throw for over/under a certain amount of yards, matchups in the book offers a point spread between running backs or quarterbacks to have the most yards in a head to head format and last but not least we like props that involve longest field goal and longest reception type of matchups. These are easily beatable and frankly we can't understand why the book offers them, their that easy to cash!
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