NFL betting odds don’t give you any guarantees. Laying big numbers in terms of NFL odds does not mean you will cover the spread. In the early part of the 2008 NFL season the big underdogs were doing very well versus the NFL odds. NFL odds are always shaded toward big favorites. That is a fact because the public loves betting favorites in NFL betting odds. Normally when you look at NFL odds your first inclination is to take the favorite. That is not what your first thought should be though. You really should look to take the underdog in NFL odds. The value is almost always with taking the points in NFL odds. That doesn’t mean you will win though. Looking back at history we saw that early in the season the big underdogs in 2007 and 2006 did not make money versus the NFL odds. In 2008 everything turned around though and big dogs were making money against the NFL betting odds.