NFL odds especially Super Bowl odds, are the most popular of all forms football odds. NFL odds are the most popular on point-spread sides. This is also known as the betting spread, or the line. Gamblers have a choice of taking the favorite at minus points or the dog at plus points in football lines.
Also available on all NFL games and many college games are Over/under football odds, also known as totals. That is where you are wagering on whether or not the combined score between two teams will go over or under the football lines.
For gamblers that don’t like pointspreads but believe that they can pick winners straight up, then money line football betting lines are great options. Instead of laying or taking points with football betting odds, a gambler can either lay NFL betting odds on the favorite or take NFL football lines on the dog.
Gamblers can also choose to bet parlays. A parlay is a group of plays ranging from two to ten that are merged into a single wager in which all of the plays must win for the bet to win versus the football lines.
Teaser wagering is similar to parlays with the difference being you get points added to your wager. For example, a team that was a +4 point underdog on the regular and parlay line is a +10 dog on the 6-point teaser line. The trade off is that teasers payoff at lesser football odds than parlays.
Another popular option with NFL lines is “Futures” where you bet on a team to win the Super Bowl, division, season wins, etc. These are NFL betting lines that gamblers like to look at before the season begins but are also available throughout the year.
The AFC playoffs are set to start and most people are wondering which teams have the best chance at winning. This can be quite difficult to determine as you will get a lot of biased answers. The playoffs will consist of the Ravens, Broncos, Texans and Patriots and though all four teams are very talented, only one team will advance to the Super Bowl.
The Steelers are matched up vs the Denver broncos in the nfl Playoffs. The Steelers finished as a wild card with an outstanding record of 12-4 in the AFC North division, while the Broncos concluded up with an 8-8 record narrowly claiming victors of the AFC West. The Steelers will be traveling to Denver to face off vs them at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
The Atlanta Falcons pray that slipping into the playoffs undetected in 2012 will grant them greater results, following finishing with the greatest record in the league last year, and getting sacked in the first round by the Packers. Atlanta ended 10-6 this season, earning them a 1st round wild-card competition with the NFC East winning Giants (9-7).
When it comes to scheduling, maybe the Detroit Lions just are unlucky. First, they finish their regular season versus their division rival Green Bay Packers, who additionally boast the league's greatest record. They then follow that up by drawing the New orleans saints in the 1st round of the playoffs.
The Bengals will be competing against the Texans in pro football playoffs. The Bengals will travel to Reliant Stadium in Houston for the competition. Cincinnati finished their year with a record of 9-7 and attained the playoffs this season as a wild card in the AFC North division. After coming out ahead as the top team in the AFC South this season, Houston concluded with a record of 10-6.
Panthers at Saints match-up is an interesting one for NFL fans and bettors. The Saints come into week 17 at 12-3. They have already wrapped up the third seed in the NFC, and the only way they can improve that seeding is if San Francisco loses to 2-13 St. Louis, which doesn't seem probable. Therefore, New Orleans may not play their starters for the entire game and there is the possibility quarterback Drew Brees will sit for most, if not all, of the game.