Online sports betting fans often have to handicap sports betting matchups involving one or more rookies playing significant roles. Most online betting enthusiasts are apprehensive about sports betting on rookies due to their obvious lack of experience. Nevertheless, the influence a rookie will have on his team’s ability to cover the online betting odds will vary depending on the sport in question and the position where the rookie plays.
Online betting matchups that involve rookies playing in key positions can be quite challenging to handicap simply because one is naturally unfamiliar with rookies. Even if you have watched a rookie play in online betting matchups during his college career, professional leagues are much different than the NCAA, which is why many star college athletes struggle in professional sports while other players emerge as superstars. Also, a rookie’s abilities will evolve dramatically throughout his first season, meaning a player’s performance in one game may be much different than his performance a few weeks later.
Moreover, rookies are some of the most inconsistent players, frequently performing quite well in some sports betting matchups and then very poorly in others. There is no question that the hardest job in sports for a rookie is being an NFL quarterback. Most online sports betting fans handicapping rookie NFL quarterbacks, therefore, have little confidence in the abilities of the quarterbacks’ teams.
Despite the skepticism most online betting fans have towards sports betting on a rookie NFL quarterback, one should not always assume that such players never offer online sports betting value. Firstly, even if a quarterback’s team is not winning matchups outright, the odds probably give the team little credit, meaning the team may cover the online odds as a losing underdog. Furthermore, rookie quarterbacks sometimes are quite successful, as Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan have proven during the 2008-09 NFL online sports betting season. Also, most rookie players do not have jobs as complicated as NFL quarterbacks.
NFL running backs, for example, can typically adapt to life in the NFL much more quickly and they frequently give their teams the weapons they need to cover the online betting odds. Similarly, in sports like baseball and basketball, players can acclimate to their new leagues with relative ease. Therefore, online betting fans must carefully consider the sport and position a rookie plays when evaluating his impact on the betting odds, and even rookie NFL quarterbacks should not be overlooked for excellent value.
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