Two games into the NFL season and the Rookie of the Year NFL future odds have been shaken up a little as the sports betting community re-evaluates based on a couple of early performances.
One rookie has really stood out in Week 1 and 2 and his stock has risen amongst sports bettors. Jets’ quarterback Mark Sanchez is that guy. While many rookies are still just trying to get on the field or are the second and third options in an offensive scheme, the Jets top pick has led his team to two upset victories.
Sanchez began the season with NFL odds of 8-1 to win Rookie of the Year, but is now the front-runner. Sanchez served notice in his league debut when he threw for 272 yards and a touchdown in Houston against the Texans, who many felt are set to become a top team in the AFC. He followed up that performance in Week 2 with a strong second half showing; outperforming Patriots QB Tom Brady in leading the Jets to their first win in nine tries at home against New England.
Sanchez has settled right in and performed well beyond his years. He is the talk of the town and after two games looks like he has the tools to be an impact player – but yes, it is still early.
Online sportsbook reported solid action coming in on Sanchez after his pre-season performances, but the betting really heated up the last two weeks.
The Lions QB Mark Stafford was also listed at 8-1 NFL odds and has shown flashes of his gifted ability, but he unfortunately plays for the Lions. Stafford and the Lions have lost their first two games, making it 19 straight for this sad-sack franchise dating back to last year. Stafford has the luxury of throwing to Calvin Johnson who is one of the top five receivers in the game. They hooked up in Week 2 for Stafford’s first career touchdown pass and they will become a dynamic duo over the next few seasons. Stafford has his work cut out for him with the Lions, and in the rookie contest against Sanchez.
Going into the season, the odds on favorite at 3-1 to win the award was Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno. Running backs have won the Offensive Rookie of the Year award 10 out of the last 16 years and Moreno was the top back drafted out of Georgia.
In his first game against the Bengals on the road he found the going rough, gaining only 19 yards on carries. In Week 2 against the porous Browns defense he rushed for 75 yards on 17 carries. He is splitting time with former Eagle Correll Buckhalter, Peyton Hills and former Jet Lamont Jordon. He will get his touches as he is also an above average receiver out of the backfield but there are a lot of Broncos clamoring for the ball so his numbers might not be as gaudy as others.
The Cardinals drafted Chris Beanie Wells with their first round pick looking to bulk up their running game. Coach Ken Whisenhunt is a fan of the smash mouth running game and Wells is a perfect addition to slasher Tim Hightower. Wells unfortunately had two fumbles in Week 2 against the Jaguars. He had fumbling issues in college so he will need to sort that issue out if he has any chance of hanging with the top rookies.
The Colts Donald Brown is thought to be a perfect compliment to Joseph Addai, giving the Colts a dynamic one-two punch out of the backfield. He was listed at 7-2 but the Colts are going to be a pass first team again this year as their offensive line is a work-in-progress and isn’t opening any holes for the rushing game. Brown will be counted on to catch passes out of the backfield and as the season moves forward he will start to put up more all-purpose yards.
The Vikings look to have struck gold with Florida Gators rookie Percy Harvin who is listed at 12-1. He had a nice game against the Lions catching five balls for 41 yards and his second touchdown of the young season. He could have the best chance of beating Sanchez because he has Brett Favre throwing him the ball and Adrian Peterson running the ball, which requires defenses to play tighter at the line of scrimmage. Harvin also has the speedster Bernard Berrian on the outside, which will free up Harvin for more opportunities. Favre already seems to like getting him the ball.
The Giants Hakeem Nicks listed at 18/1 suffered a foot injury in game one and is out until week four. He caught two balls in his debut before spraining his foot. The Giants are a well-balanced team so Nicks will get opportunities to make plays once back but missing three games will hurt his chances.
After Week 2 Sanchez is the clear-cut favorite but Percy Harvin will keep this contest honest. Harvin is an explosive part of an explosive offense that will give him chances to make some highlight reel plays this year.
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6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
true man the distortion was so dry and heavy. But that’s why they changed it later they wanted a little more balance in the distorition but sure the AJFA distortion is heavy as hell
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
This song is orgasmic.
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
actually james voice is getting much better if you watch the last live performances
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
yeah XD
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
This song sounds a little like King Nothing!
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
this is so far my favourite metallica album, but ride the lightning justice and master of puppets and….. well, I’ll just say that metallica is the best band of all time.
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
Justice is far and away the best Metallica album as I see it, that said I still love Death Magnetic. His voice changing is no big deal to me – he still sounds great.
The different is surely noticeable but there’s not much he can do about it. It’s as if people would have them stop offering new music because of that fact. The new stuff is a different kind of good and I really do hope they put out future albums, this kind of song writing ability should not go to waste. MetallicA forever.
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
This Song is Beast!!
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
I fucking love this song this album is mine
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
That woulda been sick XD
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
i agree
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
imagine james’ AJFA voice in DM! I would jizz myself
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
One of my fav metallica albums YEAH! too bad the last two have SUCKED!!! HAHA
The Load album had a complete feel and flow, special riffs with deep emotions, like bleeding me. Cool dynamics and a good sound on this album. Justice, Master and this album are my favs
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
huh, I would think the treble would be a bit higher
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
its where you take all the mids out of your amp, and take all the bass turned up and the treble around 1 or 2 o’clock thats the metallica sound with heavy distorion
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
it is, Dyer’s Eve is the angriest song they’ve ever written. Even then, considering the themes of each song on Justice it’s just out does all past albums in terms of heavyness.
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
it seems like you’re the only one that seems to agree with me on that. Everyone i know I tell them that …AJFA is their heaviest album. But they always seem to disagree…
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
its interesting how they always use different types of distortion with each album. It would be awesome if they were to use the distortion effects that they used in the Justice album for their next one. The distortion effects from Justice was heavy as fuck lol.
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
kick ass song
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
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6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
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6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
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Thus, sportsbooks that cater to the U.S. that have a good reputation are:
http://www.betjamaica.com
http://www.5dimes.com
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If you are located outside of the U.S. here is a short list that I use:
http://www.xsbet.com
http://www.pinnaclesports.com
http://www.willhill.com
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
Betting online is safe if you use a reputable service. There are so many scams out there, you need to sift through the trash to find the good ones. Use an independent reviews site such as http://www.Sportsbook-Ratings.net to help you select a site trusted by bettors. All of the recommended sites cater to American players. You will find lots of other helpful info, as well as free daily sports picks too.
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
Sports betting is really simply these days with online sports books. You simply go to one of many sports books (Betus.com, Bodoglife.com, 5dimes.com, etc.) and sign up. Most of these places have an initial deposit bonus. Say if you deposit $100 your first time you will have $150 to bet with.
The key thing about sports betting is how betting odds are figured. If Team A is very popular and being bet heavily by people the sports book will lower the payout odds for Team A. This in turn will make the payout odds for Team B higher.
The reason the sports book does this is that they want equal betting on both teams. They want a scenario that no matter which team wins they can use the profits the sports book made from the losing team to pay off the winning betters from the winning team AND have money left over so the sports book makes money. Sports books want a situation where they don't care who wins because they make money either way.
The difficult part about this these days is that almost every sport is heavily worked out and there is a lot of mathematics behind the betting systems behind them.
However, there are sports out there where the betters don't know what they are doing and if there is one very popular team who should be the underdog, they might actually come out as the favorite in odds due to the heavy betting on that team.
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6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
You can find all that info here http://www.gamblingsafe.net/
Basically when you deposit into these sites, they keep your money in wallet, you use them to bet, you can withdraw to your bank account or using other method
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
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Good luck!
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
I can suggest 2 sites.
The first is sportsinsights.com
This site is free and it gives you everything from a team's trends to public betting percentages. A lot of good info on there to handicap with.
If you want to skip handicapping and go with the experts, you can go to http://www.cappersaccess.com This site has handicappers picks. These guys sell their picks for hundreds of dollars sometimes, but you can find their picks for free on here.
Good luck!
6:58 am on October 8th, 2009
Try to learn the US Federal Law first to make you move on this. Hiring lawyers would help you decide better.