Biggest Line Movers of NFL Week 7 (Archive)
The NFL has watched two straight weeks go by where favorites have cleaned up. Vegas and all the top sportsbooks around the world were unhappy with what transpired last week and are hoping underdogs do their thing this week. There are plenty of hefty favorites for this week’s slate too, with seven games holding a spread of a touchdown or more at open.
Here’s a breakdown of where the NFL odds are at now in comparison to where they opened up at.
Cardinals -17.5 (-110)
Opened -10.5 (-110)
Currently -17.5 (-110)
The Cardinals are undefeated and the Texans are not. It looked like Tyrod Taylor was going to return this week from the injured list but the Texans elected to give him another week to recover from injury. That means Davis Mills will get another start for the Texans.
DeAndre Hopkins and J.J. Watt are facing their former team, so it’s going to be quite the battle. Also, don’t forget, Zach Ertz is now a tight end for the Cardinals after being acquired from the Eagles last week.
With all of these moves, the Cardinals have now become 17.5 point favorites and it seems pretty fair at this point, especially with Arizona at home.
Rams -15.5 (-110)
Opened -12.5 (-110)
Currently -15.5 (-110)
The Lions are currently 0-6 and have yet to achieve a win. However, they’ve had their chances with two games where they lost by a game-winning field goal from ridiculous range. Either way, the Lions are hard to predict. They show up in some games and don’t in others.
This week, Matthew Stafford will take on his former team with the Rams and Jared Goff will take on the Rams as a Lion. You’d expect the Lions to be more prepared in this game but the line has since changed from -12.5 to -15.5. It seems like too much, even for the Lions, who nearly beat a couple of really good teams in the Ravens and Vikings.
Personally, I wouldn’t bet the Rams over a two-touchdown favorite but there are plenty of bettors out there doing just that. We’ll see how that goes.
Buccaneers -12.5 (-110)
Opened -10 (-110)
Currently -12.5 (-110)
The Chicago Bears will start Justin Fields against the Buccaneers and Tom Brady.
This marks the largest age difference in an NFL game for starting quarterbacks. Knowing this, bettors have bet the Buccaneers heavily, believing in the future Hall of Famer instead of the rookie quarterback that hasn’t proven anything yet.
Fields and the Bears continue to explain that they’ll figure things out on the offensive end. However, Allen Robinson II isn’t even the leading receiver on the Bears this season. Until that changes, the offense won’t figure it out, especially with David Montgomery out due to injury as well.
On the other hand, the Buccaneers have the most reliable passing game in the NFL and the Bears’ secondary has been everything but reliable. Bettors are likely looking over those numbers and betting the Buccaneers before they hit -14.
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