Pretty sure I didn't see this posted. If I'm wrong, my apologies. Chargers are the biggest favorites next week at nine points (the Saints are second at 7), which slightly surprised me but maybe it shouldn't if I take the blinders off. I thought this was interesting...I'd sooner take the Jets than the Cardinals; I'm not sure why the disparity in run games doesn't seem to impact the line. On the other hand, I'm much happier as an underdog, I think. Nothing to lose this way, really.
9 or 8.5 points isn't exactly exuding confidence from the Vegas boys is it ? Bit nervous they may lose their shirts
Chargers are a really good team and at home, deserve to be heavy favorites. I still like our chances though. Should be a great game.
Naw. Chargers fans are extremely confident, and they probably make up the single largest tourist/heart gambling bloc in Vegas (or second to the Cowboys, from what I've seen in my time out there). Vegas may figure the best way to bring in money on the Jets side is to set a high line. I know several Chargers fans who still look at a 9 point spread as a sure thing. It's pathetic.
Mark will play even better so close to his home- They've won 11 in a row and in week 15 beat Cincy 27-24. Whenever they face a top Defense they have lost, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and early in the season Denver. I'm confident they will have all kinds of trouble with our D and they will be unprepared for Sanchez 2.0.
ESPN has it at 9 too http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/scoreboard?seasonYear=2009&seasonType=3&weekNumber=2
I'm not sure I'd trust ESPN for spreads. If you can get 9 I'd take it now. http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/las-vegas/
A great team playing at home vs east coast wild card team. The line sounds about right. and they are going to lose their shirts on this one though.
That actually makes more sense, 9 does seem high. I'm sure ESPN doesn't update that line as much as the "real" sports gambling sites.
I wonder if some of this is because people considered the Bengals to be a poorly playing team at the time we beat them twice. They really didn't play well in either game. Who gives a shit, I just hope we win.
+9 is what it opened at, it's already down to +7.5. This means there are a lot of sharps taking the Jets and the points. Same thing happened last week Jets opened at +4 and it was down to +2.5 by game time. Hopefully, this means good things to come. The +300 for the money-line looks pretty good to me. The craziest line has to be the over/under for the ARZ-NO game. 57!! Close to the highest line this year.
The Numbers Don't Lie JETS - #1 in Rushing (The best in the league) Chargers- #20 against the run (pretty bad) Chargers - #31 in Rushing (God-awful) JETS - #8 against the run (very good) Chargers - #4 in passing (very good) JETS - #1 against the pass (even better) I know the Chargers are a great team, but these numbers don't lie. We're excellent at stopping what they're bad at ... and the best in the league at stopping what they do well... passing. On the opposite side, they're not good at stopping what we do better than anyone in the league... running the ball. I like our chances to control the clock, slow down their passing game and using our rushing attack to set up some big plays in the passing game. Turnovers being equal, I don't see how they're more then a TD better than us. I guess it may come down to how well K-Ro can handle Antonio Gates.
