Saints Against Vikings in Football Betting

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NFL Football Gambling expectation climaxes Thursday night with the opening of the 2010 NFL year as New Orleans hosts Minnesota in a remarkable football gambling game. Football betting handicappers and devotees will have a rematch of last season’s NFC Championship competition to handicap and 2 of the top football gambling faves for 2010.



The online sports books opened with the New Orleans Saints as a 5-point fave and a total of 48. Kickoff is at 8:35 PM Eastern.

The Minnesota Vikings are still hurting from their 31-28 loss at New Orleans last year in the NFC Championship Game as four-point road long shots. Minnesota felt that, because of sloppy play and turnovers, they gave the competition and Super Bowl berth away to the New orleans saints, although they were the better squad.

Minnesota also feels that New Orleans came after quarterback Brett Favre too often and pounded him with too many needless hits that were beyond the policies. Favre’s ankle injury that he endured in the competition almost compelled him into retirement and he is still not totally recovered.

Anthony Hargrove and Bobby McCray were each fined by the League for hits on Favre.

“I understand a quarterback’s going to get hit,” claimed Minnesota coach Brad Childress. “It’s football. I don’t have any illusions about that. What I hate to see are the late hits or attempts to hurt anybody. I don’t think there’s a place for that in the game.” New Orleans and how they played stating its part of the competition hasn’t been the subject of criticism from Favre.

As they are anticipated to sustain aggressive play that emphasizes turnovers, the New orleans saints have tried to tighten up their defense and has 3 new starters.

Although Minnesota has covered just 8 from their last 20 competitions with the football odds as an longshot they did get the money in 4 from their last 6 in that role with 4 of those competitions also going over the total.

As they went just 3-8 with the odds NFL in their last 11 competitions as a chalk, New Orleans has had trouble as a fave recently. Just four of those eleven competitions went over the total.

Minnesota has covered the spread in 5 straight football betting matchups with the New orleans saints including their last 4 trips to the Super Dome. Just 1 from the previous ten meetings between these 2 squads has gone under the total.


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