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Betting Tips For Preseason NFL – Picks

Betting the Underdog scenario during preseason is good

As a professional NFL handicapper, it is my job to evaluate the NFL betting line each week and provide winning picks information to give our clients winning NFL Picks every week.

When preparing to make your NFL Picks for the NFL Preseason, you must handicap this season entirely differently than the regular NFL season. Of course, you always want to look for NFL trends just to provide a guide when betting the NFL.

One favorite betting angle is the good old “Home Underdog” scenario. Typically seen when a struggling team plays at home against a winning club, the home underdog angle requires the understanding of how much of an advantage the home team will have whether it be emotionally or just how that teams performs on their home field overall. When betting the NFL, home underdogs have been a great bet among NFL Picks during the NFL Preseason because teams seem to play better to their home crowd. Also, at times their star players will not only play better but play for a longer time than the visiting starters.

Here are a couple of other tips when picking your 2009 Preseason NFL picks.

NFL Betting Tip # 1 “New NFL Head Coaches”

When preparing to make your NFL Picks, you want to go with New Head coaches that are trying to win at any cost for team support. This might be the best bet in preseason football.

NFL Betting Tip #2 “Teams that have quarterbacks competing for starting positions”

Over/Under players want to look for teams that don’t have a clear opening Day starter for their best NFL Picks, as they will traditionally put a lot of points on the board in the preseason, which makes “the over” a good bet.

NFL Betting Tip #3 “Teams that have multiple or Freshman Quarterbacks”

Over/Under players want to look for teams that have brand new, multiple or especially freshman QBs as these unsettled untested QBs tend to make elementary mistakes and be their own worst enemy regardind scoring – bet the under.