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Old September 26th, 2008, 07:28
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Default Week 4 Preview and Betting Tip

So we move into Week 4, and the league is starting to take shape, with teams already giving an indication of what is top be expected of them, what their obvious strengths and weaknesses are, and which teams are to be ignored at your peril.

Here are the fixtures for this weekend with game winning odds - Sky games highlighted :

Denver Broncos 2/9 Kansas City Chiefs 7/2
Cleveland Browns 17/10 Cincinnati Bengals 1/2
Houston Texans 14/5 Jacksonville Jaguars 5/18
Arizona Cardinals 21/20 New York Jets 4/5
San Francisco 49ers 15/8 New Orleans Saints 4/9
Atlanta Falcons 13/5 Carolina Panthers 5/16
Minnesota Vikings 7/5 Tennessee Titans 5/8
Green Bay Packers 20/21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20/23
Buffalo Bills 5/18 St. Louis Rams 14/5
San Diego Chargers 2/7 Oakland Raiders 11/4
Washington Redskins 4/1 Dallas Cowboys 2/11
Philadelphia Eagles 4/7 Chicago Bears 3/2

Monday Night Game
Baltimore Ravens 2/1 Pittsburgh Steelers 2/5

Fairly slim pickings from a betting perspective, though after the narrow misses of weeks 1-3 i will be happy with a win by picking a single!!!

The San Diego/Denver double looks safe, though i would be more concerned about Denver slipping up than the Bolts - the Broncos have done nothing wrong so far but havent won easy yet, certainly the last two weeks, and this is probably the first game they are really expected to win and win easy. Kansas though look a team in desperate trouble and just shouldnt (i say shouldnt!) have the firepower to keep up with Denvers explosive offence.

I am very sorely tempted to tip Tennessee to beat the Vikings, especially if their Defense can continue to be as miserly as it has been - if they can close down Adrian Peterson of the Vikes then Minnesota dont have much left, and the Titans can put points on the board themselves...but at the back of my mind is the knowledge that at some point the Titans WILL mess up...they always do...could it be this week? 5/8 is mighty tempting to say No....hmmmm

I would expect the Jaguars to continue their form of last week at home to the Texans and am surprised to see the Browns as big as they are against the Bengals...surely a team cannot go so bad so soon, and although the Tigers put up a decent showing against the Giants last week, before that they were simply horrible. Cleveland +3.5 (10/11) points on the handicap shows that the gap aint that big....a shade under 2/1 off level looks value to me...

So..with trepidation and more than a "pretty please" look skywards...my Week 4 tips are :

2 points win accumulator :

Denver 2/9
San Diego 2/7
Cleveland 17/10
Tennessee 5/8

LATEST SUPERBOWL BETTING

Dallas Cowboys 3/1
Philadelphia Eagles 8/1
San Diego Chargers 8/1
Indianapolis Colts 12/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 12/1
Denver Broncos 14/1
New York Giants 14/1
Tennessee Titans 16/1
Buffalo Bills 16/1
Carolina Panthers 20/1
Green Bay Packers 20/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 20/1
New England Patriots 20/1
Minnesota Vikings 25/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25/1
Arizona Cardinals 40/1
New Orleans Saints 40/1
Washington Redskins 40/1
Baltimore Ravens 50/1
Seattle Seahawks 50/1
Chicago Bears 66/1
New York Jets 80/1
San Francisco 49ers 80/1
Atlanta Falcons 100/1
Cleveland Browns 100/1
Houston Texans 150/1
Miami Dolphins 150/1
Oakland Raiders 200/1
Cincinnati Bengals 250/1
Detroit Lions 250/1
Kansas City Chiefs 500/1
St Louis Rams 500/1
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