NFL Sportsbook: Jacksonville Outshine Houston

In the match between Jacksonville and Houston at EverBank Field, the former defeated the latter by 31-24. Mike Thomas helped his team to win during the final play of the game by catching a deflected ball from David Garrard on a Hail Mary pass. With this second straight victory, Jacksonville delighted all the team supporters and NFL sportsbook fans.

Garrard scored two touchdowns and connected 24 of 31 passes for 342 yards while Maurice Jones-Drew contributed to the victory of his team by running for 100 yards and earning two scores on 24 carries.

Thomas also showed a great performance by catching eight passes for a career-high 149 yards, while Zach Miller caught four passes for 79 yards, along with a score, in the victory of the Jaguars.

On behalf of the Texans, Matt Schaub threw for 314 yards and scored two touchdowns on 22-of-32 passes. Unfortunately, the Texans could not defeat the Jaguars, which upset several NFL betting fans. This was the third straight loss for the team.

NFL Betting Lines: Starks on IR

Offensive tackle Max Starks of The Pittsburgh Steelers, has been placed on the Injured Reserve, due to his neck injury. Starks is a key player of the team and his absence from the matches for a very long time can affect the team’s position in the NFL Betting Lines adversely.

Starks was injured in the match against Cincinnati held last Monday and needs a surgery. According to reports he is expected to recover completely for the 2011 season.

Starks is a seven years experienced player from Florida. This year he started seven games and missed the match against Tennessee due to an ankle injury. He was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the 2004 draft. Since then he has started 68 of the 95 games that he has participated in.

The NFL betting fans are waiting eagerly for his quick recovery and expect to see him in action again in the 2011 season.

Delhomme returns to practice, delights NFL betting fans

Much to the delight of NFL betting fans, Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme began participating again on Thursday. The veteran signal-caller has been sidelined by. The Louisiana-born player suffered a high ankle sprain during his Week 1 debut. The injury kept him out of practice for the last two weeks. After Delhomme suffered the injury, he left the game but not before he completed 20-of-37 passes for 227 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions. The signal-caller expects to fully recover from the injury in the next 2-3 weeks. 

Delhomme was not looking 100 percent in the practice and so were Running back Jerome Harrison, fullback Lawrence Vickers and wide receivers Joshua Cribbs and Brian Robiskie — all of them suffering from different injuries.

On the other hand, offensive tackle Joe Thomas (elbow), was a full participant in Thursday's practice. He did not practice Wednesday. The defensive lineman Shaun Rogers (ankle, hip) missed practice Thursday for a second straight day.

Meanwhile, NCAA football betting fans will be keeping an eye on BYU Cougars match Friday. One can surely expect the odds to tumble.

NFL Betting Lines Affected - Saints Ink Kicker Carney

The New Orleans Saints have decided to re-sign placekicker John Carney on Wednesday. The Saints are hoping to lean on experience by signing Carney to a one-year-deal, as Garrett Hartley is still struggling with his kicking game.  This news is going to have a positive effect on the NFL betting lines.

The 46-year-old veteran kicker is going to play the 22^nd season of his career, since he made his debut in NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1987.

Following the failure of Hartley in converting a potential game-clinching field goal on Sunday when the Saints faced a 27-24 overtime loss at the hands of Atlanta, the Saints asked Carney for a workout.

Hartley have missed three field goals (4-of-7) in just three games. This prompted New Orleans to replace him with Carney, a two-time Pro Bowler who has 473 career field goals on 82.4 career percent field goal percentage.

In fact, with 2,044 points Carney has the third highest scoring total, closely following Gary Anderson and football legend Morten Andersen.

This news has thrilled the NFL betting enthusiast, as they get to see their favorite veteran back in action.

Rice’s Absence Disappoints NFL Betting Fans

Pro Bowler Sidney Rice won’t be able to play for almost half the season, following his hip surgery on Monday. Rice had injured his hip in the NFC championship game against New Orleans Saints, the Super Bowl champions. The news of Rice’s absence from the team has left all the Minnesota Vikings supporters and NFL Betting fans disappointed.

The NFL betting fans were expecting excellent performance from the player this season. In the first two seasons, Rice had a combination of 46 receptions for 537 yards, along with eight touchdowns. In the last season, he caught 83 passes for 1312 yards along with eight touchdowns, and was successful in capturing a Pro Bowl bid.

Rice’s injury has added to the problems of the Vikes, as they are already dealing with Percy Harvin's migraine problem. Although there are reports about Javon Walker, former teammate of Favre, being chased by the Vikes to fill in for the injured player. But this news has failed to excite the NFL betting enthusiasts. Their NFL Odds to win the championship will be drastically affected if the injury riddled Vikes are not able to overcome the problem soon.

QB’s Injury Upsets Bucs, NFL Betting

Much to the disappointment of the NFL Betting enthusiasts who were counting on the Buccaneers, the impending drive of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers might dampen due to the thumb injury sustained by starting quarterback Josh Freeman.

The tip of Freeman’s right thumb on his throwing hand was fractured after the first offensive series in Tampa Bay’s 20-15 win over the Chiefs in a NFL preseason game Saturday. The second-year pro completed 2-of-4 passes for 21 yards, before leaving the game. 

Now that Freeman will be out in any case until the opening week of the regular season, his momentum along with the offense of Tampa Bay will be greatly affected.

Freeman was the third quarterback selected by the Bucs in the 2009 draft after Matthew Stafford and Mark Sanchez and he will enter the regular season after throwing merely eight preseason passes in three series. Also, this will leave the Bucs no choice but to rely on third-year pro Josh Johnson and second-year backup Rudy Carpenter, who haven’t played in any NFL regular-season games.

It is yet to be seen how this setback will affect their odds to win on the NFL Lines for Week 1, as the Bucs prepare to face the Browns on Sept. 12.