My NFL Week 2 Bets

Last week turned out to be a great week betting on the NFL. My top two games (Steelers and Cowboys) hit and most of my other plays worked out as well, which translated into moving up 12 units. This week my top two games will be the Packers and Steelers. The Packers are somehow only a 3-point favorite against the Lions, who are the worst defensive team in the NFL. I expect the Packers to put up at least 30 points and I can’t see the Lions getting more than 24 off this Packers D. I would think the spread on this game should be Packers -6.5 and -9 if the game were played in Green Bay, so I think this is a great play. I’m also big on the Steelers, which is the Sunday Night game. Big Ben has a sore shoulder and is listed as probable, but I think he’ll be fine and Willie Parker and Rashard Mendenhall should be able to run all over against the team that is 27th against the run based on last week’s performance and 27th against the run in 2007. The Browns offense struggled against the Cowboys last week and it should be the same story against a tough Pittsburgh D.

I’m putting 8 units on the Packers and 6 units on the Steelers. My other bets include 4 units on the Giants, 3 units on the Saints, 3 units on the Cardinals, and a 2 unit parlay with the 49ers moneyline and the under (pays 6:1).

Here are the previews for all of my week 2 games.

Good luck this Sunday!