Nfl Prop Bets 2017
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With the NFL season set to kick off in just over two months from now, oddsmakers continue to release a series of wagers can be made for the 2017-2018 season. We already have the win total projections (and the requisite over/under wagers) for each team, as well as odds for the offensive rookie of the year. However, we wanted to take a look at a few of the most interesting “prop bets” that a few online oddsmakers have recently released.
In particular, here are three interesting bets you can make for this upcoming season:
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Where will Colin Kaepernick be playing at the start of the 2017 NFL Season?
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick dominated national headlines early in the 2016-2017 NFL season. He chose to kneel during the pre-game national anthem, as part of his protest against racial tensions within the United States. Between that, and his ineffective play while he was under center, he was eventually released by the San Francisco 49ers.
Since then, Kaepernick has not returned to an NFL roster. There have been whispers emerging that NFL teams have “blackballed” him. This is because of the media pressure his presence would bring to any team that signs him. Interestingly enough, oddsmakers are giving +120 odds for Kaepernick to remain out of the NFL at the start of the season. Those odds are actually better than Kaepernick either being on the roster of the Seattle Seahawks (+110 odds, after he recently completed a workout there), or any other NFL team (also +110 odds).
Will Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch lead their team in rushing touchdowns after the 2017 NFL Season?
As recently as three years ago, Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch were two of the best running backs in the NFL. But between a combination of age, injuries, and retirement (Lynch “retired” after the 2015 NFL season), they found their former respective teams moving on from their services.
This past offseason, Peterson signed with the New Orleans Saints, likely as a backup or change-of-pace runner alongside Mark Ingram (who led the Saints in rushing yards and touchdowns last season). Meanwhile, after Lynch publicly expressed an interest in returning to the NFL and playing for his hometown Oakland Raiders, he subsequently unretired, and the Raiders acquired him from Seattle.
Oddsmakers are providing intriguing two-to-one (+200) odds for those making a wager that both Peterson and Lynch will lead their team in rushing touchdowns by the end of the season. There's the obvious question of how much Lynch will “have left in the tank,”. Considering he's 31 years old, and didn't play at all during the 2016 NFL season. Meanwhile, as mentioned, Peterson will initially serve in a backup capacity in New Orleans. However both of these players routinely scored double-digit touchdowns in their former stops. It's not totally out of the question to see them dominating the goal-line carries for their new teams. As such 2-1 odds on these Player Prop bets looks interesting enough.
Will Any Team Have a “Perfectly Bad Season” in 2017?
In the history of the NFL, only two teams have accomplished the “perfectly bad season” feat. They achieved this by not winning a single game on that year's schedule. They were the 2008-2009 Detroit Lions, and the 1976-1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Given that such circumstances have only taken place twice in the last 40 years, this might not seem like such a smart wager to make.
After all, the Cleveland Browns won only one game last season. Even with all the changes they continue to make as part of their organizational rebuild, are they really that much better?. The team still lacks star power in the worst way. They still don't have a long-term answer at the quarterback position. Myles Garrett, the #1 overall selection in the 2017 NFL Draft, just went down with mysterious and potentially troublesome foot injury.
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Also, the New York Jets are in prime position to finish the year with the worst overall record in the league. Numerous analysts came out during the offseason and declared that the Jets might have the least talented roster in the entire league. Even the coaching staff has come out and said everything except the outright statement of them being in a total renovation. It's seems more likely that the Jets could/would lose every game this season, as opposed to winning more than two or three games this year.
Best NFL Sportsbook Bonuses for the 2017-18 Season
In the weeks leading up to last night’s Week 1 opener, all any NFL pundit could talk about about was the prospect of the Patriots going undefeated. Tom Brady is better than ever, they said. His vegan lifestyle is totally sick, they shouted. This year’s team will be even more dominant than 2007’s, they proclaimed. And then, in perfect NFL fashion, Alex Smith turned into a human ball of flames and the Chiefs trounced the Pats in the 4th quarter for a convincing road win. Every NFL season is totally unpredictable, and we could easily see up to nine upsets this Sunday alone.
So, with that said, I’m not going to touch the lines, spreads, or even tell you who to pick this weekend—I can’t really have that kind of responsibility on my conscience. I lose enough sleep as it is. I will, however, divulge some intriguing prop bets to you. Maybe they're real, maybe they're not. (They're not.) But wow, Week 1 is absolutely chock-full of them. Let’s start with the Odds:
Odds
Odds a list of Cleveland starting quarterbacks is displayed during the first quarter of the Steelers-Browns broadcast: 1/10
An annual ritual. Tim Couch will live forever.
Odds Blake Bortles gets yanked before halftime: 30/1
Pretty attractive bet right?
Odds a punt returner hits a “first down” celebration after calling for a fair catch: 100 /1
How has nobody done this yet?
Odds Odell Beckham Jr. rips his helmet off after scoring a touchdown only it’s not Odell Beckham Jr. at all it’s Jamie Foxx: 5/1
Strong odds. But this would be the most Odell Beckham Jr. thing ever.
Odds Ryan Gosling stars in an Alex Smith biopic someday: 8/1
These jumped up from 80/1 after last night’s performance.
Odds Ndamukong Suh delivers a Captain Insano Blow to an offensive lineman’s eyes only to fully deny such action in the post-game: 1000/1
[Kneels and prays to the football gods]
Over/Under
Colin Kaepernick mentions: 15
Take the over.
Number of times Smokin’ Jay Cutler is shown deathly despondent on the sidelines: N/A
Sadly, the Bucs-Dolphins game got pushed to Week 11. Next week.
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Beers Chris Collinsworth drinks during his broadcast: 2
His first call of the year was last night, and I’m pretty sure he hit the over after Tyreek Hill tied cinderblocks to everyone’s feet in the second half.
Times Jon Gruden says, “I love this guy, man.”: 4
Boy, this is a tough call, man.
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Number of “fucks” Rex Ryan drops on-air: 1
Let’s do this, Rex.
Terrible end zone celebrations: 7
The NFL lightened the burden on touchdown celebrations this year—it’s fantastic news. But while many will brilliantly capitalize on this opportunity, there will almost certainly be several players who totally fuck this up.
Number of twerks pumped in the Steelers-Browns game: 5
Antonio Brown is still on the Steelers so...