NFL Week 8 Betting Tips
For the second time this season, all eyes will be on Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers.
Yep, Brett Favre will be playing the Green Bay Packers this Sunday as Week 8 of the 2009 NFL football season continues. This time though, it’ll be a little different as he returns to Lambeau Field wearing enemy colors.
That’s right, Brett Favre will be back at historic Lambeau Field when he leads his Minnesota Vikings against the Green Bay Packers. This will be his first trip back at Lambeau since the Packers ended the Brett Favre saga in Green Bay when they sent him packing to New York city a year ago.
His return should be an interesting one since we all know how much fans at Lambeau loved Brett Favre when the guy was still playing for the Green Bay Packers. Will they still cheer for Favre who’ll be wearing the colors of their bitter rivals from Minnesota?
They should. After all, Brett Favre did spent 16 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, tearing it up at Lambeau Field when he still was building on what is now a Hall of Fame career. Packer fans OWE IT TO THEMSELVES to cheer for this guy, even though he’s now playing for the Minnesota Vikings.
Oh yeah, we’re picking the Vikings too because judging by the way Favre blew the Packers away in Minnesota, we expect Favre to have another huge game and give Lambeau Field one last historic performance. Vikes by three.
We also have a couple more huge games this week, including this huge battle in the NFC between the struggling Seattle Seahawks and the surging Dallas Cowboys.
DeMarcus Ware, who has recently signed a six-year contract extension that includes $40 million in guaranteed money, will have a chance to prove his worth against a sputtering Seahawks offense that only managed to put up three points the last time they were on the field.
Ware, 27, has four sacks in 2009, all in the last two games for the Dallas Cowboys. He led the league with 20 sacks last year. He was only the sixth NFL player to reach the 20-sack plateau since sacks became an official stat in 1982. He has 57.5 career sacks and has been a Pro Bowler three times. He also shares the NFL record with Simon Fletcher for consecutive games with a sack (10), and he holds three of the top-five sack seasons in franchise history.
Yep, we don’t like Seattle’s chances. ‘Boys by seven.
On Monday night football, the Atlanta Falcons visit the Superdome, where they will look to deal the New Orleans Saints their first loss of the season. Unfortunately for the birds, that’s easier said than done and after the Saints came back from a 14-point halftime deficit to beat Miami last Sunday to stay undefeated, beating the Saints this season is almost an impossibility.
The Saints matched the biggest comeback in franchise history after coming back from 14 points down to beat the Miami Dolphins, 46-34. The Saints proved that they can win when faced with adversity, and despite the fact that Drew Brees was having a game to forget, giving up three interceptions to the Dolphins defense.
New Orleans can sweep the NFC South with a win over the Atlanta Falcons. And that’s exactly what we’ll be expecting on Monday night. Yes, Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is special, but he’s going into the belly of the beast this week. Sorry.
Saints by seven.
Are you ready to bet on Week 8 of the 2009 NFL football season? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.
Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers -3
Seattle Seahawks @ Dallas Cowboys -10
Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints -10
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