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01/31/2012 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid said Tuesday that Juan Castillo will remain the team's defensive coordinator and also confirmed that Todd Bowles will join the staff as secondary coach.
Bowles finished the 2011 season as the interim head coach for Miami after Tony Sparano was fired with three games remaining. He was considered for the full- time position with the Dolphins, who instead went with Green Bay offensive coordinator Joe Philbin.
Castillo, meanwhile, had come under fire last season, his first as defensive coordinator. He moved over from the offensive side of the ball and the Eagles struggled defensively.
There had been speculation that Reid might make a change, especially when former Eagles assistant Steve Spagnuolo became available after being fired as Rams head coach.
"Steve and I are good friends," Reid stated Tuesday. "When Steve was released from the Rams, I did offer him a spot here to coach if he needed one.
"My feeling was if you could have two great coaches on defense, it was better than one. That's as far as it went. I didn't offer him any titles. He wanted to look at other places."
Spagnuolo did and is set to become the defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints. He left Philadelphia after eight seasons to become the defensive coordinator for the division-rival Giants in 2007, and spent two years with New York before taking the Rams' top job in 2009.
<< Sunderland acquires Bridge on loan from City
Sunderland, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunderland acquired former England
defender Wayne Bridge on loan for the rest of the season Tuesday from Premier
League leader Manchester City.
Bridge, 31, had played just one game in all competit
<< Phillies add Qualls to bullpen
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Phillies added a durable
arm to their bullpen by signing Chad Qualls to a one-year, $1.15 million
contract on Tuesday.
Qualls, whose contract includes performance and awards bonuses, went
<< Lindpere inks new contract with New York
Harrison, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Bull New York announced Tuesday that it
has signed midfielder Joel Lindpere to a new, multi-year contract. Terms of
the deal were not disclosed.
Lindpere, 30, first joined the Red Bulls ahead of
<< Sharks try to break out of scoring slump against Blue Jackets
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Goals have been hard to come by as of late for the San Jose
Sharks. Hopefully the club found its scoring touch over the break and will
look to turn up the offense tonight and record a fourth straight win over the
Columbus Blu
Muntari swaps Inter for AC Milan in loan move >>
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan announced Tuesday that it has reached
a deal with city rivals Inter Milan to secure the services of Sulley Muntari
on loan for the remainder of the season.
The Ghanaian midfielder has struggled to
Philadelphia trades Le Toux to Vancouver >>
Chester, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Union traded forward Sebastien
Le Toux to Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Tuesday in exchange for allocation money.
Le Toux, 28, had 25 goals and 20 assists in two seasons with the Union. He was
acqu
D-Backs avoid arbitration with Montero, Roberts >>
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided arbitration
with catcher Miguel Montero and infielder Ryan Roberts on Tuesday, agreeing to
terms on one-year contracts with both players.
MLB.com has reported Montero's dea
Chelsea signs Belgium international De Bruyne >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea signed Belgian international Kevin
De Bruyne from Genk on Tuesday on a 5 1/2- year deal, but will remain with the
Belgian side on loan for the rest of the season.
De Bruyne, 20, made his debut for
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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