I know many of you don't care about betting lines. However I think us opening up AT home
4 point underdogs against a Philly team that went on the road, struggled to beat a mediocre Browns team with a rookie QB starting, is a HUGE slap in the face!!!
I mena hell in the NFL home field usually nets you a 3 point favorite. So IMO the odds makes have us as 7 point dogs! Someone tell the defense please!
It'll take more time.
I realize the defense has been comming together since last season and we all see it but we were completely written off after the start we had last year.
Also, betting lines do open up also based on their perception of what it'll take to even out the bets somewhat.
It's not ONLY about what THEY think will happen it's about what they KNOW it will take to even the bets out.
Most of the country has no clue, they all think we suck and it won't change until we win some bigger games, a lot of them, one or two is always seen as a fluke.
So far we beat Seatle at home, seen as a very mild fluke, extremely mild fluke and we won at New England, seen as an EPIC fluke, but if you watched the game it was no fluke.
A lot of good bookies know this already but they don't care because they also know the bets still won't come in on us across the country until we do this repeatedly.
