Bodog Beat

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There’s more to betting on the NFL than picking a winner. Seasoned sports bettors will tell you that there’s money to be made in NFL futures and NFL props. Here are my top 10 NFL bets:

10. Rushing yards future – This could be a tough one to pick this season with LaDainian Tomlinson and Adrian Peterson gunning for the title. If one of them doesn’t win it, that would be a big shocker.

9. Patriots win total – Hopefully anyone who staked the Patriots to go Over their win total before Tom Brady went down didn’t bet all they had.

8. AFC East futures – See above. Patriots. Brady hurt. The Jets and Bills are good. You get the picture, right?

7. All Matt Cassel props – Now instead of hearing Brett Favre’s name every waking hour it will be Cassel drawing the media’s attention. He’ll also draw a ton of betting attention from props bettors.

6. Eddie Royal vs. Brandon Marshall – The rookie Royal made such a fantastic debut people are wondering how many balls he’ll lose to Marshall now that his suspension is over. For Week 2 Royal is a huge underdog versus Marshall on receiving yards.

5. Seahawks receiver woes – All of the Seahawks’ starting wide receivers are currently injured: Deion Branch, Bobby Engram and Nate Burleson. That leaves Courtney Taylor and Logan Payne fighting for balls, and fighting in the props.

4. New England Patriots game lines – What a difference one player makes. In Week 1 the Pats were 16-point favorites. In Week 2 they’re 1.5-point underdogs.

3. Packers at Lions – Maybe the oddsmakers aren’t sold on Aaron Rodgers yet. They’ve only listed the Pack as a 3-point favorite versus the Lions in Week 2.

2. Eagles and Cowboys on Monday night – The NFC East rivals meet up in Week 2 and there’s already a prop asking if the winner of this game will win the East.

1. More Eagles and Cowboys – There are too many good wagers open in this game to leave it alone. Terrell Owens has three big props, and McNabb and Romo face off in a fight for passing yards.