NFL Handicappers

Welcome to Play By Plays expert nfl handicappers page where we point out the many ways gambling systems can be successful or unsuccessful for nfl handicappers correctly picking nfl match ups.

When handicapping NFL games, some bettors rely on trends. You'll find trends for a wide variety of stats for a single team, including: ATS record as an underdog or favorite, ATS record on grass or in domes, and historical ATS record against a particular opponent.

On the flip side, though, some bettors go against such trends when handicapping the NFL. Those trends are widely reported, and they often are based on past results that have little relevance to current teams with significant roster turnover. Because so many bettors rely heavily on such trends they effect the movement of the point spread lines, creating opportunities to wager against the trends. For example, does it really matter to the 2009 Giants that they've lost four straight ATS to the Dolphins, if those four games occurred from 1993-2005?

Other bettors will base an NFL handicapping system on injuries, which, again, are widely reported. If a team will have a certain number of starters missing, the system calls for a wager against that team. Other systems don't rely on a single team; instead, they look at NFL teams collectively. For example, a collective system might look at how all NFL teams perform after a bye week or how teams that lost on Monday Night Football perform ATS on the following week.