By Tim Furious

Ever wondered what a 6-foot sandwich filled with awesome actually sounds like? Well fasten that bib around your neck because Damon Durante is back to toast up another episode of BetCenter for your viewing pleasure. I hope you’re hungry…for some betting tips!

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One of the ideas that Damon and I both aggressively push week in and week out is that great teams don’t necessarily make great bets. Case in point, are the Buffalo Bills and St. Louis Rams. Now, the Bills have easily been one of the mainstays in the laughing stock division of the NFL, but in the last month of football they haven’t lost any of their betting investors any money. In fact, Buffalo is 4-0-1 ATS in their past 5 games regardless of their pitiful record.

Yes Stevie Johnson, this is how he does ya’. You may be dropping game winning touchdown passes, but your team is also dropping a deuce on anybody that’s dumb enough to bet against you.  That, unfortunately, has included myself.

The St. Louis Rams are just 5-6 SU, but as Damon points out, they’re also a league leader in sports betting with a record of 8-3 ATS. That by and large means that they’re exceeding expectations and you can credit Sam Bradford for that.

Speaking of young quarterbacks, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have also thundered to the head of the class. They’re just 7-4 SU trailing both the Saints and Falcons in the standings, but have gone a miraculous 8-3 ATS when nobody gave them a flying chance in hell of winning more than five games. Sometimes it’s the not-so-great teams that win you the most money.

So what does this all mean?

Sportsbooks make a living by setting viable betting lines. Just because a team is listed as -5.0 favorites, that doesn’t mean they’re necessarily going to win by five-points. More so the oddsmakers are just trying to encourage even money on both sides of the line. That number is affected as much by historical trends, talent and imperial data as well as public opinion.

Damon explains this even further when he invites you on to the BetCenter couch and explains how lines are made, how you should read them and then gives you his pick of the week. Check out the video and leave your assumptions at the door!

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