Posted Sunday, December 06, 2009 08:07 AM
DENVER AT KANSAS CITY: Denver has moved up a tick from -4 to -4.5 because of their extra rest after a Thursday game and an impressive showing vs. the Giants. A lot of sharps made BIG money with the Broncos as a home dog on Thanksgiving. That was a syndicate play that had backing from many respected bettors. It's a different story here with a road favorite in a divisional game though. Not quite the same passion. The total has moved up a tick from 37.5 to 38.
OAKLAND AT PITTSBURGH: There was no line at press time in this game because of the status of Ben Roethlisberger. Sharps generally don't like taking big ugly dogs outside of their normal climate unless they're getting a lot of points. That could happen here...so we may see sharps take a flyer on the Raiders come kickoff. They'll be looking to take an Under if weather is going to be any sort of a factor.
HOUSTON AT JACKSONVILLE: Not much early action here because there some injury issues before press time. I can tell you this, sharps aren't in the mood to ask Houston to win a close game after what they've seen the last few weeks! Jacksonville looked awful as a dog at San Francisco last week, and is hard to respect as well. I don't expect much action here unless "somebody hears something" and it blows up into a syndicate play. Hard to trust either side at a short price based solely on handicapping factors.
TENNESSEE AT INDIANAPOLIS: Early respect here for the Titans, ... [More]