Saturday, third-year quarterback Dennis Dixon was placed on the injured reserve list by the Pittsburgh Steelers due to a left knee meniscus tear. This tear will end his 2010 NFL season.

25-year-old Dixon participated in the first two games of the season and was named the Steelers’ starter during that time while leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to their first two victories of the 2010 NFL season – paving the way to a solid season. On September 19 in Week 2, Dixon was injured during the first quarter of the game against the Tennessee Titans, which resulted in a 19-11 win for the Steelers after Charlie Batch filled in for him on the field. The quarterback later had surgery that week and was expected to miss approximately six weeks for recovery. Continue Reading…

The San Diego Padres were not considered to be a contender this year by many people – even just a few days ago; however, after winning two games in a row against the San Francisco Giants the view of many have changed for the Padres.

Saturday night, the Padres defeated the Giants 4-2. Now, going into Sunday’s game against the Giants, which will be the final game of their three-game series, which should be the end of the regular MLB season, the Padres are sitting at 90-71 with the Giants sitting at 91-70, which means that the Giants are a single game ahead of the Padres in the National League West division chase. In addition, the Padres are tied with the Atlanta Braves for the lead in the National League Wild Card race due to the Braves losing against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday night. Continue Reading…

Baltimore Ravens vs Pittsburgh Steelers Sun. Oct. 3^rd 1pm EST

There are few divisions in the NFL today that are as competitive as the AFC North division and this season looks like it might stand out amongst the rest as the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0), Cincinnati Bengals (2-1) and the Baltimore Ravens (2-1) have all gotten off to impressive starts this season with high hopes of competing for the AFC North division title and possibly a shot at the Super Bowl.

Obviously, the one team that has surprised everyone in the AFC North is the Pittsburgh Steelers as they have won their first three games of the season despite not having their two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Ben Roethlisberger under center due to suspension. Continue Reading…

Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers Sun. Oct. 3^rd 1pm EST

The Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers are two teams in the NFC North division that are headed in completely directions, but they are both coming off a loss in Week 3 to division opponents in the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears.

There is no question that the Green Bay Packers are one of the best teams in the NFC Conference this season, but they will need to keep their momentum going by getting every win they can from now up until the playoffs and this second straight matchup against a NFC North opponent will be crucial as Aaron Rodgers and company do everything they can to try and catch up the first place Chicago Bears. Continue Reading…

Arizona Cardinals vs San Diego Chargers Sun. Oct. 3^rd 4:15pm EST

The Arizona Cardinals are a troubled NFL franchise, they may be heading into Week 4 with a 2-1 record, but they clearing have problems on both sides of the football and the San Diego Chargers will look to take full advantage of that fact as they try and turn their season around from a 1-2 start.

There is no question that the Arizona Cardinals have some talented players, especially on the offensive side of the football, but they just seem to be barely getting by right now as they were only able to pull out there two wins of the season against the St. Louis Rams (17-13) and the Oakland Raiders (24-23) by the skin of their teeth. Continue Reading…

New England Patriots vs Miami Dolphins Mon. Oct. 4^th 8:30pm EST

The AFC East division has been dominated over the past decade or so by the New England Patriots, but times might be changing for Tom Brady and company as the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins have made things interesting in the division once again.

Unlike the New England Patriots, the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins are two teams that play very well on the defensive side of the football. In Week 4, the Dolphins will look to use this new found dominance on defense to get the best of Bill Belichick’s squad as they will try and repeat what the New York Jets did to the New England Patriots back in Week 2. We love week 4 and all the NFL football betting options at Bodog. Continue Reading…

Houston Texans vs Oakland Raiders Sun. Oct. 3^rd 1pm EST

After the first two weeks of the season, the Houston Texans had gone from a struggling expansion team trying to finally clinch a playoff spot and breakout of the Indianapolis Colts shadow in the AFC South division to arguably one of the best teams in the league with a high-powered offense.

With wins over the Indianapolis Colts and the Washington Redskins in consecutive weeks, the Houston Texans proved to the rest of the league that they were the real deal and force to be reckoned with in the AFC Conference this season, but after Week 3’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Matt Schaub and company have been given a little bit of a reality check.

Fortunately, this up and coming football team will have a chance to redeem themselves in Week 4 as they will head to Oakland to take on the one win Raiders on their home field. This is a great NFL football betting match-up. Continue Reading…

Washington Redskins vs Philadelphia Eagles Sun. Oct. 4:15pm EST

In the NFL offseason the Philadelphia Eagles made perhaps their boldest move in the franchise’s history by trading was their face of the franchise in six-time Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb to the division rival Washington Redskins.

Over the past five years or so, rumors about the Eagles possibly trading away McNabb seemed to be something that happened in every offseason as it seemed that the perennial Pro Bowler was unable to lead this team back to the Super Bowl. Even though the Eagles never made back to the Super Bowl in the Donovan McNabb era, the consensus was that the franchise quarterback was a success in his 11 years in Philly and always gave the team a shot to contend in the NFC East division and in the NFC Conference, but it was time to part ways as the Eagles shipped him to the nation’s capital. Continue Reading…

Friday, Leroy Hill was placed on the Injured Reserved – ending his season and ending a good source of depth for the Seattle Seahawks – or at least that’s what he used to be known for. This move is the end to his 2010 NFL season but not just that, possibly his NFL career with the Seahawks once this season concludes.

Why? Simply put, Hill has been peeling off a little at a time. He is always in trouble for something resulting in suspension and is not healthy. He has already received a pay reduction from the Seahawks - $4 million to be exact, which occurred in the off-season, in addition to additional years on his contract being pulled, which will make him a free agent come the end of this NFL season. Continue Reading…

Right now, both of these teams are trying to make it to the playoffs while the San Francisco Giants is trying to keep the lead over the San Diego Padres to capture a National League West division title, which they haven’t won since 2003. The Padres are currently 3 games behind the division-leading Giants and are hoping to close in on that 3-game lead that the Giants have over them starting today when the Giants host the Padres for a three-game series – the final series of the regular season.

Popular Online Sportsbook Bodog has the Giants listed as -167 favorites on the money line for Friday’s game against the Padres. Continue Reading…