NFL Betting – Do You Dare Bet Against the New England Patriots?

Head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady are already a legendary duo in the NFL. Both are destined for the hall of fame and both command the respect of their peers. As the NFL training camps start to open in the next few weeks, the online betting sites are faced with a familiar task. The Patriots do not have the look of a champion, but does that mean that the bookmakers should stack the odds againstNew England? There is one thing that bettors have learned over the years and that is to never bet against Belichick and Brady.

There are some cracks in the armor that have been shown the past few seasons. The Patriots have gone to five Super Bowls in the Belichick-Brady era, but they have only won three. We say “only” because the Patriots have not won a Super Bowl since the team was punished in the “spy gate” scandal. The online NFL betting experts agree that the Patriots are a good team, but questions are starting to arise as to whether or notNew England can win a Super Bowl fair and square. So far, the answer to that question has been no.

But when you consider the odds the Patriots have overcome just to get to some of its Super Bowls, it makes the accomplishments hard to ignore. During one of their Super Bowl runs, the Patriots’ defense was so riddled with injuries that wide receiver Troy Brown was playing cornerback and receiver. The defensive line was made up of several practice squad players but the Patriots still won.

The betting software gave the Patriots no chance of making the Super Bowl in 2012 because New England was burdened with the 32^nd ranked defense in the NFL. A little bad coaching byBaltimore head coach John Harbaugh in the AFC Championship game put the Patriots in the Super Bowl andNew England made an excellent showing of itself in the Super Bowl loss.

A betonline review of the off-season moves made by the New England Patriots in preparation for the 2012 season shows that the team did nothing to improve its defense. As a matter of fact, the Patriots allowed defensive end Mark Anderson to sign with the division rival Buffalo Bills. The Patriots appear to be content bringing in more rookies and trying to build a defense with no experience. The Patriots have linebackers with years of experience, but it is the same linebacking corps that could not stop the run or pressure the quarterback in 2011.

With all of the challenges that the Patriots have created for itself, it is still impossible to bet against the New England Patriots. The early Super Bowl futures have the Patriots as the odds-on favorite to win the AFC again. The only team given better odds of winning Super Bowl XLVII is the Green Bay Packers.

Will the Patriots win Super Bowl XLVII? Common sense would say no. The Patriots’ defense will still struggle to stop the run and it will still give up long passing plays that will force quarterback Tom Brady to make amazing fourth quarter comebacks. But the Patriots have built its legend on defying common sense, and that could be the case again in 2012.