Colts-Patriots and Giants-Eagles highlight NFL week 11 betting odds

After a week in which online sportsbooks BetUS, Brobury Sports, Bookmaker and Bet365 offered nearly an entire slate of short odds, the pointspreads are a bit wider for week 11 of the 2010 NFL season.

This week, the keyword may be “rivalry,” with some old enemies meeting as the playoff picture comes into focus.

The marquee game is certain to be the meeting in Massachusetts of age-old AFC rivals the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts. One of these two teams has represented the conference in the Super Bowl in six of the last ten years; currently the Patriots are at 9/2 while the Colts get 6/1 odds at bet365 online sportsbook to win the AFC.

In the minds of most fans, the Patriots would seem to be the favorite to win the big enchilada and many would name either Peyton Manning or Tom Brady the season MVP. Taking these games one at a time, however, what’s most important is the Colts’ banged-up offensive line and secondary, therefore their standing as four-point underdogs at Bookmaker online sportsbook. Lean toward the Patriots minus the points, but that four makes this a very tough call.

Then there’s the New York Giants-Philadelphia Eagles game for top dog status in the NFC East. Though the Giants are bringing a pass defense that’s fourth overall in yardage allowed, the Eagles are quite simply bringing Michael Vick. Giants fans are surely hoping Vick is reading and believing his own headlines after his historic insane six-TD performance last week against pitiful Washington, as the only thing that might stop Michael Vick right now is Vick himself.

BroburySports, with its lines of Eagles minus-3 and 48.5 on the over/under – which would put the final score at an odd-sounding 25-22 or 25-23 – reflect a belief that the New York D will come up with something to at least dampen Vick’s effect on the game; your wager will depend on such belief in Tom Coughlin’s schemes Incidentally, bet365 likes the Eagles at 4/1 to take the NFC crown and the Giants at 9/2. The only comparable squads on the NFC side are the Green Bay Pacers at 7/2 and the Atlanta Falcons at 4/1.

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