Just in case you’re headed to Las Vegas and you are a Redskins fan with some money burning a hole in your pocket, you can go to the Palms, Venetian, or Tropicana and plunk down some cash on the first 15 Redskins regular season games. One of the Vegas books has already established lines for NFL weeks 1-16.
You can’t bet the mortgage; at this point the limit is $2,000 per game. That is a little bit more than sheer recreational purposes which, of course, is what is recommended here.
The wave of optimism that has accompanied the arrival of Robert Griffin III to Washington has not yet made its way to the desert out west. As of now, the Redskins are favored just four times, at home against the Bengals, Vikings, and Panthers and on the road in Cleveland. In addition, their Week 2 game in St. Louis is a pick ‘em.
Not sure why there are no Week 17 lines so we don’t know the line in that Redskins-Cowboys game at FedEx Field to close the regular season. They can see about seven months plus a week into the future so why can’t they see seven months and two weeks?
Here are all of the Redskins’ way too early lines.
WEEK 1
Washington Redskins (+9.5) at New Orleans Saints
WEEK 2
Washington Redskins (PICK) at St. Louis Rams
WEEK 3
Cincinnati Bengals (+1.5) at Washington Redskins
WEEK 4
Washington Redskins (+1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
WEEK 5
Atlanta Falcons (-1.5) at Washington Redskins
WEEK 6
Minnesota Vikings (+4) at Washington Redskins
WEEK 7
Washington Redskins (+7) at New York Giants
WEEK 8
Washington Redskins (+7) at Pittsburgh Steelers
WEEK 9
Carolina Panthers (+1) at Washington Redskins
WEEK 10
Bye
WEEK 11
Philadelphia Eagles (-3.5) at Washington Redskins
WEEK 12
Washington Redskins (+6) at Dallas Cowboys
WEEK 13
New York Giants (-2.5) at Washington Redskins
WEEK 14
Baltimore Ravens (-3.5) at Washington Redskins
WEEK 15
Washington Redskins (-1) at Cleveland Browns
WEEK 16
Washington Redskins (+9) at Philadelphia Eagles
Well, this is better than last year, I think. Last year's team was favored in only 3 games at this time of year, IIRC. And we saw they won 6 games.
Trying to be optimistic...
Posted by: Chip Free | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 09:15 PM