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12intheBox

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Had a 4 hour drive tonight. Listened to sports talk the whole way. The talking heads are right that this game comes down to the trenches - but what NFL games don’t? Most pick the Pats but think it’s basicaly a coin flip. Much of the talk was about how ho-hum the hype is because no players said anything stupid in the lead up to the game. That the Rams fan base is still in question and people are sick of the Patriots. It was all pretty annoying, really. The best breakdowns came from some of the people who called in.

There was a good deal of talk about how slow the Pats have started in their SBs. In 8 Superbowls, the Pats have scored a total of 3 first quarter points. Not 3 per game - 3 total. Their opponents have scored 24 total points (average of 3 per game). The talking head attributed this to Bill coming out Vanilla to see what the other team is doing and then adjusting to it. Interesting thought.

I hope we jump out on them quickly. We can’t take a full quarter to get into the game like we did against NO.
 

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Fast start by the Rams will be very tough for the Patriots. Having to pass will play to our strength with our pass rush. Pray for it. Want a blowout.
 
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Barnwell's Super Bowl LIII preview

The Patriots dynasty launched into orbit on Feb. 3, 2002, when a second-year quarterback and an oft-maligned coach conspired to upset the Greatest Show on Turf. Nobody could have imagined what would happen over the years to come. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick would build strong cases as the best player and coach, respectively, in NFL history. The Patriots, who were lovable, defense-first underdogs at the time, grew into the villains of the league as its greatest dynasty.

Really solid read, here;

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...owl-liii-preview-need-know-patriots-rams-2019
 
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The narrative seems to be completely biased towards the Pats and how the Rams will really struggle -Barnwell makes it sound like we Williams lose by 2 scores and then predicts a Pats victory 27-23. I don’t see us being mismatched against the Pats in this fashion...
 
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http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/25907794/million-dollar-bets-show-rams-las-vegas

A flurry of big Super Bowl bets, some greater than $1 million, showed up on the Los Angeles Rams late this week in Las Vegas, the largest ones coming from a bettor who shredded sportsbooks for millions on last year's Super Bowl.


MGM Resorts reported taking a $2 million money-line bet late Thursday on the Rams, who face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday in Atlanta. Bookmaker William Hill on Friday said it took a $1.5 million money-line bet on the Rams, and hours later the sportsbook at South Point Casino in Las Vegas reported taking a $300,000 money-line bet on Los Angeles. The bets were made at +120 odds and first reported by the Vegas Stats & Information Network and RotoGrinders.

Sources told ESPN that those bets were made by the same customer who last year went on a remarkable gambling run that stretched from the 2017 World Series through Super Bowl LII between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Patriots.

Bookmakers and the media nicknamed him "Bettor X," and he did some damage. The bettor, who has asked to remain anonymous, won $10 million in the World Series between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers. He followed it up by staking between $8 million and $10 million on the underdog Eagles to beat the Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Philadelphia won 41-33, and Bettor X ended up with a net $25 million from the run.

Now, he's back, betting again against the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII.

New England remains a consensus 2.5-point favorite over the Rams, with the over/under sitting at 56.5 at most sportsbooks.

The bulk of the early money wagered on the Super Bowl was on the Patriots. The first nine five-figure bets MGM books accepted were on New England. The action has leveled out in recent days, and, after the rush of big bets on Los Angeles, some books entered the weekend with more money on the underdog Rams.

MGM vice president of race and sports Jay Rood said Saturday morning that betting action over the past 48 hours had been "fairly 50-50," but cautioned that the bulk of the money will be wagered Saturday and Sunday.

"I would say probably 25 to 30 percent [of the total anticipated Super Bowl handle] has been placed so far," Rood said. "The way it's shaping up the last 24 hours, this could turn out not to be a very big decision."

Rood and MGM will have plenty to sweat, though, even if the money stays relatively balanced up until Sunday's kickoff. MGM opened Rams star defensive tackle Aaron Donald at 70-1 to win Super Bowl MVP. Money flowed in on Donald, driving the price down to 15-1.

"[Donald] winning MVP is not good for us," Rood said. "One of our biggest losing propositions ever was [Denver Broncos defensive end] Von Miller winning MVP [in Super Bowl 50]."

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is the favorite to win MVP at around +125 odds.
 
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