Sunday NFL Odds

News this week that a pair of troubled receivers are going to get a second chance with their new teams. First, Santonio Holmes is moving to the New York Jets. The Jets badly needed this, but not everyone is convinced saying that you should bet against Holmes and the Jets for the first little while. I’m not so sure about the wisdom of that because the Jets have made an…

Donovan McNabb has been traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Washington Redskins. The trade unites McNabb with two-time Super Bowl Championship winning coach Mike Shanahan and makes the Redskins better over the short term. Many Philly fans dislike sending McNabb to a division rival, but this is a little ironic after the repeated calls to ship McNabb out. Taking McNabb’s place in Philly is Kevin Kolb. Kolb is a…

Ndamukong Suh is still considered the top prospect by many NFL watchers even though odds are that Ndamukong Suh will not go first at the draft. The number one pick goes to the St Louis Rams and most of the buzz is that they need to get a quarterback prospect in the system. Suh would make a good choice and remains a possibility. The Rams have picked DT with their…

After remarks by his head coach and chief backer Andy Reid, Donovan McNabb is clearly available. “I’m listening [to offers] out there,” said Reid. “I’m not saying I’m doing anything. But we’re keeping our ears open. “I don’t worry about [what other people are saying]. It’s an evaluation process right now.” He is by far the best quarterback on the market, so that has the many teams with quarterback problems…

Tim Tebow showed off his reworked throwing motion at the Florida Gators Pro-Day and he is getting mostly rave reviews. Some people are questioning the fluidity of Tebow’s motion. He needs time and practice for it to become second-nature. Another worry is that Tebow’s reworked mechanics haven’t been tested under game conditions. Chad Henne weighed in, but he didn’t have any real insight so he probably should have kept his…

Brady Quinn‘s time with the Cleveland Browns was underwhelming, but with his trade to the Denver Broncos he has a chance to prove his old team made a mistake and have a solid NFL career. Last year he had an abysmal 53 percent completion rating and threw some bad passes, but he wasn’t helped much by playing with the Browns. With the Broncos he won’t have the weight of the…

Ben Roethlisberger’s attorney has hired a private investigator to assassinate the credibility of the college student accusing Roethlisberger of sexual assault look in to the sexual assualt allegations made by a college student last weekend. This comes on the same day that nude photos of Roethlisberger and the officer who wrote the incident report emerged. Yesterday, Roethlisberger’s attorney made a stunning denial of the sexual assault allegations. Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers…

Receiver Anquan Boldin could be the piece that makes the Baltimore Ravens one of the best offenses in the league, but that really depends on whether Joe Flacco can prove he’s an NFL starting quarterback. Oddly enough, adding a receiver in pass-happy league could improve the Ravens already fearsome running game. If quarterback Joe Flacco and Boldin can get any chemistry together at all, then defenses are going to need…

The San Diego Chargers fleeced the New York Jets by getting a third round draft pick for Antonio Cromartie. I can’t believe they got anything for him. He chokes at critical times and is a constant source of off-field distractions. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see Cromartie released outright. The Jets should know better. He was the goat on Shonn Greene‘s big touchdown run in the Chargers’ divisional round…

The 2010 free agent class is very thin. Many of the restricted free agents would have been unrestricted free agents, but, because this is an uncapped year, players need six years instead of four to qualify as unrestricted free agents. As a result, there are very few impact free agents available and teams will have to keep a very narrow focus on their needs or look to the draft and…