Football Betting Preview 2022

Welcome to the 2022 edition of the INSIDE SPORTS Football Betting Preview. While the world has certainly undergone significant changes—particularly the world of sports information—in the 40-plus years since INSIDE SPORTS first started delivering the unparalleled depth you’ll find on these pages, the mission remains similar today as it was back then: to arm you, the reader, with as much knowledge as can possibly be crammed into nearly 150 pages. This publication has been designed to be a handy resource to not only get you up to speed on the upcoming season, but one to which you can constantly refer throughout what promises to be another compelling football season in both the NFL and college. It has been constructed to be as useful to veteran handicappers as it is to…

Action: Any bet/wager that you have on a specific game/event. Alternate Line: A spread/total that a bettor makes higher or lower than the posted number. For example, if you like a football team that is favored by 7½ points, you can turn it into a 10½-point favorite and get better odds if the team covers the larger point spread. ATS (Against The Spread): An against-the-spread record refers to how a team has done against the point spread. So, if a team is 5-0 ATS, that means that team has covered in all five of its games. An “ATS bet” would be a wager placed on the point spread, rather than on the outright winner of a game. Backdoor Cover: A wager that is won at the end of a game…

PROJECTED STARTERS OFFENSE QB Josh Allen RB Devin Singletary WR Stefon Diggs WR Gabriel Davis WR Jamison Crowder TE Dawson Knox LT Dion Dawkins LG Rodger Saffold C Mitch Morse RG Ryan Bates RT Spencer Brown OFFENSE DE Greg Rousseau DT Ed Oliver DT Daquan Jones DE Von Miller LB Tremaine Edmunds LB Matt Milano CB Tre’Davious White CB Kaiir Elam CB Taron Johnson SS Jordan Poyer FS Micah Hyde SPECIAL K Tyler Bass P Matt Araiza KR Isaiah McKenzie PR Isaiah McKenzie KEY OFF-SEASON MOVES QB Case Keenum: Acquired in a trade with the Browns in exchange for a 2022 seventh-round pick. RB James Cook: Selected in the second round (63rd overall) of the NFL Draft. WR Jamison Crowder: Signed a one-year contract worth up to $4 million. WR…

PROJECTED STARTERS OFFENSE QB Tua Tagovailoa RB Chase Edmonds WR Tyreek Hill WR Jaylen Waddle WR Cedrick Wilson TE Mike Gesicki LT Terron Armstead LG Connor Williams C Michael Deiter RG Robert Hunt RT Liam Eichenberg DEFENSE DL Emmanuel Ogbah DL Raekwon Davis DL Christian Wilkins OLB Andrew Van Ginkel ILB Elandon Roberts ILB Jerome Baker OLB Jaelan Phillips CB Xavien Howard CB Byron Jones SS Brandon Jones FS Jevon Hollanrd DEFENSE K Jason Sanders P Thomas Morstead KR Jaylen Waddle PR Jaylen Waddle KEY OFF-SEASON MOVES QB Teddy Bridgewater: Signed a one-year, $6.5 million fully guaranteed contract worth up to $10 million with incentives. RB Chase Edmonds: Signed a two-year, $12.6 million contract that includes $6.1 million guaranteed. RB Raheem Mostert: Signed a one-year, $2.125 million contract that includes…

PROJECTED STARTERS OFFENSE QB Mac Jones RB Damien Harris WR DeVante Parker WR Kendrick Bourne WR Jakobi Meyers TE Hunter Henry LT Isaiah Wynn LG Mike Onwenu C David Andrews RG Cole Strange RT Trent Brown OFFENSE DE Deatrich Wise NT Christian Barmore DE Lawrence Guy LB Matthew Judon LB Ja’Whaun Bentley LB Mack Wilson CB Malcolm Butler CB Jalen Mills CB Jonathan Jones SS Adrian Phillips FS Devin McCourty SPECIAL K Nick Folk P Jake Bailey KR Ty Montgomery PR Marcus Jones KEY OFF-SEASON MOVES RB James White: Re-signed to a two-year, $5 million contract that includes $500,000 guaranteed. WR DeVante Parker: Acquired in a trade with the Dolphins, along with a 2022 fifth-round draft pick, in exchange for a 2023 third-round draft pick. WR Tyquan Thornton: Selected in…

PROJECTED STARTERS OFFENSE QB Zach Wilson RB Breece Hall WR Corey Davis WR Garrett Wilson WR Elijah Moore TE C.J. Uzomah LT George Fant LG Laken Tomlinson C Connor McGovern RG Alijah Vera-Tucker RT Mekhi Becton DEFENSE DE Carl Lawson DT Quinnen Williams DT Sheldon Rankins DE John Franklin-Myers LB Quincy Williams LB C.J. Mosley LB Hamsah Nasirildeen CB Sauce Gardner CB D.J. Reed SS Jordan Whitehead FS Lamarcus Joyner SPECIAL K Greg Zuerlein P Braden Mann KR Braxton Berrios PR Braxton Berrios KEY OFF-SEASON MOVES RB Tevin Coleman: Re-signed to a one-year, $1.5 million contract that has a max value of $2.3 million. RB Breece Hall: Selected in the second round (36th overall) of the NFL Draft. WR Garrett Wilson: Selected in the first round (10th overall) of the…