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Football gambling anticipation is high for the long term potential of the St. Louis Rams however the football betting law of averages will be hard to get over. Football betting facts of life are that a rookie quarterback is more probable than not to struggle and that was definitely the situation in the St. Louis Rams football betting preseason opener.



Sam Bradford got a rude welcome to the NFL as the 2010 number one in total draft pick was reminded about how hard it will likely be to play quarterback as a rookie in the majors when St. Louis was crushed by the Minnesota Vikings 7-28 as a 2.5-point home favorite.

Bradford competed college football for Oklahoma, where he became the second sophomore to earn a Heisman Trophy and set a record in the NCAA for touchdown passes by a freshman. He was the 1st quarterback to be picked in the 1st round of a draft by the St. Louis Rams since 1964. He signed a 6-year, $78 million contract with a guarantee of $50 million and a maximum value of $86 million with incentives. It’s a huge contract for a rookie quarterback.

As he bobbled a snap and botched a pitch in his 1st series before settling down somewhat to hit on 4 of his 1st 5 passes, Bradford had an apparent case of the jitters right from the start. Bradford later had trouble with the rough treatment of the Vikings defense.

“It was fun to get out there, get it a couple of times, get hit, get knocked down, get back up,” stated bradford. “Just getting into the flow of a football competition was fun.” Overall Bradford was sacked 4 times and concluded the game 6-13 passing for 57 yards. Bradford’s right shoulder was tested and came out fine after it was injured and surgically repaired last year.

“I took a couple, landed on the shoulder,” said Bradford. “It’s not sore at all. We’ll see tomorrow how it feels, but right now it feels great.” In general it was a sorry debut, even for a preseason game with the football odds, for the St. Louis Rams as they were outgained 150-414 and looked every bit the squad that went 1-15 straight up last year. And considering the amount of trouble the St. Louis Rams took to get Bradford, the squad can only trust that his performance improves significantly between now and the regular season.

St. Louis Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo was analytical about the game and remains calm about the St. Louis Rams long term potential with the NFL lines for 2010.

“In the first quarter we did a decent job,” claimed Spagnuolo. “After that I think it’s obvious we’ve got a lot of things to work on, both sides of the ball. We’ve got plenty of time, nobody’s panicking.” The St. Louis Rams next football gambling competition is August 21 at Cleveland before they travel to New England on August 26. The preseason finale is September 2 at home against Baltimore.

Free agent running back Brian Westbrook, who was also talking to Dallas and Washington, is still being spoken to by the St. Louis Rams to close a deal.


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