Author Archive for Bill Tanner

Which team with the smart Alex been on?

Giants vs. 49ers Sports Odds NFL Picks

Bill Tanner is the only handicapper ranked Top 15 all-time units won in every American sport: NFL, NBA, NCAAB, NCAAF, and MLB. He has a premium pick  on Sunday’s NFL, the N.Y. Giants at San Francisco Another game that could come down to the final play involves the New York Giants playing at Candlestick Park [...]

Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers followed Saints QB Drew Brees as Super Bowl MVP last year.

Tanner’s Tips For NFL Regular-Season Opener On Thursday, September 8

The 2011 NFL regular season is finally upon us, with the past two Super Bowl champions meeting on Thursday night at Lambeau Field.  The Green Bay Packers will host the New Orleans Saints in what bettors hope will be a much more exciting game than last year’s regular-season opener that saw New Orleans edge Minnesota, [...]

Will former Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor take the field for the Raiders on Friday?

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason NFL Action On Friday, September 2

I know what you’re thinking, thanks Bill for blowing off the biggest preseason NFL betting day of the year.  Yes, Thursday had a massive 15 games on the schedule, but it’s hard to get excited about all of that meaningless action with college football starting.  Truth be told, it figures underdogs would finally come through [...]

Saints RB Mark Ingram hopes to win the starting job and lead the team in rushing this year.

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason NFL Action On Sunday, August 28

Saturday’s preseason NFL betting action saw favorites go 5-3-1 against the spread and OVERs cash in six of nine games even though the highest total on the board (44.5) slipped UNDER when the Detroit Lions clobbered the New England Patriots 34-10.  Favorites are now 29-16-1 ATS heading into Sunday night’s battle between the New Orleans [...]

Chargers RB Ryan Mathews will try to shred a porous Arizona defense on Saturday.

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason NFL Action On Saturday, August 27

Road teams swept Friday’s NFL betting action, going 2-0 straight-up and 1-1 against the spread with the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers rallying late to hand the Indianapolis Colts their ninth straight preseason loss.  The Packers closed as 9-point favorites and were stunned to be down 14-10 at halftime after Indianapolis QB Curtis [...]

Colts QB Peyton Manning has not taken a snap in the preseason and could miss the regular-season opener.

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason NFL Action On Friday, August 26

Favorites continued to cash in Thursday’s preseason NFL betting action, going 2-1 straight-up and against the spread.  Week 3 of the preseason is traditionally when starters see the most playing time, and the three games on Thursday saw many of them play into the third quarter.  Double-digit wins by the Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals [...]

Ravens RB Ray Rice figures to get his heaviest workload of the preseason on Thursday.

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason NFL Action On Thursday, August 25

The biggest week of preseason NFL betting action kicks off on Thursday with a trio of games featuring a few teams that have a lot to prove prior to the regular season, which is just two weeks away.  Favorites went 9-7 against the spread in Week 2 and are 21-11 overall this preseason while the [...]

Giants QB Eli Manning will get to prove he is an elite player on Monday Night Football.

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason NFL Action On Monday, August 22

Underdogs have been a much more solid play in Week 2 of preseason NFL betting action but still have not performed well enough to hold an edge.  Favorites have gone 8-7 against the spread in Week 2 heading into  the Monday Night Football matchup between the Chicago Bears and New York Giants after they were [...]

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason NFL Action On Thursday, August 18

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason NFL Action On Thursday, August 18

It’s old news now that favorites went 12-4 against the spread in Week 1 of 2011 preseason NFL betting action.  Not much has changed in Week 2, as only two road teams are favored, including a Friday matchup with the Washington Redskins (-5.5) on the road against the Indianapolis Colts.  While the Redskins did not [...]

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason Monday Night Football

Tanner’s Tips For Preseason Monday Night Football

Favorites have dominated the first week of NFL preseason betting action so far, going 11-4 against the spread through the first 15 games.  Three of the four underdogs who covered the spread won straight-up on the road (Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals) while the other lost by just one point (Denver Broncos).  The [...]