NFL round-up

While we have a week respite from the helter-skelter of the play-off season let us calmly review the betting we have done and the footy played.

Overall we must be well in profit from the play-offs. The spread markets have been reasonably kind although last week was our worst performance by far but my calculations have a profit overall but it has been on the exchanges that we should have absolutely caned it.

And last week that meant an unbvelievable comeback by the Indy Colts to beat the Pats. We did not want that result for our long term bet at 10-1 on the Pats but I had advised covering expsoure and trading the match itself.

‘Could be a close ding-dong one only decided late in the final quarter’.

They were my words and how prescient they proved as the Colts won with a touchdown run with one minute to go.

The prices on betfair were mad throughout the match with both sides fluctuating as the Colts got back in the match. I had an early support of the Pats as advised and then trade. Well it could not have worked better.

Bit trading the matches and laying the odds-on team throughout the games worked most weekends and is a really valuable tool to NFL betting.

The Divisional Play-offs had Philidelphia Eagles swapping the lead with the Saints before finally losing at the end. Seattle and Chicago did similar with a stunning balls-up at the end to ease Chicago through and lets not forget the Pats win over the Chargers. The total winning margin from those three matches was 9 points. That’s it three field goals. No wonder the prices see-sawed like a bungee jumper on acid.

And the week before was the amazing fumbled field goal attempt by Tony Romo and the Cowboys.

The sport has been quite superb and we have all enjoyed it. But it is better with a lot of profit in the bank so next week I will provide an analysis of the SuperBowl itself and then wait impatiently for August when the circus starts again and we can develop our trading further to pay for a lovely Christmas holiday.