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The NFL betting law of averages will be tricky to triumph over despite the fact that NFL wagering anticipation is high for the long term probabilities of the St. Louis Rams. Football betting facts of life are that a rookie quarterback is more likely than not to have difficulties and that was surely the case in the Rams NFL betting preseason starter. 
St. Louis was crushed by the Minnesota Vikings 7-28 as a 2.5-point home favorite and Sam Bradford got a rude welcome to the NFL as the 2010 number 1 overall draft pick was reminded about how tricky it will likely be to play quarterback as a rookie in the majors.
Bradford played college football for Oklahoma, in which he became the 2nd sophomore to acquire a Heisman Trophy and make a record in the NCAA for touchdown passes by a freshman. He was the first quarterback to be selected in the first round of a draft by the St. Louis Rams since 1964. He signed a 6-year, $78 million deal with a max value of $86 million with incentives and a guarantee of $50 million. For a rookie quarterback, it’s a huge deal.
As he bobbled a snap and botched a pitch in his first series before settling down somewhat to hit on 4 of his first 5 passes, Bradford had an clear case of the jitters right from the start. Bradford later had trouble with the difficult 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 ended the game 6-13 passing for 57 yards as he was sacked 4 times. Bradford’s right shoulder was tested and came out fine after it was hurt and surgically repaired a year ago.
“I took a couple, landed on the shoulder,” Bradford stated. “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 competition with the NFL odds, for the Rams as they were outgained 150-414 and looked every bit the team that went 1-15 straight up a year ago. The team can only hope that Bradford’s performance improves considerably between now and the regular season, thinking about the amount of trouble the Rams took to get Bradford.
Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo was analytical about the competition and is calm about the Rams long term probabilities with the NFL lines for 2010.
“In the first quarter we did a decent job,” said 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.” Before they travel to New England on August 26, the Rams next NFL wagering competition is August 21 at Cleveland. 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 talked to by the Rams to close a deal.
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