Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos had a four-game straight-up (SU) and against-the-spread (ATS) winning streak snapped last week in dramatic fashion by Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, and they’ll be looking to take out their frustrations this week as big favourites on the opening betting lines at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com against the league’s last winless team.
The Broncos had won four straight games against the Cardinals, Jets, 49ers and Chargers before getting blasted 43-21 as road favourites in New England last week, which dropped them to 6-2 SU and 4-4 ATS on the season. That has Denver six games up on Oakland in the AFC West division standings, as the Raiders are 0-8 SU and 4-4 ATS through their eight games. The sportsbooks opened the Broncos as 10.5-point road favourites for their betting matchup against the Raiders at O.co Coliseum, with Denver 4-1 ATS in its last five games versus Oakland.
The Patriots (7-2 SU, 5-4 ATS) are on a bye this week, giving the Buffalo Bills (5-3 SU, 4-4 ATS) and Miami Dolphins (5-3 SU, 5-3 ATS) a chance to make up some ground in the AFC East division standings. The Bills opened as two-point home underdogs against the Kansas City Chiefs for Week 10, while the Dolphins opened as two-point road underdogs against the Detroit Lions. Kansas City is just 3-11 ATS in its last 14 games against Buffalo, while Miami is 3-1 ATS in its last four games against Detroit.
The primetime games for Week 10 get underway with the Cincinnati Bengals as six-point home favourites against the Cleveland Browns on the opening lines at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com for Thursday Night Football, with the Green Bay Packers then 7.5-point home favourites against the Chicago Bears for Sunday Night Football. The Philadelphia Eagles, now with Mark Sanchez at the helm, opened as six-point home favourites against the Carolina Panthers for Monday Night Football.
The Dallas Cowboys versus Jacksonville Jaguars matchup for this week will take place over at London’s Wembley Stadium, with the Cowboys opening as 7.5-point favourites and their starting quarterback Tony Romo considered questionable for the contest. Meanwhile, in a battle between teams that are both surprisingly just 4-4 SU on the season, the San Francisco 49ers (3-5 ATS) will host the New Orleans Saints (4-4 ATS) on Sunday afternoon, with the Saints opening as 2.5-point home favourites for the game.
Rounding out the Week 10 opening NFL odds are then Tennessee at Baltimore -10, Pittsburgh at the Jets +2.5, Atlanta at Tampa Bay -1.5, St. Louis at Arizona -7.5, and the Giants at Seattle -7.5, with the Seahawks sitting at 5-3 SU but only 3-5 ATS on the season.