Week Ten NFL News

Tonight in primetime on ESPN's Monday Night Football the Arizona Cardinals host the San Francisco 49ers. Odds maker are calling the NFC West leading Cardinals a double digit favorite at home as week 10 comes to a close. NFL betting lines have Arizona at -10 with the total sitting at 47 1/2.

At 5-3, the Arizona Cardinals and their high-powered offense are leading the NFL with a 29.3 points per game average. They have are scoring even more at home, 34 point per game...

Sunday night the New York Giants head to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia to take on the Eagles. Odds makers are call the home team a slight favorite in this one. NFL betting lines have the Eagles at -3 with the total sitting at 42.

Eli Manning and the Giants offense will face a tough task this week against a Philly defense which has done an excellent job getting after the quarterback. The Eagles defense is second in the NFC in sacks with 27 and third in the conference in total yards allowed per game with 280.5.

The problem for Donovan McNabb and the rest of the Eagles offense is that the Giants rank first in those two defensive categories.

Sunday's match-up between the Packers and Vikings has huge implications going into the second half of the season as Green Bay heads into Minnesota. Odds makers are calling the Vikings a slight favorite at home against their NFC North rivals. NFL betting lines have Minnesota at -2.5 with the total sitting at 44.5 points.

The NFC North is up for grabs with the Bears at 5-3 and the Vikings and Packers both at 4-4. Minnesota is desperate to even up the season series and take a one game lead over the Packers as they lost the season opener in Green Bay in week one.

Green Bay is 5-0 in the last five meetings with Minnesota including...

Sunday the St Louis Rams head to Giants Stadium to face-off with the co-AFC East leading New York Jets. Odds makers are calling the Jets a home favorite as they take on the Rams. NFL betting lines have New York at -9.5 with the total sitting at 44 points.

A week ago, the AFC East standings took a dramatic change and the Jets are now in a three-way tie for first place with New England and Buffalo.

At 5-3, the Jets have to like where they are at considering that they were only 1-7 at this point a season ago. New York has already eclipsed last season's win total after just eight games and they are finding...

Sunday afternoon the Buffalo Bills head to Foxboro the take on the New England Patriots in the huge AFC East battle. Odds makers are calling the Patriots home favorites as they face-off with the division rival Bills. NFL betting lines have New England at -3.5 with the total sitting at 41.5 points.

Since opening the season with their best start in 13 years, the Buffalo Bills have run into some problems against AFC East opponents.

The Bills jumped out to an early lead against Miami on October 26th before giving up...

Sunday afternoon the Detroit Lions host the Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Field. Odds makers are calling the win-less Lions a 6 1/2 point underdog at home against the 3-5 Jags.

Looking at the Jaguars schedule a few weeks back one might say that this stretch of games should help Jacksonville get back in the thick of things in the AFC. Things did not go as planned last week. They lost to winless Cincinnati and will try to avoid losing to a second straight winless team when they take on the 0-8 Lions.

The Tennessee Titans will be looking to remain unbeaten on Sunday against the Bears as they head to Soldier Field in Chicago. Odds makers call the Bears a home underdog as they host the Titans. NFL betting lines have Tennessee at -3 with the total sitting at 37 1/2.

Even with Tennessee off to an 8-0 start, the best start in franchise history, they recognize that the second half of the season will not be easy.

"We realize each and every week from here on out, we're going to get each team's best shot," linebacker David Thornton said.

Sunday the New Orleans Saints head to the Georgia Dome to take on the Falcons in an NFC-South math-up. Odds makers are calling Falcons a home favorite as these two face-off in Atlanta. Pro football betting lines have the Falcons at -1 with the total sitting at 50.

Both of these divisional foes have their sights set on the post-season. They look at this key game to use as a stepping stone to a strong second half of 2008.

The 4-4 Saints have been led to their...

The NFL's Thursday night football premiers tonight as the Denver Broncos head to Cleveland to take on the Browns. Odds makers are calling the Browns a 3 point favorite at home with the total sitting at 46.

Both the Broncos and the Browns are coming off of very disappointing losses. The Broncos still sit atop the ACF West division despite losing 3 straight. The Browns however are 3 games behind the Steelers and 2 games back in a tight wildcard race.

The big news out of Cleveland this week is...

The Cleveland Browns have announced that former first round pick Brady Quinn will be their starter this Thursday night against the Broncos. The move was confirmed by the Browns, just hours after coach Romeo Crennel said he had no plans to make a change.

"No, I haven't really considered it," he said. "I haven't had a chance to talk to the coaches or anything. With a short week, I told them to go ahead and get started on Denver. They haven't even looked at this game yet."

Crennel was then asked if Anderson was still his starter...