The San Francisco 49ers are the football wagering choice to finish 1st in 2010 as NFL preseason odds are favoring a new team and new era in the NFC West Division.

NFL preseason odds also prefer another championship run by the Arizona Cardinals with the Seahawks a wild card and the Rams a football wagering longshot.



Mike Singletary returns for his second full season on the job as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers after taking over on an interim basis half way through the 2008 season. Singletary is trying to develop his “coaching etiquette”, though he has shown somewhat of a temper during the past. The San Francisco 49ers have developed the personality of their coach as a hard hitting and hard running team that has observed notable advancement on defense.

Quarterback Alex Smith is at last starting to come up as the number 1 draft pick that he was in 2005 with much better play also. He was competing for the starting quarterback position with Shaun Hill in many recent seasons. He was named starting quarterback following a Week 7 match when he replaced Hill and performed quite well, after losing that battle for many seasons. Since then, he has displayed signs of progress, even with the team’s 2-5 losing history in his 1st 7 starts. San Francisco ended 8-8 straight up and lost just 4 games against the spread demonstrating to be an excellent value in 2009. It had been their 1st non-losing season since 2002.

With the rest of the division weakened it is simple to understand why the San Francisco 49ers are such a popular choice with oddsmakers.

The Arizona Cardinals have won the NFC West the last two seasons but accomplished it with the currently retired Kurt Warner as their quarterback. Since being drafted by the Big Red in 2006 as their immediate starter, Matt Leinart has been a disappointment thus far. Leinart now has the possibility to resurrect his career with a 2nd chance as the starter.

The exceptional Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt is 1 positive that gives bettors cause for comfort. The team was 10-6 straight up and 9-7 against the spread last year while going under the total in 11 games.

Another major name coach joins the division this year as Pete Carroll arrives in Seattle after a highly effective, though controversial reign, as head man for college football’s USC Trojans.

He was a .500 NFL coach in two prior gigs with the Jets and New England Patriots and takes control of a team with many question marks that make them a pretty unpopular selection with the football odds. The position of oft injured quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is of immediate concern.

The Rams are still for sale and are a lottery kind of longshot with the NFL preseason odds. They will have another long season irrespective of the position of top draft pick Sam Bradford, who they are still trying to sign, as the expertise is thin and a 1-15 record from 2009 does not inspire confidence.


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