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The football wagering law of averages will be tough to overcome despite the fact that football betting excitement is high for the long term potential of the Rams. NFL wagering facts of life are that a rookie quarterback is more likely than not to struggle and that was surely the situation in the St. Louis Rams football wagering preseason opener.



Sam Bradford got a rude welcome to the NFL as the 2010 number 1 overall draft pick was reminded about how tough it will likely be to play quarterback as a rookie in the majors when St. Louis was crushed by the Minnesota Vikings 7-28 as a 2.5-point home favorite.

Bradford played college football for Oklahoma, in which he turned out to be the 2nd sophomore to win a Heisman Trophy and set a record in the NCAA for touchdown passes by a freshman. He was the 1st quarterback to be chosen in the 1st round of a draft by the Rams since 1964. He signed a 6-year, $78 million contract with an assurance of $50 million and a maximum value of $86 million with incentives. It’s a substantial contract for a rookie quarterback.

As he bobbled a snap and botched a pitch in his 1st series before settling down somewhat to hit on 4 of his 1st 5 passes, Bradford had an apparent case of the jitters right from the start. Bradford later had trouble with the hard 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,” bradford explained. “Just getting into the flow of a football competition was fun.” Overall Bradford concluded 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.” All around it was a pathetic debut, even for a preseason game with the football probabilities, for the St. Louis Rams as they were outgained 150-414 and looked every bit the squad that went 1-15 straight up a year ago. The squad can only hope that Bradford’s performance improves substantially between now and the regular season, considering the amount of trouble the St. Louis Rams took to get Bradford.

Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo is calm about the St. Louis Rams long term potential with the NFL lines for 2010 and was analytical about the game.

“In the first quarter we did a decent job,” claimed 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.” The St. Louis Rams next football betting game is August 21 at Cleveland before they travel to New England on August 26. The preseason finale is September 2 at home versus Baltimore.

The St. Louis Rams were still attempting to close a deal on free agent running back Brian Westbrook, who was also speaking to Dallas and Washington.


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