NFL preseason betting is about to get underway, but all eyes are on who will be in camp, and who won’t. The Tennessee Titans narrowly avoided a holdout with their star player, while the Dallas Cowboys are aiming to sign their star rookie before camp starts up.
Tennessee
Normally we don’t agree with contract holdouts: if you sign, you play until it’s up, and then start talks. But in the case of Chris Johnson, something needed to happen. The running back knows that the shelf life at his position isn’t that long, and after rushing for 2,006 yards last season, Johnson has a right to not come to camp with a $500,000 contract, which is what was going to happen. The Titans and Johnson came to terms on a one-year deal, and they’ll probably try to work something out long-term throughout the season, but it appears as though Johnson will make $2.5 million, which is still a good price for a guy like Johnson, who also set the total-yards-from-scrimmage record in 2009. With Vince Young at quarterback and not a whole lot of help at receiver, getting Johnson signed was imperative to betting on the Titans’ NFL football betting odds, and it also shows other players that the Titans will reward them for good play.
Dallas
Some college football betting players were surprised to see Dez Bryant fall so far in the first round, but he probably landed in the perfect place for him, Dallas. Bryant is extremely similar to ex-Cowboy Michael Irvin in that he’s a physical specimen, but he could be a little trouble off the field, which is something the Cowboys are no strangers to. Bryant was suspended for most of the 2009 NCAA season for a meeting with another former Cowboy, Deion Sanders, but he’s still my pick for the Offensive Rookie of the Year, providing he’s in camp. The Cowboys and Bryant have just started talks on his contract, and he would do well to look at Michael Crabtree, who held out of the first five weeks of the season for San Francisco, and he spent the rest of the season playing catch-up, and that’s not even in a complex offensive system. Bryant really needs to be in camp for the entire team to learn the Dallas system, and he’s also not assured of a starting spot, so this would go a long way in endearing him to his teammates, who surely remember the Crabtree situation. Bryant should just take what he gets according to where he was picked, and if he performs well, he’s playing for Jerry Jones, who is no stranger to throwing money around. If he’s in camp, Bryant is my betting pick for Rookie of the Year.
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