With the nasty little Coronavirus otherwise known as COVID-19 shutting down the vast majority of sports across the globe, sports bettors have been forced to satisfy their wagering appetites by other means. Some have gone the route of Extreme Marble Racing while others have hitched their wagon to E-Sports which looks fantastically positioned to become even more popular than it already is with its ability to allow for social distancing and still compete. But another avenue that’s started to get more crowded are sports simulations; otherwise known as sims. From Madden NFL 20 to NBA 2K20 to NHL 20 to MLB The Show 20, sports sims have given those craving action on the four majors a form of satisfaction.
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens -14, 44
Oakland Raiders vs. Denver Broncos -2, 40.5
Washington Redskins vs. San Francisco 49ers -13.5, 40
Dallas Cowboys vs. Chicago Bears +3, 40.5
One of the greatest spectacles in the history of streaming Madden football is set to commence on Wednesday! With numerous online sportsbooks opening up shop at Twitch.tv, you’re going to want to check out @PrimeTimeActio1 which has already proved to be the best of the bunch to take all the action in live. Wednesday will represent the first of eight straight days of do-or-die tournament action that concludes with the crowning the No. 1 team in the NFL; according to the games AI. If history were to repeat itself, it would be the San Francisco 49ers squaring off against the Kansas City Chiefs in a rematch of Super Bowl LIV.
Naturally, the San Francisco 49ers enter the tournament the No. 1 seed in the NFC, but the Chiefs only check in as No. 2 seeds. Remember, it was the Baltimore Ravens that played to the best overall record in the 2020 NFL regular season. The Niners get the pleasure of opening up their quest with a first round matchup against No. 16 seed Washington. The Redskins are catching nearly two touchdowns in the matchup with the game total lined at 40. The teams played to an ugly 9-0 final score for real in the regular season, but that game was marred by Mother Nature throughout. Hopefully they get to play on a dry track in the rematch.
Kicking off Wednesday’s festivities will be a good old fashioned AFC North rivalry between the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens. Lamar Jackson and his mates swept the regular season rivalry but only managed to split both meetings against the closing NFL odds. The game played in M&T Bank Stadium saw the Ravens pull out a 23-17 win and non-cover as 10.5-point favorites, but they followed it up with an all-out blitzkrieg in the rematch throttling Cincy 49-13 as decided road chalk. Linemakers have the home based Ravens laying two full touchdowns in their Madden NFL 20 stream.
The other two matchups lined up for Wednesday are expected to be a heck of a lot more competitive with each being an 8/9 matchup.
In the AFC bracket, the hated AFC West rival Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos are set to lock horns. With the Broncos installed short 2-point home favorites and the 40-point game total the lowest of all four streams, this one figures to be a slobber knocker! The division rivals split their pair of meetings last season. The Raiders logged the 24-16 outright win and cover as 3-point home dogs in the season opener, while the Raiders evened the score with a 16-15 non-covering win in the rematch. Denver’s failed to cover each of the last five real-life meetings.
Closing the first day of the tournament out will be a good one between the No. 9 seed Dallas Cowboys and No. 8 seed Chicago Bears. These teams played to one of the more thrilling games of the 2019 regular season in Chicago where the Bears fought back to log the 31-24 outright win and cover as field goal home dogs. The loss was likely one that helped solidify Jerry Jones’ decision to part ways with Jason Garrett after the team let a 7-0 second quarter lead turn into a 24-7 deficit heading into the final 15 minutes before Dallas paid off huge for live bettors by outscoring the Bears 17-7 and fall by a touchdown.
Making each and every one of these streams all the more worthy of paying attention to is the fact that you can bet the second half and live bet the matchups all the way through. If you think value is to be had live betting real games, just wait till you get a taste of live betting one of these streams. No better time to get a taste of it all with today marking the first day of the Madd-ness!
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