[daneblazer]

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-...erunder-oddity

All those penalty flags that have been thrown around for the first two weeks of the NFL preseason aren't just making fans mad, they're causing headaches in Las Vegas.
Through two weeks, NFL officials have thrown 104 flags for defensive holding, 70 for illegal use of the hands and 55 for illegal contact, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. That's 229 free first downs for opposing offenses.
The flag throwing has gotten so out of hand that it's now having a consequence the NFL probably didn't intend: It's affecting bookies in Vegas.
More first downs means longer drives, which theoretically means a team has a better chance of scoring points. That's led to something in Week 3 of the preseason that nationally renowned sports handicapper Hank Goldberg can't remember ever seeing in his life: Every game has a point total over 40.
That means if you're betting the over/under on a game this week, you're going to see some high point totals.
"This is a reaction to the defensive penalties that have been prolonging scoring drives," Goldberg said.
Even with the artificially high point totals in place for Week 2 -- where 14 of the 16 games had points totals over 40 -- the over was still hit 10 times. The Vegas reaction has been to go even higher.
Hammerin' Hank, who offered gambling insight at ESPN for over 20 years, says what's happening this week is a Vegas oddity, "I've never seen where every game is over 40," Goldberg said.
With the numbers so high, this might not be the week to bet, "What [Vegas] is saying is that they're getting hurt, so they're raising the number," Goldberg said. "They're not in it to lose money."

[a4u2fear]

Knew it was coming, likely won't move lines enough week 1

[jjgold]

Referees are going to ruin the game

Let them play and just call obvious interference calls

[BIGDAY]

I say let em all juice up.

More entertaining.

[krk1030]

It will return to normal in the regular season.

Will be interesting to see if totals are inflated for week 1.

[SpreadSniper]

penalties kill drives just as often as they extend them

[KiDBaZkiT]

These rules are put in simply to help Peyton Manning. They aren't gonna give it to the other teams you watch.

[RavensFan2k3]

penalties kill drives just as often as they extend them

Hmm have you been watching the games? Defensive holding and defensive PI have been a staple it seems in every drive

[Cuse0323]

This shit is old already, can barely watch. I don't even wanna start gambling again with this bullshit.

Gonna be infuriating for bettors.

[d2bets]

penalties kill drives just as often as they extend them

Not when the penalties are against defense.

But, the move up should be minimal at best. On average, it won't change that much.

[samdapatriotsfan]

These rules are put in simply to help Peyton Manning. They aren't gonna give it to the other teams you watch.

[Domestic]

I think they'll put the flags away for the most part in week 1. Hard to see them throwing many in the Seattle game especially considering they didn't throw them on their defensive players all last season.