NFL, Packers-Bears, Cowboys-Giants: Daily Best Bets

Each day, one of our experts at Bet.NOLA.com will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks in Louisiana are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer.

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Here are our best bets for Sunday, Sept. 10:

TOP PLAY

The play: NFL teaser, Packers +7 over Bears and Dolphins +9 over Chargers

The odds/bet: -120 ($36 to win $30)

Teaser explanation:At most books, a bettor can parlay two teams in a “teaser” and get 6 points of cushion for each bet. However, it costs -120 to play and – like a parlay – both legs must hit to cash the ticket.

The book: Caesars Sportsbook

Time/TV: Both games at 3:25 p.m. (Green Bay at Chicago on FOX; Miami at LA Chargers on NFL Sunday Ticket)

Our take: I have been saying it for months and throughout our NFL team-by-team previews that the Green Bay Packers might be the most underrated team in the NFL. Here’s a perfect example of why the public doesn’t seem to be buying in: Green Bay has won 22 of the past 25 meetings between the two teams, but yet they are still 1-point underdogs.

That means a perfect teaser leg – going through the 3 and getting to the 7 when they should be favored to win the game outright.

Meanwhile, as we said earlier in the week in our opening NFL picks column, it’s a rematch of two playoff teams who lost heartbreakers in the opening round and have aspirations to take their seasons a step further. Fact is, the Chargers could have lots of trouble not only with Tua and Tyreek Hill, but they ranked 28th in rushing defense last season could spark a nice day from Raheem Mostert and De’Von Achane (and maybe even Salvon Ahmed?).

In other words, we think it will be close. Another perfect number to tease at Miami +3, as it now goes past 3 and 7.

PRIMETIME SPECIAL

The play: NFL, Cowboys -3 over Giants

The odds/bet: -120 ($12 to win $10)

The book: Caesars Sportsbook

Time/TV: 7:20 p.m. (NBC)

Our take: So I guess it’s OK if I plagiarize my own column, and what I said a few days ago is still exactly the way I feel:

“Well, we started our best bets off with a trend, so let’s go with another one. And this one is easy. Simply put: The Dallas Cowboys know how to screw things up in December and January, but they also know how to beat the ever-loving chocolate pudding out of the New York Giants.

They have won 11 out of the past 12, including four in a row, and nine of those victories have come by seven or more points, including 28-20 and 23-16 last season.

While you might not agree with me I think Dallas is the team to beat in the NFC East this season (yeah, you live Philly like everyone else on the planet), they should be head and shoulders ahead of the Giants. This line makes no sense.”

HOW WE’VE FARED

NCAA football: Texas A&M -3 Miami (LOST $34.50)

NCAA football: Texas State +14 over UTSA (WON $10)

Saturday’s profit/loss: -$24.50 (1-1)

Total for the week: +$75.50 (8-4)

Total for September: +$62 (11-7)

Total for 2023: -$530.70 (212-238)

If a line or odds are minus, it considers the juice one must lay to place the bet. Ex: Team A is -160 on the money line, one would have to bet $160 to win $100 (or $16 to win $10). OR Team B is a 5-point favorite at -110, one would have to bet $110 to win $100 (or $11 to win $10.)

Conversely, on positive lines, if Team C is +140 on the money line, a $100 would bring in $140 (or $10 to win $14).