NFL Look-Ahead Betting Lines and Market Moves for Week 7

Here is a weekly article I provide for TheLines with some insight into the market moves and advance look-ahead lines for NFL games.

The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas provides the advance look-ahead lines each week on Tuesday for the following weeks games. I provide some thoughts and insight on using those advance lines and not overreacting to recent results while also recognizing potential letdown situations and scheduling dynamics that can impact performance and the betting line.

For the Week 7 games on Sunday, Oct. 21, these are the games where there was at least a 2-point difference from the look-ahead line and current line:

• Tennessee at LA Chargers (-3) – Current line Chargers -6.5
• Cleveland at Tampa Bay (-1.5) – Current line Buccaneers -3.5
• Buffalo at Indianapolis (-5.5) – Current line Colts -7.5
• New Orleans at Baltimore (PK) – Current line Ravens -2.5
• LA Rams at San Francisco (+12.5) – Current line Rams -10
• NY Giants at Atlanta (-3.5) – Current line Falcons -5.5 (Monday night)

I also provide the look-ahead lines for Week 8. The three biggest favorites are the Kansas City (-9.5) hosting Denver, LA Rams (-8.5) hosting Green Bay and Monday night New England (-10.5) at Buffalo.

Going into Week 7 action, NFL home underdogs are 20-10 ATS this season, and we had one of them last week with the Steelers, but two other ugly losses.

As you watch and evaluate the games, injuries, key game-changing calls and go inside the numbers in boxscores and stats, try your best not to overreact to the scores and a recent result or two. By looking ahead to the point spread posted in advance by the Westgate Superbook in Las Vegas, you can stay more grounded and understand the linemakers approach and thoughts on a game and betting line more than a week in advance of the contests.