The NFL football betting season should be handicapped separately and is not part of the regular season football online betting cycle. Football cycles are interesting to consider since the season lasts about half the year. The early portion of the NFL football season can be deceptive, tricky, and often costly to the impatient or ill-informed gambler. Other parts of the football online betting season can be more profitable.
Football in the first part of the season can be dangerous as oftentimes “pretenders” will emerge to become the “flavor of the month” as they suck in unsuspecting gamblers that think that they are finding a “sleeper” or “surprise” team. Meanwhile, many times, the true contenders will come out of the gate rather lethargically, and not emerge into what they really are until later in the season. Many times gamblers in football online betting will write off proven commodities before allowing the season to actually play out. The early part of the football cycle is a time for caution.