The Pro Football Hall of Fame game will take place, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints and opens up the NFL betting season. Six former players will be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, a day before the NFL betting season begins. They are Michael Irvin, who was a Super Bowl Champion with the Dallas Cowboys, first-ballot selection Bruce Matthews who was a 14-time Pro Bowler with Houston, Thurman Thomas, who played in four Super Bowls for Buffalo, defensive back Roger Wehrli, a five-time NFL All-Pro cornerback for the St. Louis Rams; tight end Charlie Sanders, a seven-time Pro Bowler for Detroit; and guard Gene Hickerson, who was a great offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns. Sanders and Hickerson were nominated by the veterans’ committee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The six Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees all had to receive at least 80% support from a panel of 40 Pro Football Hall of Fame voters.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame game matches up the Pittsburgh Steelers against the New Orleans Saints in NFL betting lines. The Steelers will try and bounce back from an 8-8 season that disappointed NFL betting fans. NFL Football betting players should know that new head coach Mike Tomlin has a lot of new things to implement and is especially concerned about the defense. NFL betting players know that on offense the team is not expected to do much different although new coordinator Bruce Arians may make some minor adjustments to former coordinator Ken Whisenhunt’s offense. The question for Pittsburgh NFL betting fans will be how Ben Roethlisberger bounces back from a sub-par season.