Friday, May 09, 2008 | Posted by Os Davis

True, the NFL’s off-field action is scarce these days and on-field goings-on are next to nonexistent aside from a few minicamps, but the gaming world never sleeps. While 32 NFL franchises leisurely ease their way into rosters, game plans and the like, the numbers constantly flow like black gold in sportsbooks ‘round the world.

In a weekly series, RealFootball365.com will be providing our faithful readers with some proposition bets little known to your average office-pool player. Feel free to take any of these lines to your favorite local bookie; they’ll laugh heartily at your sheer chutzpah as they’re bodily escorting you from the establishment, but feel free.

These lines are for amusement purposes only. RealFootball365.com does not condone gambling of any sort, except for harmless legal forms such as lottery tickets, office pools, stock market speculation, casino blackjack, etcetera.

Starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in Week 1
Heads: 9/10
Tails: 9/10

Winner of Super Bowl XLIII
New England Patriots: 2/1
Indianapolis Colts: 2/1
Dallas Cowboys: 4/1
Oakland Raiders: OFF, because Raider Nation threatened to do very naughty things to us and our dog if we revealed the actual odds here.

Former New England Patriot employee Matt Walsh’s evidence and May 13 meeting with Roger Goodell to reveal
Video of New England Patriot opponents’ play-calling signals: 1/9
Video of New England Patriot opponents’ pregame walkthroughs: 2/1
Video of pre-Super Bowl walkthroughs: 20/1
Video of any opposing head coach flipping off that obvious, annoying little dude with a camera: 2/1
Spoilers for the season finale of “Lost” and/or “Battlestar Galactica”: 3/1
Footage from a Jose Canseco party, circa 1998: 50/1
Evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq: 80/1

Punishment to be given Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots in light of new revelations from Walsh
Loss of first-round draft pick in 2009: 1/1
Fines (totaling less than $1 million): 3/1
Fines (totaling more than $1 million): 4/1
Suspension of Belichick for 1-4 regular-season games in 2008: 15/1
Suspension of Belichick for more than four regular-season games: 30/1
Forfeiture and erasure of past New England Patriot achievements, including Super Bowl victories: 100/1
Nothing, so there: 1/100

Bill Belichick’s public defense, if any, to revelations from Walsh this week
“We’re just looking ahead to next week…”: OFF

Next player to be suspended indefinitely from the league for non-steroid, non-criminal incident issues
Ricky Williams: 4/20

Next former player to enter his sport’s Hall of Fame
Mark McGwire: 40/1
Barry Bonds: 100/1
Roger Clemens: 200/1
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson: 1,000/1
O.J. Simpson: Hey, wait a minute …

“Sex and the City” character to die in the upcoming film based on the HBO series (Help, this is what my lady has filled my TV time since the end of the season! When does the season begin?)
Steve: 2/1
Mr. Big: 2/1
Samantha: 5/1
Charlotte: 5/1
Miranda: 18/1
Carrie: 1,000/1
The Field: 6/1

Happy gambling, all!

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