Eleven National Football League games are on today’s preseason schedule. Three of them offer what we are looking for in a summer football wager.
Five of today’s contests have a 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time start, including one of the games we recommend for a preseason wager. That is the contest between the Indianapolis Colts and visiting Green Bay Packers.
The Packers are one of those teams that expect to be in the hunt come playoff time. Last year, they were one of three teams to advance to the postseason out of the talented NFC North Division. They have what they hope will develop into a franchise quarterback that can win it all in Jordan Love.
The jury is out.
The Packers won the first two Super Bowls and dominated the NFL in the 1960’s with a QB now in the Hall of Fame but not necessarily a signal caller blessed with the greatest athletic skills in Bart Starr. With Vince Lombardi his coach, Starr ran the most efficient offense in the league and piled up championship on championship.
More recently, the proud tradition in Green Bay was run from the quarterback position by a pair of men that had all the skills to earn a bust in Canton. Brett Favre directed the Packers offense with a flair and strong arm approach that got the Packers consistently in the win column, including a victory in Super Bowl XXXI.