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Super Bowl Betting Oddss Case Study

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With only two months remaining until NFL players will be reporting to training camp, Super Bowl betting odds have been posted while teams around the league are in the process of assessing its draft results to determine if they have any last second needs. After six seasons of having to deal with backup QB issues, the Chicago Bears made a surprise move over this past weekend when they signed free agent QB Brian Hoyer to a one-year contract.

It had been widely expected that Bears would use the draft to target a QB to backup the oft injured Jay Cutler. This seemed to be a prudent approach given the struggles the Bears have endured whenever Cutler has had to miss time due to injuries, which has happened every year since 2010. As it turned out, GM Ryan Pace decided to target the best player available on the board each round regardless of the team's needs.

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He passed for 2,606 yards with 19 TDs and only 7 interceptions while completing almost 61% of his passes. It was the first year of a 2-year contact that ended up being a one year deal when he was released by the Texans just a week before the 2016 draft. It might have been at that point when Pace shifted his draft focus, knowing Hoyer would be available and banking on the veteran QB's relationship with Loggains to carry the day.

When asked by reporters about the opportunity to reconnect with Loggains, Hoyer replied: "Today was my first day, so [I was] kind of reminiscing back to when I was with [Loggains] in Cleveland. He's a smart guy. He knows a lot about offense and football. So to get back out there with him today was really cool."

After playing his college ball at Michigan State, Hoyer was signed as an un-drafted free agent by the New England Patriots. During his three years there, he saw very limited action before securing his release before the beginning of the 2012

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