Sponsoring Sportsbook: SportsBetting.comBy If you're an NFL player, a long offseason is good for what ails you, as you let your body heal from the beating pro football players absorb. The same can sometimes be said for sports bettors, as the off-season allows you to prepare for the battle of making a profit in the upcoming football season. That preparation could entail studying the teams, studying additional handicapping techniques, building your bankroll and committing to being more disciplined...all good things to do.

Sponsoring Sportsbook: SportsBetting.comBy The worst thing about the NFL is the offseason is too damn long - we're NFL junkies, who aren't satisfied with a tease here and there related to free agent signings, or the NFL draft. The seven months between the final gun of the Super Bowl and Opening Kickoff weekend is looooooong. We start looking forward to zone blitzes, enthralling Belichick press conferences, TO meltdowns (wait, it will happen this year), Raider victories (hee...hee, just kidding), around mid-March.

The lone Arena Football League tilt on the Sunday schedule could be a blowout, as the 5-2 Chicago Rush play host to the 2-4 Grand Rapids Rampage.

There are three games on tap for AFL fans and bettors on Sunday, including Orlando at Grand Rapids, Arizona at Tampa Bay, and Columbus at New York.

There’s only one Arena Football game on tap on Sunday, as the 4-1 Chicago Rush look for another win when they take on the 3-2 Orlando Predators.

The AFL has a busy Sunday during Week 5 with three games on tap, including Los Angeles at Grand Rapids, Dallas at New York, and New Orleans at Colorado.

Pigskin fans get a different kind of Monday Night Football tomorrow night when the Grand Rapids Rampage and the Kansas City Brigade clash in Week 4 Arena Football League action. Both the Rampage and the Brigade started the year off on the wrong foot at 0-2 and will be looking for their first win of the young season.

Week 3 on the AFL kicks off on Friday night with a doubleheader as Chicago takes on Grand Rapids and Utah travels to Orlando.

The second week of the AFL season kicks off with a Friday night doubleheader.

Football betting fans who have been going through withdrawal since the Super Bowl can finally get another gridiron fix this weekend when the new AFL season kicks off.