Featured Tip from ATS King

Pick Details

Sport / league:: NFL
Event / fixture:: Jarryd Hayne Special Market
Event date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 at 11:00 AM
Market:: Jarryd Hayne Plays in a Regular Season NFL game
Tip:: Yes @ 1.18 (William Hill)
Tip Result:: Win

Yes, I know, the 1.18 odds look short, but I'm prepared to back Jarryd Hayne to make the 49ers 53-man roster (and at some point in the season the game day 46-man roster) given his quality game time and impressive punt returns in the second week of pre-season. NFL teams tend to start each pre-season fixture with their first string line-up, then switch down to their second and then third string players later in the game. The fact that Hayne was taking punt returns in the first quarter (rather than the fourth) is a promising indicator of his place in the depth chart for punt returners.

One American commentator called him the story of the pre-season in pro football, so it's not just like a biased Australian media are talking him up. He's well and truly on the radar of the American press as well.

I should point out that William Hill are also offering 2.75 odds for him to score a regular season touchdown. That's probably also worth a shout if he gets snaps as a running back, but I'm not quite sure where he lies in the depth chart for running backs at this stage, so while I think he has a great chance of scoring a touchdown at some point in his career, I don't know when it will be. At least with the "Jarryd Hayne Plays in a Regular Season NFL game" market you should collect sooner rather than later.

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