The AFL betting Playoffs continue on Thursday, August 12th at 8pm ET with the National Conference Championship. This match-up pit’s the Milwaukee Iron (12-5, 10-7 ATS) taking their high-powered offense to the west coast to do battle with the Spokane Shock (14-3, 10-7 ATS). Both teams took care of business in their divisional round match-ups as the Iron eliminated the Chicago Rush 64-54 as 5.5-point favorites, while the Shock knocked out the Arizona Rattlers 57-49 as 6-point chalk.

Milwaukee’s QB Chris Greisen had a monster first round game completing all but six passes, while throwing for 312 yards to go with a TD/INT ratio of 9/1. The Iron also received great games from receivers Antoine Burns who accumulated nine receptions for 135 yards and four TD’s, while Damian Harrell finished the game with eight receptions good for 90 yards and five TD’s. The Iron’s defense picked up two sacks and one INT against Rush QB JJ Raterink. They also forced two fumbles recovering one of them. The Iron is now a perfect 5-0 SU and ATS in their L/5 games. The offense must continue to put pressure on the Shock if they’re to escape Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena with a ‘W’.

The Shock’s offense has been spearheaded by the consistency of QB Kyle Rowley all season long. He completed 68% of his passes and threw for 160 yards while recording a perfect TD/INT ratio of 7/0 last week against the Rattlers. WR Greg Orton was the beast of the receivers and led the team with an awesome 11 receptions (2 TDs) two touchdowns while WR Markee White led the Shock with 66 receiving yards while also hauling in a pair of touchdown catches. Travis Williams was a huge contributor defensively racking up six tackles and an INT. The Shock went 7-2 at home this season with one of those defeats coming in the teams AFL debut at home against tonight’s opponent.

The Shock did however avenge that defeat on June 26th when it went into the Bradley Center and scored the 62-48 outright win as three-point underdogs. The Iron split its four regular season road games both SU & ATS, but secured pointspread victories in each of their L/3 trips away from beer country.

The AFL betting Playoffs continue on Saturday, August 7^th at 8pm ET with the final two matchups of the Divisional Round. The fans at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee will be pumped and ready to see their own Milwaukee Iron (11-5, 10-6 ATS) take on the visiting Chicago Rush (10-6, 8-7-1 ATS) who are coming off a bye week. The Iron ended their regular season by defeating Cleveland 54-47 as two-point underdogs to enter the playoffs on a four game SU & ATS winning streak.

The Rush finished up their season with a SU record of (10-6), but finished on the plus side for AFL bettors racking up an 8-7-1 ATS mark. They were a 5-3 team both at home and on the road; they’re 1-2 SU & ATS in their L/3 outings. The Rush offense was led by QB Russ Michna who was fantastic throwing for 3862 yards to go along with a fabulous TD/INT ratio of 70/11. Unfortunately, he went down with a season ending injury in Week 16 at home vs. Dallas. Backup JJ Raterink has taken his place since; he’s completed 63.7 percent of his passes for 767 yards to go along with a TD/INT ratio of 14/2. Chicago’s offense scored an average of 56.6 PPG and gained an average 305.8 YPG, but defensively the Rush allowed 54.6 PPG and a whopping 315 YPG.

Milwaukee has been one of the more consistent squads this season (11-5, 10-6 ATS). They were almost perfect at home winning seven of their eight games, while posting a 6-2 ATS mark. They come into the playoffs with the #2 seed in the National Conference. QB Chris Greisen was the star of the team and the leader of the offense throwing for an astonishing 5139 yards along with an unbelievable TD/INT ratio of 107/11. He’s the leader of the AFL’s highest scoring team ever coming in at 1043 points on the year!

In the pair of AFL betting match-ups between these division rivals this season, the home team won each game. The first game in Milwaukee the Iron took care of business whipping the Rush 71-48 as 1.5-point underdogs, while the Rush stormed back from a 35-14 deficit in the second meeting in Chicago to win by a 63-56 final tally as nine-point underdogs.

The Iron currently sit as 7.5-point home favorites with a game ‘total’ set at 114 for tonight’s AFL Playoff betting tussle.

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1: Chicago Rush (3-0 SU, 2-1 ATS) (LW: 1) - Arena Football betting fanatics bet the Rush from +1 up as high as -6 this week, and the end reward came in the form of a two touchdown victory in Arizona. This should easily be a 4-0 team by the time next week’s games are over.
Up Next: Home vs. Utah

2: Tulsa Talons (2-0 SU, 2-0 ATS) (LW: 3) – The Talons were the lone team off last week, and they return to the gridiron on Saturday night with their first road battle of the season after a pair of home wins against solid teams.
Up Next: Away @ Arizona

3: Milwaukee Iron (2-0 SU, 2-0 ATS) (LW: 5) – It wasn’t a guaranteed cover the entire way, but the Iron never really had any doubts about beating Iowa on Friday night. It was another great game for QB Chris Greisen, who threw for 382 yards and seven TDs in a second straight relatively flawless effort. Milwaukee could be ArenaBowl bound if this keeps up.
Up Next: Home vs. Tampa Bay

4: Spokane Shock (2-1 SU, 1-2 ATS) (LW: 6) - Depending on what number you got the Shock at, you could’ve cashed a winning ticket on Saturday against the Battle Wings. The one thing certain about Spokane is that it’s going to score some points every time it takes the field. It has put up at least 60 in all three outings. The question however is the defense, which has now conceded 70+ points twice.
Up Next: Bye

5: Bossier City Battle Wings (2-1 SU, 3-0 ATS) (LW: 4) – Don’t blame QB Raymond Philyaw for the Bossier City loss at Spokane in Week 3 AFL betting action. He threw 10 TD passes, which came up just one shy of the AFL record. Philyaw’s one pick was probably the difference maker in a 78-70 loss, but any time you’re a QB and can drop 70+ points in this league, you’ve done something special.
Up Next: Bye

6: Alabama Vipers (2-1 SU, 2-1 ATS) (LW: 9) - The Vipers went on the road and nailed down a victory against a poor Utah team on Saturday to move into the top half of the AFL power rankings. Alabama FB Dan Alexander had four more rushing touchdowns, giving him 13 on the year. No one else in the league has more than four rushing scores for the entire season.
Up Next: Bye

And the rest…
7: Tampa Bay Storm (1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS) (LW: 8 )
8: Jacksonville Sharks (2-1 SU, 2-1 ATS) (LW: 10)
9: Arizona Rattlers (1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS) (LW: 2)
10: Dallas Vigilantes (0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS) (LW: 7)
11: Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz (1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS) (LW: 14)
12: Iowa Barnstormers (0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS) (LW: 11)
13: Cleveland Gladiators (0-3 SU, 1-2 ATS) (LW: 12)
14: Orlando Predators (0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS) (LW: 13)
15: Utah Blaze (0-2 SU, 0-2 ATS) (LW: 15)

Courtesy of Mike Rose at Handicapperspicks.com
Week 3 AFL QB Power Rankings

In addition to our weekly power poll of all of the teams in the AFL, we’re also going to take a look at how the quarterbacks stack up in this pass happy league. Here’s a look at the top five signal callers through two weeks of play.

1: Chris Greisen, Milwaukee Iron (30/36, 327 yds, 9 TDs, 0 INTs) – Not many quarterbacks can say that they’ve completed 23 straight passes at any level of competition, but that’s what Greisen did against the Shock two weeks ago. He led the Iron offense to 74 points, which could be the first of many 70+ point efforts for this team if he and WR Damian Harrell can remain on the same page.

Last Week’s Stats: Bye

2: Raymond Philyaw, Bossier City Battle Wings (54/75, 630 yds, 16 TDs, 0 INTs) – Philyaw is one of the true gamers in the history of the AFL, and he proved it once again by tossing nine tuddies against the Predators in an offensive spectacle last Saturday night. He’s now got 16 touchdowns without a pick on the season for an offense that hasn’t turned the ball over in two games.

Last Week’s Stats: 26/33, 324 yds, 9 TDs, 0 INTs vs. Orlando

3: Kyle Rowley, Spokane Shock (50/72, 518 yds, 13 TDs, 1 INT) – The Shock have a quarterback on their roster that can really be a nuisance to the defenses in this league. He doesn’t have the biggest arm in the world, but if he plays anything like he did against Utah, he’s going to be tough to contain. Particularly at home where he’s grown very comfortable playing in front of the Spokane faithful.

Last Week’s Stats: 21/29, 224 yds, 6 TDs, 0 INTs vs. Utah

4: Justin Allgood, Tulsa Talons (36/59, 456 yds, 13 TDs, 1 INT) – If you can beat Dallas and Tampa Bay in back-to-back weeks, you deserve some recognition for it. For lack of a better word, Allgood has been all good in his two starts, tossing just one pick in his first AFL experience after graduating from the ranks of the deuce like several other members of this Tulsa team. His stats weren’t great against the Vigilantes, but he did put up seven total TDs and led the team to 63 points.

Last Week’s Stats: 10/23, 182 yds, 5 TDs, 1 INT vs. Dallas

5: Russ Michna, Chicago Rush (40/55, 576 yds, 14 TDs, 1 INT) – If not for a ton of fumbles against Iowa in Week 1, Michna would be further up on this list, especially considering the fact that his Rush stand 2-0 through two weeks of play. Michna broke into this league two years ago when he replaced Matt D’Orazio as the man in the Windy City, and now HC Mike Hohensee knows that he has a real winner leading his offensive attack.

Last Week’s Stats: 22/27, 315 yds, 8 TDs, 0 INTs vs. Cleveland

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