Football is back, baby! Sort of, kind of. The NFL's preseason returns in full force to your television and this evening as we start to grind through the slog that is the early portion of the preseason schedule.I'm not sure when it happened, but preseason fantasy football and preseason gambling are en vogue right now. And I kind of love it. Why Jackie Robinson Jersey shouldn't we? It's football, and there's strategy to deal with when examining how to wager on these games.That doesn't mean you can count on much, in fact there's le s predictable moments in preseason football than regular season football because we don't know how much guys will play and we don't know what teams will show. But if you're willing to dive into the information, you can find an edge.So we're diving in head first with a trio of picks on the slate this evening. Welcome back, football. 1. at : Dolphins -3.5You know when you want to back the potential worst team in football? During the preseason. First of all, there's a quarterback battle going on between and . Both guys will be eager to prove they deserve Andre Ethier Jersey to be the Week 1 starter. Everyone on Miami should be concerned about giving max effort with Brian Flores and a new coaching staff instilling a Patriots-style approach to how they handle busine s.Meanwhile, the Falcons already showed us they're terrible in the preseason, failing to hold off the in "Week 0" and the Hall of Fame Game. Atlanta is 0-10 against the spread in its last 10 preseason games (not kidding) and there's no reason to think its offense will get going with sitting and placed on IR after flashing decently during that game against Denver.Dan Quinn is 4-13 against the spread in the preseason, per The Action Network. The Falcons firmly believe injuries -- especially on the defensive end -- did them in during last season's campaign, so expect them to rest all important parties quickly. Suffering injuries during the preseason is a suboptimal situation, and Quinn won't want to risk it for a Week 1 preseason victory. The Dolphins roll here. Mike Piazza Jersey 2. at : Colts -1.5Indianapolis won't have because of his calf injury, but we knew Luck wouldn't be out there anyway in all likelihood. Instead, we'll be treated to , who has a lengthy history of showing out in the preseason, both with the and Colts. Indy also has Philip Walker (5 for 8 for 88 yards and a touchdown in Week 1 of the Chase Utley Jersey preseason last year).You know who else Indy has? , who you may remember from such films as "I lit it all on fire for the Broncos in the preseason once and briefly convinced everyone I should be starting but then got cut for doing something very dumb off the field" a few years ago. Guilty as charged here too. I feel like we could end up in a heated battle between Kelly and , which will be awesome and potentially full of big-time mistakes. 3. at : Panthers +3No ? No problem. I wouldn't expect to see Cam anyway. Carolina managed to start out 3-0 the preseason last year, opening up with a victory in Buffalo, which is sort of a similar situation. You can say the Bears defense is better than the Bills and I won't disagree with you, but are the Bears actually going to play anyone? Doesn't sound like that's the plan, if you listen to Dan Wiederer of the . Matt Nagy isn't allowed to say it out loud. But he's dropping enough bread crumbs that I'm not sure if most of his key starters play at all in the preseason. The Bears are very much taking measures to be as close to full strength on 9/5 as po sible. Dan Wiederer (@danwiederer) Matt Nagy is one of those modern coaches Chris Taylor Jersey who doesn't believe in playing guys during the preseason and also wants to avoid injuries, which is smart. For him and us: let's take advantage of a Panthers team that will be looking to get valuable reps for key depth players.