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NFL Bets
5 must-know stats for betting Week 13
Every week during the NFL season, I’ll be diving into five must know stats for fantasy football to help pull back the curtain in various ways. Highlighting game scripts, matchups, defensive plans of attack, and much more, this article will help you set your lineups in daily fantasy and your season-long leagues. 1. In the […]
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Derek Brown
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CFB Bets
The Big Ones: Previewing CFB’s marquee Week 14 early games
Each week, I’ll be providing you with a college football betting breakdown for some of the week’s biggest games. The ones I’ll be focusing on will be meetings between ranked teams, and matchups where an unranked team is getting 14 or fewer points (with a few exceptions) against somebody in the AP’s Top 25. While […]
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FTN Staff
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MMA Bets
Best prop bets for UFC Vegas 16
We are back for another exciting weekend of violence for UFC Vegas 16 in Las Vegas. I consider this to be an underrated card from an entertainment and betting standpoint. We have some fun matchups and exciting prospects highlighted by what should be a very competitive middleweight matchup between Marvin Vettori and Jack Hermansson. There […]
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Jon Kelly
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PGA Bets
Mayakoba Golf Classic betting card preview
After a week off, the PGA Tour is back this week for the final stop on the 2020 calendar. A surprisingly strong field heads to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for this year's Mayakoba Golf Classic at El Camaleon Golf Club. Axis does a great job of previewing El Camaleon in his course breakdown this week. […]
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Ryan Noonan
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PGA Bets
Betting 101: What to look for when betting on golf
As betting popularity increases and more states legalize it, all markets continue to grow. We are especially seeing this in golf betting; props are more frequent and the amount of markets seems to grow with each major. The most attractive bet in golf is the outright winner. The huge numbers and large payouts attract everybody […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Snaps and targets report: Week 12
I don’t know if it was just me but there was some really ugly football on display in Week 12, and it filtered down to fantasy football as well. Awful, awful playcalling, bad turnovers, you name it, we saw it this weekend. Not to mention we had a game in Mile High where both teams […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Bets
NFL injury report: The situations to monitor for Week 13
Every Tuesday this season, we will review the most recent injury news through the lens of fantasy football. Injuries are an unfortunate part of football, but there’s always a “next man up” — and fantasy players need to know the situations to monitor to take early advantage of changing situations. A lot can change between […]
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Tyler Loechner
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CBB Bets
Handicapping the Davidson-Texas NCAA basketball game
Texas basketball has come full circle. After promising to bring his “Havoc” brand from VCU to Austin, Shaka Smart instead posted four consecutive mid-pack finishes in turnover percentage before finally crawling back into the top 60 last year. Despite recruiting from a deep and talented pool, Smart opted to scrap the full-court press in lieu […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Bets
Breaking down the course for the Mayakoba Golf Classic
This week’s tournament and course preview for the PGA Tour takes us to the El Camaleon Golf Club for the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Unfortunately, we are back to a course that does not have strokes gained data, but the tour has played this course for many years, so we can look into the traditional data […]
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FTN Staff
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Soccer Bets
English Premier League bets for Matchweek 10
Below you’ll find my best bets for some of this weekend’s soccer matches in the English Premier League. I target three ?key fixtures including the showcase game between ?Chelsea ?and ?Tottenham. With that said, let’s get into my top picks.? Brighton vs. Liverpool (Saturday, November 28) I went against Liverpool last week and it backfired. […]
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FTN Staff
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MMA Bets
UFC Vegas 15 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 15: Anthony Smith vs. Devin Clark. This was a card that was originally scheduled to be headlined by Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis at heavyweight, but that fight has been scrapped and we’re down to 10 fights. I’ll be writing this best-bets article weekly with extended breakdowns for […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Battle In The Trenches: Week 12 OL vs. DL matchups
Diagnosing offensive and defensive line matchups weekly can offer a massive edge for fantasy football and daily fantasy lineups. An offense line's ability to keep their quarterback upright and open holes for their running backs is imperative. Diving further into the subcategories that help us capture ceiling weeks can be the difference between setting your […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Bets
NFL look-ahead lines report for Week 13
You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want to […]
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Ryan Noonan
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NFL Bets
5 must-know stats for betting Week 12
Every week during the NFL season, I’ll be diving into five must-know stats for fantasy football to help pull back the curtain in various ways. Highlighting game scripts, matchups, defensive plans of attack, and much more, this article will help you set your lineups in daily fantasy and your season-long leagues. 1. Among 66 running […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Bets
Mad Props, Week 12: Saddle up the Colts’ Taylor
Each week our -EV bettors do their damnedest to drain bank accounts with their NFL player prop picks. Fade or follow? That, as always, is entirely up to you. Speaking as transparency advocates, we’ll track our coolers’ progress, good or horribly bad, all season long. Below is a six-pack of picks to whet your Week […]
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FTN Staff
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MMA Bets
Best prop bets for UFC Vegas 15
We are back for another exciting weekend of violence for UFC Vegas 15 in Las Vegas. This card is down to 11 fights, but we still have some interesting matchups highlighted by a strong main event heavyweight clash as Curtis Blaydes takes on Derrick Lewis. There are a couple spots that I feel good about […]
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Jon Kelly
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MMA Bets
Best Bets for UFC Vegas 15
This weekend, we have an 11-fight card back at the Apex in Vegas. This isn’t the greatest card, but there are some spots we can look at for betting. My goal here each week is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and give you my favorite bets for […]
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FTN Staff
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CFB Bets
The Big Ones: Previewing CFB’s marquee Week 13 Saturday games
Each week, I’ll be providing you with a college football betting breakdown for some of the week’s biggest games. The ones I’ll be focusing on will be meetings between ranked teams, and matchups where an unranked team is getting 14 or fewer points against somebody in the AP’s Top 25. While I won’t be providing […]
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FTN Staff
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CFB Bets
The Big Ones: Previewing CFB’s marquee Week 13 Friday games
Each week, I’ll be providing you with a college football betting breakdown for some of the week’s biggest games. The ones I’ll be focusing on will be meetings between ranked teams, and matchups where an unranked team is getting 14 or fewer points against somebody in the AP’s Top 25. While I won’t be providing […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
Handicapping the Purdue-Liberty NCAA basketball game
Liberty +9 or better Liberty’s plodding style further enhances the inherent appeal of an underdog catching double-digit points in a game lined in the mid-120s. While the Flames experienced significant roster attrition this offseason, Ritchie McKay has inculcated within the program the same DNA found in Charlottesville, Va. While the general public is intimately familiar […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Snaps and targets report: Week 11
Week 11 around the NFL saw a mixture of awful performances and fantastic performances in fantasy football. Meanwhile, some backfield conundrums were solved, while others became even more confusing than before. Of course, breaking down more than just the box scores can help unlock a lot more to help you understand roles, usage and situations […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NFL Bets
NFL injury report: The situations to monitor for Week 12
Every Tuesday this season, we will review the most recent injury news through the lens of fantasy football. Injuries are an unfortunate part of football, but there’s always a “next man up” — and fantasy players need to know the situations to monitor to take early advantage of changing situations. A lot can change between […]
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Tyler Loechner
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PGA Bets
Breaking down the course for the Alfred Dunhill Championship
With no PGA Tour event this week, the sole focus transitions to the European Tour and the Alfred Dunhill Championship, which will be played at Leopard Creek Golf Club. We don’t have quite the same amount of information about Euro Tour events as we do with the PGA Tour, but we still have enough to […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Week 11 Mad Props: Don’t zig while others zag on Zeke
Each week our -EV bettors do their damnedest to drain bank accounts with their NFL player prop picks. Fade or follow? That, as always, is entirely up to you. Speaking as transparency advocates, we’ll track our coolers’ progress, good or horribly bad, all season long. Below is a six-pack of picks to whet your Week […]
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Brad Evans
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NFL Bets
Battle In The Trenches: Week 11 OL vs. DL matchups
Diagnosing offensive and defensive line matchups weekly can offer a massive edge for fantasy football and daily fantasy lineups. An offense line's ability to keep their quarterback upright and open holes for their running backs is imperative. Diving further into the subcategories that help us capture ceiling weeks can be the difference between setting your […]
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Derek Brown
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Soccer Bets
English Premier League bets for Matchweek 9
Below you’ll find my best bets for some of this weekend’s soccer matches in the English Premier League. I target two key fixtures including the marquee game of the weekend between Tottenham and Manchester City. With that said, let’s get into the bets for Saturday’s slate. Aston Villa vs. Brighton Hove & Albion Aston Villa’s […]
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FTN Staff
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Other Bets
The Math of the Odds Boost
Let’s play a game. I have a stack of 50 $20 bills. Let’s assume you also have $1,000 worth of $20 bills. We flip a coin, you call heads or tails, and we bet $100 per flip. After one flip, one of us is going to be up $100 and the other one will be […]
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FTN Staff
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MMA Bets
UFC 255 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC 255: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Alex Perez. After consecutive UFC pay-per-view cards at Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, the UFC is headed back to the fight capital of the world this weekend in Las Vegas. There are currently 12 fights on this card with a five-fight main card that […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
5 must-know stats for betting Week 11
Every week during the NFL season, I’ll be diving into five must-know stats for fantasy football to help pull back the curtain in various ways. Highlighting game scripts, matchups, defensive plans of attack, and much more, this article will help you set your lineups in daily fantasy and your season-long leagues. 1. The five tight […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Bets
NFL look-ahead lines report for Week 12
You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want to […]
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Ryan Noonan
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CFB Bets
The Big Ones: Previewing CFB’s marquee Week 12 late games
Each week, I’ll provide you with a college football betting breakdown for some of the week’s biggest games. The ones I’ll be focusing on will be meetings between ranked teams, and matchups where an unranked team is getting 14 or fewer points against somebody in the AP’s Top 25. While I won’t be providing my […]
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FTN Staff
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MMA Bets
Best Bets for UFC 255
This weekend, we have a 12-fight PPV card back at the Apex in Vegas. This is a decent card with some solid spots for betting. My goal here each week is to give you a short breakdown of how I see the fights going and give you my favorite bets for each fight. However, ultimately, […]
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FTN Staff