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Playing in the secondary is one of the hardest yet most important positions in football. Not only do you need to tackle well, but you also need to cover bigger, faster receivers and have the ball skills to finish the play and come down with an interception. Looking at the 2022 NFL season, Trevon Diggs […]

The 2022 prop bets for Tom Brady suggest that the greatest quarterback of all time is set to have another Pro-Bowl-caliber season. Only one NFL player has higher totals than Brady for projected passing yards and passing touchdowns. Brady’s over/under for passing yards in the 2022 season is 4,650.5 yards at DraftKings Sportsbook. Brady’s TD […]

Tackling a ball carrier is the essence of the sport of football — no play is over until the ball carrier is forced to the ground or out of bounds by a defensive player. Last year, Foye Oluokun led the NFL in tackles with 192, and he has the second-best odds (+750), according to Unibet […]

NFL free agency officially opens Wednesday, March 16, but reports of signings start coming out March 14, and FTN is here to react to every noteworthy signing. Check below for our thoughts on every notable transaction as the league moves into the new season and players start to change teams!   2022 NFL Notable Moves […]

The 2022 Open Championship is set to take place from July 14 through July 21 at The Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.    The field is just about set, with perhaps two more golfers being added to the field depending on who wins the Scottish Open and Barbasol Championship the week prior.  2022 Open […]

Last season, T.J. Watt led the NFL in sacks with an impressive 22.5 sack total, which tied the NFL record set by Michael Strahan in 2001. Fast forward to 2022, and Watt, along with Myles Garrett, are the favorites to take home the NFL sack crown for the 2022 season.    Watt and Garrett both […]

The strategic alliance begins to take shape this week between the PGA and DP World Tours, as there’s coverage in Scotland for a co-sanctioned playing of the Scottish Open. Historically a DP World Tour event, the new partnership means this event is giving out points for both Tours and will have an extremely strong field […]

The NHL has seen multiple repeat champions in recent history, and there’s a strong chance that another one will be added to the list. Shortly after winning the 2022 Stanley Cup Finals, the Colorado Avalanche are significant favorites with the best odds to win the 2023 Stanley Cup. The Avalanche enter the offseason with +450 […]

Normally set the week prior to the British Open, this year’s John Deere Classic will be two weeks before the year’s final major, with the field gathering in Silvis, Ill. TPC Deere Run will host the event, which it has been doing since 2000, providing plenty of data and past results to dig through. Following […]

Ask most any fantasy football player, and they’ll tell you that their favorite part of the season is draft day. And of course, the most successful draft days are the best ones — come in unprepared and lost, and you’re more likely going to feel like you have to take the SAT with no pants […]

On June 27, the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world will commence at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London. Novak Djokovic will enter the field as the three-time defending champion, but 2022 has brought the ATP a surge of young talent and parity. Here, we’ll take a look at the 2022 Wimbledon odds […]

(Join TheMadLabMMA and use promo code FTN20 to get $20 off your first month – breakdowns, weekly bets, full DFS analysis, the Labology DFS Podcast and access to the private Discord!) Mateusz Gamrot vs. Arman Tsarukyan   Gamrot Breakdown This is one of the fights that I am extremely intrigued about on many levels. I […]

Welcome to my 2022 NBA Mock Draft. I’ve mocked all 30 first-round picks in this article, with a bit more attention paid to the lottery picks (1-14). At the end of the article, you can find a few prop bets for draft night if you are so inclined to tail. Enjoy.   2022 NBA Mock […]

The NBA Finals are in the rearview mirror now, but there’s a quick turnaround before Thursday’s 2022 NBA Draft. The lottery is loaded with polished college talent. The top of the class is so deep that there is plenty of debate on who could go No. 1 overall. Odds have changed drastically over the last […]

The PGA Tour returns to familiar stomping grounds as they head to Connecticut for the Travelers Championship, played at TPC River Highlands. Harris English the defending champion, having defeated Kramer Hickok in a playoff and fending off Marc Leishman, Abraham Ancer and Brooks Koepka.   Last year’s leaderboard was dominated by superb driving and putting; […]

(Join TheMadLabMMA and use promo code FTN20 to get $20 off your first month – breakdowns, weekly bets, full DFS analysis, the Labology DFS Podcast and access to the private Discord!) Calvin Kattar vs. Josh Emmett This fight is a very sneaky good main event. Both men have aces in their pockets that are extremely […]

Rejoice, Arizonans! Online sports betting was legalized in April 2021 in the Grand Canyon State and went live a few months later in September.    Arizona Sports Betting Overview Since its launch Sept. 9, 2021 – the same day as the NFL season opener – Arizona sports betting has become one of the fastest growing […]

While the federal legalization of retail and online sports betting has swept the nation, there are still quite a few states where it is not yet legal. One of them is Missouri. Now, Missouri has taken steps in the right direction as lawmakers have drawn up bills that would make sports betting legal in the […]

Golf’s second major of the year, the U.S. Open, is taking place this weekend in Brookline, Mass., at The Country Club. The USGA is in charge of running the U.S. Open, and typically they have gone about setting up their courses to “protect par.” In the past, this has meant long and thick rough combined […]

One of the best feelings in sports betting is when you research and grind to identify a key mismatch in a game or a futures market to back a plus-money underdog … and it hits! The vindication and reassurance that comes with hitting an underdog play can make you feel on top of the world […]

(Join TheMadLabMMA and use promo code FTN20 to get $20 off your first month – breakdowns, weekly bets, full DFS analysis, the Labology DFS Podcast and access to the private Discord!) Glover Teixeira vs. Jiri Prochazka This fight is intriguing to me on many levels. It truly encompasses a matchup or different styles, different philosophies […]

When will Texas sports betting be legal? Unfortunately, retail and online sports betting are illegal in Texas as of June 2022 and will be until at least 2023, when the next legislative session begins.   In 2021, during the last legislative session, multiple bills emerged that would have created a legal Texas sports betting market, […]

One of the most fun aspects of betting on golf is the weekly opportunity to find edges all the way down the odds boards trying to pick winners.   Each week, I’m picking out some of my favorite longshot bets for that week’s event. PGA Betting Picks at the RBC Canadian Open This Week Below, […]

After two years off due to the pandemic, the PGA Tour is finally returning to Canada for this week’s RBC Canadian Open, which will be played at St. George’s Golf & Country Club for the first time since 2010. Carl Pettersson was the winner of that event, and the OWGR No. 1 golfer in the […]

(Join TheMadLabMMA and use promo code FTN20 to get $20 off your first month – breakdowns, weekly bets, full DFS analysis, the Labology DFS Podcast and access to the private Discord!) Well folks, after two straight weeks of very bad beats, we look to get back on track with this week’s MMA action. There’s nothing […]

When will California sports betting be legal? That’s the question millions of fans in California have been asking. Will online sport betting be legal in California in 2022? Voters will have a chance to make online betting legal on the November 2022 ballot. Sports betting could be legalized in California during the midterm elections Nov. 8. […]

The 2022 college football season officially kicks off Aug. 27. While teams have been busy with spring practices and offseason programs, bookmakers have also been working to price off the odds for each team’s win total for the upcoming season. At PointsBet, Alabama, Georgia, Clemson and Ohio State all share the highest projected win total […]

This week the PGA Tour heads north to Ohio for The Memorial Tournament, which takes place at Muirfield Village. Jon Rahm leads the market, returning to the scene of his post-Round 3 withdraw due to COVID-19, surrendering a six-shot lead. Patrick Cantlay earned the victory after Rahm’s departure, his second Memorial trophy, holding off Collin […]

The 2022 U.S. Open starts in just about three weeks (first round is June 16), and it is a good time to start checking out the futures markets to see if any lines are available that stand out.   The field is not 100% yet, but qualifying is under way across the United States and […]

The PGA Tour returns to Texas this week for the Charles Schwab Challenge, which will take place at the famed Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. A regular stop on tour since 1946, there will be plenty that wax poetically about this classic course and what it offers.    The course does pose a challenge, […]

(Join TheMadLabMMA and use promo code FTN20 to get $20 off your first month – breakdowns, weekly bets, full DFS analysis, the Labology DFS Podcast and access to the private Discord!) Holly Holm vs. Ketlen Vieira Holm breakdown It seems that Holly Holm is largely put on the back burner when you talk about fighters […]

Bryan is coming off finding a winner three-straight weeks across the DP World Tour and PGA Tour. See who he likes this week to hoist the trophy and win the PGA Championship at Southern Hill CC!   PGA Championship Betting Preview The second major of the year is upon us, as the field gathers in […]