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The 0-2 New York Jets head into Denver to face Teddy Bridgewater and the 2-0 Broncos in Week 3. The Jets have really struggled to get going offensively and are likely to have a difficult time figuring it out against the vaunted Denver defense. The oddsmakers have the Jets getting crushed in a low scoring […]

The Green Bay Packers seem to have righted the ship after a dominating home win over the Lions Monday, but now they have to travel to the West Coast and face another NFC contender in the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners are 2-0 this season with wins over the Lions and Eagles and return home […]

The New York Giants are hosting the 0-2 Atlanta Falcons in Week 3 as both are looking to get their first win. The Falcons offense looked like they finally arrived for the NFL season but are slated as dogs in this matchup as the oddsmakers have them losing by a field goal.     Atlanta […]

Mac Jones and the New England Patriots play host to the New Orleans Saints in Week 3 of the NFL Season. The Saints struggled against the Carolina Panthers in Week 2 and are looking for a bounceback here after an amazing Week 1 victory. They are slated as dogs and losing by a field goal […]

The Los Angeles Chargers face off against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3 after a battle with the Dallas Cowboys in Week 2. Will this matchup live to the hype or being a low-paced battle like Week 2 for the Chargers? Kansas City, coming off of a crushing Sunday night loss, are favored by […]

Week 2 of the NFL season is now behind us. One of my favorite things to do in Week 2 of any season is look back at some of the overreactions that happened in Week 1. Derrick Henry is still a monster and will put up massive games this season. Week 1 was a worst-case […]

Last week was a rough one for all as trends and modeling projections were bucked. Oddsmakers raked it in in Week 3, but we’re tweaking some things and coming back stronger in Week 4. We now have enough data and games in the books to rely fully on what we’ve seen this year and not […]

The Tennessee Titans will be hosting the Indianapolis Colts for some Week 3 action. Will Carson Wentz be ruled out? Can Jacob Eason actually keep this match-up close? The Titans are predicted to win this game by less than a touchdown via the oddsmaker Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans Week 3 Odds Date/Time: September 26, […]

Let’s take a look at the opening odds, early betting pick and breakdown of Saturday’s UFC 266 main event. UFC 266 takes place Sep. 20 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, in front of what figures to be a raucous live crowd as the fighting capital of the world is hosting International Fight Week. The […]

After falling to 0-1 in week 1, both the Football Team and the Bills were able to get back to an even 1-1 with wins in week 2. The Football Team won on a last-second field goal attempt by Dustin Hopkins. Meanwhile, the Bills dominated the Dolphins and won while shutting out the Dolphins. In […]

The first month of the college football season is already nearing its end and we’ve seen a ton of changes throughout the landscape. Blue blood programs Ohio State and Clemson lost to Oregon and Georgia, respectively, and Alabama continues to roll. Oregon, Iowa and Cincinnati all find themselves firmly in the college football playoff race. […]

While everyone was distracted by Week 2 of the NFL, Boston and Baltimore helped us turn things around in our MLB  Best Bets Sunday by exploding for eight runs in the first five innings to cash our over. If you recall from Sunday’s writeup, I had put out there “I’m expecting runs to be scored […]

The PGA and European Tours are taking the week off as some of their best travel to Wisconsin for this year’s Ryder Cup, to be played at Whistling Straights on the coast of Lake Michigan. As a Michigander, I’m happy that this week the viewers will see the splendor and magnificence of the Lake Michigan […]

Week 3 of the NFL season is here, which gives us a few days to get our office pool picks in for the week. If you are lucky, whoever runs your office pool is smart enough not to include the Thursday game so that everyone has more time to get those picks in.  DraftKings Sportsbook […]

The Dallas Cowboys return home to Jerry World in Arlington, Texas, for Week 3 after a two-game road trip to start the 2021 season and find a familiar foe will be there to welcome them back in the Philadelphia Eagles. Both teams sit at 1-1 in the NFC East, with the Cowboys winning vs. the […]

The Carolina Panthers are one of the few 2-0 teams entering Week 3, and despite having to travel on a short week, they’ve got potentially the easiest matchup they can ask for when they face the Houston Texans for Thursday Night Football. The Texans are 1-1 and although they gave the Browns a good run […]

The first two weeks of NFL football was fun and profitable. We identified several key lines early last week and were able to bet as sharps. We’re looking to do the same for Week 3 NFL spreads. After studying the lines and key trends from across the NFL, I’ve found four games with spreads that […]

Who would have thought we’d enter Week 4 of the college football season with a 3-0 Texas A&M squad already on its backup quarterback and a 3-0 Arkansas team that has defied expectations? Here we are, and both teams have performed well against the spread. This is close to a must-watch game. The Aggies entered […]

Doesn’t everyone love a good revenge game? We have that in Week 4 as the Wisconsin Badgers host the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. All eyes will be on Fighting Irish quarterback Jack Coan and Badgers quarterback Graham Mertz as these Midwestern heavyweights square up. Last week was a tale of two experiences. While Notre Dame […]

What had the makings to be a run-scoring affair on paper, turned into a mere seven-run combined performance by New York and Baltimore with four of the seven runs being scored from the bottom of the eighth inning on. Needless to say, their lack of ability to score runs in this one lost us both […]

Across the sports betting market, there tends to be strong uniformity in NFL sides, totals and moneylines — but not total uniformity. Using our NFL odds page to lineshop, I’ve identified the following three lines that right now offer the most value at DraftKings relative to the rest of the market. For my best Week […]

We move on to Week 2 of the NFL season and have a full slate of games. The list of potential prop bets I like at PointsBet this week is long. I used Kyle Murray’s NFL player projection model to start my research. Once I narrowed down my list, I plugged each player into our FTNBets prop shop […]

Week 2 of the NFL season is upon us. I have dug through the prop bets at FanDuel Sportsbook in order to find the biggest edges in the market. FTN’s Jeff Ratcliffe has put together a massive list of potential prop bets by comparing his projections to the numbers offered at most sports books. Examining this list […]

Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 37: Smith vs Spann, which goes down Saturday night in front of a small crowd at the Apex facility in Las Vegas. After a week off for the UFC last weekend, the promotion returns with a 14-fight offering headlined by two light heavyweights who are trying to […]

The goal of this article is, of course, to provide winning NFL picks. However, it’s also to provide a blueprint on how to cleverly bet props with math. After a lackluster performance in Week 1, I’ve decided to switch things up a bit in Week 2. After all, if the goal is to tail some […]

As we enter Week 2 of the NFL slate, it’s important to remember that hunting value lines never ends. Oddsmakers already have early Week 3 odds up. The sharpest of bettors know this is an insanely good time to lay money on your convictions before oddsmakers adjust after this coming Sunday. Sometimes expectations skew early-season […]

I tend to bet early in the week — usually Sunday night or Monday morning — in the expectation that lines will move as the week progresses. That was the case this week: On Sunday, I put 11 early plays into our FTN Bet Tracker. (That’s where you can find all my NFL sides, totals and […]

After an entertaining and profitable first two weeks of college football, we now have a little bit of new data to make our pick with. This is a tremendous opportunity to take the value oddsmakers give us before adjusting to what’s happening on the field. Some of our best plays will come before the end […]

Among the most commonly bet types for all sports including the NFL are parlays, which have increased in popularity with the growth of online betting sites. Platforms incentivize players to take a shot with these low-risk, high-reward wagers by offering promotions around them and a large supply of parlay betting options for each NFL game. […]

The Indianapolis Colts were heading into Week 1 with high expectations. Offseason acquisition Carson Wentz was expected to miss time at the beginning of the season, was cleared to play and started in Week 1. Unfortunately, the team fell short to the Seattle Seahawks, 28-16. The offense for the Colts was a mixed bag. Wentz […]

The 0-1 Atlanta Falcons head to Tampa Bay to face their divisional rival in the 1-0 Buccaneers in Week 2. The consensus is that these teams are not evenly matched, but the Falcons hope to prove the doubters wrong and shock the world by defeating Tom Brady and the Bucs. Can Matt Ryan, Calvin Ridley […]

The Tennessee Titans are coming off one of the worst performances in Week 1 as they got beat down by the Arizona Cardinals and now have to travel to Seattle for Week 2 to try and get back in the win column. Despite the current landscape of the AFC South division, the Titans still remain […]