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The NFL Draft finally saw a non-quarterback go off the board Thursday at the No. 4 overall pick, with the Atlanta Falcons opting for Florida TE Kyle Pitts. (Check out the FTN Kyle Pitts scouting report here.) Pitts, a unanimous All-American in 2020 and the John Mackey Award winner for the nation’s top tight end, […]

Maybe the most intriguing NFL Draft pick in a long time was finally realized Thursday when the San Francisco 49ers selected North Dakota St. QB Trey Lance third overall. (Check out the FTN Trey Lance scouting report here.) The 49ers traded up from the 12th overall pick to get the third pick from Miami earlier […]

Once the Jets’ designs on an 0-16 campaign ended late in the 2020 season, the team’s eyes moved past Trevor Lawrence, ultimately landing on BYU QB Zach Wilson, who the team took second overall in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft Thursday. The #Jets pick is and it’s #BYU QB Zach Wilson. Now, […]

The pick that has been known for — depending on how you want to define it — a few weeks, a few months or a few years finally happened Thursday, with Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence going first overall in the 2021 NFL Draft to the Jacksonville Jaguars. (Check out the FTN Trevor Lawrence scouting report […]

The FTN Betting Breakdown is a new article series we are featuring this year on FTNBets where we will have a daily breakdown of the day’s NBA betting slate. This breakdown will feature key injury news and updates and how players and teams are affected by said news to give you the opportunity to potentially […]

After the Super Bowl, the most popular event of the NFL offseason is the NFL Draft. With the draft having such an effect on NFL team building, fantasy football, sports betting and more, it is one of the most important parts of the NFL season. Here is a look at our NFL Draft hub, where […]

With just one day to go before the 2021 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos made a move Wednesday, sending a sixth-round pick to Carolina in exchange for QB Teddy Bridgewater, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The #Panthers are trading QB Teddy Bridgewater to the #Broncos for a sixth-round draft pick, per source. — Tom Pelissero […]

Don’t look now, but we have less than three weeks left of regular-season NBA basketball. Most teams have around 10 games left as the league is only playing a 72-game schedule this year. I mention that because we do have teams fighting for playoff spots, to avoid the new play-in games, and even for some […]

Wednesday gives us a loaded 15-game MLB slate, starting at 1:10 p.m. ET in Cleveland and finishing up with the Colorado and San Francisco west coast nightcap. With so many games on the board, value is bound to be hidden somewhere so let’s see what hump day’s best bets are. Washington Nationals @ Toronto Blue […]

Baseball betting is slightly different than any other sport. If someone wants to know the line on a game in football or basketball, they are usually referring to the spread. In baseball, they most likely are referring to the moneyline. Every sport offers moneyline bets and most sports also offer spreads. Baseball is no exception. […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ quest to run their Super Bowl-winning team back took another step forward Wednesday, with the team agreeing to terms with free agent WR Antonio Brown on a one-year deal, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The #Bucs are bringing back WR Antonio Brown per @MikeGarafolo and @TomPelissero, giving him a 1-year deal […]

The FTN Betting Breakdown is a new article series we are featuring this year on FTNBets where we will have a daily breakdown of the day’s NBA betting slate. This breakdown will feature key injury news and updates and how players and teams are affected by said news to give you the opportunity to potentially […]

The PGA Tour returns to Florida for this week's Valspar Championship, which will take place at Innisbrook Resort on their copperhead course. This track has become notorious for being one of the toughest tests on the PGA Tour every season, with the course offering up more bogeys than birdies. Copperhead is not a course that […]

The 2021 NBA playoffs are right around the corner. While the regular season has certainly been exciting, there is something different about the energy in the playoffs. While the Brooklyn Nets are currently the favorite to win the title, there are a handful of teams who legitimate contenders to win it all. Head over to FTN’s […]

With the Kentucky Derby fast approaching, it is a good time to get into the basics of horse betting. We did a show this week with OptixEQ, one of the leading handicapping services in the horse racing industry. John and Emily of OptixEQ went through each horse in the race and gave you their thoughts […]

We have a robust day of MLB games Tuesday. We have something very interesting for fans in New Jersey, no matter what part of the state you live in. All three of the “local” teams are favored, but which one is the best bet?  Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals  The Phillies are the smallest […]

Below are odds from my model for this week’s golf event, the Valspar Championship. You can use these to compare to a bookmaker’s odds straight up, or you could use them in your own model to make adjustments.  These odds are meant to be a tool for you to use how you best see fit. […]

Welcome to a Monday edition of One-Play Payday. If you aren’t familiar with “One-Play Payday,” we provide you with one play, whether it be a spread, total or moneyline, that stands out as a rock-solid play on Tipico Sportsbook. Tipico Sportsbook lines We have a mega 11-game Monday slate to start the week, here are all […]

We have a huge eleven-game slate in the NBA for Monday. This weekend did seem a little bit light on the number of games, so they are trying to make up for it today. As has been the case lately, we do have four games with spreads that have reached double digits. The other seven games […]

This week’s PGA Tour event is the Valspar Championship that will be taking place at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead) in Palm Harbor, FL. This will be the tour's first trip back since 2019, having had to cancel the event in 2020. Not only is the Par-71, 7,340-yard course longer by 232 yards than the average Par-71 course, […]

New week, new board. We’re almost a full month in and the third Monday of the MLB season brings us an 11-game slate, getting kicked off by a matinee matchup between Kansas City and Detroit. As always, I’ve scoured through stats of each matchup and will touch on a couple of the day’s best bets […]

Evaluating the skill of the incoming rookies in this week’s NFL Draft is a big task, but it isn’t the only one facing NFL front offices. The medical sheets are just as important — in some cases, moreso.  Heading into the draft, ProFootballDoc does his best to look at the notable injury situations among this […]

We have a solid eight-game slate of NBA action on tap Saturday. The first two games are going to go off early, so make sure you guys stop by discord and we can chat about those. The other six games are the main slate starting at 7 p.m. ET, and that was where the bulk […]

Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2. The UFC has an awesome show they’re putting on this weekend in front of a live crowd in Jacksonville, Fla. The card includes three title fights, headlined by a rematch between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal for the welterweight strap. In the co-main […]

The Kansas City Chiefs made a big offensive line addition Friday, acquiring OT Orlando Brown from the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for four picks, including their first-rounder in this year's NFL Draft, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Kansas City is trading its first-round pick Thursday night, along with three other picks in the 2021 and 2022 […]

It’s not the biggest slate of NBA games for a Friday — we only have seven games on tap. The ESPN televised games are good ones with potential playoff implications. We have previews of potential matchups between the Celtics/Nets and Nuggets/Warriors. These could actually be first-round playoff matchups depending on how things play out over […]

We have a massive slate of games for Wednesday with 12 matchups. It is a surprisingly competitive slate too, with only three games hovering around double-digit spreads. Eight of Wednesday’s 12 games are projected to be within three points of each other, so we should end up with quite a few close competitive games. Injury […]

Wednesday’s gift to us is yet another fully loaded slate of MLB games. A couple of afternoon matchups (San Francisco/Philadelphia, Baltimore/Miami) to fill the mid-day lull will kick off the day. We’ll dive into the matchups and stats below to see where the value is hidden in Wednesday’s board. Arizona Diamondbacks @ Cincinnati Reds Arizona […]

If you want to be a profitable sports bettor, stop making bad bets. This might seem like a simple statement, but too many bettors never learned this lesson. The most important skill for a sports bettor to learn is how to calculate his probability of winning a bet. If you do not know how to […]

The FTN Betting Breakdown is a new article series we are featuring this year on FTNBets where we will have a daily breakdown of the day’s NBA betting slate. This breakdown will feature key injury news and updates and how players and teams are affected by said news to give you the opportunity to potentially […]

This week’s PGA tour event, The Zurich Classic, is a unique tournament for the tour, as its only team event on the FedEx Cup calendar. You read that correctly: This week, the field is made up of 80 two-man teams. The best 35 teams and ties will make the cut and play the weekend after […]

This is a solid Tuesday of action with 15 games on tap in Major League Baseball. With so many options, we should be able to find a few worth betting on. One of the most intriguing to my fellow Garden Staters is going to be the San Francisco Giants taking on the Philadelphia Phillies. This […]