For a team that won only three games last season, the Detroit Lions were one of the best stories of 2021 — doubly so if you rode the Lions to an 11-6 ATS finish.
Detroit had the luxury of playing with house money, as expectations were very low for Dan Campbell’s rah-rah style of coaching and a franchise in the post-Stafford era. That also meant plenty of forgiveness from the oddsmakers week to week. Detroit was a dog of +7 or higher in 11 of its 17 games.
Now, the Lions’ NFL odds are calling for a stark improvement with a win total of 6.5. Detroit may have caught some foes with their guard down in 2021 but no one is taking the Lions lightly this year, including the betting public.
Reward or regression? That’s the question we seek…
The touchdown market has become one of the most popular and potentially profitable props in the NFL betting world. Each week, we’re going to throw down three to five units as we try to uncover some of the best weekly NFL TD props and dig into the matchups that surround them.
We’re looking to rebound after a holiday letdown but we’re still in the black on the season and up 2.995 units. Week 13 has us eyeing a running back in the Jets’ backfield that is getting the red zone workload, a Seahawks receiver who has been neglected, a familiar QB-WR connection in a new environment, and the lead back on a team that loves to run.
Without further ado.
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After four weeks of play this NFL season, the cream is beginning to rise to the top, and it’s showing in the point spread department. Ten matchups feature a spread of five points or more in Week 5, creating opportunities for savvy underdog players.
We like three teams catching points this week, and an undervalued favorite. Let’s break up these four plays into two winnable parlays.
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One of the O’s will have to go when the winless Minnesota Vikings travel to Charlotte to take on the winless Carolina Panthers in what’s shaping up to be one of the uglier games of Week 4 in the NFL. Just because it’s ugly though doesn’t mean the game won’t offer some good betting opportunities. Carolina is a home dog of 3.5 points while the game has a total of 45.5, per the latest NFL odds.
Aside from their 0-3 records, these are two very contrasting teams. Minnesota’s offense is among the best in the NFL when it comes to moving the football, but they can’t get any help from the defense. In Carolina, meanwhile, the Bryce Young era is off to a rough start, but there are some bright spots on the Panthers defense that’ll be abl…
The Cincinnati Bengals host the Indianapolis Colts in Week 14 odds of NFL action on Sunday. The Bengals are 6-6 and will look to keep pursuing a playoff spot despite the loss of superstar quarterback Joe Burrow. Meanwhile, the Colts are 7-5 and just one game behind the banged-up Jaguars for first place in the AFC South.
NFL odds for this contest have flipped, with the Colts opening as 1.5-point road faves before jumping the fence to favor the Bengals at -2. Here are my best free NFL picks for Colts vs. Bengals on December 10.
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Colts vs Bengals predictions
I’ve been on the Michael Pittman Jr. prop train all season and it’s been paying off. The Indianapolis Colts wide receiver is tied fo…
If this were the regular season, it might be the game of the week, but Philadelphia Eagles vs. Baltimore Ravens should still make for a fun preseason matchup.
The Ravens are known as the best preseason team, but will they be able to pull off a win without Lamar Jackson?
Don’t miss our Eagles vs. Ravens predictions and NFL picks for Friday, August 9.
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On paper, it might seem like the Philadelphia Eagles are the smarter play in this game. The Baltimore Ravens have already ruled Jackson out, while Philadelphia has yet to announce if Jalen Hurts will be playing in this one.
But Hurts hasn’t suited up for a preseason gam…
It was once dubbed the “vampire kangaroo” and accused of “feasting on Britain’s creaking infrastructure” after investing in companies such as Thames Water and avoiding tax through a legal but controversial web of subsidiaries in Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands. But Macquarie Group Limited is a growing influence on English football, underlined on one day last month by Leicester and Wolves extending sizeable loans with the Australian investment bank that are mortgaged against future TV earnings.
Now with a portfolio that also includes Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, Sheffield United, Southampton, Swansea City, Watford, West Brom and Wolves, a company estimated to manage almost £288bn worth of assets has emerged as the …
Liverpool will be quietly confident after a run of reasonable results, whilst Bolton will look to maintain their good form under new Manager Owen Coyle.
Whilst the calls for Rafa Benitez sacking have died down only marginally, there is a new sense of optimism surrounding the team who looked to be in absolute freefall until recently. Even last weeks toothless draw with Wolves has failed to draw too much criticism. The Reds fans are eyeing what would normally be a fairly easy run of games starting with bottom half of the table Bolton. Injuries are not what they were with Benayoun, Torres and Johnson the only real first team absentees. Gerrard s fitness is imprving all the time and Liverpool fans, and Rafa Benitez, will be hoping he can drive their team on to win.
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Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris has been ruled out for the rest of 2019 after tests confirmed he has suffered ligament damage.
The goalkeeper dislocated his elbow after landing awkwardly during his side s 3-0 Premier League defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.
France head coach Didier Deschamps said on Monday that Lloris would almost certainly not be fit to return until the new year.
Spurs later issued a statement to confirm that Lloris is unlikely to be able to train again until the end of this year, even though he does not require surgery.
Hugo Lloris has undergone further assessment this morning after sustaining a dislocated elbow in our match against Brighton on Saturday, the club said.
The findings have shown that although surgery …
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi acknowledged the moment of withdrawal is approaching after picking up a record sixth Ballon d Or crown at Monday s ceremony in Paris.
Messi saw off stiff competition from Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk to win the award for the first time since 2015, moving him one ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, who finished third.
The 32-year-old has scored 41 goals in 44 club appearances this calendar year, but he is unsure just how long he will be able to maintain his incredible goalscoring form.
Speaking on stage after collecting the prestigious accolade, a decade on from his first triumph, Messi said: To the journalists and my colleagues with whom I win and lose, I remember my first Ballon D Or in Paris, when I arrived with my brothers, now I…