“the division sets up well for the chargers too it's 20 to 1 i think the chargers are next year's rams and hopefully they actually make the super bowl in that one did you look it up is it la so we could get a home super bowl too i was just going to say you nailed it It at SoFi So we taking the Chargers to win the Super Bowl at home And listen the Rams you know we almost got there this year So we take the Chargers on the AFC side. Chargers at home with the home field penalty as I often give them at SoFi Stadium. So I'm not sure if that's good or bad for our bet, but we'll go out with Chargers 20 to 1 either way for 2027.”
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Picks
1449 total · 1 pending“I'm going to take the Patriots team total under 20 and a half.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Patriots scored 13 (final NE 13, SEA 29); 13 is under 20.5 — cashes.
“Seahawks to score first and win. You can bet that outcome to combine bet at most major books, plus 125.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Seattle Seahawks won; moneyline covers.
“If it's a side, it's Seattle minus four and a half for me.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Seattle Seahawks margin +16 vs line -4.5; covers.
“in three games so I want Jason escalator and it's going to be a kind of surprise ending escalator except not much of a surprise if you've been following along the way. Start with over six and a half receptions. I think that line is a full reception too low. He's gone over six and a half, 13 of 19 games, but that one's misleading. We played this last round and hit this, I think, by halftime. Four of those six unders were in games that Seattle won by 21 points or more. Now, maybe Seattle does that in this game, but if you expect it to be at all competitive, that means take those big blowout games out. Now he has seven catches and more in 11 of the other 13 games. That makes Oversick's math look really good, even at minus 139.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 4 receptions vs over 6.5; busts. (Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 4 receptions)
“And we'll play the escalator at eight catches. Plus 130, he's had eight catches and more, 10 of those 13 non-blowout games.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Jaxon Smith-Njigba had four receptions and did not reach the 8-or-more receptions threshold. (Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 4 receptions)
“JSN 100 receiving yards and MVP. That's the top of the escalator here it's plus 850”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba did not win MVP and had only 27 receiving yards (under 100).
“let's go over 39 and a half yards plus 105 henry has had 39 yards or more 11 of 20 games”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Hunter Henry: 31 receiving_yards vs over 39.5; busts. (Hunter Henry: 31 receiving_yards)
“we'll take the henry escalator 50 yards plus 155”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Hunter Henry had 31 receiving yards and did not reach the 50-or-more receiving-yards threshold. (Hunter Henry: 31 receiving yards)
“catches that's the line over two and a half it's minus 120 he's had three catches seven of the last”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Kenneth Walker III: 2 receptions vs over 2.5; busts. (Kenneth Walker III: 2 receptions)
“So the Walker escalator 30 receiving yards at plus 160”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Kenneth Walker III had 26 receiving yards and did not reach the 30-or-more receiving-yards threshold. (Kenneth Walker III: 26 receiving yards)
“But we're going back again to Rashid Shahid rushing over two and a half rushing yards.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Rashid Shaheed: 0 rushing_yards vs over 2.5; busts. (Rashid Shaheed: 0 rushing_yards)
“you can bet Shahid for the longest run of the game at 30-1.”
Rashid Shaheed's only carry was -5 yards; Kenneth Walker had the longest runs.
“first bet here seattle first score and win plus 125”
Seattle scored first (Myers 33-yard FG in Q1) and won 29-13.
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba 100+ receiving yards lost
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba Super Bowl MVP lost
“All right. And next you're going JSN MVP, but not just MVP. You're going to have 100 plus receiving yards so you're taking that from around 550 to 850 yeah i'm annoyed so many others are taking jsn i feel like i'm kind of losing the edge so hopefully the 100 yard boost gets me a little bit of juice back it's 200 on this one”
Parlay lost: Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 27 receiving yards and did not win Super Bowl MVP.
- New England defensive or special teams touchdown lost
- New England Patriots moneyline closed +195 · CLV +4¢ lost
“you have seattle defensive or special team score plus money line plus 833 and then pats defensive or special team score plus money line plus 2703 i do think this is a game where there's a higher than normal chance that you can see a defensive score by either team and and by the way just to cap off your MVP with the Darnold and the numbers and like Darnold isn't the household name right that like you know Brady in the home so like that I think contributes to you to remember this is like a people voting award uh but Seattle defensive specialty score on Moneyline and then Pat's defensive specialty score on Moneyline thoughts there yeah you can bring me back on the show next year I'm gonna make this exact same bet with the whatever the two teams are there won't be the Vikings y'all are sad about your team not being the Super Bowl it'd be nice if the Vikings ever made a Super Bowl. So at least enjoy the ones you get. Defensive teams have had 23 touchdowns in the Super Bowl It more than one in every three Super Bowls Both Chiefs games had a touchdown by the defense 14 defensive scores in the last 24 That over a half a defensive touchdown expected per game in that stretch like you said Seattle aggressive defense but second most giveaways on offense so I'm obviously we're going to get to my max payout when you get there I can't win both of these right like I can only win one or the other I don't mind I haven't heard a lot of Patriots action on here if New England wins and it's football it's a weird oblong ball Why wouldn't they win? Because we got the Darnold turnover, some unlucky bounce, some goofy play defense back the other way. Seven or three points is a pretty good reason to win a game that you're not expected to. And that's why I have the combo here. 23 defensive touchdowns in the Super Bowl. 20 of them came from the winning team. So you want to bet the winning team to get the defensive touchdown. Make sure you get special teams at your book as well. I'm playing both of them. In this contest, since I like Seattle more, I'll go 200 on Seattle, 100 on New England.”
Parlay lost: New England had no defensive or special-teams touchdown and lost the game 29-13.
“A probably chalk would be Kenneth Walker to get the longest rush. his longest rush is usually like 15 to 20 we might win this with like a 18 20 yard rush I think Shahid could get that get a long one did you know that Seattle's leading rusher in their last Super Bowl win Percy Harvin with 45 yards including a 30 yard run in that game so if we're going to run it back on Seattle let's run it back with Shahid as Harvin and yeah I think this one this could hit in a win a loss in a lot of scenarios so at 30 to one I think that's just way too long”
Rashid Shaheed's only carry for Seattle lost 5 yards, so he did not record the game's longest rush.
“Patriots team total under 20 and a half. That's the first bet I'm going to give out here.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — New England Patriots team total 13 vs line 20.5; under cashes.
- Seattle defense or special teams touchdown won
- Seattle Seahawks ML closed -239 · CLV -1¢ won
“So you build two separate parlays and I'm playing both Seattle defense, special teams, touchdown with the Seattle money line, plus eight 33 Patriots, Patriots defense special team touchdown with their money line plus 2700.”
SEA 29, NE 13 — Seattle won Super Bowl LX 29-13 and Uchenna Nwosu returned a Drake Maye interception 45 yards for a Seattle defensive TD — both legs hit.
- New England Patriots defense or special teams touchdown lost
- New England Patriots ML closed +195 · CLV +4¢ lost
“Patriots defense special team touchdown with their money line plus 2700. You have both together.”
Parlay lost: New England had no defensive or special-teams touchdown and lost the game 29-13.
“defenders can win MVP. We've had 10 defensive MVPs, more defense than running back, more defense than receiver. It's about one every seven in the Super Bowl. Defensive MVP you can get just at 15 to one. Every defender, I get half the guys on the field at 15 to one. What can't you like about that? that's six percent implied it's like two and a half times what the history implies there so i like defensive mvp”
Super Bowl LX MVP was Kenneth Walker III (RB, Seahawks), an offensive player — defensive MVP prop loses. (Walker: 135 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards (161 total); Seahawks won 29-13.)
“for the deadline and we're going to run it back rashid shaheed rushing yards over two and a half”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Rashid Shaheed: 0 rushing_yards vs over 2.5; busts. (Rashid Shaheed: 0 rushing_yards)
“So I like, Chad, I like the receptions bet as my base here. Over two and a half receptions.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Kenneth Walker III: 2 receptions vs over 2.5; busts. (Kenneth Walker III: 2 receptions)
“And I'm going to play my escalator on yardage here, 30 yards plus 160.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Kenneth Walker III had 26 receiving yards and did not reach the 30-or-more receiving-yards threshold. (Kenneth Walker III: 26 receiving yards)
“So I like over 39 and a half Hunter Henry yards. It's plus 105 at one book.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Hunter Henry: 31 receiving_yards vs over 39.5; busts. (Hunter Henry: 31 receiving_yards)
“So over 39 and a half, but 50 yards plus 155.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Hunter Henry had 31 receiving yards and did not reach the 50-or-more receiving-yards threshold. (Hunter Henry: 31 receiving yards)
“I think they're alive, and I think the only bet here is Broncos to cover. I got on the hot read at 5.5. Like you said, I think it's 4.5 now. Not too significant in all likelihood. Kind of a dead zone there. I want this above 4, though. Once we get to 4, we're starting to push in key numbers. So I'll take Denver and the points.”
DEN 7, NE 10 — Denver Broncos margin -3 vs line +5.5; covers.
“We play yards Over 17 receiving yards for R Harvey That one in games where he had three catches remember that the number i wanted he 10 of 11 to that line he had 14 yards or more in all those games with three catches 18 or more all but one which hits our over so over 17 and a half and in those 11 games when he has three catches he averages 33 yards a game so just”
DEN 7, NE 10 — RJ Harvey: 22 receiving_yards vs over 17.5; covers. (RJ Harvey: 22 receiving_yards)
“four of those six unders were in a game Seattle won by 21 points or more. OK, so that's not this game. In the other 12 games, he's had seven catches or more 10 of the 12 times. So now an 83% hit. rate. This is not me saying Jason's going to have a huge game. He's just going to be part of it. He's going to be catching balls and part of the script. It's not hard to see the script for Jason there. So over six and a half catches, minus 105. No escalators, no crazy numbers on Jason. I just think that's a reception too low. Yeah, those 25 targets is just absurd in those two”
SEA 31, LAR 27 — Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 10 receptions vs over 6.5; covers. (Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 10 receptions)
“the receptions are up as well. So I started at two and a half catches. That's like a plus 150 number. But I noticed this Every time Kyron has at least three catches he also has at least 15 yards receiving That six games he done that But I noticed when he has two catches he still has at least 11 yards all those games And the regular line for Kyron is just 11.5 receiving yards. So I'm going to actually play a little less aggressive here for once and just take the receiving yards line. Minus 112 over 11.5. It's just the standard line.”
SEA 31, LAR 27 — Kyren Williams: 22 receiving_yards vs over 11.5; covers. (Kyren Williams: 22 receiving_yards)
“regardless of all the tight end snaps, Colby Parkinson. Parkinson has been the guy he caught the touchdown winner against Carolina. He almost got another one against Chicago. Stafford tried him on almost the same play late in that game. He's been the tight end touchdown guy. He now has nine touchdowns the last 11 games for the Rams, including one against Seattle. Kind of he's become Devontae Adams for them in some ways, the number of touchdowns he's putting up. Seattle's tight ends. Seattle's allowed top 10 most tight end points fantasy-wise and top five most receptions on the season. Parkinson, to me, has established himself as a clear touchdown threat game after game. We're getting plus 425 on the touchdown odds, and we should get some points in this game. The Rams are going to find the end zone a little bit. That's just way too long to me, even though he's not my favorite tight end to bet in this one. But give me Parkinson plus 425 to start out here yeah i'm a big colby fan especially when you look inside the numbers two plus”
Colby Parkinson did not score a touchdown in the Rams' 31-27 NFC Championship loss to the Seahawks.
“So we're playing the 10 and a half over longest reception and we got to do the receiving escalator.”
SEA 31, LAR 27 — Terrance Ferguson had no receptions, so his longest reception was 0 yards and the over 10.5 lost. (Terrance Ferguson: 0 receptions; longest reception 0 yards)
“we're running back our longest catch and i had to play the touchdown here as well for ferguson plus 750 i don't think of him as a huge scoring touchdown threat kind of like parkinson is more so but he scored two of the last three games now one of those was against seattle”
Terrance Ferguson did not score a touchdown in the Rams' 31-27 NFC Championship loss to the Seahawks.
“All right. I think the most fun you can bet this weekend is on Rashid Shahid. We saw in the last game, opening play of the game, Rashid Shahid takes the kickoff all the way for a touchdown. Here's my Rashid Shahid bet. Over half of a rushing yard. I just need one yard from Rashid Shahid.”
SEA 31, LAR 27 — Rashid Shaheed: 0 rushing_yards vs over 0.5; busts. (Rashid Shaheed: 0 rushing_yards)
“I don think I going to get that number for long So minus three Rams Patriots And then the one I like a little better we did Super Bowl MVPs at the start of the playoffs I still think you bet this right now JSN and Puka Nakua, I'm going to bet both of them. Smith and Jigpa at 15-1 and Puka Nakua at 17-1.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba did not win Super Bowl LX MVP; Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker III was named MVP.
“I don think I going to get that number for long So minus three Rams Patriots And then the one I like a little better we did Super Bowl MVPs at the start of the playoffs I still think you bet this right now JSN and Puka Nakua, I'm going to bet both of them. Smith and Jigpa at 15-1 and Puka Nakua at 17-1.”
Puka Nacua's Rams lost the NFC Championship and missed Super Bowl LX; Kenneth Walker III won SB MVP.
“We are riding with Jared Stidham and the Denver Broncos, plus five and a half in the AFC [42:53] championship game.”
DEN 7, NE 10 — Denver Broncos margin -3 vs line +5.5; covers.
“NFC to win the Super Bowl, minus 220 at our sponsor, DraftKings. [48:02] That's the bet here.”
The NFC champion Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the AFC's Patriots.
“We are riding with Jared Stidham and the Denver Broncos, [44:16] plus five and a half in the AFC Championship game.”
Patriots beat Broncos 10-7 in the AFC Championship (Jan 25, 2026); Broncos lost by only 3, covering +5.5. (Final: Patriots 10, Broncos 7)
“i'm gonna like the nfc team in the super bowl and at most books you can just bet that nfc [49:24] to win the super bowl minus 220 at our sponsor draft kings that's the bet here”
The NFC champion Seattle Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13, cashing the NFC-to-win bet.
“Bills money line, minus 102, or best number you can find.”
DEN 33, BUF 30 — Buffalo Bills lost; moneyline busts.
“Bills team total over 23 and a half at DraftKings.”
DEN 33, BUF 30 — Combined 63; over 23.5 covers.
“Here's my bet. Bills money line, minus 102, or best number you can find. Last year, I was all in Bills Broncos. We hit all 7.5, all the way up to minus 23.5, 5-1. Let's run it back. We're on fraud watch. Here's how we're doing it. Bills team total over 23 and a half at DraftKings. That has hit nine of the last 10 Josh Allen playoff games. He's averaging almost 30 points a game in those. He's hit 27 or better in eight of those 10. We'll play 27 or better as well at two to one. If you like the Bills to score a lot here, and we'll get to Rams, Bears later,”
DEN 33, BUF 30 — Buffalo scored 30 points, clearing the 27-or-more team-total threshold.
“Bills minus 5.5, plus 225.”
DEN 33, BUF 30 — Buffalo Bills margin -3 vs line -5.5; busts.
- 49ers +7.5 closed +6.5 · CLV +1 lost
- Seahawks ML closed -300 · CLV -40¢ won
“So a little bet here, Niners to cover. Hopefully seven and a half you can get it, seven if you need it. I would not play it underneath the seven. Niners to cover plus Seattle to win. So some books you can just do Seattle to win by one to seven points. I think Seattle gets the win, but the Niners keep it close. And look, you mentioned this. If you want to throw the under in there, that makes a lot of sense as well. Mine doesn't have the under in there. It's basically a two to one bet. So that would be the side here.”
Parlay busts: 49ers +7.5 +7.5 — lost; Seahawks ML — won.
“We'll take the Jake Tonjes unlikely playoff receptions escalator. [33:34] Five catches, plus 135, six at plus 257.”
SEA 41, SF 6 — Jake Tonges recorded 5 receptions, satisfying the 5-or-more receptions threshold. (Jake Tonges: 5 receptions)
“to one. That's Jake Tonjes. Then last one on the other side, Kenneth Walker. The Niners allow the second most running back receptions. Behind only Seattle, they've allowed 19 running backs this year to have at least three catches, more than one per game, nine of them with four more catches. Kenneth Walker, I don't really think is that good of a receiver, but last eight games, he's averaging two and a half catches for 25 yards. Now, it's not much, but before that, he was averaging 1.2 catches for nine yards. It's a huge jump. That's 20 catches in those eight games. That's as many as Charbonnet has the entire season. And he's had three catches or more six times, including both Niners games. So not quite as aggressive here because I don't really think this is a huge matchup angle or even a Kenneth Walker strength. But three catches is plus 190. He's hit that both Niners matchups. I have to like that one. Just a little nibble on four catches at plus 525.”
SEA 41, SF 6 — Kenneth Walker III recorded 3 receptions, satisfying the 3-or-more receptions threshold. (Kenneth Walker III: 3 receptions)
“So I'm going to nibble the Houston money line, plus 150.”
NE 28, HOU 16 — Houston Texans lost; moneyline busts.
- Drake Maye under 1.5 passing TDs lost
- Drake Maye over 25 rushing yards lost
“Under one and a half passing touchdowns. So you get one or zero. That's [48:22] it, plus 25 rushing yards, plus 118.”
Both Drake Maye same-game-parlay legs lost: he threw 3 passing touchdowns, failing under 1.5, and did not clear the 25-yard rushing threshold.
“The numbers suggest it might be Ramondre Stevenson, even though it doesn't make a lot of sense. Last six games, three catches for 38 yards a game for him. He's had three more catches and four of The sixth, he's at at least 22 yards receiving in all of them. And a lot of it's been yak. 61% of his season yak has come just in these six games. And if you're wondering about Trevion, he's only down about eight receiving snaps a game the last five weeks. Remondre's at 22. So I think Stevenson has kind of quietly become the receiving back here. And the line for him is just 19 and a half receiving yards. Again, he's gone over that six straight games. So we'll start with there.”
NE 28, HOU 16 — Rhamondre Stevenson: 11 receiving_yards vs over 19.5; busts. (Rhamondre Stevenson: 11 receiving_yards)
“I'm going to play the Rams minus three and a half. I don't mind four if”
CHI 17, LAR 20 — Los Angeles Rams margin +3 vs line -3.5; busts.
“I think I prefer full game. I'm going to play the Rams minus three and a half. I don't mind four if you need it. They've covered that line in all but one win until last week. So they're usually not winning super close games. If you like it, I like the team total here, 26 and a half. I think it kind of works as a proxy for a Rams money line. So it might even be better than the spread. Forget the key number there over 26 the Rams have hit that 12 of 18 games this season and they had a 26 in there so 13 of 18 counting that one and when they score 27 or more they 10 and 2 they only 3 and 3 without that so I think 27 in a game against a good offense with your defense faltering you're probably going to need to get to some total like that one Chicago's allowed 27 or more eight times already they've allowed that many all but one of their loss so it's like a proxy for a Bears loss and a proxy for a Rams win but you're getting a money line price at a discount here effectively. So I like the over team total 26 and a half. And then I'll do a little escalator on there because I'm going to avoid the spread. I don't”
CHI 17, LAR 20 — Rams scored 20 (CHI 17, LAR 20); team total over 26.5 busts.
“that one Chicago's allowed 27 or more eight times already they've allowed that many all but one of their loss so it's like a proxy for a Bears loss and a proxy for a Rams win but you're getting a money line price at a discount here effectively. So I like the over team total 26 and a half. And then I'll do a little escalator on there because I'm going to avoid the spread. I don't want to mess with the back door. I don't want to get Chicago pushing in late. We've seen that too many times. Over 33 and a half plus 330. The Rams have scored 33 or more 10 times, nine of their 13 wins. So I like that number as a possibility. And then the Rams have scored 41 three times.”
CHI 17, LAR 20 — Rams scored 20 (CHI 17, LAR 20); team total under 33.5, busts.
- Rams ML closed -198 · CLV -2¢
- Seahawks ML closed -300 · CLV -40¢
- NFC to win Super Bowl
“So I like the Rams, like their team total. And then one last one here, I gave out on the hot read, Rams-Seahawks-Moneyline-Parlay. Well, at some books, you can add to that Rams-Seahawks-Moneyline-Parlay plus NFC wins the Super Bowl. If I get Rams-Seahawks-Moneyline-Parlay, I get my two top teams in my par ratings by far more than a few go better than anyone else on a neutral. I'm guaranteed a team I like in the Super Bowl and I get that at plus 213 instead of just plus 100 on the hot read I'm gonna like the NFC team in the Super Bowl so I'm gonna like to add that one in as well so a little bonus future there for you I like that uh that is a that is a very Brandon”
LAR 20-17 CHI (OT); SEA 41-6 SF; SEA 29-13 NE — Rams beat Bears 20-17 (OT), Seahawks beat 49ers 41-6, and the NFC champion Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 — all three legs hit.
“And you have a play. What do you like? Yeah, so again, DraftKings and others will post these kind of hypothetical lines for games we might get. So I realize I've actually backed all four road teams this weekend. What could possibly go wrong? But in the event that I'm wrong and we get both home teams advancing the NFC, I'm going to take Seattle, minus 5.5, home against the Bears. And look, public opinion of the Bears would certainly rise.”
Bears lost divisional round to Rams (CHI 17, LAR 20); Bears-at-Seahawks NFC Championship never occurred, so the look-ahead bet is refunded (no action).
“Give me the under 46 and a half at DraftKings, Seahawks and Niners.”
Seahawks routed 49ers 41-6 in the Divisional round (47 combined points), over the 46.5 total. (Final: SEA 41, SF 6)
- Seahawks ML
- Rams ML closed -198 · CLV -2¢
“And while we're here, quick second high read. Keep it nice and easy. Seahawks, Rams, Moneyline, Parlay. It's even odds right now. Let's call our shot. I think that is our NFC Championship game. Let's start with the Seahawks. We're just there. This is a bet on that Mike McDonald defense. Niners injured everywhere. All those offensive injuries. And Seattle is rested now. Because they got that 13-3 road win, this is what they get, is the home game with rest against this tired Niners team. I don't really want to trust Darnold in that offense yet, but San Fran's defense should be just enough for them to get there. Seattle was 0-3 in the red zone that game, so probably it shouldn't have been as close as it did turn out. Seattle when they have fans at home games 10 straight playoff wins third longest streak in NFL history I think they get an 11th one here and host the NFC Championship game against the Rams This is an easy sell spot for the Bears Obvious letdown spot emotionally after. They won their Super Bowl, right? We saw the comeback, the crazy, crazy game against the Packers. But don't forget, though, the first three quarters count there, too. Chicago's been totally outplayed through three quarters twice now in the last month against the Packers. really against some of the Packers backups before that big finish. Bears lose their starting left tackle. They lose their best linebacker in T.J. Edwards. Their corners are all banged up. This is really a good get right spot, I think, for the Rams, especially that Rams offense. I think they can name their number against the Bears defense. Bears D by far the weak link on the field, similar to Santa Fran in the other game. Stafford's finger supposedly looks fine. I'm going count on the Rams to score. Do the Bears score? They might. Ben Johnson might find some answers. Rams defense has been a little bit leaky, but you don't want to win a shootout against the Rams, not with that Bears defense. Rams didn't get the one seed, but they did kind of get lucky here. They get Carolina and now this banged up Bears team rather than a road game in Philly or something like that. This is my Super Bowl pick, my favorite. I think they're the sure win of these teams, even though they're a bit shorter on the line. So I'll probably be back on Rams and Alts this week so i'm just gonna ride the two favorites i think the public will as well especially with all the injury news so i think these lines do rise a little bit maybe towards six ish for the rams maybe to seven or past for seattle we're getting plus 100 on the money line parlay i think by game day next weekend maybe more like minus 125 130 so let grab a rams seattle money line parlay at even odds plus 100 and call it a wrap Let get to the NFC Championship All righty then Thank you Brandon As always we appreciate it and we miss you”
Both legs hit: Seahawks beat 49ers 41-6 and Rams beat Bears 20-17 in overtime in the Divisional round. (SEA 41-6 SF; LAR 20-17 (OT) CHI)
“give me the under 46 and a half at draft kings seahawks and niners”
49ers routed Seahawks 41-6, combined 47 points, over 46.5. (49ers 41, Seahawks 6 (total 47))
- Seahawks ML
- Rams ML
“This is my Super Bowl pick, my favorite. I think they the surer win of these teams even though they a bit shorter on the line So I probably be back on Rams and Alts this week So I just going to ride the two favorites here I think the public will as well especially with all the injury news So I think these lines do rise a little bit, maybe towards six-ish for the Rams, maybe to seven or past for Seattle. We're getting plus 100 on the Moneyline Parlay. I think by game day next weekend, maybe more like minus 125, 130. So let's grab a Rams-Seattle Moneyline parlay at even odds, plus 100, and call it a wrap.”
Both legs hit: Seahawks beat 49ers 41-6 and Rams beat Bears 20-17 in overtime. (SEA 41-6 SF; LAR 20-17 (OT) CHI)
“So took Rams minus 10 on the hot read, 10.5 if you need it now, [30:08] playing the alts.”
CAR 31, LAR 34 — Los Angeles Rams margin +3 vs line -10; busts.
“Rams minus 12.5 plus 118.”
CAR 31, LAR 34 — Los Angeles Rams margin +3 vs line -12.5; busts.
“Rams minus 23.5 plus 420.”
CAR 31, LAR 34 — Los Angeles Rams margin +3 vs line -23.5; busts.
“So all of that led me on Sunday night to the hot read Bears minus 104 money line.”
Bears beat Packers 31-27 in the Wild Card round; Bears ML cashes. (Final: CHI 31, GB 27)
“best bet Under 22 and a half I think this game starts out quiet and gets interesting late”
Packers led 21-3 at halftime of the Bears game (24 combined points), over the 22.5 first-half total. (1H: GB 21, CHI 3)
“First quarter under nine and a half points”
Packers led Bears 7-3 after the first quarter (10 combined points), over the 9.5 first-quarter total. (Q1: GB 7, CHI 3)
“I think Liam Cohen and this coaching staff, Campanelli on defense too, I think they have elevated and given them a lot of advantages in the game that I think they're going to have here. So I going to play just those advantages My best bet here is Jacksonville but just the first half Jacksonville first half plus a half point It minus 115 I prefer that to the money line. Money line pushes a tie. We win the bet with a tie here, so try to get that if you can.”
JAX 7, BUF 10 (halftime) — Jacksonville Jaguars 1st-half margin -3 vs line +0.5; busts.
“Jacksonville to win the AFC 6-1. That is a bet I'm putting in.”
The Patriots won the AFC, not the Jaguars (who lost in the Wild Card round to the Bills).
“Rams over Jaguars in the Super Bowl 40-1. That's the bet on this [1:04:16] game.”
The Super Bowl LX matchup was Seahawks vs. Patriots, not Rams vs. Jaguars.
“Josh Allen is plus 950 to lead the game in rushing yards. I always look at Allen [1:04:33] rushing yards in playoff matchups.”
Josh Allen rushed for 33 yards, leading Buffalo, but Jaguars' Travis Etienne Jr. led the entire game with 67 rushing yards. (Allen 33 yds (11 car); Etienne 67 yds (10 car))
“on these matchups unless something takes you away from it and then these are kind of goofy trends but they go together home team off a home loss that's the eagles since 2016 10-0-1 to the under we had that one earlier road team off a home loss that's the niners same time frame 10-0 to the under by nine points a game. I don't trust the Niners to score here in the cold. Philadelphia never scores. I never trust them to score. So I just think this is a shut it down game. 45 and a half, 45, anything above 44. I still feel good about all those. I'm going to do that as my best bet. The under, whatever best number you get.”
PHI 19, SF 23 — Combined 42; under 45.5 covers.
- Under 45.5 closed +44.5 · CLV +1 won
- Eagles ML closed -265 · CLV -10¢ lost
“Under 45 and a half plus the [1:14:03] Eagles money line. Because we can tell I lean Eagles here. I don't want the four and a half, [1:14:07] but give me the money line with the under, plus 155.”
Parlay busts: Under 45.5 +45.5 — won; Eagles ML — lost.
“It's time for the mine shaft, the opposite of an escalator. Here's the totals in those eight Eagles games since the bye week. This is the whole game total, 47, 45, 39, 31, 31, 25, 25, and 17. These games are dreadful. Sunday afternoon is going to be a dreadful watch. five of the eight games at 31 or less three of them at 25 or less so mine shaft season under 33 and a half plus 460 under 27 and a half plus 870 we saw a dreadful matchup the last time these teams played in the playoffs so look san fran literally ran out of quarterbacks let's hope we don't have”
PHI 19, SF 23 — Combined 42; under 33.5 busts.
“under 27 and a half plus 870”
PHI 19, SF 23 — Combined 42; under 27.5 busts.
- Under 46.5 closed +45.5 · CLV +1 won
- Chargers +3.5 closed +3.5 · CLV 0 lost
“Give me the under 46.5. [1:21:25] Give me the Chargers plus 3.5 together, plus 242.”
Parlay busts: Under 46.5 +46.5 — won; Chargers +3.5 +3.5 — lost.
“You can check the article. The whole thing here is look at the player odds versus the Super Bowl odds and what percentage of a Super Bowl win do they have to win MVP in to get it? That's the angle. And my first bet coming out swinging was Bo Nix plus 1,300 because he only has to win in about half of Denver Super Bowl victories and they're the one seed.”
Kenneth Walker III won Super Bowl LX MVP; Bo Nix's Broncos did not reach the Super Bowl.
“Do you want to very quickly give out your Super Bowl MVP bets? Because you found those today. There's an article up on ActionNetwork.com and the Action Network app. You can read all Brandon's analysis on it, but do you want to fly through that real quickly? Yeah, no cases here. I'm just going to give you the four bets. You can check the article. The whole thing here is look at the player odds versus the Super Bowl odds and what percentage of a Super Bowl win do they have to win MVP in to get it? That's the angle. And my first bet coming out swinging was Bo Nix plus 1,300 because he only has to win in about half of Denver Super Bowl victories and they're the one seed. The two I like best, Jackson Smith and Jigba, 28-1, Puka Nakua, 35-1. Both would have to win around 15% of the time in their team Super Bowl chances. I want both of those.”
Kenneth Walker III won Super Bowl LX MVP, not Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
“Do you want to very quickly give out your Super Bowl MVP bets? Because you found those today. There's an article up on ActionNetwork.com and the Action Network app. You can read all Brandon's analysis on it, but do you want to fly through that real quickly? Yeah, no cases here. I'm just going to give you the four bets. You can check the article. The whole thing here is look at the player odds versus the Super Bowl odds and what percentage of a Super Bowl win do they have to win MVP in to get it? That's the angle. And my first bet coming out swinging was Bo Nix plus 1,300 because he only has to win in about half of Denver Super Bowl victories and they're the one seed. The two I like best, Jackson Smith and Jigba, 28-1, Puka Nakua, 35-1. Both would have to win around 15% of the time in their team Super Bowl chances. I want both of those.”
Kenneth Walker III won Super Bowl LX MVP; Puka Nacua's Rams did not reach the Super Bowl.
“Do you want to very quickly give out your Super Bowl MVP bets? Because you found those today. There's an article up on ActionNetwork.com and the Action Network app. You can read all Brandon's analysis on it, but do you want to fly through that real quickly? Yeah, no cases here. I'm just going to give you the four bets. You can check the article. The whole thing here is look at the player odds versus the Super Bowl odds and what percentage of a Super Bowl win do they have to win MVP in to get it? That's the angle. And my first bet coming out swinging was Bo Nix plus 1,300 because he only has to win in about half of Denver Super Bowl victories and they're the one seed. The two I like best, Jackson Smith and Jigba, 28-1, Puka Nakua, 35-1. Both would have to win around 15% of the time in their team Super Bowl chances. I want both of those. That's my big NFC pick. And then Saquon Barkley, 66-1, a matchup thing as well.”
Kenneth Walker III won Super Bowl LX MVP; Saquon Barkley's Eagles lost in the Wild Card round.
“Do you want to very quickly give out your Super Bowl MVP bets? Because you found those today. There's an article up on ActionNetwork.com and the Action Network app. You can read all Brandon's analysis on it, but do you want to fly through that real quickly? Yeah, no cases here. I'm just going to give you the four bets. You can check the article. The whole thing here is look at the player odds versus the Super Bowl odds and what percentage of a Super Bowl win do they have to win MVP in to get it? That's the angle. And my first bet coming out swinging was Bo Nix plus 1,300 because he only has to win in about half of Denver Super Bowl victories and they're the one seed. The two I like best, Jackson Smith and Jigba, 28-1, Puka Nakua, 35-1. Both would have to win around 15% of the time in their team Super Bowl chances. I want both of those. That's my big NFC pick. And then Saquon Barkley, 66-1, a matchup thing as well. James Cook 100 to 1 less so matchup for him”
Kenneth Walker III won Super Bowl LX MVP; James Cook's Bills did not reach the Super Bowl.
“Seahawks minus three and a half against the Packers I thought that was a misprint”
Green Bay was eliminated by Chicago in the Wild Card round, so the projected Seahawks-vs-Packers Divisional Round game never happened.
“I'm taking the Rams. Minus 10. I understand how historic this number is, but give me the 10 points at DraftKings and the Rams.”
CAR 31, LAR 34 — Los Angeles Rams margin +3 vs line -10; busts.
“And I'm just going to go ahead and take the Bears money line. [1:05:19] I see a minus 104 right now.”
CHI 31, GB 27 — Chicago Bears won; moneyline covers.
“Give me a Mike Evans. Give me a touchdown. It's plus 170 to Mike Evans.”
Mike Evans had 2 receptions for 34 yards and no TD in the Buccaneers' 16-14 win over the Panthers.
“if you give a mouse a cookie so play it out so i kind of like tampa here i like the saints in atlanta we're going to get to that one in a little bit so if tampa does win and the saints win now the bucks are in the playoffs okay now what the bucks are in the playoffs as the four seed a home game but they're playing seattle or the rams and i think they get demolished in that game they are the way worst team in that matchup. It's the most lopsided matchup in the playoffs. So here's the angle on the game as a future. It's Bucs to lose in the wildcard round. At DraftKings, that's under stage of elimination, plus 500. It's 5-1 odds.”
Buccaneers missed the playoffs entirely, so they were not eliminated in the Wild Card round.
“It's Christian McCaffrey. I'm going to play Christian McCaffrey receptions escalator. Seattle allows the lowest fancy points in the league to running backs, but the most running back receptions. We've played this a couple of times with them. They've allowed at least four receptions to running back six straight games, six or more in four of those six, eight or more twice. Earlier before that stretch, they allowed seven, seven, seven, and 11 running back receptions. so on the season at least six catches half their games at least seven almost half the games McCaffrey we know he's going to run the ball we know he's going to catch he's going to do everything in this game for them six catches or more 10 games out of 16 this season though admittedly not great lately mostly early in the season and a lot more with Mac Jones but I think this is a good matchup for him take the escalator five and a half receptions or more is plus 125 I I like that part best.”
Christian McCaffrey caught 6 passes for 34 yards in the 49ers' 13-3 loss to Seattle (Jan 3, 2026) — clears the 5.5 receptions line. (McCaffrey: 6 receptions)
“I still think McCaffrey is live for Offensive Player of the Year. This was Jonathan Taylor all season. It's not anymore. Now JSN's the favorite. Minus 300. But he's really fallen off. Last five games under 80 yards a game. Only 100-yard game. He was on a 2,000-yard pace. This five games, he's down to about a 1,350-yard pace. So that about a third less on production on the season And here he is head to head If the Niners win and if McCaffrey outplays JSN here a head to head spot to take away the offensive player of the year And I think McCaffrey is a really strong bet for that. Plus 380.”
Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba won 2025 AP Offensive Player of the Year, not Christian McCaffrey.
“I think the play here is Niners, NFC and Super Bowl tickets, plus 440 to win the NFC, plus 950 to win the Super Bowl.”
Seahawks won the NFC; the 49ers were eliminated 41-6 by Seattle in the Divisional round.
“plus 440 to win the NFC, plus 950 to win the Super Bowl.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the Patriots; the 49ers lost in the Divisional round.
“I'm just going to stick with Pittsburgh three and a half and play the trends.”
Steelers beat the Ravens 26-24 (Jan 4, 2026), winning outright — covers +3.5. (Steelers 26, Ravens 24)
“I don't think this is what happens, but I like the line. Whoever wins Baltimore-Pittsburgh has a real chance to upset Houston, presumably in the next round. It's probably like a total of 37, low-scoring, ugly close. You get the lucky kick late and get over the line. Give me Baltimore and Pittsburgh. I'll play both of them to lose, not in the wildcard round, in the divisional round. Baltimore plus 460, Pittsburgh plus 750.”
Baltimore missed the playoffs and never reached the Divisional Round, so the elimination-in-Divisional-Round future lost.
“I don't think this is what happens, but I like the line. Whoever wins Baltimore-Pittsburgh has a real chance to upset Houston, presumably in the next round. It's probably like a total of 37, low-scoring, ugly close. You get the lucky kick late and get over the line. Give me Baltimore and Pittsburgh. I'll play both of them to lose, not in the wildcard round, in the divisional round. Baltimore plus 460, Pittsburgh plus 750.”
Pittsburgh lost in the Wild Card Round and never reached the Divisional Round, so the elimination-in-Divisional-Round future lost.
“give me the saints plus three and a half plus 160 money line”
Saints lost to the Falcons 19-17 (Jan 4, 2026) but by only 2 points — covers +3.5. (Falcons 19, Saints 17)
“give me the saints plus three and a half plus 160 money line”
Falcons beat the Saints 19-17 (Jan 4, 2026) — Saints moneyline loses. (Falcons 19, Saints 17)
“I'll take Detroit with the three [57:08] and the plus 140 money line.”
Lions beat the Bears 19-16 (Jan 4, 2026), winning outright by 3 — easily covers +3. (Lions 19, Bears 16)
“yeah we kind of teased this on the Sunday show I just really like the lines here I'll take the plus three I'll take the money line plus 140 to me it's not really number this is about the right number but this is about matchup and motivation Detroit hung 52 on this defense all the way back”
Lions beat the Bears 19-16 (Jan 4, 2026) — Lions moneyline wins. (Lions 19, Bears 16)
“Give me the commanders four and a half.”
Commanders upset the Eagles 24-17 (Jan 4, 2026), winning outright — easily covers +4.5. (Commanders 24, Eagles 17)
“huge special teams edge here for them. This is just fully a line play. I'm going to play it aggressively because I think the line is very bad. And I think the Eagles don't care if they win this game other than maybe trying to make... McKea look good for trades in the future. Give me the Commanders plus four and a half. Give me them at plus 180 on the money line.”
Commanders beat the Eagles 24-17 (Jan 4, 2026) — Commanders moneyline wins. (Commanders 24, Eagles 17)
“So to me, Dallas minus three and a half is literally a criminal line if this is a full strength game. So I'm playing the Cowboys.”
Giants beat the Cowboys 34-17 (Jan 4, 2026); Cowboys lost outright, missing -3.5. (Giants 34, Cowboys 17)
“Over 33 and a half points for the Cowboys, plus 330.”
Cowboys scored only 17 points in their 34-17 loss to the Giants (Jan 4, 2026) — under the 33.5 team total. (Cowboys 17 points)
“So give me a Bengals team total escalator. Over 26 and a half, [1:07:47] that's the line. It's too low.”
Bengals scored only 18 points in their 20-18 loss to the Browns (Jan 4, 2026) — under the 26.5 team total. (Bengals 18 points)
“So over one and a half touchdowns for Drake May. [1:11:19] It's minus 160,”
Drake Maye threw only 1 touchdown pass (15 yards to Stevenson), under the 1.5 line, in the Patriots' 38-10 win.
- Patriots
- Bengals
- Cowboys
- Commanders
- Lions
- Saints
“Patriots, Bengals, Cowboys favored, Commanders, Lions, Saints as underdogs. There is your pick six for the week. Three dogs, three favorites. It's about 36 to one.”
Six-team Week 18 pick-six: Patriots (38-10 win) and underdogs Commanders/Lions (both won outright) covered, but favorites Bengals (lost 18-20 to Browns) and Cowboys (lost 17-34 to Giants) lost outright, and underdog Saints lost 17-19 to Atlanta — parlay fails on multiple legs. (Patriots W, Bengals L, Cowboys L, Commanders W, Lions W, Saints L)
“I want touchdowns from these running backs and I want both of them. Kyron Williams, minus one 10 touchdown in seven of the last eight. You're giving me that at even money. Yes, please.”
Kyren Williams did not score in the Rams' 27-24 loss at Atlanta on Monday Night Football.
“I want touchdowns from these running backs and I want both of them. Kyron Williams, minus one 10 touchdown in seven of the last eight. You're giving me that at even money. Yes, please. And Blake Corum has scored a touchdown in four straight. He's plus 155 at DraftKings.”
Blake Corum left with an ankle injury in the 2nd quarter and did not score in the Falcons' 27-24 MNF win over the Rams.
- Broncos ML closed -1250 · CLV 0¢ won
- Patriots ML closed -906 · CLV +78¢ won
- Jaguars ML closed -850 · CLV 0¢ won
- Texans ML closed -560 · CLV -40¢ won
“I'm gonna give you a four team money line parlay at plus 108 it's the AFC favorites parlay We talked about those teams that need to win and get into the playoffs. Not ATS, just the money line. Denver to get the one seed. New England, two seed. Jacksonville, three. Houston, five. All four of those money line parlay.”
Parlay cashes: Broncos ML — won; Patriots ML — won; Jaguars ML — won; Texans ML — won.
“Second pick and third pick come from the same game You already know Steelers Ravens and you know how we doing it Play the hits unders and underdogs in Tomlin versus Harbaugh So under there still a 43 and a half out there 42 and a half at most books. This only goes that direction. Last three matchups 42 or above, but last 11 matchups, 34.5 points a game in this matchup. These are low scoring, grimy, ugly games. It's Sunday night. It's going to be cold. It's going to be wintry. Both defenses are trending up. Both offenses are unreliable, especially Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's defense, importantly, top five by DV at home, bottom five on the road. Huge delta. It matters a lot to me that this is in Pittsburgh. Give me the under. I think we get a blustery, classic Steelers-Ravens sort of outcome.”
PIT 26, BAL 24 — Combined 50; under 43.5 busts.
“And then Steelers, again, there's one plus three and a half still in the market. Hopefully you can grab it. Otherwise, I don't mind the three. You want to get the key number, I think it finishes below the key. In this rivalry, you always take the underdog, especially if it's three or above. Ten of the last 12 meetings, one score games. Pittsburgh actually won nine of the 12. And this is a classic, classic rah-rah underdog Mike Tomlin spot. You love all those trends. 68% week five and forward as underdog. trend better as a home team check in the division check after a loss check underdog of seven or less check all the things i want in a tomlin underdog spot this is it home underdog under seven or equal to seven 19 six and one 76 percent ats 74 as a division underdog and then maybe my favorite trend as a batter you just take the underdog in tomlin versus harbaugh 25 7 and 3 ats 78 including if the underdog is three or more points as an underdog nearly invincible 23 and 3 ats for the dog 87 hit rate that is an unreal trend for over a decade of matchups and again this might be our last shot to bet this trend if things go sideways for one of these coaches here even taking the coaches out of it if north underdogs week 14 forward 60 that's just been a good spot to play and team agnostic teams like baltimore coming off a win by 17 or more as underdogs of seven or less 36 ats in the next game since 2010 so a sell high spot on baltimore i know they just looked good They haven looked good for three months before that I know how bad Pittsburgh looked That's when you have to bet Pittsburgh. I know Lamar is rested. I don't have an answer to that, but he hasn't been healthy for the entire season anyways. Pittsburgh plus three and a half while it's there. Three if it's all you can get. This should be below the key. I basically make this a coin flip. This is all the makings to me of a low-scoring, ugly, kick at the buzzer into the playoffs that's what we're getting here i have to play all the trends at home pittsburgh underdog tomlin spot rah rah give me the steelers give me the under it's the right way to end hot read for the year we live by the trends we die by the trends yeah and i guess”
PIT 26, BAL 24 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +2 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I like the Colts and I'm going to bet them to win plus 245 on the money line or best you can find.”
IND 27, SF 48 — Indianapolis Colts lost; moneyline busts.
“Give me the Colts. [1:14:04] Colts plus seven against the Jaguars.”
IND 17, JAX 23 — Indianapolis Colts margin -6 vs line +7; covers.
“I'm going to go over 51 and a half Cardinals and Bengals.”
CIN 37, ARI 14 — Combined 51; over 51.5 busts.
“i do like on saturday hot read bonus texans money line plus 100 at the chargers”
LAC 16, HOU 20 — Houston Texans won; moneyline covers.
- Saints ML closed -298 · CLV +13¢ won
- Detroit Lions ML closed -410 · CLV +65¢ lost
- Titans ML closed +154 · CLV -9¢ won
- Dolphins ML closed +170 · CLV +15¢ lost
- Patriots ML closed +160 · CLV -10¢ won
- Colts ML closed +180 · CLV +30¢ lost
“Brandon, your pick six that you put out every week. This week probably my favorite because you got some dogs in there and I a dog guy So what are you doing with your pick six this week Yeah So look normally we throw in like five favorites and maybe one underdog or try to get a few shorter favorites And we get ourselves to like a five to one, maybe an eight to one. We've hit a couple in that range this week, a little something different. We're hoping for a Christmas miracle this week. We're going with four, four underdogs this week, plus two favorites, one of whom is the Saints. So we got Saints favorites with the Lions. Well, that's our two favorites. and then titans dolphins patriots and colts that's what we're doing this week it is last i checked at draft kings 114 to one odds”
Pick Six lost: Detroit, Miami, and Indianapolis lost outright.
“So give me a Lions minus six and a half.”
DET 24, PIT 29 — Detroit Lions margin -5 vs line -6.5; busts.
“titans money line plus 145 home against the chiefs man life comes at you fast”
TEN 26, KC 9 — Tennessee Titans won; moneyline covers.
“And my extra point is this. Browns, worst record in the league. It's 22 to one right now.”
The Browns did not finish with the NFL's worst record; the Raiders, Jets, Cardinals, and Titans tied at 3-14 atop the draft order with Vegas taking the No. 1 pick.
“And the thing that cashed your tickets last week, I couldn't imagine. What are you doing with Buffalo and Cleveland? Yeah, same thing we did last week. Let's run it back. Skip the first half, play the second half. Bill's second half, minus four at the Browns. I honestly thought like, oh, man, the Bills are what, ten and a half now on the full game. I thought surely they'll put this like six or seven and I'll have taken our bet away but no they've loaded that up in the first half and ignored all the trends that we are betting on here so yeah let's run it back full game line I think a little too high I'd probably make this closer to a touchdown so I don't want the whole game 20 mile an hour looking wins below freezing total at like”
CLE 20, BUF 23 (full game); 2nd half: BUF 3, CLE 10 — Buffalo Bills 2nd-half score BUF 3, CLE 10 (margin -7) vs line -4; busts.
“vikings second half minus one and a half it's plus 105 at the giants”
NYG 13, MIN 16 (full game); 2nd half: MIN 3, NYG 3 — Minnesota Vikings 2nd-half score MIN 3, NYG 3 (margin 0) vs line -1.5; busts.
“We're talking Chargers and Cowboys. To me, this one is a little bit difficult. I was trying to handicap this one earlier in the week, look for some notes, some ideas, some stats. This one is really tight, and there's some key angles here, but how are you taking Chargers-Cowboys? Yeah, we could put all these games together because I'm taking one more second-half angle here. I'm going to take the under in just the second half. It's under 24-and-a-half, so let me get there. So Dallas obviously out of the playoffs now. We just mentioned with the Vikings game. Will they even show up? Like there's a chance Dallas just mails this one in, and that's how we hit the under, and that's a pretty easy decision if that's the case.”
DAL 17, LAC 34 (full game); 2nd half: LAC 13, DAL 0 — 2nd-half combined 13 (LAC 13, DAL 0) vs 24.5; under covers.
“so herbert over 13 and a half rushing yards that's it he could [36:24] do that with one good scramble”
DAL 17, LAC 34 — Justin Herbert: 42 rushing_yards vs over 13.5; covers. (Justin Herbert: 42 rushing_yards)
“So give me Jacksonville first quarter. I'm going to take the money line plus 110.”
DEN 20, JAX 34 — Jacksonville Jaguars won; moneyline covers.
“10 games for Evans against Carolina seven catches 107 yards a game on 11 targets 11 touchdowns in those 10 games he's at at least one score seven of the 10 multiple scores in three of those he's at at least 77 yards all but one of those 10 games in Carolina from week five forward so last 10 games for them. They've allowed the opposing top wide receiver touchdown threat is what I'm calling it. Eight touchdowns in those 10 games. So seven dudes, one of them got two. Those guys are averaging 93 yards a game, the ones that score a touchdown as well. So how are we betting it? Mike Evans, touchdown. That's what you bet for Mike Evans. Plus 185, please. That's a terrible number. evans here's what i love i'm going to give you some yards as well but we don't even need to have”
Mike Evans scored a 1-yard receiving TD from Baker Mayfield in the first quarter of the Bucs' 23-20 loss at Carolina.
“he does is catch touchdowns he's going to be a hall of famer for all the touchdowns two touchdowns 13 to 1. Got to play that as well because he keeps doing that in his career. A little bit on the yards, but I'll play more on the touchdowns. 55 and a half. Give me the over on that. He's over in eight of his last 10 healthy games. And those touchdown receivers against Carolina mentioned 93 yards per game Evans in those last 10 games 89 yards or better in 8 out of 10 So a little escalator in 90 yards plus 320 Remember he hit that one last week So no touchdown last week. My man's thirsty. He needs some touchdowns. The Panthers are the perfect antidote. So Mike Evans, give me a touchdown or two. Yeah, the two underlying factors why I also”
CAR 23, TB 20 — Mike Evans: 31 receiving_yards vs over 55.5; busts. (Mike Evans: 31 receiving_yards)
“First one, A-chan. Give me some A-chan stock. We tried it on Monday night. We tried for the big rushing yards. He got a lot of yards, just not all rushing. 60 yards rushing, but 67 receiving yards. on six catches. And that's been the A-Chan thing this year. He's a very dual threat. Eight games now with five catches or more. But we know the Bengals are awful. Awful, awful, awful defensively. Number one, most running back fantasy points, including number one, most receiving points to fantasy running backs. I think you use A-Chan to protect your new quarterback. You either run with him or you dump it off to him. Just get him the ball, let him do his thing. So we're going combined yards here. Most books you can bet rushing plus receiving yards. That's what I want. Last four games for A-Chan, here's his combined yards. 127 on Monday night. Before that, 134, 165, and 225. Average 163 combined yards per game. He is a workhorse. He's the guy you want in fantasy right now. He's put up huge numbers. We need just 120. 120 combined yards is even odds at DraftKings.”
De'Von Achane had 81 rushing + 9 receiving = 90 combined yards, under the 120-yard line, in the Dolphins' 45-21 loss to Cincinnati.
“That's what Bengals opposing tight end, quote unquote, has put up, like an all-time tight end season. 15 touchdowns just to tight ends. We expect scoring. We like the shootout. Got to play a Waller touchdown I don really care who throwing to him It not like two was that good anyway It plus 325 for a Waller touchdown and 25 to 1 for 2 i gotta play both of those so h and and waller for the dolphins i got one on the bangles but what do you think about my dolphins i like them both so i'll start with h and first and i'll you know the good and the bad”
Darren Waller had 3 catches for 40 yards with no touchdown in the Dolphins' 45-21 loss to Cincinnati.
“Yeah, Cincinnati. So look, if I think Miami can actually hang around in this game or even have a lead, then now you've got Cincinnati passing, which they're going to be doing anyways, let's be honest. And I think I like Chase Brown to catch a lot of passes for them. We've played this a couple different times. He's had six or more receptions in half of the last 10 games. Now he's had seven or more catches, four of the last 10. Miami is sixth most in receptions to running backs on the season. They've had five running backs catch, or sorry, four running backs catch five or more, including last week, Monday night, we just watched it. Kenny Gainwell catching all sorts of passes. He had seven. Steelers running backs had 10 catches just in that game. So if we do get negative game script here for the Bengals, that helps. We get lots of quick little dumps I just think Chase Brown has a good chance to catch some passes. So just a quick little receptions escalator. I'll split my bet between six and seven. So six catches plus 350. Seven is seven to one. Maybe a little touch on eight catches at 13 to one He did do that once already this season So nothing too fancy there just hopefully i prefer t higgins out for this one just because there more catches to go around that way but i'll like it all right either way chase brown receptions escalator yeah a lot of”
MIA 21, CIN 45 — Chase Brown had 4 receptions, missing the 6+ receptions milestone. (Chase Brown: 4 receptions)
“So I want Patriots first half, but I want Patriots full game too. So Patriots halftime full time is plus 240.”
BAL 24, NE 28 — The game was tied 10-10 at halftime, so the Patriots/Patriots halftime-fulltime wager lost despite New England's 28-24 full-time win. (Halftime: NE 10, BAL 10)
“So could we meet Marshall's sophomore Rasheen Ali on Sunday night? We don't have to pay much to find out. Two receptions. That's what I want. Just two. Two catches, which he's done twice in the last month, plus 155.”
BAL 24, NE 28 — Rasheen Ali caught 2 passes, satisfying the 2+ receptions milestone. (Rasheen Ali: 2 receptions)
“I'm going to fade the Ravens again next week [1:07:12] by taking Packers minus three in Green Bay against the Ravens.”
GB 24, BAL 41 — Green Bay Packers margin -17 vs line -3; busts.
“miami's just going to run at the blitz and run past them a-chan ended up leaving last game injured but his last three healthy games here's the line 22 for 174 21 for 120 22 for 134 that's big carries that is lead belkow back in big production he scored a touchdown nine of 13 games this season I going to take some A yardage here I think he going to have a big game Steelers run defense is missing those dudes up front They allowed 90 yards to a running back one for the last five games So I'm going to play the 90 plus 145. I'm starting right at the alt.”
PIT 28, MIA 15 — De'Von Achane had 60 rushing yards, missing the 90+ rushing-yards milestone. (De'Von Achane: 60 rushing_yards)
“Give me Greg Dulcich. [1:13:16] Over 17 and a half receiving yards.”
PIT 28, MIA 15 — Greg Dulcich: 46 receiving_yards vs over 17.5; covers. (Greg Dulcich: 46 receiving_yards)
“Eagles at the Commanders, under 45 and a half.”
WSH 18, PHI 29 — Combined 47; under 45.5 busts.
“falcons cardinals over 45 and a half”
ARI 19, ATL 26 — Combined 45; over 45.5 busts.
“Jets with the points plus 13 and a half we had a Panthers month here in the podcast four straight”
JAX 48, NYJ 20 — New York Jets margin -28 vs line +13.5; busts.
“they're very close. So Patriots first half, I'm going to choose past first half minus half a point. It's plus 110 at DraftKings. Now look, you can play the money line or at some books, you can play that line plus half a point without getting too far into the weeds. Plus half a point. If it's a tie game, I lose my bet. The one I'm choosing the money line. If it's a tie, I push, I get my money back. I'm always aggressive, Evan. You know that I'm going for it.”
NE 24, BUF 7 (1H) — New England Patriots led 24-7 at halftime; first-half moneyline cashes.
“Bill's second half minus one and a half points plus 120.”
Half: NE 24-BUF 7; Final: NE 31, BUF 35 (2H: BUF 28-NE 7) — Second-half score BUF 28, NE 7 (Bills 2H margin +21) vs line -1.5; covers.
“in this game, I'm just going to play the fourth quarter angle [22:48] over 11.5 points in the fourth quarter.”
Q4: GB 3, DEN 7 (Final DEN 34, GB 26) — Fourth-quarter combined 10 (GB 3, DEN 7); under 11.5, busts.
“total over for the Bears here. So give me the over 23 and a half.”
CHI 31, CLE 3 — Combined 34; over 23.5 covers.
“I'm gonna take the under 38 and a half here,”
PHI 31, LV 0 — Combined 31; under 38.5 covers.
“earlier preseason lines the preseason line on this game was lions favored by a point and a half we're a full touchdown move the other way and i know there's some lions injuries the lions have good man like this game should not have moved a full touchdown toward the rams i just think the line is too high here and i think this matters more to detroit so i'm gonna play the money line plus 225”
LAR 41, DET 34 — Detroit Lions lost; moneyline busts.
“Here's the two Puka props I'm going to play. 10 receptions is plus 220. 150 yards is plus 451 at DraftKings. So I'm going to kind of just go for some higher rungs on the old escalator and try some Puka stock that way.”
Puka Nacua had 9 receptions against Detroit, missing the 10+ receptions milestone. (9 rec, 181 yds)
“Here's the two Puka props I'm going to play. 10 receptions is plus 220. 150 yards is plus 451 at DraftKings. So I'm going to kind of just go for some higher rungs on the old escalator and try some Puka stock that way.”
Puka Nacua had 181 receiving yards against Detroit, reaching the 150+ receiving-yards milestone. (9 rec, 181 yds)
“Jacory Krosky-Meritt. He's out. It's Chris Rodriguez season. He's coming off his three highest snap counts of the season. He's had average of 12 carries, 57 yards, pretty modest, but he's getting over half the running back carries for Washington. He's become their running back one. If you look this season with the Giants, they've had four games where the opponent either didn't really have a clear running back one split carry situation or the guy got hurt. In the other nine games, those running backs are averaging 111 yards a game. They can't stop anybody. So Searod's had at least 10 carries, at least 41 yards rushing in this last three-game stretch while he's kind of become that guy. And this to me screams that dude that shows up on your opponent's fantasy roster and swings the game in the fantasy playoffs. Chris Rodriguez, the name you're like cursing forever. Get him on your team instead. I'm going to take the over 48 and a half rushing yards and then we'll play the escalator a little bit.”
Chris Rodriguez was inactive and did not play against the Giants, so the player prop was void. (DNP (inactive); wager void)
“juan yeah well we got to have a long shot tight end play each week i guess on the podcast so juan johnson come on down you're the next contestant on the prices right back to tight ends against carolina i'm not playing a side here this is yet another game i'm basically at a coin flip on Saints are a bad matchup for Carolina we picked them last time for the upset when the Panthers were favorites Carolina's not a good favorite we've talked about that a lot I like the tight end angle Carolina last in the league DVOA against tight ends bottom five defending the middle six most yards allowed Jawan Johnson's snaps are down actually since Taysom Hill got came back but his stats have not dropped at all despite less stats or less snaps because he's catching about 80% of his balls now. I think Tyler Shuck is delivering a better ball to Jawan Johnson than Spencer Rattler was. He's still been with Shuck, five and a half targets a game, four and a half catches, 49 yards. So I started at over three and a half receptions. He's done that four of the five Shuck games. Minus 130. Eh, I don't need a minus 130 on a no-name tight end like this. Give me the yards instead. 38 yards. That's a pretty easy line. He's hit that four in a row. So over 37 and a half.”
NO 20, CAR 17 — Juwan Johnson: 30 receiving_yards vs over 37.5; busts. (Juwan Johnson: 30 receiving_yards)
“What are you doing with Christian McCaffrey? We're doing a Christian McCaffrey touchdown. We're playing the Titans. This is not a hard case to make. This was a pretty easy pick six choice with the Niners. the poor titans they are now owen 10 this season against current top eight seeds so teams in the top half of the league owen 10 that's all but three of their games they're two and one of the other games but here they are playing the niners another one of those top teams so the niners are going to score we know that mccaffrey touchdown feels like a free space titans rush touchdowns top three in the league all but three running back ones i think the three that i played probably because it's not gotten well. So I'm skipping the CMC touchdown. It's minus 275. You can't get me there. He scored a touchdown in 9 of 13. But look a little closer. In three of the last five wins, he's had multiple touchdowns. So I'm going to go straight past one touchdown, right to two, plus 170.”
Christian McCaffrey scored two TDs (1-yard rush and 1-yard reception) in the 49ers' 37-24 Week 15 win over Tennessee.
“I just want to talk about Christian McCaffrey, Offensive Player of the Year. 25 to 1. This was my extra point in the Pick 6 article”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba won 2025 NFL Offensive Player of the Year, not Christian McCaffrey.
“ends none of those i'm going jamar chase ravens top 10 most fancy points allowed t higgins is out Jamar Chase to the moon. Last three games against the Ravens, seven for 110 earlier this season, but don't forget last year, 11 for 264 and 10 for 193, including five touchdowns in those three games, over 14 targets a game. The Ravens have allowed 114 yards or more to a receiver in four of the last seven games. So let's start with 100 yards for Chase. Easy, plus 135.”
CIN 0, BAL 24 — Ja'Marr Chase had 132 receiving yards, reaching the 100+ receiving-yards milestone. (Ja'Marr Chase: 132 receiving_yards)
“Over 25 and a half for George Pickens and then touch on the escalator”
George Pickens' longest reception was 33 yards (3 catches, 33 yards) in the SNF Week 15 game vs Minnesota, over 25.5.
“We're going to Denver and backing the Broncos. I think I backed the Broncos last week. I guess they're slowly winning me over. Denver minus two and a half against Jacksonville at DraftKings.”
DEN 20, JAX 34 — Denver Broncos margin -14 vs line -2.5; busts.
“I'm going to take the under 42 and a half.”
LAC 22, PHI 19 — Combined 41; under 42.5 covers.
“in our comments here Crazy Shorts 13 938 called this one give me a Dallas Goddard touchdown the Chargers are dead last DVOA against the tight end they've not faced a lot of tight ends but here's who they've faced Kelsey Bowers Lawler Warren and Bowers again those five dudes have five touchdowns in their games. So they've at least one touchdown in four of the five. Goddard, career-high seven touchdowns, at least one in almost half his games, plus 340 for Goddard touchdown.”
Dallas Goedert caught 8 passes for 78 yards but scored no TD in the Eagles' 22-19 OT loss at the Chargers.
“You can't do sports every night. Buccaneers, Falcons, under, and don't watch it. Nothing's happening. Get it before the key numbers, under 44 and a half.”
TB 28, ATL 29 — Combined 57; under 44.5 busts.
“Dolphins at Steelers. Under 44 and a half.”
PIT 28, MIA 15 — Combined 43; under 44.5 covers.
“this one i put out on twitter here's a bonus hot read a futurist hot read nicky manuari defensive rookie of the year best number you can find i still saw a 30 to 1 out there my dude from seattle today alone had a sack and interception and a block field goal have you seen the defensive rookie of your class that's it you win defensive rookie of the year from one game alone like there's no competition out here if this name sounds familiar it should we had him on our first extra point like six weeks ago 60 to one i'm betting again i already bet it again”
Nick Emmanwori lost 2025 Defensive Rookie of the Year to Browns LB Carson Schwesinger (40 first-place votes to 7).
- Seahawks ML closed -355 · CLV +10¢ won
- Buccaneers ML closed -425 · CLV -45¢ lost
- Broncos ML closed -520 · CLV +65¢ won
- Rams ML closed -485 · CLV -35¢ won
- Packers ML closed -305 · CLV -5¢ won
- Dolphins ML closed -148 · CLV 0¢ won
“six this is a money line parlay of six teams that ba puts on the site every week where are you going what are you doing this is your best yeah we're back we didn't have one for thanksgiving week so We're back this time all on the main slate on Sunday. Three early games, three late games. There are a lot of big favorites. There are a lot of like right around a touchdown favorites this week. I took five of them out of my six. So Seahawks, Bucs, Early, Broncos, Rams, Packers, all in the late slate. And then the one shorter favorite, Miami on the road against the Jets. We'll get back to that one shortly. So all those touchdown favorites mean this is a pretty good teaser week. Pick the two that you like best out of there, and it's a pretty good teaser spot. our six together coming around plus 410 on the parlay at DraftKings. And this is a tricky week.”
Parlay busts: Seahawks ML — won; Buccaneers ML — lost; Broncos ML — won; Rams ML — won; Packers ML — won; Dolphins ML — won.
“divisional matchups let's of course start with the Dolphins and the Jets what the heck you doing here yeah going Dolphins there's a reason I threw them into the pick six and this is the kind of thing I just talked about this is all about matchups so Dolphins minus two and a half on the road and look not a Jets hater we beat the we bet the Jets both the last two weeks we got our Jets upset last week”
NYJ 10, MIA 34 — Miami Dolphins margin +24 vs line -2.5; covers.
“Bucks, Saints, what are you doing there? Yeah, a couple of half plays here. I'm going to go first half Tampa on this one, minus five and a half on the first half line. So this kind of goes well with the last pick.”
1H: TB 10, NO 7 (Final: TB 20, NO 24) — Buccaneers led 10-7 at halftime; 1H margin +3 vs required -5.5; busts.
“Broncos second half at the Raiders, [17:11] minus three and a half.”
2nd half: DEN 10, LV 10 (full game final DEN 24, LV 17) — Denver 2nd-half margin +0 (Broncos 10, Raiders 10 in Q3+Q4) vs line -3.5; does not cover.
“a little Raiders team total mineshaft too, just in case they really can't score [20:22] under 10 and a half is three to one.”
LV 17, DEN 24 — Combined 41; under 10.5 busts.
- Broncos -1.5 (teased) won
- Buccaneers -2.5 (teased) lost
“And then the reason I put this right after the Bucs game, I mentioned teasers earlier. These two together is my favorite teaser this week as well. So let's do a six-point teaser. Broncos full game down to one and a half. Bucs full game down to two and a half. Why do you tease? Because we're getting past all those key numbers. We skipped the seven and the six. We skipped the three. It's a good teaser spot for both of those. I think this is my favorite teaser of the week.”
Parlay busts: Broncos -1.5 (teased) -1.5 — won; Buccaneers -2.5 (teased) -2.5 — lost.
“I'm going to take the Packers here. [26:50] Minus six and a half.”
GB 28, CHI 21 — Green Bay Packers margin +7 vs line -6.5; covers.
“and the escalator here and now you're thinking like well is it the division whoever you like in the division probably i've got bears tickets i've already bet the lines a couple times like i can't keep betting i've seen north anymore here's the better escalator pick if green bay gets the win here. They are right now, even without this game, they are the third most likely team to be a top two seed in the NFL. The Broncos and the Patriots and the AFC, but Green Bay, before the Rams, before Seattle, is the most likely NFC top two seed. If you're top two seed, if you win a lot of games and maybe even the one seed, you are in the mix for MVP. And Jordan Love, 19-1 MVP, is a big futures article I put out this week. We talked about Stafford. We talked about Drake May. Those teams are still vulnerable. Nobody's run away with this thing. And if Jordan Love keeps the Toyota-thon stats going, four touchdowns on Thanksgiving, he has a chance here to beat the one seed. And then next week they play Denver. You could beat the one seed back-to-back weeks as Green Bay. I think you get some buzz there a little bit. So 19 to 1, I think, is fully in play for Love to make a push if Stafford may slip up a little bit.”
Matthew Stafford won 2025 NFL MVP; Jordan Love did not win.
“I gave out the under 43.5 on the hot read. [33:15] I'm just going there again.”
KC 10, HOU 20 — Combined 30; under 43.5 covers.
“why I'm also playing Chiefs to win the AFC plus 950 and a little bit on the Super Bowl ticket at [35:34] 18 to 1.”
The Patriots won the AFC Championship for the 2025 season; the Chiefs did not win the AFC.
“rest they're off a loss this is it for them they gotta have it and I think honestly there is a chance, this could be the most the Chiefs are pushed until the AFC championship game. And that's why I'm also playing Chiefs to win the AFC plus 950 and a little bit on the Super Bowl ticket at 18 to 1. This now finally, I think, is the time to invest in Chiefs futures. And here's the real reason. It's not that the Chiefs are amazing. I think the Chiefs are good. I think their metrics”
The Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the Patriots; the Chiefs did not win the Super Bowl.
“I like Brenton Strange, so I'm going to take his over 39.5 receiving yards here.”
JAX 36, IND 19 — Brenton Strange: 27 receiving_yards vs over 39.5; busts. (Brenton Strange: 27 receiving_yards)
“The Lions are priced in here because they know the Bengals defense is terrible, but we're playing it anyway. Last Buffalo wins. Here's the last four times that they've won a game. Cook has had last week 32 rushes, 144 yards against the Steelers. That Chiefs game, 27 for 114. against the Panthers, 19 for 216 yards and two scores. I just think this sets up as kind of a proxy for a Bills win If the Bills win why It probably because James Cook did it which is a weird thing to say about Buffalo So I taking the escalator all the way Start with the rushing yards 95 and a half Just that the line but we playing it The Bengals allow 153 a game.”
BUF 39, CIN 34 — James Cook III: 80 rushing_yards vs over 95.5; busts. (James Cook III: 80 rushing_yards)
“Cook is 3-1 at one book to lead the league in rushing yards. This is the spot.”
James Cook led the NFL in rushing yards with 1,621, edging Derrick Henry (1,595) and Jonathan Taylor (1,585).
“tight end ones. Six, seven, four, nine, four, nine, six, and six catches. So eight times, six catches or more in six of those, six and a half catches a game. So Pitts, we're going back with the receptions. The line is four and a half, but it's juiced to minus 160. I'm going to skip that and go straight to the escalator. Three games now with Cousins. He had seven catches for 82 last week. He had nine for 59 earlier. That matches career high. So I'm going to play split between six and seven catches. Six is plus 135. Seven is plus 250. And a little touch on nine catches in case he matches that career high at nine to one. And Kyle Pitts has been burning people for the entire career in the NFL and fantasy. I'm going to give him one more shot here, and then I might be done with him, too.”
ATL 9, SEA 37 — Kyle Pitts Sr.: 6 receptions vs 6+; wins. (Kyle Pitts Sr.: 6 receptions)
“This could be a good Stafford MVP bounce back spot as well. The Rams already have this year five wins by two touchdowns or better, including 24, 27, 28. So get ready. We're taking the escalator all the way. Start with minus 13 and a half. It's plus 168. So to win by 14. And then we'll say win by 17 plus 240 by 21 or more plus 425. That's the main push.”
ARI 17, LAR 45 — Los Angeles Rams margin +28 vs line -13.5; covers.
“Titans, Browns, you know we're going under 34 and a half, [58:02] and we're taking the mind shaft.”
CLE 29, TEN 31 — Combined 60; under 34.5 busts.
“Cleveland to get a shutout, 16-1 at DraftKings.”
Cleveland did not record a shutout; the Browns scored 29 in a 31-29 loss to Tennessee.
“But if somebody does score, you already know who I'm taking. It's Quinshawn Judkins, the one guy who's the running back against the Titans. We've been betting all season. Titans have allowed 14 running back touchdowns, second most in the league. They've allowed at least one, all but two games. I think the weeks we bet them, to be honest. Judkins in Cleveland's wins, six touchdowns and three wins, at least one every game. He's only had one touchdown, all their other losses combined. So Judkins is almost even odds for a touchdown at minus 110. And then even better, one last bet”
Quinshon Judkins had 26 rush yards and no TD in the Browns' 31-29 loss to Tennessee.
- Quinshon Judkins anytime TD lost
- Under 34 closed +33.5 · CLV +0.5 lost
“So Judkins is almost even odds for a touchdown at minus 110. And then even better, one last bet here for you. Give me the Judkins touchdown and the under 34 plus 375 because they have to price in this extra boost there because there's just not many touchdowns to go around hopefully judkins gets the only one and get out of here maybe tennessee doesn't score at all we can hit a bunch”
Parlay busts: Quinshon Judkins anytime TD — lost; Under 34 — lost.
“Chargers at the Chiefs, under 45 and a half.”
KC 13, LAC 16 — Combined 29; under 45.5 covers.
“Yeah, I'm going to play Abdul Carter. I'm going to play the rookie here, and I kind of teased this earlier. Give me over .25 sacks. It's plus 195 at DraftKings. We're not asking for much, but my man only has a half a sack in his career, so we're going to have to get it on a Monday night. Patriots are missing Will Campbell and Jared Wilson. Both are rookies on the left side of the line. Kayvon Thibodeau is out for the Giants. So we're going to get a lot of Abdul Carter rushing the passer. He's been good. He's just not finishing the job. On the season, Brian Burns, the other pass rusher in the Giants, 39 pressures. Carter is 38, so one less. That's top 25 in the NFL. Burns has 13 sacks. Carter is a half of a sack. What is happening? Finish the job, Abdul Carter. So honestly, everyone above Carter on the pressure list has at least four sacks. He's at a half on the season. I think some regression is coming. Two sacks, probably not going to happen, but let's find out. It's plus 1540. and then here's the real escalator. I don't think it's too late for this. Abdul Carter's numbers underneath are pretty good. 20 to 1 for defensive rookie of the year I think still is in play. We don't really have great contenders for rookie of the year on the defensive side either. Carson Schwestinger, he's the favorite. I'm taking that into account. I have the ticket 35 to 1 from the preseason. We have Emanwari 60 to 1. He's like the fourth favorite. This race is so open. Jihad Campbell was like a top two favorite. He didn't play a snap for the Eagles on Black Friday. Like he did not see the field. And that's who we're putting as defensive rookie of the year candidate. So Carter plays this game where he has a chance. Then Washington. Then Minnesota. doesn't have a quarterback and the Raiders who don't have an offensive line like there's a real chance he could quickly rack up five six sacks down the stretch here and still steal this thing so I'm gonna play Abdul Carter and hope we get the December breakout over a quarter of a sack two sacks and the defensive rookie of the year and see if we can get Carter to make a few plays here”
Abdul Carter recorded 1 sack vs the Patriots, clearing over 0.25 sacks.
“Finish the job, Abdul Carter. So honestly, everyone above Carter on the pressure list has at least four sacks. He's at a half on the season. I think some regression is coming. Two sacks, probably not going to happen, but let's find out. It's plus 1540.”
Abdul Carter had just 1 sack vs the Patriots, short of the 2+ sacks needed.
“and then here's the real escalator. I don't think it's too late for this. Abdul Carter's numbers underneath are pretty good. 20 to 1 for defensive rookie of the year I think still is in play.”
Browns LB Carson Schwesinger won 2025 Defensive Rookie of the Year; Carter was a finalist but lost.
“We're going to go Steelers, Ravens under. [1:15:07] You know how I love Steelers, Ravens, unders. [1:15:10] It's 45 and a half at DraftKings.”
BAL 22, PIT 27 — Combined 49; under 45.5 busts.
“Saints Bucks under 43 and a half another one I threw in the app this morning”
TB 20, NO 24 — Combined 44; under 43.5 busts.
“My other official pick, I'm going to go Sunday night to the game we keep talking about, Texans-Chiefs, one more under. We love our Texans unders, of course, 43 and a half at DraftKings.”
KC 10, HOU 20 — Combined 30; under 43.5 covers.
“So I'm going to take the Lions minus two and a half against the Packers.”
DET 24, GB 31 — Detroit Lions margin -7 vs line -2.5; busts.
“So I'll play the touchdown for Montgomery at plus 140.”
David Montgomery scored a 3-yard rushing TD in the Lions' 31-24 Thanksgiving loss to the Packers.
“I'm not going to go crazy with the yards bet here. And I thought, okay, give me the rushing attempts. So 10 rushing attempts is what I looked at, but that's minus 125. I don't love the median outcome there, especially pretty well juiced with the lower roll lately. But in 30 games since Gibbs was drafted where Montgomery's had double-digit carries, he has a touchdown 23 of those, so about three-quarters of the time. And he also has five touchdowns and five Packers games as well in that stretch. So I'll play the touchdown for Montgomery at plus 140. and then I will play rushing attempts just the higher line 15 attempts at 7-1”
David Montgomery finished below the 15+ rushing-attempts milestone in Detroit's Thanksgiving loss to Green Bay.
“one against the packers including 10 by jameer gibbs gibbs is actually getting more snaps lately and you mentioned montgomery routes are up gibbs routes are even further up That to me is a Sam Laporta thing They got to funnel routes somewhere And I think they're using these guys even more as receivers. Gibbs has had two straight weeks now where he's the second highest line in first read target shares, presumably behind Amonra St. Brown because that's how it goes. But he's kind of become their second receiver. Jamison Williams still hasn't become that. He's the big play guy, but Gibbs is getting a lot of volume. So he's had all three of his seasons now, four games with five or more receptions. So we'll play that five receptions at plus 150.”
DET 24, GB 31 — Jahmyr Gibbs had 3 receptions, missing the 5+ receptions milestone. (Jahmyr Gibbs: 3 receptions)
“So he's had all three of his seasons now, four games with five or more receptions. So we'll play that five receptions at plus 150. Gibbs also has five games now where he's had at least seven catches, including that Packers game week one. And last week, he had 11 catches against the Giants. So I will play seven Gibbs catches at six to one odds as well.”
DET 24, GB 31 — Jahmyr Gibbs had 3 receptions, missing the 7+ receptions milestone. (Jahmyr Gibbs: 3 receptions)
“Either way, give me the Chiefs minus three.”
DAL 31, KC 28 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -3 vs line -3; busts.
“and in terms of the props I kind of like where you're headed here because this guy has been the focal of the offense what are you doing there yeah I want Chiefs passing overs here so Rasheed Rice I think is here talking about and Patrick Mahomes I got a couple of props on each and I'll say this these are probably my least favorite props of the ones I'm going to give out just because they're really juiced I think everyone wants to bet against Dallas and everyone wants to play overs on Thanksgiving so the juice is pretty rough on these but I still think they're pretty good. Rasheed Rice as a touchdown guy, that's where I'm going to go with this one. Dallas has allowed 18 wide receiver touchdowns already this season, three more than any team, especially to wide receiver ones. 12 touchdowns in 11 games, so obviously better than one per game, including two, two, and three touchdown games. Eight of 11 wide receiver ones have had at least a score against the Cowboys. That's clearly Rasheed Rice. He is the wide receiver one in Kansas City. He's scored a touchdown in three of five this year, five of the last seven now. And also, I think he's actually due for more scoring. He has already eight targets inside the 10-yard line. That ranks third among all receivers for the entire season. He missed the first five games, and he's third in targets inside the 10. Who's he behind? Devonta Adams and Amon Ross St. Brown, who have 19 combined touchdowns on their targets inside the 10. Rishi Rice has three. So that's the sort of volume that he's seeing and should be getting more of. It's already priced in a little bit. It's minus 125. So you're not going to see me play a touchdown bet like that too often, but he's the guy I like here. And then like you said, with the two touchdowns, five to one, anytime you play one touchdown, you should think about two. And then I think Mahomes as well.”
Rashee Rice caught 2 receiving TDs in the Chiefs' 31-28 Thanksgiving loss to the Cowboys.
“But when he does go over one, he's not at any two touchdown games all year. He goes straight for the big game, three, three, three, and four touchdowns. So I'm going straight for the big game too. Three touchdowns for Mahomes is plus 154.”
Patrick Mahomes threw 4 passing TDs vs the Cowboys, clearing the over 2.5 passing TDs line.
- Ravens -6.5 closed -7.5 · CLV +1 lost
- Under 51.5 closed +52.5 · CLV -1 won
“So I'm going to play them both together tepidly, but Ravens minus six and a half, under 51 and [38:30] a half, it's plus 266.”
Parlay busts: Ravens -6.5 -6.5 — lost; Under 51.5 +51.5 — won.
“Baltimore if I like them here? Well, it's the Bengals. So how about a tight end? The Bengals continue to be awful against tight ends. They've allowed the most fancy points, their worst guy DV away, worst against short passes. The Bengals have already allowed 13 touchdowns to tight ends on the season, which is more than any team allowed all of last season. In fact, they've allowed 11 the last seven games alone. So which tight end? Well, Ravens fans would beg you, not Mark Andrews. The dude can't catch anything right now. I'm taking Mark Andrews. Isaiah Likely, not totally healthy right now. So Andrews did drop a big one last week, like he is known to do at times, but he also played his most snaps since week six, about two thirds of the snaps, a little bit more in 11 personnel, a little bit more in the field. And he still is Lamar's guy, I think, in the red zone. So Andrews has a touchdown in four of eight games with Lamar Jackson this year. Now 14 of his last 20, so 70%. We get him at plus 125. I'll take Andrews for the touchdown.”
Mark Andrews had 4 catches for 47 yards and no TD in the Ravens' 32-14 loss to the Bengals.
“But it's hard to overlook what Jamar Chase did to the Ravens last year. In those two games, lest you forgot, 10 catches, 193 yards, and two scores. But wait, that's just one of the games. The other one, 11 catches, 264 yards, and three scores. Remember that? We all watched that one. I think it maybe was a Thursday night game. That's like 450 yards and five touchdowns. That's half a season for most good receivers. So I obviously don't expect that to happen. I would not parlay this pick with my Ravens and under because it's very much against the script. But Chase does hit that big number sometimes, 141 yards or more, eight times the last three seasons. So if that is right, I'll take 150 yards at 7-1.”
BAL 14, CIN 32 — Ja'Marr Chase had 110 receiving yards, missing the 150+ receiving-yards milestone. (Ja'Marr Chase: 110 receiving_yards)
“So Gibbs plus 190 for most running back [44:33] receiving yards.”
Gibbs had just 18 receiving yards on Thanksgiving; Bengals RB Chase Brown led all running backs with 35 receiving yards. (Gibbs 3 rec, 18 yds; Chase Brown 3 rec, 35 yds)
“DraftKings has a bunch of these really fun specials up. You can bet on most passing yards on Thanksgiving, most receiving yards. I like two of the receiving yards ones. I'm going to play the most running back receiving yards and the most tight end receiving yards. And it shouldn't surprise you. I'm going to take Jameer Gibbs and Mark Andrews. So Gibbs plus 190 for most running back receiving yards. We're already on him to get volume there. Chase Brown, I think is probably the biggest threat, but really not a lot of great competition there. So I like that one a lot. Andrews yards not been great this year you're not gonna enjoy looking at his game log but four to one against the Bengals basically I'm just gonna take a shot at the at the number and the matchup with Andrews and maybe turns back the clock and gets a long catch or two and then last one for me I love on Thanksgiving to do the triple crown So passing rushing and receiving yardage leaders”
Andrews led all Thanksgiving tight ends with 47 receiving yards, narrowly beating Travis Kelce (45) and Jake Ferguson (36). (Andrews 4 rec, 47 yds; Kelce 5 rec, 45 yds; Ferguson 5 rec, 36 yds)
- Patrick Mahomes most passing yards
- Rashee Rice most receiving yards
- Derrick Henry most rushing yards
“DraftKings has a bunch of these really fun specials up. You can bet on most passing yards on Thanksgiving, most receiving yards. I like two of the receiving yards ones. I'm going to play the most running back receiving yards and the most tight end receiving yards. And it shouldn't surprise you. I'm going to take Jameer Gibbs and Mark Andrews. So Gibbs plus 190 for most running back receiving yards. We're already on him to get volume there. Chase Brown, I think is probably the biggest threat, but really not a lot of great competition there. So I like that one a lot. Andrews yards not been great this year you're not gonna enjoy looking at his game log but four to one against the Bengals basically I'm just gonna take a shot at the at the number and the matchup with Andrews and maybe turns back the clock and gets a long catch or two and then last one for me I love on Thanksgiving to do the triple crown So passing rushing and receiving yardage leaders So Derek Henry is like the free space to me as far as like I'm starting there, at least with him on this one. And then I'm gonna go with both Chiefs. So we played them as well, Mahomes and Rasheed. I'll play them together, obvious correlation that if Mahomes' yardage is high, Rasheed probably goes up as well. So after half Kings, the two Chiefs plus Derek Henry is 40 to one for the Triple Crown.”
Mahomes was not the Thanksgiving slate's passing leader - Dak Prescott out-threw him roughly 320+ yards to 261, sinking the Triple Crown parlay. (Prescott ~320-329 yds vs. Mahomes 261 yds)
“give me the over 17 and a half on the bears”
PHI 15, CHI 24 — Combined 39; over 17.5 covers.
“prop here, Devontae Smith receptions escalator. So a key matchup I looked at, the Eagles played the Saints last year week three and they beat them 15 to 12 okay who cares well I care because Dennis Allen was the defensive coordinator in that game and the fact that they held the Eagles to only 15 and it took a last second touchdown really for the Eagles to steal it it's not great looking out for for the Eagles here but Devonta in that game 10 targets seven catches 79 yards keeps finding spots in the zone and AJ was out that game and will play here but the Bears have a lot a lot of fancy points to receivers top five in the league but they're very good actually against wide receiver one and then kind of progressively worse down the line so if we get a weather game i think i prefer the short passing the volume and especially if davante can pick apart the zone a little bit so he's had six or more catches in five of nine games this year i'll play that i'll play six catches at plus 200 eight catches at plus 690 and just hope that it's a davante kind of picking apart the spots on this defense but otherwise give me the bears over the team total”
PHI 15, CHI 24 — DeVonta Smith had 5 receptions, missing the 6+ receptions milestone. (DeVonta Smith: 5 receptions)
“prop here, Devontae Smith receptions escalator. So a key matchup I looked at, the Eagles played the Saints last year week three and they beat them 15 to 12 okay who cares well I care because Dennis Allen was the defensive coordinator in that game and the fact that they held the Eagles to only 15 and it took a last second touchdown really for the Eagles to steal it it's not great looking out for for the Eagles here but Devonta in that game 10 targets seven catches 79 yards keeps finding spots in the zone and AJ was out that game and will play here but the Bears have a lot a lot of fancy points to receivers top five in the league but they're very good actually against wide receiver one and then kind of progressively worse down the line so if we get a weather game i think i prefer the short passing the volume and especially if davante can pick apart the zone a little bit so he's had six or more catches in five of nine games this year i'll play that i'll play six catches at plus 200 eight catches at plus 690 and just hope that it's a davante kind of picking apart the spots on this defense but otherwise give me the bears over the team total”
PHI 15, CHI 24 — DeVonta Smith had 5 receptions, missing the 8+ receptions milestone. (DeVonta Smith: 5 receptions)
“Steelers plus four and a half,”
PIT 7, BUF 26 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -19 vs line +4.5; busts.
“Steelers plus four and a half, and I'll touch the money line at plus 175.”
PIT 7, BUF 26 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
“Give me the Jets plus two and a half.”
NYJ 27, ATL 24 — New York Jets margin +3 vs line +2.5; covers.
“jets alt minus six and a half plus 288”
NYJ 27, ATL 24 — New York Jets margin +3 vs line -6.5; busts.
“invest too much in Daniel Jones against this Houston defense. We just saw what they did to Josh Allen, why would I want Daniel Jones? Well, if I do want Colts, I'm going to like them better early. So I'm going to play Colts first quarter minus half a point. So they actually have to win the first quarter. I can't, I'm going to lose a tie. It's plus 114.”
Q1: HOU 3, IND 0 — Colts lost the 1st quarter 0-3 to Houston (Colts needed to win outright); vs line -0.5, busts.
“And Miami minus two and a half in the first half line. You get below the key number that way as well. So again you can play the money line if you prefer Look if you playing like a minus 160 juice because you afraid of it to me that the sign you just skip the play I going to take the more aggressive line I'm going to hope that the Finns lead by at least a field goal,”
1H: MIA 16, NO 0 — Dolphins led 16-0 at halftime; margin +16 vs line -2.5, covers.
“No lines yet. So how about a little futures long shot, a little tasty morsel to wrap up. So every week I always go through like Monday, Tuesday. Okay, what are all the futures out there? Let's look at the divisions. Look at the menus. Let's take down the awards. So looking at the divisions right now, Colts, Bucks, Broncos all offer a slight amount of value. But those are all three teams that you're betting like a big minus number. And I don't really love the spot for any of those three this week. I think there's some value on the Bills at 5-1. But again, I can't be betting that we're on Steelers to possibly beat the Bills this week. So I found two spots that I do see clear value. One should be pretty obvious. That would be the Lions. Plus 170, 37% implied versus 43% at FTN.”
Detroit finished 15-2 and won the NFC North division title.
“So how about a little futures long shot, a little tasty morsel to wrap up. So every week I always go through like Monday, Tuesday. Okay, what are all the futures out there? Let's look at the divisions. Look at the menus. Let's take down the awards. So looking at the divisions right now, Colts, Bucks, Broncos all offer a slight amount of value. But those are all three teams that you're betting like a big minus number. And I don't really love the spot for any of those three this week. I think there's some value on the Bills at 5-1. But again, I can't be betting that we're on Steelers to possibly beat the Bills this week. So I found two spots that I do see clear value. One should be pretty obvious. That would be the Lions. Plus 170, 37% implied versus 43% at FTN. And it's a big swing here. This is the Thanksgiving play. You beat the Packers. that's a plus one and a minus one for green bay and then chicago touchdown underdogs in philly and then at green bay next week so lions beat the packers here and then hopefully if you have the lions ticket bears and packers lose and then they play each other next week so one of them loses another game right away so i think it's a good spot for detroit they play in chicago week 18 who they beat by 31 last time so probably you get at least a shot at this one in the final game The other part, I'm going to parlay two of these together, is I'm going to do Steelers, plus 360. And I know it not going to feel comfortable because of all the Ravens stuff But again if you like the Steelers against the Bills they get the Dolphins and the Browns We see about a game in Detroit But the other two games are against the Ravens including Week 18 in Pittsburgh. That screams last game of the year Sunday night. I think we're getting that. Pittsburgh and Baltimore. And again, gives you a shot in Week 18. The Ravens have not been that great. We talked about that. Burrow, twice they get in the next few weeks. It's a rough stretch for them where other teams like the Steelers got to avoid that earlier this season. The Ravens still play the Patriots. They play the Packers. They can lose some games. It's plus 360 for Pittsburgh, implied 22%. FTN has it 31%.”
Pittsburgh clinched the AFC North with a Week 18 26-24 win over the Ravens.
“And this is a team, don't forget, we keep playing tight ends against the Panthers because they were the second worst team last year also to tight ends and had the most touchdowns allowed as well. So Kittle touched down four of his six games this year, seven of his last 15. So about half the time, he has really been Purdy's go-to guy, especially. Plus 145 for a kill touchdown. Two touchdowns is 11 to one. And then last 14 games with Purdy is averaging 75. yards. I'll play the yards as well, over 54 and a half. So play the yards, play the touchdown”
George Kittle did not score in the 49ers' 20-9 MNF win; SF TDs went to Jennings and McCaffrey only.
“So Kittle touched down four of his six games this year, seven of his last 15. So about half the time, he has really been Purdy's go-to guy, especially. Plus 145 for a kill touchdown. Two touchdowns is 11 to one. And then last 14 games with Purdy is averaging 75. yards. I'll play the yards as well, over 54 and a half. So play the yards”
SF 20, CAR 9 — George Kittle: 78 receiving_yards vs over 54.5; covers. (George Kittle: 78 receiving_yards)
“the start of the 2023 season one of our picks we're running back we went with the browns game under last week let's start with the browns game under this week 49ers at browns under 42 and a half.”
CLE 8, SF 26 — Combined 34; under 42.5 covers.
“Broncos, Commanders, under 43 and a half.”
WSH 26, DEN 27 — Combined 53; under 43.5 busts.
- Lions ML closed -1050 · CLV +130¢ won
- Seahawks ML closed -900 · CLV -50¢ won
- Rams ML closed -360 · CLV 0¢ won
- 49ers ML closed -390 · CLV 0¢ won
- Cardinals ML closed +114 · CLV +31¢ lost
- Bengals ML closed +300 · CLV -50¢ lost
“I believe we're at like 250% ROI right now because, you know, we're throwing six money lines together. So we'll be in the good even if we miss the rest of the season. But we're going to keep firing. We got six picks to make. So this week, starting with two big favorites that we just talked about, the Lions and the Seahawks, locked and loaded on those two. And then ending with two primetime favorites, the Rams Sunday night, the Niners on Monday night. But right in the middle, we're getting aggressive again this week. and uh this is kind of the pick six this week is a pretty good preview of the show to come give me the bangles on the money line the big money line and give me the cardinals all those six together look it was about 21 to 1 when i took it the borough news and the bangles news has been all over the place i don't quite know exactly what the line is at this moment but we're going to get into really most of those games on our show today so lions seahawks Rams Niners is the big favorites Cardinals Bengals got a win not just a cover get them all together something like 20 to 1 and we'll see if we can get our biggest pick six of the season”
Parlay busts: Lions ML — won; Seahawks ML — won; Rams ML — won; 49ers ML — won; Cardinals ML — lost; Bengals ML — lost.
“So Chase Brown, 5, 6, 7, 8 on the catches. T. Higgins, 90 yards, 90 and a score. And then Bengals all the way, plus 6.5, best line you can get, plus 250 money line, best line you can get.”
CIN 20, NE 26 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -6 vs line +6.5; covers.
“and I get the better offense. The Bengals have the better weapons. And now if Burrow's playing the better quarterback too. So give me the six and a half or the six, whatever best line you can get, obviously. Give me the plus 250 money line. I'll say this. Probably at this point, you may wait and find out who's actually playing quarterback. Because if it's Burrow, you're going to lose a little bit more on the line, but you're going to know it's Burrow and you're going to want the pick. If it's not Burrow and it goes back to Flacco, I do think it gets to seven or past again. You're going to get a better line out of it. So I think go ahead and wait. But for the podcast today, as we're live now, that's the pick. And then I still like the division odds as well at 40 to one.”
CIN 20, NE 26 — Cincinnati Bengals lost; moneyline busts.
“five of the seven had at least six catches and 97 yards average six for 90 t higgins last five games without chase that's about his numbers too 6.2 catches 102 yards three of the five games 114 yards so that's kind of the line i'm shooting for with higgins 90 yards is where i'm going to play it at plus 240”
CIN 20, NE 26 — Tee Higgins recorded 31 receiving yards, falling short of 90+. (Tee Higgins: 31 receiving_yards)
“So I like the over four and a half catches for Chase Brown. That's even odds.”
CIN 20, NE 26 — Chase Brown: 2 receptions vs over 4.5; busts. (Chase Brown: 2 receptions)
“but I like the Cardinals at plus three. I'll be playing the money line as well.”
ARI 24, JAX 27 — Arizona Cardinals margin -3 vs line +3; pushes.
“ATS, 73%. So just a lot of value here on the underdog. And I really can't believe we're getting the plus three. We get the full key number here. So I love to get that and plus 145 on the money line as well and then of course we're going to keep riding with Trey McBride it's tight ends day”
ARI 24, JAX 27 — Arizona Cardinals lost; moneyline busts.
“So McBride touchdown second straight week Just run it back, plus 110.”
Trey McBride had 9 catches for 79 yards but no TD in the Cardinals' 27-24 OT loss to Jacksonville.
“Their offense seems to be clicking lately. You've gotten some upgrades on the defensive side. Like everything momentum wise seems to be going with Dallas. Why do you agree? Yeah, I'm on Dallas as well. Give me the plus three and a half while it's there. Give me the money line plus 155. More just on the plus three and a half on this one But yeah this is a spot that I had circled even before the Monday night game And obviously they looked really good in that game But the Eagles just continue to get by on the skin of their teeth”
DAL 24, PHI 21 — Dallas Cowboys margin +3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“Why do you agree? Yeah, I'm on Dallas as well. Give me the plus three and a half while it's there. Give me the money line plus 155. More just on the plus three and a half on this one But yeah this is a spot that I had circled even before the Monday night game And obviously they looked really good in that game But the Eagles just continue to get by on the skin of their teeth”
DAL 24, PHI 21 — Dallas Cowboys won; moneyline covers.
“give me the Rams minus six and a half”
LAR 34, TB 7 — Los Angeles Rams margin +27 vs line -6.5; covers.
“let's get to our lightning round here uh just another game on this on the docket uh i said of all the double digit favorites this week this was probably my favorite for a blowout uh i would prefer a certain quarterback on the other side but we will have to see there you're looking at giants and lions what do you like here yeah i think we're on the same page give me the lions minus 10 and I'm going to play the blow at escalator as well so this was the look ahead we gave out last week nine and a half hasn't really moved up like I thought it would I still”
DET 34, NYG 27 — Detroit Lions margin +7 vs line -10; busts.
“Detroit here we go all right uh let's go to the next one here uh Seattle and the Titans huge road line but listen it's Tennessee it's what you get every single week with them so I assume you're not laying it so how are you taking it yeah i'm not laying it this one not on the road this is another one of those big double digit favorites i'm going to take the under here and just give me the game under 40 and a half so last week we got the dvoa bowl one versus two seahawks versus rams whatever”
TEN 24, SEA 30 — Combined 54; under 40.5 busts.
“what else do I know about Luanarumo? Luanarumo's defenses are awful against tight ends. So I'm going Travis Kelsey here. Bengals were the worst team against tight ends last year. They're awful again this year. The Colts are now the fifth worst team against tight ends. Fifth worst DVOA, fifth most tight end points allowed. They're really good against Y-0-1, so this is not a Rashear Ice game necessarily. I think it's a Travis Kelsey game. The Colts haven't really faced great tight ends yet, but they did give up 164 and a touchdown to Gadsden, kind of his breakout game. They did face Trey McBride. He had 871 in a score. So I think Kelsey's line, it under it uh 50 and a half yards i think it just disrespectful to the old man like i i know we kind of like getting ready to send him out to pasture soon Even with him coming down this season he at 47 yards or more all but one game That the line Basically we need four yards above his floor to hit the over So over 50 and a half yards. And I'm not going to go super too crazy on the escalator. I'm not picturing like a”
KC 23, IND 20 — Travis Kelce: 43 receiving_yards vs over 50.5; busts. (Travis Kelce: 43 receiving_yards)
“so we took the under on the hot read under 37 and a half both defenses are the advantage”
LV 10, CLE 24 — Combined 34; under 37.5 covers.
“Brown sacks, Raiders sacks. Give me that for the Raiders because I think we're going to get some sacks of Shadur. I'd love like an escalator there. I don't think we'll find that one, but like a five plus escalator on the sacks. I do think we'll be able to bet Max Crosby to get a sack. So that's my official bet here. Crosby has at least one sack in five of 10 games this season. His last time with the line was a quarter of a sack. We're not getting that against Chidder. They're too smart to give us that, but I'll take a sack for him. And then again, I think if you”
Maxx Crosby recorded five TFL but no sack in the Raiders' 24-10 loss to Cleveland (ESPN game log shows 0 sacks).
“week 13 we are coming down to the wire week 13 lucky 13 last week you had the lions minus nine and a half this week thanksgiving question mark yeah the time-honored tradition of betting against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. Let's keep it very easy. Save the Cowboys, bet the Chiefs. Chiefs minus three and a half. Since 2011, Dallas is three and 11 against the spread on Thanksgiving. 21% cover rate, just bet against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. To me, Thanksgiving is a lot about”
DAL 31, KC 28 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -3 vs line -3.5; busts.
“breakout spot for the rookie, Ashton Gentry. I like him for the touchdown, minus 140, your best number you can find.”
Ashton Jeanty did not score in the Raiders' 33-16 Week 11 MNF loss to Dallas (only Raiders TD was Tre Tucker).
“And I'm going to sprinkle two on rookie of the year. I still think rookie of the year is open. Tett McMillan had a big game today, but he's got a long way to go. Agbuka kind of down over the last month. Jackson Dart is out. We don't know how much he's going to play. It doesn't feel like we have a clear rookie of the year winner. And I know Gentry, he was the favorite coming into the year. He hasn't done much, but has not done much, is on pace right now for 1,300 combined yards and 14 scores. That's not terrible for not doing much. And if you get a good game against the Cowboys. You still get the Chargers. Look what they did today against the run. You get the Giants coming up, the worst team against the run. If he kind of pushes a little bit further, we might be looking at like 1,600 yards, 1820 scores on the season. That feels like rookie of the year. Gentry's 50 to one right now at some books. So I'm going to take that as a Monday night play on top of the touchdown bet”
Ashton Jeanty did not win 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year; Tetairoa McMillan won.
“i like genti over [1:21:55] 16 and a half receiving yards”
LV 16, DAL 33 — Ashton Jeanty: 27 receiving_yards vs over 16.5; covers. (Ashton Jeanty: 27 receiving_yards)
“give me the under 37 and a half.”
LV 10, CLE 24 — Combined 34; under 37.5 covers.
“I'm going to go with the Bengals, [1:27:06] plus seven against the Patriots in Cincinnati.”
CIN 20, NE 26 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -6 vs line +7; covers.
“Bengals plus seven. Give me the [1:29:09] money line plus 285”
CIN 20, NE 26 — Cincinnati Bengals lost; moneyline busts.
“let's end it right bangles escalator hear me out to win [1:29:18] the division at 40 to 1 at draft kings”
The Bengals (3-8 stretch) did not win the AFC North; the Steelers won the division at 10-7.
“at the beginning of the pick six, it is Patriots money line.”
NE 27, NYJ 14 — New England Patriots won; moneyline covers.
“we're all in on panthers this week at the falcons so the panthers are the upset”
ATL 27, CAR 30 — Carolina Panthers won; moneyline covers.
“A lot of injuries on both sides. I think that's part of why the line is what it is. the Eagles injuries are significant to four of their five linemen are on the injury report and especially Lane Johnson was in and out last week he is huge to their game week after week so I just trust the lines more both sides of the ball I trust more they get the better special teams I trust their coaches more it's a luck side this week as well from our luck rankings so lines plus three be sure to grab the three if you can while it's there nine straight lines wins have been by”
PHI 16, DET 9 — Detroit Lions margin -7 vs line +3; busts.
“Lions minus five and a half is the alt I'm going to play [14:02] plus 246”
PHI 16, DET 9 — Detroit Lions margin -7 vs line -5.5; busts.
“for Jared Goff to show up while we're all watching. And if they make a run at the one seat, I think he's won over people enough to get a little credit now. Goff is 30 to one. I'm not calling my shot as MVP, but I think it's the right ticket to add in this matchup. So Lions plus three, Lions alt, Jared Goff, MVP. Sunday night, that's where we're going to start and that's where we'll finish.”
Jared Goff did not win 2025 NFL MVP; Matthew Stafford won the award.
“I'm looking under all the way here. [19:26] And look, this was our hot read. [19:27] So I still like it. [19:29] It's under 44.5.”
DEN 22, KC 19 — Combined 41; under 44.5 covers.
“So under eight and a half points in the first quarter.”
DEN 6, KC 3 (1Q) — 1st quarter combined 9 (KC 3, DEN 6); under 8.5 busts.
“Chase to lead the league in receiving yards on the season plus 550 he's a couple hundred behind Jackson Smith and Jigba right now but the Bengals are terrible they're going to be passing all year whether it's Burrow or Flacco or whoever it is and a pretty inviting schedule and Chase can put up some huge lines. So I started there. I got my future.”
Ja'Marr Chase (1,412 yds) did not lead the NFL in 2025 receiving yards; Jaxon Smith-Njigba led with 1,793.
“to the other guy, T Higgins, who also is doing pretty well lately. Four games with Flacco, 4.8 catches, 81 yards a game, averaging a touchdown a game. In that Pittsburgh game, as good as Chase was, T, 10 targets, 6 for 96 and a score. So I think he can have a good game with Chase. Or, hey, maybe Pittsburgh will decide to cover Jamar Chase this time. What a novel concept. And if they do, perhaps T will be open. So 80 yards plus 230, 100 yards at 5 to 1. it's a jamar chase angle but to pivot to the prices that are a little bit lower because the”
PIT 34, CIN 12 — Tee Higgins: 63 receiving_yards vs over 80; busts. (Tee Higgins: 63 receiving_yards)
“So straight to the alts here. 100 yards for Warren, plus 310, 120 yards is 7-1.”
PIT 34, CIN 12 — Jaylen Warren: 62 rushing_yards vs over 100; busts. (Jaylen Warren: 62 rushing_yards)
“How about the other guy, Kenneth Gainwell? Six carries this year inside the 10 already. Three touchdowns on those carries. He's still playing about a third of the snaps. Usually more receiving, but we can catch a touchdown. That's fine too. He is plus 470, not minus 150. I'll take that instead. Kenneth Gainwell touchdown, plus 470.”
Kenneth Gainwell caught two receiving TDs (11 and 5 yards) in the Steelers' 34-12 Week 11 win over the Bengals.
“Start with the rushing attempts. I think we just feed Dowdle a lot. 22 carries at DraftKings plus 155, 24 carries plus 261.”
Rico Dowdle had 19 rushing attempts in the Panthers' 30-27 Week 11 win over the Falcons, under the 22 line.
“I think we just feed Dowdle a lot. 22 carries at DraftKings plus 155, 24 carries plus 261. In three of the four games where he's been the Belco, he's had 23 or more carries. So I think those are right in line And if he does I think the volume comes the yards come as well He had games already this year 130 183 206 So get ready We going all the way to the top and we're starting at 140, 140 rushing yards. Remember, that's the number that we're expecting from our like 84% math. That's the number Atlanta has been allowing six to one for 140. And we're going to go 160 180 200 and those prices are plus 950 and then about 17 to 1 and 25 to 1 all at draft kings”
ATL 27, CAR 30 — Rico Dowdle: 45 rushing_yards vs over 140; busts. (Rico Dowdle: 45 rushing_yards)
“Give me the Lions minus nine and a half against the Giants next week.”
DET 34, NYG 27 — Detroit Lions margin +7 vs line -9.5; busts.
“games. My favorite bet in this game is Saquon Barkley. Not as a runner, but as a receiver. I don't mind the touchdown angle. I like that playing both of those. I'm going to take him as a receiver over two and a half receptions. It's even odds. He's hit that over in five of eight games. And I'll be honest, I knew I often play running back receptions against the Packers.”
GB 7, PHI 10 — Saquon Barkley: 3 receptions vs over 2.5; covers. (Saquon Barkley: 3 receptions)
“yeah first hot read we are doubling down on what was our look ahead give me the panthers at the Falcons plus three and a half. I think there is one straight plus four out there if you can grab it. And I'm going to play the money line as well. Plus 175 for a Carolina outright win.”
ATL 27, CAR 30 — Carolina Panthers margin +3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“And I'm going to play the money line as well. Plus 175 for a Carolina outright win.”
ATL 27, CAR 30 — Carolina Panthers won; moneyline covers.
“Chiefs, Broncos, give me the under. [1:43:52] Under 44 and a half.”
DEN 22, KC 19 — Combined 41; under 44.5 covers.
- Indianapolis Colts ML
- Buffalo Bills ML closed -455 · CLV -100¢
- Chicago Bears ML closed -225 · CLV 0¢
- Detroit Lions ML closed -450 · CLV -10¢
- Seattle Seahawks ML closed -340 · CLV 0¢
- Los Angeles Rams ML closed -260 · CLV -2¢
“All right. Before we get going, though, we have Brandon's pick six. So every week now he's got a column. He's got a 16. Arlay. I believe he's what are you one for three, one for two. I can't remember. But this week, he'll tell me in a second. You've got six favorites, so what can go wrong? What are you doing? Yeah, one for three. We hit the first one, then we missed on a long shot, and then last week we missed because my Vikings messed up my own parlay. So this week, no Vikings involved, and everything this week is on Sunday. We've had some of the primetime games. No primetime games on this one either, just Sunday daytime. We'll start in the morning in Berlin, give me the Colts, then early slate, Bills and Bears, and then all three games. We only have three in the late afternoon slate. We're taking them all. Lions, Seahawks, and Rams. So it's four bigger favorites, two shorter ones. The Rams and Bears are a bit shorter. It's plus 5.03. And we're all wrapped up before Sunday Night Football. And we'll talk about why we're skipping Sunday Night Football in just a second. But it's about 5-1. And most of those games, they all but one, I think, come back up again in our podcast. So the thing we just talked about is kind of relevant here. I only actually betting I think one of those teams on the spread in our picks to come but I betting four of them in other different ways just like we just talked about including a team total and some of those other designs So Sunday pick six Colts Bills Bears Lions Seahawks Rams about five to one. All favorites, let's cash.”
The Pick 6 parlay busted on the Bills leg: Miami beat Buffalo 30-13 outright, with the Bills closing as roughly 9.5-point favorites — a total blowout loss regardless of the other legs. (Dolphins 30, Bills 13 (Bills leg lost outright as the favorite))
“I really like the Steelers here. Pittsburgh plus three for [13:25] me and we'll play the money line.”
LAC 25, PIT 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -15 vs line +3; busts.
“Chargers to miss the playoffs, plus 225. This is a rough spot.”
The Chargers made the 2025 playoffs (finished 11-6, AFC wild card), so the bet on them to miss the playoffs loses.
“Ravens over 26.5 on the team total, and we'll get to an escalator.”
MIN 19, BAL 27 — Combined 46; over 26.5 covers.
“I'm going to take a Bills second half play, minus three and a half.”
MIA 30, BUF 13 — Buffalo Bills margin -17 vs line -3.5; busts.
“Don't forget about James Cook. And James Cook is who you want for props here. Miami run defense in losses this season averages 19 carries, 109 yards to the top running back on the opponent. Henry just had 119 against them. Vidal, who you mentioned, 124. Rico Dowdle, 206. They've allowed at least 18 carries to the lead running back in all but one of their losses. 136 scrimmage yards per game. And that includes James Cook earlier this season, 19 carries, 108, and a score. So a couple of ways to play over 17 and a half rushing attempts minus 116 Again that sort of acting like hopefully a Bill money line proxy He hit that in five straight Bill wins 19 carries or more for Cook They just feed him. And he also, in those five wins, has at least 100 yards. He's averaging 137 in those games. So 100 yards for Cook is plus 155. 120 yards is plus 320. So I'll play a little bit on those as well. Keep an eye out. Cook did show up on the injury report this week. So obviously,”
MIA 30, BUF 13 — James Cook had 13 rushing attempts (53 yards) in the Bills' 30-13 loss to the Dolphins, under 17.5.
“DeAndre Swift over 50 and a half yards”
CHI 24, NYG 20 — D'Andre Swift: 80 rushing_yards vs over 50.5; covers. (D'Andre Swift: 80 rushing_yards)
“Manungay, 50 yards, plus 180, and then just a touch on 100 yards at 15 to 1.”
CHI 24, NYG 20 — Kyle Monangai: 28 rushing_yards vs over 50; busts. (Kyle Monangai: 28 rushing_yards)
“Saints, plus 215 on the money line. [45:09] Let's get Tyler Schock, a first career win.”
CAR 7, NO 17 — New Orleans Saints won; moneyline covers.
“to try to match that. And suddenly Seattle might just stubbornly keep running all game. So Kenneth Walker over rushing attempts. That's the angle I came to because I like this two ways. Either I was right, Seattle won and they probably ran the ball some and it was Kenneth Walker. Or I was right, Seattle didn't cover. I trusted my instinct, but they got caught in kind of an ugly low scoring back and forth game because they kept running Walker into the line over and over unsuccessfully and it let the Cardinals hang around. So the line for Walker is 12 and a half rushing attempts. I'm going to take the over.”
Kenneth Walker III had 13 rushing attempts (105 yards, 1 TD) vs. the Cardinals, over 12.5.
“Not usually Puka's thing, but if he gets even one deep pass, we might get a chunk play in there and get some extra yards that way too. So I wanted eight, nine, 10 receptions. That's where I started, but I don't see the value there. I'm going to play yards instead. 100 yards is plus 116 at DraftKings.”
SF 26, LAR 42 — Puka Nacua: 64 receiving_yards vs over 100; busts. (Puka Nacua: 64 receiving_yards)
“browns jets over 37 and a half browns jets over escalator and we're taking it all the way up”
NYJ 27, CLE 20 — Combined 47; over 37.5 covers.
“pain durham for a touchdown at 10 to 1”
Payne Durham did not score in the Bucs' 28-23 loss to the Patriots.
“I'm going to take Carolina here. [1:11:46] It's plus three and a half at DraftKings.”
ATL 27, CAR 30 — Carolina Panthers margin +3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“Texans Jaguars under [1:37:06] 39.5 at DraftKings [1:37:08] just minus 110”
HOU 36, JAX 29 — Combined 65; under 39.5 busts.
“Give me the Rams. [1:40:23] Minus three on the road in San Fran.”
SF 26, LAR 42 — Los Angeles Rams margin +16 vs line -3; covers.
“I'm going to play the Lions, but I'm going to play just the first half, [11:51] minus five and a half on the first half ATS line.”
DET 24, MIN 27 — Detroit Lions first-half margin 0 (7-7 at halftime) vs line -5.5; busts.
“You know that Jefferson in his career has 1,200 yards against the Lions. His next highest opponent is 729, the Bears. So he has almost 500 yards more against Detroit, 121 yards per game in his career, 10 games, six of the 10, over half, at least 124 yards. So I know we've done this. I know Jefferson's been better with Carson Wentz. So I'm going to skip the standard over, 72 and a half. He's hit that six in a row. I'm going to skip that and just see if he can hit some on high end stuff. 100 yards plus 240”
DET 24, MIN 27 — Justin Jefferson: 47 receiving_yards vs over 100; busts. (Justin Jefferson: 47 receiving_yards)
“Here's the bet. Rams to have the lead after every quarter of the game. And that is available. You're going to have to like look, scroll all the way to the end of the menus and look under some of those specials. Rams to lead after every quarter. It's only minus 120.”
The Rams led after every quarter (7-0, 20-10, 27-10, 34-10) in their 34-10 win over the Saints.
“So Saints alternate team total under 10 and a half plus 246 at DraftKings.”
LAR 34, NO 10 — New Orleans Saints scored 10 vs team-total line 10.5; under covers.
“Rams to shut the Saints out. Not a great bet usually because we don't get too many shutouts a season. It's 15 to one at DraftKings.”
Rams beat Saints 34-10; New Orleans scored 10 points so the shutout did not hit.
“under 45 and a half so i do have jaguars in the pick six”
LV 29, JAX 30 — Combined 59; under 45.5 busts.
“So Bowers over 45 and a half yards.”
LV 29, JAX 30 — Brock Bowers: 127 receiving_yards vs over 45.5; covers. (Brock Bowers: 127 receiving_yards)
“remember he was injured so I think now settling in figuring out the offense defense thing getting healthy and now two weeks off I think this is when it's time to unleash Travis Hunter the Raiders are top five and fancy points allowed two receivers they have allowed eight receivers at least five catches they've allowed 11 receivers at least 47 yards 47 is the number we need over 46 and a half Travis Hunter on the yards that's the bet”
Travis Hunter suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice on Oct 30 and was placed on IR before the Week 9 game vs Las Vegas — he never played, so the prop has no stat to grade. (Hunter: DNP (IR, season-ending knee surgery))
“Chiefs to win from behind, plus 215 at DraftKings.”
Bills beat Chiefs 28-21; Kansas City lost so 'Chiefs to win' busts.
“we can play that neither team to win by seven points or more, plus 107. Here's how you play it. It's very easy. Same game parlay. Chiefs plus six and a half. Bills plus six and a half. Smash them together. Neither team wins by seven. Plus odds on it has hit five of the last six matchups here.”
Bills won by exactly 7 (28-21), so a team did win by 7+ and 'neither to win by 7+' lost.
“both teams to score in the fourth quarter, minus 190.”
Both teams scored in Q4 (Bills 8, Chiefs 7) of the 28-21 final.
“his over six of eight. It's not been consistent, so I don't mind it. I like Allen. Kansas City has allowed the most rushing attempts to quarterbacks, 6.3 a game. They've allowed at least six attempts to a quarterback five times already. They'll at least 27 yards five times, three short touchdowns. We know that that is Josh Allen. Okay, so what do we bet? Yards, attempts, touchdowns? It's me. We're betting all three. So over 35 and a half rushing yards.”
BUF 28, KC 21 — Josh Allen: 19 rushing_yards vs over 35.5; busts. (Josh Allen: 19 rushing_yards)
“10 rushing attempts so two extras plus 375 Nine Chiefs games he hit 10 rushing attempts in seven of the nine”
Josh Allen had only 6 rushing attempts vs the Chiefs, under the 9.5 (10+) line.
“so alan rushing touchdown again anytime touchdown plus 115”
Josh Allen ran for 2 rushing touchdowns in the Bills' 28-21 win over Kansas City.
“I like DeAndre Swift here. I think this is a good rushing setup for him. So I'm going to take his rushing yards over and an anytime touchdown. Look, the injury report is a mess. The Bears might be without their top three corners and their top four receivers. Like, they're all questionable. Trey Hendrickson, I don't know if he's playing. Joe Flacco, we don't know if he's playing. Even so, the over is getting steamed up from 48 to, like, almost 53 now because the Bengals' defense is terrible. They're 32nd in DVOA, their bottom two run and pass. and we've talked with us on our Sunday night show Bears run game has quietly broken out since the bi-week first three games of the season Chicago is bottom three EPA per play rushing last three games they're top five since the bi-week yards for contact just a start I think it's a scheme thing I think they are learning the Ben Johnson effect I think the line has gotten healthy as well and I think it sets up well for Dandre Swift running back ones against the Bengals have just been crushing. From week three forward, they're averaging 16 carries, 104 yards. They've had at least 93 yards in five of the six games. They had a touchdown in four of the six games. So, touchdown, minus 135. I think that's worth it on Swift. He scored in four straight as it is, five of seven on the season, and then over 16 and a half rushing yards.”
DeAndre Swift was inactive (groin injury) and did not play, so the rushing-yards prop was void. (Swift: inactive/DNP (CHI 47, CIN 42))
“I like DeAndre Swift here. I think this is a good rushing setup for him. So I'm going to take his rushing yards over and an anytime touchdown. Look, the injury report is a mess. The Bears might be without their top three corners and their top four receivers. Like, they're all questionable. Trey Hendrickson, I don't know if he's playing. Joe Flacco, we don't know if he's playing. Even so, the over is getting steamed up from 48 to, like, almost 53 now because the Bengals' defense is terrible. They're 32nd in DVOA, their bottom two run and pass. and we've talked with us on our Sunday night show Bears run game has quietly broken out since the bi-week first three games of the season Chicago is bottom three EPA per play rushing last three games they're top five since the bi-week yards for contact just a start I think it's a scheme thing I think they are learning the Ben Johnson effect I think the line has gotten healthy as well and I think it sets up well for Dandre Swift running back ones against the Bengals have just been crushing. From week three forward, they're averaging 16 carries, 104 yards. They've had at least 93 yards in five of the six games. They had a touchdown in four of the six games. So, touchdown, minus 135. I think that's worth it on Swift. He scored in four straight as it is, five of seven on the season, and then over 16 and a half rushing yards.”
DeAndre Swift was inactive (groin injury) and did not play, so the anytime-touchdown prop was void. (Swift: inactive/DNP (CHI 47, CIN 42))
“Give me Kamani Vidal. It's even [53:27] odds.”
Kimani Vidal had 12 carries for 30 yards and no touchdown vs the Titans.
“We, of course, bet the wrong tight end in that game, if I recall, but we're getting the right one this time. Tyler Warren, the rookie, at least 38 yards every game. He's had at least four catches in 53 yards, six of the eight games. 53 yards is perfect. We need over 52 and a half. So give me that usual Tyler Warren outcome to well below the Pittsburgh average. So we'll take that one.”
PIT 27, IND 20 — Tyler Warren: 26 receiving_yards vs over 52.5; busts. (Tyler Warren: 26 receiving_yards)
“We, of course, bet the wrong tight end in that game, if I recall, but we're getting the right one this time. Tyler Warren, the rookie, at least 38 yards every game. He's had at least four catches in 53 yards, six of the eight games. 53 yards is perfect. We need over 52 and a half. So give me that usual Tyler Warren outcome to well below the Pittsburgh average. So we'll take that one. touchdown is plus 145 Warren scored for the last five games he runs sometimes too they put him under center for the sneak so we might steal one that way I will say be careful Jalen Warren is on the wrong side in this one we want Tyler Warren the tight end for the Colts”
Tyler Warren had receptions but no TD in the Colts' 27-20 loss at Pittsburgh.
“Here's the two I'm playing. Giants minus four and a half. It's plus 230.”
NYG 24, SF 34 — New York Giants margin -10 vs line -4.5; busts.
“Here's the two I'm playing. Giants minus four and a half. It's plus 230. It's a weird number. Why four and a half? Well, five and a half and six and a half are like almost the same price, but five and six are kind of a little bit key numbers. So sure, let's take the easier way out this time. And then minus nine and a half. So double digit win plus 450.”
NYG 24, SF 34 — New York Giants margin -10 vs line -9.5; busts.
“I'm taking a shot on the Panthers' money line. [1:02:37] It's plus 750.”
GB 13, CAR 16 — Carolina Panthers won; moneyline covers.
- Ravens ML
- Rams ML
- Jaguars ML
- Lions ML
- Seahawks ML
- Cowboys ML
“So those six teams, Ravens, Rams, Jaguars, Lions, Seahawks, Cowboys, plus 568.”
The Pick Six parlay busted on the Cowboys leg: Dallas lost outright 27-17 to the Cardinals (MNF), sinking the six-team slip regardless of the other legs. (Cardinals 27, Cowboys 17 (Cowboys leg lost outright))
“Here we are, Lions minus 3 at the Commander's. [1:06:39] It's a very similar pick.”
WSH 22, DET 44 — Detroit Lions margin +22 vs line -3; covers.
“So chiefs under 48.”
KC 28, WSH 7 — Combined 35; under 48 covers.
“So I'm going to instead go with our guy that finally came back last week, Rasheed Rice. Two touchdowns last week, even though they played about 40% of the snaps. He's now scored in 10 of the last 19 games on the field. That's over half of them. I see a plus 140 out there at one book. So I'll take a Rasheed Rice score.”
Rashee Rice caught an 18-yard TD in the Chiefs' 28-7 Week 8 MNF win over the Commanders.
“broncos at texans under 40 and a half”
HOU 15, DEN 18 — Combined 33; under 40.5 covers.
“total is just math at that point over 23 and a half dallas is five and two to that number they're averaging the season almost 400 yards a game offensively four games they've scored 37 points or more. So let's take the escalator over 23 and a half. It's minus 105 at our sponsor”
DEN 44, DAL 24 — Combined 68; over 23.5 covers.
“All right. This is a very similar bet in a very similar situation, except for the fact that the spread 17 points different but colts titans i mean how do you even consider playing this game because i feel like what you're going to tell me right now is a scary proposition but you're doing it yeah i'm going to play the colts i'm going to play the team total here similar to dallas the total is at 30 and a half so yeah i similarly to what you said i go through every game every week and i'm like okay what are my angles can i try the spread is there a total what's the prop angle i like this is the exact sort of game that i usually i'm just like oh yeah nothing this game stinks so we don't need to get anything on this like you don't want to be sitting on a minus 14 and a half ticket and the colts are up 16 with the titans of the ball in the four minutes left you're like what am i doing with my life here but i think the colts should score so you can't get two teams going in more opposite directions obviously we talked about the colts at the top number one offense by dv away offense or passing and rushing number one The Titans offense, by the way, is dead last, 32nd. The defense isn't quite so bad, except they might be now. They just lost Jeffrey Simmons, who, despite being on the Titans, has been getting DPOY conversation. That's how good he's playing for them. He's out now. Cornerback Jerry Sneed is out. I think this defense is going to really crater here. Jonathan Taylor, by the way, is minus 400 for a touchdown in this game. We keep playing touchdown running backs against the Titans. I don't know. It seems free but minus 400 is not going to grab my attention Titans defense is allowing 27 and a half points a game That includes 41 to the Colts They played the Colts already in week three They lost 41 to 20 Colts offense I think this number just barely gives us value. Colts have scored 29 or more points in six of their seven games. So 29, 31, 33, 38, 40, and 41. Our number is 30 and a half. So we need to get to 31 points minus 109.”
IND 38, TEN 14 — Combined 52; over 30.5 covers.
“I am going to play just a little bit on the nine to one Titans money line because”
IND 38, TEN 14 — Tennessee Titans lost; moneyline busts.
“But we took Ramondre Stevenson last week for a touchdown. This week, I'm going to fade him under 17 and a half rushing attempts against the Browns.”
Rhamondre Stevenson had 14 rushing attempts (under 17.5) in the Patriots' 32-13 Week 8 win over the Browns.
“see kind of a new look Ravens right off the bat that the Bears haven't had a chance for. So I haven't said the pick yet. I'm going to go with Ravens first half here. It's minus three and a half. Now it's minus 102 at DK, our sponsor. So I get near even odds.”
BAL 10, CHI 6 (halftime) — Baltimore Ravens first-half margin +4 (BAL 10, CHI 6 at halftime) vs line -3.5; covers.
“put up a lot of stats down the stretch. And I think maybe Henry and Lamar could do that. So talked about getting the fullback back and the tackle and the heavy sets, tight ends, even with the bad start for Henry, pretty quiet. He's still on pace for 1,244 yards. That's not a bad number. He's still top 10 yards per game. And his career has been the same thing year after year. He's slow in September. He ramps up in the fall. He's a beast in December and January. He's always his best when the defense wears down. And I think he's going to be set up well and more rested here to have a big home stretch. So you can play 1,250 yards at minus 150.”
Derrick Henry finished the 2025 regular season with 1,595 rushing yards, over the 1,250 line.
“Jackson passing touchdowns. So far, he's only played four games, but he has 10 passing touchdowns. That's pretty good so far. If you pace that out for the whole season, even with his missed games, he's on pace for 38 touchdowns. Our leader, Matt Stafford, has played all season. He's on pace for 41 So Lamar is so good passing touchdowns so far that even with his missed time he still on pace to only be three off the lead at the end of the season And both of these guys we kind of get a sneaky bit of value with the early buy because it looks like they further down the stat chart than they actually are Lamar has had an outlier touchdown rate twice already before, including last year. So that's where he's at now. I think he can do it again. if you want to do the stair step again 30 touchdowns passing is plus 105 35 is plus 420 i prefer to go for the kill on this one because we know lamar could get hurt again or maybe just not even be healthy now i don't necessarily want the median outcomes if he's going to be good if he's going to play like mvp ball i don't know if he can win mvp with five losses already but he could get a lot of stats like joe burrow last year 30 to 1 at draft kings to lead the league the passing touchdowns”
Matthew Stafford led the NFL with 46 passing TDs in 2025; Lamar Jackson did not lead the league.
“So over 39 and a half rushing yards, so 40 yards or more. That's the bet for Tyler Algier.”
ATL 10, MIA 34 — Tyler Allgeier: 4 rushing_yards vs over 39.5; busts. (Tyler Allgeier: 4 rushing_yards)
“So I'm going to pre-offset my bet with a Dolphins plus 350 on the money line.”
ATL 10, MIA 34 — Miami Dolphins won; moneyline covers.
“I am going to play it more aggressively with two alternate Texans spreads. Texans minus nine and a half. So 10 point double digit win is plus 320.”
HOU 26, SF 15 — Houston Texans margin +11 vs line -9.5; covers.
“Texans 20 point winner better, minus 19 and a half, 12 to one.”
HOU 26, SF 15 — Houston Texans margin +11 vs line -19.5; busts.
“betting the tight end on both teams. Pittsburgh and Green Bay allowed top three points per game, two tight ends in fantasy. So this is the spot. So start with my favorite of all these tight end bets is Tucker Craft. I think this is a breakout season for Tucker. He's scored a touchdown four of six games already He leads the team in touchdowns He led the team in touchdowns last year receiving Pittsburgh top 10 most touchdowns a lot of tight ends last year and again this year as well We already saw a primetime game with the Packers Thursday night against Washington. He had a huge game that game and our guy scored on tight ends day last year. I think he likes this holiday. Tucker Kraft plus 165 and if you like two touchdowns”
Tucker Kraft caught two TDs in the Packers' 35-25 Week 8 win over the Steelers.
“so Darnell Washington touchdown plus 375”
Darnell Washington did not score in the Steelers' 35-25 Week 8 loss to the Packers (Pittsburgh scored no rushing/receiving TDs by Washington).
“there's some value on the Jets I think this should be like a field goal spread so I'm gonna nibble the plus 260 on the Jets I just think some of these long underdogs are gonna get home this week So Jets money line.”
CIN 38, NYJ 39 — New York Jets won; moneyline covers.
“So Noah Fant, plus 325 for a touchdown.”
Noah Fant caught 3 passes for 41 yards but no TD in the Bengals' 39-38 Week 8 loss to the Jets.
“Mason Taylor, that's the name you want on the Jets. Rookie tight end, no touchdown yet. So we're going to get the guy his first career touchdown. The Bengals in the last three games, have allowed seven tight end touchdowns already. They allowed 10 last year. That was second most, the number one fantasy points allowed per game. And with the Jets, Garrett Wilson is out. So Mason Taylor is like maybe their go-to receiving target right now. We hopefully get not Justin Fields. That can't hurt. Taylor to Taylor. Tyrod to Mason. Let's get a touchdown on the board. Plus 260.”
Mason Taylor caught a 4-yard TD pass from Breece Hall in the Jets' 39-38 Week 8 win over the Bengals.
“This is probably the most fun thing you could talk about right now, because it feels like he's going to this guy you're talking about now is going to score a touchdown. And everyone's going to be like, oh, yeah, he's a tight end. Who do you like in the Saints game? It's got to be Taysom Hill. Taysom Hill against the Saints. Sorry, Taysom Hill for the Saints. I think I put that one in the spreadsheet backward. Taysom Hill, whoever he's playing for, he's playing for our producer David Payne from BYU. Loves Taysom Hill. Let's get him in the end zone here. I really wanted Tampa Bay here. But man, the injuries on this game is just everywhere. Everywhere on Tampa Bay is injured. Too much to mess with. But I think the tight end touchdown works. Bucs have allowed tied for fourth most tight end touchdowns. We've played them because they're bad against short and over the middle. That's tight end area. Taysom's never had a rushing touchdown against the Bucs, despite all the games every year. But he does catch them against them. Two of the last three games, he's caught a touchdown. And look, most tight ends, we don't get two ways to score a touchdown. Taysom Hill is the cheat code. In fact, we get three ways, except not really. He could throw one in, but we don't get credit for that one. And we need you to not throw Taysom. Run or catch. That's all you get to do. He has scored a touchdown in nine of his last 21 games That 43 That would imply plus 133 We getting plus 250 on a touchdown It not a huge number but that about 2x the payout”
Taysom Hill did not score; the Saints managed only a field goal in their 23-3 Week 8 loss to the Buccaneers.
“I'm gonna play the Panthers money line plus 320”
CAR 9, BUF 40 — Carolina Panthers lost; moneyline busts.
“next week no thursday we're going to sunday night seahawks at commanders give me seattle minus two and a half.”
WSH 14, SEA 38 — Seattle Seahawks margin +24 vs line -2.5; covers.
“This was a hot read pick for me and I still on the Lions minus five and a half six if you need it obviously best number you can”
DET 24, TB 9 — Detroit Lions margin +15 vs line -5.5; covers.
“And I'm still backing what I played on our last podcast. It's Amon Ross St. Brown escalator season. I'm taking this all the way up. Bucs opponent wide receiver ones have at least nine targets every game this season. They've allowed eight, eight and 10 reception games. Last two games, why do you see everyone has had 132 and 142 yards. Amon's had seven catches or more, all but one game, seven, seven, eight, nine and nine reception. So I want receptions over six and a half.”
DET 24, TB 9 — Amon-Ra St. Brown: 6 receptions vs over 6.5; busts. (Amon-Ra St. Brown: 6 receptions)
“game i i wouldn't mind i'm gonna be on seattle here i wouldn't mind waiting in and playing like a seattle live after a quarter like it houston the last year i believe was really good on those scripted 15 plays and then just completely cratered after that now this is a different system and coordinator but i could see after like put it this way if houston does not look good early offensively then i am gonna really not feel great about their chances because they've just had two weeks to prepare for this and look seattle's defense is really good mike mcdonald's defense is really good but i do think houston is set up well early i still like the seahawks a seahawks minus three if you can get it”
SEA 27, HOU 19 — Seattle Seahawks margin +8 vs line -3; covers.
“Give me the Steelers, plus three and a half, home against the Packers.”
PIT 25, GB 35 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -10 vs line +3.5; busts.
“more than double i think any other coach in our database so steelers on the money line plus 155”
PIT 25, GB 35 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
- Rams ML won
- Patriots ML closed -290 · CLV -19¢ won
- Chiefs ML closed -900 · CLV -10¢ won
- Packers ML closed -375 · CLV +10¢ won
- Lions ML closed -275 · CLV -5¢ won
- Seahawks ML closed -175.5 · CLV +1¢ won
“Rams against the Jaguars in London on Sunday morning. Patriots at the Titans. We mentioned that game already. Chiefs and the Raiders, no shocker there. Packers over the Cardinals. And then the doubleheader Monday night, apparently our last one, maybe for a while. Lions over the Bucs and Seahawks over the Texans. So those six money lines together. This week it is all favorites, plus 630.”
Parlay cashes: Rams ML — won; Patriots ML — won; Chiefs ML — won; Packers ML — won; Lions ML — won; Seahawks ML — won.
“so I'm giving myself an extra point I get one point at the end of the article just a chance to give out a future talk about something on my mind this week's extra point was Seattle safety Nick Imanwari for to be defensive rookie of the year at 60 to 1”
Nick Emmanwori finished a distant second in 2025 Defensive Rookie of the Year voting; he did not win.
“I'm going to take the Rams. Minus three. It's still at minus 105 there.”
JAX 7, LAR 35 — Los Angeles Rams margin +28 vs line -3; covers.
“And Devontae Adams last year against Jacksonville had his best game since leaving Green Bay. Nine catches, 198 and two touchdowns. So I want Adams props. I can't give them to you because there's no lines yet because of the puka thing. So I can tell you, we get a touchdown at even odds.”
Davante Adams caught three TDs from Stafford in the Rams' 35-7 win over the Jaguars in London.
“So I'll take Vikings plus two and a half.”
MIN 22, PHI 28 — Minnesota Vikings margin -6 vs line +2.5; busts.
“Giants, there is a seven and a half out there. Grab the seven and a half if you can. Otherwise, I'll take the seven.”
DEN 33, NYG 32 — New York Giants margin -1 vs line +7.5; covers.
“So here's how we're doing this. It's complicated. Watch the app. We're going to bet either team to win by seven or more points. Here's how we do that. Not as a parlay, because you can't parlay these. They're the opposite. Washington alt line minus six and a half at plus 210 and Dallas alt minus six and a half plus 270. Again, not parlayed. That's literally not possible. We're going to bet both. Take your unit, split in half, bet both. You basically get a combined minus 146 on either team to win by seven.”
DAL 44, WSH 22 — Dallas Cowboys margin +22 vs line -6.5; covers.
“Yeah, I'm going to take Seahawks. I'm going to get the Seahawks minus three.”
SEA 27, HOU 19 — Seattle Seahawks margin +8 vs line -3; covers.
“so I'll probably touch that one as well but the main play Roma Dunze when in Rome plus 125 for a”
Rome Odunze caught a 4th-quarter TD from Caleb Williams in the Bears' 26-14 win over the Saints.
“I'm going to go with Ramondre Stevenson plus 120 for a touchdown.”
Rhamondre Stevenson scored a 3-yard rushing TD in the Patriots' 31-13 win over the Titans.
“And even if it's not, it's still Justin Jefferson. We can take our chances here. Over 75.5 receiving yards.”
MIN 22, PHI 28 — Justin Jefferson: 79 receiving_yards vs over 75.5; covers. (Justin Jefferson: 79 receiving_yards)
“The previous three games, over 20 carries a game for 95 yards, 82 plus all three games, two touchdowns over half the snaps, so over 78 and a half yards rushing for Judkins,”
CLE 31, MIA 6 — Quinshon Judkins: 84 rushing_yards vs over 78.5; covers. (Quinshon Judkins: 84 rushing_yards)
“I like the Lions so from the folks that brought you the Puka mega escalator it's the Amon Ra mega escalator and I want receptions here more than anything but we got a bunch of steps along the way here's where we're going so we talked about the Bucs allowing almost 11 targets a game wide receiver one. Amin Ra 86 catch rate this season That a career high for him If he gets nine targets which every wide receiver one has against Tampa that already a floor of eight catches He had this season seven seven eight nine, and nine in five of the six games. So start the escalator with the over on receptions. It's six and a half. Give me the over.”
DET 24, TB 9 — Amon-Ra St. Brown: 6 receptions vs over 6.5; busts. (Amon-Ra St. Brown: 6 receptions)
“And Bill's second half, minus two and a half we get under the key number that way so i'm going to take a bill's second half position”
2nd half: BUF 7, ATL 3 (full game ATL 24, BUF 14) — Buffalo Bills 2nd-half margin +4 (BUF 7, ATL 3) vs line -2.5; covers.
“and then another similar angle we played a couple weeks ago bill's team total right now is 27 and a half plus 100 on that one 30 points and bill's wins 15 of their last 17 wins since the start of last season so if you think buffalo wins the game they should get the 30 as well we get under the hook right 28 we like to stay under the 28 and even odds there i'm not going to do any escalators or anything just bill's second half and bill's team total”
ATL 24, BUF 14 — Buffalo team total 14 vs line 27.5; unders.
“And this line actually has moved I think just today alone from four and a half to five and a half which admittedly is not a real exciting zone of line movement But I think five and a half is too many I going to take the Bears Some trends in Chicago favor here”
WSH 24, CHI 25 — Chicago Bears margin +1 vs line +5.5; covers.
“have had circled on their calendar waiting for this one out of the buy I'm gonna take Bears five and a half I'm gonna touch the money line too I think Chicago has a real shot here to get the win and you got Ben Johnson settling in. I had to get the name out there in the pick. Money line is plus 220.”
WSH 24, CHI 25 — Chicago Bears won; moneyline covers.
“we're going to take the lions all the [1:17:01] way to monday night next week lions home against the buccaneers five and a half right now at [1:17:06] draft kings give me detroit football”
DET 24, TB 9 — Detroit Lions margin +15 vs line -5.5; covers.
“Panthers Moneyline. [1:19:57] It's an even plus 100 out there.”
NYJ 6, CAR 13 — Carolina Panthers won; moneyline covers.
“So give me some Travis Etienne props I going to take the over on his rushing yards over 60 and a half”
JAX 31, KC 28 — Travis Etienne Jr.: 49 rushing_yards vs over 60.5; busts. (Travis Etienne Jr.: 49 rushing_yards)
“have told you was going to be the hot read like in august steelers minus four and a half against”
PIT 23, CLE 9 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +14 vs line -4.5; covers.
“Second hot read, another four and a half point favorite. Even though I slandered this team earlier, I compared them to your version of the team they're now playing. Give me the Chargers, minus four and a half at the Dolphins Miami offensively it was very worrying to me today”
MIA 27, LAC 29 — Los Angeles Chargers margin +2 vs line -4.5; busts.
“At DraftKings right now, we can get an under 36 and a half. [8:53] So grab that if you can.”
CLE 17, MIN 21 — Combined 38; under 36.5 busts.
“30 and a half plus 190 we going under 27 and a half plus 290”
CLE 17, MIN 21 — Combined 38; under 30.5 busts.
“we going under 27 and a half plus 290”
CLE 17, MIN 21 — Combined 38; under 27.5 busts.
“Yeah, this is my favorite side of the week. [15:10] I'm going with the Seahawks. [15:11] Minus three if you can.”
SEA 35, TB 38 — Seattle Seahawks margin -3 vs line -3; busts.
“but also play a Seattle minus nine and a half, plus 215.”
SEA 35, TB 38 — Seattle Seahawks margin -3 vs line -9.5; busts.
“this week. Seattle, Washington, and Denver are the three kind of coin flippiest playoff bets, make or miss right now. I don't think Seattle should be in that group. And this game in particular is a big part of it. This is the second highest leverage game this week. From PFF, if Seattle loses, they have Seattle 39% to make the playoffs, but with the win, 66%. So if I like Seattle here to win, then I should like them a lot in the playoffs too. Four and one in the NFC, you're in pretty good shape and it's near even odds minus 115 so I like the Seattle escalator there too if you will a futures escalator to invest into the future”
Seattle made the 2025 playoffs as the NFC No. 1 seed and went on to win Super Bowl LX.
- Cardinals -1.5 closed -7.5 · CLV +6 lost
- Colts -1 closed -7 · CLV +6 won
“All right, let's keep rolling here. So you've got a teaser. We're kind of headed to teaser land, as I like to call it. Tennessee, Arizona, and Raiders and Colts. What are you doing? Yeah, so I'm going to go Cardinals and Colts. Give me the favorites here. That's 7.5 for the Cardinals, teased down to 1.5, and Colts at 7, teased down to 1. Just kind of looking for a classic Stanford Wong teaser here.”
Parlay busts: Cardinals -1.5 -1.5 — lost; Colts -1 -1 — won.
“So yeah, under 40 and [29:44] a half if you need it because Houston's 4-0 to even that under right now.”
BAL 10, HOU 44 — Combined 54; under 40.5 busts.
“Under 37.5, I skipped over that one. [30:26] That's our last key number, so plus 145.”
BAL 10, HOU 44 — Combined 54; under 37.5 busts.
“line low enough. So we got to go back to the mine shaft here as well. Lamar Jackson, since becoming a starter, there's 13 games where he did not play for injury or other reasons. Baltimore has gone under 40.5, 10 of those 13. So that's our under. But in eight of the 13, 62%, they've gone 33.5 or below. So that's at plus 235.”
BAL 10, HOU 44 — Combined 54; under 33.5 busts.
“And then 30.5 or below, so 30 points or less. [30:17] They've gone under that in the non-Lamar games over half of the time, 54%. [30:21] We get plus 350 on that one.”
BAL 10, HOU 44 — Combined 54; under 30.5 busts.
“Yeah, I'm going to take the under here, under 49 and a half.”
CIN 24, DET 37 — Combined 61; under 49.5 busts.
“I going to nibble the long shot Patriots on the money line plus 360”
BUF 20, NE 23 — New England Patriots won; moneyline covers.
“Patriots to make the playoffs plus 172.”
New England made the 2025 playoffs and reached Super Bowl LX (lost to Seattle 29-13).
“now for he's on IR. So Brees Hall, like it or not, Jets is going to have to get some extra touches now and I like Brees receiving so give me Brees over 20 and a half receiving yards he has had 30 yards receiving or more in three of the four games this year”
NYJ 22, DAL 37 — Breece Hall: 42 receiving_yards vs over 20.5; covers. (Breece Hall: 42 receiving_yards)
“we get him at plus 700 because he's a name we don't really know too much about yet. So, Brees Hall receiving yards, Isaiah Davis on the touchdown”
Isaiah Davis scored no TD (1 carry, 5 yards; 3 catches, 28 yards) in the Jets' 37-22 Week 5 loss to Dallas.
- Cowboys -2.5 closed +1.5 · CLV -4
- Breece Hall over 20.5 receiving yards closed +26.5 · CLV +6
- Isaiah Davis anytime touchdown
“if you do want the parlay, here's our DraftKings sponsored parlay for the week. Let's throw it all together. Give me the Brees receiving yards and the Isaiah Davis touchdown, but for some negative correlation, let's still take that Dallas minus two and a half to get the win and cover. Let's trust all those trends. We get all three of those together. Cowboys cover, Hall over on the receiving yards davis touchdown at plus 1800 at draft kings i like it my only question for you is do you see they sign khalil herbert i feel like he won get much work this week and they going to go back to Brees and Davis So I feel like for at least a week or so while Braylon on IR this feels like the battering ram they're going to go with in terms of those two guys. So let's recap the parlay here. It's Dallas minus 2.5. It's Brees Hall over 20.5 receiving yards, and it's Isaiah Davis to find the end zone, 18-1 SGP,”
SGP busts: Cowboys covered -2.5 easily (won 37-22) and Breece Hall cleared 20.5 receiving yards (4 rec, 42 yds), but Isaiah Davis did not score a touchdown — the Jets' only TDs went to Andrew Beck and Garrett Wilson — so the parlay loses. (Cowboys 37, Jets 22; Hall 4 rec/42 yds; Davis: no TD)
“Give me the Eagles. [58:28] Minus six and a half at the Giants.”
NYG 34, PHI 17 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -17 vs line -6.5; busts.
“Does that mean anything? absolutely not but there's your trend if you want to bet them here's my bet i'm gonna take the under under 45 and a half at draft kings prime time unders not counting thursday games since 2019”
MIA 27, NYJ 21 — Combined 48; under 45.5 busts.
“The reason, but I'll say this, the reason I like it, and this is the bet I think that's more actionable and better, is I like Garrett Wilson. He's minus 110, and I like Brees Hall plus 225 to get a catch on the first Jets drive. Garrett Wilson this year, 10 targets in the first quarter, which is top eight or so in the NFL. And Brees went two for two on target receptions versus Tampa Bay last week. So I feel like the Jets might come out a little aggressive, a little different, especially with field starting. I think those guys get in reset. I think the way I would do it is like half unit on Garrett, quarter unit on Brees, and you end up cashing with either. Something of that nature would be the way I would play it.”
On the Jets' first offensive drive (which ended in a Braelon Allen fumble at the Miami 1-yard line), Breece Hall caught a pass but Garrett Wilson was not targeted/did not catch a pass — leg lost. (Jets' first drive: B.Hall 5-yd catch; no Wilson target/catch; drive ended on fumble at MIA 1.)
“The reason, but I'll say this, the reason I like it, and this is the bet I think that's more actionable and better, is I like Garrett Wilson. He's minus 110, and I like Brees Hall plus 225 to get a catch on the first Jets drive. Garrett Wilson this year, 10 targets in the first quarter, which is top eight or so in the NFL. And Brees went two for two on target receptions versus Tampa Bay last week. So I feel like the Jets might come out a little aggressive, a little different, especially with field starting. I think those guys get in reset. I think the way I would do it is like half unit on Garrett, quarter unit on Brees, and you end up cashing with either. Something of that nature would be the way I would play it.”
Breece Hall caught a 5-yard pass from Justin Fields on the Jets' opening offensive drive of the game. (Jets' first drive: B.Hall 5-yd reception (short left).)
“All right, so Cincinnati and Denver is the second Monday Night Football game. Right now that line is 7.5 for Denver, 44.5. I said it earlier, but Denver is 0-3 against the spread, the last undefeated or winless ATS team so far this season. I feel like the stat you almost have to continue to say when it comes to Zach Taylor. 45 32 and one straight up with burrow eight and 23 when he doesn't have burrow under center uh obviously seven and a half points a lot different than the uh than the straight up line here but what are your thoughts on this matchup because i only have like one or two vets yeah i just think seven and a half is is too much respect for a denver that that that's going off of last year's denver respect and i don't know that they have earned that this year so i'm going to take the Bengals just in a by-low spot.”
DEN 28, CIN 3 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -25 vs line +7.5; busts.
“we're going with two unders and they're pretty ugly unders so let's start with my vikings and [1:20:33] the browns just a heads up you probably sleep in next sunday under 37 and a half at draft kings”
CLE 17, MIN 21 — Combined 38; under 37.5 busts.
“Giants Saints under [1:23:28] 42 and a half we talked about the Giants”
NO 26, NYG 14 — Combined 40; under 42.5 covers.
“we're back again vikings minus two and a half against the steelers”
PIT 24, MIN 21 — Minnesota Vikings margin -3 vs line -2.5; busts.
“give me the under under 44 and a half easy easy under last week”
DET 34, CLE 10 — Combined 44; under 44.5 covers.
“Here's my play. Bills team total. I'm playing an alt team total, but a low alt over 29 and a half. [19:45] So 30 points or more. It's minus 170 at DraftKings.”
BUF 31, NO 19 — Combined 50; over 29.5 covers.
“it literally it's just Micah Parsons get a sack find the best number you can best I see right now is minus 144 I don't even have a long case for this there's just there's no way I'm not betting Micah Parsons revenge game to get a sack against the Cowboys. That's it. That's the case.”
Micah Parsons recorded a sack (including an overtime sack of Dak Prescott) in the Packers' 40-40 tie at Dallas.
“So we played Packers on the hot read. We got minus five. [30:47] Hopefully you tailed that and minus five and a half. [30:49] If not, I still like that a lot.”
DAL 40, GB 40 — Green Bay Packers margin +0 vs line -5.5; busts.
“join love just over one and a half passing touchdowns it's at minus 136”
Jordan Love threw three touchdown passes (over 1.5) in the Packers' 40-40 tie at Dallas.
“outside coverage now. They can move Puka into the slot where he just ravages defense. Colts linebackers are not great. They've not been great middle of the field. And we know Sean McVay, when he finds a play that works, he's just going to keep hitting the X button over and over and Just keep running that play every time again. So on the season, Nikola already leads the league in receptions, 10, 8, and 11. The number we get here is over 7.5, plus 108.”
Puka Nacua caught 13 passes (career-high 170 yards) in the Rams' 27-20 win over the Colts — well over the 7.5 reception line. (Nacua: 13 rec, 170 yds.)
“we already gave that one now we got the best of the number the play is a Marion Hampton we talked about him in the Chargers game Sunday on the recap we talked about him as part of this read as well I want rushing yards over 62 and a half and we'll take the escalator”
NYG 21, LAC 18 — Omarion Hampton: 128 rushing_yards vs over 62.5; covers. (Omarion Hampton: 128 rushing_yards)
“rookie of the year, Omerian Hampton 9-1 I think is a good investment right now. In my 3-0 article this week, this was my top futures angle”
Tetairoa McMillan won 2025 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year at NFL Honors; Omarion Hampton did not win.
- Jalen Hurts 30+ passing attempts pending
- Jalen Hurts interception pending
- Buccaneers +3.5 closed +3.5 · CLV 0 lost
“Same game parlay at DraftKings. Jalen Hurts, [44:46] 30 passing attempts, plus an interception for Hurts, and the Bucs cover the three and a half, [44:52] plus 465”
Parlay busts: Jalen Hurts 30+ passing attempts +29.5 — manual; Jalen Hurts interception — manual; Buccaneers +3.5 +3.5 — lost.
- Derrick Henry 100+ rushing yards lost
- Derrick Henry anytime TD pending
- Ravens ML closed -148 · CLV 0¢ lost
“So Henry, 100 yards rushing and a touchdown. That's the bet at DraftKings. Sorry, Henry, 100 yards and a touchdown plus Ravens' money line because that's all part of the script. Ravens win Henry gets 100 yards and finds the end zone that is hit in 9 of 13 wins that Henry's had with the Ravens 9 of 18 games he's played so half of them it's plus 340 at DraftKings”
Parlay busts: Derrick Henry 100+ rushing yards +99.5 — lost; Derrick Henry anytime TD — manual; Ravens ML — lost.
“chargers minus two and a half at draft kings against the commanders”
LAC 10, WSH 27 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -17 vs line -2.5; busts.
“I think they'll wait up at the Ravens if you like them. Old faithful, Lamar first half. We know the stat, 60-34-2, 64% ATS in the first half for his career, 2-0 ATS this year. And first half number is minus 2.5.”
BAL 14, DET 14 (halftime) — Tied 14-14 at halftime; Ravens margin 0 vs line -2.5; busts.
“A lot of trends like the under here. [1:06:36] That's the hater bet, I suppose. [1:06:39] This total has been bet up. [1:06:40] It was 50.5. [1:06:41] It's now like 53.5.”
BAL 30, DET 38 — Combined 68; under 53.5 busts.
“70 yards hits the over for zay flowers just the traditional”
BAL 30, DET 38 — Zay Flowers: 13 receiving_yards vs over 70; busts. (Zay Flowers: 13 receiving_yards)
“the packers minus five if you can find it i grabbed it earlier i still see a minus five and a half at”
DAL 40, GB 40 — Green Bay Packers margin +0 vs line -5.5; busts.
“let's go right to the other one chargers minus five and a half at the giants”
NYG 21, LAC 18 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -3 vs line -5.5; busts.
“Give me the Panthers plus six against the Falcons at BetMGM.”
CAR 30, ATL 0 — Carolina Panthers margin +30 vs line +6; covers.
“Give me the jets J E T S plus seven at the bucks at draft Kings.”
TB 29, NYJ 27 — New York Jets margin -2 vs line +7; covers.
“Jets plus seven and a little nibble on the money line since 2018. Oh, and two road dogs, 11 and 15 straight up. That's pretty good for oh, and two road underdogs. 46% ROI. If you look at dogs of five or more points in that span, seven and nine, almost five hundred, 80 percent ROI. Remember, four upsets of a touchdown or more the last two years. Could this be another one? Jets plus 280 on the money line as part of your bet as well.”
TB 29, NYJ 27 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“Give me the Texans plus two.”
JAX 17, HOU 10 — Houston Texans margin -7 vs line +2; busts.
“I think that's around the same. I think the escalator here is still giving Texans a chance in the division. Plus 300 at FanDuel. I still like them in the division.”
Jacksonville won the AFC South at 13-4; Houston finished second (12-5), so the Texans division future lost.
“taking the bears bears plus one and a half against the cowboys at draft kings”
CHI 31, DAL 14 — Chicago Bears margin +17 vs line +1.5; covers.
“So I like Packers, Browns, under 41.5. [28:33] That one is dropping a bit, so I'd go ahead and grab it now.”
CLE 13, GB 10 — Combined 23; under 41.5 covers.
“So give me the Vikings. There is a minus two and a half out there at ESPN bet. I'll grab that if you can.”
MIN 48, CIN 10 — Minnesota Vikings margin +38 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I'm the Wentz guy. There's no way I'm not playing this. Carson loves to call his own number at the goal line. That has been the staple time and again at NDSU. We've seen it in the NFL. He loves the QB draw. Five to one. Anytime touchdown at DraftKings.”
Carson Wentz threw TDs to Oliver and Hockenson but did not score himself in the Vikings' 48-10 Week 3 win over Cincinnati.
“So give me the Baker interception, because Jill would love this. We're getting plus odds on Baker Mayfield to throw a pick, plus 105.”
Baker Mayfield threw no interceptions (19/29, 1 TD) in Tampa Bay's 29-27 Week 3 win over the Jets.
“We're playing Roma Dunes, a over four and a half receptions. [45:27] It's minus one, 22 at FanDuel.”
CHI 31, DAL 14 — Rome Odunze: 3 receptions vs over 4.5; busts. (Rome Odunze: 3 receptions)
“So give me the 20-plus rushing attempts at plus 125 at bat 365”
PHI 33, LAR 26 — Saquon Barkley: 18 rushing_attempts vs over 19.5; busts. (Saquon Barkley: 18 rushing_attempts)
“And I want no part of their futures. I looked already multiple times for a missed playoffs ticket at 2-0. I know they're going to factor the Burrow thing in there. but I'm always pretty happy to have a missed playoffs ticket on a bottom five defense with bad blocking and bad coaching and now maybe bad quarterback play too Sign me up for that ticket”
Cincinnati finished 6-11, last in the AFC North and out of the playoffs, so Bengals-to-miss-playoffs won.
“So I going to go Raiders plus three and a half here”
LV 9, LAC 20 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -11 vs line +3.5; busts.
“Raiders plus six and a half at the Commanders.”
WSH 41, LV 24 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -17 vs line +6.5; busts.
- Chiefs ML closed -325 · CLV +20¢ won
- Ravens ML closed -245 · CLV +20¢ lost
“primetime parlay [1:13:31] chiefs ravens minus 106 at draft kings”
Parlay busts: Chiefs ML — won; Ravens ML — lost.
“Give me the Bears plus six and a half at the lines.”
DET 52, CHI 21 — Chicago Bears margin -31 vs line +6.5; busts.
“give me the Bears money [13:36] line plus 230.”
DET 52, CHI 21 — Chicago Bears lost; moneyline busts.
“line plus 230. I think they're very much live to win this outright. And if you're ready, Bears Island, we're not abandoning yet. It's 13 to one in the division at Caesars.”
The Bears won the NFC North in 2025, finishing 11-6 in first place.
“The injuries have pushed the line towards Atlanta here This one I tell you right now Vikings minus 3 I would wait if you can I think there a good chance we get to a minus three here We not get past that but I would wait for the three if you can get it And if not I happy with the three and a half, or that will be the official pick for the pod.”
MIN 6, ATL 22 — Minnesota Vikings margin -16 vs line -3.5; busts.
“Give me the Niners minus three.”
NO 21, SF 26 — San Francisco 49ers margin +5 vs line -3; covers.
“You like James Conner this week. I love James Conner this week. This honestly might be my favorite bet of the podcast. James Conner, we're taking the over rushing yards over 60 and a half at Caesars.”
ARI 27, CAR 22 — James Conner: 34 rushing_yards vs over 60.5; busts. (James Conner: 34 rushing_yards)
“Give me James Conner. So over 16 and a half yards. That's the proxy for the cards win. Now here's the escalator. 100 yards or more. He's had 98 yards or more in seven of those 11 wins. Over half of them, we're getting five to one at bat 365 on 100 yards. Sign me up for that one.”
ARI 27, CAR 22 — James Conner: 34 rushing_yards vs over 100; busts. (James Conner: 34 rushing_yards)
“Give me Brees Hall, longest run, over 14 and a half yards at DraftKings.”
Hall carried 10 times for 29 yards with a long run of 12 in Buffalo's 30-10 win over NY; his longest run (12) fell short of the 14.5 line. (Breece Hall: 10 car, 29 yds, long 12)
“Hunter Henry over 31 and a half receiving yards”
MIA 27, NE 33 — Hunter Henry: 9 receiving_yards vs over 31.5; busts. (Hunter Henry: 9 receiving_yards)
“over three and a half receptions. Again, he's hit that eight of 10 games with Drake May.”
MIA 27, NE 33 — Hunter Henry: 1 receptions vs over 3.5; busts. (Hunter Henry: 1 receptions)
“And I think Tootin, the rookie, might actually start kind of sneaking up an ATM. So I kind of pivoted here, thought I was running, got back to the tight ends. So Brenton Strange over 31.5”
CIN 31, JAX 27 — Brenton Strange: 17 receiving_yards vs over 31.5; busts. (Brenton Strange: 17 receiving_yards)
“Tip Ryman, Cardinals tight end, anytime touchdown, 11-1 at bat 365.”
Tip Reiman did not score in the Cardinals' 27-22 win over Carolina.
“ravens division odds minus 135 at fan duel”
Pittsburgh won the 2025 AFC North at 10-7; the Ravens finished 8-9, so the Ravens-to-win-division ticket lost.
“and ravens most wins nine to one at draft kings”
The Ravens finished 8-9, nowhere near the league wins lead (Seahawks/Patriots/Broncos tied at 14-3), so Ravens most regular-season wins lost.
“Give me under 43 at bat 365”
NE 14, PIT 21 — Combined 35; under 43 covers.
“give me the Chiefs minus five [49:00] and a half at the Giants.”
NYG 9, KC 22 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +13 vs line -5.5; covers.
“So give me the Bears, plus one and a half.”
CHI 24, MIN 27 — Chicago Bears margin -3 vs line +1.5; busts.
“Bears minus 6.5 plus 250 on the outline.”
CHI 24, MIN 27 — Chicago Bears margin -3 vs line -6.5; busts.
“So first one, Seahawks at the Steelers. I teased both of these teams. Under 41 and a half. Grab that one at DraftKings.”
PIT 17, SEA 31 — Combined 48; under 41.5 busts.
“under 41 and a half at DraftKings. And then real quick, the other one, Broncos at Colts under 43 and a half. You should find that at pretty much any book you need it.”
IND 29, DEN 28 — Combined 57; under 43.5 busts.
“How could it be anything but the New York football giants? Plus six and a half at the Commanders.”
WSH 21, NYG 6 — New York Giants margin -15 vs line +6.5; busts.
“first half and get out of there so texans first half plus two and a half probably i'll end up doing like a money line plus 125 if you want to do the halftime full-time money line i do like texans to win here i think it's kind of a lucky spot getting this rams team with stafford no preseason but first half play plus two and a half is the play”
LAR 14, HOU 9 — Houston Texans margin -5 vs line +2.5; busts.
“give me the Packers minus one and a half or anything under three if you got it and I think”
GB 27, DET 13 — Green Bay Packers margin +14 vs line -1.5; covers.
“I mean after the afternoon slate we have we sit back and have like 15 minutes to get in bets for ravens bills so what is your uh best bet for that game i gonna play the ravens i gonna play the first half money line so it's minus 105 at espn”
BUF 41, BAL 40 — Baltimore Ravens lost; moneyline busts.
“so steelers jets under 38 and a half maybe i'll do the mineshaft”
NYJ 32, PIT 34 — Combined 66; under 38.5 busts.
“want yards i want receptions i want the whole thing with david and joku over 48 and a half receiving yards that's the bottom rung and then we'll go 70 yards or more plus 250 at bat 365 and then i'm kind of switching volume to receptions Get some short passes in here. Eight catches plus 525, 10 catches, 15 to one at bat 365. Top of the ladder. Remember, he did that against the Bengals last year. So keep an eye on, again, Action Pro. Watch in the app if you're wondering about unit sizing on all these escalators. But Njoku from 48 and a half yards to 70 and 8 and 10 catches all the way up.”
CLE 16, CIN 17 — David Njoku: 37 receiving_yards vs over 48.5; busts. (David Njoku: 37 receiving_yards)
“So if they actually come out running, I think Walker should look good. He had a touchdown both games against the Niners last year So give me over 59 and a half rushing yards and then a little slight escalator 59 and a half plus a touchdown at plus 323 at FanDuel”
SEA 13, SF 17 — Kenneth Walker III: 20 rushing_yards vs over 59.5; busts. (Kenneth Walker III: 20 rushing_yards)
“Over 70.5 receiving yards, Ladd McConkie.”
LAC 27, KC 21 — Ladd McConkey: 74 receiving_yards vs over 70.5; covers. (Ladd McConkey: 74 receiving_yards)
“Give me the Titans money line plus 350.”
DEN 20, TEN 12 — Tennessee Titans lost; moneyline busts.
“behind so alternate plays on miami minus six and a half plus 240 at bed mgm minus 13 and a half plus”
IND 33, MIA 8 — Miami Dolphins margin -25 vs line -6.5; busts.
“Give me the Packers minus two and a half.”
GB 27, WSH 18 — Green Bay Packers margin +9 vs line -2.5; covers.
“but just give me for a future's best bet, zero wins after five weeks. That's a fast future at DraftKings, plus 340.”
The Saints went 1-4 through five weeks (won their opener vs the Giants), so they had a win after five weeks.
“Giants, NFC seed under 14 and a half. Now, let me help you out here. Under 14 and a half means better than the 15 seed or the 16 seed. I'm betting on the Giants. It's plus 120 at ESPN.”
The Giants finished 4-13, last in the NFC East and 15th in the NFC, worse than the 14.5 seed line (over).
“With the Panthers, beat one team. Here's the bet. 2-0 head to head against the Saints. Plus 165. The Saints are terrible. Just beat the Saints two times.”
The Saints swept the season series, beating Carolina 17-7 and 20-17, so the Panthers did not go 2-0.
“my best bet on the Cowboys I'm leaning all the way in their fifth worst in my power ranks zero wins in September plus 750 at ESPN”
The Cowboys won at least one September game (40-37 OT over the Giants), so they were not winless in September.
“Yeah so I keep Jets real quick We did this one on our Exotics podcast Jets touchdown leader Braylon Allen 14 at bet 365 Goal line carries I think they going to go to Braylon Allen Brees Hall has never had more than five rushing touchdowns. And Fields, this is not his game. He's the guy that's going to get outside the numbers and beat you with speed around the edge, but not really like the tush-push touchdowns guy. With the Jets offense, five or six touchdowns might be enough. So 14-1 there.”
Breece Hall led the Jets in touchdowns (5); Braelon Allen missed 13 games with an MCL injury and was not the team leader.
- Titans over 5.5 wins
- Patriots over 7.5 wins
“Titans over 5.5, Patriots over 7.5. That's where you're going to find it's a plus 190 bet.”
Titans finished 3-14, well under the 5.5 win total (leg lost) despite Patriots covering their 7.5 total at 14-3 (leg won). One losing leg sinks the parlay. (Titans 3-14 (miss, needed 6+ wins); Patriots 14-3 (hit, over 7.5))
“My best bet here is Travis Hunter, Offensive Rookie of the Year. Offensive, not defensive, 12-1.”
Tetairoa McMillan won 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year; Travis Hunter did not win it.
“we're gonna get the rest of the way there now i'm gonna go exact outcome one two in the afc west Chiefs in first Raiders in second is 14 to one at DraftKings”
The AFC West finished Broncos 1st, Chargers 2nd, Chiefs 3rd (6-11), not Chiefs first and Raiders second.
“at the top all right we're going commander's mineshaft i know you're surprised to hear him at number 21 but if you're surprised it's because we're going all the way down here so under nine and a half we're going multi-unit bet that is my favorite over under on the board”
Washington Commanders finished the 2025 season 5-12, well under the 9.5 win total. (Commanders 5-12 (5 wins) vs 9.5)
“The Steelers get eliminated in the wildcard round. It's plus 290”
Steelers lost 30-6 to the Texans in the Wild Card round, exactly the stage of elimination bet.
“i do love this prop we're taking the escalator on lad mcconkey receiving yards so i asked here as a rookie 82 catches 1149 yards last seven games even better once they got going with herbert we know they pass more down the stretch. He had at least 83 yards, all but one of those last seven games, paced just under 1,600 yards Do you know that ESPN bet his over on the season is 950 and a half yards Under 1,000 for Ladd McConkie second round fantasy pick Ladd McConkie Future fantasy star Ladd McConkie So we taking the over and 1,250 yards is plus 250 I think even that is too low. We'll take 1,500 yards at plus 700.”
Ladd McConkey finished with 789 receiving yards; over 1,250 lost.
“I'm out on the Bucs. I think you've got to be out on the Bucs with all the injuries early on. Tristan Wurfs, all those receiver injuries, here's the mine shaft under the nine and a half under seven and a half alt under is plus 250 at draft kings and just in case last winless team 50 to 1 at espn bet look they probably can't go all”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished the 2025 season 8-9, under the 9.5 win total. (Buccaneers 8-9 (8 wins) vs 9.5)
“Four wins in September at ESPN Bet. It's eight to one odds.”
The Patriots went 2-2 in September 2025, not 4-0.
“bears island worst to first division winner we get a better number now plus 625 thanks micah parsons let's be honest not thanks micah parsons”
The Bears won the NFC North as the No. 2 NFC seed in 2025.
“So here's the bet. Bills Patriots top two in the AFC East. This is not an in order. This is just those are the top two teams. It's at DraftKings and it's minus 105.”
The Patriots (14-3) and Bills (12-5) finished first and second in the AFC East.
“Give me Houston in the division. AFC South winners plus odds. What are we doing? Plus 115 at FanDuel. I'm going multi-units on that.”
The Jaguars (13-4) won the AFC South; the Texans finished 12-5 in second place.
- Chiefs win AFC West
- Texans win AFC South
- Eagles win NFC East
“chiefs texans eagles division winner parlay plus 633 at FanDuel”
Same division-winner parlay as the 09-01 episode: Chiefs missed the playoffs entirely (6-11, Broncos won AFC West) and Texans were a wild card, not AFC South champs (Jaguars 13-4 won it). Only the Eagles (NFC East) leg hit. (Chiefs 6-11 missed playoffs, Broncos 14-3 won AFC West (miss); Texans 12-5 wild card, Jaguars 13-4 won AFC South (miss); Eagles won NFC East (hit))
“but I'm going to take Niners' most wins in the NFL, 13-1 at DraftKings.”
The 49ers finished 12-5; Seattle led the NFL with 14 regular-season wins.
“Patriots exact outcome. First in the division, Bill second. That's what I like at Caesars at plus 750.”
Patriots finished 1st (14-3) and Bills 2nd (12-5) in the AFC East, matching the exact outcome.
- Texans win AFC South
- Eagles win NFC East
- Chiefs win AFC West
“So I'm going to parlay all three together. Texans, Eagles, Chiefs, give me the division parlay at FanDuel plus 633.”
Eagles won the NFC East, but Texans did NOT win the AFC South (Jaguars did, 13-4, with Houston as a wild card at 12-5) and Chiefs did NOT win the AFC West (Broncos did, 14-3; Chiefs missed the playoffs entirely at 6-11). Two of three legs lost. (Eagles won NFC East (hit); Texans 12-5 wild card, Jaguars 13-4 won AFC South (miss); Chiefs 6-11 missed playoffs, Broncos 14-3 won AFC West (miss))
“So I like the Texans, 6-0 in the division, 13-1.”
The Texans went 4-2 in the AFC South, not 6-0 (the Jaguars went 4-0 in division play).
“So I've been trying to figure out how do I bet the Raiders to improve, but not that much. And I think it's this, second place in the division, plus 750 at DraftKings.”
The Raiders finished 4th (3-14) in the AFC West, not 2nd; the Chargers were 2nd.
“So one pick one long shot Brian Callahan of the Titans 18 to one So second year coach probably that would feel like a pretty short leash”
Brian Callahan was the first NFL head coach fired in 2025, dismissed by the Titans after a 1-5 start.
“Jets, similar, but I like this one a little better. I think this is a run-heavy team. gave me the goal line back on a run-heavy offense, Braylon Allen, 14-1. I think he's the touchdown guy, not Brees Hall”
Braelon Allen missed the final 13 games with an MCL injury; Breece Hall led the Jets in TDs.
“And then if we're going to stick with the bottom teams, how about a Lions pick? Another shot at Ben Johnson here. This isn't a shot at the Lions offense, but I think David Montgomery is terribly priced here. There's actually an odds boost right now. He's 12 to one. You can get him at 14 to one at bat 365. Montgomery is the touchdown guy.”
Jahmyr Gibbs led the Lions with 18 TDs; David Montgomery had only 8.
“my only yards one here is AJ Brown, receiving yards leader. It's 28 to one at Caesars.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba led the NFL in receiving yards (1,793) in 2025; A.J. Brown was not the leader.
“have after five games these are all at draft kings and I'm betting three teams all to have zero wins two of them shouldn't surprise you it's the Browns and the Saints right the problem is the numbers here are outrageous. The Browns are plus 340 to be winless after five games.”
The Browns went 1-4 through five games (beat Green Bay 13-10 in Week 4), so they were not winless.
“have after five games these are all at draft kings and I'm betting three teams all to have zero wins two of them shouldn't surprise you it's the Browns and the Saints right the problem is the numbers here are outrageous. The Browns are plus 340 to be winless after five games. Here's who the Browns play. Bengals, Ravens, Packers, Lions, Vikings. You're like more than a touchdown underdog in all those games. You're plus 340 to lose them all? I'm taking that every day. The Saints go Cardinals, Niners, Seahawks, Bills. Then they get to host the Giants in week five. I wish you only had a week four for that one, but it's plus 450. So maybe the Giants are giving me a little extra boost in there.”
The Saints went 1-4 through five games (beat the Giants in the opener), so they were not winless after five.
“teams that really are in the running for this it's Baltimore Kansas City in the AFC it's Philly San Francisco in the NFC and I have San Fran as my number two overall record by like half a win or less to the Ravens so 13 to 1 very easy choice my long shot here is my number five team and that's”
49ers finished 12-5; best record was 14-3 (Seahawks/Patriots/Broncos). (49ers 12-5, NFC West runner-up.)
“and I have San Fran as my number two overall record by like half a win or less to the Ravens so 13 to 1 very easy choice my long shot here is my number five team and that's the Houston Texans, 45 to one, both at DraftKings.”
Texans finished 12-5; best record was 14-3. (Texans 12-5, AFC South runner-up to Jaguars 13-4.)
“other way and I'm just getting creative. It's just a 150 to one long shot on the Washington Commanders as the worst record who definitely don't need a tank because they have a quarterback,”
Commanders finished 5-12; worst record was 3-14. (Washington 5-12, not the league's worst record.)
“So this is my favorite under on the board. I project the commanders under 7 wins. So even an alt under 7.5 plus 320, that's the responsible way for this.”
Washington Commanders finished the 2025 season 5-12, well under the 7.5 win total. (Commanders 5-12 (5 wins) vs 7.5)
“750 that gets you out before the Buffalo game so this is a team I'm just very much in on we'll have more about them later but definitely the Patriots 60 to 1 for last unbeaten long shot before we move”
Patriots started 2-2; last undefeated teams were Bills/Eagles (both lost Week 5). (Patriots lost Week 1 and Week 3.)
“So Saints last winless team, plus 850 at ESPN.”
Saints got first win Week 5; Jets were last winless team (first win Week 8). (Saints 1-3 after Week 5 win over Giants.)
“I like Saints as the 16 seed, so worst team in the NFC, plus 225.”
Saints finished 6-11; worst NFC team (16 seed) was Cardinals 3-14. (Saints 6-11.)
“I like Saints as the 16 seed, so worst team in the NFC, plus 225. You can do that for Browns and the AFC, plus 225. Give me both of them.”
Browns finished 5-12; worst AFC team (16 seed) was 3-14 (Jets/Titans/Raiders). (Browns 5-12, not worst in AFC.)
“if you want a bet that's going to win brown's worst in the division minus 300 at draft kings not going to give you a lot of minus bets today but they're not catching anybody in that division so i like that one too all right uh because we were kind of toying with the idea about the giants”
Browns finished 5-12, worst record in AFC North. (AFC North: Steelers 10-7, Ravens 8-9, Bengals 6-11, Browns 5-12.)
“so i like that one too all right uh because we were kind of toying with the idea about the giants for worst record i thought that this actually would more apply to them for last winless team so i took them at four to one at espn bet so the giants they have the second hardest strength of”
Giants got first win Week 4; Jets were last winless team (first win Week 8). (Giants beat Chargers in Week 4.)
“you could actually win your 50 to one bucks last winless bet.”
Buccaneers won early and finished 8-9; Jets were last winless team (first win Week 8). (Tampa Bay 8-9.)
“Yeah, I'm going to give you both of my picks right here. So the Ravens 8 to 1 at ESPN. Don't need to make the case on the Ravens.”
Rams led NFL in scoring (518 pts); Ravens did not lead points scored. (Rams most points; Ravens finished 8-9.)
“top five points scored it's all double digit win playoff team so points equals wins i like the bears bears island so bears 25 to 1 but responsibly ravens 8 to 1 all right we've shoehorned in”
Rams led NFL in scoring (518 pts); Bears did not lead points scored. (Bears finished 11-6.)
“I'm going chalk here. So the last five years, the quote winner in this category of least points scored, all AFC teams that won two, three, three four and five games so pick the worst team in the afc give me the browns plus 375 caesars”
Raiders scored the fewest points in 2025 (241); Browns were 2nd-fewest at 279, so the Browns least-points future loses. (Browns 279 points; Raiders led with 241)
“Patriots to make the playoffs plus 154.”
Patriots made the 2025-26 playoffs as the AFC No. 2 seed (and reached Super Bowl LX). (AFC No. 2 seed)
“make the playoffs is minus 130 at Caesars. What are we doing? The Packers aren't missing the”
Packers made the 2025-26 playoffs as the NFC No. 7 seed. (NFC No. 7 seed)
“now of course ben johnson's bears plus 195 at caesars”
Bears made the 2025-26 playoffs as the NFC No. 2 seed. (NFC No. 2 seed)
“So commanders to miss plus 130.”
Commanders missed the 2025-26 playoffs, so the miss-playoffs bet wins. (Not among the 14 playoff teams)
“Lions to miss at plus 165 at Caesars.”
Lions missed the 2025-26 playoffs, so the miss-playoffs bet wins. (Not among the 14 playoff teams)
“So give me the exact outcome of Ravens over Niners at DraftKings 70-1.”
Super Bowl LX was Seahawks 29, Patriots 13; neither Ravens nor 49ers reached it, so the exact-outcome bet loses. (Seahawks beat Patriots in SB LX)
“Ravens over Texans in the conference championship is 30 to 1 that's my bet”
AFC Championship was Patriots 10, Broncos 7 (not Ravens over Texans), so the exact-outcome bet loses. (AFC title game: Patriots beat Broncos)
“Niners Packers don't love that matchup for the Niners it's not gone well historically for San Francisco but if I like the Niners like the Packers to get to the NFC title game for the recently we talked about, but the Niners to beat them, that's 50 to one.”
NFC Championship was Seahawks 31, Rams 27 (not 49ers over Packers), so the exact-outcome bet loses. (NFC title game: Seahawks beat Rams)
“But long shot for me, Houston Texans 40 to 1. I don't know if I'm all the way there on they're going to win the Super Bowl. But I think there's value in the ticket enough to give us some options.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX; Texans did not win it, future busts. (Seahawks def. Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX)
“they are clearly the best team in the league and this has to be the year for mvp super bowl the whole thing so we're starting with lamar plus 550 a full unit bet on that i don't even mind if you”
Matthew Stafford won 2025 NFL MVP; Lamar Jackson did not. (Stafford edged Drake Maye 24-23 votes)
“brock purdy quarter unit on 30 to 1 those are the best bets for mvp”
Matthew Stafford won 2025 NFL MVP; Brock Purdy did not. (Stafford (LAR) won MVP)
“legacy award. Trent Williams is a legacy award. This is the guy you want repping the Protector of the Year award as the dude on the offensive line. So I love Trent Williams, 11-1, full unit bat on him.”
Joe Thuney won 2025 Protector of the Year; Trent Williams did not. (Inaugural Protector of the Year went to Bears' Joe Thuney.)
“valuable in both places. The Bears are better. The Chiefs are worse. Tooney maybe is the top guard in the league. We saw him play left tackle in the playoff run for the Chiefs last year, 40 to one.”
Joe Thuney won the inaugural 2025 Protector of the Year award. (Bears OL Joe Thuney named Protector of the Year at NFL Honors.)
“Chiefs center Creed Humphrey, widely assumed to be the best center in the league, especially now that Frank Ragnow is retired. He's plus 3,300.”
Joe Thuney won 2025 Protector of the Year; Creed Humphrey did not. (Protector of the Year went to Joe Thuney.)
“there, all the rest is fine. We just need him to play. I don't think he will, but it's 35 to 1, not five to one and three to one like the other guys so Tua is my bat here just a half unit on it”
Christian McCaffrey won 2025 Comeback Player of the Year; Tua did not. (49ers RB McCaffrey named AP Comeback Player of the Year.)
“and then just a tiny long shot I know it's a defender but 150 to one Dre Greenlaw”
Christian McCaffrey won 2025 Comeback Player of the Year; Dre Greenlaw did not. (McCaffrey won; Aidan Hutchinson runner-up.)
“And I say that because my first bet for coach of the year is Brian Schottenheimer and the Dallas Cowboys staff, who I ranked dead last in my coaching rankings just a week ago on this podcast. Here's the case. First year coach, offensive minded, not an offense I like, but he's offensive minded. It's an easy narrative. It's America's team. They stunk last year, but they won 12 games three years in a row before that. We know about the NFC East champion. You never repeat like two decades now. He's 30 to one.”
Mike Vrabel won 2025 NFL Coach of the Year; Schottenheimer did not. (Vrabel led Patriots' turnaround)
“I genuinely love D Ryans 65 to one”
Mike Vrabel won 2025 NFL Coach of the Year; DeMeco Ryans did not. (Vrabel (NE) won COY)
“so i'll go a half unit on zach robinson 60 to 1”
Josh McDaniels won 2025 Assistant Coach of the Year; Zac Robinson did not. (McDaniels (NE OC) won)
“here are the other three names in my top six I'm gonna bet a quarter or half unit on all three of them again swerving a little bit here our guy Cliff Kingsbury 28 to 1 for Washington I think this is a great way to invest in the commanders I don't mind investing a quarter unit in a team I”
Josh McDaniels won 2025 Assistant Coach of the Year; Kliff Kingsbury did not. (McDaniels (NE OC) won)
“Jesse Minter, Chargers defensive guy, 33-1.”
Josh McDaniels won 2025 Assistant Coach of the Year; Jesse Minter did not. (McDaniels (NE OC) won)
“So not a full unit, probably quarter or half on each, but Michael Williams 14-1,”
Carson Schwesinger won 2025 Defensive Rookie of the Year; Mykel Williams did not. (Schwesinger (CLE LB) won DROY)
“Not super confident. So not a full unit, probably quarter or half on each, but Michael Williams 14-1, Carson Schwestinger 35 to 1”
Carson Schwesinger won 2025 Defensive Rookie of the Year. (Browns LB won DROY)
“rookie of the year offensive picks are just top three picks which is what Travis Hunter was so he's my pick here full unit at 12 to 1 and let me just rifle through some long shots for you here”
Tetairoa McMillan won 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year; Travis Hunter did not. (McMillan (CAR WR) won OROY)
“RJ Harvey in Denver 60th pick of the draft my number two offensive line we know the history with Sean Payton and Alvin Kamara he won rookie of the year under Sean Payton so I think RJ Harvey could possibly be the winner there Caleb Johnson in Pittsburgh Nate Tice called him quote honey I shrunk Derrick Henry well guess what he's now playing for Derrick Henry's old coach Arthur Smith in this zone heavy run scheme 1500 yards and 20 scores last year I think we're not going to get a ton of passing here but possibly just an old school Steelers rushing attack run heavy type guy getting the Nadja Harris carries basically and then last one in name everyone's getting excited about these days round seven to pick Ja'Cory Krosky Merritt 34 to 1 make sure to shop around That number obviously is going to get steamed up even more. They traded Brian Robinson. We got Bill out here as he's going by, apparently. We love a running back with a running quarterback. So I like that here. probably going to need, again, more of the Caleb Johnson type. He's only had seven receptions in his career. So we're going to need touchdowns, rushing touchdowns, and just kind of getting a lot of goal line work. And, you know, round seven, never hurts to have a little narrative in your favor. So those three running backs, all in the like 30 to 40 range, quarter unit on each one.”
Tetairoa McMillan won 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year; RJ Harvey did not. (McMillan (CAR WR) won OROY)
“could possibly be the winner there Caleb Johnson in Pittsburgh Nate Tice called him quote honey I shrunk Derrick Henry well guess what he's now playing for Derrick Henry's old coach Arthur Smith in this zone heavy run scheme 1500 yards and 20 scores last year I think we're not going to get a ton of passing here but possibly just an old school Steelers rushing attack run heavy type guy getting the Nadja Harris carries basically and then last one in name everyone's getting excited about these days round seven to pick Ja'Cory Krosky Merritt 34 to 1 make sure to shop around That number obviously is going to get steamed up even more. They traded Brian Robinson. We got Bill out here as he's going by, apparently. We love a running back with a running quarterback. So I like that here. probably going to need, again, more of the Caleb Johnson type. He's only had seven receptions in his career. So we're going to need touchdowns, rushing touchdowns, and just kind of getting a lot of goal line work. And, you know, round seven, never hurts to have a little narrative in your favor. So those three running backs, all in the like 30 to 40 range, quarter unit on each one.”
Tetairoa McMillan won 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year; Kaleb Johnson did not. (McMillan (CAR WR) won OROY)
“guy getting the Nadja Harris carries basically and then last one in name everyone's getting excited about these days round seven to pick Ja'Cory Krosky Merritt 34 to 1 make sure to shop around That number obviously is going to get steamed up even more.”
Tetairoa McMillan won 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year; Jacory Croskey-Merritt did not. (McMillan (CAR WR) won OROY)
“Josh Simmons, [21:09] 500 to one offensive rookie of the year.”
Tetairoa McMillan won 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year; Josh Simmons did not. (McMillan (CAR WR) won OROY)
“I can't get past Christian McCaffrey 22 to 1 just because I think that he really should be among the favorites in this award not like that next tier down McCaffrey looks healthy the Niners are so good he's only 29 it seems like he's old as he's played so long but he has three top seven finishes in this award we know if he plays the numbers are going to be there the touchdowns are there. The receiving yards are there. They don't have great wide receivers early. The schedule is soft. His last four healthy seasons, McCaffrey every year has at least 1,880 scrimmage yards. We need 2,000. You're right there, man. And you get double digit touchdowns all four of those years. That's every year except his rookie season as injured season. So I will play McCaffrey,”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba won 2025 Offensive Player of the Year; Christian McCaffrey did not. (JSN led NFL with 1,793 rec yds)
“Instead, I'm going to sprinkle a quarter unit on three guys that I think should be in this group, but are not. These are all guys. All three of them are at 40 to one, not 20 to one. So I'm getting double the value on a guy that I think should be in the mix here. First one, A.J. Brown. Back-to-back Eagle winners. How about that? What if the Eagles have to pass a little bit more this season? Because they're not just milking the clock the entire second half. They were number 31 in pass rate in the second half. They're about average in the first half. They're just running the clock out on teams. A.J. Brown was on pace for 127 catches last year. In the year before, he had that crazy seven-game stretch, right, at least 120 yards every game. That stretch pace for 140 catches, 2,300 yards. I think A.J. Brown has a legit chance at 2,000 yards this year, which somehow still no receiver has ever done before. He's so efficient with his touches, great yards per catch. A.J. Brown, 40-1.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba won 2025 Offensive Player of the Year; A.J. Brown did not. (JSN (SEA WR) won OPOY)
“Instead, I'm going to sprinkle a quarter unit on three guys that I think should be in this group, but are not. These are all guys. All three of them are at 40 to one, not 20 to one. So I'm getting double the value on a guy that I think should be in the mix here. First one, A.J. Brown. Back-to-back Eagle winners. How about that? What if the Eagles have to pass a little bit more this season? Because they're not just milking the clock the entire second half. They were number 31 in pass rate in the second half. They're about average in the first half. They're just running the clock out on teams. A.J. Brown was on pace for 127 catches last year. In the year before, he had that crazy seven-game stretch, right, at least 120 yards every game. That stretch pace for 140 catches, 2,300 yards. I think A.J. Brown has a legit chance at 2,000 yards this year, which somehow still no receiver has ever done before. He's so efficient with his touches, great yards per catch. A.J. Brown, 40-1. Next 40-1 guy, Brian Thomas.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba won 2025 Offensive Player of the Year; Brian Thomas Jr. did not. (JSN (SEA WR) won OPOY)
“Am I not? I just would hate myself if I didn't bet him at this price. Tyreek Hill, 40 to 1. I think it's probably over if I'm being honest with myself. He's 31. The injury history is there. The vibes are just, what's the opposite of immaculate? The vibes are immaculate in Miami. It's terrible. but before last year he was top four offensive player of the year two seasons in a row he's been my bet i think three years in a row for this award it's 40 to one it's probably a dead bet by week two but tyree can just go out and have like 200 yards week one and i'll be so mad if i didn't take this number so those are my guys aj brown brian thomas tyree kill 40 to one quarter unit each and a quarter unit on McCaffrey, 22 to one.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba won 2025 Offensive Player of the Year; Tyreek Hill did not. (JSN (SEA WR) won OPOY)
“multi-unit bet Micah Parsons 8-1 my favorite bet on the podcast”
Myles Garrett won 2025 Defensive Player of the Year; Micah Parsons did not. (Garrett broke season sack record)
“Tier number one, Bears Island. All aboard, baby. Plus 550. Bear down Chicago Bears.”
Bears won the 2025 NFC North. (Chicago 11-6, first NFC North title since 2018.)
“about since february when honestly this was my first bet of the season 49ers super bowl ticket”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX; 49ers did not. (San Francisco did not win the Super Bowl.)
“San Francisco could end up being the number one seed in the NFC? Simon, yes or no? Yes. Just because of schedule. Brandon? Yes. They're my one Super Bowl ticket right now.”
The Seahawks won Super Bowl LX; the 49ers lost in the Divisional Round, so the futures lost.
“And Stafford is a 50 to one MVP ticket is a ticket worth investing in for once.”
Matthew Stafford won 2025 NFL MVP, so the 50-1 ticket cashed.
“Tepid is putting it quite nicely. I have come out and I've made an MVP bet for the season and it is Matt Stafford. And it is partly, it was largely as always because of the odds. I got it at a 50 to one. I just pulled up the odds on our Action Network page. He's pretty consensus 35 to one”
Matthew Stafford won the 2025 NFL MVP at NFL Honors, edging Drake Maye in the closest vote since 2003. (Stafford 366 pts to Maye's 361; led NFL in passing yds (4,707) & TDs (46))
“Jace Richardson, to be the number 10 pick, I bet it in the action app last night, 40 to one odds.”
In the 2025 NBA Draft, Jase Richardson was selected No. 25 overall by the Magic (No. 10 went to Khaman Maluach), so the No. 10 pick bet lost.
“but if the Rams are good, Matthew Stafford, 50 to one, I think is a really interesting MVP”
Matthew Stafford won 2025 NFL MVP, leading the league in passing yards and touchdowns, so the bet cashed.
“My second pick. I am gonna go with Trevor Lawrence 50 to one.”
Matthew Stafford won 2025 NFL MVP, so Trevor Lawrence lost.
“I think next year's Eagles are the San Francisco 49ers. That is my first futures bet, 17-1. You can play that at Bat Rivers.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX over the Patriots; 49ers did not win it. (Seattle def. New England 29-13)
“Chiefs minus one, one and a half if you [21:19] need to.”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -18 vs line -1.5; busts.
“So give me the Chiefs. Give me Patrick Mahomes. Give me the [23:18] Chiefs to win from behind plus 175.”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Kansas City Chiefs lost; moneyline busts.
“the prop i actually like which is a huge gulp before you say [32:08] it is saquon under 58 and a half rushing yards in the first half”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Saquon Barkley: 57 rushing_yards vs under 58.5; covers. (Saquon Barkley: 57 rushing_yards)
“Hurts, five plus rush yards in each quarter. I just think pressure is going to be the key there. So Hurts, 9.5% sack rate. Obviously, that's a sack, but sacks can turn into scrambles very quickly. So almost 1.5% higher than any season in his career. And then you just look at percent of dropbacks under pressure. In this season, Hurts is over 40%, like he was last season. And Mahomes, 3% lower at 32%. So I feel like Hurts kind of has the advantage on the scramble. So I kind of like that prop. Six to one is where I found it.”
Jalen Hurts had at least 5 rushing yards in every quarter of Super Bowl LIX (Q1: 15, Q2: 10, Q3: 30, Q4: 17), totaling his record 72 rushing yards. (Hurts rushing by quarter: Q1 15, Q2 10, Q3 30, Q4 17 (all ≥5))
“Over five and a half receptions, Xavier Worthy, plus 120.”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Xavier Worthy: 8 receptions vs over 5.5; covers. (Xavier Worthy: 8 receptions)
“Anytime touchdown plus 165 Again he scored four of the last five games 15 to one for two If you like that you might just end up wanting to play a Xavier Worthy MVP instead we get back to MVP rushing yards I know that”
Xavier Worthy scored 2 receiving TDs. (Worthy 8 rec, 157 yds, 2 TD)
“that's the thing he's done over 64 and a half kind of a fun other way last one on Worthy I actually looked at okay what about longest reception for worthy because he's so fast what if he just breaks a long one well so remember against the bills he had that 26 yard catch that was like not a catch but they called it a catch and they had to leave it a catch on the field other than that play he hasn't had longer than a 21 yard catch in seven games the way they're using him now it's 10 yards it's 12 yards 15 yards but he hasn't broken that long one yet so a little Nick Giffen here. Give me the negative correlated prop. Over five and a half catches under 21 and a half on the longest reception. It's plus 411. If we think the volume's there,”
Worthy had 8 catches (over 5.5) but a 50-yard long reception (over 21.5), so the parlay lost. (Worthy 8 rec, long reception 50 yds)
“Yeah, a couple of anytime touchdowns and I'll let you get some anytime touchdowns. Jalen Hurts, you just made the whole case for me. Minus 105, minus 110.”
Hurts scored a rushing TD (tush push), so anytime TD hit. (Hurts 1 rush TD)
“Hurts had three last game. He had three in the Super Bowl against the Chiefs also. So give me the touchdown. Two or more touchdowns for Jalen, plus 625.”
Hurts scored only 1 rushing TD (his other TDs were passing), short of 2+ rushing/receiving TDs. (Hurts 1 rush TD, 2 pass TD)
“if you're giving me plus 140 on Travis Kelsey to score a touchdown, [1:08:56] I'm just taking it.”
Travis Kelce did not score (4 rec, 39 yds, 0 TD). (Kelce 4 rec, 39 yds, 0 TD)
“maybe this is the end of the bet but Travis Kelsey likes to get the first Chiefs touchdown they just go to him early and including that's who scored the first Chiefs touchdown in the last Super Bowl against the Eagles he's done this in five of the last nine playoff games for the Chiefs 0 for 2 this year but plus 425 on first Chiefs touchdown 14 to 1 first Chiefs touchdown and a win for Travis Kelsey”
Worthy scored the first Chiefs TD (not Kelce), and the Chiefs lost. (First Chiefs TD: Worthy; Chiefs lost 22-40)
“I like one sack bet. KC on the three-way to have [1:12:59] the most sacks in the game.”
Eagles recorded the most sacks; Chiefs had fewer (1). (Eagles sacked Mahomes multiple times; Chiefs 1 sack)
“The other direction, Casey, most field goals three-way, I think is a great bet.”
Eagles made 4 field goals; Chiefs made 0, so Eagles had the most. (Jake Elliott 4 FG; Chiefs 0 FG)
“And also over two and a half field goals.”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Eagles 4 FG (J.Elliott: 48, 29, 48, 50 yds), Chiefs 0 FG; total 4 field goals covers over 2.5.
“Casey under team rushing yards. I found it at 117 and a half.”
Chiefs had just 25 team rushing yards in Super Bowl LIX, well under 117.5. (Chiefs 25 rushing yards in 40-22 loss to Eagles)
“I took Noah Gray under longest reception at 10 and a half.”
Noah Gray caught 1 pass for 2 yards; longest reception 2 yards, under 10.5. (Noah Gray 1 rec, 2 yds (long 2))
“first turnover in the game is a turnover on downs which is plus 350”
First turnover in Super Bowl LIX was a Jalen Hurts interception, not a turnover on downs. (First TO: Hurts INT early Q2)
“The chiefs defense to score touchdown in a chiefs win is plus nine fifty,”
The Chiefs lost Super Bowl LIX 40-22, so a Chiefs defensive touchdown in a Chiefs win could not happen.
“So over five and a half reception, there's still plus money for Xavier Worthy. That's gone up in the playoffs, but I think it's still a good price.”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Xavier Worthy: 8 receptions vs over 5.5; covers. (Xavier Worthy: 8 receptions)
“So I I love Xavier Worthy in this game. Last five games, he's averaging 6.4 catches a game. He's averaging 46 yards after the catch. So I don't necessarily want to go yards here, but I think big plays, a chance to get into the end zone, get that touchdown. I love the anytime touchdown bet for the last five. We know he's gonna run the ball a time or two.”
Xavier Worthy caught two touchdowns (24 and 50 yards) in Super Bowl LIX, cashing the anytime touchdown.
“the way I would bet MVP here, even though I'm betting Chiefs win the Super Bowl, I think Jalen Hurts MVP is the right play. And I think it's actually a great way to invest in the Philly and sort of hedge against my Kansas City bet because I think the Chiefs win the Super Bowl because of Jalen Hurts. But if I'm wrong about the Chiefs win the Super Bowl, I also think it'll be because of Jalen Hurts. I think it'll be because Hurts did the the tush push, got the touchdowns, got the scrambles. I think because he did what he did last time in the Super Bowl, frankly, he would've won MVP clearly if they won that game. Oh, yeah. He showed up as a passer. He was plus one forty in the Super Bowl last time. Now he's plus three eighty.”
Jalen Hurts was named Super Bowl LIX MVP after the Eagles' 40-22 win, cashing the +380 ticket.
“20 to one niners is my first Super Bowl pick for next season.”
This next-season (Super Bowl LX) 49ers ticket lost: San Francisco was routed 41-6 by Seattle in the NFC Divisional round and the Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13.
“I'm going to go with Dallas Goddard. over 45 and a half receiving yards on the game and really this is actually kind of a recycled”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Dallas Goedert: 27 receiving_yards vs over 45.5; busts. (Dallas Goedert: 27 receiving_yards)
“I like Terry McLaurin to find the end zone again. It's plus 140.”
Terry McLaurin caught a 36-yard TD from Jayden Daniels in Commanders' 55-23 loss. (McLaurin 36-yd receiving TD)
“of sets up nicely for us so main bets again aj brown over 60 and a half receiving yards 90 plus”
PHI 55, WSH 23 — A.J. Brown: 96 receiving_yards vs over 60.5; covers. (A.J. Brown: 96 receiving_yards)
“So 90 plus for Aja Brown is 3-1. He's at 89 yards or more,”
PHI 55, WSH 23 — A.J. Brown: 96 receiving_yards vs over 90; covers. (A.J. Brown: 96 receiving_yards)
“for them so chiefs minus one and a half that is the pick you can get that in the quick slip”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +3 vs line -1.5; covers.
“so both teams have led the game in seven out of eight matchups you can bet on the chiefs to win from behind at plus 195 i love that that is my favorite way to bet the chiefs in this game just as the game alone because i think we're gonna go back and forth here”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Buffalo led during the game, but Kansas City came back to win 32-29; the win-from-behind prop hits.
“Both teams will score in the fourth quarter all but one of eight matchups here. So seven out of eight, 88% hit rate. You're going to pay the juice, minus 200. But look, you know if I'm recommending a minus 200 juice bet you know it's a pretty good bet to play so i like that one both teams to score in the fourth quarter and then this year when they played we had a nine point game but”
Both teams scored in Q4 of AFC Championship (Bills 7, Chiefs 11 in the fourth). (Q4: Bills 7, Chiefs 11)
“Bills plus six and a half, Chiefs plus six and a half. So neither team to win by seven or more, either team to win by six or less, basically, plus 118. That has been another go-to play for me”
Chiefs beat Bills 32-29 (a 3-point margin) in the AFC Championship; neither team won by 7 or more, so the +6.5 bet that neither team wins by 7+ won. (Final: Kansas City Chiefs 32, Buffalo Bills 29)
“the standard line is over 47 and a half yards i'll play that one and then 70 plus yards is plus 320 again if you want to fade saquon most rushing yards on the weekend 16 to 1 could be a fun way to bet on josh allen just have a big game that way”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Josh Allen: 39 rushing_yards vs over 47.5; busts. (Josh Allen: 39 rushing_yards)
“and then 70 plus yards is plus 320 again if you want to fade saquon most rushing yards on the weekend 16 to 1 could be a fun way to bet on josh allen just have a big game that way”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Josh Allen: 39 rushing_yards vs over 70; busts. (Josh Allen: 39 rushing_yards)
“because if josh allen's running he's probably gonna have a touchdown when he play has at least eight rushing attempts he's done that 16 times since the start of last season he has a touchdown in 14 of those 16 games. So if he's out there running eight times or more, he's pretty much always getting into the end zone, 22 touchdowns in those games. So we're still getting it at even odds, plus 100 for a Josh Anytime touchdown, taking that one all day.”
Josh Allen had 0 rushing/receiving TDs (2 passing TDs only); anytime-TD counts rush/rec only. (Allen 11 car, 39 yds, 0 rush TD)
“plus 100 for a Josh Anytime touchdown, taking that one all day. Multiple touchdowns in seven of those 16 games with at least eight rushing attempts, including two of four in the playoffs. So that's like close to 50-50. Two touchdowns is plus 700. So you know I got to play that one.”
Josh Allen had 0 rushing/receiving TDs in AFC Championship, well under 2+. (Allen 0 rush/rec TD)
“Travis Kelsey has 19 touchdowns in 19 games. Absurd. Absurd numbers. At least one score in 14 out of 19. That's a 74% hit rate for an anytime touchdown. He had one last week. He almost had a second. If he could just run like he was not 100 years old anymore, he would have the second one also. So those numbers would say anytime touchdown more like minus 300. We get plus 135 still. That's a criminal number. It's not high as it was last week, but I'm definitely betting that. Plus 135.”
Travis Kelce had 0 TDs (2 catches, 19 yds) in Chiefs' 32-29 AFC Championship win. (Kelce 2 rec, 19 yds, 0 TD)
“So I got up at the yards, too. We bet this at open 65.5, still 67.5. I like that. Kelsey over on the yards.”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Travis Kelce: 19 receiving_yards vs over 67.5; busts. (Travis Kelce: 19 receiving_yards)
“Kelsey over on the yards. And then we'll take the escalator to 90-plus this week at plus 230. So Kelsey over on the yards, 90-plus yards for escalator.”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Travis Kelce: 19 receiving_yards vs over 90; busts. (Travis Kelce: 19 receiving_yards)
“Give me Khalil Shakir over five and a half receptions. It's plus 135 on that one.”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Khalil Shakir: 6 receptions vs over 5.5; covers. (Khalil Shakir: 6 receptions)
“So over five and a half receptions for Khalil Shakir plus 135 Check the books Look around here because some books have this at four and a half receptions heavy on the juice I don really need that I just want to go straight to the better juice one at over five and a half And then I do like seven plus catches at plus 260.”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Khalil Shakir: 6 receptions vs over 7; busts. (Khalil Shakir: 6 receptions)
“Chiefs commanders is Chiefs minus four and a half. And I think that is insane. Give me that all day.”
Void/refund: the Chiefs-Commanders Super Bowl LIX matchup did not occur because Washington did not reach the Super Bowl.
“So I'm on Chiefs minus one and a half.”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +3 vs line -1.5; covers.
“Xavier Worthy over four and a half catches, minus 135.”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Xavier Worthy: 6 receptions vs over 4.5; covers. (Xavier Worthy: 6 receptions)
“Travis Kelsey, I'm going receiving yards on him. over 65 and a half. I think that one's already going up as well.”
KC 32, BUF 29 — Travis Kelce: 19 receiving_yards vs over 65.5; busts. (Travis Kelce: 19 receiving_yards)
“Texans plus eight and a half. That's the pick here.”
KC 23, HOU 14 — Houston Texans margin -9 vs line +8.5; busts.
- Texans +8.5 closed +9 · CLV -0.5 lost
- Chiefs ML closed -525 · CLV +10¢ won
“So give me the Texans 8.5 with the Chiefs' money line. Together, that's plus 209.”
Parlay busts: Texans +8.5 +8.5 — lost; Chiefs ML — won.
“the user Rasheed Rice way back in those first few games. They're building the thing out of Xavier Worthy. They're trusting him in these underneath routes. Let's get you the ball close and let you do your thing from there. Let's give you a punt return, basically. His catch rate has gone way up in the last three games. He's playing his most snaps of the season, over 80% every game. He's averaging more than 10 targets a game, six catches, sorry, seven catches for 63 yards, six, seven, and eight catches in those games. So the Texans, top 10 most fancy points to receivers, number two most touchdowns plus 220 if you want the touchdown i don't mind it i don't want receptions not yards because he got the low a dot now you can always bust a long one but i want the catches escalator so over four and a half catches at the baseline minus 136 i think that worth the play given that he is averaging seven catches a game this last stretch”
KC 23, HOU 14 — Xavier Worthy: 5 receptions vs over 4.5; covers. (Xavier Worthy: 5 receptions)
“So I'm on the touchdowns. You can get the touchdown for Travis Kelsey, plus 160. That is insulting.”
Travis Kelce caught an 11-yard TD from Mahomes in Chiefs' 23-14 divisional win. (Kelce 11-yd receiving TD)
“First Chiefs touchdown, plus 475. You can get this one with a quick slip. The Chiefs, for whatever reason, the playoffs, just go to Travis Kelsey right out of the gates. He scored the first Chiefs touchdown. five of seven playoff games the last two years.”
First Chiefs TD was Kareem Hunt's 1-yard rush in Q2, not Kelce (Kelce scored later in Q4). (First Chiefs TD: Kareem Hunt rush)
“So I'm on commanders plus nine and a half.”
DET 31, WSH 45 — Washington Commanders margin +14 vs line +9.5; covers.
“so give me austin eckler 40 receiving yards is three to one 50 receiving yards plus 525 both of those in the quick slip”
DET 31, WSH 45 — Austin Ekeler: 41 receiving_yards vs over 40; covers. (Austin Ekeler: 41 receiving_yards)
“give me the eagles minus six on the eagles the only”
PHI 28, LAR 22 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +6 vs line -6; pushes.
“just give me the hurts anytime touchdown minus 1 to 15 we got that quick slip in there for you”
Jalen Hurts scored a 44-yard rushing TD in Eagles' 28-22 divisional win over Rams. (Hurts 44-yd rushing TD)
“So Ravens minus one.”
BUF 27, BAL 25 — Baltimore Ravens margin -2 vs line -1; busts.
“I will also play Ravens minus six and a half, plus 215.”
BUF 27, BAL 25 — Baltimore Ravens margin -2 vs line -6.5; busts.
“So Justice Hill, over 20 and a half receiving yards. That's the main bet.”
BUF 27, BAL 25 — Justice Hill: 7 receiving_yards vs over 20.5; busts. (Justice Hill: 7 receiving_yards)
“Eagles minus six and a half is when I actually bet”
PHI 55, WSH 23 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +32 vs line -6.5; covers.
“Ravens plus one and a half, plus two if it's still out there.”
BUF 27, BAL 25 — Baltimore Ravens margin -2 vs line +1.5; busts.
“then the one that's a little bit more than that eagles to advance further than the bills is plus 145”
Eagles won the Super Bowl; Bills lost the AFC Championship, so Eagles advanced further. (Eagles SB champ; Bills out at AFC title game)
“I was on Buffalo minus seven and a half. I still [39:11] love this at minus eight and a half. This is just a mismatch in every way.”
BUF 31, DEN 7 — Buffalo Bills margin +24 vs line -8.5; covers.
“So, Bills minus 8.5, and then here's the escalator. You can get all these in your quick slip. Minus 15.5 is plus 215.”
BUF 31, DEN 7 — Buffalo Bills margin +24 vs line -15.5; covers.
“And the big one, minus 31.5, the ultimate Bo Nix disrespect, plus 1,300 for Buffalo. I think the Bills roll.”
BUF 31, DEN 7 — Buffalo Bills margin +24 vs line -31.5; busts.
“So I don't really want too much invested in Javante Williams because who knows about this dude in Denver. So if I'm going to play it, I'm going to play aggressively. Here's the two plays. 30 yards or more receiving plus 320. 50 yards or more is 12 to 1.”
BUF 31, DEN 7 — Javonte Williams: 14 receiving_yards vs over 30; busts. (Javonte Williams: 14 receiving_yards)
“so here's the bet Ravens [35:11] minus nine and a half and then we're taking the Ravens Ravens escalator now”
BAL 28, PIT 14 — Baltimore Ravens margin +14 vs line -9.5; covers.
“escalator is Ravens minus 15 and a half is plus 190 minus 20 and a half plus 342 and [36:34] all the way to the top minus 27 and a half, a 28 point Ravens win plus 800.”
BAL 28, PIT 14 — Baltimore Ravens margin +14 vs line -15.5; busts.
“So plus 350 for Derrick Henry first touchdown if you're into the [38:09] touchdown bets.”
Derrick Henry was not the first TD scorer; Lamar Jackson's 15-yd pass to Rashod Bateman opened the scoring. (Henry's first TD (8-yd run) came later; finished 2 rush TDs)
“40 yards or better three times. So I'm going to take the escalator on Saquon, over 11.5,”
PHI 22, GB 10 — Saquon Barkley: 4 receiving_yards vs over 11.5; busts. (Saquon Barkley: 4 receiving_yards)
“no escalator here on Devante. We'll kind of get to a different version of that in a second, but over 59 and a half yards.”
PHI 22, GB 10 — DeVonta Smith: 55 receiving_yards vs over 59.5; busts. (DeVonta Smith: 55 receiving_yards)
“by DVOA. So again, with Jaden Reed, he's faded a little bit down the stretch here, but I think it's a good matchup for him. No direct escalator on him, but over 43 and a half yards for him.”
PHI 22, GB 10 — Jayden Reed: 46 receiving_yards vs over 43.5; covers. (Jayden Reed: 46 receiving_yards)
“To me, this is just the best trend spot of the weekend. So bucks minus three.”
TB 20, WSH 23 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -3 vs line -3; busts.
“It's not just Daniels. Bo Nix, a couple weeks after Daniels, nine carries, 47 yards and a touchdown. Jalen Hurts ran eight times, got a touchdown. Lamar Jackson, nine rushes, 52 yards. So the lines, I think, caught onto this a little bit. Eight and a half attempts, 48 and a half yards. I was like, ah, darn it. That's like about where I thought these maybe should be. So as always, that doesn't scare me away. That just makes me be more aggressive. So here's the escalator. A couple of different ways to be creative here. I'll take the over 48 and a half rushing yards. I think that's about the right line, but I think you can do that. That's at FanDuel minus 114.”
TB 20, WSH 23 — Jayden Daniels: 36 rushing_yards vs over 48.5; busts. (Jayden Daniels: 36 rushing_yards)
“It's not just Daniels. Bo Nix, a couple weeks after Daniels, nine carries, 47 yards and a touchdown. Jalen Hurts ran eight times, got a touchdown. Lamar Jackson, nine rushes, 52 yards. So the lines, I think, caught onto this a little bit. Eight and a half attempts, 48 and a half yards. I was like, ah, darn it. That's like about where I thought these maybe should be. So as always, that doesn't scare me away. That just makes me be more aggressive. So here's the escalator. A couple of different ways to be creative here. I'll take the over 48 and a half rushing yards. I think that's about the right line, but I think you can do that. That's at FanDuel minus 114. 80 yards or more, plus 430. That's in your quick slip if you want those two on the yardage. I also like a touchdown here. That's obviously a rushing or receiving touchdown. We'll take how we get it. But I like that for him. Memory did that twice in the first matchup, plus 185 on the touchdown.”
Jayden Daniels rushed for two TDs vs Tampa Bay in the Wild Card round; anytime TD cashes. (16 carries, 88 rush yds, 2 rushing TD)
“I'm back in the Ravens. Plus 600, at most books, they're 6-1.”
Ravens lost in the divisional round to Buffalo; Eagles won Super Bowl LIX. (Bills 27, Ravens 25 (Divisional))
“I like the Eagles plus 350 to win the NFC. [11:03] And I'll talk about why NFC and not just a Super Bowl bet here.”
Eagles won the NFC, beating Washington 55-23 in the NFC Championship. (Eagles 55, Commanders 23)
“Matthew Stafford is 66-1 [19:01] to win Super Bowl MVP. [19:03] Now the Rams are 35-1 to win the Super Bowl at most books, and that's really the entire [19:08] bet for me.”
Jalen Hurts won Super Bowl LIX MVP; Stafford's Rams lost in the divisional round. (Hurts named MVP in Eagles' 40-22 win)
“the other quarterback for me that i will play is jordan love 36 to 1 odds”
Jalen Hurts won Super Bowl LIX MVP; Jordan Love's Packers lost in the Wild Card round. (Hurts named MVP in Eagles' 40-22 win)
“the running back that I love here is [26:02] actually what prompted me to want to write about the MVPs probably no surprise I love Derek Henry [26:06] here 45 to 1”
Jalen Hurts won Super Bowl LIX MVP; Derrick Henry's Ravens lost in the divisional round. (Hurts named MVP in Eagles' 40-22 win)
“Probably my favorite pick out of all these is Amon Ra, St. Brown, 75 to one.”
Jalen Hurts won Super Bowl LIX MVP; Amon-Ra St. Brown's Lions lost in the divisional round. (Hurts named MVP in Eagles' 40-22 win)
“And then a similar name, A.J. 100-1 still at one book. The Eagles at 7-1. That's just a way off. Justin Jefferson for the Vikings would win in over 20% of their wins. A.J. Brown's under 8% by that pricing. So I think that's a bad number for him.”
Jalen Hurts won Super Bowl LIX MVP, not A.J. Brown. (Hurts named MVP in Eagles' 40-22 win)
“invest and then I give you a chance to list your defenders here because my one defender I bet is Cal Hamilton 1 to 1 He only 0 of all Ravens Super Bowl winners He their defensive weapon He's the guy I think that would make the big play, the big sack, strip sack, safety, interception, return sort of thing. So because I love the Ravens because they're my Super Bowl pick, he would be mine at 1,000 to 1.”
Jalen Hurts won Super Bowl LIX MVP; Kyle Hamilton's Ravens lost in the divisional round. (Hurts named MVP in Eagles' 40-22 win)
“Yeah, I love the Bills. [1:20:29] here. I got Bills minus 7.5. I think it's 8, 8.5 now. Kind of a dead zone there, so I don't really [1:20:35] mind it. Just get it before it gets... It's going to keep rising”
BUF 31, DEN 7 — Buffalo Bills margin +24 vs line -7.5; covers.
“yeah i got chargers texans under 44 and a half we'll get to the number in a second it's already [1:23:48] falling a little bit but let me make the case first”
HOU 32, LAC 12 — Combined 44; under 44.5 covers.
“give me the chargers minus four and a half in new england”
NE 7, LAC 40 — Los Angeles Chargers margin +33 vs line -4.5; covers.
- Colts teased to -1.5 lost
- Dolphins teased to pick'em won
“give me the Colts, give me the Dolphins, [1:02:48] and more importantly, give me the teams they're playing against. So Colts minus 7.5 [1:02:53] at the Giants. We're going to tease that down to one and a half, basically just win, [1:02:57] please not by one point. And the Dolphins, minus six at the Browns. We'll tease that down to a [1:03:02] pick them.”
Parlay busts: Colts teased to -1.5 -1.5 — lost; Dolphins teased to pick'em 0 — won.
“I'm going to take Rams minus 3, and we'll go a little escalator here that I'll get into.”
NYJ 9, LAR 19 — Los Angeles Rams margin +10 vs line -3; covers.
“that's kind of the median I want outliers on Chase so I'd rather take just the touchdown minus 130 again he's done that seven of nine games with T Higgins out there I like that number”
Ja'Marr Chase scored a 32-yard receiving TD vs the Browns in Week 16; anytime TD cashes. (6 rec, 97 yds, 1 receiving TD in Bengals' 24-6 win)
“Lions first half minus three and a half points.”
CHI 14, DET 27 (1H) — Detroit Lions first-half margin +13 vs line -3.5; covers.
“Bill's second half, minus six and a half.”
BUF 17, NE 7 (2nd half) — Buffalo Bills second-half margin +10 vs line -6.5; covers.
“give me Dallas plus four”
DAL 26, TB 24 — Dallas Cowboys margin +2 vs line +4; covers.
“So give me the under 42 and a half.”
IND 38, TEN 30 — Combined 68; under 42.5 busts.
“Yeah, we'll go Eagles, Commanders under 45 and a half.”
WSH 36, PHI 33 — Combined 69; under 45.5 busts.
“viking seahawks under 42 [46:06] and a half”
SEA 24, MIN 27 — Combined 51; under 42.5 busts.
“I just wanted James Conner rushing over.”
James Conner rushed for 117 yards (1 TD) against Carolina in Week 16, comfortably clearing the sub-75 rushing yards line referenced. (Conner: 117 rush yds, 1 TD)
“it's another division under cowboys eagles give me the under 45 and a half”
PHI 41, DAL 7 — Combined 48; under 45.5 busts.
“Give me the Steelers plus two and a half at home.”
PIT 10, KC 29 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -19 vs line +2.5; busts.
“i like the ravens minus two and a half at the texans come on we already knew”
HOU 2, BAL 31 — Baltimore Ravens margin +29 vs line -2.5; covers.
“The one bet I like I put in the app, Young-Way Koo over one and a half field goals.”
Younghoe Koo made 2 field goals vs Raiders on MNF, clearing 1.5. (Koo 2/3 FG (40, 48) in 15-9 win)
“Vikings have not been good against wide receiver ones. Jordan Addison crushed the Bears a month ago. Eight catches, 162 yards and a touchdown. Bears have been bottom three against wide receiver two. So I think Addison props are a good way to go. I bet the under on this one already. We talked about this, I think, a week ago. So that's my pick here. Under 43.5. Both teams are still 8-5 to the under. This line moved up a”
MIN 30, CHI 12 — Combined 42; under 43.5 covers.
“Desmond Ritter plus 450. [56:18] to score a touchdown.”
Desmond Ridder threw a passing TD but did not rush/receive a TD vs Falcons; passing TDs don't count. (Ridder 1 pass TD, 2 INT, 0 rushing TD)
“Steelers plus six and a half under 46 and a half on the game.”
BAL 34, PIT 17 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -17 vs line +6.5; busts.
“Steelers plus six and a half under 46 and a half on the game.”
BAL 34, PIT 17 — Combined 51; under 46.5 busts.
“I'm taking Texans first half minus half a point. [27:40] So basically it's the Texans first half money line.”
HOU 20, MIA 12 — Houston Texans margin +8 vs line -0.5; covers.
“Give me the Eagles, minus five against the Steelers.”
PHI 27, PIT 13 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +14 vs line -5; covers.
“give me the Seahawks Seahawks plus three hopefully if you can”
SEA 13, GB 30 — Seattle Seahawks margin -17 vs line +3; busts.
“Washington with Robinson on the field. Running backs are mattering this year. With him healthy, 7-2. With him out, 1-3. And when he's been out, it's Austin Eckler and Jeremy McNichols at 3.2 yards a carry in those games. They can't run the ball anymore, and they're not winning when they can't do that. When he plays, he's averaging kind of modest here, but pretty good. 15 carries, 70 yards. Nothing super awesome but he scored a touchdown seven of those nine games He had a 100 game three times on that stretch So I going to play a little bit on touchdowns and the yardage here Give me first, sorry, the Saints' run defense also is part of the cap. They've been terrible. They are 31st by DVOA on the season, especially bad since week six. Bottom three, yards per carry allowed EPA per rush success rate commanders are top five that stretch so I like the matchup I like Brandon Robinson what I don't like weirdly is I mentioned Austin Echler he's out he's on IR well I should like that right more touches for our guy yeah but it's got priced in the line I want to just like a rushing yards over here but the line's like 76 79 sort of range it's been going up this week I don't want that I don't want a median outcome for him it's kind of a high median He's only gone over that three times. And he had 100 yards, all three of those. Okay, so here are the plays. I'll play the 100 yards at three to one. Saints have allowed 100-yard rusher five times, so I like that. But main play here is a touchdown. Minus 120 for the anytime touchdown.”
Brian Robinson Jr did not score in Commanders' 20-19 win at Saints (TDs by McLaurin x2). (Robinson 0 TD)
“this weekend no bye week 16 games i'm going to jets jaguars give me the new york football jets minus three in jacksville the only game on the entire schedule with two teams already eliminated”
JAX 25, NYJ 32 — New York Jets margin +7 vs line -3; covers.
“Give me the Dallas Cowboys plus three.”
CAR 14, DAL 30 — Dallas Cowboys margin +16 vs line +3; covers.
“For Giants Moneyline plus 980, home against the Baltimore Ravens.”
NYG 14, BAL 35 — New York Giants lost; moneyline busts.
“If Buffalo is giving up 44 to the Rams and the Lions have all these injuries, it's got to be over. That's why everyone's betting the over. And then I look on Bat Labs. tried and true bet labs and i just got like a flurry of under trends so here are the under trends and why i'm doing it dan campbell total 51 or higher 10 and 6 to the under jared goff 51 or higher 19 and 11 to the under best active quarterback sean mcdermott road under 61 better than mike tomlin one of the guys that we play on this a lot since 2017 total 53 or higher When the line rose, 60% to the under. Since 2021, 54 higher total. To the under, 69% by almost a touchdown there, including 6-1 to the under by 14 points a game when almost half of the money is on the over. Right now, I'm seeing the over at 73% of the money. I'm fading the public. I'm fading the money here. I'm holding my nose and taking the under 54.5.”
DET 42, BUF 48 — Combined 90; under 54.5 busts.
- Bills AFC 1 seed
- Eagles NFC 1 seed
“However, books are not pricing that way. The Bills are four to one to be the one seed. The Eagles are plus 380 to be the one seed. If the Bills win this game, both of those teams are effectively one game away from being the one seed. That is heavily correlated, but we're getting a 23-1 price. That's the price you get if you just parlay 4-1 and plus 380 without having any correlation. This is heavily correlated. Even if you don't like the Bills, you have to play this number 23-1 on a Bills-Eagles one seed parlay because the books should not be laying it, so we're taking it.”
Both parlay legs missed: the Chiefs (15-2) took the AFC No.1 seed over the Bills (13-4, No.2 seed), and the Lions (15-2) took the NFC No.1 seed over the Eagles (14-3, No.2 seed). (AFC #1: Chiefs (Bills were #2); NFC #1: Lions (Eagles were #2))
“Eagles minus two and a half at commanders for next week.”
WSH 36, PHI 33 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -3 vs line -2.5; busts.
“But plus 500 so far off that my main takeaway in the article is this. I think that line is so bad that it implies value on every other AFC contender basically Buffalo they pretty close Not much there But I think Baltimore has value That was my pick at 11 I think if you like the Chargers I think you like the Steelers. All those teams, the number is off. I'm not saying they're going to do it. I don't want to bet on the Steelers making a Super Bowl run. But I think if you like them, you have reason to bet it right now because the Chiefs are eating so much of the market value in what I think is an overpriced, not overrated, overpriced Chiefs team that, look, I'm a numbers guy. I'm going to play the number. The Chiefs are a bad number. The Ravens are a bad number in our favor. It's the longest number you could get on the Ravens since week three. They're still a good team. They're still what they've been the whole while. I think they're better now than they were then. So 11 to one, that was the pick.”
Eagles won Super Bowl LIX; Ravens lost in the Divisional round. (Baltimore eliminated in Divisional round)
“so yeah bangles minus five and a half below the key number we'll put that in as [54:18] the pick for this one”
DAL 20, CIN 27 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +7 vs line -5.5; covers.
“I'm going to take Colts-Broncos under 43.5.”
DEN 31, IND 13 — Combined 44; under 43.5 busts.
“Arizona Cardinals minus six and a half home against the Patriots We going to tease that down to half a point”
ARI 30, NE 17 — Arizona Cardinals margin +13 vs line -0.5; covers.
“We take the Commanders on the road minus seven at the Saints We'll tease that one down to one.”
NO 19, WSH 20 — Washington Commanders margin +1 vs line -1; pushes.
“I'm just going to play the under. [26:52] Under 22.5, Jets, Dolphins.”
MIA 32, NYJ 26 — Combined 58; under 22.5 busts.
“they've been a good second half team is that what you're going with i am i'm playing the eagles second half against the panthers look we've been fading panthers first halves a lot but i lost that one last week we lost when we play the saints there the eagles first quarter are so bad i can't do the first half thing with them the full game line is 13 points i honestly think they'll probably be Remember that, but just give me the second half. Eagles minus five and a half.”
2nd half only: Philadelphia Eagles 8, Carolina Panthers 6 (full game PHI 22, CAR 16) — Eagles 2nd-half margin +2 (PHI 8, CAR 6) vs line -5.5; does not cover.
“I'm just taking the plus seven and I don't really care what happens if the winner the last just give me the cover Browns plus seven”
PIT 27, CLE 14 — Cleveland Browns margin -13 vs line +7; busts.
“Give me the first half Saints team total over 10 and a half points.”
1st half only: New Orleans Saints 7 (full game NYG 11, NO 14) — Saints 1st-half total 7 points vs line 10.5 (over); does not cover.
“we're gonna bet saints division here. It's 80 to 1 at one book. That's the bet.”
Buccaneers won NFC South (10-7); Saints did not win the division. (Tampa Bay won NFC South)
- Cardinals 1st quarter ML lost
- Cardinals full-game ML closed -155 · CLV +3¢ lost
“Cardinals first quarter, Cardinals full-time money line. Look we started the first quarter bet two weeks ago because the Cardinals are the best first quarter offense and Seattle is the worst That trend is still true Also Arizona has been much better defensively at home Seattle's been better defensively at home as well, and they're on the road here. So you go Arizona first quarter, full-time bet, same game parlay, plus 182. That's how you win the game here.”
Parlay busts: Cardinals 1st quarter ML — lost; Cardinals full-game ML — lost.
“I think if the Cardinals win this weekend you want Cardinals futures So if we think they win which I do this is the time to invest So just to recap Cardinals first quarter money line plus 182 That the weekend But honestly I going to go a little on that one I want the futures plus 190 on the division. Kyler 9-1 for comeback. Cardinals 50-1 for NFC. It's my favorite play on the podcast.”
Rams won NFC West (10-7) on tiebreaker; Cardinals did not win division. (Los Angeles Rams won NFC West)
“Kyler 9-1 for comeback.”
Joe Burrow won 2024 AP Comeback Player of the Year, not Kyler Murray. (Burrow won CPOY)
“Cardinals 50-1 for NFC.”
Eagles won the NFC; Cardinals went 8-9 and missed the playoffs. (Arizona 8-9, no playoffs)
“favor overrating the chiefs so this is a chargers play for me i'm gonna take the first half money line plus 148”
KC 19, LAC 17 — Los Angeles Chargers lost; moneyline busts.
“if they do get the win, Chargers 16 to one on the division.”
Chiefs won AFC West (9th straight); Chargers finished 2nd. (Kansas City won AFC West)
“Under 7.5, 9-1. [54:06] It's a ridiculous number, but they literally hit this bet two of the last three games [54:10] and were set up to do it again last week. [54:13] So Jaguars mine shaft all the way down.”
TEN 6, JAX 10 — Combined 16; under 7.5 busts.
“and we talked about it. I want volume. I want the receptions. Last week, his line was six and a half juice to the over, plus 102 there. Anything like that, we'll take it. I want eight receptions. That was plus 175 last week 10 catches around 5 to 1 watch the app we'll put it in there but that's the first one Brock Bowers receptions escalator”
TB 28, LV 13 — Brock Bowers: 3 receptions vs over 8; busts. (Brock Bowers: 3 receptions)
- Drake London Over 6 receptions closed +5.5 · CLV -0.5 lost
- Drake London Over 60 receiving yards closed +70.5 · CLV +10.5 won
- Justin Jefferson Over 6 receptions closed +6.5 · CLV +0.5 won
- Justin Jefferson Over 60 receiving yards won
“drake london his new shiny toy and then justin jefferson going didn't need you anyway i can do it just as fine without you these teams are bottom 10 against wide receiver one atlanta's bottom five Vikings are second most fantasy points allowed and looks like no Stefan Gilmore. I think we get a shootout here with wide receiver ones. The lines are somewhere around six receptions per guy. London 70 yards, Jefferson 85 yards. So I played around with it. Here's where I landed. Two-part escalator. Both guys six catches, 60 yards. So that's a four-part SGP plus 270.”
Parlay busts: Drake London Over 6 receptions +6 — lost; Drake London Over 60 receiving yards +60 — won; Justin Jefferson Over 6 receptions +6 — won; Justin Jefferson Over 60 receiving yards +60 — won.
“Bears Vikings under 42 and a half”
MIN 30, CHI 12 — Combined 42; under 42.5 covers.
“and that's Judy especially because Cedric Tillman is out this game with an injury so Judy is going to get a lot of attention last week Jacoby Myers 10 catches 121 yards 15 targets against Denver the week before Zay Flowers 127 yards two scores against Denver I don't think I want to touch down here this that's not Judy's game he's not really a big volume guy I want the big plays I want the Jameis chucking it downfield give me the yardage stuff so here's the escalator I put this into the up on Saturday. So check the line, get the best line you can. I grabbed the over, the traditional yards, 57 and a half, wherever in that range, 59, 60, somewhere in there is probably fine.”
DEN 41, CLE 32 — Jerry Jeudy: 235 receiving_yards vs over 57.5; covers. (Jerry Jeudy: 235 receiving_yards)
“so i will take the under 51 and a half packers lions thursday night”
DET 34, GB 31 — Combined 65; under 51.5 busts.
“this is kind of your bonus pick here under 45 and a half seahawks cardinals”
ARI 18, SEA 30 — Combined 48; under 45.5 busts.
“back to 30 points against atlanta day for a chargers game their average is 37.3 on the season this one's already moving there's 44 and a half this morning it's 43 and a half now the juice is coming in on the under. I think it's going to keep going that way. 40, 41, 43, 44. Those are all key numbers. I'm just going to keep sliding through that range. So under 43 and a half Sunday night,”
KC 19, LAC 17 — Combined 36; under 43.5 covers.
“I love the Lions. Lions minus 10.”
DET 23, CHI 20 — Detroit Lions margin +3 vs line -10; busts.
“Jameson Williams has two games over 120 yards. He has two games under 10 yards. So what do you do with that? Well, if you look at the home road splits, it's a little more interesting. Five road games four targets a game two and a half catches 34 yards Four home games seven targets a game four catches 104 yards a game At home, where he is here, he's had a 50-yard catch in all four home games this season. Seven of his eight longest catches at home. So I don't want median outcomes here. I don't want just the traditional over receiving yards or the over longest reception. I want some alts. So these lines are still kind of populating as early in the week. But let me give you some examples here. 70-plus yards, plus 235. He's gone over that mark all four home games this year, 79 at least in every game.”
DET 23, CHI 20 — Jameson Williams: 28 receiving_yards vs over 70; busts. (Jameson Williams: 28 receiving_yards)
“They also play the most man coverage, so that's good for yak receivers like DJ Moore. So I don't think this line's gone far enough yet. Hasn't moved, really. So I like the over 4.5, minus 114. I'll play that.”
DET 23, CHI 20 — DJ Moore: 8 receptions vs over 4.5; covers. (DJ Moore: 8 receptions)
“Give me the Giants, plus four, plus three and a half, if it's all you can get. [23:31] And I'm going to take the money line, too.”
DAL 27, NYG 20 — New York Giants margin -7 vs line +4; busts.
“kind of a buy low spot and they sell any cowboys on thanksgiving ever so giants to cover and then i see a plus 180 on the money line i'll split my bet go half and half that way too”
DAL 27, NYG 20 — New York Giants lost; moneyline busts.
“yeah i like the packers a lot here packers minus three i'll take if you need to get [24:22] the three and a half i don't mind it”
GB 30, MIA 17 — Green Bay Packers margin +13 vs line -3; covers.
“i'm gonna still play johnny smith's over 40 and a half [26:47] receiving yards”
GB 30, MIA 17 — Jonnu Smith: 113 receiving_yards vs over 40.5; covers. (Jonnu Smith: 113 receiving_yards)
“Give me Rams minus two and a half below the key number.”
NO 14, LAR 21 — Los Angeles Rams margin +7 vs line -2.5; covers.
“13.5, all we need is two touchdowns. Probably going to get three, so just give me Tampa's first half team total over.”
TB 10, CAR 13 (1st half); final was CAR 23, TB 26 (OT) — Tampa Bay scored 10 points in the 1st half (7 in Q1, 3 in Q2); under 13.5, busts.
“I'm going first half Texans. [50:36] It just dipped below the key numbers. [50:38] So minus two and a half in Jacksonville.”
HOU 6, JAX 3 (1st half); final was JAX 20, HOU 23 — Houston Texans 1st-half margin +3 (HOU 6, JAX 3) vs line -2.5; covers.
“But the Cardinals and the Vikings both owe us first quarter money. Give me the first quarter total over seven and a half points.”
ARI 3, MIN 3 (1st quarter); final was MIN 23, ARI 22 — 1st-quarter combined 6 (ARI 3, MIN 3); under 7.5, busts.
“not even brown stealers give me the under 40 and a half”
PIT 27, CLE 14 — Combined 41; under 40.5 busts.
“I like the Ravens minus two and a half.”
LAC 23, BAL 30 — Baltimore Ravens margin +7 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I like the first half under. Under 25 and a half is even odds. To me, this is just a splits thing.”
Halftime: BAL 14, LAC 13 (Final: LAC 23, BAL 30) — Halftime combined 27 (BAL 14–LAC 13); under 25.5 busts.
“i'm going to play colts minus one and a half at the patriots i think that this game is being”
NE 24, IND 25 — Indianapolis Colts margin +1 vs line -1.5; busts.
“they probably can't quite catch them. Five and seven for the Colts. They got this game. They go at Denver. Really big game that they'd need to have. Tennessee Giants, Jacksonville to end the season. A little bonus hot read here. Over eight and a half on the win total is plus 176.”
Colts finished 8-9 in 2024, falling short of 8.5 wins. (Indianapolis 8-9)
“plus seven on the Niners, and it gave me the money line too, plus 260. I think they can get the job done”
BUF 35, SF 10 — San Francisco 49ers margin -25 vs line +7; busts.
“So I will take the Sunday night Eagles Rams under 24 and a half.”
Halftime: PHI 13, LAR 7 (Final: PHI 37, LAR 20) — First half combined 20 (PHI 13, LAR 7) vs line 24.5; under cashes.
“I'm going to play the Vikings first quarter so it's minus half a point at plus 130. Effectively that is a Vikings three-way money line.”
Q1: CHI 7, MIN 0 (Final: CHI 27, MIN 30 OT) — Bears led 7-0 after Q1; Vikings lost the first quarter outright, three-way ML busts.
“Raiders first quarter, the three-way money line. This one's plus 215. So we need the Raiders to win the first quarter outright.”
Q1: DEN 3, LV 0 (Final: LV 19, DEN 29) — Denver led 3-0 after Q1; Raiders lost the first quarter outright, three-way ML busts.
“give me the Cardinals over three and a half points. It's plus 105. So that's my first quarter angle here.”
Q1: ARI 0, SEA 0 (Final: SEA 16, ARI 6) — Arizona scored 0 points in Q1 (0-0 after Q1); Cardinals 1Q Over 3.5 misses.
“But I still like... Seattle on the game. I still like them to win the game outright”
SEA 16, ARI 6 — Seattle Seahawks won; moneyline covers.
“Seattle division odds plus 600 because of the case we laid out earlier”
Rams won the 2024 NFC West; Seahawks finished second. (Seahawks 10-7, missed playoffs.)
- Cardinals first quarter team total Over 3.5 lost
- Seattle Seahawks ML closed -105 · CLV -7¢ won
“Arizona first quarter, at least four points. And then Arizona, 3.5 points plus the Seattle Moneyline at 380. That's the bet.”
Parlay lost because Arizona scored 0 first-quarter points while Seattle won.
“i going with the tyler lockett over 36 and a half receiving yards now”
SEA 16, ARI 6 — Tyler Lockett: 20 receiving_yards vs over 36.5; busts. (Tyler Lockett: 20 receiving_yards)
“play dj moore over four and a half receptions it's even odds and we're going to take the escalator”
CHI 27, MIN 30 — DJ Moore: 7 receptions vs over 4.5; covers. (DJ Moore: 7 receptions)
“Give me an Evans touchdown, plus 160 at the Giants.”
Mike Evans did not score a TD in Buccaneers' 30-7 win at Giants Week 12. (Evans 5 rec, 68 yds, 0 TD)
“the main bet here is George Kittle over 45 and a half receiving yards”
GB 38, SF 10 — George Kittle: 82 receiving_yards vs over 45.5; covers. (George Kittle: 82 receiving_yards)
“give me a David Montgomery over here. So over the rushing yards, 57 and a half, plus a touchdown. So it's the same game parlay, plus 168.”
IND 6, DET 24 — David Montgomery: 37 rushing_yards vs over 57.5; busts. (David Montgomery: 37 rushing_yards)
“give me the Seahawks plus one and a half at the Jets The Seahawks plus one and a half at the Jets”
NYJ 21, SEA 26 — Seattle Seahawks margin +5 vs line +1.5; covers.
“Give me the Lions minus 10.”
DET 23, CHI 20 — Detroit Lions margin +3 vs line -10; busts.
“give me Micah Parsons, minus 110 to record a sack in the game.”
Micah Parsons recorded 0 sacks vs Houston. (1 solo tackle, 0 sacks; Texans won 34-10.)
“Give me the Philadelphia Eagles, minus two and a half in LA, but against the Rams, not the Chargers next week.”
LAR 20, PHI 37 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +17 vs line -2.5; covers.
“so we'll grab the under 43 box giants hopefully don't have”
NYG 7, TB 30 — Combined 37; under 43 covers.
“So I will take the Lions minus 13.”
DET 52, JAX 6 — Detroit Lions margin +46 vs line -13; covers.
“they've been covering this is too far for me Jacksonville season win total under under five and a half I think it's my favorite win total on the board they play the Lions here then a bye week and then the Texans those are two losses so I think even if you change your mind later you can get that now it's a plus 125”
Jaguars finished 4-13, under 5.5 wins. (Jaguars 4-13)
“So give me the Browns at the plus one and a half.”
NO 35, CLE 14 — Cleveland Browns margin -21 vs line +1.5; busts.
“Yeah, give me the Steelers. [10:39] Plus three if you need to.”
PIT 18, BAL 16 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +2 vs line +3; covers.
- Dolphins -1 (teased from -7) won
- Texans -1 (teased from -7) won
“Yeah, I'm going to take two teams at about a touchdown favorite. Give me the Dolphins, minus seven, home against the Raiders. And then we'll go to Monday night. Give me the Texans on the road, minus seven in Dallas. So there is one major book out there has a minus seven on both. You can tease those down to a minus one.”
Parlay cashes: Dolphins -1 (teased from -7) -1 — won; Texans -1 (teased from -7) -1 — won.
“said the bet here. I'm taking the rushing yards over, but the line's at like 85 and a half, 86 and a half. Books have sort of sniffed this out. They're like, okay, we think he's going to have a lot of rushing yards too. So I'm going to pivot. Give me just a hundred yards. It's plus 210. We're getting about double the payout for what effectively is one good extra run from Taylor. so i know that number i said is kind of just barely over the 85 86 i'd rather go for the double payout i also had an article up this week on season stat leaders jonathan taylor is 100 to one right now to lead the league in rushing now he's a ways back he missed a couple games you have to fade Derrick Henry and Saquon Barkley to win this bet. I don't mind fading old running backs that get injured sometimes. Saquon's got an injury history. Derrick Henry has no injury history. He's like a machine sent from the heavens to just dominate on the ground. But at some point, the man with like a billion carries might run out. So 100-1 with Richardson back in the lineup now. I think this is a good kickstart spot here. Give me the 100-yard rushing game, plus 210 Jonathan Taylor.”
NYJ 27, IND 28 — Jonathan Taylor: 57 rushing_yards vs over 100; busts. (Jonathan Taylor: 57 rushing_yards)
“jonathan taylor hundred to one on the rushing yards probably my favorite long shot there”
Jonathan Taylor did not lead the NFL in rushing yards; Saquon Barkley led with 2,005. (Barkley 2,005 rush yds led NFL)
“Josh Jacobs over the 68 and a half.”
CHI 19, GB 20 — Josh Jacobs: 76 rushing_yards vs over 68.5; covers. (Josh Jacobs: 76 rushing_yards)
“The main plays here are Allen over six and a half rushing attempts and over 30 and a half”
Josh Allen had 12 rushing attempts vs the Chiefs, over 6.5. (Allen 12 carries, 55 rush yds (Bills 30-21 Chiefs, Week 11))
“The main plays here are Allen over six and a half rushing attempts and over 30 and a half”
BUF 30, KC 21 — Josh Allen: 55 rushing_yards vs over 30.5; covers. (Josh Allen: 55 rushing_yards)
“It's not really overwhelming numbers. That's just Travis Kelsey, basically. But the lines for Travis Kelsey here, six and a half catches, 65 and a half yards. So I'm going to play the over 65 and a half yards on Travis Kelsey.”
BUF 30, KC 21 — Travis Kelce: 8 receiving_yards vs over 65.5; busts. (Travis Kelce: 8 receiving_yards)
“but I want to get to a few of these. So Brandon, you've got some stat leaders. You have an article up on action network.com right now, entering week 11, kind of discussing the markets for each of these categories and where you see some, you know, take the chalk, look for a long shot. So give me a few you're looking at, and then everyone go check out the article to read the rest. yeah so we've got eight of these out there uh one article eight different stat leaders i already mentioned two of them probably two of my favorites travis kelsey reception seven to one that's my favorite”
Travis Kelce did not lead the NFL in receptions; Ja'Marr Chase led with 127 (Kelce 97). (Chase 127 receptions led NFL; Kelce 97)
- Chiefs +7.5 closed +2.5 · CLV +5 lost
- Bills +7.5 won
“So I'm going to bet either team to win by seven or less. Here's that bet. You're going to just make it yourself with the same game parlay. Chiefs plus seven and a half, Bills plus seven and a half. Every book will let you do this. You just go add in the alternate spreads, put them both in there. Just that alone is minus 125. So I'm going to play that. That's my this is a close game bet.”
Parlay busts: Chiefs +7.5 +7.5 — lost; Bills +7.5 +7.5 — won.
“Broncos to make the playoffs is plus 200. [36:00] They're right in that mix.”
Broncos made the 2024 playoffs as AFC 7 seed. (Denver finished 10-7, first playoff berth since 2015.)
“ravens minus three at the chargers it's a minus 105 right now so we're getting at the key number”
LAC 23, BAL 30 — Baltimore Ravens margin +7 vs line -3; covers.
“but I feel pretty good about the Bengals winning the game. So I don't mind grabbing the plus two and a half. It's also minus 105. So a little bit lighter on the juice there as well. So I'll play it right now. I understand if you want to wait on it, but I wouldn't be totally shocked if the Bengals”
LAC 34, CIN 27 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -7 vs line +2.5; busts.
“plus three and a half, there's a plus 100 juice out there as well. So I'm just [53:34] going to play it right now. Steelers plus three and a half.”
PIT 18, BAL 16 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +2 vs line +3.5; covers.
“Just give me Devin H. Chan. Give me the receiving overs with Tua. That's what we've been doing. We had the big escalator a week ago. Here's his games with Tua so far this season. Seven catches for 76 yards, seven for 69, six for 50, and eight for 58. He's basically their slot receiver. He is playing. He's above Jalen Waddle, really, by receiving yards. And if you play fantasy and you have Waddle, trust me, you know that already. Now look, against Buffalo, when we hit the big escalator, they were allowing the number one most receiving receptions and receiving yards to running backs. This is not the same. The Rams have only allowed 30 catches to running back, 277 yards, so kind of the opposite. They've been much worse against deep receivers, but the Rams have surprised me a little bit. I was dumping on them all early season. Their defense has been a little bit unexpected, especially their defensive line. Miami's offensive line has been not great, so I think we get a lot of pressure we get some easy dump offs that feels like a chance plays just get the ball out to our speedy running back let him do some stuff so i'm going to give you some escalator options here you keep an eye on the app if you want to tail any of these my favorite is just the receiving yards because even if we don't get enough catches he can just bust like a 30 yarder and get us over the yards anyway so i have my notes over 41 and a half i think it may have moved up a yard or two since I added that a couple days ago. But just the basic receiving yards over.”
LAR 15, MIA 23 — De'Von Achane: 15 receiving_yards vs over 41.5; busts. (De'Von Achane: 15 receiving_yards)
“For just this game, I'll take the Chiefs' second half line, minus 4.5.”
KC 30, TB 24 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +6 vs line -4.5; covers.
“I like the Bengals here. Give me the Bengals plus six and a half.”
BAL 35, CIN 34 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -1 vs line +6.5; covers.
“give me the bangles plus 225 the money line i think they can win this game”
BAL 35, CIN 34 — Cincinnati Bengals lost; moneyline busts.
“give me the 49ers minus five and [46:27] a half at the box”
TB 20, SF 23 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line -5.5; busts.
“Over 32 and a half receiving yards. Again, Achan's had 50 plus yards [6:16] all three two-a-games. That's what we're doing as our data here.”
BUF 30, MIA 27 — De'Von Achane: 58 receiving_yards vs over 32.5; covers. (De'Von Achane: 58 receiving_yards)
“HN's done that all three two-a-games. I think this line is just not adjusting for that. Receptions, over three and a half. The Bills have allowed three or more receptions to a running back nine times already this season”
BUF 30, MIA 27 — De'Von Achane: 8 receptions vs over 3.5; covers. (De'Von Achane: 8 receptions)
“here's where we're going. Over 32 and a half receiving yards. Again, Achan's had 50 plus yards all three two-a-games. That's what we're doing as our data here. Bills have allowed 25 receiving yards to a running back seven times already. So love the over 32 and a half. Obviously, we're playing 50 plus yards plus 230. That's, I think, what the line should be. Again,”
BUF 30, MIA 27 — De'Von Achane: 58 receiving_yards vs over 50; covers. (De'Von Achane: 58 receiving_yards)
“you're turning to Bijan Robinson. I am. I'm going to take Bijan. Just take his over on the rushing yards. It's 73 and a half right now. Give me that plus a touchdown. It's plus 146 together.”
ATL 27, DAL 21 — Bijan Robinson: 86 rushing_yards vs over 73.5 (covers), but no touchdown scored; anytime-TD leg fails, combo bet loses. (Bijan Robinson: 86 rushing_yards)
“And we going to go back to receiver for your best bet number three A Brown Yeah guys who do not suck A Brown does not suck Let go with him Let take the receiving yards over 75 and a half and we get to a couple escalators on it”
PHI 28, JAX 23 — A.J. Brown: 36 receiving_yards vs over 75.5; busts. (A.J. Brown: 36 receiving_yards)
“And then to the escalators, 100-plus yards at plus 215. 100 yards has not been a hard thing for [14:42] Ray J. Brown.”
PHI 28, JAX 23 — A.J. Brown: 36 receiving_yards vs over 100; busts. (A.J. Brown: 36 receiving_yards)
“for this official pick, Detroit minus three and Captain Public, let's ride.”
GB 14, DET 24 — Detroit Lions margin +10 vs line -3; covers.
“I'm going to take the Broncos plus nine and a half in Baltimore.”
BAL 41, DEN 10 — Denver Broncos margin -31 vs line +9.5; busts.
“The Moneyline here is plus 350. If I'm going, I'm going hard. You know how I do, Brendan. We talked about this on Sunday night Moneyline underdogs this season of plus 250 or longer are 9 and 11 straight up 78 ROI And Baltimore is responsible for two of the five biggest underdog wins of the season Sean Payton has a lifetime ROI, 25% as a Moneyline underdog. I don't see it. I am not predicting a Denver upset here. I predicted the Browns one. I'm not going to victory lap this one, but I'm going to play it because we keep seeing these weird long underdogs. We keep seeing Baltimore do it. I think Denver at least covers. So give me the plus nine and a half. It's a little sprinkle in case weird stuff happens and Denver gets over the line on the money line.”
BAL 41, DEN 10 — Denver Broncos lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going to take the Saints first half team total over 13 and a half, and here's the key against the Panthers. That's the angle. We keep baiting the Panthers in the first half. By the way, great transition from Sean Payton right into the Saints. That's a professional transition right there. Look, my church is celebrating All Saints Day on Sunday. So you got to bet the Saints this weekend, right? The Saints have been terrible. The fact that Carolina is more than a touchdown underdog at home to these Saints is genuinely stunning. Like, I considered, I really considered playing the Panthers plus seven and a half. There are a lot of trends popping for me, and I just can't do it. Like, I don't know how low you make it for Carolina. What's weird is the total has dropped as Derek Carr went in from 46 Sunday to 43 and a half now. I guess that's Bryce Young. I don't know. What's happened is the total being that low has brought our team total under the 14 and given us a spot where all we need now is two touchdowns. And we hit our team total over in the first half. Now, the Saints, as you might recall, Brandon, in week one, played the Panthers. and absolutely murdered them. I barely even got to turn the football on to start the new season. It was 47-10. Panthers Island, one last mention, was dead before the season even started. We're re-reporting. Turning to the scene of the murder, the Panthers, other than the game that they won, the one game with Dalton, are 1-7 ATS first half of the season. The one is the game they won. And in those first halves, the average score at halftime is 24-7. They still, halfway through the season, have allowed three or more touchdowns in the first half of every single one of those games other than their win. We only need two. So am I nervous? about Derek Carr being rusty? Absolutely. Am I nervous about backing Derek Carr and Dennis Allen's favorites? You know I don't love doing that. Three touchdowns in the first half of every game. We only need two. And by the way, this is plus 102. They're giving us plus money on this”
CAR 23, NO 22 — Saints scored 13 in the first half (led 13-10 at halftime); under 13.5, bet loses.
“I'm going to play Minnesota Vikings minus three and a half in Jacksonville for week 10.”
JAX 7, MIN 12 — Minnesota Vikings margin +5 vs line -3.5; covers.
“Titans-Chargers, you already know what we're doing for Titans-Chargers. [34:35] Why wait around? [34:36] Under 38 and a half.”
LAC 27, TEN 17 — Combined 44; under 38.5 busts.
“all but one Steelers 37 or below four times already combined 10 and three to the under neither team has a lot of chance to score I don know how it going to happen the giants have i think the worst offensive line in the league now against all that pittsburgh defensive talent and then on the other side you get an injured uh inside offensive line for the steelers right now up against dexter lawrence and the one strength that the giants have with russell wilson who can't deal with inside uh pressure so i don't know how this goes well scoring either way totals 37 or below since November 2019 you keep hearing me with that stat 38 17 and a one to the under 69 percent and then the mine shaft of those 55 games 56 percent more than half of them finished at 30 points or below so I take the under 30 and a half down the mine shaft plus 215”
PIT 26, NYG 18 — Combined 44; under 30.5 busts.
“Under on the Patriots. [56:20] Patriots at Titans. [56:21] under 39”
TEN 20, NE 17 — Combined 37; under 39 covers.
“I'm taking a chargers under chargers at the Browns under 41.”
CLE 10, LAC 27 — Combined 37; under 41 covers.
“yeah we're gonna go with the cleveland browns plus nine and a half against the ravens”
CLE 29, BAL 24 — Cleveland Browns margin +5 vs line +9.5; covers.
“I think the Browns have a chance to win this thing. Plus 350 in the money line. I think it's [7:54] worth a sprinkle.”
CLE 29, BAL 24 — Cleveland Browns won; moneyline covers.
“low scoring ugly defense close the browns can win those games their win total right now is 3.5 for the season you only got one so far you only need three more to cash i like the over”
Browns finished 2024 at 3-14; Over 3.5 wins loses. (Cleveland 3-14)
“yeah i'm gonna take the eagles bangles [9:22] under the 48”
CIN 17, PHI 37 — Combined 54; under 48 busts.
“so first pick is romeo dobbs over 44 and a half receiving yards we're going [16:01] with there”
JAX 27, GB 30 — Romeo Doubs: 72 receiving_yards vs over 44.5; covers. (Romeo Doubs: 72 receiving_yards)
“jordan love three touchdowns is plus 190”
Jordan Love threw 0 TDs and left injured in Q3 vs Jacksonville; 3+ passing TDs loses. (Love 14/22, 196 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT)
“Brees Hall playing the Patriots, [26:30] just going to take the rushing over for him. That's 75 yards plus a touchdown. 75 rushing [26:40] yards and a touchdown is plus 197”
NE 25, NYJ 22 — Breece Hall: 80 rushing_yards (covers 75 leg) but no TD scored (Braelon Allen scored the Jets' only offensive TD); anytime-TD leg fails, combo prop lost. (Breece Hall: 80 rushing_yards)
“more every one of those running backs put up 80 yards and a touchdown so we're at jk dobbins same exact play as breese hall 75 yards and a touchdown it's plus 203”
LAC 26, NO 8 — J.K. Dobbins: 57 rushing_yards vs over 75; busts. (J.K. Dobbins: 57 rushing_yards)
“Javante Williams over 61 and a half plus a touchdown this one's plus 185 out there”
DEN 28, CAR 14 — Javonte Williams: 44 rushing_yards vs over 61.5; busts. (Javonte Williams: 44 rushing_yards)
“give me the commanders minus two and a half at the Giants”
NYG 22, WSH 27 — Washington Commanders margin +5 vs line -2.5; covers.
“So I've got two for you. Joe Burrow I just said narrative you don't have to win a lot of games 4-1 he's playing great football he's playing MVP football on a not MVP team I like him 4-1 much better he's playing way better than Kirk Cousins or Aaron Rodgers and we just changed the rules of comeback player of the year to get rid of 250-1 Joe Flacco why because we're so embarrassed we didn't give the award to”
Joe Burrow won 2024 AP Comeback Player of the Year. (Burrow 31 first-place votes, 370 points)
“Damar Hamlin. Damar Hamlin is starting safety for a clear division winner. He got his second interception of the season this week. He has 43 combined tackles. He's still 6-1 in the market. We all watched this dude on a football field clearly look like he was never going to play another snap. If he survived the night and he is the starting safety, a positive contributing safety for a division winner, how is that not the obvious comeback player of the year? I think that's a crazy number at 6-1. I'll bet both of those together. It's like a 2-1 together.”
Joe Burrow won 2024 Comeback Player of the Year, not Damar Hamlin. (Hamlin 4th in voting (86 pts))
“So I like [28:33] they're over eight and a half. It's plus money. I put them at nine and a half and higher on wins.”
Seahawks finished 2024 at 10-7; Over 8.5 wins cashes. (Seattle 10-7)
“I like the playoffs, plus 180. I like the division.”
Seahawks went 10-7 but missed the 2024 playoffs on a strength-of-victory tiebreaker. (10-7, first 10-win team to miss playoffs in 17-game era)
“give me the first half over 21 and a half 22 and a half is fine if you need it”
ARI 17, LAC 15 — Combined 32; over 21.5 covers.
“Give me the Colts plus six and a half at the Texans.”
HOU 23, IND 20 — Indianapolis Colts margin -3 vs line +6.5; covers.
“Cardinals plus three and a half at the Dolphins.”
MIA 27, ARI 28 — Arizona Cardinals margin +1 vs line +3.5; covers.
“Give me the commanders. [4:26] First half team total over 15 and a half against the Panthers.”
WSH 40, CAR 7 — Combined 47; over 15.5 covers.
“packers first or second half minus 1.5 it is a plus 120”
GB 10, HOU 3 (2nd half) — Packers 2nd-half score 10, Texans 2nd-half score 3; margin +7 vs line -1.5 covers.
- Texans 1st quarter ML lost
- Packers 2nd half ML won
“a little escalator, Texans first quarter money [9:44] line, Packers second half money line, play them together. It's a negative correlation. So we get [9:50] a little boost there. It's plus 390. So I'll put a little bit on that as well.”
Parlay busts: Texans 1st quarter ML — lost; Packers 2nd half ML — won.
“Pittsburgh and the Jets, Devontae Adams now in. So the total did jump up a point to 38.5 from 37.5. And as we highlighted on the roundtable, we talked about this on roundtable. That's right, because that's when the Adams trade went down. Devontae Adams is not worth no wide receiver. Never mind Devontae Adams, who's missed games And he's a very good player But he's not like in the prime of his career Like your Chases and your Jeffersons And your Lambs He moved the line four points, for crying out loud With the Jets now being favored by a point and a half And it was Pittsburgh minus two and a half Anyway, you're staying away from a side on this Total goes up a point You like under, why? I like under, just the same pick that I liked before We just get an extra point now”
PIT 37, NYJ 15 — Combined 52; over hits, under 38.5 busts.
“Eagles Giants under 43 is the new best bet.”
NYG 3, PHI 28 — Combined 31; under 43 covers.
“I'm taking the Bucs plus 3.5. [19:45] I already played the money line at plus 180. [19:47] I see a plus 165 still. [19:49] I like that.”
TB 31, BAL 41 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -10 vs line +3.5; busts.
“You're in on those Tampa Bay Buccaneers, their first game in Tampa. since all the horrible stuff that's been happening with the hurricane in Milton. They were in New Orleans last week. They're home Monday night hosting Baltimore. You like a lot of flavor here on the Bucs side. I do, and I'm going to go a little briefer here because we're going to come back and talk about this on Sunday night. We'll give you a little bit more there. But I'm just in on a Bucs escalator. I'm taking the Bucs plus 3.5. I already played the money line at plus 180. I see a plus 165 still. I like that.”
TB 31, BAL 41 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost; moneyline busts.
“give me the two passing touchdowns plus two 55.”
Drake Maye threw 2 passing TDs vs the Jaguars in London; Over 1.5 (2+) wins. (Maye 26/37, 276 yds, 2 TD)
“It does not. I'm going to take a Deontay Johnson touchdown here. And I actually like this with my other angle. If Washington's going to score a bunch, this is our highest total game of the week, we're going to get points. So how about just Carolina having to pass playing from behind all game? Sure. That sounds great to me. Since Andy Dalton took over, and no Adam Thielen matters here as well. DeAndre Johnson has been a stud. Four games, 24 catches, 306 yards, three touchdowns, 11 targets a game almost. He is third in the NFL in target share rate for that span. He has been a stud receiver in all but one game against Jalen Johnson, the shadow cover of Chicago. He did not do well. The other three games, he has at least six catches, at least 78 yards, at least a touchdown in all three of those games. Leads the league in end zone targets. This is the guy. Like, this is not what he's been ever in Pittsburgh. Suddenly it is what he is with Andy Dalton. So we keep playing these wide receiver ones against the Commanders. We played Jamar Chase, got a touchdown. We played Marquette. Harrison Jr. got a touchdown. Neighbors, Godwin, Evans, they've all had big games. So touchdown for Deontay is plus 155. I also like a little sprinkle on 75 yards and a touchdown at plus 300.”
Diontae Johnson did not score in the Panthers' 40-7 loss at Washington; no TD. (Johnson 1 rec, 17 yds, 0 TD)
“You're like Jamar Chase against Cleveland. I do, and I'm playing a prop. I don't think I've ever played this kind of prop before. I'm going to take longest reception over 26 and a half yards at the Browns.”
Ja'Marr Chase's longest reception was 18 yards vs the Browns; Over 26.5 loses. (Chase 5 rec, 55 yds, 1 TD; long 18)
“But Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks playing the Falcons, Big passing day for Geno. I do. I like Geno. Over 259 and a half passing yards.”
ATL 14, SEA 34 — Geno Smith: 207 passing_yards vs over 259.5; busts. (Geno Smith: 207 passing_yards)
“I'll grab the under above the key number 37 and a half for next Monday night, [35:50] giant Steelers.”
PIT 26, NYG 18 — Combined 44; under 37.5 busts.
“I already am in on Bucs' money line Monday night to post-hurricane return to Tampa, stop the Baltimore run a little bit, pass on them against that defense like you said simon i think camp is live there plus 180 on the money line or the number you can get the division and playoff odds i think are the way to go here division odds plus 185 ftn has them at 44 so that's a really good bargain for your buck there”
Buccaneers won the NFC South in 2024 (fourth straight), beating the Saints in Week 18. (Bucs finished 10-7, won NFC South)
“I already am in on Bucs' money line Monday night to post-hurricane return to Tampa, stop the Baltimore run a little bit, pass on them against that defense like you said simon i think camp is live there plus 180 on the money line”
TB 31, BAL 41 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost; moneyline busts.
“thursday night broncos saints under 37 and a half”
NO 10, DEN 33 — Combined 43; under 37.5 busts.
“well it's gonna sound almost identical we're staying in the night game we're taking another under and it's another under 37 and a half it's jet steelers on sunday night we're just going to the very next prime time game and we're taking another one only at one book make sure to shop make sure to get the 37 and a half again we want the key number there the Steelers scored 32 today”
PIT 37, NYJ 15 — Combined 52; under 37.5 busts.
“give me the commanders over one and a half first half touchdowns or if”
WSH 27, CAR 0 (halftime) — Washington led 27-0 at halftime with 3 first-half TDs; over 1.5 first-half TDs (and over 15.5 first-half points) covers.
“I take the Bengals, minus three and a half at the Giants.”
NYG 7, CIN 17 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +10 vs line -3.5; covers.
“We talked about Joe Burrow MVP. I can't quite get there. You got to be like the one or the two seed. They have to be nearly perfect the rest of the way, but I will sprinkle 150 to one offensive player of the year.”
Saquon Barkley won 2024 Offensive Player of the Year; Joe Burrow finished 5th. (Burrow: 78 points, 5th in OPOY voting)
“I'm going to go with the Lions minus three at the Cowboys.”
DAL 9, DET 47 — Detroit Lions margin +38 vs line -3; covers.
- David Montgomery Over 56.5 rushing yards
- David Montgomery anytime touchdown
“prop this week. It's David Montgomery. So the play I'm going to make is over his rushing yards, right now at 56 and a half and an anytime touchdown. I'll play those together. It's plus 212.”
David Montgomery rushed for 60 yards (over the 56.5 line) and scored a rushing touchdown in Detroit's 47-9 rout of Dallas, hitting both legs of the parlay. (David Montgomery: 60 rush yds, 1 TD)
“I will just take the Allen at least one interception on Monday Night Football, minus 120.”
Josh Allen threw 0 interceptions vs the Jets on MNF Week 6; Over 0.5 INT loses. (Allen 23/30, 215 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT in Bills 23-20 win)
“so give me the eagles first half at the browns i got it minus four and a half try to get under six if you can”
PHI 20, CLE 16 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +4 vs line -4.5; busts.
“So official bet for the podcast, the Atlanta Dirty Bird Falcons over 13 and a half points in the first half.”
CAR 20, ATL 38 — Falcons scored 22 points in the first half (7 in Q1, 15 in Q2), over the 13.5 first-half team total line covers.
- Patriots +7 closed +6.5 · CLV +0.5 lost
- Under 38 closed +39.5 · CLV -1.5 lost
“So I'll put those together. Patriots plus seven, under the 38, a same game parlay at plus 240.”
Parlay busts: Patriots +7 +7 — lost; Under 38 +38 — lost.
“we know about the prime time unders so give me the under 43 and a half”
KC 26, NO 13 — Combined 39; under 43.5 covers.
“i am going to play and did already play we gave it out on best bets dear car for mvp if they go to arrowhead”
Josh Allen won 2024 NFL MVP; Derek Carr did not win. (Allen won 2024 MVP)
“I'm going to go right back to Joe Burrow. Give me the Bengals. Minus three and a half at the Giants.”
NYG 7, CIN 17 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +10 vs line -3.5; covers.
“ugly on their chargers Broncos under 37.”
DEN 16, LAC 23 — Combined 39; under 37 busts.
“I'm going to take the Bills against the Texans. Yeah, this one is basically a coin flip. I'm gonna grab the money line minus 108”
HOU 23, BUF 20 — Buffalo Bills lost; moneyline busts.
“Let's go under the 36 and a half. Look, we played the Dolphins under on Monday night.”
NE 10, MIA 15 — Combined 25; under 36.5 covers.
“Now I'm going to go with Chuba Hubbard, Carolina Panthers running back over 58 and a half rushing yards.”
CHI 36, CAR 10 — Chuba Hubbard: 97 rushing_yards vs over 58.5; covers. (Chuba Hubbard: 97 rushing_yards)
“Just Packers minus three at the Rams One team that I love, I will say it. One team that I hate, happy to say that part.”
LAR 19, GB 24 — Green Bay Packers margin +5 vs line -3; covers.
“give me Justin Fields, the score touchdown, plus 185 Sunday night against the Cowboys.”
Justin Fields ran for 2 rushing TDs vs Cowboys on SNF Week 5; anytime TD cashes. (Fields: 312 pass yards, 2 rushing TDs on 10 carries)
“we want that. We're getting this at plus 600 if you get the right book out there. So 100 yards, two scores for Derrick Henry. That's the play.”
Derrick Henry had 92 yards and 1 TD vs Bengals in Week 5; 100 yards + 2 TDs misses. (Henry: 92 rush yards, 1 TD)
“i'm just gonna take the under under 37 tyler huntley gets the start here tyler huntley has a starter eight and one to the under lifetime under 32 points a game in his games”
MIA 12, TEN 31 — Combined 43; under 37 busts.
“I do man I have to go to your Chiefs game we got Chiefs Saints next Monday night and I'm gonna go ahead and grab the under it's under 43”
KC 26, NO 13 — Combined 39; under 43 covers.
“So I'm going to take Seattle next week, minus five and a half against the Giants. Make sure to get the five and a half if you can.”
Seattle's only 2024 meeting with New York was Week 5 (Oct 6), which the Giants won outright 29-20 — the Seahawks lost outright, missing the -5.5 spread badly (batch eventDate of Week 6/Oct 13 appears mislabeled; no second Seahawks-Giants game occurred in 2024). (Giants 29, Seahawks 20)
“Give me the Jaguars plus six and a half in Houston.”
HOU 24, JAX 20 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -4 vs line +6.5; covers.
“Sprinkle the Jaguars to win by 10. [9:03] Minus nine and a half alternate line plus 830.”
HOU 24, JAX 20 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -4 vs line -9.5; busts.
“So give me the Bengals minus four.”
CAR 24, CIN 34 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +10 vs line -4; covers.
“I'm going to go with Marvin Harrison Jr. to score an anytime touchdown, plus 125.”
Marvin Harrison Jr. scored a 2-yard TD vs Commanders in Week 4; anytime TD cashes. (MHJ: 5 rec, 45 yards, 1 TD)
“So Marvin Harrison Jr., remember week one long ago? Oh no, one catch, four yards. He's a bust. He can't even run down the field. Turns out since then, nine catches, 194 yards, three touchdowns. Turns out he's okay. He's got three of Arizona's five receiving touchdowns. This is a thing that he's been good at at college as well. He was top five back-to-back years in the nation receiving touchdowns. He actually had at least one score, 10 of his last 11 games in school. And now here he is, two of his last three in the NFL. So I like the touchdown plus 125. It's kind of my way of playing an over here, but without having to take on the leverage of the over. And he did have two touchdowns two weeks ago. We saw that in the first quarter. He had two touchdowns four times his last year in school. We already saw Chase score twice on Washington. We saw Evans score twice on Washington Got to do it Plus 950 Sprinkle a little bit on the two touchdowns for Harrison but most of the bet here on just the anytime touchdown One time finally ends on Mr Harrison”
Marvin Harrison Jr. scored only 1 TD vs Commanders in Week 4; 2+ TDs misses. (MHJ: 5 rec, 45 yards, 1 TD)
“Garrett Wilson under 56.5 receiving yards.”
NYJ 9, DEN 10 — Garrett Wilson: 41 receiving_yards vs under 56.5; covers. (Garrett Wilson: 41 receiving_yards)
- Ravens -3.5 first half won
- Bills -3.5 second half lost
“I'm taking an alternate line, Ravens minus 3.5. So Baltimore gets up, but then I want the Bills minus the same 3.5 in the second half. I'm going to put those two together. It's a plus 425.”
Parlay busts: Ravens -3.5 first half -3.5 — won; Bills -3.5 second half -3.5 — lost.
“gonna take the Packers minus nine and a half Packers to win by double digits it's plus 300”
GB 29, MIN 31 — Green Bay Packers margin -2 vs line -9.5; busts.
“Jets minus 104 on the money line Let play international ball Sunday morning”
MIN 23, NYJ 17 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“I think Jacksonville plus six and a half [37:53] at the Texans is a great play, and it's actually one of my favorite early plays of the week.”
HOU 24, JAX 20 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -4 vs line +6.5; covers.
“I'm just going to make the official pick, the Chase touchdown around plus 120, 125.”
Ja'Marr Chase caught 2 TDs vs Commanders on MNF Week 3; anytime TD cashes. (Chase: 118 yards, 2 receiving TDs)
“I'm going to take the Cowboys right out of the gate. I'm just going to go back to Dallas, [47:05] minus four and a half in New York”
NYG 15, DAL 20 — Dallas Cowboys margin +5 vs line -4.5; covers.
“We get the Jets down to one and a half.”
NYJ 9, DEN 10 — New York Jets margin -1 vs line -1.5; busts.
“And importantly, we get the Chiefs down to two and a half below the field goal.”
LAC 10, KC 17 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +7 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I'm going to play the Ravens. [5:51] I'll take the money line. [5:52] It's at minus 108 against the Cowboys in Dallas.”
DAL 25, BAL 28 — Baltimore Ravens won; moneyline covers.
“so give me the Giants [9:03] plus six and a half at the Browns”
CLE 15, NYG 21 — New York Giants margin +6 vs line +6.5; covers.
“giants minus five and a half giants win by six or better [11:39] plus 630”
CLE 15, NYG 21 — New York Giants margin +6 vs line -5.5; covers.
“same pick on the broncos kitchen sink broncos minus [11:46] five and a half plus 600 just a little sprinkle on an ugly nasty win”
TB 7, DEN 26 — Denver Broncos margin +19 vs line -5.5; covers.
“McCaffrey who was placed on IR technically Debo is listed as doubtful but the 49ers can bounce back and send the Rams to 0 there history here of course between Shanahan and McVay Yeah I going to play the Niners team total again We played this exact bet last week. It did not hit for us, but I'm going to tell you why we like it again. It's over 26.5 at the Rams.”
LAR 27, SF 24 — SF scored 24 (LAR 27, SF 24); under 26.5, total misses.
“get on the board. So I'll sacrifice a little bit here and lock in that Chiefs minus three, minus 115 but I don mind the three and a half if you need it”
ATL 17, KC 22 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +5 vs line -3; covers.
“I'm going to play Lions minus two and a half. [24:30] Let's get a win if we win by a field goal. [24:33] That's at minus 112.”
ARI 13, DET 20 — Detroit Lions margin +7 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I'm on Eagles plus three here.”
NO 12, PHI 15 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +3 vs line +3; covers.
“Jamar Chase, I like him to get a touchdown Monday night against the Commanders. It's plus 120.”
Ja'Marr Chase scored a receiving TD vs the Commanders on MNF. (Chase caught a 41-yard TD from Joe Burrow.)
“I'm going to take a Steelers road under. [28:58] It's Steelers at Colts under 41”
IND 27, PIT 24 — Combined 51; under 41 busts.
“Kirk Cousins is throwing interception it's minus 170 you know that's not my usual way to go”
Kirk Cousins threw zero interceptions in the Falcons' 22-21 MNF win over the Eagles. (Cousins 20/29, 241 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT.)
“thursday night patriots at jets under 39”
NYJ 24, NE 3 — Combined 27; under 39 covers.
“giants browns under 39 under both of these grab the”
CLE 15, NYG 21 — Combined 36; under 39 covers.
“Steelers Broncos under 36 and a half. [4:49] Let's get ugly right out of the gates.”
DEN 6, PIT 13 — Combined 19; under 36.5 covers.
“the 49ers team total we'll go over on this one over 25 and a half at my Minnesota Vikings”
MIN 23, SF 17 — SF scored 17 (MIN 23, SF 17); under 25.5, total misses.
“to keep on throwing it to him i think 2021 cooper cup is back that was the huge year when he led the league and receptions, yards, the whole thing. In that season, he had at least seven catches, all but two games. We're going over seven and a half.”
Cooper Kupp finished with only 4 receptions (left the game early with an ankle injury), short of the 7.5 line. (Cooper Kupp: 4 rec, 37 yds)
“Give me the Bucs-Lions under 51 and a half.”
DET 16, TB 20 — Combined 36; under 51.5 covers.
“Bengals money line at the Chiefs, plus 210.”
KC 26, CIN 25 — Cincinnati Bengals lost; moneyline busts.
“the Chicago Bears plus 240 on the money line.”
HOU 19, CHI 13 — Chicago Bears lost; moneyline busts.
- Panthers ML closed +182.5 · CLV +14¢ lost
- Under 39.5 closed +38.5 · CLV +1 won
“Panthers money line and the under 39 and a half on a same game parlay plus 492”
Parlay busts: Panthers ML — lost; Under 39.5 +39.5 — won.
“I'm taking Dallas, but not just the spread, minus 19 and a half. [25:45] Dallas to win by 20 or more, plus 450.”
DAL 19, NO 44 — Dallas Cowboys margin -25 vs line -19.5; busts.
- Derrick Henry Over 99.5 rushing yards lost
- Derrick Henry 2+ rushing touchdowns pending
“100 yards and two rushing touchdowns is plus 800. [28:12] We want the same game parlay.”
Parlay busts: Derrick Henry Over 99.5 rushing yards +99.5 — lost; Derrick Henry 2+ rushing touchdowns +1.5 — manual.
“Chiefs minus three and a half at the Falcons Sunday night.”
ATL 17, KC 22 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +5 vs line -3.5; covers.
“So I'm going to put four make or miss playoffs for you here in just a very quick case. I got Atlanta to miss the playoffs. Now, some of these are short-term futures. Atlanta's plus odds, plus 125 to miss the playoffs.”
Falcons missed the 2024 playoffs; bet on them to miss cashes. (Atlanta finished 8-9, out of the postseason.)
“Cincinnati plus 125 to miss.”
Bengals missed the 2024 playoffs; bet on them to miss cashes. (Cincinnati finished 9-8, out of the postseason.)
“You can just lock it in that way. Saints, minus 138. to miss the playoffs. Here's their schedule next. Dallas, Philly, at Atlanta, and in Kansas City.”
Saints missed the 2024 playoffs; bet on them to miss cashes. (New Orleans finished 5-12, out of the postseason.)
“bigger picture. I love Seattle, plus 144 to make the playoffs. Only one week of data, but number”
Seahawks missed the 2024 playoffs; bet on them to make it loses. (Seattle finished 10-7 but missed the NFC playoffs.)
“Panthers, plus four at the Saints.”
NO 47, CAR 10 — Carolina Panthers margin -37 vs line +4; busts.
“Give me the Steelers Falcons under 42 and a half My favorite total of the week”
ATL 10, PIT 18 — Combined 28; under 42.5 covers.
“It is Daniel Jones. Give me the over on the one thing he does right. Run the football. Give me over 26.5 rushing yards, and then I'll play the escalator 50 yards or better, plus 425.”
NYG 6, MIN 28 — Daniel Jones: 15 rushing_yards vs over 26.5; busts. (Daniel Jones: 15 rushing_yards)
“but it has to do with Daniel Jones. Pick number three. It is Daniel Jones. Give me the over on the one thing he does right. Run the football. Give me over 26.5 rushing yards, and then I'll play the escalator 50 yards or better, plus 425.”
NYG 6, MIN 28 — Daniel Jones: 15 rushing_yards vs over 50; busts. (Daniel Jones: 15 rushing_yards)
“Bo Nix makes his road debut, rookie road debut in Seattle, where I think they have one of the few true home field advantages still. That 12th man, the home crowd, that is a loud, tough place. I think Bo Nix is going to struggle against all that Mike McDonald pressure, against that defense they're going to unleash at them. Denver last year had five double-digit losses, four of those on the road, including by 25 and, of course, by 50 in that terrible Dolphins game for them. So here's how this sets up for us. I'm going to give you a number and then how we're going to play the escalator. Last 15 years, week one home favorites who won the game, they won by an average of 10.8 points. So I'm skipping the minus six. I don't need it in my life. We're going straight to minus nine and a half plus 150.”
SEA 26, DEN 20 — Seattle Seahawks margin +6 vs line -9.5; busts.
“Bo Nix makes his road debut, rookie road debut in Seattle, where I think they have one of the few true home field advantages still. That 12th man, the home crowd, that is a loud, tough place. I think Bo Nix is going to struggle against all that Mike McDonald pressure, against that defense they're going to unleash at them. Denver last year had five double-digit losses, four of those on the road, including by 25 and, of course, by 50 in that terrible Dolphins game for them. So here's how this sets up for us. I'm going to give you a number and then how we're going to play the escalator. Last 15 years, week one home favorites who won the game, they won by an average of 10.8 points. So I'm skipping the minus six. I don't need it in my life. We're going straight to minus nine and a half plus 150. That's the first part of our bet. And then 30 out of those 95 teams won by at least two touchdowns, 14 or more. So it'll be minus 13 and a half plus 250.”
SEA 26, DEN 20 — Seattle Seahawks margin +6 vs line -13.5; busts.
“Bo Nix makes his road debut, rookie road debut in Seattle, where I think they have one of the few true home field advantages still. That 12th man, the home crowd, that is a loud, tough place. I think Bo Nix is going to struggle against all that Mike McDonald pressure, against that defense they're going to unleash at them. Denver last year had five double-digit losses, four of those on the road, including by 25 and, of course, by 50 in that terrible Dolphins game for them. So here's how this sets up for us. I'm going to give you a number and then how we're going to play the escalator. Last 15 years, week one home favorites who won the game, they won by an average of 10.8 points. So I'm skipping the minus six. I don't need it in my life. We're going straight to minus nine and a half plus 150. That's the first part of our bet. And then 30 out of those 95 teams won by at least two touchdowns, 14 or more. So it'll be minus 13 and a half plus 250. And then over that same time frame, week one home favorites non-conference games, those teams won by 20 or more 31% of the time. I'm over a third of the time. We get some blowouts in week one. If you like a side, you should bet aggressively. So minus 19 and a half plus 500.”
SEA 26, DEN 20 — Seattle Seahawks margin +6 vs line -19.5; busts.
“So Packers plus two and a half. Obviously, if you can get the three,”
PHI 34, GB 29 — Green Bay Packers margin -5 vs line +2.5; busts.
“But I love the Jets. Jets plus four and a half. One of my favorite sides of the week.”
SF 32, NYJ 19 — New York Jets margin -13 vs line +4.5; busts.
“Give me the Seahawks minus three at the Patriots.”
NE 20, SEA 23 — Seattle Seahawks margin +3 vs line -3; pushes.
“but jane daniels he the guy for me plus 600 rookie of the year”
Jayden Daniels won 2024 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year (49 of 50 first-place votes). (Daniels OROY at +600)
“a couple of long shots for this category offensive rookie of the year. Yeah. So if you want a long shot, you want a running back because only Dak Prescott and Anquan Bolden have won from outside the first round rookie of the year in the last three decades. Running backs can do it though. Running backs are just opportunities. So I'll get two running backs for you. Blake Corum from the Rams, 80 to one odds.”
Jayden Daniels won 2024 OROY; Blake Corum was not in contention. (OROY: Jayden Daniels)
“Kamani Vidal is behind Gus Edwards and J.K. Dobbins, like the leftovers of leftovers from the Ravens. Now, I know those are Roman's guys, but maybe Vidal will be Roman's guys. A pretty similar style, 1,661 yards, 14 scores at Troy last season. I don't even know who this dude is. He's a running back in the Chargers. I'll take him at 250 to one. That's that.”
Jayden Daniels won 2024 OROY; Kimani Vidal was not in contention. (OROY: Jayden Daniels)
“why not go ahead and win defensive rookie of the year as well now i think lao too slightly fits my profile better but here's my tiebreaker brian flores brian flores had 348 blitzes last year 21 percent higher than the next closest team now remember we want sacks we want flash plays so dallas turner we did night of the draft i got him at plus 750 i still like him at plus 450 slightly over Latu here. I think he is the better play.”
Jared Verse won 2024 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year; Dallas Turner did not win. (DROY: Jared Verse)
“Chad Pennington I was ready to go Rogers Burrow together here I think Burrow is not going to win this a second time he came back from a bigger injury before I think it's Rogers look 40 year old coming off an Achilles tear playing in the New York media hype on a playoff contender come on like what what easier comeback player of the year can you get than that plus 200 I think he's the pick here however this will not be the last you hear from me on Aaron Rogers on this podcast”
Joe Burrow won 2024 AP Comeback Player of the Year; Aaron Rodgers did not win. (CPOY: Joe Burrow)
“can't not include Tyreek Hill my man is 1,700 yards two straight years Miami is my number one offense Tyreek has been top four offensive player of the year twice already I frankly think Tyreek should have won one already and I kind of think Seedy should have won it last year so I just have to pick the guys that I know and produce and haven't won this yet. Tyreek plus 750, CD plus 1100. I play those two together. I get them at plus 400. So I think that's a good position to start here.”
Saquon Barkley won 2024 AP Offensive Player of the Year; Tyreek Hill did not win. (OPOY: Saquon Barkley)
“I'm going to play his guy, CeeDee Lamb, who had 140 catches, 1,750 yards last year. And if you just start at week six forward and pace out over the season, when he kind have made that leap midseason he paces to almost 2,000 yards on 156 catches he scored a touchdown at least once in nine of the last 11 games he would be my one pick if I had to make one but I can't not include Tyreek Hill my man is 1,700 yards two straight years Miami is my number one offense Tyreek has been top four offensive player of the year twice already I frankly think Tyreek should have won one already and I kind of think Seedy should have won it last year so I just have to pick the guys that I know and produce and haven't won this yet. Tyreek plus 750, CD plus 1100. I play”
Saquon Barkley won 2024 AP Offensive Player of the Year; CeeDee Lamb did not win. (OPOY: Saquon Barkley)
“Micah Parsons, your favorite at plus 600. Watt at plus 700. Garrett plus 800. Max Crosby of the Raiders at 10-1. And Nick Bosa, 10-1. So full disclosure, folks. I see the doc. I see how Brandon puts these in and be debt this right before we start. And explain this to me, how you're going to go about picking this. Yeah, I need you to listen up closely, dear listener, because this is my favorite pick on the podcast. This is the one you need to bet, but it's complicated. So I'm going to walk you through it. So start with those five guys. And I'm like, oh, man, that's the right five, even then mostly in the right order. How do we find some advantage for us if these are the right five guys? Well, it turns out there is advantage on all these guys because the odds are priced incorrectly because favorites win this award. So last year, here's what we did on the pod. You gave you said. We won with Miles Garrett. That's true. I also gave out T.G. Awat, and I gave out Micah Parsons. We bet all three of them. Those three were our bet. That was just those three. They finished first, second, and third. It's so easy. It's so easy to just pick the favorites on this award. We bet a unit each. Garrett was plus 800. We finished plus six units. We're doing it again. Slight change here. There's five guys you just mentioned. Miles Garrett, 12 sacks, four years in a row at least. He's my number one defense defending winner. We love repeat winners here. He's in. I need him. Micah Parsons. If I only got one guy, he's probably the guy. Year four, age 25, that is a bullseye on this award. Top three defensive player of the year all three seasons he's played in the league. I got to have him. Nick Bosa, 14.8 sacks a year the last three. He's a little bit down last year, but I like Nick Sorensen, the new DC there. I want him in my position. He's a good age range. I need him. TJ Watt, now this is tricky. I mentioned him because he turned 30 this year, but TJ Watt has led the league in sacks three of the last four seasons, and he was hurt the other year. He averages a sack a game since his rookie season. He's finished top three in this award four out of five years. He was hurt the other year. All-time players get their own rules sometimes on these. I need TJ Watt. I've got four guys already. I don't need Max Crosby. sorry Raiders fans I need wins I don't need to bet on the Raiders to win nine games and make the playoffs I just don't need them there the Raiders are my 12th seed in the AFC he seems more interested in having a cigar with Antonio Pierce after winning their fourth game of the season in December yeah yeah great player love him but here's the position Brendan again this is my favorite pick on the podcast I'm taking four dudes I want Parsons and Watt and Garrett and Nick Bosa I'm playing all four and to be clear, a full unit or more, if you like, on each one of these guys and playing all four together at implied odds at the numbers is plus 114. So let me translate for you. You're giving me Micah Parsons, T.J. Watt, Miles Garrett, and Nick Bosa. You get the field and I get plus odds? No. These four guys are like 80 or 90% likely to win this award. I don't need the field. I don't need max crosby i don't need any other guys this quite frankly is how i am funding my other futures by just it like it like mutual funds just put some money in just like let it grow later on one of these dudes is going to stay healthy enough to win A couple others will contend in the award This is the award that is the safest pick on the draft Parsons, Watt, Garrett, Bosa. Give me all four Defensive Player of the Year.”
Patrick Surtain II won 2024 AP Defensive Player of the Year; Micah Parsons did not win. (DPOY: Patrick Surtain II)
“[39:06] Watt at plus 700. [39:07] Garrett plus 800. [39:08] Max Crosby of the Raiders at 10-1. [39:11] And Nick Bosa, 10-1. [39:15] So full disclosure, folks. [39:16] I see the doc. [39:17] I see how Brandon puts these in and be debt this right before we start. [39:21] And explain this to me, how you're going to go about picking this. [39:26] Yeah, I need you to listen up closely, dear listener, because this is my favorite pick on the podcast. [39:32] This is the one you need to bet, but it's complicated. [39:35] So I'm going to walk you through it. [39:36] So start with those five guys. [39:38] And I'm like, oh, man, that's the right five, even then mostly in the right order. [39:43] How do we find some advantage for us if these are the right five guys? [39:47] Well, it turns out there is advantage on all these guys because the odds are priced incorrectly because favorites win this award. [39:55] So last year, here's what we did on the pod. [39:59] You gave you said. [40:00] We won with Miles Garrett. That's true. I also gave out T.G. Awat, and I gave out Micah Parsons. [40:05] We bet all three of them. Those three were our bet. That was just those three. They finished [40:10] first, second, and third. It's so easy. It's so easy to just pick the favorites on this award. [40:15] We bet a unit each. Garrett was plus 800. We finished plus six units. We're doing it again. [40:21] Slight change here. There's five guys you just mentioned. Miles Garrett, 12 sacks, [40:27] four years in a row at least. He's my number one defense defending winner. We love repeat winners [40:32] here. He's in. I need him. Micah Parsons. If I only got one guy, he's probably the guy. Year four, [40:38] age 25, that is a bullseye on this award. Top three defensive player of the year all three [40:43] seasons he's played in the league. I got to have him. Nick Bosa, 14.8 sacks a year the last three. [40:50] He's a little bit down last year, but I like Nick Sorensen, the new DC there. I want him in my [40:55] position. He's a good age range. I need him. TJ Watt, now this is tricky. I mentioned him because [41:00] he turned 30 this year, but TJ Watt has led the league in sacks three of the last four seasons, [41:05] and he was hurt the other year. He averages a sack a game since his rookie season. He's finished top [41:11] three in this award four out of five years. He was hurt the other year. All-time players get their [41:15] own rules sometimes on these. I need TJ Watt. I've got four guys already. I don't need Max Crosby. [41:21] sorry Raiders fans I need wins I don't need to bet on the Raiders to win nine games and make the [41:26] playoffs I just don't need them there the Raiders are my 12th seed in the AFC he seems more interested [41:31] in having a cigar with Antonio Pierce after winning their fourth game of the season in December yeah [41:35] yeah great player love him but here's the position Brendan again this is my favorite pick on the [41:41] podcast I'm taking four dudes I want Parsons and Watt and Garrett and Nick Bosa I'm playing all four [41:49] and to be clear, a full unit or more, if you like, on each one of these guys and playing all four [41:56] together at implied odds at the numbers is plus 114. So let me translate for you. You're giving me [42:04] Micah Parsons, T.J. Watt, Miles Garrett, and Nick Bosa. You get the field and I get plus odds? No. [42:11] These four guys are like 80 or 90% likely to win this award. I don't need the field. I don't need [42:16] max crosby i don't need any other guys this quite frankly is how i am funding my other futures by [42:23] just it like it like mutual funds just put some money in just like let it grow later on one of these dudes is going to stay healthy enough to win A couple others will contend in the award This is the award that is the safest pick on the draft [42:35] Parsons, Watt, Garrett, Bosa. [42:37] Give me all four Defensive Player of the Year.”
Patrick Surtain II won 2024 AP Defensive Player of the Year; T.J. Watt did not win. (DPOY: Patrick Surtain II)
“[39:07] Garrett plus 800. [39:08] Max Crosby of the Raiders at 10-1. [39:11] And Nick Bosa, 10-1. [39:15] So full disclosure, folks. [39:16] I see the doc. [39:17] I see how Brandon puts these in and be debt this right before we start. [39:21] And explain this to me, how you're going to go about picking this. [39:26] Yeah, I need you to listen up closely, dear listener, because this is my favorite pick on the podcast. [39:32] This is the one you need to bet, but it's complicated. [39:35] So I'm going to walk you through it. [39:36] So start with those five guys. [39:38] And I'm like, oh, man, that's the right five, even then mostly in the right order. [39:43] How do we find some advantage for us if these are the right five guys? [39:47] Well, it turns out there is advantage on all these guys because the odds are priced incorrectly because favorites win this award. [39:55] So last year, here's what we did on the pod. [39:59] You gave you said. [40:00] We won with Miles Garrett. That's true. I also gave out T.G. Awat, and I gave out Micah Parsons. [40:05] We bet all three of them. Those three were our bet. That was just those three. They finished [40:10] first, second, and third. It's so easy. It's so easy to just pick the favorites on this award. [40:15] We bet a unit each. Garrett was plus 800. We finished plus six units. We're doing it again. [40:21] Slight change here. There's five guys you just mentioned. Miles Garrett, 12 sacks, [40:27] four years in a row at least. He's my number one defense defending winner. We love repeat winners [40:32] here. He's in. I need him. Micah Parsons. If I only got one guy, he's probably the guy. Year four, [40:38] age 25, that is a bullseye on this award. Top three defensive player of the year all three [40:43] seasons he's played in the league. I got to have him. Nick Bosa, 14.8 sacks a year the last three. [40:50] He's a little bit down last year, but I like Nick Sorensen, the new DC there. I want him in my [40:55] position. He's a good age range. I need him. TJ Watt, now this is tricky. I mentioned him because [41:00] he turned 30 this year, but TJ Watt has led the league in sacks three of the last four seasons, [41:05] and he was hurt the other year. He averages a sack a game since his rookie season. He's finished top [41:11] three in this award four out of five years. He was hurt the other year. All-time players get their [41:15] own rules sometimes on these. I need TJ Watt. I've got four guys already. I don't need Max Crosby. [41:21] sorry Raiders fans I need wins I don't need to bet on the Raiders to win nine games and make the [41:26] playoffs I just don't need them there the Raiders are my 12th seed in the AFC he seems more interested [41:31] in having a cigar with Antonio Pierce after winning their fourth game of the season in December yeah [41:35] yeah great player love him but here's the position Brendan again this is my favorite pick on the [41:41] podcast I'm taking four dudes I want Parsons and Watt and Garrett and Nick Bosa I'm playing all four [41:49] and to be clear, a full unit or more, if you like, on each one of these guys and playing all four [41:56] together at implied odds at the numbers is plus 114. So let me translate for you. You're giving me [42:04] Micah Parsons, T.J. Watt, Miles Garrett, and Nick Bosa. You get the field and I get plus odds? No. [42:11] These four guys are like 80 or 90% likely to win this award. I don't need the field. I don't need [42:16] max crosby i don't need any other guys this quite frankly is how i am funding my other futures by [42:23] just it like it like mutual funds just put some money in just like let it grow later on one of these dudes is going to stay healthy enough to win A couple others will contend in the award This is the award that is the safest pick on the draft [42:35] Parsons, Watt, Garrett, Bosa. [42:37] Give me all four Defensive Player of the Year.”
Patrick Surtain II won 2024 AP Defensive Player of the Year; Myles Garrett did not win. (DPOY: Patrick Surtain II)
“[39:11] And Nick Bosa, 10-1. [39:15] So full disclosure, folks. [39:16] I see the doc. [39:17] I see how Brandon puts these in and be debt this right before we start. [39:21] And explain this to me, how you're going to go about picking this. [39:26] Yeah, I need you to listen up closely, dear listener, because this is my favorite pick on the podcast. [39:32] This is the one you need to bet, but it's complicated. [39:35] So I'm going to walk you through it. [39:36] So start with those five guys. [39:38] And I'm like, oh, man, that's the right five, even then mostly in the right order. [39:43] How do we find some advantage for us if these are the right five guys? [39:47] Well, it turns out there is advantage on all these guys because the odds are priced incorrectly because favorites win this award. [39:55] So last year, here's what we did on the pod. [39:59] You gave you said. [40:00] We won with Miles Garrett. That's true. I also gave out T.G. Awat, and I gave out Micah Parsons. [40:05] We bet all three of them. Those three were our bet. That was just those three. They finished [40:10] first, second, and third. It's so easy. It's so easy to just pick the favorites on this award. [40:15] We bet a unit each. Garrett was plus 800. We finished plus six units. We're doing it again. [40:21] Slight change here. There's five guys you just mentioned. Miles Garrett, 12 sacks, [40:27] four years in a row at least. He's my number one defense defending winner. We love repeat winners [40:32] here. He's in. I need him. Micah Parsons. If I only got one guy, he's probably the guy. Year four, [40:38] age 25, that is a bullseye on this award. Top three defensive player of the year all three [40:43] seasons he's played in the league. I got to have him. Nick Bosa, 14.8 sacks a year the last three. [40:50] He's a little bit down last year, but I like Nick Sorensen, the new DC there. I want him in my [40:55] position. He's a good age range. I need him. TJ Watt, now this is tricky. I mentioned him because [41:00] he turned 30 this year, but TJ Watt has led the league in sacks three of the last four seasons, [41:05] and he was hurt the other year. He averages a sack a game since his rookie season. He's finished top [41:11] three in this award four out of five years. He was hurt the other year. All-time players get their [41:15] own rules sometimes on these. I need TJ Watt. I've got four guys already. I don't need Max Crosby. [41:21] sorry Raiders fans I need wins I don't need to bet on the Raiders to win nine games and make the [41:26] playoffs I just don't need them there the Raiders are my 12th seed in the AFC he seems more interested [41:31] in having a cigar with Antonio Pierce after winning their fourth game of the season in December yeah [41:35] yeah great player love him but here's the position Brendan again this is my favorite pick on the [41:41] podcast I'm taking four dudes I want Parsons and Watt and Garrett and Nick Bosa I'm playing all four [41:49] and to be clear, a full unit or more, if you like, on each one of these guys and playing all four [41:56] together at implied odds at the numbers is plus 114. So let me translate for you. You're giving me [42:04] Micah Parsons, T.J. Watt, Miles Garrett, and Nick Bosa. You get the field and I get plus odds? No. [42:11] These four guys are like 80 or 90% likely to win this award. I don't need the field. I don't need [42:16] max crosby i don't need any other guys this quite frankly is how i am funding my other futures by [42:23] just it like it like mutual funds just put some money in just like let it grow later on one of these dudes is going to stay healthy enough to win A couple others will contend in the award This is the award that is the safest pick on the draft [42:35] Parsons, Watt, Garrett, Bosa. [42:37] Give me all four Defensive Player of the Year.”
Patrick Surtain II won 2024 AP Defensive Player of the Year; Nick Bosa did not win. (DPOY: Patrick Surtain II)
“you need a first year my guy I have one pick here it's Mike McDonald from Seattle 14 to 1”
Kevin O'Connell won 2024 AP Coach of the Year; Mike Macdonald did not win. (COY: Kevin O'Connell)
“Aaron Rodgers, MVP, 25 to one.”
Josh Allen won 2024 NFL MVP; Aaron Rodgers did not. (Allen beat Lamar Jackson 27-23 in first-place votes.)
“give me the Chiefs plus [4:47] 750. Now you got to shop around because I've seen this as low as 400, 450. If you're that low, [4:53] skip it”
Chiefs finished 15-2, tied with the Lions for the best 2024 regular-season record. (Chiefs 15-2, tied best record)
“the Cleveland Browns, 50 to one for best record. So here's the case. I love this bit.”
Browns finished 3-14, nowhere near the best 2024 regular-season record. (Browns 3-14)
“So I like Giants 10 to one. That's my favorite [13:13] here.”
Giants finished 3-14, tied for worst record but Titans (3-14) got the No. 1 pick via tiebreaker; not the outright worst record. (Giants 3-14; Titans took No.1 pick)
“Give me the Los Angeles Rams. Worst record in the NFL, 60-1.”
Rams finished 10-7 and won the NFC West; nowhere near the worst 2024 record. (Rams 10-7, NFC West champs)
“Yeah, Rams' miss playoffs is plus 105. You're giving me plus money on a team that I think has a chance at the worst record”
Rams won the NFC West (10-7) and made the 2024 playoffs, so the miss-playoffs bet loses. (Rams 10-7, NFC West champions, No. 4 NFC seed)
“Seahawks can make the playoffs plus 215. [19:17] I'm in.”
Seahawks finished 10-7, second in NFC West, and missed the 2024 playoffs. (Seahawks 10-7, no wild card)
“Give me the Bengals plus 210 to miss the playoffs”
Bengals finished 9-8 and missed the 2024 playoffs, so the miss-playoffs bet wins. (Cincinnati 9-8, out of postseason)
“Panthers Island, 13 to 1. Worst to first division winner.”
Buccaneers won the NFC South; Panthers finished 5-12 and did not win the division. (Panthers 5-12, last in NFC South)
“But I think the Panthers can win some games. I love the over five and a half. It's my favorite win total on the board.”
Panthers finished the 2024 season 5-12 (5 wins), under the 5.5 win total. (Carolina Panthers 2024: 5-12)
“This is equally a best bet to me It not a worst of first so it not an island for me but I love Browns plus 550”
Ravens won the AFC North; Browns finished 3-14, last in the division. (Browns 3-14)
“Rams last in the division, plus 700.”
Rams finished 1st in the NFC West, not last; the 49ers finished last (6-11). (NFC West: Rams 1, Seahawks 2, Cardinals 3, 49ers last)
“give me the 1-2 exact outcome. [36:17] Seattle first, Niners second, because I've got a gap then before the other teams, that's 12 to 1 [36:22] odds.”
Exact 1-2 of Seahawks/49ers missed: Rams finished 1st, Seahawks 2nd, 49ers last. (NFC West: Rams 1, Seahawks 2, Cardinals 3, 49ers 4)
“And then I'll go Dolphins most points scored 16 to 1.”
Detroit Lions scored the most points in 2024 (564); Dolphins did not lead the league. (Lions led with 564 points)
“commanders 30 to one the commanders are my dead last offense”
The Cleveland Browns scored the fewest points in the 2024 regular season with 258; Washington scored 485 and did not finish last. (Browns 258 points (league low); Commanders 485)
“it's your new england [44:17] Patriots 5 to 1 plus 500 it's my chalkiest pick in our podcast today”
Jaguars were the NFL's last winless team in 2024 (first win Week 6); Patriots won Week 1. (Jaguars stayed winless through Week 5)
“i'm going to go to the new york jets 17 to 1 last unbeaten”
Chiefs were the last unbeaten team in 2024 (9-0, lost Week 11); Jets were not. (Chiefs last unbeaten, fell in Week 11)
“Give me Dan Quinn, 100-1 first coach fired.”
Robert Saleh (Jets) was the first coach fired in 2024, not Dan Quinn; Quinn coached the Commanders to the NFC title game. (Saleh fired first (Oct 8, 2024))
“Give me Tyree Kill to have at least 200 [59:19] receiving yards in any game this season, plus 275.”
Tyreek Hill never topped 200 receiving yards in a game during the 2024 season; his season high was 130 yards (Week 1 vs. Jacksonville). Full season: 81/959/6. (2024 season high: 130 rec yds (Wk1 vs JAX); season total 959 yds)
“against America's team, the Dallas Cowboys, plus 186 to miss the playoffs.”
Cowboys missed the 2024 playoffs (finished 7-10, last in NFC East); +186 miss-playoffs bet cashes. (Dallas 7-10, did not qualify)
“in passing yards and I'm gonna enable our boy Michael Panix Jr. 80 to 1 to lead rookie quarterbacks in passing yards”
Bo Nix led 2024 rookie QBs in passing yards (3,775); Penix had just 775 yards as a backup-turned-late-starter. (Penix 775 pass yds; Nix 3,775 led rookies)
“I got some deja vu here. It's only around plus 500 now. This is the guy I want. This is the ticket I want. We get a plus 750 the night of the draft. I don't really see this getting so shorter here.”
Jared Verse won 2024 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year; Dallas Turner did not win. (Verse 37 first-place votes, 427 points)
“I've got two names from further down the list that I do think are worth adding that you can't get later. So let me start with one that we've heard plenty of. We've talked a lot about over the years. Aaron Rodgers, 28 to one to an MVP. I just think the number is too long.”
Josh Allen won 2024 NFL MVP; Aaron Rodgers did not win. (Allen 27 first-place votes over Lamar Jackson)
“I think Kyler Murray at 60 to one to an MVP is priced way too far down the list.”
Josh Allen won 2024 NFL MVP; Kyler Murray did not win.
“I love Garrett Wilson offensive player of the year odds he's 40 to 1 receivers are winning this award lately I know it was McCaffrey last year but it's usually looking like a receiver award the top guys in a lot of the odds are mostly receivers you don't want Aaron Rodgers clear number one receiver a guy that's had really really good metrics with like me and you throwing him the football now he gets Aaron Rodgers throwing him the football I think I want that ticket I think it's going to be half the price by the time we get to the season.”
Saquon Barkley won 2024 NFL Offensive Player of the Year; Garrett Wilson did not win.
“First one is probably my favorite long shot on this entire episode. Zemir White, 50 to 1 to win the rushing title.”
Saquon Barkley led the NFL in rushing (2,005 yds) in 2024; Zamir White did not. (White was a backup behind Ameer Abdullah/injured for Raiders)
“guys right you're going to pittsburgh for another running back uh rushing leader yeah and i'm going with the running back that's actually good in pittsburgh whose name is not nagy harris is jalen warren we've talked about that a lot right we did that a lot of times on our harris was on your fantasy team you probably didn't win or make the playoffs well you might have because you might have been bad enough to pick up zamir white and then have him at the end of the year instead of Najee Harris. So Najee Harris usually gets like 250, 300 carries, but 3.9 yards per carry for his career. Here's the key. They didn't pick up his fifth year option. So that tells me we have made our choice on you, Najee Harris. We are no longer tied to the Najee Harris futures business. Jalen Warren averages for his career 5.1 yards per carry. Now you can't just extrapolate that out. He's a smaller dude. I don't know if he can necessarily handle a huge carry load, but five yards a carry you don't need 300 yards five yards to carry 250 carries we're at 1250 now and don't forget the other name in Pittsburgh that's new our guy Arthur Smith Arthur Smith sucks as a head coach really good as an offensive coordinator his teams in the last five years have been top three in rushing attempts and top three in rushing yards three of the five He was the guy that led Derrick Henry to the rushing title two of these five years. So this is my Derrick Henry pick. It's Pittsburgh, right? We're going to play defense and run the ball. This is what the Steelers always have been and always will be. We got Russell Wilson and Justin Fields Like you said they going to hand the ball off Like he just going to be like oh 5 yards passing leader That what I want this year No I want to hand the ball to Jalen Warren Well, when Russell Wilson was at his peak in Seattle, you had a running game with Marshawn Lynch. So if they're trying to get anything out of Russell this year in a one-year prove-it kind of year, that bodes well, too, just systematically. Exactly. Again, 100-1.”
Saquon Barkley led the NFL in rushing (2,005 yds) in 2024; Jaylen Warren did not.
“my last guy on the list is another 100 to one it's a receiving yards leader for our producer Matt Mitchell from his Buffalo Bills. Give me Khalil Shakir, who was good at the end of the season, right?”
Ja'Marr Chase led the NFL in receiving yards (1,708) in 2024; Khalil Shakir did not.
“So yeah, I just, the Eagles to me and the weaker NFC are a spot to invest again. Plus 125 in the division.”
The Eagles won the 2024 NFC East with a 14-3 record. (Philadelphia Eagles: 14-3, NFC East champions)
“It's a tough game to read, but I lean under, and because of the second half Chiefs trend is so strong, I'm just going to narrow it to the second half under Chiefs Ravens, second half under 22.5. Okay, and that right now at BetMGM, Juiced to the under, minus 115,”
BAL 10, KC 17 — Combined 27; under 22.5 busts.
“give me the 49ers team total over 28 and a half”
SF 34, DET 31 — Combined 65; over 28.5 covers.
“So I would love the Ravens minus three and a half right now, especially because I don't think the Lions are going to get there anyway, clearly. But that bet just gets voided otherwise. This is the one matchup that I just don't think is super competitive.”
Hypothetical Ravens-Lions Super Bowl never occurred; Baltimore lost the AFC Championship to Kansas City and Detroit lost the NFC Championship to San Francisco, so Super Bowl LVIII was Chiefs vs. 49ers. Bet voids per its own stated condition. (Matchup never materialized (actual SB LVIII: Chiefs vs 49ers))
“But give me the Rashad White under 16.5 rushing attempts.”
Rachaad White had 9 rushing attempts vs Lions; under 16.5 cashes. (White 9 att, 55 yds)
“Yeah, let me jump in too. Just to say, I actually do have a touchdown bet in this one that's going to go in my Every Game article. I do like Mike Evans. You guys have heard me talk about Mike Evans, I think, before on the touchdowns. There a first 140 out there at one book He scored in 11 out of 18 games Mike Evans when you heard me talk about him first this year was our before the season pod when we got him at 60 to one to lead the league in receiving touchdowns”
Mike Evans scored a TD vs Lions (8 rec, 147 yds, 1 TD); anytime TD cashes. (Evans 147 yds, 1 TD)
“But give me the Josh Allen touchdown.”
Josh Allen ran for two rushing TDs vs Chiefs; anytime TD cashes. (Allen 2 rush TD (5 & 2 yds))
“Give me the Green Bay Packers. [34:21] Plus 10, 9.5 if you need it where it's at at most books.”
SF 24, GB 21 — Green Bay Packers margin -3 vs line +10; covers.
“We going to take the money line Packers plus 360”
SF 24, GB 21 — Green Bay Packers lost; moneyline busts.
“10 to 1 Green Bay Packers [42:58] to win the NFC and get to the Super Bowl.”
Packers lost 24-21 to 49ers in the divisional round; did not win the NFC. (Lost NFC Divisional at SF)
“Packers are 30-1 to win it all.”
Packers lost in divisional round; Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII. (GB out in divisional round)
“Give me Packers plus 10 all day.”
SF 24, GB 21 — Green Bay Packers margin -3 vs line +10; covers.
“Sprinkle that Packers money line plus 380.”
SF 24, GB 21 — Green Bay Packers lost; moneyline busts.
“plus 1100 for the Packers to win the NFC why not”
Packers lost 24-21 to 49ers in the divisional round; did not win the NFC. (Lost NFC Divisional at SF)
“And when they win, I think it's big. So give me the Bills minus 10.”
BUF 31, PIT 17 — Buffalo Bills margin +14 vs line -10; covers.
“But just give me the Rams over 24 and a half on Sunday Night Football.”
DET 24, LAR 23 — Rams scored 23 (DET 24, LAR 23); Rams team total Over 24.5 loses.
“Give me the Bucs under. The Eagles are along for the ride under 44.”
TB 32, PHI 9 — Combined 41; under 44 covers.
“read hot read went 29 and 1 in the regular season 69 hit rate nice already grabbed bills minus seven and a half at the open hope you trail that one on twitter already catching some minus 10s in the”
BUF 31, PIT 17 — Buffalo Bills margin +14 vs line -7.5; covers.
“underdog give me the rams plus three and a half we all sorts of juicy storylines here we got matt stafford back to detroit to face his old team We going to get Ben Johnson and Sean McVay just dialing up heaters Awesome plays all game long And of course”
DET 24, LAR 23 — Los Angeles Rams margin -1 vs line +3.5; covers.
“Eagles at Buccaneers, under 45.”
TB 32, PHI 9 — Combined 41; under 45 covers.
“Going Saturday afternoon, give me the Baltimore resting Ravens plus four against the Steelers.”
BAL 10, PIT 17 — Baltimore Ravens margin -7 vs line +4; busts.
“the formula at this kind of game. That's the formula. Josh Allen gave me the anytime touchdown. Make sure to get the best line. I'm seeing a minus 105 at a few books out there. Grab that if you can. I think that's a terrible number.”
Josh Allen scored no rush/rec TD (only 2 passing TDs) in Bills' 21-14 win over Dolphins; passing TDs don't count. (0 rush/rec TD)
“Give me the Falcons and the Saints under 42 and a half.”
NO 48, ATL 17 — Combined 65; under 42.5 busts.
“Minus 130 for James Conner anytime touchdown.”
James Conner ran for a 29-yard TD (150 rush yds) vs Seahawks; anytime TD hits. (1 rush TD)
“Give me the Bears. Minus three against the Falcons Chicago I just think is better at mostly everything than Atlanta I not really too sure what Atlanta is supposed to be better at and this line is effectively calling these teams about even with each other I don think they are I think that Chicago has”
CHI 37, ATL 17 — Chicago Bears margin +20 vs line -3; covers.
“Give me the under 43.”
TB 13, NO 23 — Combined 36; under 43 covers.
“give me travis kelsey over 59 and a half receiving yards against the bangles”
KC 25, CIN 17 — Travis Kelce: 16 receiving_yards vs over 59.5; busts. (Travis Kelce: 16 receiving_yards)
“i'm doubling down on the los angeles rams minus three and a half against the saints in la this line has not moved and i certainly think it should have by now”
LAR 30, NO 22 — Los Angeles Rams margin +8 vs line -3.5; covers.
“Give me the rah-rah Mike Tomlin Steelers at home. Plus two and a half underdogs against the Cincinnati Bengals.”
PIT 34, CIN 11 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +23 vs line +2.5; covers.
“there's one game that I loved so that's the one I'm leading with and that is the Los Angeles Rams minus six home against the Commanders”
LAR 28, WSH 20 — Los Angeles Rams margin +8 vs line -6; covers.
- Chiefs -1.5 (teased from -7.5) won
- 49ers -6 (teased from -12) won
“So I'm going to tease the Kansas City Chiefs minus 7.5 at New England. tease that down to minus one and a half and then give me the Niners they are minus 12 at Arizona so tease that down to six”
Parlay cashes: Chiefs -1.5 (teased from -7.5) -1.5 — won; 49ers -6 (teased from -12) -6 — won.
“I'm going to go to that Jets-Dolphins game. I'm going to play the under 37 and a half.”
MIA 30, NYJ 0 — Combined 30; under 37.5 covers.
“I'm gonna start on Thursday night give me the Rams again Rams minus four home against the Saints.”
LAR 30, NO 22 — Los Angeles Rams margin +8 vs line -4; covers.
“give me the Chicago Bears minus three home against the Cardinals again minus three at home.”
CHI 27, ARI 16 — Chicago Bears margin +11 vs line -3; covers.
“give me the chargers raiders under 34 and a half”
LV 63, LAC 21 — Combined 84; under 34.5 busts.
“Ravens Jags under 43 and a half.”
JAX 7, BAL 23 — Combined 30; under 43.5 covers.
“Give me the Ravens minus seven against the Rams.”
BAL 37, LAR 31 — Baltimore Ravens margin +6 vs line -7; busts.
“Give me the Bucs and the Falcons under 41.”
ATL 25, TB 29 — Combined 54; under 41 busts.
“So give me the Josh Allen over 30 and a half rushing yards.”
KC 17, BUF 20 — Josh Allen: 32 rushing_yards vs over 30.5; covers. (Josh Allen: 32 rushing_yards)
“I'm going to take the Eagles this time. Minus four at the Seahawks.”
SEA 20, PHI 17 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -3 vs line -4; busts.
“Give me the under 37.”
NYJ 30, HOU 6 — Combined 36; under 37 covers.
“Give me the Panthers plus six and a half”
NO 28, CAR 6 — Carolina Panthers margin -22 vs line +6.5; busts.
“I will take the Niners minus two and a half.”
PHI 19, SF 42 — San Francisco 49ers margin +23 vs line -2.5; covers.
“Give me Najee Harris over 45 and a half rushing yards against the Cardinals.”
PIT 10, ARI 24 — Najee Harris: 63 rushing_yards vs over 45.5; covers. (Najee Harris: 63 rushing_yards)
“Give me Adam Thielen, over five and a half receptions.”
TB 21, CAR 18 — Adam Thielen: 3 receptions vs over 5.5; busts. (Adam Thielen: 3 receptions)
“But for the content, give me the Cowboys. Minus two and a half, Sunday night at home against the Eagles.”
DAL 33, PHI 13 — Dallas Cowboys margin +20 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I'm grabbing it right away. [34:39] Give me the 49ers minus 115 on the money line. [34:43] They are the better team.”
PHI 19, SF 42 — San Francisco 49ers won; moneyline covers.
“So I'm grabbing Texans Island [36:50] now. I don't think these teams are even. I want the home team. I want the better quarterback and [36:55] the better team. So give me Texans minus two and a half.”
HOU 22, DEN 17 — Houston Texans margin +5 vs line -2.5; covers.
“but the island in 2023 is in houston brandon it is give me texans [15:30] plus two and a half this is the game we've been waiting for against jacksonville”
HOU 21, JAX 24 — Houston Texans margin -3 vs line +2.5; busts.
“Give me a Steelers money line, [23:21] minus 110 at Cincinnati.”
CIN 10, PIT 16 — Pittsburgh Steelers won; moneyline covers.
“I'm going to take Chiefs Raiders. [32:48] Give me the under, 43.5.”
LV 17, KC 31 — Combined 48; under 43.5 busts.
“commanders plus 11 at the cowboys i know [37:18] luke talked about chalk i don't understand why the cowboys shouldn't cover here except here's the one [37:23] thanksgiving stat you need to know dallas has covered one time in the last 12 thanksgivings”
DAL 45, WSH 10 — Washington Commanders margin -35 vs line +11; busts.
“i like tyreek hill over 77 and a half [38:52] receiving yards jets defense obviously has been great but they have not been great against spider”
NYJ 13, MIA 34 — Tyreek Hill: 102 receiving_yards vs over 77.5; covers. (Tyreek Hill: 102 receiving_yards)
“Give me that Thanksgiving night under [28:08] Niners Seahawks under 44.”
SEA 13, SF 31 — Combined 44; under 44 pushes.
“So I want Raiders Chiefs under 44 and a half.”
LV 17, KC 31 — Combined 48; under 44.5 busts.
“Give me the New York Jets plus seven at the Bills”
BUF 32, NYJ 6 — New York Jets margin -26 vs line +7; busts.
“So give me Josh Jacobs, over 61.5 rushing yards.”
MIA 20, LV 13 — Josh Jacobs: 39 rushing_yards vs over 61.5; busts. (Josh Jacobs: 39 rushing_yards)
“with Travis Kelsey, anytime touchdown, minus 115 in that huge Monday night game.”
Travis Kelce caught a TD from Mahomes in Chiefs' 21-17 loss to Eagles. (Kelce 1 receiving TD)
“Lions minus seven and a half home on Thanksgiving against the Packers”
DET 22, GB 29 — Detroit Lions margin -7 vs line -7.5; busts.
“Give me the under, 38 and a half, Steelers-Browns.”
CLE 13, PIT 10 — Combined 23; under 38.5 covers.
“Give me the New York football giants plus [27:06] 10 at the commanders”
WSH 19, NYG 31 — New York Giants margin +12 vs line +10; covers.
“I think this is the spot where Seattle puts it together. I'll go Seahawks minus [7:15] six.”
SEA 29, WSH 26 — Seattle Seahawks margin +3 vs line -6; busts.
“We're going to the Jets-Raiders. I'm going to take the under 37.”
LV 16, NYJ 12 — Combined 28; under 37 covers.
“give me Austin Eckler to score an anytime touchdown [24:50] against the Lions and even the plus 100 odds”
Austin Ekeler scored a rushing TD vs the Lions in Week 10 (Lions won 41-38). (Ekeler 2-yd rushing TD)
“Steelers, plus four and a half at the Browns.”
CLE 13, PIT 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“Steelers four and a half and I'll take the Moneyline two plus 180.”
CLE 13, PIT 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost outright 10-13 at the Browns; moneyline busts.
“I'm going to take the Steelers minus two and a half against the Packers this week.”
PIT 23, GB 19 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +4 vs line -2.5; covers.
“give me the Seahawks minus five and a half home against the Commanders.”
SEA 29, WSH 26 — Seattle Seahawks margin +3 vs line -5.5; busts.
“I'm going to take the Chiefs minus one against the Dolphins, obviously in a neutral field here.”
KC 21, MIA 14 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +7 vs line -1; covers.
“So, I think it's a good spot to bet, Taylor. you can bet 75 yards or more at a plus 160 i think that might actually be the better bet here i'm gonna go on record for the over 64 and a half because it's at minus 110 but plus 160 is 10 more yards that's like one run he's done that in 19 of his last 24 starts that's 79 hit i'm gonna play both of them so 3000 escalator over 64 and a half for taylor play the 75 and a half if you can”
CAR 13, IND 27 — Jonathan Taylor: 47 rushing_yards vs over 64.5; busts. (Jonathan Taylor: 47 rushing_yards)
“I'm taking the Bears plus eight and a half, and I'm absolutely sprinkling the Moneyline upset special plus 330.”
NO 24, CHI 17 — Chicago Bears margin -7 vs line +8.5; covers.
“I'm taking the Bears plus eight and a half, and I'm absolutely sprinkling the Moneyline upset special plus 330.”
NO 24, CHI 17 — Chicago Bears lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going to take the Detroit Lions plus one and a half at the Chargers next week.”
LAC 38, DET 41 — Detroit Lions margin +3 vs line +1.5; covers.
“so let's do Steelers Titans under 37 and a half”
PIT 20, TEN 16 — Combined 36; under 37.5 covers.
“give me the chiefs minus two against the dolphins”
KC 21, MIA 14 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +7 vs line -2; covers.
“let's do detroit lions minus eight against the raiders hello detroit”
DET 26, LV 14 — Detroit Lions margin +12 vs line -8; covers.
“So I'll take the Ravens first half minus four and a half.”
ARI 24, BAL 31 — Baltimore Ravens margin +7 vs line -4.5; covers.
“I'll take the Titans plus three.”
TEN 28, ATL 23 — Tennessee Titans margin +5 vs line +3; covers.
“give me the texans minus two and a half at home against the buccaneers”
HOU 39, TB 37 — Houston Texans margin +2 vs line -2.5; busts.
- Ravens -2 (teased from -8) won
- Lions -1.5 (teased from -7.5) won
“So give me the Lions. Give me the Ravens. I would not be surprised if either or both of these teams get 2-9. Teaser protection, really, to stop us from doing what we're doing right now. So let's tease them. Ravens minus 2. Lions minus 1.5. Just win, baby. Buy a field goal.”
Parlay cashes: Ravens -2 (teased from -8) -2 — won; Lions -1.5 (teased from -7.5) -1.5 — won.
“Let's go to Seattle and give me the Seahawks. Minus 2.5 against the Browns.”
SEA 24, CLE 20 — Seattle Seahawks margin +4 vs line -2.5; covers.
“give me the Seahawks minus seven and a half at home against the Cardinals.”
SEA 20, ARI 10 — Seattle Seahawks margin +10 vs line -7.5; covers.
“Yeah, I'm going to go to Florida, and I'm going to take the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Falcons, but just the first half. Give me the Bucs minus one just in the first half, and I've got to be honest.”
1H: TB 10, ATL 10 (Final: TB 13, ATL 16) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1H margin 0 (10-10 tie at half) vs line -1; busts.
“Give me Giants Commanders one score game and I tell you how we get there It a minus 114”
Giants beat Commanders 14-7, a 7-point margin — a one-score game (8 or less). (Final 14-7, 7-pt margin)
“Give me the Texans minus three in Carolina on week eight.”
CAR 15, HOU 13 — Houston Texans margin -2 vs line -3; busts.
“Give me the Jaguars and Saints under 42 and a half.”
NO 24, JAX 31 — Combined 55; under 42.5 busts.
“Give me the Browns and the Colts, under 40 and a half.”
IND 38, CLE 39 — Combined 77; under 40.5 busts.
“give me the colts plus four and a half in jacksonville”
JAX 37, IND 20 — Indianapolis Colts margin -17 vs line +4.5; busts.
“I'll just take the Ravens. I think they're much better. Give me Baltimore minus four.”
TEN 16, BAL 24 — Baltimore Ravens margin +8 vs line -4; covers.
“give me Texans money line plus 110 against the Saints”
HOU 20, NO 13 — Houston Texans won; moneyline covers.
“just give me the 49ers minus seven at my minnesota vikings on monday night football”
MIN 22, SF 17 — San Francisco 49ers margin -5 vs line -7; busts.
“For week six I going to start out with the Seahawks plus three in Cincinnati Grabbing this right now because I want that key number the plus three”
CIN 17, SEA 13 — Seattle Seahawks margin -4 vs line +3; busts.
“Give me the Indianapolis Colts plus five and a half in Jacksonville. This is a spot that I've had circled since the schedule came out.”
JAX 37, IND 20 — Indianapolis Colts margin -17 vs line +5.5; busts.
“Give me the Steelers plus four against the Ravens at home in Pittsburgh This is the spot play of all spot plays for me.”
PIT 17, BAL 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +7 vs line +4; covers.
“was already how I liked the side anyway. So I'll take the Texans over 20 and a half. Again, plus money on it. I see a plus 105. So I don't want to worry about Atlanta scoring, but I'm with DeBundo on the Texans. And I think Houston's really doing this thing. Interesting. That was”
ATL 21, HOU 19 — Combined 40; over 20.5 covers.
“Give me the Chiefs over 27.5 against the Vikings.”
MIN 20, KC 27 — Combined 47; over 27.5 covers.
“Give me the Colts plus 5.5 in Jacksonville.”
JAX 37, IND 20 — Indianapolis Colts margin -17 vs line +5.5; busts.
“Going to Thursday night and taking the 49ers minus 10 against the Giants.”
SF 30, NYG 12 — San Francisco 49ers margin +18 vs line -10; covers.
“I'm going back to my Atlanta Falcons [23:03] plus five on the road in Detroit.”
DET 20, ATL 6 — Atlanta Falcons margin -14 vs line +5; busts.
“I put this in as a bonus look ahead on the money line two plus 205 if you haven played that yet plus 180 I like the money line too I think the Falcons go to Detroit get the win on the road”
DET 20, ATL 6 — Atlanta Falcons lost; moneyline busts.
“So let me start with Cowboys Jets under 38 and a half.”
DAL 30, NYJ 10 — Combined 40; under 38.5 busts.
“give me the Colts Texans under 39 and a half”
HOU 20, IND 31 — Combined 51; under 39.5 busts.
“give me the steelers browns under 39”
PIT 26, CLE 22 — Combined 48; under 39 busts.
“Give me the Buffalo Bills minus five at the Commanders.”
WSH 3, BUF 37 — Buffalo Bills margin +34 vs line -5; covers.
“I'm going to take the Seattle Seahawks plus five and a half on the road at the Detroit Lions.”
DET 31, SEA 37 — Seattle Seahawks margin +6 vs line +5.5; covers.
“Give me the Chiefs, minus two and a half at Jacksonville.”
JAX 9, KC 17 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +8 vs line -2.5; covers.
“give me the Texans plus 10, give me the plus 390. I'll sprinkle the money line and let's get this”
BAL 25, HOU 9 — Houston Texans margin -16 vs line +10; busts.
“favorite here but you're so high on the Atlanta Falcons I am give me the Falcons minus three and a half against the Panthers and like you said I'm still waiting on this one I haven't put it in the app yet because I'm hoping we might get a three but I think there's probably a better chance it moves to four that can be a key number as well so probably just going to go ahead and make my bet”
ATL 24, CAR 10 — Atlanta Falcons margin +14 vs line -3.5; covers.
“Give me the Steelers, plus two and a half at home against the 49ers.”
PIT 7, SF 30 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -23 vs line +2.5; busts.
“is the atlanta falcons my falcons just give me the money line home against the packers it's minus 110”
ATL 25, GB 24 — Atlanta Falcons won; moneyline covers.
“I don normally play too many favorites on season leaders just because there so much volatility These numbers move around Injuries come in I will play one here just because Josh Allen 14 is the fourth favorite 14-1, that's a number you can find out there right now.”
Tua Tagovailoa led the NFL in passing yards in 2023 (4,624); Josh Allen did not. (Tua 4,624 led the league)
“i'm gonna go with derrick carr he's 30 to 1 at fan duel i see a 35”
Tua Tagovailoa led the NFL in passing yards in 2023 (4,624); Derek Carr did not. (Tua 4,624 led the league)
“Derek Carr is minus 165.”
Baker Mayfield (4,044) led the NFC South in passing yards in 2023; Derek Carr was second (3,878). (Carr 3,878 vs Mayfield 4,044)
“my mvp pick is my pick here dak prescott 20 to 1 18 to 1 i see a fan duel get the best number i actually josh allen is my projected leader here but this is a spot where he's a much shorter favorite at at five or six to one most books so that's too short for me i will go dak 20 to one”
Dak Prescott led the NFL in passing touchdowns in 2023 with 36. (Dak 36 passing TDs led the league)
“I'm going to go with Geno Smith. So I see him at a 20-1 out there.”
Sam Howell led the NFL in interceptions thrown in 2023 (21); Geno Smith did not. (Howell 21 INTs led the league)
“my long shot here is Justin Fields 30 to 1 Tyson Bajant you're not getting benched for Tyson bajan so if justin fields is healthy he's going to be out there his uh interception rate is horrendous”
Sam Howell led the NFL in interceptions thrown in 2023 (21); Justin Fields did not. (Howell 21 INTs led the league)
“is a fantasy league winner this year houston running back damian pierce i see a 40 to 1 out there right now 29 to 1 at fan duel”
Christian McCaffrey led the NFL in rushing yards in 2023 (1,459); Dameon Pierce did not. (CMC 1,459 led the league)
“volumes king with runners so I think we got 300 possible carries here Pierce is my actual outright leader to lead the league in rushing at FanDuel you can bet kind of alternate lines here 1250 yards is plus 650 I bet that one kind of has a more moderate goal for Pierce”
The transcript confirms the actual bet: Dameon Pierce alt line over 1250 rushing yards at +650. He finished 2023 with just 416 rushing yards on a down season, well under, so the OVER lost. (416 rushing yards (2023 season))
“Dobbins has a big speed. He can break a long runny time. Spread offense, going to spread him out. You got to account for Lamar and the receivers down the field. Maybe we get some long chunk plays from Dobbins. So 29 to one at FanDuel.”
Christian McCaffrey led the NFL in rushing yards in 2023 (1,459); J.K. Dobbins did not (injured Week 1). (CMC 1,459 led the league)
“Montgomery was my long shot play here.”
Raheem Mostert led the NFL in rushing touchdowns in 2023 (18); David Montgomery did not. (Mostert 18 rush TDs led the league)
“I'm going to go with Austin Eckler as my”
Raheem Mostert led the NFL in rushing TDs (18) in 2023; Ekeler did not lead. (Ekeler had 5 rushing TDs)
“goal line 7.5 rush touchdowns at FanDuel is his line I know that you and Kerner love to go under on all these props I keep giving out overs but I feel like as long as Eckler doesn't hold out in the middle of the season or something I like that over seven and a half as well”
Bet was Ekeler OVER 7.5 rushing TDs; Ekeler finished with 5 rushing TDs in 2023 — bet lost. (Ekeler: 5 rushing TDs (628 rush yds, 14 games))
“I liked it better, Amon Ross St. Brown. And we talked about him last year. He was 40-1 a year ago. So he's now at what number is he at at FanDuel here? 12-1. He's down at 12-1 at FanDuel.”
CeeDee Lamb led the NFL in receptions (135) in 2023; Amon-Ra St. Brown did not lead. (St. Brown: 119 receptions)
“I'm going to go with a long shot here as Chris Olave, 40 to one.”
CeeDee Lamb led the NFL in receptions (135) in 2023; Chris Olave did not lead. (Olave: 87 receptions)
“again not a lot of passing this division you can take olave at plus 155 to leave the division in receiving yards”
Mike Evans led the NFC South in receiving yards (1,255) in 2023; Olave (1,163) was second. (Olave 1,163 yds vs Evans 1,255 yds)
“yeah he's my favorite here so kind of going for the double like Jefferson hit both of these last year I like Olave if you only want to play one I do like him a little better for receiving yards than receptions”
Tyreek Hill led the NFL in receiving yards (1,799) in 2023; Olave did not lead. (Olave: 1,163 receiving yards)
“I'm going with the latter I think he maybe gets toward 100 catches and the yardage should be there so 40 to 1 on Ridley”
Tyreek Hill led the NFL in receiving yards (1,799) in 2023; Calvin Ridley did not lead. (Ridley: 1,016 receiving yards)
“250 to lead the division in yards I like him above the other”
Nico Collins led the AFC South in receiving yards (1,297) in 2023; Ridley (1,016) did not. (Ridley 1,016 yds vs Collins 1,297 yds)
“Ridley is my guy here. And again, similar to Olave, if I had to play only one Ridley pick, I'll go with the touchdowns here. I'm getting him at 28 to 1 at FanDuel.”
Mike Evans/Tyreek Hill tied for the NFL receiving-TD lead (13) in 2023; Ridley did not lead. (Ridley: 8 receiving TDs)
“got that on record, let's start with the best record. Brandon, you nailed the Philadelphia Eagles last year at 20 to one. You were all over this. Now they did end up splitting with the Kansas City Chiefs with the best record, but still a win is a win. Please tell us, Brandon, who is having the best record in the NFL in 2023. Yeah, that was one of my favorites last year. And this is actually one of my favorites on this pod this year. I'm going to stay in the division, but switch teams to your team, Jill. Give me the Dallas Cowboys, 14 to 1.”
The Baltimore Ravens had the best regular-season record in the 2023 NFL season at 13-4; the Dallas Cowboys finished 12-5 and did not have the best record (Pro-Football-Reference). (Cowboys: 12-5 final record)
“see anyone else in the nfc so dallas wins a lot top offensive line top 10 quarterback even the special teams i like john fossil's had them top 10 three years in a row obviously the defense is great everyone's number one defense to me it's just a team that sets up for a big season so i don know if i believe they going to actually win this whole thing we get there later but i like them to win a lot in the regular season 14 to 1 and I playing this a few ways You can take an alt line I see an over 12 and a half so 13 and 4 a season That's plus 425.”
The Dallas Cowboys finished the 2023 regular season with a 12-5 record, falling short of the 13-4 required for the over 12.5 wins at this alt line (Pro-Football-Reference, StatMuse). (Cowboys: 12-5)
“And I will take the Super Bowl ticket, 15 to 1, because if you are the one seed, you've [8:04] got a chance to win the Super Bowl.”
The Dallas Cowboys lost to the Green Bay Packers 48-32 in the 2023 NFC Wild Card round and did not win Super Bowl LVIII; the Kansas City Chiefs won (NFL.com). (Cowboys: eliminated in Wild Card round)
“Give me my local Chicago Bears, 25 to one. [20:51] I will bet against Justin Fields two ways.”
The Carolina Panthers finished the 2023 season with the NFL's worst record at 2-15; the Chicago Bears went 7-10, far from the worst (StatMuse, Pro-Football-Reference). (Bears: 7-10; Panthers: 2-15 (worst))
“So Atlanta is plus 110 to make the playoffs.”
The Falcons finished 7-10 and missed the playoffs, finishing 3rd in the NFC South; they were eliminated on the final day of the regular season (Wikipedia). (7-10 record, missed playoffs)
“Houston Texans 11 to 1 worst to first division winner that is my pick”
The Texans won the AFC South with a 10-7 record in 2023, becoming the first team to win a division under both a rookie head coach (DeMeco Ryans) and rookie QB (C.J. Stroud) in the same season (NFL.com). (10-7 record, AFC South champions)
“yeah back to the well on this one back to the same division out with the Jaguars in with my Houston Texans 11 to 1 worst to first division winner that is my pick and this year's worst to first actually Atlanta is my pick too so give me Atlanta plus 220”
The Falcons did not win the NFC South; the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the division with a 9-8 record, while Atlanta finished 7-10 in 3rd place (FOX Sports). (Falcons 7-10, Buccaneers won NFC South at 9-8)
“First, least points scored. So I want a bad offense, and I'm going to go back to Chicago here. Gave me the Bears 22 to one.”
The New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers tied for fewest points scored in 2023 at 236; the Chicago Bears scored 360 points and were not the lowest-scoring team (StatMuse / Pro-Football-Reference). (Bears 360 pts scored; Patriots/Panthers tied last at 236)
“I'm going to take the Indianapolis Colts 25 to 1 to have a defense that is hopefully [38:57] leaking points all year.”
The Washington Commanders allowed the most points in 2023 at 518 points (30.5 per game); the Colts allowed 415 points and ranked 28th in the league (Yahoo Sports / StatMuse). (Colts 415 pts allowed (28th); Commanders led league at 518)
“So I love the Colts there. 25 to 1. And then I'll stay in the division. Least points allowed. Give me my Houston Texans. I told you I had more from them. 70 to 1, baby.”
The Baltimore Ravens allowed the fewest points in the 2023 NFL season with 280 points (16.5 per game); the Texans allowed 353 points (11th in league) (StatMuse / Pro-Football-Reference). (Texans 353 pts allowed (11th); Ravens led fewest at 280)
“so 11 to 1 buccaneers last winless team”
The Carolina Panthers were the last team to record a win in 2023, getting their first victory in Week 8 on October 29 (Panthers 15, Texans 13); the Buccaneers were not the last winless team (ESPN). (Panthers last to win (Week 8, Oct 29))
“I take the Bills 11 they my number one team overall”
The Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers tied as the last undefeated teams in 2023, both starting 5-0 before losing in Week 6; the Bills were not the last undefeated team (Pro-Football-Reference). (Eagles and 49ers last undefeated (5-0 through Week 5))
“this kind of just taking a shot here i was not really in on the packers at all i'm taking tinkery bay 40 to 1”
The Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers tied as the last undefeated teams in 2023 at 5-0 before losing in Week 6; the Packers were not the last undefeated team (Pro-Football-Reference). (Eagles and 49ers last undefeated (5-0 through Week 5))
“I'm going to take Robert Sala, 33-1.”
Josh McDaniels of the Las Vegas Raiders was the first head coach fired in the 2023 NFL season, dismissed on October 31, 2023 after a 3-5 start; Robert Saleh was not fired during the 2023 season (NFL.com / Field Gulls). (McDaniels fired Oct 31 (first); Saleh not fired in 2023)
“give me the 49ers under alternate under seven and a half wins plus 650”
The San Francisco 49ers finished the 2023 regular season 12-5, well over the 7.5-win line, per Pro-Football-Reference.com.
“give me the buffalo bills to finish dead last in their division nine to one”
The Buffalo Bills won the AFC East for the fourth consecutive year with an 11-6 record; the New England Patriots finished last at 4-13, per NFL.com 2023 standings.
“atlanta to make the conference finals 10 to 1 odds”
The Atlanta Falcons finished 7-10 in 2023 and missed the playoffs entirely, falling far short of the NFC Championship Game, per Pro-Football-Reference.com.
“and then I got a couple rookie quarterbacks for you Anthony Richardson to lead all quarterbacks in rushing yards not just rookies all quarterbacks last year only one guy finished over 800 yards and that was Justin Fields you heard what I think about Justin Fields the guy can run no doubt but can he stay on the field can he be healthy I think Richardson's gonna be a great runner Shane Steichen we saw what he did with Jalen Hurts Richardson's gonna run a lot he's gonna scramble a lot the one thing I know he can do he's not getting benched he's an absolute tank so he's less likely to get hurt than a guy like Justin Fields, presumably. 800 yards is 50 yards a game. You're telling me Anthony Richardson's not going to pass 50 yards a game running? It's the thing he does. It's the one thing we know he does. So it's kind of a head-to-head bet on the fields. 7-1 is too long for me. So I love that one.”
Anthony Richardson suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in Week 5 and finished with only 136 rushing yards; Lamar Jackson led all QBs with 821 rushing yards in 2023, per StatMuse. (Richardson: 136 rush yds (4 games); Jackson led with 821 rush yds)
“I'm gonna give you a pick that'll make Jill happy my guy [13:33] Dak Prescott Dallas Cowboys 25 to 1”
Lamar Jackson won the 2023 NFL MVP award; Dak Prescott did not win MVP (Bleacher Report). (Prescott: 4,516 pass yds, 36 TD, 9 INT)
“Brock Purdy, 50 to one. I have to consider him for MVP.”
Lamar Jackson won the 2023 NFL MVP award; Brock Purdy did not win MVP (Bleacher Report). (Purdy: 4,280 pass yds, 31 TD, 11 INT)
“Just kidding. But Brandon, when you bet this, I saw you put this in the app. As you mentioned, you got a much better number. It was, I think you got it at 450. Now it's down to 300. This moved quickly on Bijan Robinson. It did. And I think that's the key point I want to add here is normally it would be ludicrous to bet on any of these awards at a plus 300, like a future at plus 300 in a race that's wide open like this, 25% implied. Typically you would hear me screaming at you don't do this, don't bet on the favorite. Bijan is that good. Like, put it this way. If you hear me, the no favorites guy betting on the favorite, then you really need to bet on the favorite. I have Bijan more like 35% likely. I don't think that he should be any longer than plus 200. So I would rather that you got the ticket at plus 450 or 400, but 300 is still good value to me.”
C.J. Stroud of the Houston Texans won the 2023 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award with 48 of 50 first-place votes; Bijan Robinson did not win (NFL.com). (Robinson: 976 rush yds, 487 rec yds, 8 TD)
“Used to be a linebacker award but it been a pass rusher award lately as most defensive awards have been So I going to just jump right into my guy here because guys this is my favorite pick of the podcast This is my favorite pick of the preseason Give me the favorite, Will Anderson. Anderson, stick together, plus 500.”
Will Anderson Jr. of the Houston Texans won the 2023 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award with 7.0 sacks and 67 pressures in his rookie season (NFL.com). (7.0 sacks, 45 tackles, 10 TFL)
“and then Matt LaFleur plus 1600 Green Bay. [45:56] So I'm going to play all three of those together.”
Kevin Stefanski won the 2023 AP NFL Coach of the Year; Matt LaFleur did not win the award. (Green Bay: 9-8, made playoffs)
“my favorite pick here is 65 to one, a different sophomore. [58:40] Give me Chris Olave on the Saints.”
Christian McCaffrey won the 2023 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year; Chris Olave did not win the award (NFL.com). (Olave: did not win award)
“So I was really surprised to see him so long at 65 to 1. My outright pick here, and really, these are just sprinkles because we're betting on unknown outliers. You got to play this more like Jill said as the season went on. But I'll take Tyreek Hill 20-1 as well.”
Christian McCaffrey won the 2023 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year over Tyreek Hill 222-139 in voting; Hill finished as runner-up (NFL.com). (Hill: runner-up in OPOY voting)
“So I love 11 to one worst to first. Houston's my outright favorite.”
Houston completed a worst-to-first run, winning the AFC South at 10-7.
“Dameko Ryan's coach of the year, I think, is in play. 25 to one, that's one of my favorite coach of the year bets.”
Kevin Stefanski won Coach of the Year on a tiebreaker over runner-up DeMeco Ryans.
“my absolute favorite bet on Houston, and my this is literally my favorite bet of the entire preseason circuit is the bet that you already bet against, Chad. Give me my guy Anderson, Will Anderson, to win defensive rookie of the year at five to one.”
Will Anderson Jr. won Defensive Rookie of the Year.
“and the Houston Texans. I think they jump to top 10 points per game allowed. I think the defense makes a leap to make the playoffs. Give me the 11 to one playoffs.”
Houston won the AFC South and made the playoffs as the No. 4 seed.
“and I I don't believe in the saints. They're the oldest team I believe in the league, and I just feel like that's a team. I don't believe in Dennis Allen. I think they'll be in the mix. Think they'll be a good team, but I like the falcons a little bit more. Again, to me, they're my favorite in that division. So similar bets here. Worst to first division. Atlanta is my other pick here. Much shorter odds. It's plus two twenty on that one.”
Tampa Bay won the NFC South at 9-8; Atlanta finished 7-10.
“Arthur Smith coach of the year is 14 to one. I'm playing both of those.”
Kevin Stefanski won Coach of the Year; Arthur Smith's Falcons went 7-10 and he was fired.
“then the path is open if the falcons are really good to be the two seed. And if the falcons are the two seed, give me a 10 to one conference finals appearance from the Atlanta falcons.”
Atlanta went 7-10 and missed the playoffs, never reaching the NFC Championship.
“Bijan Robinson, offensive rookie of the year, three to one. I took that plus four fifty on draft night. I still like it three to one.”
C.J. Stroud won Offensive Rookie of the Year; Robinson was not a finalist.
“Division, almost two to one in most books. So give me the division. Effectively, that's just a head to head bet. Do I like the cowboys or the eagles? I'm gonna bet on the cowboys. Late in the season, when Dallas hosts Philadelphia for obviously a key game, Philly is coming off of this wicked month long stretch against, like, the best teams in the league, three or four straight games, and then at Dallas at the end of that. That's a huge game. Maybe the most important game in the NFC, and it's a great schedule spot for Dallas. So give me the division. At bet three six five, you can go Dallas one to Philly two plus two seventy.”
Dallas won the NFC East at 12-5, edging Philadelphia on tiebreakers.
“hosts Philadelphia for obviously a key game, Philly is coming off of this wicked month long stretch against, like, the best teams in the league, three or four straight games, and then at Dallas at the end of that. That's a huge game. Maybe the most important game in the NFC, and it's a great schedule spot for Dallas. So give me the division. At bet three six five, you can go Dallas one to Philly two plus two seventy. So add a little bit of juice there. Come on. The giants and the commander, they're not sneaking in here. So give me that. Give me the one seed plus six fifty.”
San Francisco (12-5) earned the NFC's No. 1 seed; Dallas was the No. 2 seed.
“hosts Philadelphia for obviously a key game, Philly is coming off of this wicked month long stretch against, like, the best teams in the league, three or four straight games, and then at Dallas at the end of that. That's a huge game. Maybe the most important game in the NFC, and it's a great schedule spot for Dallas. So give me the division. At bet three six five, you can go Dallas one to Philly two plus two seventy. So add a little bit of juice there. Come on. The giants and the commander, they're not sneaking in here. So give me that. Give me the one seed plus six fifty. Most wins. If you're the one seed in the NFC, bloodbath in the AFC, you're probably gonna be the best record just like Philly was last year. Most wins at bat three six five is 14 to one. I like the alternate over 12 and a half. That's plus four twenty five. You get 13 wins or more. Probably gonna do that.”
Dallas finished 12-5, falling one win short of the 12.5 alt-wins line.
“We don't quite know what team he's going to be on yet, but I think he's going to be the guy that wins rookie of the year. He's going to put up the numbers. Rookie of the year is not about advanced stats and defense and winning. Like my research is just basically says, take the guy with the numbers. I think Scoot's going to have the numbers. I think Victor's numbers are going to come and go a little bit. He's going to have nights where he picked up that injury in the first quarter. And then they're like, you know what? Let's play it safe. You're out for tonight. Or we got those two fouls in the first minute or two because he's reaching over guys or something like that. Scoot, I think, is going to play and get the numbers. Plus 450 at bet 365, I think is a good number for Scoot. That was my bet in the article. That's the way I'm fading Limbanyama right now.”
Victor Wembanyama won 2023-24 NBA Rookie of the Year unanimously; Scoot Henderson did not win.
“to bet on uncertainty. I like Brandon Miller to go number four in the draft, because if he's not number two everyone agrees scoot two or three for sure not everyone agrees Brandon Miller is the next that same level or the next guy at to go number four is 25 to one right now at bet 365”
Brandon Miller was drafted 2nd overall by Charlotte, not 4th, so the +2500 bet lost.
“I'm going to bet on Asar to go ahead of Amon. Bet on the Thompson twins. It's plus 275 right now at bat 365.”
Amen Thompson went 4th to Houston and Ausar Thompson went 5th to Detroit, so Ausar was NOT drafted before Amen; bet lost.
“If you want a shorter, more certain hit, one of the best overrunners I like on the board is Gigi Jackson, over 26 and a half. So in draft terms, that means picks 27th or lower. Gigi Jackson reclassified. He's one of the youngest guys in draft at South Carolina. He is young and he looked the part. He played young. He played immature. He got benched for a stretch of the season. He had a lot of bad body language, and he's had a lot of rough interview process as well. And that stuff matters this time of the year for draft. You're interviewing. You're interviewing for a job position. I don't think it's gotten well. his agent also is an agent that has no other NBA players currently right now. That matters too. You need to get the phone call. You need the connection. So I'll bet the over on him. It's minus 160, but I'll drink the juice on that one.”
GG Jackson was drafted 45th overall, well over the 26.5 line, so the over (-160) won.
“Jordan Walsh to go first round. [40:20] If you can still get it 30 to one, I think I see it right now. [40:23] That's 365 is 16 to one.”
Jordan Walsh was drafted 38th overall (second round) by Boston, not in the first round, so the +1600 bet lost.
“I like the ravens over. Our sponsor bet three six five right now has the ravens team total at 8 and a half. Now you're gonna pay the juice. It's minus $1.60. But are you kidding me? 8 and a half?”
Ravens finished the 2023 regular season 13-4, well over the 8.5 team win total. (13-4)
“Yeah. Offensive rookie of the year, I love Bijan Robinson. I bet him the night of the draft. I I looked for the odds the moment that the pick got made. We knew it was coming, but here are some things I googled when Bijan Robinson officially went to the falcons. Hey, Google. What's the rookie rushing record? Has a rookie ever led the league in rushing yards? Like, these are things I think long shots, but I think there are things that could be in play. Arthur Smith is the Derrick Henry guy. Arthur Smith takes dudes off the street and turns them into five yards per carry players. So Tyler Alger, Cordero Patterson, I'm a Vikings fan, guys. He was a failed receiver from a decade ago, and now he's just apparently like a good NFL running back. Bijan Robinson is awesome, and he's gonna get 300 plus touches. And he gets to 1,500 plus yards, probably double digit touchdowns. He's gonna be the feature in that offense. Richardson, probably my second pick there, but I still love Bijan. It was plus four fifty draft night. I still see some plus three fifties out there.”
Offensive Rookie of the Year went to C.J. Stroud, not Bijan Robinson.
“Defensively, my pick here is boring, but it's because it needs to be. Every defensive rookie of the year this century has been a top 39 pick. Every single one of them, 20 out of twenty three first round picks, 19 of them top 15 picks. Since 2010, five were top three picks. That's where I'm going. Only one defender in the top three. Give me Will Anderson. I see a plus 500 out there.”
Will Anderson Jr. of the Texans won 2023 Defensive Rookie of the Year.
“I am taking the Knicks here, but I'm going to take them against the spread in the series. [3:42] So give me Knicks plus one and a half, laying a little bit of juice here.”
Knicks beat Cavaliers 4-1 in the 2023 first round, winning outright so the +1.5 series spread cashes regardless of the exact game-differential rules. (Knicks won series 4-1)
“This is the one series of everything we got that I'm just taking a team, taking a side. [11:03] Just give me the Lakers. [11:04] Lakers plus 116.”
Lakers beat Grizzlies 4-2 in the 2023 first round. (Lakers won series 4-2)
“Give me Warriors to have a two to one series lead. [17:52] We're at plus 120 on that one.”
After three games the Kings held a 2-1 series lead over the Warriors (Kings won Games 1 and 2, Warriors won Game 3), not the Warriors 2-1, per Basketball-Reference.
“My favorite series bet of the first round. [30:11] Give me the Celtics minus two and a half.”
Celtics beat the Hawks 4-2 in 6 games, not the 5-or-fewer needed for the -2.5 series spread to cover. (Celtics won series 4-2 (6 games))
“I'm going to play the Celtics sweep too. [31:06] I'll play a little bit of the plus 280 for the sweep.”
The Celtics defeated the Hawks 4-2 in the 2023 Eastern Conference First Round, not a sweep, per Basketball-Reference.
“Give me the Eastern [32:18] Conference to win the title to minus 130.”
The Denver Nuggets (Western Conference) defeated the Miami Heat 4-1 in the 2023 NBA Finals, so the Eastern Conference did not win the title, per NPR.
“give me lebron james plus 1500 [35:48] Western Conference Finals MVP.”
Nikola Jokic won the 2023 Western Conference Finals MVP after Denver swept the Lakers 4-0; LeBron James did not win the award, per Basketball-Reference.
“you can bet the Grizzlies to be exactly the two seed that minus 150 that an implied 60 I like it I don see them moving off the two seed”
The Memphis Grizzlies finished as the exact No. 2 seed in the Western Conference in 2022-23 with a 51-31 record (Bleacher Report). (Grizzlies 51-31, 2 seed West)
“First bet under five and a half seed So I need the Kings to be the five seed or better This is my base bet I think that right now we looking at Clippers Suns Kings Mavs I think books are treating those four teams like the three to six seed. I think the Mavs belong in the next group down. So I think the Kings are pretty safely below that. That is a plus one to 15. So I'm getting plus number on the Kings to at least be top five. They could still be behind the Clippers and the Suns and”
The Sacramento Kings finished as the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference in 2022-23 with a 48-34 record, which is under 5.5 (Bleacher Report). (Kings 48-34, 3 seed West)
“plus 500 to be the outright four seed, all I had to do was pass one of those two teams, plus 800, my favorite bet, to be the three seed.”
The Sacramento Kings finished as the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference in 2022-23, not the 4 seed (Bleacher Report). (Kings 48-34, 3 seed West)
“Sacramento at 44, the Clippers and Suns at 45. So I have them behind, but right there. And if I like the possible division odds, plus 500 to be the outright four seed, all I had to do was pass one of those two teams, plus 800, my favorite bet, to be the three seed.”
The Sacramento Kings finished as the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference in 2022-23 with a 48-34 record (Bleacher Report). (Kings 48-34, 3 seed West)
“I actually think the Oklahoma City Thunder are the most likely team in the West to make the play in tournament. And I think that you get them at a plus 240 to make the play. And I have to take that bet.”
The Oklahoma City Thunder finished 10th in the West, qualifying for the 2023 NBA Play-In Tournament (the bet's stated selection); they beat New Orleans 123-118 in the 9/10 play-in game before losing to Minnesota and missing the playoffs proper. (Thunder 40-42, lost play-in)
“they're they're really well coached the last one i want to ask you about is dallas mavericks you have the under 45 and a half uh minus one two land a bit of juice on it why do you like the Mavs under at 45 and a half. Yeah, I just think it's a numbers thing. I'm looking at it. The Dallas Mavericks are 31 and 29 right now. So there are 22 games left and the number is 45 and a half.”
Mavericks finished 2022-23 38-44 (38 wins), under the 45.5 line. (DAL 38-44)
“I just think they push forward. I have them around 45 and a half, 46 wins. So real clearance on the 43 and a half. I like the over. It's my favorite win total in the East right now.”
Knicks finished 2022-23 47-35 (47 wins), over the 43.5 line. (NYK 47-35)
“on pacers under 35 and a half so we have an article going out probably up as you listen to this at Action Network about tanking. I think the Pacers are a soft tank team. I think they're a team that is going to look around the bottom four in the NBA. They're out. They're their own thing. I think the Pacers are positioned to make a run, quote unquote, at the fifth worst record. And if you look at the lottery odds, that matters. To be the fifth worst team instead of the eighth worst, the 10th worst team, you're increasing your odds at possibly getting Victor Wembenyana or Scoot Henderson, who's really good too. You're increasing by like three times your chance of doing that. They have lost the Pacers 16 of their last 19, including two and six with Halliburton back. I just think it's done. I think that they're done. I think they want to tank. I think they want that high draft pick and lottery odds under 35 and a half.”
Pacers finished 2022-23 35-47 (35 wins), under the 35.5 line. (IND 35-47)
“guy you put him in the grave like there nobody out there there nobody to dunk on in the contest so i want the creativity i want the little dude who gonna jump up and and look cool I want the guy that going to make everyone be like white men can jump Wow Look at Mac McClung go I think he's going to have like the Iverson Jersey at some point. Cause he went to Georgetown, broke Iverson scoring, all that thing. I'll take Mac McClung. I'll take him out plus one 50.”
Mac McClung won the 2023 Slam Dunk Contest, defeating Trey Murphy III in the final. (Multiple perfect 50 scores)
“Buddy Heald. I gave Buddy out on Green Dot Daily. My third pick would have been Kevin Herter. I'll take my second choice on the board, Damian Lillard. So plus 470 on FanDuel for Damian Lillard. What I'm looking for here is, number one, I want experience. I want you to have played in a three point shoot before for the exact reason Joe said. I want you to be familiar with the timing,”
Damian Lillard won the 2023 Three-Point Contest, defeating Buddy Hield 26-25 in the final round. (Lillard 26, Hield 25 (final round))
“Give me the Cleveland Browns plus 4,500.”
The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII over the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in OT; the Cleveland Browns did not reach the Super Bowl (CBS Sports).
“a number for them for next Eagles. And then next year's MVP, same thing. I'm only playing if I can find a name down, far down in the odds. So I got the jersey on representing. Give me San Francisco, Trey Lance, 50-1 odds right now.”
Trey Lance was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in August 2023 and did not win the NFL MVP; Patrick Mahomes won the 2023 NFL MVP (Pro Football Reference).
- Eagles halftime lead closed -118 · CLV 0¢ won
- Eagles ML closed -118 · CLV 0¢ lost
“hurts having to come back against mahomes if you like the eagles it has to be i think because you like them early so halftime full-time we get a plus 160 that's a 38 implied money line we're only at 55%. So basically, as long as the Eagles lead at halftime when they win, then that's a better bet for us if they do that at least 70% of the time. And they've done that 88% of their wins this year. So I like the Eagles. I'm going to juice the odds a little bit by adding in that halftime. Give me Philly halftime full-time plus 160.”
Parlay busts: Eagles halftime lead — won (24-14 at half); Eagles ML — lost (final 38-35 Chiefs).
“Why play a minus 170 when I can play a plus 3100 instead? So, Devontae Smith. We've talked about him a lot. I lost money on Devontae Smith last game. Luke did the game before. The man has been robbing our money. He owes us money and he's going to win it back with Super Bowl MVP. Chiefs are second to last DVOA against wide receiver ones They are 26th against receivers on the right side of the field That where Devontae lines up mostly A Brown usually on the left The Chiefs are sixth there Devontae Smith all but one of his touchdowns this year against man coverage. Chiefs are top 10 in man coverage. Didn't get much in that Niners game, though he did lead all receivers in yardage. But before that game, last seven games, six and a half catches per game, 93 yards, five touchdowns in those seven games. two of the last four Super Bowl MVPs have been receivers. And if it's not Hertz, I think it could be more of a team, more of a balanced effort. Can we get another highlight grab, get a score, maybe two? I think that Javante Smith wins MVP maybe eight or 9% of the time, plus 3,100. That's an implied 3%. We're getting half of A.J. Brown's price here, double the value for just as good of a player maybe better right now this is my favorite super goal mvp pick i gotta do it davante one more time plus 3100 look what do you got for your second”
Patrick Mahomes won Super Bowl LVII MVP; DeVonta Smith did not win the award, per NFL.com.
“Is it just this is the end? Go for broke? I don't know what the reason is. I just know what the numbers say. At FanDuel, you can just play plus 300 for any defensive touchdown. If you want to stay away from picking which side, it's all right. You know me. I like to go for the big win. So give Philadelphia plus 750 and if you like if you go a little further down into the props there for plus 3,000 30 to 1 you can bet on any defender to score a touchdown and any defender to an MVP doesn't even have to be the same guy that's happened in for the last 22 Super Bowls I promise you those are correlated events if the defense scores and the Eagles are kind of spread the wealth like we're talking about defenders are in the play for mvp there for the last 22 is 18 30 to 1 odds is more like three percent so look the numbers say we're probably going to lose the bet but the numbers are heavily in our favor that this is how you got a bet you gotta have a little fun with super bowl manage your bankroll a little differently and it's our last time for the year so philly defense anytime touchdown plus 750 yeah it's a good read at actionnetwork.com super bowl”
The Eagles defense did not score a defensive touchdown in Super Bowl LVII; the only non-offensive TD was a Nick Bolton (Chiefs LB) fumble return, per Wikipedia.
“pretty easy cause and effect there yeah i'm on the eagles on this one but i'm always looking okay how can I limit some of my outs by adding to the payout here? So here's how I'm going to play this. Give me the Eagles halftime plus full time. So I need to lead at the half. The tie will not do, but I'm going to lead at the half and win the game on the money line. Give me that at plus 160.”
Eagles led at halftime (24-14) but lost Super Bowl LVII 38-35, so lead-at-half-and-win lost.
“Give me Devante Smith, Super Bowl MVP, plus 3,100.”
DeVonta Smith did not win Super Bowl LVII MVP (Mahomes did).
“All right. I'm going to give you just two fun bets, two fun ones. I know you love the Anytime touchdowns. Simon, I think you're going to bet this one. Give me the Philadelphia defense to score a touchdown. Plus 750. Simon, you talked about high variance in the turnovers. We have 56 Super Bowls so far. 21 defensive touchdowns in the Super Bowl. 37.5% of touchdowns in the Super Bowl. We had at least one touchdown by defense in almost a third of the games. And 21 of those touchdowns, 20 of them scored by the winning team. So whoever you like in the Super Bowl, you should bet their defense to score an anytime touchdown. And it's going up to last 30 Super Bowls, 15 defensive touchdowns. That is one every two Super Bowls. We're getting this at plus 750. Is it because we got great defenses in the Super Bowl? Is it the extra week to prep on tendencies? is it just hey this is it go for broke put it all out there whatever it is i have to play that one”
The Eagles defense did not score a touchdown in Super Bowl LVII.
“The Niners are the second slowest team in the league. The Eagles are 27th in pace in the second half. Those injury question marks, Jalen Hurts, Christian McCaffrey, elaine johnson these guys are all going to play but they can really only play worse if they're hurt so that can only help the under to me i like the under here under 46 and a half and a little twist here because i love this under better than anything else at fan duel our sponsor you can play”
PHI 31, SF 7 — Combined 38; under 46.5 covers.
“Give me the Devante Smith receiving yards over 65 and a half. So you've heard the case from both of them already.”
PHI 31, SF 7 — DeVonta Smith: 36 receiving_yards vs over 65.5; busts. (DeVonta Smith: 36 receiving_yards)
“final round of picks as you might imagine i think we done with this game we going to go to the afc title game now for our final round of picks brandon what do you got yeah let go Bengals second half so I going to take Bengals second half got to look around at the lines obviously like Luke mentioned that line been bouncing around Chiefs open favorites Bengals got up to a couple points favor and now we're back to Chiefs who knows by the time you listen so look around the my favorite line I'm seeing right now is a plus a half at just under even money there, or you can just do the money line if you want. Basically, if I'm getting anything plus money or the money line, I think the Bengals win the second half.”
KC 23, CIN 20 (2H: KC 10, CIN 14) — Bengals 2nd-half score 14, Chiefs 2nd-half score 10 (CIN won 2H by 4); covers +0.5.
“I'm on Jacksonville Jaguars. Give me the plus nine.”
KC 27, JAX 20 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -7 vs line +9; covers.
“I'm going to take the Eagles just the first half, minus three and a half against the Giants.”
PHI 38, NYG 7 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +31 vs line -3.5; covers.
“Josh Allen over 42 and a half, 45 and a half, whatever you need to get to get the lowest one you can find, get the rushing yards.”
BUF 10, CIN 27 — Josh Allen: 26 rushing_yards vs over 42.5; busts. (Josh Allen: 26 rushing_yards)
“i grabbed buffalo minus three and a half right when it first came out on sunday [36:01] evening just because if those guys are out then that is a big big problem for cincinnati against [36:07] buffalo”
BUF 10, CIN 27 — Buffalo Bills margin -17 vs line -3.5; busts.
“I like the Chargers then at Jacksonville. I like them still now. We got it at minus two, I think, on Sunday night. It dipped all the way down to minus one and a half, even one at some books. We're back up to two and a half right now.”
JAX 31, LAC 30 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -1 vs line -2.5; busts.
- Giants +6.5 closed +3 · CLV +3.5 won
- Vikings +6.5 lost
“At FanDuel, you can play Giants plus six and a half and Vikings plus six and a half in the same game parlay at plus 133.”
Parlay busts: Giants +6.5 +6.5 — won; Vikings +6.5 +6.5 — lost.
“I do, by the way, like TJ Hawkinson here. Jill, you had a touchdown or a prop for a tight end. I love Hawkinson over four and a half reception. That's my top prop of the week.”
MIN 24, NYG 31 — T.J. Hockenson: 10 receptions vs over 4.5; covers. (T.J. Hockenson: 10 receptions)
“[39:30] I just think this is the spot for Tom Brady I'm going to take the spread because I think that they [39:36] could lose by field goal or lose by one or two I think that's very much in the range of outcomes [39:40] So I'm going to stay away from the money line myself. [39:43] Another teaser spot. [39:44] My favorite teaser is that Giants Bucks teaser I mentioned. [39:47] If you get Bucks plus eight and a half, Brady in playoff lifetime is 43 and a four against [39:53] that number. [39:54] So that's a pretty good looking teaser slot there. [39:57] So I'll take the Bucks plus two and a half.”
TB 14, DAL 31 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -17 vs line +2.5; busts.
“Give me the Chargers minus one and a half.”
JAX 31, LAC 30 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -1 vs line -1.5; busts.
- Titans +6.5 closed +6.5 · CLV 0 won
- Under 40 closed +39.5 · CLV +0.5 won
“so my play here is Titans plus six six and a half if [9:11] you can get it and the under 40 I'm gonna play them both together I think it's correlated and [9:15] I'll explain why. So plus 271 or best number you get on the same game parlay there.”
Parlay cashes: Titans +6.5 +6.5 — won; Under 40 +40 — won.
“But under 40 and a half, that's my favorite total this week.”
PIT 28, CLE 14 — Combined 42; under 40.5 busts.
“I'm going to stick with just Rams plus six and a half but I think that you want to play this multiple ways”
SEA 19, LAR 16 — Los Angeles Rams margin -3 vs line +6.5; covers.
“is Josh Allen rushing yards overs. So this is, Jill, you talked about auto bet. For me, Josh Allen rushing yards over is the auto bet. Anytime that you're playing a playoff opponent for the Bills, you can just watch, and the entire way they use Josh Allen changes. When it's a team that they know they can beat, they kind of hold back. They save his legs. When it's a big game, you get those extra designed runs, a little bit more scrambling, and here are the stats. the last two years, if you separate 17 games against non-playoff teams, 5.7 rushes for 37 yards a game, 17 games against playoff teams, projecting a little bit from this year, 9.4 rushes for 60 yards a game. So it's a clear difference there. An extra three and a half, almost four rushes a game, 60 yards. So FanDuel right now, over 47 and a half is the line for rushing yards”
Game suspended in the 1st quarter after Damar Hamlin's collapse and never resumed; the full-game rushing-yards prop could never settle and was voided/refunded. (Game stopped early in Q1 (game not completed, no contest))
“opponents by the way the bangles are bottom five against design quarterback runs as well if you check my article i talked about doing like the josh allen escalator as well 60 plus yards He done that half of the time eight of 17 That plus 182”
Game suspended in the 1st quarter after Damar Hamlin's collapse and never resumed; the full-game rushing-yards prop could never settle and was voided/refunded. (Game stopped early in Q1 (game not completed, no contest))
“70 plus yards. He's done that five times this year, all against playoff teams, presumably. That's plus 310. I've got all three in the app. I recommend you play them all. Let's get some Josh Allen runs on Monday night.”
Game suspended in the 1st quarter after Damar Hamlin's collapse and never resumed; the full-game rushing-yards prop could never settle and was voided/refunded. (Game stopped early in Q1 (game not completed, no contest))
“I got to abandon Seattle Island again Rams plus six and a half plus seven if you [57:37] can see it, in Seattle.”
SEA 19, LAR 16 — Los Angeles Rams margin -3 vs line +6.5; covers.
“give me a brown steelers under 40 and a half for next week steelers are at 41 or under in seven of [58:16] their last eight games.”
PIT 28, CLE 14 — Combined 42; under 40.5 busts.
“Give me the under here under 41 and a half. I grabbed this at 43 earlier in the week. I still like it at 41 and a half anywhere in the 40s really.”
NE 23, MIA 21 — Combined 44; under 41.5 busts.
“Give me lions minus three and a [20:26] half just in the first half”
DET 24, CHI 10 (1H) — Detroit Lions 1st-half margin +14 (24-10) vs line -3.5; covers.
- Jets -1.5 closed -1.5 · CLV 0 lost
- Under 42.5 closed +38.5 · CLV +4 won
“i'm going to do the same game parlay plus 239 [28:10] so jets minus one and a half and the under 42 and a half together”
Parlay busts: Jets -1.5 -1.5 — lost; Under 42.5 (actual total 29) — won.
- Saints ML closed +200 · CLV +30¢ won
- Cowboys ML closed -335 · CLV +505¢ lost
“Give me the New Orleans Saints [42:30] against the Eagles this week, plus 230. [42:34] But parlay that with next week, [42:36] the Cowboys to beat Washington plus 170. So combine that together, you get a plus 791.”
Parlay busts: Saints ML — won; Cowboys ML — lost.
“the play i made already you may have [17:02] seen in the app i took the under on this one i took it at 43”
NE 23, MIA 21 — Combined 44; under 43 busts.
“I took the Ravens under against the Steelers for this coming week. [40:30] I took that on the look ahead at 42.”
BAL 13, PIT 16 — Combined 29; under 42 covers.
“I'm going to grab that Packers at the minus three. [53:42] I'll take the juice. [53:43] I want the three.”
GB 41, MIN 17 — Green Bay Packers margin +24 vs line -3; covers.
“So I like the Cowboys here. Big Thursday night favorites typically do well. So I'm going to grab the 9.5 if you can get it, or the 10 if you need to.”
TEN 13, DAL 27 — Dallas Cowboys margin +14 vs line -10; covers.
“Let's get to Monday night. Rams, Packers. Packers are home favorites of a touchdown at minus seven with an over-under of 39.5. half the quarterback matchup that everybody wants to see baker versus rogers packers playoff hopes slightly alive brandon what are you thinking for this game and are you betting it i am gonna bet it actually i quite like the packers here”
GB 24, LAR 12 — Green Bay Packers margin +12 vs line -7; covers.
“but I still love Alan Lazard in this spot at plus 270.”
Allen Lazard had 1 reception for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns in the Packers 24–12 win over the Rams on MNF Week 15. Anytime TD bet loses. Source: ESPN box score (gameId 401437916). (1 rec / 7 yds / 0 TD)
“I did Packers plus four and a half in Miami on the look ahead that line is still out there”
MIA 20, GB 26 — Green Bay Packers margin +6 vs line +4.5; covers.
“Give me the Lions minus two and a half at Carolina.”
CAR 37, DET 23 — Detroit Lions margin -14 vs line -2.5; busts.
“So let's go with the Steelers. We've been playing Steelers a lot lately. I'm going to go back to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh plus three at Carolina. I like the plus three. I like the money line, too.”
CAR 16, PIT 24 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +8 vs line +3; covers.
“I'm going to take the [12:22] Ravens plus three in Cleveland”
CLE 13, BAL 3 — Baltimore Ravens margin -10 vs line +3; busts.
“I'm going to go to commanders giants and I'm going to take the [23:41] under here under 40 and a half.”
NYG 20, WAS 12 — Combined 32; under 40.5 covers.
“I'm going to grab the Packers plus four on the road in Miami.”
MIA 20, GB 26 — Green Bay Packers margin +6 vs line +4; covers.
“He's got Patriots minus one and a half tomorrow, which is a great segue to Monday night. Patriots and Cardinals from Glendale. The number is still one and a half, Brandon, and the total's at 43 and a half. I guess you're just sitting tight here and letting this one play out, but any developing thoughts from Thursday to now on this game? Yeah, we saw in the injury report, Arizona cornerback Byron Murphy is unlikely to play here. He's really important to that defense, so that's a real loss for them. Rondale Moore, one of those receiving weapons for the Cardinals, he's unlikely to play. So I just, I feel pretty good about the Patriots here. This is my favorite spread of the week, and usually it's not the case on a Monday night game,”
ARI 13, NE 27 — New England Patriots margin +14 vs line -1.5; covers.
“The line I want to grab right now for the line move is I tease this a little bit earlier. I don't buy this Panthers team. I'm going to Carolina and I'm taking the road Pittsburgh Steelers. I see a plus two and a half. out there, gave me the points, because I liked the Steelers spot before the game. This was almost”
CAR 16, PIT 24 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +8 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I'm grabbing Bill Belichick and the Patriots minus one and a half at Arizona at Cliff Kingsbury's Cardinals.”
ARI 13, NE 27 — New England Patriots margin +14 vs line -1.5; covers.
“I'm going to take the Eagles Giants under 45 and a half.”
NYG 22, PHI 48 — Combined 70; under 45.5 busts.
“I'm going to play the Bengals second half minus three.”
CIN 23, CLE 10 — Cincinnati Bengals 2nd-half margin +3 (10-7) vs line -3; pushes (halftime CIN 13-CLE 3, final CIN 23-CLE 10).
“i'll take the baltimore ravens plus three in the cleveland”
CLE 13, BAL 3 — Baltimore Ravens margin -10 vs line +3; busts.
- Saints +3.5 closed +3.5 · CLV 0 won
- Under 40.5 closed +40.5 · CLV 0 won
“ats and then i kind of like the under here as well because we know these games have been pretty low scoring five games that bucks played with brady against the saints 38.6 points a game so i like the under 40 and a half bucks have gotten under 40 and a half in nine out of 11 games this season they've been one of the top under teams out there so i'm gonna do a play here that i've done on a few other games this weekend I'm gonna go double dip here I'm gonna play the under 40 and a half and the Saints cover I'm gonna play them together because I think that those are correlated so together I got a plus 264 you play both of those I think the Saints keep it close it's low scoring three and a half you're above the key number maybe even if the Bucs get a win it's by field goal 20 to 17 something like that so I'll play a Saints cover and an under 40 and a half”
Parlay cashes: Saints +3.5 +3.5 — won; Under 40.5 +40.5 — won.
“I will take the Titans plus four and a half on the road in Philly.”
PHI 35, TEN 10 — Tennessee Titans margin -25 vs line +4.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Detroit Lions. [10:05] Minus one at home against the Jaguars.”
DET 40, JAX 14 — Detroit Lions margin +26 vs line -1; covers.
“I'm going to Houston and I'm taking the 1-8-1 Houston Texans as a plus. [20:00] seven underdog at home against the debut of Deshaun Watson.”
HOU 14, CLE 27 — Houston Texans margin -13 vs line +7; busts.
“yeah I gotta sprinkle the plus 270 money line let's get the Texans a win here”
HOU 14, CLE 27 — Houston Texans lost; moneyline busts.
“Give me Tennessee at home minus three and a half against Jacksonville”
TEN 22, JAX 36 — Tennessee Titans margin -14 vs line -3.5; busts.
“I think it was DeBundo who picked the Steelers, who are at plus two and a half tonight against the Colts, over-under set at 39 and a half points. Brandon, I'll go to you first because you got a line at three, Steelers plus three earlier in the week, in your riding that the TJ Watt impact, Tomlin's numbers post-week five against the spread are very good. Yeah, I'm with the bundle on this one. Look, the Colts have obviously gotten better with Jeff Saturday. There's no denying it. Two games, he won one game. They nearly beat Philadelphia the other game in those two games. Small sample, but up to 20th in DVOA. That's really good. It's respectable. They're still pretty good defensively. They're up to 25th in offense in that stretch. That's really not 32nd, which is what they are the rest of the season. Genuinely, they've improved a lot. Very good. Well, guess what? Over the same two games the Colts have improved, the Steelers also brought someone back. And it's someone that actually... He's on the field named TJ Watt, unlike the high school coach on the sideline, making all the difference for the Colts. And the Steelers in their two games with their guy back are ninth in DVOA, top five defensively, top five rushing offense and defense. And the offense has been top 15 as well during that stretch. So small samples. But the whole thing with the Colts is, I don't know, maybe the Colts are good now with Jeff Saturday. Well, the data we have tells us that the Steelers are even better now with TJ Watt, and they've been better the rest of the season too. So it's not as strong of a Tomlin underdog spot, but 71% against the spread week five forward as an underdog. So I still like it here. It's not a slam dunk Tomlin underdog spot for me, but probably like a half unit play more than a full, especially if you don't get the plus three. But I do like the Steelers here. I think they have a good chance to win outright.”
IND 17, PIT 24 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +7 vs line +3; covers.
- Steelers +7.5 won
- Raiders +8.5 won
“your hot read for week 13, what do you have for us? So we're going to do a teaser. I think we did this once before on the hot read. So if you don't know teasers, you get to grab two teams, you move the line six points in your favor. And the goal here, of course, is move your line across hopefully multiple key numbers. So I'm going to tease the Pittsburgh Steelers. They're at plus one and a half at Atlanta. So we'll tease them to seven and a half. See, we crossed the three, we crossed the seven there. And then I'll tease the Raiders. They're home against the Chargers, two and a half point underdogs. We'll tease that one to eight and a half. So the key thing is here, we get both teams. Just keep it within one score, one score game, and we are set. So Steelers, Falcons, Atlanta has only one win all season by more than four points. So we see the one score game. Pittsburgh, I mentioned top five run defense their last couple of games. I think Pittsburgh is the better team. I probably won't be just on Pittsburgh outright against Atlanta, but Steelers have covered a seven and a half point spread in eight of 10 games so far this year. So I like that one. And then Raiders chargers six of the last seven games between these teams have been one score games. Like these are the most wonky and predictable teams that always comes down to the end with both these teams chargers, nine of 11 games this year one score Raiders eight of 11 games one score So Chargers have only won by more than five points once all year we seem to keep these both to one score I take the Steelers and the Raiders teaser grabbing it now because a lot of times when there's an obvious teaser like this the lines move a point or a point and a half purposely to get out of that teaser range so that's why this works for high read for one week. Well, the other thing too, right, is if Pittsburgh with the two and a half tonight, if they could win outright against Indy, and then you're looking at Pittsburgh, possibly, I don't know about favored, but I don't know, that line could move with Atlanta. They could, they could, because, you know, when it gets to a number, there were plus one half, right? Or one and a half right now, when it's so close to zero, you flip to the other side and you often lose from a plus one to a minus one like that like that's a two-point swing right so yeah if the Steelers come out and look good and dominate on the road which is possible they could then yeah I think that that's entirely possible they could end up being favored and so you possibly lose as much as a field goal of of uh points there right you'd have to tease through zero maybe you're getting five points never never never never never tease through zero so it's it's now or never if you want the teaser. It's important to get the – teasing only works well at the right numbers, so you want to grab teasing here to get to 7.5 and 8.5.”
Parlay cashes: Steelers +7.5 +7.5 — won; Raiders +8.5 +8.5 — won.
“I know the Niners seem like way the better team here. I just think eight and a half is too many points and I'm going to grab it. I think if we get Kyler and Hopkins and Brown, all those guys out there, I think this line probably drops to seven or possibly even below. I want the points. I want a two score chance here. So I'll take the eight and a half in Arizona.”
ARI 10, SF 38 — Arizona Cardinals margin -28 vs line +8.5; busts.
“so i will take the under 42 and a half and i expect this line to drop”
MIN 33, NE 26 — Combined 59; under 42.5 busts.
“I'm going to take the underdog Arizona Cardinals plus [6:43] eight and a half against the 49ers.”
ARI 10, SF 38 — Arizona Cardinals margin -28 vs line +8.5; busts.
“Bears over team total 22 and a half. This is a Justin Fields play.”
ATL 27, CHI 24 — Combined 51; over 22.5 covers.
“We're going with Rah-Rah, Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers, [24:47] plus four at home against the Bengals.”
PIT 30, CIN 37 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -7 vs line +4; busts.
“So I'll take the Ravens minus three and a half before they blow out the Panthers.”
JAX 28, BAL 27 — Baltimore Ravens margin -1 vs line -3.5; busts.
“commanders eagles wraps up week 10 philadelphia 10 and a half point favorites totals at 43 and a half we'll get to touchdown scores with jill momentarily but brandon you hear that total you hear the spread what do you think i like the eagles but i like the eagles first half you know we've done this before and you might be feeling burned because i think probably the last time we saw the eagles that was that eagles texans thursday night game that first half pick the whole world was on it because everyone was quoting the whole Eagles are 7-0 ATS in the first half. Well, guess what? They're 7-1 now because that did not go well for the Texans. But I'm going back to the well here. It's not just the Eagles. Washington is terrible in the first half. They have the league's worst DVOA offense in the first quarter. They're 30th ranked in the first half. And the Eagles continue to be number one offensively in the first half, number two defensively. and these teams played already and that's exactly how it played out the eagles had a 24 nothing second quarter led by that score at the half and just coasted to victory so at the line 10 and a half i'm usually looking for some way if that's the team that i like how do i get out of that how do i get under some key numbers so first half play is a minus six and a half so that's a good way to get under the key number there last time they played philadelphia sack washington nine times. So that was Carson Wentz, who my guy loves to hold on to the ball and eat some sacks, but I'm not sure Taylor Heineke's offense has really been much better. So I like the Eagles here. I think the game sets up pretty well for them and should be somewhat similar to last time. So I'll take the first half.”
PHI 14, WSH 20 (1H) — Philadelphia Eagles 1st-half margin -6 vs line -6.5; busts.
“I'll take the Bills minus eight and a half at home in a bounce back spot against the Browns.”
BUF 31, CLE 23 — Buffalo Bills margin +8 vs line -8.5; busts.
“Seattle Seahawks plus two and a half against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.”
TB 21, SEA 16 — Seattle Seahawks margin -5 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Miami Dolphins, [13:40] minus three and a half against the Cleveland Browns.”
MIA 39, CLE 17 — Miami Dolphins margin +22 vs line -3.5; covers.
“picks and then we'll get out of here. So Brandon Anderson for week 10 is on Seattle Island plus two and a half, but it's in Germany this week, Seattle plus two and a half against Tampa in Germany Miami minus three and a half against Cleveland And he likes the Steelers plus one and a half home dogs against New Orleans”
PIT 20, NO 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +10 vs line +1.5; covers.
“We're going to go with the New York football giants minus three and a half at home against the Lions next week.”
NYG 18, DET 31 — New York Giants margin -13 vs line -3.5; busts.
“We'll take Ravens first half minus a half point and basically just go out”
BAL 14, NO 3 (halftime) — Baltimore Ravens 1st-half margin +11 (14-3) vs line -0.5; covers.
“I'm going to take Dolphins minus four against the Browns.”
MIA 39, CLE 17 — Miami Dolphins margin +22 vs line -4; covers.
“Seahawks plus two in Arizona”
ARI 21, SEA 31 — Seattle Seahawks margin +10 vs line +2; covers.
“the Green Bay Packers minus 3.5”
DET 15, GB 9 — Green Bay Packers margin -6 vs line -3.5; busts.
“Let's go for the Bears. I will take my hometown or home suburban area town, Chicago Bears, plus four and a half to defend the home field against the Miami Dolphins.”
CHI 32, MIA 35 — Chicago Bears margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“So I'll just grab Steelers plus two and a half.”
PIT 20, NO 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +10 vs line +2.5; covers.
“so i'm playing tyree kill offensive player of the year [21:05] i think he was 14 to 1 into the day”
Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings) won the 2022 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year award with 35 first-place votes and 128 catches for 1,809 yards. Tyreek Hill did not win the award. Source: NFL.com NFL Honors 2022, Vikings.com. (Jefferson won OPOY; Hill runner-up)
“I going to go with the Miami Dolphins Minus three and a half at the Lions”
DET 27, MIA 31 — Miami Dolphins margin +4 vs line -3.5; covers.
“We got Cincinnati [16:40] and Cleveland facing off and I will take the Bengals minus three and a half on the road.”
CLE 32, CIN 13 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -19 vs line -3.5; busts.
- Rams to win first half lost
- 49ers ML (full game) closed -108 · CLV 0¢ won
“But I'll take the Rams to win the first half. [32:48] But the Niners to win the game, you can play that as a double at FanDuel. [32:52] It's plus 750.”
Parlay busts: Rams to win first half — lost; 49ers ML (full game) — won.
“give me the division, [42:56] give me Seattle plus three and a half in Arizona.”
ARI 21, SEA 31 — Seattle Seahawks margin +10 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I still see a plus 600 for Seattle division. They are leading the division and are the division favorite right now. Plus 600 is ludicrous. And if you don't have it, you should get it. I do have it at a longer number and I'm adding the position.”
The San Francisco 49ers won the NFC West in 2022 with a 13-4 record. The Seattle Seahawks finished second in the division and did not win. Source: 49ers.com NFC West Champions announcement, FOX Sports NFC West Champions history. (49ers won NFC West 13-4)
“So I like New England to just kind of put this one away and then we coast toward the finish line. Are you okay with four and a half? Yeah, I'll take the four and a half. That's all right. Okay. It's at plus money on the FanDuel Sportsbook right now, minus four and a half, New England minus four and a half, first half at plus 100.”
NE 14, CHI 33 — New England Patriots first-half margin -6 vs line -4.5; busts.
“I am still on Falcons next week, [40:55] minus six against the Panthers.”
ATL 37, CAR 34 — Atlanta Falcons margin +3 vs line -6; busts.
“I'm going to take the Detroit Lions coming off their bye week, plus seven in Dallas to face America's team, the Cowboys.”
DAL 24, DET 6 — Detroit Lions margin -18 vs line +7; busts.
“i do like the titans here i like the titans to cover the first half spread so minus a half point basically you're taking a titans money line here you got to win outright so titans minus a half against the colts”
TEN 13, IND 0 (1H) — Titans led 13-0 at halftime; margin +13 vs line -0.5; covers.
“my final pick here which is the seattle seahawks plus five and a half at the chargers”
LAC 23, SEA 37 — Seattle Seahawks margin +14 vs line +5.5; covers.
“for my hot read i'm just going to take the undefeated against the spread atlanta falcons catching six and a half points on the road in cincinnati”
CIN 35, ATL 17 — Atlanta Falcons margin -18 vs line +6.5; busts.
“i'm going with the ravens on the road in new york i'm going to take the Ravens to cover the six.”
NYG 24, BAL 20 — Baltimore Ravens margin -4 vs line -6; busts.
“So I like the team total over 25 and a half. The Ravens are going to score.”
NYG 24, BAL 20 — Ravens team total 20; under 25.5, does not cover.
“I'll take Seattle to cover the three. I'll take the money line.”
SEA 19, ARI 9 — Seattle Seahawks margin +10 vs line +3; covers.
“Seattle still has a home field advantage. Give me the 12th man. I'll take Seattle to cover the three. I'll take the money line.”
SEA 19, ARI 9 — Seattle Seahawks won; moneyline covers.
“I'm going to take the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road, plus one and a half against the Colts.”
IND 34, JAX 27 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -7 vs line +1.5; busts.
“i have to play the jacksonville division as well plus 250 on that number”
The Jacksonville Jaguars won the AFC South in 2022 with a 9-8 record under first-year coach Doug Pederson, clinching on the final week of the regular season. Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/jax/2022.htm
“I am taking the Seahawks plus seven and a half at the Chargers next weekend.”
LAC 23, SEA 37 — Seattle Seahawks margin +14 vs line +7.5; covers.
“I'll take the under 39 and a half. That number is only going one direction.”
CHI 7, WSH 12 — Combined 19; under 39.5 covers.
“Yeah I going to start us off with a favorite I going to back the Miami Dolphins minus three in New York to play the Jets”
NYJ 40, MIA 17 — Miami Dolphins margin -23 vs line -3; busts.
“Chicago Bears, my local Bears, plus seven and a half on the road in Minnesota.”
MIN 29, CHI 22 — Chicago Bears margin -7 vs line +7.5; covers.
“I'll take Seattle Seahawks plus five and a half on the road in New Orleans. This”
NO 39, SEA 32 — Seattle Seahawks margin -7 vs line +5.5; busts.
“the Vikings coming off of that London game, and I'm going back to the same position here. Who the Vikings play? They played the Saints. They're also on a London, post-London trip, and I will fade the Saints as well. I'll take Seattle Seahawks plus five and a half on the road in New Orleans. This line doesn't make any sense to me. Like we talked about all the trends about the post London team. So again, that favors Seahawks team total over Saints scoring under and Seahawks having a chance late Seattle's offense, top five offensively in DVOA and EPA per play. and success rate. Geno Smith, I noticed this week, is the number one graded quarterback in the NFL at PFF. This offense is playing well. Whether we want to admit it or not, they are showing up, and the Saints defense, the mighty vaunted Saints team that we thought was going to be really good, has been fine. They've been all right. They've been okay. Pass rush is not really getting home. The Saints offense ranks second to last in drive success rate. They can't get on the field long enough offensively to give their defense a chance. Now, maybe Seattle's defense is the perfect solution for that. That's an easy point here. But the Saints have injuries to their quarterback, their running back, their receiver, their left tackle. That's your offense. And New Orleans is a late comeback week one from Owen Ford themselves. So this preseason look ahead line was right at this number. So nothing has moved here. I don't understand that. Have we watched the Saints or Seahawks for the last month? Seattle's been much better than we thought. The offense is good, and the Saints have been pretty lifeless for the most part and not super competitive in some of their games. So a few trends for you. We know we love the trends. Geno Smith, underdog, 63% against the spread. Pete Carroll has a dog, 61%. And then the flip side, Dennis Allen has a favorite, 25% cover rate. Jameis Winston's a favorite if he starts 31% cover rate. So I like the Seahawks a lot here. I will play the Seahawks team total over. That's that London trend. I'll play Seattle plus five and a half. I'll play Seattle money line too. I think the Seahawks go in and get a win in new Orleans. Sounds like we'll get the red rifle at”
NO 39, SEA 32 — Seattle Seahawks lost; moneyline busts.
“I'll back the Patriots, plus 9.5. [5:36] I'll take the underdog here.”
GB 27, NE 24 — New England Patriots margin -3 vs line +9.5; covers.
“I'm going to bet with Cliff Kingsbury as an underdog Cardinals plus one and a half in Carolina”
CAR 16, ARI 26 — Arizona Cardinals margin +10 vs line +1.5; covers.
“i like the cardinals here they should [13:25] be favorites i like vance joseph blitzing against maker mayfield i'll take the cardinals plus one [13:31] and a half i'll take the money line”
CAR 16, ARI 26 — Arizona Cardinals won; moneyline covers.
“I will take the Titans on the road, plus three and a half.”
IND 17, TEN 24 — Tennessee Titans margin +7 vs line +3.5; covers.
“because I like the under. [32:59] I'm taking the under 39 and a half.”
NYG 16, DAL 23 — Combined 39; under 39.5 covers.
“I'll take the Bengals to cover. [36:11] Now, the Bengals right now are minus three.”
CIN 27, MIA 15 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +12 vs line -3; covers.
“Okay. And you got one more for us. I do. I'm also take the Cardinals. I did not expect to be back in the Cardinals here. my cliff kingsbury hatred but this line the cardinals are underdogs to the carolina panthers the cardinals are plus one and a half underdogs”
CAR 16, ARI 26 — Arizona Cardinals margin +10 vs line +1.5; covers.
“I'll take Titans plus 10.”
BUF 41, TEN 7 — Tennessee Titans margin -34 vs line +10; busts.
“Titans at plus 360 on the money line.”
BUF 41, TEN 7 — Tennessee Titans lost; moneyline busts.
“Yeah, I got one for you. We're going to do the Bengals. And if you read my look ahead column from Friday before the weekend games, I recommended the Bengals then. They were minus six. I thought the Bengals would get a nice, big, comfortable win over the Cowboys today and jump on the other side of that key number. Didn't happen. Didn't work out for me. We gave away some value. That doesn't happen much on the look ahead. I'm doubling down. I'm going back to the Bengals. We are now at minus four and a half. I still think the Bengals ought to be more than a touchdown favorite, just like I.”
NYJ 12, CIN 27 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +15 vs line -4.5; covers.
“Steelers plus two and a half home underdogs against”
PIT 14, NE 17 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -3 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I am backing the Indianapolis Colts minus three and a half in Jacksonville.”
JAX 24, IND 0 — Indianapolis Colts margin -24 vs line -3.5; busts.
“Big favorite are Green Bay Packers minus nine and a half right now.”
GB 27, CHI 10 — Green Bay Packers margin +17 vs line -9.5; covers.
- Broncos first half -3.5 lost
- Russell Wilson over 253.5 passing yards won
- Broncos win by 14+ points lost
“So I go back and forth on this. Here's where I land. I'm going to play a same game parlay at FanDuel because if I go in on the Broncos, and that's where I have to, because I like Denver a lot better. I like Russell Wilson. But if I'm in, I want to really go in. I don't want to just take the cover six and a half. I think there's a script here where Russell comes out, throws the touchdown early and they just fly and seattle looks not even in it from the start and it's just a russell wilson night so i'm going to the same game parley three legs i want broncos covering the first half three and a half i want russell wilson's over on passing yards currently at 253 and a half and i want a big broncos win 14 or more points give me all three of those so get on the board early get it moving russell hits a few deep balls all three of those together is plus 523. I'm not going to go crazy here just because I could see this go the other way. I”
Parlay busts: Broncos first half -3.5 — lost; Russell Wilson over 253.5 passing yards — won; Broncos win by 14+ points — lost.
“I'm going to ride with the rah-rah Mike Tomlin spot one more time. I gotta be honest. I can't believe we're getting a rah-rah Mike Tomlin spot. Pittsburgh is home against the Patriots. I'm gonna cut you off because I laugh at that all the time. Like, that's what the hell we pay to do. I had to double and triple check this. The Patriots are road favorites? Did we watch the same Patriots today? New England never showed up. They don't have a coaching staff. They don't have an offense. Bill Belichick wants to fire the offensive coordinator, but it's himself. I don't think they can do that. Oh, yeah, we got him. Yeah, we'll see. We'll see who's got who. It was messy. The Patriots did not look good in that game. Oh, and Mac Jones has a back injury now, apparently. Exactly. And that was my other thing here is how great Mac is, but we certainly rather have him than the other options here. So that's the other angle that I have here is that Mac Jones... injury if you know you got to get ahead of that because maybe he ends up missing maybe he doesn't but plays through and we've seen quarterbacks like that a back injury you're much less mobile the offensive line is moving pieces around the Steelers have a good pass rush although must be noted TJ Watt may also miss it sounds like he has a possibly a torn pectoral and again it's TJ Watt he might just play through that too for all that we know but all the Mike Tomlin underdog numbers Steelers are plus 105.”
PIT 14, NE 17 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
“We going with the Houston Texans plus seven and a half against the Indianapolis Colts”
HOU 20, IND 20 — Houston Texans margin +0 vs line +7.5; covers.
“I am backing the Eagles. I'm going to take the Eagles minus three and a half [10:43] on the road in Detroit.”
DET 35, PHI 38 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +3 vs line -3.5; busts.
“I'll take the Steelers plus six and a half in Cincinnati.”
CIN 20, PIT 23 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +3 vs line +6.5; covers.
“I'm taking the Kansas City Chiefs minus two and a half [23:42] at home against the Chargers.”
KC 27, LAC 24 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +3 vs line -2.5; covers.
“So I have six guys that I project high-end outcomes at 5,000 yards. So four of them are the four favorites here. Justin Herbert, Tom Brady, Pat Mahomes, Joe Burrow, no real surprises. Like, look, we know who the good quarterbacks are. We know who's going to be near the top of these races barring injury. I don't really feel like that's the way to play these markets though, because it's going to be really close. And you're betting on someone at like a seven, eight, 10 to one odds over a long season. They got to fade the injury. Hope you win by like a hundred yards. Hope they're not too good. So they sat out week 17. So I don't, I can't hate those bets, but I have two other guys at 5,000 plus. So those are my bets. My top projection actually is Dak Prescott. And that's my top play. I have him at 1400. So like you said, I'm looking at pass attempts. I'm looking at yards per attempt. And that's where I like Dak Prescott. So he should get, I think, to about 675 attempts if he's healthy. Last two seasons, he averaged almost 40 attempts a game. So last year, his yards per attempt dropped way off. He was at 8.3 the previous two, dropped on a seven and a half last year. So if you keep the passing attempts where he's been recently and then get a little, you know, spike in efficiency, somewhat, probably not back that high. We know Tyron Smith is out. We know that's going to hurt the passing numbers. Amari Cooper is gone, but I think Dallas's defense, we expect to be worse this year. They're probably playing a little bit from more negative game position. So it should be a little bit more passing there. I think Dak Prescott's volume has gone up and we haven't quite noticed as much because the efficiency has dropped. But if that starts to balance out too, I have him at 5,181 yards. That's my, my leader right now. So at plus 1,400, I got to like that one. Yeah. I mean, I, I'm worried about Dak in this offense. I'm, I'm hearing that they want to”
Dak Prescott did NOT lead the NFL in passing yards in the 2022 regular season. Prescott suffered a thumb injury in Week 1 and missed several games, finishing with only 2,860 passing yards in 12 games. Patrick Mahomes led the NFL with 5,250 passing yards. Source: Wikipedia/Pro-Football-Reference Dak Prescott page; StatMuse NFL passing yards leaders 2022. (Mahomes led with 5,250 yds; Prescott 2,860 yds (12 games, injured))
“then lend itself to Dak having to do a little bit more offensively and racking up those passing yards so I don't hate this play at all all right well let's go from your quarterback to mine so my other pick here is Kirk Cousins. I have him also over 5,000 yards. And I think here, what you like is the Kevin O'Connell addition. It's, it's, we know what the offense is. We know who these guys are. Justin Jefferson, as good as any receiver in the NFL right now, Adam Thielen, healthy to start the year, at least as a very strong second receiver. But what you're looking for here is a Matt Ryan season from last year, or sorry, a Matt Stafford from last year. I'm at Matt Ryan. Yeah, no, we don't want Matt Ryan from last year. No, thank you. So the volume should uptake here. There's a lot of talk that Minnesota could be passing more, but I think the efficiency is what you really want here. Again, Kirk Cousins, 7.5 yards per attempt last year. He was over eight the previous two. And I think that's an area that I expect to especially take a real jump this year. The offensive line should improve. Christian Derrissaw was a big leap toward the middle of the season, improving as the year went on. And I think they moved Jefferson, especially all over the field in that Cooper Cup role. Spoiler alert, we're going to get a lot of Vikings talk on this one. It is not homerism. I'm usually a pessimist on my Vikings, but I just think this offense could be really good. I have an article that went up last week at Action Network ranking offenses. I have the Vikings in the top quartile of the league. I have them like seventh or eighth offensively so Kirk Cousins is plus 2,000 I think that he's not going to necessarily have like a 5,500 yard ceiling I don't think he can quite match some of these other guys but he could be a guy that he's going to need to play all 17 and is in the mix there”
Kirk Cousins did NOT lead the NFL in passing yards in the 2022 regular season. Cousins finished with 4,547 passing yards (a strong season), but Patrick Mahomes led the NFL with 5,250 passing yards. Source: Wikipedia Kirk Cousins page for 2022 stats; StatMuse NFL passing yards leaders 2022. (Mahomes led with 5,250 yds; Cousins 4,547 yds (4th or 5th))
“I think there's a lot of potential here for over 40 touchdowns, and I love it at 10 to 1. Brandon well first of all do you like Burrow as well and uh is there anyone you like in this market yeah so I'm also looking for that kind of 40 touchdowns number we usually have at least five guys at 37 or more in recent years so if you can't even get to that number then you're pretty much out here so I think Burrow Burrow Allen Mahomes and Brady those are the four guys who are all top six odds I think yeah those are right those are the right top six odds I'm looking for longer plays on most of these. I'll have a few more favorites later, but the guy that I like, Tom Brady is, I haven't projected at 43. The guy have one spot below him as my top pick here. And it's back to the guy you mentioned Raybon. It's Russell Wilson, 1600 here. I haven't projected for 42 touchdowns. So one off the lead very much in a play there. I like Wilson better for touchdowns”
Russell Wilson did NOT lead the NFL in passing touchdowns in the 2022 regular season. Wilson threw only 16 touchdown passes in 15 games for the Denver Broncos in a disappointing season. Patrick Mahomes led with 41 TDs. Source: StatMuse Russell Wilson touchdowns in 2022; Wikipedia Russell Wilson page. (Mahomes led with 41 TD; Wilson 16 TD)
“it going to keep those defenses honest I do prefer Russ over Kirk cousins in this in this market Yeah so Kirk Cousins is my other play here at plus 2 So he at 6 touchdown the last three years Again, six is a very good number already. But if you look at the guys that played through Kevin O'Connell offense, Matt Stafford jumped from 4.5% in his career touchdown rate to 6.8% last year. So big jump for him in efficiency. see Jared Goff going out of that offense drop from 4.4 you know not not great that's why he's gone but even further down to 3.8 last year so you figure Kirk's touchdown rate goes up some I have him at 39 that's kind of right around the cutoff the 40 that we're looking for again I don't know that we have a monster ceiling but Jefferson Adam Thielen both really big touchdown threats Matt Stafford at 41 last year so Cousins at 20 to 1 here I think is in play uh Raybon do you”
Kirk Cousins did NOT lead the NFL in passing touchdowns in the 2022 regular season. Cousins threw 29 TDs plus 2 rushing TDs for the Vikings, a solid season but far behind Patrick Mahomes who led with 41 TDs. Source: Wikipedia Kirk Cousins 2022 stats. (Mahomes led with 41 TD; Cousins 29 passing TD)
“go to interceptions. Brandon, you know, it used to be in, in, in the twenties every year, the top guy would throw in terms of interceptions. Now it's kind of come down. And I also think the books have gotten sharper because I remember I used to just bet like everyone's interception under because they would start week one, of course, because of course they would. And then, you know, anyone gets hurt, misses like a game or two and you win your best. But now I think that The books have wisened up a little bit. So tell me what you're looking for here. Yeah, I think you're dead on with that. I think probably like 15 interceptions is the number that we're looking for. Probably not in the 20s, unless, you know, Jameis Winston puts up another God season with 30 picks again. Like that's going to beat everyone for sure. But yeah, the problem with this one and what makes this interesting, but I think fun is you need a guy who's bad enough to throw a lot of interceptions, but not going to get benched so that he can keep throwing interceptions. And that's the key. So it's tricky. You can see a guy and be like, oh, well, like Jameis, for example, can Jameis be so bad to lead the league in interceptions? Or if he's throwing that many interceptions, are they just going to bench him and put Andy Dalton in or try something else? Start running the ball 40 times a game or that sort of thing. And some teams can do that. Other teams are going to be like, no, man, we got to let Trevor Lawrence let it rip. We're going to have to let him throw and just see how he learns and where we go with this. so again i agree i i used to love this market the books feel a lot sharper here so guys like davis mills trevor lawrence uh justin fields guys that i have right near the top and all over 15 interceptions they're also our our leaders here the one guy that's not yet and i wrote about this right after we got named the starter i think this may be a controversial pick but i'm going with baker mayfield at 16 to 1 so the controversy here is is baker going to actually play all 17 games”
Baker Mayfield did NOT lead the NFL in interceptions thrown in the 2022 regular season. Mayfield threw 12 interceptions across stints with the Panthers and Rams. Geno Smith led the league with 17 interceptions. Source: Web search results confirming Geno Smith as 2022 interceptions thrown leader with 17; Mayfield with 12. (Geno Smith led with 17 INT; Mayfield 12 INT (Panthers+Rams))
“Let's go to rushing yards. And where are we looking for the target number in this one? You know, with running backs, you know, always kind of getting hurt. Medium projections are pretty useless in this one in particular. So my top play here is Rashad Penny. So Seattle running back 50 to one. Seattle had whoever their lead running back was last year, had 10 or more carries and all but one game.”
Rashaad Penny did NOT lead the NFL in rushing yards in the 2022 regular season. Penny rushed for 749 yards in 10 games before suffering an injury and being placed on injured reserve on October 14, 2022. Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders led the league with 1,653 rushing yards. Source: Raiders.com; web search results confirming Jacobs as 2022 rushing yards leader. (Josh Jacobs led with 1,653 rush yds; Penny 749 yds (IR Oct 14))
“there uh Brandon what about you yeah so I'm looking for probably 15 touchdowns here we've had three years in a row with at least three guys at 15 or more so basically you just need to average a touchdown a game you need to score a lot of touchdowns here obviously I think Henry and Taylor are the two guys that are right at the top but again for me if I'm looking at we usually have a bunch of guys who end up at 12, 14, 16, all in that same range. It's just, it's so close. I can't bring myself to bet on a five to one, a seven to one, a favorite when it's going to come down to like, what if Henry didn't get eight touchdowns in those four games? What if he missed one game against Houston and that was going to be three touchdowns? And now he finishes at 13 instead of 15 and is out of this one. So I think too, you mentioned the injuries with Dalvin Cook. Cook misses a couple games a year but Derek Henry is the older bigger back coming off of a major injury for me even though he's only had the one injury I think that the injury risk is much bigger with him where you can miss a game or two but with Henry you might miss a chunk again so again with running backs I just am trying to play some long shots because for me rather than take like a seven to one I'd rather play three or four guys and get a few lottery tickets together and kind of get a position where I'm like, I'm 10 to one on any of these four guys winning. So I mentioned Rashad Penny. I like him here too, 60 to one here. He had six touchdowns in that last five game stretch that I mentioned. So again, Seattle, not going to score a lot of points. That's a really easy case against him, but 60 to one, I don't mind the shot. My favorite guy here though. And this one, I really like Josh Jacobs, 50 to one for the Raiders. Now let's be clear. I do not like Josh Jacobs, the player. I don't think he's a very good runner. Here's what I do like. He's had 28”
Jamaal Williams (Detroit Lions) led the NFL in rushing touchdowns in 2022 with 17. Josh Jacobs finished with 12 rushing TDs. (Source: pro-football-reference.com, statmuse.com) (Jacobs: 12 rush TDs; Williams led with 17)
“my [43:15] receiving yards projection leader is justin jefferson that's my pick 10 to 1”
Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings) led the NFL in receiving yards in 2022 with 1,809 yards. (Source: pro-football-reference.com, espn.com) (Jefferson: 1,809 rec yds (1st in NFL))
“if you're [51:47] only making one bet and you want a ticket that's going to pay off mike evans eight to one receiving [51:52] touchdowns is my guy”
Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders) led the NFL in receiving touchdowns in 2022 with 14. Mike Evans finished with 6 receiving touchdowns. (Source: pro-football-reference.com, wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Evans) (Evans: 6 rec TDs; Adams led with 14)
“let's close it out with receptions and I know we'll recap guys' best bets, but in this receptions market, Brandon, where are we looking at? I know we want, you know, probably like at least six catches a game, right? Yeah. At least six a game. That's basically a hundred catches. We've had 10 or 12 guys do that every year. So that's not going to be enough. We're going to need probably 125. The last four years, our winners had at least 125 catches. We've had a Michael Thomas here. we had Cooper Cobb, you get like 150 almost. If that's the case, we have no way to project that forward. So I think 125 is a good number to target. I have two guys on my board that I project at 130 catches. And I've talked about both of them already. My favorite here is Justin Jefferson, 10 to one. Again, I have him at 130 catches, 1,850 yards. I will say if you're only going to play one of them, I like yards better than receptions because I think that he's going to have high yards per catch and get that long play so if you only pick one yardage a little better”
Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings) led the NFL in receptions in 2022 with 128 catches. (Source: pro-football-reference.com, espn.com) (Jefferson: 128 receptions (1st in NFL))
“category will hit on best record and Brandon kind of brought this up uh referencing the Packers it's it's amazing to me Brandon how you look at a year like last year and it's really closer than you'd think because you see the Rams won 12 games the Bucks won 13 games Dallas won 12 games a lot of 12 win teams but uh Green Bay ended up getting there yeah and this really this is a good example of what a lot of these bets are going to be this is not the place to bet the favorite necessarily Yeah, we know the Packers will be good, the Chiefs, the Bills, the Bucs. They're all very likely to win 11, 12, 13 games. The books know that. So the odds reflect that. So this is really not the way to go, especially because on one like this, like actually happened with our Packers last year, you can split. And then you lose even more part of your odds. So make sure to check the book where the odds might split and how that works out for you. You want to go with a longer team here. So I'm taking a longer shot. I like the Philadelphia Eagles, plus 2,000.”
The Philadelphia Eagles finished the 2022 regular season 14-3, tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for the best record in the NFL. Eagles are paid out as co-holders of best record. Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2022/index.htm
“but I don't love the Colts as much. Here's my rebuttal. Each year, we usually have a worst to first division winner. I've got an article coming on that. I like the Jaguars eight to one to possibly win the division. Now let's be fair. I don't love the Jaguars. I like them at eight to one. I don't like them just to beat the Colts straight up. But Jill, on the last podcast we”
The Jacksonville Jaguars won the 2022 AFC South division with a 9-8 record, defeating the Tennessee Titans in Week 18 to clinch the division title. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/jaguars-secure-afc-south-title-win-titans-texans-wild-card
“No, I'm going to just say straight up. Lions are going to be, again, the worst team in the NFL. Win total at six and a half is plus money. It's a plus 135 taking the under. that is i still can't get over that also just real quick thought on hard knocks too it's kind of bizarre they've avoided jared goff they haven't spent a lot of time on jared goff i don't know i don know if that a good thing or maybe the lions are being smart trying to protect him a little bit i can figure that one out but they haven hyped them up nor have they like tore them down or ripped into them Go ahead Brandon Just those are my thoughts on the Lions It's just, it's interesting. Yeah, I'm with you. The Lions have been the darling sleeper, and I feel like we're just a little overhyped at this point. So I could see the Lions taking this. I'm going to stay in the NFC. I'll take the Seahawks at plus 750.”
The Seattle Seahawks finished 9-8 and made the playoffs in 2022; the Chicago Bears (3-14) had the worst record. Seahawks did not have the worst record. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Seattle_Seahawks_season
“Brandon Anderson. you got to start at making or missing the playoffs what catches your eye well if gil's going to come after my team i'm going to have to come after his so i'm going with the dallas cowboys to miss the playoffs plus 240 look it's just an insane number that we can make the case against the cowboys but”
The Dallas Cowboys made the 2022 playoffs with a 12-5 record, winning the NFC East. They beat Tampa Bay in the Wild Card round before losing to the 49ers in the Divisional round. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Dallas_Cowboys_season
“Okay, moving along. We have some more in this category, making or missing the playoffs. Brandon's got one more pick and so does Jill. Yeah, I'm going to go with the Titans also to miss the playoffs. We talked about that division. We don't like that division very much. That's, I think, why we're both looking for a sleeper there. And part of that is that we're fading the Titans. Plus 118 to miss the playoffs.”
The Tennessee Titans missed the 2022 playoffs, finishing 7-10 after a seven-game losing streak to close the season; they were eliminated in Week 18 with a loss to the Jaguars. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Tennessee_Titans_season
“I have the Tennessee Titans as the AFC 12 seed right now. That is not even close to the playoffs. I have them projected at 7.4 wins. Their win total is at 9.5. So this is my favorite under on the board.”
Titans finished 2022 7-10 (7 wins), under the 9.5 line. (TEN 7-10)
“to unpack, a lot to digest, but we'll go Brandon Anderson first and then Jill Galant. I'll do Raiders last in the division plus 120. Cowboys to miss the playoffs plus 240. Those are ones you can bet the full unit on. Those are real bets, not these sprinkled long shots. And then my favorite long shot on here is that NFC North. Vikings, Packers, Lions, Bears, exact finish plus 1,000.”
2022 NFC North final order: 1st Vikings (13-4), 2nd Lions (9-8), 3rd Packers (8-9), 4th Bears (3-14). The pick required Vikings/Packers/Lions/Bears but Lions finished 2nd and Packers 3rd. Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2022/index.htm
“do 49ers 1 Rams 2 in their division plus 390”
2022 NFC West final order: 1st 49ers (13-4), 2nd Seahawks (9-8), 3rd Rams (5-12), 4th Cardinals. The pick required 49ers 1st/Rams 2nd but Seahawks finished 2nd and Rams 3rd. Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2022/index.htm
“Raiders to finish last in the division, plus 120.”
2022 AFC West final order: 1st Chiefs (14-3), 2nd Chargers (10-7), 3rd Raiders (6-11), 4th Broncos (5-12). The Raiders finished 3rd, not last; the Broncos finished last. Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2022/index.htm
“the points allowed so i like the giants here at 20 to 1 for that market okay brian what do you got yeah same one i'm gonna go with the lions plus 700 for detroit a bit of a more obvious pick”
The Detroit Lions did NOT allow the most points in the 2022 NFL regular season. Detroit allowed 413 points total, ranking them second-worst. The Chicago Bears led the league with 463 points allowed (27.2/g). Source: Pro-Football-Reference 2022 NFL team stats; search results confirming Bears at 463, Lions at 413. (DET 413 pts allowed (31st); CHI 463 pts allowed (32nd, most))
“I do have a long shot, but I want to hear what Brandon is thinking for first coach fire. Well, I'm going to go with our guy we love to bet against here at the Action Network podcast, the lonesome loser, Cliff Kingsbury, plus 900 in the Arizona Cardinals.”
Kliff Kingsbury was NOT the first coach fired in the 2022 NFL regular season. Matt Rhule of the Carolina Panthers was fired first on October 10, 2022. Kingsbury was fired on January 9, 2023, after the end of the season (4-13 record). Source: NFL.com, ESPN confirming Rhule fired Oct 10 2022; Kingsbury fired Jan 9 2023. (Rhule (CAR) fired first Oct 10 2022; Kingsbury fired Jan 9 2023 end of season)
“anyway for them. But now there's a narrative. Now it's like, man, Mahomes is still this good even without Tyreek Hill. You love the narrative. You love how good they are. Mahomes is great. My One hesitation, tough opening schedule. So you might be able to buy in a bit later, but really Kansas City's schedule is tough all year. It's been tough for years. It hasn't stopped them. I love my homes at plus 900.”
Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City Chiefs) won the 2022 AP NFL MVP award with 48 of 50 first-place votes, announced at NFL Honors on Feb 9 2023. Source: NFL.com (https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-wins-second-ap-nfl-most-valuable-player-award)
“How about a long shot from Brandon? Then we'll go to Jill. Yeah, I'll give you two quick hits real quick. And they're very similar cases. I want my long shot coming out of the NFC. That's where the conference is much more open. I've got similar cases. I like Hurts and I like Lance. Lance a little better because we're getting 4,040 to one there. It's a sophomore season leap. We've seen that from a lot of guys. Cal Shanahan gets the best out of his quarterbacks. We don't know what Trey Lance will be yet, but we've seen what he's done with Jimmy Garoppolo, with Kirk Cousins, with other guys in the past. He elevates them to those elite EPA type numbers. And if you can do that with Trey Lance and then add in the rushing, add in San Francisco as a threat to win the division, maybe come out of the NFC. I like that there. I like that, but actually a little better than Russell Wilson. I think it's a similar sort of case in the excitement factor, but you're second in the division instead of third. You've got a little less competition there. Jalen Hurts, a little bit more open division Again similar case Both these guys are going to add in the running stats So you get a little bit of a discount on the stats you need more of the Cam Newton Lamar Jackson type season And it effectively year two for him as well Since he started as a rookie he was at the easiest schedule Those are my two NFC sleepers So hurts at 25 to one Lance 40 to one. I like those for long shots. I like those picks too. Yeah. I'm”
Patrick Mahomes won the 2022 AP NFL MVP. Trey Lance did not win (suffered season-ending injury in Week 2 of 2022 season). Source: NFL.com (https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-wins-second-ap-nfl-most-valuable-player-award)
“How about a long shot from Brandon? Then we'll go to Jill. Yeah, I'll give you two quick hits real quick. And they're very similar cases. I want my long shot coming out of the NFC. That's where the conference is much more open. I've got similar cases. I like Hurts and I like Lance. Lance a little better because we're getting 4,040 to one there. It's a sophomore season leap. We've seen that from a lot of guys. Cal Shanahan gets the best out of his quarterbacks. We don't know what Trey Lance will be yet, but we've seen what he's done with Jimmy Garoppolo, with Kirk Cousins, with other guys in the past. He elevates them to those elite EPA type numbers. And if you can do that with Trey Lance and then add in the rushing, add in San Francisco as a threat to win the division, maybe come out of the NFC. I like that there. I like that, but actually a little better than Russell Wilson. I think it's a similar sort of case in the excitement factor, but you're second in the division instead of third. You've got a little less competition there. Jalen Hurts, a little bit more open division Again similar case Both these guys are going to add in the running stats So you get a little bit of a discount on the stats you need more of the Cam Newton Lamar Jackson type season And it effectively year two for him as well Since he started as a rookie he was at the easiest schedule Those are my two NFC sleepers So hurts at 25 to one Lance 40 to one. I like those for long shots. I like those picks too. Yeah. I'm”
Patrick Mahomes won the 2022 AP NFL MVP. Jalen Hurts finished second in voting. Source: Bleacher Report (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10065062-nfl-mvp-2022-23-award-winner-voting-results-and-twitter-reaction)
“So football outsiders loves Brees Hall. They compared him to a Dalvin Cook, LaDainian Tomlinson level of prospect. That also clues us into his all around usage. He's a receiver. He's a runner. He can get the touchdowns. He fits what a rookie of the year running back looks like. So 12 to one. I don't love it. I still want to get some other positions later on, but I'm going to start with Brees Hall.”
Garrett Wilson (New York Jets WR) won the 2022 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. Breece Hall did not win (suffered a torn ACL in Week 7 of the 2022 season). Source: NFL.com (https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-wr-garrett-wilson-named-ap-nfl-offensive-rookie-of-the-year-award)
“you've watched Hard Knocks. So you're in on Aiden Hutchinson. I am. Yeah. Aiden Hutchinson, number two pick in the draft. Five of the last 11 rookies of the year defensively were top three picks. That's about half of them. Hutchinson was the guy they weren't expected to go number one. He had 14 sacks last year. Hard knocks, you know, he's in the culture conversation already. Also, I noted too, the Big Ten has actually won five of the last six defensive rookies of the year. So I don't know if that's a thing. Maybe that's just noise, but certainly doesn't hurt my cause here. Plus 450. I don't bet a lot of favorites, but Aiden Hutchinson at 450. We know Trayvon Walker is raw, the number one pick. He might take some time. We know Kayvon Thibodeau, the other guy up there is injured and he's going to be out to start the year. But I think you can get any of those three guys. I wouldn't mind getting a couple of them, but I'll start with just Hutchinson alone at 450. I think he's a good one.”
Ahmad 'Sauce' Gardner (New York Jets CB) won the 2022 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Aidan Hutchinson finished second. Source: NFL.com (https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-cb-sauce-gardner-wins-ap-nfl-defensive-rookie-of-the-year)
“you looking in this market? Coach of the year. Yeah. So I want to sprinkle a few guys that fit my profile. I'm just looking for betting my sleepers here, basically. So I like Philadelphia, I like Minnesota and I like Denver. I'm going to just play all three of their coaches. Nick Sirianni in Philadelphia is a second year guy. Really transformed that team last year. Their offense in the middle of the year took a big leap. Jalen Hurts, we talked about earlier as a breakout guy. Eagles have the softest schedule in the league. I like them. Sorry, Jill, in the division with Tyron Smith injury, especially. So I like Philadelphia. Nick Sirianni is 20 to one.”
Brian Daboll (New York Giants) won the 2022 AP NFL Coach of the Year award. Nick Sirianni did not win. Source: NFL.com (https://www.nfl.com/news/giants-head-coach-brian-daboll-named-ap-nfl-coach-of-the-year-after-leading-big-)
“you looking in this market? Coach of the year. Yeah. So I want to sprinkle a few guys that fit my profile. I'm just looking for betting my sleepers here, basically. So I like Philadelphia, I like Minnesota and I like Denver. I'm going to just play all three of their coaches. Nick Sirianni in Philadelphia is a second year guy. Really transformed that team last year. Their offense in the middle of the year took a big leap. Jalen Hurts, we talked about earlier as a breakout guy. Eagles have the softest schedule in the league. I like them. Sorry, Jill, in the division with Tyron Smith injury, especially. So I like Philadelphia. Nick Sirianni is 20 to one. Kevin O'Connell, Minnesota, 20 to one as well.”
Brian Daboll (New York Giants) won the 2022 AP NFL Coach of the Year award. Kevin O'Connell did not win. Source: NFL.com (https://www.nfl.com/news/giants-head-coach-brian-daboll-named-ap-nfl-coach-of-the-year-after-leading-big-)
“you looking in this market? Coach of the year. Yeah. So I want to sprinkle a few guys that fit my profile. I'm just looking for betting my sleepers here, basically. So I like Philadelphia, I like Minnesota and I like Denver. I'm going to just play all three of their coaches. Nick Sirianni in Philadelphia is a second year guy. Really transformed that team last year. Their offense in the middle of the year took a big leap. Jalen Hurts, we talked about earlier as a breakout guy. Eagles have the softest schedule in the league. I like them. Sorry, Jill, in the division with Tyron Smith injury, especially. So I like Philadelphia. Nick Sirianni is 20 to one. Kevin O'Connell, Minnesota, 20 to one as well. Tougher division because you got Green Bay there, but we'll see what he can do with the offense. And then back to your Russell Wilson pick, Brandon. I like Nathaniel Hackett in Denver. If the Broncos do come out of that division, they've got that soft early start. He's at plus 1600. So you play all three of those together.”
Brian Daboll (NY Giants) won the 2022 AP NFL Coach of the Year award; Nathaniel Hackett was fired mid-season by Denver. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/giants-head-coach-brian-daboll-named-ap-nfl-coach-of-the-year-after-leading-big-
“The nibble I will take is a guy that if you follow last year, we had our Tom Brady MVP tickets, man, we were ready to cash. We had our 14 to one preseason on this podcast last year for MVP. We were the lead late in the year. It didn't come through for us, but Tom Brady. lead the NFL in yards and passing attempts and completions and touchdowns last year. And that is not a new thing. He was doing that the back half of the season the year before. Once they really opened the offense up, Tom Brady's going to have huge passing attempts. He's going to open it up. They've got the great receivers. He's 50 to one here. 50 to one is long enough for me to nibble, take a little bite.”
Justin Jefferson won the 2022 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year; Tom Brady did not win. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-wr-justin-jefferson-named-ap-nfl-offensive-player-of-the-year
“the sense, Brandon, that you're going to follow your criteria? I am. I'm going with the favorites here. And this is actually my favorite pick on the entire podcast here. I want to build a foundation on two guys that I think are the two best defenders in the league. It's Aaron Donald and it's TJ Watt. TJ Watt won it last year. He's led the league in sacks twice in a row. He's finished top three in this category three years in a row. Aaron Donald, Defensive Player of the Year finishes. Here's going backwards Third first fifth first first fourth second He finished top five and gotten votes every year He finished top three all but two of those years You got the retirement tour thing He the Super Bowl winner He could be the first defender ever to win four of these. People are talking about him as maybe one of the best defenders ever. We even have a little narrative award there. So Aaron Donald, T.J. Watt, if you shop around nine to one on both of those guys, those numbers are way too long. You grab both of those, you basically get plus 400 on a two-man position that are very likely to be two of the top three on the ballot at the end of the year. And I think that's a great way to set yourself up for success.”
Nick Bosa (San Francisco 49ers) won the 2022 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year; Aaron Donald did not win. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-de-nick-bosa-named-ap-nfl-defensive-player-of-the-year
“the sense, Brandon, that you're going to follow your criteria? I am. I'm going with the favorites here. And this is actually my favorite pick on the entire podcast here. I want to build a foundation on two guys that I think are the two best defenders in the league. It's Aaron Donald and it's TJ Watt. TJ Watt won it last year. He's led the league in sacks twice in a row. He's finished top three in this category three years in a row. Aaron Donald, Defensive Player of the Year finishes. Here's going backwards Third first fifth first first fourth second He finished top five and gotten votes every year He finished top three all but two of those years You got the retirement tour thing He the Super Bowl winner He could be the first defender ever to win four of these. People are talking about him as maybe one of the best defenders ever. We even have a little narrative award there. So Aaron Donald, T.J. Watt, if you shop around nine to one on both of those guys, those numbers are way too long. You grab both of those, you basically get plus 400 on a two-man position that are very likely to be two of the top three on the ballot at the end of the year. And I think that's a great way to set yourself up for success.”
Nick Bosa (San Francisco 49ers) won the 2022 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year; T.J. Watt did not win. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-de-nick-bosa-named-ap-nfl-defensive-player-of-the-year
“So where am I going? option D the third guy Chet Holmgren I still think Chet as a connection to John Hammond there makes a lot of sense that the guys at the Orlando Magic that know the team best still are very confident Chet being a strong fit for the team and here's the thing because all the movement has come in on Paulo and Jabari is still strong Chet has dropped and is now at plus 375 on win bet right now. So this is not me saying, I think Chet Holmgren is going to be the number one pick. Yeah, I think it's very possible. We only have implied odds that, what is that? I think 23%. We only need Chet to be the number one pick a third of the time in what is a three-horse race and a guy that many evaluators have at the top of the class. My MO on draft betting is bet on uncertainty. So as all the emotion comes in on one side, I'm taking, you know, where, where the tide has dropped on, I'm going to take chat and just kind of play my outs there. I think there's value on him. I think it's a good bet.”
Paolo Banchero (Duke) was selected No. 1 overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2022 NBA Draft on June 23, 2022. Chet Holmgren went No. 2 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. (ESPN, CBS News) (Banchero No. 1, Holmgren No. 2)
“I am fading the popular opinion right now. I'm taking Keegan Murray over five and a half draft position. I'm getting that at plus 190 at DraftKings right now.”
Keegan Murray was drafted No. 4 overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 2022 NBA Draft. Pick 4 is under 5.5 — the over 5.5 draft position bet loses. (CBS Sports, NBA.com) (Murray drafted No. 4)
“Benedict Matherin, you can get him at five to one right now to be the number five pick.”
Bennedict Mathurin was selected No. 6 overall by the Indiana Pacers in the 2022 NBA Draft, not No. 5. (CBS Sports, ESPN) (Mathurin drafted No. 6)
“Give me another one of your best bets. Yeah, I'll just add to that, too. Benedict Matherin, you can get him at five to one right now to be the number five pick. I had that at 10 to one a day ago in my in my betting mock draft. I think there's still value in a five to one there. He seems to be the other guy if they don't take Keegan Murray and keep the pick at number five. So I think that if you like that angle, that's a way to get a little more juice to it. My favorite prop on the board right now is Akshay Agbaje over 13 and a half. So here's the case. I like Agbaje. This is not a pick against or for the player's talent. I think Akbaji to number 14 to the Cleveland Cavs, I think that is a very strong fit for them.”
Ochai Agbaji was selected No. 14 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2022 NBA Draft. Pick 14 is over 13.5, so this bet wins. (Fear The Sword, NBA.com) (Agbaji drafted No. 14)
“that on the under. Yeah. So I like the AJ Griffin under. I'm glad you clarified that with it because the Knicks are at 11. That's what the position that has moved means that by taking the under, we now get the Knicks too. So I want to specify I, in my betting mock, I took AJ Griffin under 10 and a half because that what the line was and it was plus 210 that still available that at draft kings right now you can do that i like better the under 11 and a half even at plus 120 That at points but I losing the juice You know me Matt I don like to give away the value here So, you know, I really want the Knicks in the equation because of the things that you just said.”
AJ Griffin was drafted 16th overall by the Atlanta Hawks, which is over the 10.5 line. Source: Basketball-Reference / Wikipedia 2022 NBA Draft. (Griffin pick 16)
“And you've got one more. We've I think we each have one for the later round, a later first round. What's your later first round pick? And my last one, I'm fading Jaden Hardy. I'll take the over 23 and a half. Jaden Hardy is one of those G League Ignite guys this year.”
Jaden Hardy was drafted 37th overall by the Dallas Mavericks (2nd round), well over the 23.5 line. Source: NBA.com / ClutchPoints. (Hardy pick 37)
“in the series because they got home game one. I like the Warriors minus five at home for game one”
GS 112, DAL 87 — Golden State Warriors margin +25 vs line -5; covers.
“Luka is going to get better as the series goes on. He's going to find his numbers. I like Luka plus 210 at FanDuel to lead the series in points, rebounds, and assists per game. I think he has a good chance of doing that and he fills up the box score in a huge way.”
Luka averaged 32.0 pts / 9.2 reb / 6.0 ast (47.2 combined PRA) over the 5-game 2022 WCF, well clear of the next-best combined mark (Curry: 23.8/6.6/7.4 = 37.8); Luka led the series in points+rebounds+assists. (Doncic 32.0/9.2/6.0 (47.2 PRA) vs Curry 23.8/6.6/7.4 (37.8 PRA))
“brandon anderson you have specific thoughts on quarterbacks that's the position you want to talk about most on this episode and you have a thought on corral as well i do yeah i'm glad we started here this actually the under three and a half quarterbacks it might be my favorite bet on the entire slate today for me like i'm seeing that minus 250 at fan duel again i am not the guy to long minus number usually. But for me, this is kind of, I'm seeing this as I'm going to fund the rest of my goofy bets and long shot bets by making a little cash on this one.”
Only one quarterback (Kenny Pickett, pick 20 to Pittsburgh Steelers) was selected in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft on April 28, 2022. Under 3.5 QBs in round 1 cashes. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_NFL_draft (1 QB drafted in R1 (Pickett, pick 20))
“You can get Kenneth Walker to be the first running back off [11:15] the board at plus 280 at DraftKings.”
Kenneth Walker III was NOT the first running back drafted in the 2022 NFL Draft. Breece Hall was the first RB taken, at pick 36 overall (Round 2) by the New York Jets. Walker was selected 41st overall by the Seattle Seahawks. Source: https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/breece-hall-nfl-draft-running-back-iowa-state (Breece Hall first RB drafted (pick 36); Walker drafted pick 41)
“but cal hamilton you go top 10 picks for him at draft kings plus 135”
Kyle Hamilton was drafted #14 overall by the Baltimore Ravens, not in the top 10. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_NFL_draft (Kyle Hamilton: pick #14)
- Jameson Williams first WR drafted
- Malik Willis first QB drafted
“think. It's just good value. It feels like a good line for something that's honestly probably going to happen. Jameson Williams, I agree with you. I think that he has a good chance to go the top receiver. I want to chime in with, I guess it's a parlay, but it's available at FanDuel. So Jamison Williams to be the first receiver and Malik Willis to be the first quarterback. You can get that together at plus 350. To me, this is a bet on players, but it's also a bet on the direction the draft is going.”
Neither parlay leg hit: Drake London (Falcons, No. 8) was the first WR drafted and Kenny Pickett (Steelers, No. 20) was the first QB drafted in the 2022 NFL Draft, not Jameson Williams (No. 12) or Malik Willis (No. 86). (Both legs lost - Drake London first WR, Kenny Pickett first QB)
“Sauce Gardner to be the second cornerback drafted [33:37] is plus 400 at DraftKings.”
Sauce Gardner was the second cornerback drafted in Round 1. Derek Stingley Jr. went first at #3 (Houston Texans), and Gardner went second at #4 (New York Jets). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_NFL_draft (1st CB: Stingley #3; 2nd CB: Gardner #4)
“into coming on to the Action Hour podcast [5:19] and backing the Los Angeles Lakers plus 4,500 [5:24] to win the title.”
The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics 4-2 in the 2022 NBA Finals; the Los Angeles Lakers did not win the title (NBA.com).
“hard to close that gap so derosen under by the way is another bet i recommend there i playing two picks here I playing the third guy and the fourth guy So I like LeBron and Luka I going to play both of them to win for a scoring leader LeBron is at plus 310 at FanDuel.”
Joel Embiid won the 2021-22 NBA scoring title at 30.6 PPG; LeBron James did not qualify (56 games, below the 58-game minimum) and did not win (NBA.com).
“buckets. Let's start with Raheem. Of the guys available, we've got a wide disparity. You need to shop around for these events because as more books put these props up, we're probably going to get even better lines on these. We looked at DraftKings and FanDuel and we got a wide disparity here. The rookies are minus 160 at FanDuel, but they're plus 160 at DraftKings. Who do you like in the skills competition? The rookies feel like a mortal lock. When I look for the skills defense, I'm looking for guards who can make different plays. Scotty Barnes, and then you got two guards, Kay Cunningham and Josh Giddey. And when you look at team Antetokounmpo, you got three big guys, not a lot of finesse, not a lot of skill there. The Cavs, I mean, you got two bigs. FanDuel come up with an opinion on it at minus 165 versus DraftKings. I don't think they have a strong opinion. And I got to roll with FanDuel on this one. Obviously, I want to make the bet at DraftKings at plus 165, But I trust FanDuel's opinion on this, and I think we have the similar thought process. Brandon, what do you like for skills? I like the rookies. I agree at plus 160. I think that they are a lock to make the finals, and then you just have to hope you hit the three-point shot. We got a shooting round. We have a passing round. We have a relay. I like the rookies better at everything. They're the better shooting team, which it really says something when it's Giddy, Scotty, and Cade, and they're still clearly the better shooting team. They're a great passing team. They're going to handle a dribble. I think all the three teams will try. So I'm on the rookies as well.”
Team Cavs (Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley) won the 2022 NBA All-Star Skills Challenge, defeating Team Rooks in the final; Team Rooks did not win (NBA.com). (Team Rooks lost to Team Cavs in the final)
“They are obviously I think the best passers in this competition and I think they have the best shooting So we all in agreement here Shop around but you can find a plus number on the rookies Go ahead and grab that one Let talk about the dunk contest which is going to wrap up the night and yet no one's going to care about. It is a weird field this year. We've got Jalen Green is the favorite. He is coming in as a heavy favorite. Rookie, can I call him a sensation? I don't know if I can do it. I'm really mad about him losing me a whole bunch of money on Rookie of the Year. I'm real mad. but Jalen Green is the favorite at Fanduli's plus 170. You got Obi Toppin from the New York Knicks, Bing Bong at plus 200. You got Cole Anthony as a little guy trying to pull off the Bogues at plus 250. You got Juan Toscano Anderson from the Golden State Warriors at plus 500. Raheem thinks we should eliminate this event altogether, but Raheem, if you got a bet on this, who do you like? We're going to go with Obi Toppin. Look, this is his second dunk contest. He lost in the finals last year to Anthony Simons in a split decision. this probably is the best in-game dunker in the league right now. I mean, he has 75 dunks in 54 games with the Knicks. That's like half of his field goals. I mean, he's the tallest guy in the competition. He has the power with it. So I like him. I think he got robbed in the dunk contest last year. So let's roll with him plus 210. Yeah, I mean, he's going to have the most airtime, right? Like he's got the highest athleticism mark of any of these guys. Brandon, I think that you like one of the long shots. No, actually, I like the favorite here. I love Jalen Green. Green is, he's the airtime guy. He's the athleticism. Jalen Green is electric. He's going to be the guy that gets the crowd amped up. I don't buy the Obi Toppin hype. I remember nothing about Obi Toppin's dunk appearance last year, or really the dunk contest last year. I think it's for the best that way. Nobody got robbed. The fact that we gave someone a trophy and called him a winner, everyone won. This year, Jalen Green is going to be different. Jalen Green, he is a guy built to win a contest like this. I've seen him do high school dunk contests. I would take him against the field here. I see a plus 200 at DraftKings. I'd rather have Jalen and all the other three guys to combine.”
Obi Toppin won the 2022 NBA Slam Dunk Contest; Jalen Green did not win (NBA.com).
“The highlight of the night, obviously, is the three point contest. This has just become the marquee event in the NBA for Saturday night. It's a great field this year. We got Patty Mills is the favorite. We got Fred VanVleet, Trey Young, Desmond Bain, Zach Levine, Luke Kennard, CJ McCollum and Carl Anthony Towns, because we have to have a big man. Raheem, who do you like for the three-point contest? I'm really on Luke Kennard. I love him plus 600 here. This guy's from Ohio, and I say this all the time. I like the guys who make their living shooting and aren't the guys who are just necessarily scorers that just happen to be in a three-point shooting contest. Luke Kennard is a pure shooter. He's shooting 43% from three-point range, hasn't shot less than 39%. So to me, I'm rolling with this guy. If I'm not rolling with Luke Kennard, I'm rolling with Fred Van Vliet, but I'm really on Luke Kennard. Brandon, are we going to get an agreement on this? I like Luke Kennard as well. I like Kennard and Desmond Bain. Both those guys are 42% three-point shooters for their career. Both these guys, like these are pure shooters. These guys have been shooting the threes for a long time. I'm going to have a problem with the volume here. You can get Kennard at plus 600 at FanDuel, Bain plus 600 at DraftKings. Play them both. you basically get them at plus 300 versus the field for either Bain or Kennard to win. So those are my two picks. Matt, who do you like here?”
Karl-Anthony Towns won the 2022 NBA Three-Point Contest; Luke Kennard did not win (NBA.com).
“The highlight of the night, obviously, is the three point contest. This has just become the marquee event in the NBA for Saturday night. It's a great field this year. We got Patty Mills is the favorite. We got Fred VanVleet, Trey Young, Desmond Bain, Zach Levine, Luke Kennard, CJ McCollum and Carl Anthony Towns, because we have to have a big man. Raheem, who do you like for the three-point contest? I'm really on Luke Kennard. I love him plus 600 here. This guy's from Ohio, and I say this all the time. I like the guys who make their living shooting and aren't the guys who are just necessarily scorers that just happen to be in a three-point shooting contest. Luke Kennard is a pure shooter. He's shooting 43% from three-point range, hasn't shot less than 39%. So to me, I'm rolling with this guy. If I'm not rolling with Luke Kennard, I'm rolling with Fred Van Vliet, but I'm really on Luke Kennard. Brandon, are we going to get an agreement on this? I like Luke Kennard as well. I like Kennard and Desmond Bain. Both those guys are 42% three-point shooters for their career. Both these guys, like these are pure shooters. These guys have been shooting the threes for a long time. I'm going to have a problem with the volume here. You can get Kennard at plus 600 at FanDuel, Bain plus 600 at DraftKings. Play them both. you basically get them at plus 300 versus the field for either Bain or Kennard to win. So those are my two picks. Matt, who do you like here?”
Karl-Anthony Towns won the 2022 NBA Three-Point Contest; Desmond Bane did not win (NBA.com).
“Super Bowl 56 Cincinnati Bengals Los Angeles Rams the Rams are favored by four and a half at BetMGM four at other books I like the Rams I think that the Rams are just the better team here the rams by dvoa in the season were better on offense they're better on defense they're better on special teams and i think if you look at what we've seen in the playoffs so far that really is borne out as well the rams played the cardinals the bucks and the 49ers three other very quality teams teams that were really in the mix all season long and they were the better team they had a lot more yardage in most of those games they really controlled things most of the way outside of some bad bounces and kind of weird game scripts that happened these last couple weeks but they were the better team and the deserving team in all three of those if you look at the bangles i don know that they the deserving team that should be here Credit that they here They overcame it But I thought the Titans were a little bit better and gave the game away The Chiefs were much better and really gave that game away. So I just feel like the Rams are the better team. I especially dislike the matchup for the Bengals. Their O-line against that Rams pass rush. Aaron Donald, Von Miller, Leonard Floyd. We know we've talked about this a lot, Raheem. The Rams have the number one pass rush win rate on ESPN. They are going to be in that Cincinnati backfield all game. And we saw just last year in the Super Bowl, the quarterback, as good as Joe Burrow has been, can't be the same guy when you don't have time. And I just feel like the Rams defense is the big difference maker here. A lot of my other props are going to get into that. So we'll come back to that but i think the rams are the better team i think the rams are the deserving favorite here and clear favorites and the team that wins has usually covered this postseason the team that wins usually wins and covers in super bowl history if you look at the numbers stucky had a lot of good numbers on the action network podcast and on the favorites earlier this week so i like the rams i will take them to win and cover who do you got look for my super bowl pick i'm going with the”
CIN 20, LAR 23 — Los Angeles Rams margin +3 vs line -4.5; busts.
“All right So Super Bowl MVP I got the Rams. We know that the Super Bowl MVP comes from a winning team. In fact, I actually learned this last week that the media and the voters are told to vote for a player on the winning team. So no more losing team stuff. I need a Ram. And I'm not going with a favorite here. I don't like Matt Stafford to win this. I like Cooper Cup at 6-1 odds.”
Cooper Kupp was named Super Bowl LVI MVP after catching 8 passes for 92 yards and 2 TDs, including the game-winning score with 1:25 remaining in the Rams' 23-20 win, per NFL.com. (8 rec, 92 yds, 2 TD)
“us off with just a simple one. I like the Bengals first drive to end in a punt. Minus 115 on that one”
The Bengals' first drive resulted in a punt after a four-and-out — Joe Burrow's opening possession was stopped when Tyler Boyd dropped a pass on third-and-9, per Bleacher Report. (Bengals: punt on first drive)
“but I'm betting the first half under. [19:39] That is at 24.5.”
1H combined 23 (LAR 13, CIN 10); under 24.5 covers. (1H: LAR 13, CIN 10 (23 combined))
- Rams win first half won
- Rams win game closed -200 · CLV 0¢ won
“I like the Rams to get the double and win the first half and win the full game. [20:52] You can get that one for plus 120.”
Parlay cashes: Rams win first half — won; Rams win game — won.
“So I like Evan McPherson to go over 1.5 field goals. [24:43] That one is at minus 115.”
Evan McPherson made exactly 2 field goals in Super Bowl LVI (over 1.5 line), including a 38-yard attempt, in the Bengals' 23-20 loss, per ESPN box score. (McPherson: 2/2 FGs)
“Over three and a half combined in the game is plus 120. [25:18] I love that one.”
There were only 3 combined field goals in Super Bowl LVI (McPherson 2, Gay 1), falling short of the 3.5 over line, per ESPN box score and NFL.com. (3 total FGs (McPherson 2, Gay 1))
“I taking the second quarter over over 16 and a half in the second quarter”
KC 24, CIN 27 — Combined 51; over 16.5 covers.
“I'm on the Niners to cover. I'm on the Niners money line. I like Niners.”
LAR 20, SF 17 — San Francisco 49ers lost; moneyline busts.
“So you can get Kittle over 55 and a half yards at plus money right now.”
LAR 20, SF 17 — George Kittle: 27 receiving_yards vs over 55.5; busts. (George Kittle: 27 receiving_yards)
“these teams are going to put up some points but I think this line is getting up there to the point I think we were at six and a half We now at seven and a half I think you got to be looking at Bengals or pass I just think this is too many points The Bengals they proven that they can score back with the Chiefs and the Chiefs haven really proven it They can really stop this team So I'm leaning Bengals in the over. Yeah, I'm leaning the same way. That's the early pick that I turned in here.”
KC 24, CIN 27 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +3 vs line +7.5; covers.
“The Rams are three and a half point favorites, total at 46 and a half. The Niners money line, we got to point out, because we've been playing in the last two weeks, plus 155 on the money line. The Niners have been my team. I've been riding for three weeks in a row. The Niners have gone as underdogs and knocked off the Rams in week 18, Cowboys in the playoffs, Packers in the playoffs. Are the Niners going to keep it rolling and get another one here? Yeah, I think they keep it rolling here. Look, I mean, a lot's going to be made of this, but Kyle Shanahan is an underdog. We've spoken about it before. He's 25 and 17 against the spread, but he's absolutely dominated Sean McVay in this area. He's seven and three against the spread. And he's actually won six straight. Actually, no, he's seven and three straight up against Sean McVay. And he's won the last six matchups with the last four coming in a row as an underdog. So I think that's pretty huge for this team to know that they can go into Los Angeles and be able to beat this team. And Los Angeles doesn't really have a strong home foot advantage anyway. So I think you're going to see a lot of people from the Bay Area coming down. but the thing that stands out for me as far as this matchup when you get rid of the trends is that the san francisco 49ers they've been able to dominate on both sides of the ball in terms of the offensive line then the first matchup that they won earlier this year 31 10 they had 156 rushing yards and the second one is just the entire second half they ran the ball down their throat and it's just like they dominated the time of possession they had a 135 rushing yards and early on this season, Debo wasn't a thing. Elijah Mitchell wasn't a thing. And they proved that they can make it a thing. I just think the Rams, they can't run the ball. I think three and a half points is too much. And I think this is closer to a pick. You read off my notes, basically. That's everything that I think about that game. Yeah. The home field advantage that's being factored to the line here should not be a factor. Week 18, that was a home game for the Niners. There were loud, loud Niners fans cheering for their comeback as the Rams at home try to play for a division clincher. That's embarrassing. There's going to be Niners fans here. It's not going to be a home field advantage. I think that the metrics paint these teams as relative equals. So if there's not a real home field advantage and relative equals, I agree. It should be around a coin flip at that point. You said Shanahan seven and three in those games, the 49ers have been underdogs eight out of the 10 games. And he's still seven and three in these games. So I kind of teased this before, but sometimes you just have the right coaching matchup. And the way that the Shanahan running system goes, McVay and his defense just haven't been able to stop that. This year in eight quarters, basically the Niners have dominated for seven of the eight quarters. week 18 the Rams had a huge first quarter and then laid an egg the entire rest of the game the Niners actually almost doubled up the Rams and yardage they had 449 yards to 265 in that game and most of the 265 came that first quarter and no Trent Williams in that game so that that game wasn't as close as it looked it was 31 10 Niners favor in the previous matchup like you said six wins in a row I agree with the lines too the Rams offensive line I think it struggled a little bit we've seen Armstead and Bolsa how good they've been and we saw Stafford got sacked seven times in those two games this year on the other end as good as the Rams pressure was today against the Buccaneers the Niners offensive line is not the Bucs offensive line Trent Williams is not Donovan Smith I promise you that much and Trent Williams ain't gonna be in motion this game because he's gonna be eliminating Von Miller from the game for most of the time instead so I'm with you I'm fully in line the only thing for me is that the injuries do worry me a little bit I just I I want to wait it out and just I got burned a little by the Bucs this week being all in fading the Rams and then having to wait out the the Bucs injuries having to buy out a little bit so I mean look Garoppolo's injured playing through Kittle got hurt late Debo got hurt late Trent Williams is playing through injuries also was a question mark played through Fred Warner was a question mark that's basically the who's who of all the players that matter on this team and Jimmy Garoppolo. So I want to see who actually playing for this team but I definitely on the Niners I will be betting the Niners I be playing the Niners money line I got all the futures but I don even think I can hedge out of it because I just think this is the right matchup for San Fran here And the one advantage is that they have the same advantage that the Bengals have. They have an extra day. They played on Saturday. The Rams played on Sunday.”
LAR 20, SF 17 — San Francisco 49ers lost; moneyline busts.
“The other one I like that I mentioned was Titans first quarter. Minus one plus 100 on that one. I feel like the Titans are going to get off to a good lead there. Feel pretty good about that game. And I think that's a nice angle to take on it.”
The Bengals led the Titans 6-0 after the first quarter on January 22, 2022; Tennessee did not cover -1 in the first quarter (CBS Sports). (Q1: Bengals 6, Titans 0)
“divisional round best bets. Again, we've just talked about all these games. So what are your favorite picks or anything we just talked through? I think my favorite picks are the 49ers plus six and Moneyline. That's my favorite. I think the teaser to go with is the Rams. Tease that up through the key numbers. We get that around, what are they, like Rams plus nine. And then I think you get the Bills plus eight and a half. I really like that. So I think those are my favorite two. And I think I like to first have under 24 in the Buccaneers Rams game. But I think you want to wait for the offensive line injury news. But the creme de la creme for best this week is four Niners plus six That my favorite bet So if you want to add an extra unit to that you can do that Yeah we aligned on this one Niners cover Niners money line That my favorite too So that's definitely my top play.”
GB 10, SF 13 — San Francisco 49ers won; moneyline covers.
“just because I think that's a coin flip. So interestingly, the same angle you're taking is the angle I'm on. I'm just playing it differently. I'm back to the 49ers and it's because the, I like Niners plus 600 to get to the Superbowl, plus 1200 to win it. And it's the same angle though. I like the Niners matchups. The one matchup I didn't love for them looking ahead on this was potentially the Buccaneers. Now that all those injury popped up. I think the Bucs have not as strong of a chance to make the NFC championship game. I like the Niners against the Rams. You know, I prefer to play it at home, of course, but I like that matchup. The Niners have won six straight games against the Rams. That is a matchup that Shanahan has dominated. It's not just a coaching thing. It's a stylistic matchup. And the Niners just have the style that beats the Rams. The run game, they just get going that way.”
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in the NFC Championship Game on January 30, 2022; the 49ers did not reach Super Bowl LVI (ESPN). (Rams 20, 49ers 17)
“So interestingly, the same angle you're taking is the angle I'm on. I'm just playing it differently. I'm back to the 49ers and it's because the, I like Niners plus 600 to get to the Superbowl, plus 1200 to win it.”
The Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI 23-20; the 49ers were eliminated in the NFC Championship Game and did not reach the Super Bowl (ESPN). (49ers out in NFC Championship)
“the Niners for sure. I already got my bet in the app. I already got my pick out. This is my hot read. So I know I don't think you're doing an actual hot read pick right now as we're going through. I got my bet in on the Niners already. I grabbed the money line. I got a plus 185.”
GB 10, SF 13 — San Francisco 49ers won; moneyline covers.
“So I feel decent about the Cardinals plus three and a half. And I think you're right. If you play in the three and a half, like usual, it's usually a pretty good idea to sprinkle a little bit on the money line as well.”
LAR 34, ARI 11 — Arizona Cardinals margin -23 vs line +3.5; busts.
“Yeah, I'll take the Raiders five and a half.”
CIN 26, LV 19 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -7 vs line +5.5; busts.
“that we're seeing declining home foot advantage in the NFL. So five years ago, home foot advantage might've been worth three points for everybody. That's no longer the case. I think that's why you're seeing this spread come down. A lot of the sharp money is on the Raiders. There's a reason for it. And it's come hard and it's come early. honestly, I think even at plus five, five and a half, I think there's some value here. Yeah, I'll take the Raiders five and a half. I'm going to sprinkle the money line at 200 just because that's it implies that the Raiders only win this one and three times. I think that's low.”
CIN 26, LV 19 — Las Vegas Raiders lost; moneyline busts.
“Josh Allen, over 39 and a half rushing yards.”
BUF 47, NE 17 — Josh Allen: 66 rushing_yards vs over 39.5; covers. (Josh Allen: 66 rushing_yards)
“You can get the Patriots to win by one to six points at plus 430.”
The Buffalo Bills defeated the New England Patriots 47-17 on January 15, 2022 in the Wild Card round; the Patriots did not win the game by 1-6 points (ESPN). (Bills 47, Patriots 17)
- Buccaneers (teased) won
- Chiefs (teased) won
“I know this is not a typical teaser spot for you, so I want your opinion on it. So at 12 and a half, you tease that six points, you get under a touchdown. Now that you've just got to win by a touchdown, would you play that, or is this just not a good teaser number for you? I just can't do it, especially with the low total. like the total is only 46 and a half so i don't think you're leaving yourself a huge margin for error yeah i get it i'm not quite swayed i like it so let's get to our best bets here we covered every game again we'll do rams cardinals on sunday night a monday morning for you as you listen so one of my best bets i just i like the bucks chiefs teaser i like bucks and chiefs both just playing the number so i might actually just parlay the two of them anyways and just see if i can just get two better teams taking care of business against two teams that really shouldn't be here. But I think that the teaser, Fox to win by a field goal, Chiefs to win by a touchdown. I just really have a hard time figuring out how did that not happen? Like, what is the diagnosis of how we didn't get there? I have a hard time with it. I like the Patriots to win by one to six”
Teaser cashes: Buccaneers threshold — won; Chiefs threshold — won.
“I'm going to take the Bucs plus 800 to win the Super Bowl.”
The Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI 23-20 over the Cincinnati Bengals on February 13, 2022; Tampa Bay did not win the Super Bowl (ESPN). (Rams 23, Bengals 20)
“actually the 49ers. That's part of why I like the Niners futures here. I had them at plus 2,500 to win the NFC, plus 5,000 to win the Super Bowl. Heading into today, those numbers now at BetMGM are down to plus 1,400 to win the NFC, plus 2,500 Super Bowl. So I don't like the Super Bowl number there at plus 25 when you can get the 14 to 1 on NFC. I do still like that NFC number because that same thing we saw today, the Niners can run the ball and win the run game.”
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in the NFC Championship Game on January 30, 2022; the 49ers did not win the NFC (ESPN). (Rams 20, 49ers 17)
“I grabbed it at seven, seven and a half when it first came out. I think now it's at eight and a half or nine. I still like it. I like the Bucs. I don't think the Eagles have much of a chance and we know it's a run team. So once the Bucs do get their lead, this is not a team that is going to”
TB 31, PHI 15 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +16 vs line +7.5; covers.
“I got to take the Steelers here at plus six.”
BAL 13, PIT 16 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +3 vs line +6; covers.
“I can't wait too much of it here. So I think it's a good spot. One other one, but MGM is a prop up. So we know TJ Watt was a monster Monday night. four sacks against the Browns. He is at right now, I believe 21 and a half. He's played 14 games. So at BetMGM, you can bet, will a player break the sack record plus 165? T.J. Watt needs one to tie. That's not good enough. You got to break it. He needs one and a half sacks. I'm all over that plus 165. Last game earlier this season against the Ravens, T.J. Watt had three and a half sacks Last year he had three sacks in two games against them They don have a good line T Watt going to live in the backfield If the Steelers do go in especially with Deontay Johnson out it going to be because TJ Watt our new defensive player of the year which I told you about last week by the way he's going to get there. He's going to set that sack record. He only needs one and a half. If TJ Watt knows he needs one and a half sacks, he's got all game to do it. You're not stopping him from that. I love that prop. What do you think? That is a good prop. I like that. That's a roger one. I'm not mad at that.”
T.J. Watt finished Week 18 with 22.5 sacks, tying Michael Strahan's record but not breaking it; no player broke the single-season sack record in the 2021 NFL season (NFL.com). (22.5 sacks (tied record, did not break))
“I like the Seahawks at the Cardinals plus seven.”
ARI 30, SEA 38 — Seattle Seahawks margin +8 vs line +7; covers.
“All right, Week 18 Best Bets. Mostly we've got our best bets in those games we just talked about. We do like a few others here. I like the other NFC West matchup. I like the Seahawks at the Cardinals plus seven. Seattle is 12th in DVOA. Arizona is only 10th. So these teams, again, relatively equal. Seattle went six and 10 but 8 expected wins at football outsiders So this is a team that kind of played below their usual expectations Plus Seahawks Cardinals These are just weird games. We get weird, close, low, weird games that come close late. Eight of the last 11 or one square games. Last week, I bet the Cardinals. It was a buy low spot for Arizona, a sell high spot on Dallas. Now we're flipped. I think Arizona got that big national TV win. I think we're puffing them up a little bit too much. And also, there's a chance here if the Rams get a blowout win, the Cardinals really don't have any incentive to play, and they could call off the dogs too. So you've got a few angles here. I think it's a buy low, sell high on the cards, but I like Seahawks plus seven. I'm going to play the money line too. Yeah, I'm not mad at that at all.”
ARI 30, SEA 38 — Seattle Seahawks won; moneyline covers.
“I like the Falcons. Saints are dead last on EPA per play offensively over the last seven games. Last in the whole NFL. The Giants haven't played a quarterback for a few weeks, and the Saints are worse than the Giants still. The other thing, too, Taysom Hill, when he starts, the game has gone under seven out of eight games in his career, and he's played two games against the Falcons, too. He played them last year. So I like it when the total is that low at 40 and a half and you're looking under, then the five and a half here especially can be a bigger number too. So I'm with you on the Falcons. I'm going in for one more. That same angle you just said, picking one of these teams that's out of it, but just”
ATL 20, NO 30 — Atlanta Falcons margin -10 vs line +5.5; busts.
“I like the Texans against the Titans. Houston's at home, plus 10 and a half. Eight of the last 11 games in this rivalry has covered that number. So these games typically are close. It's division. That's how this goes. Again, I think it's a bit of a sell high spot for Tennessee. They beat Miami 34 to three. I wasn't really so convinced. They certainly deserved to win, but that wasn't a 34 to three game. They pulled away late before that their last five games for the Titans. They escaped Thursday night against the Niners had no business winning that game. And they had losses to New England, Pittsburgh, and hey, the Texans, they lost to this team by nine like a month ago. And now the line has flipped 20 points, basically, to win by double digits. Titans number 27 offense EPA during that stretch. There's a lot of trends that like the Texans here. 10-point or more home underdogs December and later are 32-18 against the spread, 64% cover rate. Titans are also on a two-game winning streak in the final game of the regular season. Teams that have won two or three in a row only cover 38% of the time. So I like the trends here. and at least the Texans keeping it close. I sort of feel like my gut says the Titans are going to get an ugly win and ugly their way into the one seed like they've been doing all season. I will sprinkle the money line just because it's a long number here, but I feel better about just the Texans cover. I think they'll hang around. But, yeah, I'm just going to keep betting against the Titans until they finally get knocked out. Yeah, I think this is an interesting game, and I think if you bet this, you want to grab this sooner rather than later because in the event that the Kansas City Chiefs”
HOU 25, TEN 28 — Houston Texans margin -3 vs line +10.5; covers.
“i playing the san francisco 49ers to win the nfc and to win the super bowl plus 2500 to win the”
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in the NFC Championship Game on January 30, 2022; the 49ers did not win the NFC (ESPN). (Rams 20, 49ers 17)
“I have a look ahead for you, though. It's a little different. I'm playing a future today. I kind of alluded to this earlier. My look ahead for you and you got up at this before Sunday That the key here because I think the odds drop i playing the san francisco 49ers to win the nfc and to win the super bowl plus 2500 to win the nfc plus 5000 to win the super bowl i want both because i don't think they're going to win the super bowl and i want a chance to kind of cash out and get get a win partially the way there here's what i like again with the nfc we talked about its matchup favor and you said it yourself”
The Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI 23-20 over the Cincinnati Bengals on February 13, 2022; the 49ers did not reach the Super Bowl (ESPN). (Rams 23, Bengals 20)
“the plus three and a half. I've got some Steelers money line already. It's basically a pick-em,”
PIT 26, CLE 14 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +12 vs line +3.5; covers.
“the plus three and a half. I've got some Steelers money line already. It's basically a pick-em,”
PIT 26, CLE 14 — Pittsburgh Steelers won; moneyline covers.
“And I just think this is the Bengals moment here I don know how this team is an underdog especially at the key number plus three Gave me the plus three Short road dog 67 against the spread on the season”
Browns beat the Bengals 21-16 in Week 18; Bengals lost by 5, more than the +3 they were getting. (CLE 21, CIN 16)
“I like the Falcons there. I'm going back to the AFC Northwell, back to the Steelers one more time for this one where he still is an underdog. Mike Tomlin, give me that rah-rah underdog at the Ravens plus five. The Ravens and Steelers both, I believe, can still make the playoffs, but I think it probably includes the Colts losing to the Jaguars and some other weird stuff.”
Steelers beat the Ravens 16-13 in overtime in Week 18, winning outright and easily covering +5. (PIT 16, BAL 13 (OT))
“It's too many points and it's just, it's the line has moved too much from what it was even a couple of weeks ago when these teams played Washington. We got to throw out a little bit of the recent numbers with the way that they've been missing their COVID guys. They're all back now. So I think it's the right number to play in a division game. Washington is still in the playoffs too, or in the hunt. So I like that one. I'm going to take a risky pick here. I'm going to go with Miami plus three and a half in Tennessee.”
TEN 34, MIA 3 — Miami Dolphins margin -31 vs line +3.5; busts.
“But I think the Jets are the better number here. My other best bet, I'm going with the Steelers, three and a half at home against the Browns. We talked about that one on the look ahead.”
PIT 26, CLE 14 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +12 vs line +3.5; covers.
“the Vikings are going to have a shot. So I'm going to take the seven plus 250 on the money line. I'm”
GB 37, MIN 10 — Minnesota Vikings margin -27 vs line +7; busts.
“I'm taking the Carolina Panthers plus 16 and a half in Tampa Bay,”
TB 41, CAR 17 — Carolina Panthers margin -24 vs line +16.5; busts.
“So the total is at 37 and a half. I love the under with Taysom Hill. Taysom Hill unders are six and a one in a lifetime when he starts because they're running the ball, they're chewing the clock, it's not happening. Now no Taysom Hill. So I was like, great, the under is out. except in our action lab since 2003, primetime games where the total is between 37 and 40, that's a very low number. So they're setting the total low, knowing we're not getting much scoring. Even when it's that low, primetime games, the under is 60, 39, and three since 2003. So 61% of the time hitting the under. I like the under here because it's not just that the Saints might struggle scoring. I'm not that much afraid of the Dolphins offense. The Saints defense has been very good. they just shut out Tom Brady a week ago. We saw that the Saints have been number four DVLA defense on the season number one against the run number six against the pass So I like the under And if you hoping for the Saints to win I think that the formula Something like we saw last week just no scoring And you hope that you eke out like a 12 to 9 win or something weird like that But I like the under here. What do you think about the under? I struggle with it just because the number is so low. Look, we're looking at an under of 37. and today's NFL, the way they're calling roughing the pass or penalties or pass interference, I can't go under on a total that's that low. I wish you the best. That's all I'm going to say. All right. Well, I will take it.”
NO 3, MIA 20 — Combined 23; under 37.5 covers.
“Well, actually, they're minus three now. It's tough to lay it at this spot. That's right where I'm at. Before the quarterback, that's why the line shifted so much. You know, we got a quarterback making his debut here. Let's be honest, though. So is Ian Book really worse than Trevor Simeon or Taysom Hill? We got a tight end playing quarterback for this team normally. So I think Ian Book will be all right. I don't care. I like the Dolphins a lot here. I love them. This was my favorite bet of the week before the line move. Miami plus three was my top play of the week. I was devastated to not get it because I'm done betting early. No more betting early. COVID is messing everything up. So I missed the spot this time to get the value. I'm with you, though. I still like Miami here. Here's a few numbers. last six weeks on EPA, points added Saints offense 31st in the NFL over the last six weeks. And that was with the quarterback that's played, by the way. They're barely ahead of the Giants for dead last in the NFL. During those same six weeks, guess who's the number one defense by EPA? Yep, Miami Dolphins. Number one defense, number one pass defense by far. Dolphins run defense, a little vulnerable during that time, bottom 10. And that's what the Saints like to do. They like to run, but they also been bottom 10 rushing attack with the ball during that time So it not just the quarterback missing here The other big misses are the two tackles for the Saints Teron Armstead is questionable at left tackle Ryan Ramzig is out in COVID protocol at right tackle. The strength of this team is its defense and its offensive line. And Remus in the bookends there. So here's what we got now. A quarterback who's never played. It's Monday night, Christmas weekend on prime time. and you got no blocking on either side against, oh, right, Brian Flores' defense who blitzes every chance they breathe. And for Ian Buck, this is a rough spot for my guy. He's going to be under pressure all game long in this one. You don't have any receivers in New Orleans. You don't really have much of anything on offense than Alvin Kamara. I just don't know how New Orleans is going to score here. Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing, I mean, in this situation. It's just, look, I mean, like I said before, The New Orleans Saints are just an up and down team. You never really know when they're going to show up. They only scored nine points last week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And it just so happens that the Buccaneers are a team whose number that they had, they've been able to put pressure on Tom Brady. But I really like Miami in this spot. I just don't know how you can go about laying the three in this spot. It's just, look, if a game opens three and you're laying three, you're not going to win too much long term. So I do think it's tough to do that. But if you've got to play anything, that's what you've got to play. Well, let me try to sell you on a total here. You know that you're normally more of a totals guy than me. But here's a trend I noticed in our action lab. So the total is at 37 and a half. I love the under with Taysom Hill. Taysom Hill unders are six and a one in a lifetime when he starts because they're running the ball, they're chewing the clock, it's not happening. Now no Taysom Hill. So I was like, great, the under is out. except in our action lab since 2003, primetime games where the total is between 37 and 40, that's a very low number. So they're setting the total low, knowing we're not getting much scoring. Even when it's that low, primetime games, the under is 60, 39, and three since 2003. So 61% of the time hitting the under. I like the under here because it's not just that the Saints might struggle scoring. I'm not that much afraid of the Dolphins offense. The Saints defense has been very good. they just shut out Tom Brady a week ago. We saw that the Saints have been number four DVLA defense on the season number one against the run number six against the pass So I like the under And if you hoping for the Saints to win I think that the formula Something like we saw last week just no scoring And you hope that you eke out like a 12 to 9 win or something weird like that But I like the under here. What do you think about the under? I struggle with it just because the number is so low. Look, we're looking at an under of 37. and today's NFL, the way they're calling roughing the pass or penalties or pass interference, I can't go under on a total that's that low. I wish you the best. That's all I'm going to say. All right. Well, I will take it. By the way, if you do like the Saints here, I think your angle is not just a Saints cover or money line. If you like New Orleans here to win, I think you play them to make the playoffs. New Orleans still plays. What is that? I think they got Carolina and Atlanta after this one. pretty soft schedule. Atlanta is in the mix here, but not really. They're dead last in DVOA. If the Saints get this win, these teams are both seven and seven. You want to be seven and seven in the NFC, not the AFC. Miami's still got a tough road ahead. Miami's got to play this game, then at Tennessee and then New England. So they're in trouble. If the Saints get this win without a quarterback, you're home against the Panthers, you go to Atlanta, the Saints might be a playoff team and they get the win here. So I'm not on it because I like the Dolphins. But if you do like New Orleans, I like playing them to make the playoffs. I'll take the under. I'll take the Dolphins. I still like the spot here for them. Yeah, it's not bad. I'm not mad at that at all.”
NO 3, MIA 20 — Miami Dolphins margin +17 vs line -3; covers.
“I'm going back to the well with like my 700th time this season I'm taking the Pittsburgh Steelers in an underdog spot it's Monday night next week Browns at Steelers Steelers I think should be favored here. They were favored coming into the day, and then they were absolutely terrible against the Chiefs. That didn't surprise me. The Steelers are not going to beat the Chiefs in Kansas City. Kansas City is a way better team. It's a bad spot, but Pittsburgh, they just lay an egg sometimes. It wasn't their day. Now it's a home underdog spot. They went from minus one this morning to plus three now at home. Mike Tomlin against the spread as an underdog after week five, 35, 13, and one against the spread. We keep saying it because it keeps hitting. And if you add in a home game, home underdog week five or forward, 12, two, and one against the spread for Mike Tomlin. This is a great spot. Cleveland's not good. Like Cleveland ran the ball. They should be able to run a lot on Pittsburgh. It's scary, but Pittsburgh finds a way in these home underdog spots. Kevin Stefanski is one in nine against the spread in the division. I have to take the trends. I have to take the Pittsburgh underdog spot here.”
PIT 26, CLE 14 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +12 vs line +3; covers.
“I would love to, for my second pick, I'd love to take the Eagles here at Washington. However, again, we're recording this during the Washington game, so we don't really know where that line's going to set up. Philadelphia just played Washington on that weird short midweek game. Dominated, like more than double them yardage. I know Washington was missing a lot of guys, but I've Eagles a lot there if you get that one at a field goal or less on the road. But since we don't know that one yet, I'll ugly it up with you. And I'm going to take the Detroit Lions plus nine in Seattle. What are we doing giving Seattle nine points at home? Come on. The Seahawks season is over. They're five and 10. Look at the last seven games of the season so far. Last seven games, Seattle is two and a five. They just lost at home to Matt Nagy and Nick Foles. They lost at home to them. The Lions during those same seven games have either won or tied or lost by one score in all but one of them. The Lions are hanging around. They're not getting blown out. They're showing up and biting kneecaps. And I think the Seahawks kneecaps are ready for biting in this one. So I'll take the Lions plus nine.”
SEA 51, DET 29 — Detroit Lions margin -22 vs line +9; busts.
“marquee wins still either both of these teams have been a bit unproven I like Buffalo better here and I like them again it's another one of those road dogs in addition we said road dog 68 percent cover. Division road dogs, even better. In the division, road underdogs this season, 20-7 against the spread, covering by almost a touchdown. Road underdogs under a touchdown, 18-9 straight up with a 77% ROI. So we got another one of those coming up, but I like that trend a lot for Buffalo. I got to take the two and a half here if you can get it, the two if you can.”
NE 21, BUF 33 — Buffalo Bills margin +12 vs line +2; covers.
“So at six and a half, I feel pretty good about the Bears here. Minnesota this entire century has won in Chicago by more than a field goal one time. It was last year against Nick Foles, and the Vikings still need a touchdown with five minutes left just to get over there. So the history here screams Chicago. plus six and a half plus 240 on the money line if you're not willing to bet it maybe you wait and live bet it rahim you've given the stat over and over again what's minnesota do they take the lead minnesota's led by six or more in every single game this season so if the vikings are already six and a half point favorites and take their early lead like they always do now you probably can get the bears at more than a touchdown underdog and just for the cover how do you feel about that one maybe going for the live i like i really like approaching that from a live angle i mean we've just seen time and time again this vikings team they can't consistently get stops but we all know kurt cousins in prime time you never want to bet kurt cousins in prime time look i mean i don't know why he struggles in prime time so much but for whatever reason he's just 8-17 straight up in primetime. Look, there's been 62 quarterbacks with more than 500 pass attempts in primetime. Among them, Kirk Cousins, 32-1 percentage is fourth worst among all quarterbacks. Only quarterbacks who are worse are Jeff George, 2-17, Andy Dalton, 6-18, and Jim Everett. I mean, Chris Everett. To quote the great Jim Rome, is eight and 18 so maybe you do want to wait for this to get seven and and or take a cheap by the seven and put a little something on the bears yeah look if you're playing this game on paper the vikings win because the vikings the last six weeks number two in epa offensively so very good for cousins on the season epa plus completion over expectation that has been top five the last four weeks. First quarter, he's number one among all quarterbacks in that stat for the season. And before you point out, fourth quarter is still top 10. He's still hanging around. Kirk has been good The Vikings offense has been good The Vikings should dominate both sides of the passing game here Passing defense should be able to shut down whatever is left of the Bears passing attack Passing offense should be able to attack a very beatable Bears secondary. On paper, Minnesota should be favored by six and a half and get this win, but Minnesota has not played any games on paper this season. They always find a way to get the lead and give it back, and in Chicago, they always find a way to let things stay close. So I actually I will play this one. I was teasing earlier. I'm a Vikings fan, but I have to take the bears here. The history screams out Chicago here. So I'm just debating on whether I will play it now or wait for that lead and hope that I get a little bit better line.”
CHI 9, MIN 17 — Chicago Bears margin -8 vs line +6.5; busts.
“this was one of my favorite spots, Seattle plus seven in that range. I still like it a lot here.”
LAR 20, SEA 10 — Seattle Seahawks margin -10 vs line +7; busts.
“Rams money. I like Seattle here. I think it's too many points. I think there's too much faith in the Rams right now. Before Monday Night Football, over the previous six weeks, the Rams ranked 31st in the NFL on EPA offensively. They were basically tied with the Texans as the worst offense in the league. And the Texans were extremely offensive during that stretch. I assure you the Rams were second to last passing EPA during that stretch too. So they've not been good. I don't know that one game against the Cardinals magically fixes everything for them. Russell Wilson for the season, number one EPA on early downs. He's looking a little healthier each week. he's going to miss Tyler Lockett. So that is a big hit here. But before all the news this week, this was one of my favorite spots, Seattle plus seven in that range. I still like it a lot here. Russell Wilson has an underdog 25 12 and two against the spread in his career 68 cover rate So he a guy that shows up Seattle not out of this yet Seattle has a real chance to win out here and I seeing plus 2400 at some books to make the playoffs I already got my money in on that one it's a long shot but I don't think it's a 24 to 1 long shot the NFC race is open Russell Wilson's playing well if they get this game here they've got a real chance to close out strong and maybe still get into nine and eight and nine and eight gives you shot in the NFC. So I like Seattle here. I'm going to play the money line as well. Are you going to play the money line or stick with the cover? I'm going to stick with the cover, but I agree with you. I do think they're alive to possibly make the playoffs at this point. So I do”
LAR 20, SEA 10 — Seattle Seahawks lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going to take the Atlanta Falcons minus four and a half at home”
ATL 20, DET 16 — Atlanta Falcons margin +4 vs line -4.5; busts.
“I'm going to play New England. I feel pretty good about this one. I think it's the better team. Indianapolis is very good, but the Colts are the better team. They're the better defense. And they got the better coach who just had an extra week to prepare. So I like Patriots plus two and a half. I like the T's with them if you prefer that way. Plus 125 in the money line. I think those are all in play here.”
IND 27, NE 17 — New England Patriots margin -10 vs line +2.5; busts.
“The play I think that is in play is that I think the Patriots over team total 23 and a half. I think that could possibly hit because Indianapolis' run defense isn't really dominant. So I think the Patriots are going to be able to run the ball. And I think this has some shootout potential. I think we could see a little bit of a higher scoring game than people would think. So I actually like the little team total over, but I think it's something that the Patriots can definitely hit.”
The New England Patriots scored 17 points in their 27-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on December 18, 2021 (Week 15). 17 does not exceed the team total over of 23.5. Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401326540 (Patriots 17, Colts 27)
“So grab the Steelers plus two if you can get it out there still.”
PIT 19, TEN 13 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +6 vs line +2; covers.
“I'm going to take the New Orleans Saints plus 11 on the road at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.”
TB 0, NO 9 — New Orleans Saints margin +9 vs line +11; covers.
“But I'm going to sprinkle the money line as well. Plus 400. I think the Saints have better than a”
TB 0, NO 9 — New Orleans Saints won; moneyline covers.
“So I'm going with the Jags plus one and a half. Honestly, I won't be surprised if they close as a favorite.”
NYJ 26, JAX 21 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -5 vs line +1.5; busts.
“four and a half come on don't be crazy here i gotta take the points and chicago at home against”
CHI 9, MIN 17 — Chicago Bears margin -8 vs line +4.5; busts.
“So I like San Francisco. and you know we'll see what happens yeah I'm with you on San Francisco I still like them at minus one I think there's still a lot of value there also the Bengals have been a little over committed to the run game and their run game really hasn been super successful in recent weeks and San Francisco run defense has been one of the best in leagues in this stretch as well so especially with that burrow injury more likely to try to run the ball keep that you know electric lately Niners offense off the field I'm not sure if that's going to work and the Bengals aren't getting those big plays anymore the chunk plays down the field I know this line is at minus one it feels to me like this game might not actually be close. Like the Niners could just really put their imprint on this game and run away with that. So we're both on the Niners there.”
CIN 23, SF 26 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line -1; covers.
“in denver and i like the broncos here so i'm going to grab it at plus three because i don't know if”
DEN 10, CIN 15 — Denver Broncos margin -5 vs line +3; busts.
“I'm going to start out with the pick that I already made on the look ahead a couple days ago. I'm going to stick with the 49ers on the road in Cincinnati. plus one and a half now, still underdogs right now. I don't think it's going to be that way for long.”
CIN 23, SF 26 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line +1.5; covers.
“I'm going to go for my other hot read pick. I'm going to go with the game that I know that you and I will talk more about on Friday when we review it. But I'm going to grab the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home minus three against the Buffalo Bills. I think the Bucs are better.”
TB 33, BUF 27 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +6 vs line -3; covers.
“I like the Chargers. You like the Chargers. I'm going to play the money line. Are you playing money line too or just sticking with the spread?”
CIN 22, LAC 41 — Los Angeles Chargers won; moneyline covers.
“Pittsburgh right now. That's why we have to play them in the spot. So I'm on the four and a half. I'm on the money line plus 180 I'm seeing out there. I'm assuming you are again on the spread, but not the money line here.”
PIT 20, BAL 19 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +1 vs line +4.5; covers.
“Pittsburgh right now. That's why we have to play them in the spot. So I'm on the four and a half. I'm on the money line plus 180 I'm seeing out there. I'm assuming you are again on the spread, but not the money line here.”
PIT 20, BAL 19 — Pittsburgh Steelers won; moneyline covers.
“You got to like the underdog. So I'm on Seattle three and a half. Again, I'm going to take the money line. Keep going with the trend here, plus 150.”
SEA 30, SF 23 — Seattle Seahawks margin +7 vs line +3.5; covers.
“You got to like the underdog. So I'm on Seattle three and a half. Again, I'm going to take the money line. Keep going with the trend here, plus 150.”
SEA 30, SF 23 — Seattle Seahawks won; moneyline covers.
“Otherwise, the MVP over the last decade has been number one in EPA eight of the nine years and they've been top three in EPA plus completion overexpected all nine years and number one, six of the time. So here's my question, Raheem. Do you know what quarterback so far this season is number one in both EPA and completion overexpected? I'm going to guess that it's probably Kyler Murray. It is Kyler Murray, and that's my play here. So you can get him at 13 to one. And I know it's an unprecedented sort of MVP.”
Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers won the 2021 AP NFL MVP award for the second consecutive year, not Kyler Murray. Rodgers received 39 of 50 votes. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-named-2021-ap-nfl-mvp
“I'm going to go with the 49ers on the road, plus two in Cincinnati.”
CIN 23, SF 26 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line +2; covers.
“Don't wait around though. Cause I don't think you're going to hit that plus three by the time that we get to. Yeah. That plus three won't be there at all. probably you're going to see a lot of sharp money on New England Patriots this week. Jump on New England now because that line will not be there.”
BUF 10, NE 14 — New England Patriots margin +4 vs line +3; covers.
“So Patriots, give me that underdogs on the road. I'm going to take the money line, too. I already put both of them into the Action Network app.”
BUF 10, NE 14 — New England Patriots won; moneyline covers.
“Here's my other one. Terry McLaurin, I think you'd have a really big game in this game. Seattle's pass defense, very beatable. Their cornerbacks are banged up. So I'm going to do Terry McLaurin, 100 yards and a touchdown, plus 630. He's done that four times already this year.”
Terry McLaurin had 4 receptions for 51 yards and no touchdowns in Washington's 17-15 win over Seattle on Nov 29, 2021. He did not reach 100 receiving yards. Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202111290was.htm (McLaurin: 4 rec, 51 yds, 0 TD)
“the Bucs last year. So I know it's a little crazy. I'm taking the mystique. I'm taking the Giants to get the cover here. We know Danny Jones is a big cover guy on the road. I'm just going to take the mystique. I'm throwing out all the rest of the logic. I know what the Bucs can do. I know the Bucs certainly could come out and win by like 30 in this game. I'm going to take the Giants plus 10 and a half.”
TB 30, NYG 10 — New York Giants margin -20 vs line +10.5; busts.
“So we are getting some hot reads here. I know that you and I both our favorite pick of the week are the same picks that we gave out on the look ahead But we want you the listeners to know that we are doubling down on it So you on the Vikings I on the Vikings I'm letting you have this one. Tell me why Minnesota is still your favorite hot read. Look, my model makes this game closer to a pick them than the two and a half that's in the market right now. I have so much respect for this Vikings team. They can run the ball. They can pass the ball. the defense has been putting it together also as always what do you want to do when you're playing the 49ers you want to fade Kyle Shanahan as a as a favorite he hasn't been great as a favorite so I'm fading them in that that spot this 49er secondary is still leaking I don't expect him to be able to slow down Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen so at plus two and a half I think this is a positive expected value proposition yeah I agree I let you have the Vikings I'm gonna look ahead them letting you have them here but I am backing them all the way and I don't always back the Vikings as you know but short road dog trends that favors Minnesota the other thing too the Niners past defense has not been great this year Justin Jefferson is going to light those guys up if they keep throwing it to him the way that they have been and I can't believe that the Vikings go out and beat the Packers and look so good on offense and this line actually like moves slightly away from them here. I think it's an overreaction to the Niners, you know, so they beat the Jaguars. Like it's Urban Meyer. Well, what, who cares? Like, what are we really making of that? Like”
SF 34, MIN 26 — Minnesota Vikings margin -8 vs line +2.5; busts.
“So we're both on the Vikings. My other pick that I gave out on the look ahead last week was the Eagles and same thing. I'm, I'm coming back Eagles. I'm still seeing some two and a half, a 2.5 favorite at New York Giants. I don't understand.”
NYG 13, PHI 7 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -6 vs line -2.5; busts.
“and if you're the Bucs on Monday night or the Packers in this game, you don't want to be slipping down to that four seed. Otherwise, you have by far, like that's the marquee round one playoff game is whoever the NFC five seed is playing. So it's a big game. I'm excited for it. I don't have a great read on it, but I can't wait to watch. I am going back to the well that we've gone to often this season. I'm going to stay in Pennsylvania. I'm taking the Steelers on the road in another underdog spot. They're plus four and a half, plus four at some books against the Bengals. Look, Big Ben is 24 and nine against the Bengals In our BetLab system he 12 and four against the spread as far back as we have it for them So I just think I can believe that the Bengals are favored by so much I know that there's a lot of injury question marks with the Steelers. The line is banged up. Nadja Harris left with a concussion and came back, and I think he's fine. Minka Fitzpatrick is in COVID protocol, but he should be cleared by then. I don't know that T.J. Watt will play. He probably won't, I would guess. And, you know, the Steelers' defense wasn't great tonight. We talked about how well the charges look, but this is the Mike Tomlin thing. 67% cover rate as an underdog. Almost half of the, over half the games, he's won straight up as a dog. Just look what we saw tonight. They find a way. They make those wonky plays or tip drills or whatever. Big Ben actually kind of looked decent tonight. And I think the Bengals, it's an overreaction. They beat the Raiders. So it kind of falling apart lately. And they don't look good at all out of the bye week. and the Bengals really were kind of close until pulling away late. So I don't know that I'd even make the Bengals favorite at all here. Certainly when you're getting over a field goal, I think this is insane. So it's another Steelers underdog spot. I got to grab them again. When I look at the numbers in terms of power rating rankings, I pretty much have these teams the same.”
CIN 41, PIT 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -31 vs line +4.5; busts.
“Get that bed in right before you get the kickoff there. All right, last one. Thursday night, before you head out and do your Black Friday shopping, the Buffalo Bills are four-point favorites on the road in New Orleans, taking on the Saints. Bills looking to bounce back, although I guess every team on Thanksgiving is looking to bounce back. So, Reem, do you like Buffalo on the road here, or do you think New Orleans holds sport at home? I think this is the ideal buy-low spot for Buffalo. As much as I trashed their defense earlier they were playing Frank Wright in this Colts offense which you know really has played well over the last month month and a half since Carson Wentz you know recovered from COVID My biggest thing is that I think Trevor Simeon is a real issue for this Saints team. I thought we would see more Taysom Hill. I want to see the injury report because in this Eagles game, they were missing a ton of linemen. They were missing Alva Camara. So that's going to be big for this matchup. I'm leaning Buffalo here. Yeah, I like Buffalo here a lot, especially because the short week, you know, we've missed Kamara now a couple games. You have to think he's unlikely to go on a short week again. And yeah, Buffalo, their defense looked really bad today. The Colts are pretty good, though. The Saints offense is not the Colts offense. And much as we can dump on my guy, Carson Wentz, Trevor Simeon is not Carson Wentz. So we're seeing lately why Trevor Simeon is a journeyman and why he was the third string guy. So I just, I feel like if I'm Buffalo, I love them playing on Thanksgiving. I got embarrassed. It's a terrible game. I looked awful against Indianapolis. Get me back out on the field. Let me shut up those podcasters saying that we're frauds and overrated. And we're not like this. Get me on the field. Let my defense be awesome again. And I think the Buffalo defense is going to make a statement here. So I think it's an under two, 46 and a half seems pretty high for the Saints are good defense. I don't think the Bills are going to necessarily put up a huge number, but I don't think the Saints score very much here. The Bills had number one DVOA defense, Saints number six. The Bills, I think, were getting a little value with them getting blown out today. So I think the line really, if you were a little more distance, I think you'd put the line closer to a touchdown than to a field goal. So, yeah, I like Buffalo a lot here. I think they're the team that I feel best about among these Thanksgiving teams. And again we know that favorites in the night games have done well and non matchup favorites do well on Thursdays too So I think it a good spot for Buffalo Yeah I agree with you I think that probably my strongest pick of the day because I think the other ones they can probably go either way You never really want to lay three and a half points with the Bears.”
NO 6, BUF 31 — Buffalo Bills margin +25 vs line -4; covers.
“So I'm Cowboys plus two and a half. What is your best play on this one?”
KC 19, DAL 9 — Dallas Cowboys margin -10 vs line +2.5; busts.
“My best bet, first one here, my favorite play of the week is the Annapolis Colts. Another one we talked about on the hot read. Colts plus seven and a half in Buffalo.”
BUF 15, IND 41 — Indianapolis Colts margin +26 vs line +7.5; covers.
“I love the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday night on the road in Los Angeles playing the Chargers. Right now it's at plus five and a half because we don't really know.”
LAC 41, PIT 37 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -4 vs line +5.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings, plus two and a half, San Francisco 49ers”
SF 34, MIN 26 — Minnesota Vikings margin -8 vs line +2.5; busts.
“my first hot read here, I'm going to go with the Carolina Panthers at home to Washington football team. I'm going to take the Panthers as two and a half point favorites, grabbing that one before it gets to the three or past.”
CAR 21, WSH 27 — Carolina Panthers margin -6 vs line -2.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Indianapolis Colts plus seven in Buffalo.”
BUF 15, IND 41 — Indianapolis Colts margin +26 vs line +7; covers.
“at the end. So especially before it drops to three or lower, I definitely want to get the hook. I want to get this above a field goal because like Seattle, even when they lose so often, loses just one of those like close late games. So many of their games come down late either way. So I like Seattle a lot here. I think even more than you, just because I'm assuming Rogers basically plays and is fine. And I still love Seattle here. I'm a little bummed. I didn't take them at plus five. I was kind of waiting out the news and that was a bad decision because the news was only going to ever move it towards Seattle once Russell Wilson was cleared. But plus three and a half, I'm seeing plus 160 on the money line. I'm assuming that you might like Seattle”
GB 17, SEA 0 — Seattle Seahawks margin -17 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I definitely am on the Saints here and I definitely taking it at the three. I don't want to lose the hook there.”
TEN 23, NO 21 — New Orleans Saints margin -2 vs line +3; covers.
“I going to go with Colts minus 10 against the Jaguars I talked about this one already I think on the hot read I just think this is a great spot for the Colts”
IND 23, JAX 17 — Indianapolis Colts margin +6 vs line -10; busts.
“So I think you might get some closing line value, but I'm not sure it's going to work out for you anyways because of all the reasons you said. So I understand going with the Jaguars. I think an underdog as well. Another team that you and I have picked against recently and often I'm taking the Pittsburgh Steelers next week, Sunday night in Los Angeles to face the Chargers. Pittsburgh is plus three and a half right now. It's a game that I think is going to be close closer to a coin flip than it is a plus three and a half. So I want it before the hook Pittsburgh faces the Lions this week. That might be ugly either way. It probably will be ugly, but it could be an easy Pittsburgh win the charges play the Vikings. I know you like the Vikings There a chance that the charges lose that one I think this line easily could go to three or under three Mike Tomlin as an underdog great in that spot Najee Harris running the ball against this rough defense. Him in Los Angeles, it's going to be a home game for Pittsburgh. That stadium is going to be Steelers fans. Sunday night, I just think it's going to be a great spot for Tomlin. And rah-rah Tomlin is underdog. So I like Pittsburgh plus three and a half. What do thing about that one yeah i like that one i i think pittsburgh is an underdog it's it's just”
LAC 41, PIT 37 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -4 vs line +3.5; busts.
“So let's get into the division odds. We've got four divisions that you want to break down. So let's go with the NFC West. What are you thinking here? I know we got the Cardinals at minus 185 and the Rams at plus 195. Who are you giving the edge here? So I tried to go crazy here. You know, I love my long shots. I try to talk myself into the Seahawks. I'm seeing them at plus 6,600 at BetMGM, our official odds provider, of course, as always. So I can't get there. The Seahawks are three and five. They basically have to win out. And even though Russell Wilson is back, it's tough. They play the Packers, the Niners. They still play the Cardinals twice. I don't think the Seahawks have some playoff good opportunity to me though Cardinals Rams I just think it's close to a coin flip I I still trust the Rams a little better I'm coming around on the Cardinals Arizona did beat the Rams and they host the Rams the next time around so you if you're betting on the Rams almost certainly the Rams have to win that game in Arizona as an underdog so I like the Rams here Here's my question. Am I better off taking the plus 195 if I think this is near a coin flip?”
The LA Rams won the 2021 NFC West division title with a 12-5 record. Source: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/2021-nfc-west-standings (Rams 12-5)
“I'm going back to Tom Brady. I know, I know. It's all Tom Brady from me. Tom is on pace for 5,600 yards and 53 touchdowns and that included that monsoon game early in the season and it included the game where he had no touchdowns as well he still is leading all the stats for quarterbacks he's going to have all the wins he's on pace for 53 touchdowns he's got five of his eight games so far with at least four touchdown passes they have all those red zone weapons like if you're looking at somebody else a Lamar Jackson someone you're needing a touchdown spike. Tom doesn't need a touchdown spike. Like he's just his whole time with the Bucs. He's throwing three, four or five touchdowns week after week. We've seen that a season and a half now. So I bet this last week, I wanted to write about it and ran out of time and I was like, oh, well, they're on a bye week anyways. It's fine. His number won't really shift. I got it at 40 to one last week. I think that's insane. We have a dude on pace for 5,653 touchdowns at 40 to one to win offensive player of the year. That line has moved a little bit, but I'm still seeing at 25 to one, 30 to one. I think that's the guy to bet.”
Cooper Kupp of the LA Rams won the 2021 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year award, not Tom Brady. Kupp had 145 catches for 1,947 yards and 16 TDs. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/rams-wr-cooper-kupp-named-2021-ap-nfl-offensive-player-of-the-year
“go with the Bears. Yeah, I like the Bears here. I think that the matchup sort of favors them a little bit. The Bears have been not so good against the run on defense, but Pittsburgh can't run the ball that well. Their line still hasn't been blocking. Pittsburgh is elite pass defense. Chicago can't really pass anyway, so that's not really that big of a deal. I think the Bears will run the ball. Montgomery looks like he might be back for this game, so that'd be big for Chicago. They've been running well. Fields, I think, had his best game last week as a pro. So, yeah, I just think seven points is just too much.”
PIT 29, CHI 27 — Chicago Bears margin -2 vs line +7; covers.
“I'm going to go with the Colts at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars. 10.5-point favorites. Indianapolis is right back in the exact same spot that they were this week. They were double-digit favorites against the Jets. The Jets were coming off this huge upset win and then just came and it's like the line was not as high as it should have been because we'd just seen this big upset win. So I think that's the case with the Jags, too, after beating the Bills. I think this line is going to end up getting closer to two touchdowns by the time we get to kickoff.”
IND 23, JAX 17 — Indianapolis Colts margin +6 vs line -10.5; busts.
“on my last pick here, but I know that you're going to like it because this was your pick on Friday. I'm going to back you here. The Detroit Lions on the road in Pittsburgh, nine and a half point favorites right now. I'm betting that one Monday before the Monday night game. Look, we just talked about the Steelers. Pittsburgh's offense is just not playing well right now. They're not scoring a lot of points. They should not be basically double digit favorites against anyone right now.”
PIT 16, DET 16 — Detroit Lions margin +0 vs line +9.5; covers.
“I'm going to go first on this one because as we just talked about the Raiders, both of us not really believing in them. I'm going to believe in the Raiders. So the Raiders are two and a half point favorites in New York facing the Giants. We just talked a lot about the Giants. Giants aren't good. The Raiders might not be great.”
NYG 23, LV 16 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -7 vs line -2.5; busts.
“the Patriots here especially if you can get that two and a half number so I'm going to back you on another one on Friday on our look ahead you took the Texans I wasn't quite ready to go to ride with Houston yet. They're in Miami giving a touchdown right now, full seven. I'm ready to take them. So here's the reason. And it's two words, one name, Terod Taylor. We think he should be back next week. I thought he might be back this week. I thought he might be back last week when I bet Houston plus a thousand against the Cardinals and then got crushed when Davis Mills couldn't score. This is a play on Terod Taylor. They're just so much better with them. They've scored almost the mini point tell that garbage time today It scored more points with Todd Taylor in one and a half games than that with Davis Mills in six and a half games So Houston the soft spot on the team especially as the run defense Miami can run the ball They're near the bottom of the league in DVOA rushing. There's a trend here that's pretty massive, too. If you get a team week five or later, so once we've really established and their average margin per game is minus 14 or worse. So that's the Texans here. They're obviously in rough shape, minus 15.3 right now. Those teams are getting way underrated in the books. Those teams are 94 and 48 against the spread. 66%, so that's two out of three are covering there. So I like Houston here. If Terod Taylor plays, I think it could be an upset special possibility. We'll see about that. I would make this line maybe closer to four or something with Taylor in the lineup. So I think there's maybe a field goal of value here, especially if Taylor does get clear in the lineup. I do think the line will move toward Houston. So you gave this one on Friday. I'm just doubling down. We're both on Houston for the week. Let's go Texans.”
MIA 17, HOU 9 — Houston Texans margin -8 vs line +7; busts.
“This week, I am going with Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. They are on the road in Los Angeles to play the Chargers. Patriots are five or five and a half point underdogs, depending on where you're looking. The money line's coming off around plus 190.”
LAC 24, NE 27 — New England Patriots won; moneyline covers.
“I like Jameis at home. I like the Saints at home. I don't like the Bucs on the road, and I don't like the Bucs in this matchup. So plus 210, I like that number here. I think the Saints have easily a better. That's like an implied 31% chance to get the win. I think the Saints are higher than that.”
NO 36, TB 27 — New Orleans Saints won; moneyline covers.
“I am going with New England on the road in Carolina. The Patriots are minus one and a half right now.”
CAR 6, NE 24 — New England Patriots margin +18 vs line -1.5; covers.
“you're good yeah i like that and i i'm gonna do one that we talked about on sunday as well i'm gonna grab a future this week i'm taking some jamar chase rookie of the year stock we talked about that on sunday and the line has actually moved against him he is plus odds right now to win rookie of the year plus 105 at bet mgm i've seen him plus 110 at some books jamar chase is killing”
Ja'Marr Chase won the 2021 AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. He finished with 81 catches for 1,455 yards and 13 TDs. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/bengals-wr-ja-marr-chase-named-2021-ap-offensive-rookie-of-the-year (81 rec, 1,455 yds, 13 TD)
“everything is in play so to me that's the reason that I gotta take the Seahawks here it's just a numbers play four and a half is a lot of points I'm gonna nibble a little bit on the plus 195 I definitely don't like the Seahawks I don't like that I keep playing them but the numbers force me to here at plus 195 basically you're saying that the Seahawks only have to win this”
SEA 10, NO 13 — Seattle Seahawks lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going to go with the Green Bay Packers plus three and a half in Arizona.”
ARI 21, GB 24 — Green Bay Packers margin +3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“think on three straight podcasts now i'm gonna make the exact same pick can city chiefs at the Titans. This line right now is at four and a half.”
TEN 27, KC 3 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -24 vs line -4.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Indianapolis Colts. I've seen them as high as plus 184 on the money line, visiting the San Francisco 49ers.”
SF 18, IND 30 — Indianapolis Colts won; moneyline covers.
“I going to start off with another Titans read here because the Kansas City Chiefs are playing the Titans next week I told you guys on Friday in the look segment to bet the Chiefs the Chiefs went out and won huge today and beat up on Washington and the line didn't really budge. It's still at about four. I'm still seeing it at three and a half on some books in Tennessee next week. Look, it's all the same logic that we've just been talking about. The Titans' defense is very bad. The Chiefs' defense is bad too. But if both defenses are bad, just like in the Chiefs' Washington game, then you pick the offense that's better guess which offense is better it's the one with Patrick Mahomes so especially you want to grab this line if you like it you want to grab it on Monday because if Tennessee beats the Bills I don't know that the line moves that much maybe you do move it past the the key number of three maybe I'm not sure if it does but it's not like the Titans are going to suddenly be favored against Patrick Mahomes but there's a lot better chance that the bills do what we said they're going to do and blow out the titans and if they do and the titans suddenly look exposed the way the numbers are exposing them suddenly or this line goes to six goes to seven you lose a lot of value here so i think that actually the chiefs have moved to being a little bit undervalued still in a game against a good team i'm going to be guessing twice about them titans are not a good team this is a terrible defense the titans have beaten the chiefs a few times, but by like a point, 2.3 points. So the Chiefs are going to take care of business. I'm going to go ahead and grab them before this line balloons. I'm not mad at that. I'm not mad at that”
TEN 27, KC 3 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -24 vs line -3.5; busts.
“I'm going to fade the Ravens. Baltimore is at home. They're big favorites against the Cincinnati Bengals. They're six-and-a-half-point favorites right now. I'm going to take Cincinnati because I think that line is too high.”
BAL 17, CIN 41 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +24 vs line +6.5; covers.
“i am backing the chiefs on the road in washington minus six and a half especially if you can keep this one under a touchdown”
WSH 13, KC 31 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +18 vs line -6.5; covers.
“I'm taking the Chiefs minus three on the road in Tennessee.”
TEN 27, KC 3 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -24 vs line -3; busts.
“What that, those guys are hiding the value of Tom Brady, who is still at plus 800 at some books to win this MVP,”
2021 NFL MVP was won by Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers, 4th MVP), not Tom Brady. Rodgers won with 39 of 50 votes. Source: NFL.com – https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-named-2021-ap-nfl-mvp (Rodgers: 37 TD, 4 INT, 111.9 passer rating)
“I am actually going to play my first hot read total i don't play a lot of totals but thursday night tampa bay in philadelphia They've got the total set at 53 and a half on this one. And I understand the Bucs score all sorts of points. So it always feels like Tampa could hit that on their own. I'm taking the under.”
PHI 22, TB 28 — Combined 50; under 53.5 covers.
“gonna keep this easy can city chiefs on the road at washington are minus six and a half right now I'm grabbing it. I'm grabbing it before it's seven. Washington's pass defense can't stop anybody. I'm not afraid of the Chiefs. I'm not afraid of the backdoor with Tyler Heineke. Kansas City is”
WSH 13, KC 31 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +18 vs line -6.5; covers.
“like it's just my favorite favorite bet of the week and this week i'm gonna talk about one that we already hit on the hot read last week i still love the tennessee titans minus four at jackson little Jaguars. They were minus three on the hot read, grabbed them then, still more than happy to”
JAX 19, TEN 37 — Tennessee Titans margin +18 vs line -4; covers.
“I love my long shots. So our next statement is called upset special. The premise here is simple Every week I will make my case for my favorite money line underdog but I think can win outright So obviously we not going to win every week That what the plus juice is for However week one Jags over Texans week two Titans over Seahawks week three Chargers over Chiefs, and then last week Jets over Titans. So we are rolling right now. My underdog this week, I couldn't find a super long underdog that I really believe in. It's a little shorter this week, but I am fading a team that everybody loves to bet on. I'm fading the Kansas city chiefs at home on Sunday night. I'm backing the Buffalo bills.”
KC 20, BUF 38 — Buffalo Bills won; moneyline covers.
“I am going to go with Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on the road in Chicago. Right now, Packers are minus four and a half.”
CHI 14, GB 24 — Green Bay Packers margin +10 vs line -4.5; covers.
“what about the division so right now at bet MGM the Cardinals and Rams are tied at plus 170 atop the division odds Seattle is plus 400 San Francisco is plus 600 what do you think about that are you betting one of those right now I'm really not like I think you got to let this thing play out for a little bit more. I think it's obviously a two-team race right now. I love Russell Wilson, but I just, I'm not a believer in the Seattle team. Obviously, this secondary is a struggle. And then when you see the offensive line problems, I just don't think you can touch Seattle. And I love the Rams and I love the Cardinals, but I just kind of need to see a little bit more. Yeah, I'm ready to bet the Rams here. I feel pretty good about this plus 170, getting even odds with the Cardinals.”
The LA Rams won the 2021 NFC West with a 12-5 record, finishing first in the division ahead of the Cardinals (11-6). Source: NFL.com standings, Pro-Football-Reference.
“Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home against the Miami Dolphins. I'll take the favorites here. They're at nine and a half point favorites at some books.”
TB 45, MIA 17 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +28 vs line -9.5; covers.
“So we're going to Jacksonville where the Jaguars will host the Tennessee Titans. And I like the favorite here. The Titans are three and a half point favorites.”
JAX 19, TEN 37 — Tennessee Titans margin +18 vs line -3.5; covers.
“my play for that one is the first half under 24”
NE 17, TB 19 — Combined 36; under 24 busts.
“This week what I want to build around most of all is the one pick I feel best of this week That a late afternoon Seattle Seahawks money line pick at plus 125 not just to cover but to win outright against San Francisco.”
SF 21, SEA 28 — Seattle Seahawks won; moneyline covers.
“I'm going to pick the Cowboys, but I'm just going to take the money line. That's at minus 200 right now.”
DAL 36, CAR 28 — Dallas Cowboys won; moneyline covers.
“So I like New England plus seven in this game.”
NE 17, TB 19 — New England Patriots margin -2 vs line +7; covers.
“my future this week is I'm going to take the Arizona Cardinals to miss the playoffs at plus 125 at BetMGM.”
The Arizona Cardinals DID make the 2021 NFL playoffs — they finished as the NFC's #1 seed with a 11-6 record. The bet was that the Cardinals would MISS the playoffs, so the bet lost. Source: NFL official standings and widely reported. (Cardinals: NFC #1 seed, 11-6, made playoffs)
“Dak Prescott to win comeback player of the year is plus 135 right now.”
Dak Prescott did NOT win the 2021 AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Joe Burrow (Cincinnati Bengals) won the award, beating out Prescott who was the runner-up. Source: CBS Sports NFL Honors report; confirmed by Sports Illustrated and SI.com.
“So the one thing that gives me some hesitation, I love the Cowboys to get the win here at home on Monday night, three and a half. I'm like, ah, can you just put this under a field goal? Can you be two and a half instead that that extra hook? I don't love it. I can see the field goal game here, but here's one thing I noted. 14 straight games in this rivalry have covered this spread.”
DAL 41, PHI 21 — Dallas Cowboys margin +20 vs line -3.5; covers.
“And I'm going to start out this week because I'm going to write back to where we just finished. And I'm going to the Eagles game, but playing the Chiefs. Kansas City travels to Philadelphia next week. It's a short week for the Eagles and the Chiefs are minus five and a half right now. And I know, I know the Chiefs are on 10 games in a row at this point, meaningful games where they have played one score games. This is what happens now. I know, but all the things we just said about the Eagles, they can't score enough to keep up with the Cowboys. Then they certainly aren't going to be able to score to keep up with the Chiefs. The Chiefs are going to move the ball. They're going to score. The Eagles secondary is beatable. Darius Slay is really good, but can't cover everyone. And at five and a half, especially, this is a perfect, perfect teaser spot. That line is going to rise. They're going to lose out on the teaser a little bit there. this is a great spot to basically tease them and get them just as a money line pick at that point the Chiefs have lost two in a row this team is too good to lose three in a row so this is just betting on Mahomes and Andy Reid to bounce back after the loss two losses and I think that the Eagles I want to bet this before Monday night because if I think the Eagles lose to Dallas and maybe somewhat comfortably then that line will move toward Kansas City as well so I like the Chiefs there.”
PHI 30, KC 42 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +12 vs line -5.5; covers.
“I am just grabbing the Chargers at minus three before the line was off of that. This is absolutely the team that we're about to spend the entire week slobbering over in the media.”
LAC 28, LV 14 — Los Angeles Chargers margin +14 vs line -3; covers.
- Cleveland Browns -7 closed -7.5 · CLV +0.5 won
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers -1 closed -1 · CLV 0 lost
- Packers and 49ers both to score 20+ pending
“That one's at minus one 35. So you're paying a little bit of juice, but again, it's a parlay. We're putting these odds all together. So Brown's minus seven bucks, minus one Packers, and 49ers each to score 20 parlay that together at bet MGM. And we're at plus five 34. So a hundred dollars wins you a $634. We'll be on the board with our first all day parlay win of the year.”
Parlay busts: Cleveland Browns -7 — won; Tampa Bay Buccaneers -1 — lost; Packers and 49ers both to score 20+ — manual.
“especially at plus seven I love the Chargers in this spot this is one of my favorite few bets of the week I'm not only playing the plus seven I'm playing the money line”
KC 24, LAC 30 — Los Angeles Chargers margin +6 vs line +7; covers.
“one and eight against the spread so especially at plus seven I love the Chargers in this spot this is one of my favorite few bets of the week I'm not only playing the plus seven I'm playing the money line I think the Chargers can win this game outright it's my upset special week three it's at plus 250 on the money line right now I'll play the spread too because I feel pretty good about that but I'm going to sprinkle on the upset.”
KC 24, LAC 30 — Los Angeles Chargers won; moneyline covers.
“as well. I literally had to check this line three times to make sure that the little plus I was seeing was accurate. Folks, Tom Brady and the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers are underdogs right now in week three of the National Football League. Underdogs. The Buccaneers are plus one and a half against the Los Angeles Rams. I genuinely can't believe it. What are we doing? Making Tom Brady and the Bucs underdogs. This team has won nine games in a row right now.”
LAR 34, TB 24 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -10 vs line +1.5; busts.
“I'm going back to the well on the Cleveland Browns. They're minus 7.5 right now against the Bears.”
CLE 26, CHI 6 — Cleveland Browns margin +20 vs line -7.5; covers.
“In the early game, I'm playing the Cleveland Browns minus 12 and a half against the, the Houston Texans or whatever is left of a team”
CLE 31, HOU 21 — Cleveland Browns margin +10 vs line -12.5; busts.
“you and I agreed we've got one more best bet we want to give everyone before we get out of here. What do we got? We're going with the Green Bay Packers minus 10 and a half. I think it's up to 11 now, but 11 and 10 and a half are pretty much the same because 10 is key.”
GB 35, DET 17 — Green Bay Packers margin +18 vs line -10.5; covers.
“The Browns and the Chiefs played last week, and we wanted to play the loser of that game to win the Super Bowl. And unfortunately, the books were on to us. They're too smart. The Browns lost. They looked good, and that line did not budge. The Browns are still plus 1,600, but I'm playing it anyways because here's what's next for Cleveland. Their next three games are against the Texans, the Bears, and the Vikings. and that to me looks like a trio of games that Cleveland might win by 40 or 50 points. We're never getting this line again. If I look at the board, the Chiefs and the Bucks are still the obvious favorites. We know that. I like the Browns as well as any other team out there, and they are not getting a third odds at plus 1600. I like it. Baker Mayfield, we talked about as a 35 to 1 MVP. Those odds have not budged because they lost that opening game, but I want”
The Cleveland Browns did NOT win Super Bowl LVI. The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on February 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium. The Browns did not reach the Super Bowl. Source: NFL.com and widely reported. (Rams 23, Bengals 20 (Super Bowl LVI, Feb 13 2022))
“Elijah Mitchell, that sixth round running back. When we talked on our very first podcast for the season and gave out some early awards, we talked about Elijah Mitchell as a 500 to one rookie of the year. He is now down to 50 to one and you should still play him. Elijah Mitchell is a great fit for the Kyle Shanahan offense.”
Elijah Mitchell did NOT win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for the 2021 season. Cincinnati Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase won the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award, setting a rookie receiving yards record (1,455 yards, 81 receptions, 13 TDs). Source: NFL.com official announcement; confirmed by Bleacher Report and CBS Sports. (Ja'Marr Chase won OROY: 81 rec, 1,455 yds, 13 TD)
“the other one that's still 50 to 1 antonio brown that dude looked very very good on opening night and he's still 50 to 1 to lead the league in yards and to lead the league in touchdowns guess what the bucks play the falcons this week and that is not going to be 50 to 1 much longer if he looks like he did in week one because Atlanta cannot defend the pass. Antonio Brown has another big game and that line is going to disappear in a hurry. So you have to look around and check for it. That line has moved a lot at some books, but you can still find it at 50 to one for either of those. I've got money on both ends of it.”
Antonio Brown did NOT lead the NFL in receiving touchdowns in the 2021 regular season. Cooper Kupp led the league with 16 receiving touchdowns. Antonio Brown had only 4 receiving TDs in 2021 before being released mid-season. Source: Fox Sports NFL receiving stats 2021; confirmed by StatMuse and ESPN. (Cooper Kupp led with 16 rec TD; Antonio Brown had 4 rec TD in 2021)
“they run the ball so much yeah for me it's i'm playing every game i picked the raiders on this one in my column already so i think that if i'm gonna play the raiders what we saw today is where you played the underdog, you should always nibble and you put it a little bit on the money line as well. All but two of the underdogs that covered today, one outright. So if you're going to think about playing the Raiders, the 165, I think it's worth a play, giving them a shot here. And especially too, I think there's a good chance with the home crowd that the Raiders do take an early lead. So if you like what you're seeing from the Ravens and the Raiders take a lead and You've got the money line. You've got a great hedge spot and you might be able to lock in a win either way. So I think that's my play.”
LV 33, BAL 27 — Las Vegas Raiders won; moneyline covers.
“Baltimore will be on Sunday night football next week, hosting the Kansas city chiefs. And right now the chiefs are at minus two and a half on the road. And I want that two and a half. Give me Patrick Mahomes at two and a half against pretty much anyone, but definitely give me Pat Mahomes against the Ravens.”
BAL 36, KC 35 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -1 vs line -2.5; busts.
“I'm going to do my other hot read because it's a team that I'm going to go in on and it's the other night game next week. I'm going to Monday Night Football. I'm grabbing the Green Bay Packers. They're home against the Detroit Lions. Right now is that 10 and a half. And I think that this line should have gotten in might still get to 13, 14. I wouldn't be shocked if it gets above 14. The Lions were getting murdered today until that final six minutes. And we know the Packers are fine. The Packers are going to light up Detroit. That secondary is terrible. And if Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance are lighting you up, I'm pretty sure Aaron Rodgers will be just fine. Thank you. So Green Bay always crushes Detroit. It's a Monday night. The Packers are going to be focused because they just got embarrassed. They're going to come out and absolutely rule Detroit. I want it at 10 and a half. I want it at any other number before I start to lose some value. I guarantee you that line is getting bet up this week and I want to grab the line while I can.”
GB 35, DET 17 — Green Bay Packers margin +18 vs line -10.5; covers.
“So I like New England here. I think that Miami's strength on the defense, especially as their corners. And so the lack of the new England receivers kind of almost offsets Miami's strength. There's not really a star receiver for the dolphins to shut out or take out of the game. I feel like new England strengths match up a little differently. I liked the Patriots defense. a lot. I think it's going to be a huge improvement from a year ago. I like their line. I just don't like Miami a lot. So I already got this at the two and a half. I don't mind it at the three. I had this line. I put it at about four or five. So I still think that there's some value there. I do like New England. It's one of my favorite plays of the week.”
NE 16, MIA 17 — New England Patriots margin -1 vs line -2.5; busts.
“worse. Sunday night, we get the Rams and the Bears and my hometown Bears here. No Justin Fields. He's going to be watching this from the sidelines, at least starting out. So the Rams are favored at home by a touchdown, but that has gone up to seven and a half now, moving again off that key number. And then the over is rising. So the total has gone from 43 and a half to 46 and a half. I think this shapes up to be a Rams blowout. I think that this just feels like that game where everyone ends up at the end of the night being like, what are the Bears doing starting Andy Dalton? And holy cow, the Rams look awesome. This is a Super Bowl team. So I feel like even with the line move, I'm still willing to play the Rams.”
LAR 34, CHI 14 — Los Angeles Rams margin +20 vs line -7.5; covers.
“The other one that I like is Denver at New York Giants. Again, that's another one where the line is moving in Denver's direction. It's now minus three on the road. Teddy Bridgewater laying three points on the road doesn't make me super excited. Broncos playing the Giants makes me feel a little bit more excited. Jason Garrett's offense against Vic Fangio's defense. Yes, please sign me up at whatever number I have to get.”
NYG 13, DEN 27 — Denver Broncos margin +14 vs line -3; covers.
“I like it. I'll go one step even further. The New York football Jets would be my upset special pick of the week. I think the Jets are going to go to Carolina and get that win. So I'm seeing that at plus 165 on the money line. I love the Jets. You know, I love my long shots. So let's play some football.”
CAR 19, NYJ 14 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“that we are already playing for week two. We're going to win you some week two money before we even start the season. So let's start with one that both of us love. That is Denver at Jacksonville. Right now, Denver is a two and a half point favorite and both of us are all over that one. So here's what I think about that game. I think Denver is going to beat the Giants this weekend. The Giants aren't very good. Denver has what looks like maybe the best defense in football. The Jaguars, not loving them. The Jaguars have every chance to lose to the Houston Texans this weekend. They're on the road in Houston. They're playing against who Terod Taylor is the better quarterback than Trevor Lawrence right now while he's healthy, and he's healthy for this one. and I gotta say if Houston beats Jacksonville Jacksonville is just gonna drop out and this number is gonna go up we're at two and a half so that's gonna cross that key number right away I love Denver on this one”
JAX 13, DEN 23 — Denver Broncos margin +10 vs line -2.5; covers.
“we had Buffalo at Miami, very same sort of thing. Buffalo is a two and a half point favorite. And again, I like the bills here and I want to grab them before that line moves.”
MIA 0, BUF 35 — Buffalo Bills margin +35 vs line -2.5; covers.
“this game, I think we're going to get a Thursday night stinker right out of the gates. We love our Thursday night stinkers. We got the New York Giants traveling to Washington. And I just don't think we're going to see much scoring in that one. You can get that one, the under at 46 and a half”
WSH 30, NYG 29 — Combined 59; under 46.5 busts.
“leaps off the board so I'm a hundred dollars on that one my Super Bowl pick I am not loving a lot of the value on the Super Bowl numbers right now in part because some of the teams that I do like have a rough schedule early. So I think that it's more of a wait and see. I've eyeballed Dallas a little bit at 35 to one, but Dallas is at Tampa Bay in week one. I don't think they're going to win. So why play Dallas now when I can probably get a better number after? My pick that I am going to play is Cleveland. We talked about Cleveland. We're both on the Browns this year. I'm only going to put $100 on it, 16 to one, because I think I can go back and play again if they do lose that first week in Kansas City. but I like the Browns.”
The Cleveland Browns missed the playoffs, and the Los Angeles Rams won Super Bowl LVI.
“But let's talk about some passing touchdowns. Pat Mahomes at plus 350 and Tom Brady at 500. Those are our leaders. And like you said, I am in on Tom Brady. This is my favorite play among any of the quarterback bets. Brady has always been a big touchdown guy.”
Tom Brady led the NFL in passing touchdowns in 2021 with 43 TD passes, becoming the oldest player to win the TD crown. (Buccaneers.com: QB Tom Brady Led NFL in Passing Yards and Touchdowns in 2021) (43 TD passes, NFL leader)
“That's okay. We want a wide range of outcomes on these. We need the high end. So to me, Stafford is the one that I like a lot. He's at plus 1,400 right now. and Jared Goff is not Matthew Stafford. And you better believe Sean McVay knows that.”
Tom Brady led the NFL in passing yards in 2021 with 5,316 yards. Matthew Stafford finished the regular season with 4,886 yards, not the league leader. (Buccaneers.com: QB Tom Brady Led NFL in Passing Yards and Touchdowns in 2021) (Stafford 4,886 yds; Brady led at 5,316)
“The other one I like here is Tom Brady. it doesn't you don't quite have the same like shootout possibility because tampa's defense should be pretty good though the secondary uh it is a bit of a weak spot uh comparatively to the rest of the team you just gotta love everything about tampa's offense um especially over the final seven games last year they were the number one pace and the number one offense in the league when they really got going over the last seven games brady's pace was 5400 yards and 49 touchdowns for a full 17 game season so you know we won't even have to list all the weapons you know them um there's just so much there to like and tampa has a super easy schedule i like brady even more for”
Tom Brady led the NFL in passing yards in 2021 with 5,316 yards, also leading in touchdowns. (Buccaneers.com: QB Tom Brady Led NFL in Passing Yards and Touchdowns in 2021) (5,316 passing yards, NFL leader)
“Jacksonville is not going to get in the end zone. That's what's stopping me. Like, I don't think they're going to score enough. Here's the guy that I like at this one. This is one of my favorite plays for the podcast. ask Aaron Jones. I can see him at 18 to one. And it's, this is a double Aaron play. We did not talk about Aaron Rogers much under our quarterback section. We, we know you talked about how he had like outlier year. So Rogers last season had 48 touchdowns. Great season. That was a 9.1% touchdown percentage. He's not going to put up that number again. Rogers is awesome. His career is a 6 TD rate you got to trust me on this That is an incredible number That as good as anybody 9 is more than 50 higher than that If Rodgers repeated last season but had his career touchdown rate instead of his outlier rate, he would have had 32 touchdowns instead of 48.”
Jonathan Taylor led the NFL in rushing touchdowns in 2021 with 18 TDs. Aaron Jones did not lead the league. (StatMuse: NFL Rushing TD Leaders 2021) (Taylor 18 rush TDs; Jones did not lead)
“He is my pick for this one. He's my top pick here. So I've got a couple of other names, but Jefferson is top of the list. You can get him as high as 14 to one odds. Last year as a rookie, 1400 yards on 88 catches. That is a monster season for anybody, let alone a rookie. Here's the thing. There's an upside here because, number one, Jefferson started slow. He wasn't doing much the first few games. He really came on the second half of the season. Number two, the Vikings didn't even pass that much last year. They were 27th in the league in passing attempts. I'm not saying they're going to suddenly become a pass-heavy team as long as Dalvin Cook is there, but it is a new offensive coordinator. It's baby Kubiak instead of daddy Kubiak, so maybe they open it up a little bit, pass a little bit more.”
Cooper Kupp led the NFL in receiving yards in 2021 with 1,947 yards, winning the receiving triple crown. Justin Jefferson finished second with 1,616 yards. (ESPN/CBS Sports: Cooper Kupp 2021 receiving triple crown) (Kupp 1,947 rec yds (led); Jefferson 1,616 (2nd))
“You know, like, like I, I want Tyreek Tyreek could get halfway to leading the league in yardage on like three games. He could just have like one torrid stretch and get there. So if I was going to play one of these guys, he's just his own thing. I'm all about volume on all these plays, but Tyreek can just break the game with, you know, with a couple of plays. So to me, that's the guy out of those five outside of those five, who else catches your eye as far as receivers go on yardage? outside of those guys i'm looking more towards justin jefferson i mean i love this guy this guy he's probably had the best rookie season from a wide receiver we saw since randy moss i just yeah like i just for me i think he's a guy who can easily you know shatter what he did last year and and lead the lead the league in receiving yards i love justin jefferson and not just because of a Minnesota fan. He is my pick for this one. He's my top pick here. So I've got a couple of other names, but Jefferson is top of the list. You can get him as high as 14 to one odds. Last year as a rookie, 1400 yards on 88 catches. That is a monster season for anybody, let alone a rookie. Here's the thing. There's an upside here because, number one, Jefferson started slow. He wasn't doing much the first few games. He really came on the second half of the season. Number two, the Vikings didn't even pass that much last year. They were 27th in the league in passing attempts. I'm not saying they're going to suddenly become a pass-heavy team as long as Dalvin Cook is there, but it is a new offensive coordinator. It's baby Kubiak instead of daddy Kubiak, so maybe they open it up a little bit, pass a little bit more. the Vikings don't really have much else to throw to Adam Thielen has been showing his age and can't stay healthy there's really no third receiver Irv Smith is hurt Jefferson could get a huge target share and granted it's a smaller pie than you like but I think that there's a shot that he could get to like 100 yards a game basically and he's young he's healthy I think there's there's a monster upside with him so I like Jefferson let me give you a couple of other names one of them that I I think you're going to like, cause it's from your team. I think CD lamb could be a really good player for a lot of these receiving props right now. The books are all pricing Amari Cooper ahead of CD lamb. And I think that's a mistake. I think lamb is going to emerge as the top receiver in Dallas. So you're getting a value there. And it's all the same stuff we talked to with Dak Prescott. We've got, we know that we're going to pass a lot. We know the defense is bad. We know they're going to play super fast. CD lamb last year was way better with Dak than without. duh he averaged almost 15 yards per catch with Dak Prescott and then dropped only 11 yards per catch afterward so the season numbers didn't end up being so overwhelming but I think that if he takes the volume that we expect from them as a wide receiver one I think he could have a huge season the other guy I like in that same division is I think Terry McLaurin could have a really big breakout season so that's my guy for Washington you're on Gibson I like McLaurin he dropped from almost 16 yards of catches a rookie to under 13 last year. And guess why? It's because like me and you were the quarterbacks throwing to him last year. Like we both retired. We played a couple of games each and now we're doing our podcast career. But Ryan Fitzpatrick is like an actual NFL quarterback. And this dude is like top 20 all time in passing yards. Like he's been around the horn a little bit. And I like the marriage with Scotty Turner there. That's going to be a very aggressive, high flying attack. So I think we gonna get some long passes to McLaurin And honestly even just the offense not completely sucking means they going to be on the field a little bit more rather than just playing three plays and punting it away again And so I think that there's a big chance for a volume increase there. So McLaurin's at 20 to one. And to me, I'm going to take all three of those. I'm going to take Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, and McLaurin, get a little piece of each one of them, and I feel good about my chances.”
Cooper Kupp led the 2021 NFL season with 1,947 receiving yards. CeeDee Lamb finished with 1,102 yards, well outside the top. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com 2021 NFL Receiving stats. (Kupp 1,947 rec yds (leader); Lamb 1,102 rec yds)
“You know, like, like I, I want Tyreek Tyreek could get halfway to leading the league in yardage on like three games. He could just have like one torrid stretch and get there. So if I was going to play one of these guys, he's just his own thing. I'm all about volume on all these plays, but Tyreek can just break the game with, you know, with a couple of plays. So to me, that's the guy out of those five outside of those five, who else catches your eye as far as receivers go on yardage? outside of those guys i'm looking more towards justin jefferson i mean i love this guy this guy he's probably had the best rookie season from a wide receiver we saw since randy moss i just yeah like i just for me i think he's a guy who can easily you know shatter what he did last year and and lead the lead the league in receiving yards i love justin jefferson and not just because of a Minnesota fan. He is my pick for this one. He's my top pick here. So I've got a couple of other names, but Jefferson is top of the list. You can get him as high as 14 to one odds. Last year as a rookie, 1400 yards on 88 catches. That is a monster season for anybody, let alone a rookie. Here's the thing. There's an upside here because, number one, Jefferson started slow. He wasn't doing much the first few games. He really came on the second half of the season. Number two, the Vikings didn't even pass that much last year. They were 27th in the league in passing attempts. I'm not saying they're going to suddenly become a pass-heavy team as long as Dalvin Cook is there, but it is a new offensive coordinator. It's baby Kubiak instead of daddy Kubiak, so maybe they open it up a little bit, pass a little bit more. the Vikings don't really have much else to throw to Adam Thielen has been showing his age and can't stay healthy there's really no third receiver Irv Smith is hurt Jefferson could get a huge target share and granted it's a smaller pie than you like but I think that there's a shot that he could get to like 100 yards a game basically and he's young he's healthy I think there's there's a monster upside with him so I like Jefferson let me give you a couple of other names one of them that I I think you're going to like, cause it's from your team. I think CD lamb could be a really good player for a lot of these receiving props right now. The books are all pricing Amari Cooper ahead of CD lamb. And I think that's a mistake. I think lamb is going to emerge as the top receiver in Dallas. So you're getting a value there. And it's all the same stuff we talked to with Dak Prescott. We've got, we know that we're going to pass a lot. We know the defense is bad. We know they're going to play super fast. CD lamb last year was way better with Dak than without. duh he averaged almost 15 yards per catch with Dak Prescott and then dropped only 11 yards per catch afterward so the season numbers didn't end up being so overwhelming but I think that if he takes the volume that we expect from them as a wide receiver one I think he could have a huge season the other guy I like in that same division is I think Terry McLaurin could have a really big breakout season so that's my guy for Washington you're on Gibson I like McLaurin he dropped from almost 16 yards of catches a rookie to under 13 last year. And guess why? It's because like me and you were the quarterbacks throwing to him last year. Like we both retired. We played a couple of games each and now we're doing our podcast career. But Ryan Fitzpatrick is like an actual NFL quarterback. And this dude is like top 20 all time in passing yards. Like he's been around the horn a little bit. And I like the marriage with Scotty Turner there. That's going to be a very aggressive, high flying attack. So I think we gonna get some long passes to McLaurin And honestly even just the offense not completely sucking means they going to be on the field a little bit more rather than just playing three plays and punting it away again And so I think that there's a big chance for a volume increase there. So McLaurin's at 20 to one. And to me, I'm going to take all three of those. I'm going to take Jefferson, CeeDee Lamb, and McLaurin, get a little piece of each one of them, and I feel good about my chances.”
Cooper Kupp led the 2021 NFL season with 1,947 receiving yards. Terry McLaurin finished with 1,053 yards, not the leader. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com 2021 NFL Receiving stats. (Kupp 1,947 rec yds (leader); McLaurin 1,053 rec yds)
“I'm all about on this one much to nobody's surprise if I'm in on Tom Brady at throwing possibly 50 touchdowns I want all the bucks I just I just want give me the bucks Mike Evans is getting you can get him at 14 to 1 Mike Evans is 6 foot 5 and always gonna be a touchdown guy he's got a career 11.5% touchdown rate which is a massive for a receiver last year almost 19% which should scream huge outlier and regression, except that it's Tom Brady and it's Mike Evans. And both of them don't regress. They always get the touchdowns. So he had 13 touchdowns last year, career high, even though he only had 70 catches. So normally that defies all logic of numbers.”
Cooper Kupp led the 2021 NFL season with 16 receiving touchdowns, earning the receiving triple crown. Mike Evans did not lead the league. Source: StatMuse / Pro-Football-Reference.com. (Kupp 16 rec TDs (leader); Evans did not lead)
“That should be a guy to fade, but I like him. I'm just going to keep picking bucks. I like Chris Godwin. You can get him at 28 to one.”
Cooper Kupp led the 2021 NFL season with 16 receiving touchdowns. Chris Godwin did not lead the league. Source: StatMuse / Pro-Football-Reference.com. (Kupp 16 rec TDs (leader); Godwin did not lead)
“are we sure like totally sure that antonio brown's not just going to be the top receiver on this team like are we totally sure because tom brady loves the dude and brady has played with with him now enough games that brown has a nine and a half touchdown pace for a season in games with brady he loves him he throws it to him a lot The last time Brown played a whole season he left the league in touchdowns Like is it possible that we get like three weeks from now and we're like, oh my God, how did people not go all over Antonio Brown at 66-1?”
Cooper Kupp led the 2021 NFL season with 16 receiving touchdowns. Antonio Brown did not lead the league. Source: StatMuse / Pro-Football-Reference.com. (Kupp 16 rec TDs (leader); Brown did not lead)
“So I don't hate Diggs. I don't hate Hopkins. To me, I'm going to take three guys again. Justin Jefferson is one. CeeDee Lamb is one. I can see Jefferson at 23 to one odds and Lamb as high as 44 to one odds. Same argument as we said before. I think there's going to be a lot of volume there. and I think that there could be a chance for just, you know, a big receptions number.”
Cooper Kupp led the 2021 NFL season with 145 receptions. Justin Jefferson had 108 catches (4th in the league), not the leader. Source: Complex Sports / Pro-Football-Reference.com. (Kupp 145 rec (leader); Jefferson 108 rec)
“The other guy I'm going to add this time, instead of McLaurin, I like Keenan Allen here. Keenan Allen is always a big receptions guy. He's had 97 catches or more in four straight seasons. Last year, he had 10 double-digit target games and only 14 games that he played. And here's the other thing, Joe Lombardi. Joe Lombardi has, over his decade with the Saints, he had a lot of those years where Drew Brees led the league in passing yards. He also was there when Michael Thomas led the league in receptions He was the guy Before Diggs did it last year It was Thomas And then Thomas again including Thomas had 147 receptions in 2019 which was the record. So Alan already catches a ton of passes. He's already the guy that Herbert likes to go to. I've found him as high as 17 to one. So to me, I'm going to build my triumvirate again. I'm going to take Lamb and Jefferson, but I think of the three, I like Alan the best.”
Cooper Kupp led the 2021 NFL season with 145 receptions. Keenan Allen had 106 catches, not the leader. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com 2021 NFL Receiving stats. (Kupp 145 rec (leader); Allen 106 rec)
“So to wrap up here, let's just review a quick, some best bets from today. So my favorite picks out of everything we talked about Tom Brady, five to one passing touchdowns. I just think that Brady is the big favorite there. Brady, I think is the big MVP favorite. So make sure to get that in as well.”
Aaron Rodgers won the 2021 NFL AP MVP award for a second consecutive year. Tom Brady did not win MVP despite leading the league in passing yards and TDs. Source: ESPN NFL Honors 2022. (MVP: Aaron Rodgers (2nd straight); Brady won Offensive Player of Year nod via Kupp's triple crown)
“My play is I'm just picking Baltimore and Cleveland to finish top two in the division. Either order, minus 125.”
2021 AFC North final standings: Bengals 1st (10-7), Steelers 2nd (9-7-1), Ravens 3rd (8-9), Browns 4th (8-9). Neither Baltimore nor Cleveland finished in the top two. Source: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/2021-afc-north-standings (Bengals 1st, Steelers 2nd, Ravens 3rd, Browns 4th)
“So I just think that the schedule looks good. The top seven quarterbacks on Milwaukee schedule all come or sorry not Milwaukee on Baltimore schedule all come to Baltimore So I love them in the regular season I playing them at plus 550 to be the one seed in the AFC I don't know if I'm ready yet to keep betting them after that. It helps if they are the one seed, but I really like the Ravens this year.”
Tennessee Titans earned the AFC's No. 1 seed in 2021 with a 12-5 record, defeating the Houston Texans in Week 18. Baltimore Ravens finished 8-9 and 3rd in the AFC North. Source: https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/titans-capture-afc-s-no-1-seed-with-28-25-win-over-texans (Titans were AFC 1 seed (12-5); Ravens 8-9)
“Just win the division. Minus 160. I don't see any way Buffalo doesn't win this division unless Allen completely implodes.”
Buffalo Bills won the 2021 AFC East division title with an 11-6 record. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Buffalo_Bills_season (Bills 11-6, AFC East champions)
“my best bet on the Patriots is them to miss the playoffs at minus 135. I just don't see it.”
New England Patriots finished 10-7 in the 2021 regular season and qualified for the playoffs as a wild card. They lost to the Buffalo Bills 47-17 in the Wild Card round. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_New_England_Patriots_season (Patriots 10-7, made playoffs)
“So I'm going to play the Chargers at plus 230 to make the wild card.”
The Los Angeles Chargers finished 9-8 but missed the playoffs after an overtime loss to the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 18. A tie would have sent both teams to the playoffs. (Wikipedia: 2021 Los Angeles Chargers season) (9-8, missed playoffs)
“Plus 900 for the Denver Broncos to win the division.”
The Kansas City Chiefs won the 2021 AFC West for the fifth consecutive year. The Denver Broncos finished 4th in the division at 7-10. (Pro-Football-Reference: 2021 NFL Standings) (Broncos 7-10, 4th in AFC West)
“I'm taking Pittsburgh under two and a half division wins at plus one 50.”
The Pittsburgh Steelers went 4-2 against their AFC North opponents in 2021, giving them 4 division wins — over the 2.5 line. (Pro-Football-Reference: 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers) (4-2 in division)
“I like the AFC North to win the AFC conference at plus 280.”
The Cincinnati Bengals (AFC North) won the 2021 AFC Championship Game over the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in overtime on January 30, 2022. (NFL.com: 2021 NFL playoffs Bengals win over Chiefs in AFC Championship) (Bengals 27-24 OT vs Chiefs)
“So to me, Miami is my absolute favorite regression team on the board. I think that they're at 9.5. The under 9.5 is my favorite one on the entire board here. I have them at 7.7.”
The Miami Dolphins finished the 2021 regular season 9-8, which is under the 9.5-win total. They started 1-7 then won 7 straight but missed the playoffs. (Wikipedia: 2021 Miami Dolphins season) (9-8 final record)
“Actually, I would go with the Cowboys at plus 1600. They don't have a great defense. I think that the team to go with Yeah I I on Dallas to at 1600 Their defense is bad so they going to have to keep scoring just to try to keep up Dallas has a super soft schedule They have a pretty winnable division. Even if you like Washington a lot, Philadelphia and the Giants are definitely pretty easy. Another thing, too, that's a little hidden but is important here, Dallas played at the fastest tempo in the league last year. So they're getting more snaps. They're getting more plays. Like early last season, Dak Prescott was on pace to throw for 6,700 yards through four games. And that wasn't necessarily because Dallas's offense was so efficient and he was playing incredible. It's because they were playing so fast and getting so many points up that you're getting these like track meet games every week. So I love Dallas for this one, 1,600. I got, I'm not getting my money in on the Chiefs.”
Dallas Cowboys scored 530 points in 2021, the most of any NFL team that season and a franchise record. Source: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-points-scored-nfl-2021 (530 points (NFL-best))
“I don know which one of them is going to win the division And the problem with betting wild card is you might lose by them being too good and you kind of pigeonholing yourself So I need a team that is good that I confident will be good but also that I'm confident won't win the division because that ruins it. So I'm looking to the AFC West where I think the chiefs are the most likely division winner. Problem still is I like the chargers and the Broncos this year. I think I'm going to pick the chargers here. They're at plus two 10. I just like a lot about the Chargers. I like the coaching changes. Brandon Staley is going to do a lot there. The offensive line is a huge improvement. The special teams was like historically bad and dead last last year. So even improving to average this year is worth like a whole win to the team. Probably there's just a lot of low hanging fruit in addition to Justin Herbert and all the other things we like about them. So I just, I like the Chargers a lot at plus two 10. They would be my pick. All right.”
Los Angeles Chargers finished 9-8 and missed the 2021-22 NFL playoffs after losing the Week 18 play-in game to Las Vegas, so the AFC wild-card pick lost. (LAC 2021: 9-8, missed playoffs)
“in my play is the same sort of thing a little higher ceiling but I like the Seattle Seahawks to get the wild card. The reason being, Seattle always wins enough to get into the playoffs or at least be in there. Russell Wilson averages 10.9 wins a season. He's won at least nine every single season. So they're going to be in the mix. But I like the 49ers a lot. I like the Rams a lot. And I don't love the rest of Seattle outside of Russell Wilson. The secondary is real bad. It's a tough division, tough schedule. I feel like Seattle looks to me like a 10, 11, 12 win team. but I think either the Rams or the 49ers have a big season and win the division. So I like Seattle to definitely make the playoffs but not when the division So at plus two 20 they my pick So you I got to push back on this So you think you just probably going to be three teams out of that division can make the playoffs but not win the division So at plus 220 they my pick there So you I gotta push back on this So you think there probably gonna be three teams out of that division who make the playoffs”
Seattle Seahawks did not make the 2021-22 NFL playoffs. NFC wild card teams were Eagles, 49ers, and Cardinals. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NFL_playoffs (Seahawks missed playoffs)
“we got the big Dak season. So here's my pick. And this is maybe my favorite play on the podcast today. I can't believe that this number is out there and still available to me. I think there are two favorites for MVP. I think they got the second one wrong. Mahomes is the favorite. He should be, but right behind them and not that far behind them should be the goat as much as it hurts me to say it. Tom Brady. Tom Brady is plus 1400 right now. 14 to one odds. Let me tell you why Tom Brady is going to be the MVP. This is a narrative award. Tom Brady has every narrative”
Aaron Rodgers won the 2021 AP NFL MVP award with 39 of 50 votes. Tom Brady finished 2nd with 10 votes. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-named-2021-ap-nfl-mvp
“Let's look over to the defensive side real quick here. defense again there's not really a clear-cut uh favorite here Micah Parsons is the favorite right now Dallas linebacker uh but it wasn't really the strongest defensive class there was a lot of offensive guys taking at the top of the draft so uh Raheem who do you like for defensive rookie of the year right now I mean I think one of the things that you have to specify I have to really specify is that edge rushers truly have the edge here you know they're the guys getting the sacks there's some pretty good quarterbacks in this field but you know since 95 they've only won 12 percent of the awards because they have to get the interception it doesn't matter how good you're locking down somebody they want to know if you if the voters need to see interceptions so i'm gonna go with two edge rushers here i'm gonna go with jellion phillips out of miami he's with the miami dolphins first round pick he played in university of miami you know he slipped down because he had some injuries that's the first edge rusher drafted in the draft so i think you kind of got got to go with him at plus 900. He's playing in Brian Flores' defense, you know, which is, you know, they forced the most turnovers last year. I think they're going to take a step back this year, but I think he can really do some damage in that defense. So I'm going to go with him and then I'm going to go with, I hope I'm pronouncing his name correctly. It's Kawiti Pei out of Indianapolis. They lost some guys in Justin Houston and Danico Autry. So he's got to be the guy there. You know, So if he can deliver some sacks and some passing downs, he has a shot. So I like both of those. They're both at plus 900. So go to edge rushers. Yeah, I'm with you on edge rushers. Five of the last eight defensive rookie of the year were pass rushers. So the guy that I like, I actually took during the draft. He started to slip a little bit, but I'm really happy where he landed. So he's on the Giants. I'm going with Aziz Ojolari. He's at 20 to one right now. And the Giants are really good defense. They've got, you know, up and coming that they really handled Seattle last year. Well, I think that, you know, in that division, they're going to have a lot of opportunity to cause some, some chaos. And I think that he has a chance to be one of those guys that even in part-time duty gets to like double digit sacks. And then that going to put you in the mix here So at 21 I like him My other pick here is also in that division with Washington I think Washington going to have a really strong defense this year So they going to get a lot of”
Micah Parsons (Dallas Cowboys LB) won the 2021 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award unanimously. Azeez Ojulari did not win. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-lb-micah-parsons-named-2021-ap-nfl-defensive-rookie-of-the-year
“And then that going to put you in the mix here So at 21 I like him My other pick here is also in that division with Washington I think Washington going to have a really strong defense this year So they going to get a lot of attention. And I like Jamin Davis. He was their top pick this year. He's a linebacker for them. He had a really good opening weekend here. So his odds are starting to go down a little bit, but he's still 10 to one. I actually have seen him at some books be as high as the second favorite for defensive rookie of the year. So at 10 to one, I think that there's a little bit of value just on the number there too. But yeah, it's, it's tough to find the right guy because no one has really cleared out from the field here. But yeah, it should be an interesting race. We'll see”
Micah Parsons (Dallas Cowboys LB) won the 2021 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award unanimously. Jamin Davis did not win. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-lb-micah-parsons-named-2021-ap-nfl-defensive-rookie-of-the-year
“few guys, just because this award can really be wide open. So I don't know if I'd play him at 40 to one. That's why I put him under my MVPs at 500 to one instead. But I do think that he can be like a top three sort of fancy running back and be a guy that puts up huge stats and be in that mix. my main pick here is patrick mahomes maybe you've heard of him before he's really good he's gonna put up huge numbers he's at 10 to 1 right now he's the second favorite but i don't know i think he should be the favorite i think he should be like 5 to 1 or something because why why should his odds be any lower here than he is at mvp it's a different award but we know he's gonna put up the numbers he's gonna have a huge huge touchdowns huge yards he's doing crazy things every week that none of us have ever seen before he's got great weapons they're gonna have to keep putting up the stats because the defense isn't great. It's almost impossible to me that Mahomes is not in the mix for this award unless he gets hurt or something goes terribly wrong for them. It's not a sexy pick, but we know he's going to be there and he's going to give them a chance to win.”
Cooper Kupp (Los Angeles Rams WR) won the 2021 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year award. Patrick Mahomes did not win. Source: https://www.nfl.com/news/rams-wr-cooper-kupp-named-2021-ap-nfl-offensive-player-of-the-year
“you lost me well you didn't lose me christian mccaffrey is going to be good look jack prescott you gotta bet jack prescott for for comeback play of the year plus 220 this is nuts he should be like even odds versus the field. Dak Prescott is the quarterback of America's team. Unless he breaks several legs off again and doesn't play the season, Dak Prescott is going to be the comeback player of the year. He's good. He's going to pass a lot. He's one of, he's maybe like a top five quarterback now, now that we've had a few guys age out and retire. He, you know, the injury is not one that's been giving him any troubles in camp. It's some other stuff that he's working his way through. 220 is insane on this. I think this is maybe the best value of any of the things we've talked about. Quarterbacks win this award. The last three comeback player of the year were quarterbacks. Nine of the last 13 were quarterbacks. Guess why? It's a narrative award. We tell stories and who is a better story than Dak Prescott, who we all, Watched his leg crumple under him last year and wondered if he'd ever play again. And somehow it's going to be on Monday Night Football like 12 out of the 17 weeks because that's what they do with the Cowboys. We're going to be watching Dak all year do good stuff. I just think it's insane to be even at 220. I'm definitely getting my money in on that. I just think that that is a no brainer pick here.”
Joe Burrow (Bengals) won the 2021 AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year award, beating out Dak Prescott 28-21 in voting at NFL Honors on Feb 11 2022. Source: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-honors-bengals-joe-burrow-beats-out-cowboys-dak-prescott-to-win-2021-ap-comeback-player-of-the-year/ (Burrow 4,611 yards, 34 TD; Prescott runner-up)
“you can play Germany to go out at group stage at minus 125 I kind of like that.”
Germany advanced from the Tokyo Olympic men's basketball group phase and played Slovenia in the quarterfinals, so Germany did not exit in the group stage. Source: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/320-mens-olympic-basketball-tournament/9562/games/102446-SLO-GER (Germany advanced to quarterfinals; Slovenia 94-70 Germany)
“My my best bet from this group I think also involves fading Slovenia in there They open against Argentina and Slovenia has never played in the Olympics before We know Luka will be by far the best player on the court but I like Argentina to win that game just with the veteran experience and just being ready for the moment and for the Olympics they're plus 190 on the money line right now”
Slovenia beat Argentina 118-100 in Tokyo Olympics group play; Argentina moneyline lost. (Slovenia 118, Argentina 100)
“my I think my favorite play or at least one of my two favorite plays similar to Joe but a different team I going with Australia to medal which is at plus 110”
Australia won the bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, defeating Slovenia in the bronze medal game 107-93. Australia medaled, satisfying the 'medal' prop. (poundingtherock.com/2021/8/7/22614369/team-usa-wins-gold-for-mens-basketball-australia-bronze) (Australia bronze, 107-93 over Slovenia)
“I am taking Spain plus 1000 to win the gold medal.”
Spain did not win the gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics men's basketball tournament. The USA beat France 87-82 for gold. Spain was eliminated in the semifinals by France. (bleacherreport.com/articles/10009852-olympic-basketball-2021-team-usa-beats-france-to-win-mens-gold-medal)
“Brandon are you going to bet Chris Paul to win finals MVP Yes Now at eight to one for CP I think that that the play I think that the right move so I gonna lock that one out”
Giannis Antetokounmpo won the 2021 NBA Finals MVP after the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games. Chris Paul did not win. (nba.com/news/giannis-wins-2021-finals-mvp) (Giannis won MVP; CP3 scored 32 pts in Game 5 but Suns lost the series)
“pick right now sounds minus three and a half they're gonna win this game raheem what do you”
PHX 119, MIL 123 — Phoenix Suns margin -4 vs line -3.5; busts.
“yeah yeah i agree i agree with all of that it really is if i'm looking about the series i don't i don't like it i don't feel good about it but the play that makes the most sense to me just from a betting standpoint from a numbers standpoint which is the way that i ultimately make decisions i still like that chris paul plus 190 mvp for the reason i said because to me because here's the reason if i believe that the suns can only win the title if chris paul is good enough to win finals mvp which i do then instead of paying 16 instead of getting 60 for the suns to win the series i don't believe in 60 i don't want to bet that i believe somewhere close to 50 i think which is hard because that means that i'm not getting the right price on phoenix And it also means I'm not really getting much of a nice margin to bet on Milwaukee or on Giannis for finals MVP. However, if I bet Chris Paul to win finals MVP, that's an implied 34%. Now I'm basically just getting two to one on the Suns to win the title.”
Giannis Antetokounmpo won the 2021 NBA Finals MVP after the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games. Chris Paul did not win. (nba.com/news/giannis-wins-2021-finals-mvp) (Giannis: 50 pts, 14 reb, 5 blk in Game 6 clincher)
“I'll say this about the Drew Holiday, Chris Paul assist thing. I think the most convincing argument that I feel from you against Holiday is that Middleton-Yannis pick and roll is getting more and more run, and now the ball is out of Holiday's hands. And he's playing like the wing at that point and not getting the same opportunities. I do find some hesitation there. I still just feel like at plus 185. But like you said, if you're going to be objective and just play the numbers, well, that's literally my thing. Like that's literally why we're at 22% ROI props for the year is only playing the numbers. It's just the numbers. So it it weird because I come away right now I think that the the two best series prices I like right now are two bets that I genuinely don feel good about but that the numbers feel great about, which is that Drew Holiday plus 185 and the Chris Paul plus 190 finals MVP. Both of those to me are numbers plays, but I trust the numbers and I will trust the numbers over them. Like Raheem, you said, sometimes I'm just going to trust my instinct. I go the opposite. If I don't know, I will trust the numbers. So I think I have to play those two.”
Jrue Holiday finished the 2021 NBA Finals as the series assists leader with 56 assists, so the +185 prop on him cashed. (Jrue Holiday: 56 assists (series leader))
“the under um the it's because the line is at 34 and a half which is just a very high line for points so now part part of the argument is it janice has only once in his career had more than 35 35 or more points more than twice in a row He only ever done that once Now that's kind of a flimsy argument because the first two games already happened. We're not betting in all three. We only need one more. So I'll point that out in itself. But before the finals, Giannis was averaging something like 28 or 29 a game. That's a lot. That's really good. That's a lot of points. It's just not 35. 35 is a lot more a lot of points for the playoffs like right now it just feels inevitable oh my gosh how could Giannis possibly not score at least 35 he's been over 40 the last two games for the whole playoffs he's only had 35 or more one other game the rest of the playoffs he's been under in 15 out of 18 playoff games under this 34 and a half line and to me it's just it's a math play the the number”
MIL 109, PHX 103 — Giannis Antetokounmpo: 26 points vs under 34.5; covers. (Giannis Antetokounmpo: 26 points)
“final thing i've hit twice in this series on mikhail bridges over one and a half three pointers made i don't know why they keep lining it that way are the suns gonna shoot worse in milwaukee like role players are not supposed to but bridges is just lights out right now i mean he a good shooter and he going to get shots So two threes is not a big ask He's getting, he's getting the volume and he's a good shooter. So Crowder's line is a three pointer higher. He's at 2.5 and Crowder's last streakier. McHale's going to, I think it's a good bet. I think I'd keep playing it until they adjust it.”
MIL 120, PHX 100 — Mikal Bridges: 0 threes vs over 1.5; busts. (Mikal Bridges: 0 threes)
“I think in the first round, I ended up taking every single favorite to win the series. I think I'm taking the Hawks to win the series because I think that they're a good team, that the Sixers are going to have to actually come out and beat them. And because I don't trust Embiid to play enough, and because I don't trust the Sixers to be nimble, to have a lot of flexibility on their answers, I don't know that the Hawks are the better team and should win the series, but I like the value on them where they're coming in right now.”
The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4-3 in the 2021 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals. Hawks won Game 7 103-96 on June 20. Source: basketball-reference.com / ESPN. (Hawks won series 4-3)
“round the atlanta hawks and the portland trailblazers and part of why i love betting the team that is the road team is because you get to start out on the road you might steal one of those games, but I love to bet them winning the series in six. I don't want to bet on either one of these teams going to a road game seven and having to win in Madison Square Garden with the crowd going crazy at Denver in the elevation. I don't want to bet on them in five. The series is a little too short for me. It's another road game. Is Trey Young going to go close out Spike Lee and shush him in game five at MSG? I don't know. Maybe we saw it, but I'm not ready to get there yet. game six that's the one you come home you get game six you get those two portland i think was 490 plus 490 to win in six before the series but it's still 300 now atlanta was something like plus 410 it's still plus 300 right now so i love zeroing in on that game six win and getting much better odds on my series prices rather than something of a coin flip so i'm going blazers in six and”
Nuggets beat the Blazers in six games, so the Blazers-in-6 bet lost.
“round the atlanta hawks and the portland trailblazers and part of why i love betting the team that is the road team is because you get to start out on the road you might steal one of those games, but I love to bet them winning the series in six. I don't want to bet on either one of these teams going to a road game seven and having to win in Madison Square Garden with the crowd going crazy at Denver in the elevation. I don't want to bet on them in five. The series is a little too short for me. It's another road game. Is Trey Young going to go close out Spike Lee and shush him in game five at MSG? I don't know. Maybe we saw it, but I'm not ready to get there yet. game six that's the one you come home you get game six you get those two portland i think was 490 plus 490 to win in six before the series but it's still 300 now atlanta was something like plus 410 it's still plus 300 right now so i love zeroing in on that game six win and getting much better”
Hawks beat the Knicks in five games, not six, so the Hawks-in-6 bet lost.
“I don't want to bet on Portland going to Denver, where there's an elevation advantage, where there's a home court advantage, where we've seen the nuggets of all teams win these game sevens. I don't want to bet on Portland in a game seven. I do think it's a long series. I love Portland in six. We know how good they are at home. We know that the road team getting that game six stuck in there, like the pressure of being able to finish that off. Portland in six, you can get at plus 410. and to me when looking at okay Blazers are roughly even monies so I can get my odds quadrupled that they if they do win the series win it in six at home not finishing early which I don't think any of us expect them to and not having to take that tough game seven so that's that's my main angle I really like the Blazers here I also think that we're maybe underestimating well i think the blazers have a shot at the western conference finals that will tie more”
The Denver Nuggets defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 4-2 in Game 6. The Blazers did not win in 6; Nuggets won the series in 6. (Basketball-Reference: 2021 WCF First Round Trail Blazers vs. Nuggets) (Nuggets won series 4-2 (clinched in G6))
“my angles that I play on this, Lakers minus 1.5 in the series is plus 130. So all that means is the Lakers win the series and not in seven. I don't feel like they would need to go to seven games on this.”
The Phoenix Suns defeated the LA Lakers 4-2 in the 2021 NBA Western Conference First Round. Lakers -1.5 series requires a Lakers win of 4-2 or better; Lakers lost the series. (Basketball-Reference: 2021 WCF First Round Lakers vs. Suns) (Suns won series 4-2)
“the one i really like is lakers to go up two to one in the series which is at plus 142 i feel like this just sets up as like okay lebron and davis they got in the play-in they they know that they're the seventh seed all they have to do to change all that is just win one of the first two road games”
Game 1: Suns won 99-90 (May 23). Game 2: Lakers won 109-102 (May 25). Game 3: Lakers won 109-95 (May 27). After Game 3 the Lakers led the series 2-1. (ESPN game results; landofbasketball.com box scores) (Lakers led 2-1 after G3 on May 27)
“my top position here is just Hawks at minus 1.5 in the series, which is plus 190 at BetMGM”
The Atlanta Hawks defeated the New York Knicks 4-1 in the 2021 NBA Eastern Conference First Round. A -1.5 series spread requires the Hawks to win by 2+ games (i.e., 4-2 or better); winning 4-1 covers. (Basketball-Reference: 2021 ECF First Round Hawks vs. Knicks) (Hawks won series 4-1)
“long shot out of my $100. I got five bucks on Bogdan Bogdanovich leading the scoring in the series at plus 5,000.”
Trae Young led the Hawks-Knicks series in scoring (36 points in the series-clinching Game 5); Bogdan Bogdanovic did not lead the series in scoring. (Hawks won series 4-1; Trae Young top scorer)
“So, I mean, honestly, I didn't pick third just because I had this, like, slam dunk pick. But if we're taking our, we're playing not necessarily the most likely finals, which is clearly Nets-Lakers, but if we're displaying the best value on the board, I told you in my preview, I had one team that I have as a heavy favorite to make the finals over the rest. I have one team that I like the value on better than the rest So I just coming out swinging It terrible draft strategy I think I can get them in the next round I don care Listeners I giving you my best pick I have this around plus 1 to my odds when I did it It's plus 2,200 at BetMGM. Nets, Nuggets.”
The 2021 NBA Finals was Bucks vs. Suns. Neither the Nets nor the Nuggets reached the Finals. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals (Finals: Bucks def. Suns 4-2)
“Fox Lakers to me is my most likely finals not involving the Nets. So I think that to me you have built a solid draft that gives you a very high chance of having the finals matchup And you also just made the entire case for my next pick which is I agree the Bucs have value We all agree the Nuggets have value. I'm taking Bucs Nuggets. 5,000 NBA executives eat your heart out. It's going to be the lowest rated finals. Milwaukee, Denver, we're excited. But listen, I said before, I think the Nets are the heavy favorites in the East. I don't like the Sixers. I don't want the Sixers. And if this is a three-team conference and I don't want one of them, that leaves the other two. And that makes the second one valuable too, which is the Bucs. I have the Nuggets about even with anyone but the Lakers. And I think Bucs-Lakers clearly is more likely. Duh, it's the Lakers. It's LeBron. We know this is happening. I think it's about twice as likely. but at plus 1,000 10 to 1 versus 50 to 1 I don't hate the odds here I had this around 2,800 instead of 5,000 that I'm actually getting Bucks Nuggets boy the referees in the conference finals are”
The Bucks reached the Finals and won, but their opponent was the Suns, not the Nuggets. Denver did not make the Finals. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals (Finals: Bucks def. Suns 4-2)
“But I'm not going to take it. I get out to you listeners, put $10 on it. You make $4,000 later when it doesn't happen. You'll feel really great about it like two days out of the next two months. I'll take Sixers-Lakers. My version of bet the narrative is bet the worst thing that could happen to me, the NBA fan, and that's Sixers-Lakers. I don't want to see Sixers in the finals. I don't want to see LeBron in the finals. I want to see LeBron building his goat case when we already know who the greatest is. I don't want to see any of it. Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis. The argument here is, look, we know that these teams aren't healthy. But while everyone else is completely run down from this pandemic season, and everyone is sitting out left and right and whatever, whatever, they're resting. so there's the flip side of the argument is and bead and davis and lebron they're all just sitting at home right now resting up everyone else is getting more and more tired by the day maybe it flips the other way maybe the worst like i just i don't want to watch that finals i don't want any part of it at least make me some money off of it it's my one position on the board that i might actually win money on sixers lakers i had that 1900 it's only 1400 in actual odds and that's with the tax built in on the Lakers. I think it's actually a pretty solid number on it.”
The 2021 NBA Finals was Bucks vs. Suns. Neither the Sixers nor the Lakers reached the Finals. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals (Finals: Bucks def. Suns 4-2)
“Joe Ingles is gaining some traction. Here's the thing. I have put this on the list for today to lament how I did not get to give this out to you at 100 to 1 odds. And I looked at it today. Back to the future is back to the present. Ingles is still 100 to 1, only at MGM. Check the other books. Another book I looked at, Ingles is 3,000. He's the fourth favorite. He's behind only Clarkson, Harrell, and Boucher. Ingles is getting some traction. The Jazz are playing well. Clarkson is fading. I think there's a real shot here. Joe Ingles, sixth man of the year.”
Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz won the 2020-21 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award. Joe Ingles was a finalist but did not win. Source: nba.com/news/utah-jazz-guard-jordan-clarkson-wins-2020-21-kia-nba-sixth-man-award (Winner: Jordan Clarkson (Utah Jazz))
“Nick Vucevic tonight. Over 13.5 rebounds plus assists. That's at minus 113 right now. I just think this line is low. We projected him at over 17 there. He's averaging almost 12 rebounds and 4 assists per game. The Magic, as always this season, are shorthanded. They could be more shorthanded. like this is a this is easily a case where like gordon or fournier end up not playing or get pulled mid-game because of trade talks or something like that which has gone over 14 rebounds alone in 13 of his games he's gone over this combo prop 30 out of 43 phoenix is kind of a tough matchup doesn't give me enough pause i'm taking the over here 13 and a half rebounds plus assess”
ORL 112, PHX 111 — Nikola Vucevic: 45 pra vs over 13.5; covers. (Nikola Vucevic: 45 pra)
“or it's Levine. They've all competed before. And I'm just not not taking Steph Curry. That's my pick. He's the greatest shooter in human history. I don't care what the odds are. I'll take Steph versus the field. I'm taking Steph. He's the best shooter. He's only won it once. The great, great shooters need to win multiple three-point shooting contests. And I think Steph knows that. I think he's going to want this. I think this is his event for the night. So I'm going with Curry.”
Stephen Curry won the 2021 NBA All-Star Three-Point Contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta (Mar 7, 2021) with a final-round score of 28, defeating Mike Conley Jr. (27). Source: NBA.com 2021 Three-Point Contest results (https://www.nba.com/news/2021-mtn-dew-3-point-contest). (Curry 28 pts (final round), 1st place)
“Today is a fade the point guards day, and I am fading Jordan Clarkson. even though he doesn't quite fit the mold he's at listed at 19 and a half points so we're talking about a bench player has to go 20 points to hit the over here which he obviously can he can always explode any night they're playing philadelphia he did drop 40 on philly just a couple weeks ago when he hit eight threes but conley was out that game since conley has returned clarkson's playing 26 minutes a game at 18 points a game still good still not far from this line i understand why the line is where it is but Clarkson is under 19 and a half in 71 percent of the games this season he has only cracked more than 20 points in three of his last 17 games so I am just sticking with Clarkson”
PHI 131, UTAH 123 — Jordan Clarkson: 10 points vs under 19.5; covers. (Jordan Clarkson: 10 points)
- Pacers -1.5 closed -2 · CLV +0.5 lost
- Heat -2.5 closed -1.5 · CLV -1 won
“actually playing the all-star angle i'm going with a two-team parlay tonight it is my second Baba all-star snub parlay. Yum we've got a Sega Baba. Let's go. Grabbing the Pacers minus 1.5 against the Warriors and the Heat minus 2.5 against the Raptors. So with the Pacers you got Domana Sabonis thinks he's a snob ready for a big game. Pacers haven't played for a week so they're rested. The Warriors are on an east coast trip. They've gone to Orlando, Charlotte, New York now Indiana all in the last week. Golden State is two and seven against top five teams from either conference, which Indiana is. So I like the Pacers there.”
Parlay busts: Pacers -1.5 -1.5 — lost; Heat -2.5 -2.5 — won.
“but actually if you've got it available at betmgm or elsewhere if you can play the rebounds and assists together line that i'm taking the over 15.5 rebounds plus assists he's had games in this stretch where he's getting close to that number just on assists alone the other day we played him over eight and a half assists he hit that in the first half and um we are projecting him at i think 60 or 16 or 17 combined rebounds and assists he can have a big night in either one of those areas the heat rate dead last in rebounds per game as a team. And I just think that this is working right now. He can get assists in a hurry and 15 and a half is just not that many So I gonna go over 15 and a half rebounds plus assess for dream on green I looking at his stocks I want to look at it and see what his stocks number is at”
Draymond Green was a late scratch for the Warriors vs. Heat game on February 17, 2021, due to right ankle soreness and did not play. As a DNP, the prop is void. Source: Golden State of Mind 'Warriors news: Draymond Green a late scratch vs. Heat'; Yahoo Sports. (DNP — right ankle soreness)
“So I'm sticking in that game and I'm going to play Will Barton. and for some reason tonight will barton's line for assist is still at 2.5 wow will barton that's it only at fan duel it's at 3.5 elsewhere hopefully it's still at 2.5 when you can play this now i'm taking the over it is at minus 164”
DEN 133, CLE 95 — Will Barton: 0 assists vs over 2.5; busts. (Will Barton: 0 assists)
“if I only get one I gotta take a prop and if I only get one prop I gotta go back to old faithful I taking a center at a 0 number ladies and gentlemen daniel gafford starting center chicago bulls under 0 assists that is at plus 152 at fam duel get it while it's there because these tiny lines have a tendency to disappear gafford is starting with wendell carter out gafford has not had an assist in 10 of the 17 games this season even though he's starting he's had two 10-minute starts he's averaging under 15 minutes a game for his career he averages one assist every 29 minutes and on top of that dad young out of nowhere has like 28 assists the last three games he's been coming off the bench like playing this pivot center thing and I expect more of that Gafford you know he's a rim runner so he's playing up against Mitchell Robinson he had a decent enough game his last time out but history says Gafford is not really doing a lot of passing. He basically touches the ball when it's right here at the rim going through. So Daniel Gafford under, well, Daniel Gafford, zero assists, plus 152.”
CHI 103, NY 107 — Daniel Gafford recorded one assist, so Brandon's zero-assist proposition lost. (Daniel Gafford: 1 assists)
“First prop, 20 bucks on Brooke Lopez over 10.5 points.”
Brook Lopez scored 21 points (8-of-11 shooting) in the Bucks' 115-108 win over Toronto on Jan 27, 2021, clearing the 10.5-point line. (Brook Lopez: 21 pts on 8-11 FG)
“Next up is $20 on Evan Fournier, over 17.5 points.”
ORL 107, SAC 121 — Evan Fournier: 25 points vs over 17.5; covers. (Evan Fournier: 25 points)
“Last prop for today is $10 on Rashawn Holmes. That's Sacramento. $10 Rashawn Holmes over 11.5 points.”
ORL 107, SAC 121 — Richaun Holmes: 20 points vs over 11.5; covers. (Richaun Holmes: 20 points)
“So that's the props for today. $50 on those. Then I'm going to go $20 on the over in the Detroit-Cleveland game. i was thinking about that one last night and then i jumped in this morning and saw the fans on that one so great happy to grab that one right now i think that this line it's at 213.5 i think that we are thinking of an old version of both of these teams the calves have been really”
CLE 122, DET 107 — Combined 229; over 213.5 covers.
“Two bets left, $20 on the Pacers. I grabbed this one last night at plus 1.5. I think it's now minus 1.5. The Pacers are playing the Hornets. If it keeps going up, I may have flipped to a money line if you need to basically get the juice off there.”
CHA 106, IND 116 — Indiana beat Charlotte 116-106, covering Brandon's stated +1.5 held entry.
- Warriors ML closed -370 · CLV +37¢ won
- Suns ML closed -303 · CLV +95¢ lost
- Nuggets ML closed -263 · CLV +67¢ won
“Warriors, Suns, Nuggets, Parley at plus 179 at DraftKings.”
Parlay busts: Warriors ML — won; Suns ML — lost; Nuggets ML — won.
“So I'm taking the Los Angeles Clippers team over 120.5.”
LAC 115, SAC 96 — Clippers team total 115 vs over 120.5; under by 5.5 — lost.
“So I'm going to take the under at 220 and falling.”
ATL 123, DET 115 — Combined 238; under 220 busts.
“to grab one or two so i'm grabbing two of these today 20 bucks each so first one going back to the nets here deandre jordan over one and a half assists now back in the day deandre jordan at least in my head used to be like hassan whiteside you would never have even dreamed of betting him to get one assist let alone two so jordan obviously we know he's going to play they don't have any other center and he's got to be out there he is over one and a half assists in eight of the last or eight of his 14 games. But if you look by minutes, if he's playing at least 18 minutes, he's over in seven of those eight games. Over the last three seasons, Jordan is at 2.9 assists per 36 minutes. So that's not huge. I'm not saying he's a passing savant, but he's passing a little bit. He's, you know, on this team, it's not going to be hard to get assists. That's an offensive rebound and a pass out to an immediate jump shot. That's a handoff to a cutter diving to the rim, Kyrie or Harden. All I need is two. And at FanDuel, plus 160 right now. That's plus 160 for a guy that has hit this in seven out of eight games when he's played enough minutes, which he will tonight. So $20 on that one.”
CLE 147, BKN 135 — DeAndre Jordan: 0 assists vs over 1.5; busts. (DeAndre Jordan: 0 assists)
“so last couple bets i mentioned this earlier in the net section i'm putting ten dollars on the net second quarter it's minus two and a half”
Nets vs Cavaliers Jan 20, 2021: Q1 ended CLE 24, BKN 23 (Cavs led by 1). Q2 ended tied 49-49 (Nets scored 26 in Q2, Cavs scored 25). Nets won Q2 by only 1 point, not covering -2.5. Game final: Cavs 147-135 (2OT). Source: basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202101200CLE.html (Q2: Nets 26, Cavs 25 (Nets +1 in Q2, needed +2.5))
“they're shooting lights out the defense is getting better Brooke Lopez is playing more recently and I think that that's helping they just played they're playing the Pistons tonight who they just played twice last week, won by 10 and 15. Pistons are not good. The Bucs are very good. This is the regular season. We know this. The Bucs are the best team in the regular season in the East, at least. Pistons have six losses by eight or more points. The Bucs are at 10 and a half right now. Anytime I can get the Bucs as basically all I have to do is win by double digits against a bad team, I'm always that's going to catch my every time so I'm going $50 box 10 and a half to cover”
DET 101, MIL 110 — Milwaukee Bucks margin +9 vs line -10.5; busts.
“This was at six when I rode it yesterday. I liked it a little better there at seven and a half. It's definitely losing some of that value. So I'm at $15 on the Clippers to cover the seven and a half.”
LAC 111, NO 106 — Los Angeles Clippers margin +5 vs line -7.5; does not cover.
“i'm taking the over against the grizzlies over 221.5 right now the grizzlies offense sucks but so does the timberwolves defense someone's going to score”
MIN 107, MEM 118 — Combined 225; over 221.5 covers.
“And one of the props today, I'm going $10 on Brooke Lopez over half an assist. All he's got to do is just get one. So this is where our tool is really useful. Right now, that's at minus 215 at FanDuel. That's at minus 118 at BetMGM. That is like half the juice.”
DET 101, MIL 110 — Brook Lopez: 1 assists vs over 0.5; covers. (Brook Lopez: 1 assists)
“I got $15 on Brandon Ingram over five and a half rebounds. Ingram's rebounding is a career high right now. He definitely got stronger in the offseason. He's at 7.1 per game. He's gotten over five and a half rebounds in seven out of nine games. The Pelicans are a great rebounding team. The Clippers are not a great rebounding team. So I got 15 bucks on Ingram over. That's at minus 118 at BetMGM as well right now.”
Brandon Ingram grabbed 6 rebounds (22 pts) in the Clippers' 111-106 win over New Orleans, clearing 5.5. (Brandon Ingram: 22 pts, 6 reb)
- Knicks ML closed +130 · CLV +65¢ lost
- Hornets ML closed +125 · CLV +30¢ lost
“I am going to put together a parlay. uh just a sprinkle just a sprinkle 15 15 nicks money line plus 195 versus the nets on the back to back and hornets plus 155 i'm with rahim i'm betting against the mavericks shorthanded”
Parlay busts: Knicks ML — lost; Hornets ML — lost.
“it's like okay oh hey you're good now that's fun you're improved Jalen Brown that's the most improved player. You see it on the court. His playmaking is huge. His assist rate is almost double from last year His three percentage is great He at 26 points a game right now If you had to think about who the Boston Celtics best player right now the point is you have to think about it You have to actually decide It probably is still Tatum, but that's not an indictment of Jason Tatum. That is how good Jalen Brown has been this year. And if you follow me in the past, I have not spoken glowingly of Jalen Brown before. I thought he was the Celtics fourth or fifth best player last year. He is not. He is right there with Tatum. he's helping carry that team it was 3,300 to start the season but the good news is it's still at 1,800 at DraftKings right now there's still value there and most improved is not about a guy who's finally kind of good now it's about by the end of the season we want that player to carry the mantle for us we want an all-star right now Jalen Brown is not just an all-star if you were to make an all-star team he's got a case to be an all-star starter he's really good if he keeps playing like this he's going to maybe be in the all-nba discussion that's the sort of guy we pick for this award uh down the list just to shout a couple other names sabonis and jamal murray are two other names that i think could be in the mix murray not yet but he opened as the favorite this is like a reverse back to the future he's down to plus 8 000 right now so that could be a chance to buy low at the guy that was the favorite. Who cares about these first 10 games if he turns around and comes back to what we saw earlier? But Jalen Brown's my pick. I like him to win the award.”
The 2020-21 NBA Most Improved Player Award was won by Julius Randle of the New York Knicks. Jaylen Brown was not the winner. Source: https://www.nba.com/news/julius-randle-named-2020-21-kia-nba-most-improved-player (MIP winner: Julius Randle (NYK))
“I'm going under Atlanta, 35 and a half wins.”
The Atlanta Hawks finished the 2020-21 NBA regular season with a 41-31 record, well over the 35.5-win total. (Wikipedia: 2020-21 Atlanta Hawks season; basketball-reference.com) (41-31)
“I'll go with the Portland over so over 40 and a half Portland is just a really good consistent quality team”
The Portland Trail Blazers finished the 2020-21 NBA regular season with a 42-30 record, over the 40.5-win total. (Wikipedia: 2020-21 Portland Trail Blazers season; basketball-reference.com) (42-30)
“All right. I'm going with Indiana. Indiana is boring. They are the same thing they are every year. And the thing they are every year is that they win a bunch of games and I'm taking Indiana over 38 and a half. That puts them at a 44 win pace over a whole season.”
The Indiana Pacers finished the 2020-21 NBA regular season with a 34-38 record, under the 38.5-win total. (Wikipedia: 2020-21 Indiana Pacers season; basketball-reference.com) (34-38)
“I'm taking Toronto at plus 450 to win the Atlantic.”
The Philadelphia 76ers won the 2020-21 NBA Atlantic Division with a 49-23 record. The Toronto Raptors finished 27-45, fifth in the Atlantic Division. (Wikipedia: 2020-21 Toronto Raptors season; basketball-reference.com) (Raptors 27-45; 76ers won Atlantic)
“I'm picking the Miami Heat plus 1200 miss the playoffs”
The Miami Heat made the 2020-21 NBA playoffs, qualifying via the play-in tournament with a 40-32 record. They were swept by the Milwaukee Bucks 4-0 in the first round. (Wikipedia: 2020-21 Miami Heat season; ESPN) (Heat made playoffs, swept by Bucks in R1)