“All right, Rayvon, I want to kick it to you. What are your thoughts with the AFC East? We have the Patriots with a win total around 11, the Bills at 6.5, the Jets at 7, 7.5, and the Dolphins, as Warren said, around 4.5 or 5. Anything catch your eye there? And how do you see this division playing out? Yeah. So, I mean, the Patriots have been one of the best win over in terms of their win total, one of the best over bets over, you know, in the Belichick era. However, they just missed it last year. And I don't think I would bet over 11 wins this year either. I mean, first of all, betting on a high win total, just usually not a smart move. but if you look at the Patriots uh you know they have this stretch where they it's in week uh week eight they host Cleveland then they go to Dallas then they have the bye then they go to Philly and then they play Houston you know and they go to Baltimore in that stretch too so they have a ton of kind of games where they could kind of slip up uh and it could kind of pile on and they end that stretch they come home but then they have to face the Kansas City Chiefs which probably the best team in the conference right now. So it's going to be a tough stretch. They open against Pittsburgh at home. They should probably get that done, but I don't feel confident that they necessarily get to 12 wins. Tom Brady getting a year older. If you look at his career yards per attempt 7.2 without Rob Gronkowski 8.1 width and that's very predictive of success is just being able to move the past the ball efficiently It why even though the Packers have had Aaron Rodgers for all these years these last four or five years they haven't really been that successful because as good as he is at not turning the ball over and throwing touchdowns, it's not as efficient as it once was. So Patriots, I think, are leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of the division, but wouldn't bet on them over 11 wins. And then I am out on the Jets. I'm going under. I don't trust Adam Gase.”
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1288 total · 1 pending“[23:19] uh sunday night best actor i'm going timothy chalamet uh all the way here uh he's you get [23:26] you could get him at plus juice now now i do think michael b jordan was a great bet up until like [23:31] last well up until the sag essentially when now he has overtaken uh timothy for the weed [23:38] i i still think timothy was better i think i think it is extremely difficult to play two [23:43] characters the way mbj did i think he was great at what he did but just watching the movie i thought [23:49] But Timothy, I mean, that was the most realistic, like fleeting. [23:52] Like I've never seen such realistic pleading in a movie so many times as I do with Timmy. [23:58] He was an annoying character. [24:00] So I think he might be getting some hate for that. [24:01] But that would be my pick. [24:02] You could get him at plus 178 in DK Predictions, plus 185 on the sportsbook.”
Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor; Timothee Chalamet did not.
“he had like the facial expressions and just but skarsgard was almost like the main character in sentimental value he could have been he could have been put in need for sure so the fact that he's plus 376 on dk predictions plus 400 on dk sports i think he's the clear choice and that and then you go to dk predictions you could also bet sean penn no at plus 257 which i think is great because”
Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor; Stellan Skarsgard did not.
“masaku's chances here pretty significantly uh the oscar for best supporting actress has gone to the sag winner 20 of the last 25 times it's the it's the sharpest uh predictor of any of the acting categories this century. They've also matched six straight years, and they've only disagreed once since 2008, and that was 2018 when Regina King beat out Emily Blunt. I am sitting on early tickets on both Madigan and Taylor at Plus Money. I'll be riding them both out till showtime, but I think the most value here is on the SAG winner, Madigan. I think it's going to be really exciting. She's the older nominee, kind of a career achievement award. Another thing going against her i will say is that only once this century and only eight times ever has a film won best supporting actress with no other nominations on the night and this is weapons only nomination uh vicky christina barcelona in 2008 is the answer when penelope cruz won so that's an uphill battle for madigan obviously going against actresses from the two biggest films of the night one battle after another in centers uh and tiana taylor and wunmi mosaku if if uh amy madigan pulls out the win it'll be a big deal but i think that uh all signs are pointing toward her winning this on sunday night yeah i i like madigan i think i don't mind you know hedging on taylor because i think she was really good as well but the thing about madigan is you know you mentioned like you know the predictors and gold derby this is one where gold derby has been extremely strong 13 of the 14 top like top ranked gold derby choices in this category um you know since they started tracking it have won so the one time that it didn was jamie lee curtis a few years ago gotta be fair amy madigan gold derby support is on that support is on that lower end like when there was an upset with Curtis a few years ago So that is kind of the caveat there But generally, Gold Derby nails this at better than a 90% clip. And you can get Madigan at even money. So I still think she's the best bet.”
Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for Weapons at the 2026 Oscars.
“So I'm going to go with the contrarian take here. We'll be on opposite sides of this one. I'll go with one battle at plus 300. It is worth noting that all of the Best Casting nominees this year were Best Picture nominees.”
One Battle After Another (Cassandra Kulukundis) won Best Casting at the 2026 Oscars.
“but cinematography we both like a long shot here one battle after another the favorite what you got yeah i'm on sinners again here uh plus 350 they're at plus 350 to plus 400 range uh so this is pretty interesting race and how it's played out over the last couple of weeks uh it looked like sinners was going to be a strong favorite uh early in award season it won the critic circle honor or it won critic circle honors after critic circle honors critic choice or critics it's called The Circle? No, like honors within individual branches of critics. Oh, okay, okay. But the momentum swung the other way. Zausmer wrote about this a little bit. One battle after another won the BAFTAs. It won the American Society of Cinematographers most recently, just this week. So it's jumped out to a huge lead, and it was a toss-up just around a month ago. The ASC, the American Society of Cinematographers, is a notable data point, but it's worth noting just how much more international the academy is compared to some of these guilds. So I think sinners is still very live. Gold Derby still has sinners around 50%. And I know Train Dreams has some backers I think that where you going to talk about a little bit Chris But I just think that this is going to be between sinners in one battle after another I think it a true toss And if we're seeing sinners in, like, the plus 350 to plus 450 range, I think there's real value there. I think you have to smash sinners here and Train Dreams because this is one where, like, we're just betting the numbers. Like, we don't know what these voters are going to do. like we so it's like one battle after another should whatever the case as good as it was should not be a prohibitive favorite in this category now like you said gold derby has sinners at 46 one battle at 37 train dreams at 17 sinners is going at what let's see let me just make sure we got this right because it's it's been changing throughout the day sinners as we record this is it's down to plus 275 it must have just got steamed but either way it's 46 on on gold derby plus 275 implies a about a 27 chance that's massive value so you have to you have to take sinners if you're betting sinners anywhere else you have to take it here like this is like i am begging people take sinners uh it it's literally the favorite on gold derby and you're getting it plus 275”
Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) won Best Cinematography at the 2026 Oscars.
“curious as to your opinion on these these are a couple of my probably my two favorite bets of this Oscar season. And you're going to laugh at who I'm picking. Best production design. Sinners. Plus 600.”
Frankenstein won Best Production Design; Sinners did not.
“If you like that, best makeup and hairstyling, sinners, plus 800.”
Frankenstein won Best Makeup and Hairstyling; Sinners did not.
“so best animated short butterfly is even money gold derby has it at 74 uh implied minus 291”
The Girl Who Cried Pearls won Best Animated Short; Butterfly did not.
“so best animated short butterfly is even money gold derby has it at 74 uh implied minus 291 massive value that butterfly for best animated short best documentary short all the empty rooms is minus 169. That's, you know, yes, that is, you know, juiced up. But Gold Derby has it at 85%. That should be minus 563. Massive value. Again, so all the empty rooms for a documentary short,”
All the Empty Rooms won Best Documentary Short at the 2026 Oscars.
“and then live action short, a friend of Dorothy. Gold Derby has it as the favorite. 53% of Gold Derby picks a friend of Dorothy. You know what its price is on draftings? Plus 400. so bang that best live action short A Friend of Dorothy”
Best Live Action Short ended in a tie between The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva; A Friend of Dorothy did not win.
“All 1,000, JSN MVP. So they all gave you the reasoning for JSN MVP. I don't need to do that. Give you the game theory. I figured that being how smart everybody's going to be, that they were going to try to come up with these combinations. So my thing was I wanted to go one bet. I thought that was the sharpest way to go. And you matched it. So you knew what was up. And then my other thing was I didn't want to add a bunch of – because everyone's going with – I thought they were going to go more bets. I needed something with the least amount of multiple events to happen and the most outs. And I think this JSN plus, you know, plus 550, all 1000, solves all those”
Seahawks beat Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX but Kenneth Walker III won MVP, not Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba 2+ touchdowns
- Drake Maye anytime touchdown
“So I'm going to go JSN two touchdowns. That's at plus 500. And then you throw in that May touchdown, which, yeah, a little bit overvalued. But you throw it in the parlay with JSN two. And now you're at 19 to one on drafting.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba scored 0 TDs (not 2+) and Drake Maye scored no rushing/receiving TD in Super Bowl LX (Feb 8, 2026). (JSN 0 TD; Maye 0 rush/rec TD)
“in the spot. Yeah, and I'm going with JSN here. Let's get the anchor going. Again, I think best player on the field. He's scored in over half his games already this season, and this is a spot, a very unique spot where, you know, the Seahawks are facing a defense that just hasn't given up much on the ground, especially in terms of touchdowns, so that, you know, with JSN getting such a high target share already, and the Seahawks also usually keep guys in the block, right? So So 50% of the time, they keep either a tight end or a running back in to block. So that just leaves a more concentrated target share among the guys that are in the route. So JSN, that 30% target share, I expect it to go up in this game. So it's going to be JSN minus 110.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 4 catches for 27 yards and no touchdown.
- AJ Barner anytime touchdown won
- Drake Maye anytime touchdown lost
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba anytime touchdown lost
“So it's going to be JSN minus 110. Barner at plus 240. Drake May at plus 270. JSN at minus 110. You can parlay those at DraftKings, and you get 20 to one odd.”
AJ Barner scored a TD, but Drake Maye and Jaxon Smith-Njigba did not, in Super Bowl LX (Feb 8, 2026); parlay busts on two of three legs. (Barner 1 TD; Maye 0 TD; JSN 0 TD)
“I'm going to go Elijah Arroyo here at uh at 10 to 1”
Elijah Arroyo did not score a touchdown in SB LX.
“drake may over 36 and a half rushing yards uh 37 and a half 38 and a half is out there”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Drake Maye: 37 rushing_yards vs over 36.5; covers. (Drake Maye: 37 rushing_yards)
“I'm going Kenneth Walker under 73.5 rushing yards.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Kenneth Walker III: 135 rushing_yards vs under 73.5; busts. (Kenneth Walker III: 135 rushing_yards)
“I am going with the Seattle Seahawks team total under 106 and a half rushing yards.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Kenneth Walker III alone rushed for 135 yards (27 carries); Seahawks team rushing total exceeds 106.5; under busts. (Seahawks team rushing yards >=135 (Kenneth Walker III: 135 rushing_yards))
“but for my official play jackson smith and jigba minus 110 to me again i i look at this game i know the patriots are excellent we coached defensively with vrabel i know they have fisher gonzalez but when i look at this game i say who is the best player on the field to meet as jsn if there's any receiver in this league that can beat gonzalez it's jsn”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 4 catches for 27 yards and no touchdown.
- AJ Barner anytime touchdown won
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba anytime touchdown lost
“yeah, give me JSN. You got Barner. You parlay those two together. At DraftKings, you get a 6-1 payout. And yeah, I think these are the two most likely guys on Seattle to score. And I wouldn't even mind adding some Kenneth Walker no to that. But for the official parlay, we're going Barner plus 240 jsn minus 110 plus 600 that is our super bowl 60 anytime touchdown parlay presented by draft games”
AJ Barner caught a 16-yard TD from Sam Darnold, but Jaxon Smith-Njigba did not score, in Seattle's 29-13 Super Bowl LX win (Feb 8, 2026); parlay busts on the JSN leg. (Barner 1 TD; JSN 0 TD)
“So I think Drake May is live here to lead the game in rushing yards. So let's lock him in at six to one.”
Kenneth Walker III (135 rush yds, Super Bowl MVP) led all rushers in Seattle's 29-13 Super Bowl LX win (Feb 8, 2026); Drake Maye had just 37 rushing yards. (Maye 37 rush yds vs Walker 135 rush yds)
“i'm gonna go with drake may uh let's go with his median rushing over 37 and a half as well”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Drake Maye: 37 rushing_yards vs over 37.5; busts. (Drake Maye: 37 rushing_yards)
“I'm going to go with Travion Henderson, 50 plus rushing yards at plus seven 80 for my third.”
NE 13, SEA 29 — TreVeyon Henderson had 19 rushing yards and did not reach the 50-or-more rushing-yards threshold. (TreVeyon Henderson: 19 rushing yards)
“but I'll take Drake May as my official pick here at plus 230. I'm going to go with Jackson Smith and Jigba at plus 550. I think he's the best value on the board by far, because if you look at the past, yes, quarterbacks have won the award at a staggering rate.”
Kenneth Walker III won SB LX MVP; Jaxon Smith-Njigba had just 4 catches for 27 yards.
“Kenneth Walker, that was the first bet I locked in, got his rushing yardage. uh prop at 84 and a half i believe it's down it should be down in the 70s by now let's see what is it it is yeah 70s anywhere from 74 to 78 i have it at 73 so still a little bit of value there but um this new england run defense again i just think you know walker's already been a guy that's known to kind of get stuffed and even on that touchdown run a couple weeks ago we saw him kind of you know break it outside and that could have easily gone for a loss so i think you could get some negative runs with him um and to kind of supplement that and there's a good chance that you know denver had to do it because they had a backup quarterback so they ran a little more than usual still not a ton but um there's a chance seattle goes pass heavy in this game which does favor your darnold uh call as well so i i like the the walker under rushing yards the median and i liked his long rush under especially if you can get it at 16 and a half i believe he's been under”
NE 13, SEA 29 — Kenneth Walker III: 135 rushing_yards vs under 84.5; busts. (Kenneth Walker III: 135 rushing_yards)
“I'm going to go with Adam Troutman. So hopefully, Kerner, between you and I, one of these guys score. But Troutman's 12-1.”
Adam Trautman did not score in the Broncos' 10-7 AFC Championship loss to the Patriots (only TDs were Maye rush and Sutton receiving).
“So I've got to go back to JSN. He's at plus money odds, best receiver in football this year, right there with Puka, either one of them. But kind of the same things he said about Puka. I mean, JSN is going to be the guy when they go in the red zone. We saw that last week. He's going to be the guy when they're looking deep and actually connecting because Rashid Shahid only scores touchdowns on returns, apparently. So love JSN getting him at plus money when his odds are elevated in a winner-go-home game. So let's go JSN here.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught a 14-yard TD from Sam Darnold in the Seahawks' 31-27 NFC Championship win over the Rams.
“let's go kenneth walker at minus [15:27] 160 i actually have him higher than this to score”
Kenneth Walker III scored a 2-yard rushing TD in the Seahawks' 31-27 NFC Championship win over the Rams.
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba anytime TD won
- Courtland Sutton anytime TD won
- Kenneth Walker anytime TD won
“I'm going to go Jackson Smith-Najigba here at plus 100, so even money. I don't want to muck up our parlay with a 25-1 or 6-1 long shot. So we're going to go Chucky here with JSN. He came through for me last week, but he did have a down game. He only caught three balls for 19 yards and a touchdown. and he's been so good, so consistent all year that should bounce back with the big game here. Despite what seems like a tougher matchup on paper, but the Rams have allowed some huge games to wide receivers specifically lately. So I like JSN here at even money. Yeah, Akeelio Witherspoon went down. That was, you know, one of their top corners. So yeah, I think they're definitely gettable. Jill, where are we going? I'm going to go with Cortland Sutton. I think this is a ridiculous price to get him around plus 280 like I obviously there's gonna be a little bit of a drop-off from Bo next to Jarrett Stidham but I don't with Sean Payton running this offense they are going to have awesome scripted plays coming out of the half both at start the game and at halftime and you getting a guy who you still saw nine targets in the divisional round he led all Broncos and snaps and routes run And I think cornerback Christian Gonzalez is a little overrated I think that a matchup that he can win And Troy Franklin, you guys mentioned he's probably going to be out this week. Pat Bryan as well. So I just think Sutton at this price at plus 280 to get a wide receiver one at home. Facing a defense that was 29th in defensive DVOA versus wide receiver ones this year. That's who I like at plus 280. all right well i'm just gonna anchor it then with some chalk here let's go kenneth walker at minus 160 i actually have him higher than this to score and the reason being he might get all of the snaps in this backfield uh you know charbonnet going down walker got 14 of the 14 carries before garbage time in the backfield uh before veyus jones closed it out veyus jones might not even be up this week it might be you know cam akers george holani uh backing up walker but we've seen in the past when Charbonneau's been out. Walker had, you know, he had a two touchdown game. He had another game where I believe he had 26 carries. So he's going to get fed in this matchup. Would be surprised if he doesn't find the end zone at least once. You could also go, you know, for him for two touchdowns if you want even better odds. But since we need an anchor here anyway, we got JSN, we got Sutton, Walker, you parlay those at DraftKings and you get just over 12 to 1 odds. That was our favorite anytime touchdown parlay for the conference championship round of”
All three hit: Jaxon Smith-Njigba (1 TD) and Kenneth Walker III (1 rush TD) scored in Seattle's 31-27 NFC title win over the Rams, and Courtland Sutton (1 TD) scored in Denver's 10-7 AFC title loss to New England, both games Jan 25, 2026. (JSN 1 TD; Sutton 1 TD; Walker 1 TD)
“Let's go with Jordan Whittington of the Rams [19:40] at 11 to one.”
Jordan Whittington did not score a touchdown in the Rams' 31-27 NFC Championship loss to the Seahawks.
“So I'm going to go with Marvin Mims because I need [23:11] to compete with Shahid here.”
Marvin Mims did not have the longest TD on the slate; Puka Nacua's 34-yard receiving TD was the longest.
“so all this is good for the broncos this line is egregious they're at home this uh sean payton knows how to scheme backup quarterbacks i think he's something like 17 and 5 uh with backups you know during his time uh with the saints but remember bridgewater tasem uh winston like it's he's done it in the playoffs he's done in the regular season so yeah give me the broncos here i think the patriots i think the patriots are a little bit slept on in the sense that i i really like their run defense. I think their run defense is just amazing. It kind of reminds me of the run defenses with Jeffrey Simmons. I like how the defense is playing with everybody healthy now and on the back end for the most part of the call. This is questionable, but I still think this line is crazy, especially for the carelessness Drake May has had with the ball. And Stidham's been around this type of environment before. He came up with the Patriots. That could work for and against him, but I just think Peyton's track record, the fact that he's not going to wean into to run too hard just because he has a backup is going to ultimately work in the Broncos' favor along with their pressure and the fact that they still have upside for their defense in terms of, you know, not really relying on turnover. So give me Denver plus five and a half.”
DEN 7, NE 10 — Denver Broncos margin -3 vs line +5.5; covers.
“But yeah, we know Justin Herbert just pukes in the playoffs. And then CJ Stroud, I mean, still threw the ball 47 times. And, you know, there's also, you know, like if you don't believe in Stidham, like if you think maybe he's getting a little too hyped up now by, you know, maybe his sharps are on him or whatever it is. Like, okay, if Stidham does shit the bed and like throw a pick six or something, fumble, whatever, like if the Patriots get another defensive score, that just puts Stidham right back on the field. And remember, Sean Payton is just not running the ball, and no one's running the ball against the Patriots. So I love to sit him over pass attempts. Don't mind the overpassing yards as well. I think it's still under 200. I have it into the high 200s, so I think that's another option. But I like the attempts because I think there's a variety of ways that he gets there just in the normal scheme of the game, whether winning or losing. I think if they're winning, it's because they're throwing the ball. I think if they're losing, they're going to throw the ball. uh that's just what we've seen from Sean Payton through his entire tenure so uh give me Stidham over 31 and a half passes I have it projected at 34 and a half I was pretty surprised to see the market so well but they usually kind of ding back up quarterbacks a little bit but um in this in Denver's like the the team's uh pass rate over expected is generally pretty sticky um so even if you do kind of knock it down which I have you know for for Stidham um he's I'm still getting 34 and a half you know with knicks again they were passing it like one of the highest rates in the league i just don't think people noticed because it was knicks and he was running a lot scrambling and whatnot but yeah i think that i think that the market is too low on on stidham so give me 31 and a half over for his pass attempts”
Jarrett Stidham attempted 31 passes (17-of-31) in the AFC Championship, under the 31.5 line.
“I'm going to go with Sam Darnold longest rush under six and a half yards.”
SEA 31, LAR 27 — Sam Darnold: 9 rushing_yards vs under 6.5; busts. (Sam Darnold: 9 rushing_yards)
“And along those same lines, I'm actually going to go with Adam Troutman here. And it's funny that you said H-back because I was just joking. We just did the touchdown show, and I was just joking with – on the DraftKings segment, I believe, I was joking about how, like, Sean Payton is one of the only coaches that probably actually has an H-back like listed on the play sheet, like in his formation. He just loves these like heavy personnel, you know, formations and whatnot. So I love the Atkins call. I'm going with Troutman for some similar reasons. He essentially has been, people might not have noticed, but he's essentially the Broncos starting tight end. Like Evan Ingram has seen his role kind of reduced as the season has progressed. Last week, Troutman and Ingram played the same amount of pass snaps. The only difference was Troutman did pass block a lot more, but he also passed block a lot more than he usually does on the season. Like he passed, he passed blocked on about 40% of his path of the plays that he was on the field for pass wise. And for the season, he's that's, it going to be more around a third about 30 or so So he in this game I expect him to run a few more routes on the plays he on the field and if you look in the red zone he had six snaps evan ingram had three he ran three routes evan ingram ran one so uh like evan ingram ran the same amount of red zone routes as uh from the the sixth lineman so evan ingram just never been a touchdown guy troutman plays in the red zone just like Adkins he's one of those guys that the other team you know if he blocks he starts to play blocking he can easily slip out just like the linemen did last week so uh like you said Stidham has worked with both of these guys a ton Adkins Troutman because they have been on the second team together um for most of the year still so uh like Troutman again I think he's uh undervalued as essentially the Broncos starting tight end and uh I like your Adkins play as well But yeah, probably not the best idea to parlay them. One or the other probably hits, but Troutman is 11-1 at DraftKings.”
Adam Trautman did not score a touchdown in the Patriots' 10-7 AFC Championship win over the Broncos.
- Adam Trautman anytime touchdown lost
- Davante Adams anytime touchdown won
“One or the other probably hits, but Troutman is 11-1 at DraftKings. Adkins is 25-1. I think the market's undervaluing both. But our parlay here, Troutman-Adams is 26-1. So like those odds as well, especially, you know, for such a proven guy in Adams to still get to 26-1 with another starter on the other side, I think is a great value. So that will be our anytime touchdown parlay presented by DraftKings.”
Adam Trautman recorded no catches/TD in Denver's 10-7 AFC title loss (Jan 25, 2026), busting the parlay even though Davante Adams scored for the Rams in the NFC title game. (Trautman 0 TD; Adams 1 TD)
“I mean he the guy they always going to try to get the ball to probably the most stable Bronco along with I guess Harvey in this spot I going to go with Josh Allen at even money And for the simple fact that I don trust the Bills passing game at all in this spot. I mean, Broncos defense is elite. They play a lot of man coverage. The Bills really struggle against man coverage. Just look at their top receivers against man coverage this year. Elijah Moore is best in yards versus route run. He's not on the team. Palmer, IR. shavers i are davis i are like shakir is like he's a much better versus zone so it's gonna be tough uh you know especially if sean's coleman pick doesn't hit so but i do think the bills get at least one get it in the end zone so it comes down to josh allen or james cook and allen's been running a ton more in the postseason under offensive coordinator uh joe brady he has eight rushing touchdowns uh in eight games in you know over the last three postseason so uh like allen to get in the end zone again i know he's hurt but i think that's why we're getting even money instead of some minus odds and it's a tough defense but like like alan to kind of put the team on his back as he does so going with him at even money”
Josh Allen scored no rushing or receiving TD (12 carries, 66 yards, 0 rush TD; passing TDs do not count) in the Bills' 33-30 OT loss to the Broncos.
“I'm going to go with Zach Charbonnet at minus 105.”
Zach Charbonnet did not score (5 carries, 20 yards, 0 TD) in the Seahawks' 41-6 win over the 49ers.
“But I'm going to go with a hundred Henry at plus two 10. if the Texans do give up a passing touchdown, I think, you know, giving it up to the tight end could be very likely here, you know, since week 13, they've given up five touchdowns, two tight ends. Tyler Warren got one McBride, got a couple Bowers, a Rondé Gadsden. So pretty much any, you know, kind of upper tier tight end, which I think Henry is, you know, kind of one of the top targets on this team has gotten into the end zone against Houston. And that, that makes sense. Cause it's very tough, you know, to score on their outside corners, Lassiter and Stingley. So Patriots receivers, you know, could be limited here. So, yeah, expect some Drake May scrambling and expecting him to look for Hunter Henry in the red zone.”
Hunter Henry did not score (1 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD) in the Patriots' 28-16 win over the Texans.
“I mean, Colson Loveland, too. I mean, Colson Loveland is just taking off. So, yeah, that's what I'm going with. That's what I'm going with. I thought about Burden. So, I like Burden, too. But I think Burden is a little riskier because there is a chance, you know, it's freezing cold. Bears may want to wean into their, you know, two tight end sets even more. They've even been calling up a fourth tight end to play special teams, Nicola Klinic. So like they're going to have reinforcements at that position. So I think Lovewind is kind of locked in, whereas Burden usage is a little shakier. So at 2-1, I still show value. Owen Burden, he's averaging over a half an expected touchdown per game ever since that breakout game he had against the Bengals midseason. And he's become the number one target here. And yeah, I mentioned it. Rams struggle kind of interior-wise. and this is just the guy that they're going to be looking to in the red zone. We saw them get a matchup, even on a two-point conversion. They got a matchup where they came out heavy and then kind of spread everyone out, and Lovewood was on like a linebacker, edge rusher, somebody big. So they can kind of dictate these things. So I love him to get in the end zone for the Bears.”
Colston Loveland did not score (4 rec, 56 yards, 0 TD) in the Bears' 20-17 OT loss to the Rams.
- Blake Corum anytime TD
- Courtland Sutton anytime TD
- Colston Loveland anytime TD
“But yeah, if you parlay anytime touchdowns [23:22] for Blake Corum, Cortland Sutton, [23:26] and Colston Loveland, 32 to one at draft games.”
Both Blake Corum and Colston Loveland failed to score in the Rams' 20-17 OT win over Chicago (Jan 18, 2026), busting the parlay regardless of the Sutton leg. (Corum 0 TD; Loveland 0 TD)
“going with Woody Marks under 58 and a half rushing yards.”
NE 28, HOU 16 — Woody Marks: 17 rushing_yards vs under 58.5; covers. (Woody Marks: 17 rushing_yards)
“Under, full game, 46-and-a-half.”
Broncos beat Bills 33-30 in overtime in the Divisional round (63 combined points), well over the 46.5 total. (Final: DEN 33, BUF 30 (OT))
“again I'm the the Bills Broncos under will be my third so for my second pick the fourth overall of the divisional round six-pack I'm going with the San Francisco 49ers team total under 18 and a half uh 17 and a half it's not really a key number so I'm fine with that but”
The 49ers scored just 6 points in a 41-6 NFC Divisional loss to Seattle (Jan 17, 2026); team total under 18.5 hits easily. (49ers 6 points)
- Colston Loveland anytime TD
- Blake Corum anytime TD
“matched up on a on a linebacker uh so yeah love loveland in this spot against the rams you can parlay for him with loveland that would be a same game parlay and you get 10 to 1 odds on draft kings so hopefully we get we can uh bring one home at the same time you had tremble in week 18. That was a nice hit. Then Kincaid for me last week. Let's try to get it together here. That's going to be our anytime touchdown parlay. Holston Lovelin, Blake Corum, final game of the weekend presented by DraftKings, 10-1.”
Neither leg hit: Colston Loveland (4 rec, 56 yds, left with a concussion) had no TD, and Blake Corum (6 car, 19 yds) did not score, in the Rams' 20-17 OT win over Chicago (Jan 18, 2026). (Loveland 0 TD; Corum 0 TD)
“Jalen Coker, yeah, that's who I like to score. [6:42] He's around plus 320.”
Jalen Coker caught a 7-yard TD from Bryce Young in the Panthers' 34-31 Wild Card loss to the Rams.
“in this offense so i think that the way that you would want to attack that rams defense jalen coker is who i like anything over three to one yeah i like coker as well at times he been lately the number one receiver even over Tet if you playing in single receiver sets So like him And I like Tommy Trumbull as well He six to one And a lot of the things you said about Coker are working in Trumbull's favor, too. You know, now as that lead tight end, you know, tight ends usually do better against zone coverage. He can play some snaps in the slot as well. And with Jatavian Sanders out, Tremble's a full-time player. His rate of pass snaps played went up to 88% last week. That was a season high. And if you're playing 88% of the snaps in a game like this, I think you're always going to be a good bet at 6-1. We don't expect a ton of fireworks from Bryce Young, but you could have a trailing game script. Tremble would still be on the field there with whichever three receivers probably would get as the third one. But Tremble would be on the field no matter what. He was the guy that he was top three in red zone routes against Tampa Bay, along with Tett and Jalen Coker. So like Tommy Tremble at six to one.”
Tommy Tremble caught all 3 targets for 22 yards but did not score in the Panthers' 34-31 loss to the Rams.
“So I'm actually going to go with the unsexy choice in this game for the Bears. And that's DJ Moore at plus 370.”
DJ Moore caught the game-winning 25-yard TD from Caleb Williams in the Bears' 31-27 win over the Packers.
“the Niners at all in this spot just a really tough matchup so I'm gonna go even chalkier than you Kurt I'm gonna go with Saquon Barkley I do show a little bit of value on him to score and the difference between last season and this season and especially down the stretches you know they're kind of switching it up in terms of Jalen Hurst just getting all the rushing touchdowns, getting all you know just everything a tush push Now they have you know plays off the tush push that are passes They have plays off the tush push that are pitches to Barkley So he scoring more of those you know red zone touchdowns like not necessarily always at the goal line That's, you know, that's going to be, you know, kind of hit or miss depending on where you end up. But he's scoring a lot more touchdowns, you know, in like that 20 to 20 to five yard range. And I think this Niner defense, they'll be vulnerable there because they don't tend to stack the box a ton. they do it at the lowest rate in the league. I don't think that's necessarily going to change too much here. And they don't give up explosives in the pass game, even though they're a bad defense. So you tend to have to still methodically drive down the field. I think that's what the Niners game plan is going to be against Philly, given how Jalen Hurts in that pass game has struggled at times. So I can see Barkley getting a lot of opportunities here. And they've started to kind of give the ball to him more down the stretch. Three rushing touchdowns in his last four games and also has connected with Hurts on a couple of receiving touchdowns. And that's big because the Niners have no linebackers. So I could see Barkley getting kind of an advantageous matchup. He usually plays more in the pass game in the playoffs. Last year, he went from playing about 70% of the time to about 85% of the time in the pass game once the postseason started. So So a lot of reasons to like Saquon here at minus 120.”
Saquon Barkley ran for 106 yards but did not score in the Eagles' 23-19 loss to the 49ers.
“I'm a role with Stefan Diggs at plus 175.”
Stefon Diggs did not score in the Patriots' 16-3 win over the Chargers (Hunter Henry had the only offensive TD).
“scorer but I'm going to go with a Pittsburgh guy here because come on this is Mike Tomlin Steelers home underdog rah-rah spot playoff uh CJ Stroud outdoors going on a road like the Steelers are going to find a way to to to have some voodoo here so uh the guy I'm looking at is Pat Fryer moved that four to one and I do think Houston will be able to make DK Metcalf's return look a lot like last week when he wasn't even there because they have I know Lasseter hasn't practiced but I expect him to to be back and you know Stingley did practice on a limited basis so they're gonna have the the guys on the outside to shut down DK Metcalf the rest of those wide receivers I don't really expect them to make noise in the red zone and you know I think Collinsworth was talking about in that last game against the Ravens how the Ravens were essentially given And Fryermuth, like the Travis Kelsey treatment, they were just straight up doubling him in the red zone. Houston, we'll see what they do. But I just think, you know, with Metcalf probably covered, Fryermuth is going to be that guy. Like Rodgers may even force a throw or two into him So love him at four to one showing a lot of value there And the Texans that been how you get them Since week eight they allowed seven touchdowns to tight ends, not much to wide receivers. And on the ground, it's been kind of hit or missed as well, because they're just the best defense in the league statistically. So tight ends are kind of the way you have to beat the Texans. I think Pat Fryer-Moose comes through here for Pittsburgh.”
Pat Freiermuth had 1 catch for 18 yards and no TD in the Steelers' 30-6 loss to the Texans.
- Woody Marks anytime TD
- Nico Collins anytime TD
- Pat Freiermuth anytime TD
“through here for Pittsburgh. All right, you parlay Marks to score. You parlay Nico Collins to get in the end zone with Pat Friermuth as well. Marks, Collins, Friermuth, same game parlay, 34-1 over at DraftKings. That is our Monday night football parlay for wildcard weekend, Texans-Steelers.”
Texans beat Steelers 30-6; Woody Marks scored a 20-yard rushing TD but Nico Collins (3 rec, 21 yds) and Pat Freiermuth (1 rec, 18 yds) did not score, so the SGP fails. (Marks: rush TD; Collins: 0 TD; Freiermuth: 0 TD)
- Luther Burden III anytime TD
- Nico Collins anytime TD
- Pat Freiermuth anytime TD
“our favorite touchdown bet of wild card weekend. We'll combine those into a parlay. So here is our favorite wild card weekend. Anytime touchdown parlay presented by DraftKings. Kerner, you're up first. Who's your favorite touchdown scorer of this six-game slate? This shouldn't be too surprising, but I'm going to go with Luther Burden III at plus 250. I've given enough Luther Burden propaganda the last couple of months. So just like Ben Johnson said, he's dudes a stud. So he's still my favorite play here at a plus two 50. Joe, who are we looking at? Yeah. My favorite bet is Nico Collins stud wide receiver facing a man coverage, heavy defense. I think this is one where he could score and might even score twice. And I'm going to go with Pat Frymuth. He's a guy I'm showing the most value on. I just think that, you know, even with Metcalf back, it's, he's not, he's going to be occupied with those great Texan corners. And we always know the Steelers find a way here. So four to one, love Friar moves. You parlay Luther Burden, anytime touchdown, Nico Collins, anytime touchdown, Pat Friar moves, anytime touchdown, and you get odds of just over 39 to one at DraftKings plus 3920 to be exact. That was our favorite anytime touchdown parlay. for Wild Card Weekend presented by DraftKings. And we'll add those Parleys to the Parley Express account in the Action Network app.”
None of the three legs hit: Luther Burden III (3 rec, 42 yds, 0 TD) vs Packers, plus Nico Collins and Pat Freiermuth also scoreless vs Steelers. (Burden: 0 TD; Collins: 0 TD; Freiermuth: 0 TD)
“And I just think this Bills defense is overrated and we're playing in Jacksonville. So give me the Jags plus one and a half.”
Bills beat Jaguars 27-24 in the Wild Card round; Jacksonville lost by 3, failing to cover +1.5. (Final: BUF 27, JAX 24)
“I'm going with the Los Angeles Chargers plus three and a half at the New England Patriots.”
NE 16, LAC 3 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -13 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Philadelphia Eagles San Francisco 49ers under [32:00] 44 and a half”
PHI 19, SF 23 — Combined 42; under 44.5 covers.
“I'm going with the Carolina Panthers plus 10 and a half as home dogs to the [48:42] Los Angeles Rams.”
CAR 31, LAR 34 — Carolina Panthers margin -3 vs line +10.5; covers.
“So give me Tampa Bay. minus two and a half at home against Carolina on Saturday.”
TB 16, CAR 14 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +2 vs line -2.5; busts.
“All right For my second pick the fourth overall of the week 18 six pack I going with the New York Giants plus four and a half at home against the Dallas Cowboys”
NYG 34, DAL 17 — New York Giants margin +17 vs line +4.5; covers.
“For my third pick and the sixth overall of the Week 18 six-pack, I am going with the Miami Dolphins plus 10.5 at the New England Patriots.”
NE 38, MIA 10 — Miami Dolphins margin -28 vs line +10.5; busts.
“I'm going Raven Steelers under 41 and a half.”
PIT 26, BAL 24 — Combined 50; under 41.5 busts.
“But for the Chiefs oh man I don know if I given this guy out all year but it pretty much the only guy I think has a chance to score in this game for the Chiefs Isaiah Pacheco at plus 440”
Isaiah Pacheco did not score a touchdown in the Chiefs' 20-13 Christmas loss to Denver.
“And then for the Broncos, Bo Nix, plus 470. The Chiefs have been giving up a ton of rushing touchdowns to opposing quarterbacks. Still playing man coverage defense at a pretty high rate. So Bo Nix, I think, has a good shot to get in the end zone for the Denver Broncos.”
Bo Nix ran for a 9-yard TD in the Broncos' 20-13 Christmas win at Kansas City.
“Let's start it off with the Seattle Seahawks at the Carolina Panthers for Seattle. Now, it's pretty simple. It's Jackson Smith, Najigba, this week, every week. I mean, he's just probably been the best receiver in football this year, going up against the Panthers.”
Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught 9 passes for 72 yards with no touchdown in the Seahawks' 27-10 win at Carolina.
“So let's go with Coker here at plus 360.”
Jalen Coker caught both targets for 16 yards and did not score in the Panthers' 27-10 loss to Seattle.
“for the bengals uh wrong with t higgins here i mean this guy just scores every single week when he's on the field joe burrow is just looking a lot better throwing the football”
Tee Higgins did not score in the Bengals' 37-14 win over Arizona (Cincy TDs: Chase x2 rec, Brown x2 rush, Perine rush).
“everyone's yelling at each other man ugly out there but uh cardinals going to cincinnati to take on the bengals for the bengals uh wrong with t higgins here i mean this guy just scores every single week when he's on the field joe burrow is just looking a lot better throwing the football and for the cardinals uh let's go with trey bryde you know he has been a monster this year finally scoring touchdowns and uh in this matchup i mean it's the bengals it's taylor made for trey bryde the best tight end going up against the best tight end matchup. So Higgins, McBride, Cardinals, Bengals.”
Trey McBride caught an 18-yard TD from Brissett in the Cardinals' 37-14 loss at Cincinnati.
“So on the right track but for the Dolphins we going to go with Jalen Waddle for now plus 190”
Jaylen Waddle (rib injury) did not score in the Dolphins' 20-17 win over Tampa Bay.
“pivot to tongas i'm gonna roll with those stay with these nyer pass catchers i'm gonna go juan Jennings here yeah this guy I mean what it's seven touchdowns now in in his last seven games scored in six out of the seven had a multi-touchdown game him and Brock Purdy are just uh you know really on the same page in the red zone and Jennings is always kind of a late down third down kind of receiver money down guy anyway so it's no surprise he's balling out in the red zone so uh we're gonna go with him here he could obviously benefit too if if Kittle is banged up”
Jauan Jennings caught a 38-yard TD from Purdy late in the 49ers' 42-38 win over Chicago.
“I'm going with the Houston Texans. Plus two and a half is still out there.”
LAC 16, HOU 20 — Houston Texans margin +4 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Indianapolis Colts plus six and a half at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
IND 17, JAX 23 — Indianapolis Colts margin -6 vs line +6.5; covers.
“with the carolina panthers plus seven and a half at home against the seattle seahawks now i just”
CAR 10, SEA 27 — Carolina Panthers margin -17 vs line +7.5; busts.
“But I going to go with the Bucs Dolphins over 45 Dolphins defense kind of played the way I thought they would finally I mean I think they been just getting lucky with the opponents”
MIA 20, TB 17 — Combined 37; over 45 busts.
“I'm going to go with Juwan Jennings to keep it rolling. He has seven touchdowns in his last seven games, has scored in six of his past seven, and there's a chance George Kittle misses this one. Pearsall could, I guess, return, but there's a chance both of those guys are out. And even if Pearsall comes back, he hasn't really been a big red zone guy. So the Niners are very Reed-oriented. So what that means is they essentially, like Shanahan, will draw up the plays, and Hurdy, much more so than Jones, has been able to get the ball to his first read. So that's just going to be a lot of McCaffrey, a lot of Jennings, and then a lot of Kittle if he plays in the red zone. So this total seems a little high. It is like 52 and a half. But Jennings is around plus 140. He's turning into like a Mike Evans-like kind of touchdown scorer for this Niner team. It makes sense because he's always been a third-down guy. Anyway, money-down guy. So I like him at plus 140.”
Jauan Jennings caught a 38-yard TD from Brock Purdy late in the 49ers' 42-38 win over Chicago.
“This is a kind of a crapshoot game where I think he can go with a little bit off the board here for the Jets I'm going to go with Jeremy Rucker the backup tight end who will get the start here at plus 530 just got the contract extension so they could be trying I mean they don't have anything to play for they could be trying for a little positive PR you know you just gave the guy a contract extension try to get him in the end zone here he'll get the start at tight end for the injured Mason Taylor”
Jeremy Ruckert did not score; the Jets managed only field goals in their 29-6 loss at New Orleans.
“That homeserve slash podcast Savings compared to renewal price Void in Florida Bengals Dolphins Quinn Ewers getting a start from Miami Got to go with Greg Dosich at six to one for Miami Ewers backup quarterback probably going to rely on the tight end And who has he probably been thrown to on that scout team on the second team Greg Dosich Greg Dosich has been the backup And now, you know, Waller is on the injury report. I suspected he would be. I know he ended up going back in and catching a couple touchdowns against the Steelers. But it is a short week. And with the Dolphins kind of sitting here out of the picture, they could take it easy with Waller here. So I wouldn't be surprised if Dulcich sees a lot of run in this one. His route rate is starting to go up anyway over the last couple of games. Had a 60% two games ago. So I think it could get back to that point with you as that quarterback here.”
Greg Dulcich did not score; Miami's TDs went to De'Von Achane and Malik Washington in the 45-21 loss to Cincinnati.
“And the Bengals have been the worst team in the league at defending tight ends, giving up the most touchdowns by a landslide over second place. And for Cincinnati, Tanner Hudson, 7-1. I feel like this is a very Kerner type of game here because I know Kerner would probably be on both of these guys. Tanner Hudson, 7-1. Noah Pham banged up. Drew Sample banged up. And Hudson, when he gets snaps, they're usually in the red zone. So even though he doesn't get many snaps, if you look at the overall snap rate, they usually come in high leverage situations. That's why we've seen him catch a couple of these random touchdowns already this year. So love him at 7-1 in a game he actually could see a bit of an uptick in his usage rate on all parts of the field.”
Tanner Hudson did not score; Bengals TDs went to Tee Higgins, Samaje Perine and Chase Brown in the 45-21 win at Miami.
“Pittsburgh at Detroit. High total game in this one for the Steelers. I'm going with DK Metcalf at plus 180.”
DK Metcalf had 4 catches for 42 yards and no TD in the Steelers' 29-24 win at Detroit.
“and in a trailing game script too and then for the Detroit Lions gotta go with Shane Zylstra here he has essentially taken over their starting tight end role remember Laporta on IR Brock Wright same thing they cut Ross Dwelly uh Berkser was filling that role for a minute but Zylstra has been on the IR since early in the year. He came off and he was their top tight end in the red zone, ran just as many red zone routes as Isaac Teslaw last week. So I was looking at Teslaw, but then saw that Zylstra has even longer odds. And remember, this is the same Shane Zylstra that once upon a time did score three touchdowns in the same game for the Detroit Lions. so I think he's sneaky here at plus 550.”
Shane Zylstra had 3 catches for 20 yards and no TD in the Lions' 29-24 loss to Pittsburgh.
“But I'm going to kind of bring this back down to earth a little bit. Let's go with someone a little more sensible, Jawan Jennings at plus 150.”
Jauan Jennings caught a 3-yard TD from Brock Purdy in the 49ers' 48-27 MNF win over the Colts.
“going with the New York Giants plus three at home against the Minnesota Vikings.”
NYG 13, MIN 16 — New York Giants margin -3 vs line +3; pushes.
“I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens minus three at home”
BAL 24, NE 28 — Baltimore Ravens margin -4 vs line -3; busts.
“So I'm going Titans plus three and a half.”
TEN 26, KC 9 — Tennessee Titans margin +17 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I'm going to go with the Bills-Browns under 42-and-a-half.”
CLE 20, BUF 23 — Combined 43; under 42.5 busts.
“coverage uh this year and the lions will will man up that's one thing we know about them i'm gonna go with Mike Evans, plus 185. Great game for him against the Falcons, but didn't get in the end zone. Panthers, ton of single high. Mike Evans destroys single high. It makes sense. You know, big bodied, contested catch receiver. You're always going to try it versus single high. He's been great against single high zone as well in his career. Top Panthers receiver versus single high. Excuse me, top Bucs receiver versus single high this year and look great last week so plus 185 they're gonna get him in the end zone sooner or later”
Mike Evans caught a 1-yard TD from Baker Mayfield in the Buccaneers' 23-20 Week 16 loss at Carolina.
“Buffalo, New England. I'm excited about this game for the Bills. I'm going to roll with Gabe Davis at plus 275. Gabe Davis has been leading, as Jill, you pointed out, off air. He's been leading the Bills in receiving snaps at wide receiver over the last couple of games. They picked him up four games ago, and I have him for about one and a half expected touchdowns over that span. Hasn't gotten into the end zone yet.”
Gabe Davis did not appear in the receiving stats and scored no TD in the Bills' 35-31 win at New England.
“one-on-one matchups. So I like him at plus 275. And for the Patriots, Drake May at 5-1. Bills have been giving up a lot on the ground to both running backs, but they're also giving up some of the highest expected touchdown rates to scrambling quarterbacks in the league. So like May here, a little more than trying to take over Mondre Stevenson, who could bumble it off the goal line and get benched.”
Drake Maye scored two rushing TDs in the Patriots' 35-31 loss to the Bills.
“But, Raybon, I think we're back here because even though this is Thursday night, T. Higgins is technically practice Wednesday and Thursday. I don't think he's going to come back for this week. Raybon, we're back. We're taking Mitchell Tinsley here at 4-1.”
Mitchell Tinsley had 1 catch for 16 yards and no TD in the Bengals' 24-0 shutout loss to Baltimore.
“uh all right we got browns at bears this one could get ugly i'm gonna go colston loveland for the bears at plus 275 uh him and commit i think are good bets to get in the end zone here”
Colston Loveland caught passes but scored no TD in the Bears' 31-3 win over Cleveland.
“I want to go Harold Fanning here, but the Bears actually, their cornerback room continues to just be decimated by injury. So I'm going to roll with Jerry Judy here against probably to the chagrin of like Steve Smith Sr. But Jerry Judy at four to one.”
Jerry Jeudy caught 2 passes for 22 yards and no TD in the Browns' 31-3 loss at Chicago.
“bit uh rams hosting the lions love this for touchdowns this should be a high scoring game got the total around 55 so let's start with the rams davante adams i'm gonna bet him for two plus here at plus 360”
Davante Adams had 4 catches for 71 yards and 0 TDs in the Rams' 41-34 win over the Lions, so 2+ TD lost.
“So love Devontae here at plus 360 to score two or more. and then for the lions, Jamison Williams at plus 185. This is one of those games where, you know, it's indoors. Jared Goff might have to go down the field. They might be trailing a lot. So it is a good spot for, for Jamo from that angle. You know, he tends to kind of have ups and downs. So I'm always a little weary of him. You know, he could just go quiet here after a couple of big games, but I do think they're going to need him at least to get in the end zone.”
Jameson Williams caught a 31-yard TD in the Lions' 41-34 Week 15 loss at the Rams.
“Speaking of defenses and the pass the Vikings have been very good against the pass So I going to go with Javante Williams here He juiced up to minus 140 You could in this spot go for two touchdowns as well if you want to get some better juice But I'm just going to keep it old-fashioned and go with the one since we have a couple of longer shots already in the parlay.”
Javonte Williams scored a 1-yard rushing TD in the Cowboys' 34-26 SNF Week 15 loss to Minnesota.
“Oh yeah, they are. They're one of those teams. I mean, they're not as bad as the Bengals, but they do give up a ton of production to tight ends. I'm actually going to go with a wide receiver on the dolphins though. And, and, uh, it's Jalen Waddle just because he's really been dominating the wide receiver room and the pass catcher room in general uh really the only guy you can depend on for a 90 snap rate uh and he has by far the most expected uh receiving touchdowns on the dolphins and he's even getting the most red zone snaps which you know sometimes a smaller guy like him you would expect you know uh that to see a little bit of a downtick but uh he's been in there when it's uh when they're in scoring position and they haven't really trailed a ton as of late like they've been in a lot of games they are underdogs here so Waddle has seen you know half of his touchdowns in these trailing game scripts so I think there's going to be a little bit of an uptick there because he just hasn't had many of them so I think that could go up but his touchdown rate in trailing game scripts is higher in terms of per reception than when it's tied or when they are leading so like Jalen Waddle at two to one”
Jaylen Waddle did not score; both Dolphins TDs went to Darren Waller in the 28-15 MNF Week 15 loss.
“I'm going with the Green Bay Packers minus two at the Denver Broncos.”
DEN 34, GB 26 — Green Bay Packers margin -8 vs line -2; busts.
“I am going with the Kansas City Chiefs minus four and a half at home against the Los Angeles Chargers.”
KC 13, LAC 16 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -3 vs line -4.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings plus 6.5 at the Dallas Cowboys.”
DAL 26, MIN 34 — Minnesota Vikings margin +8 vs line +6.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Cleveland Browns plus seven and a half at the Chicago Bears.”
CHI 31, CLE 3 — Cleveland Browns margin -28 vs line +7.5; busts.
“i'm going with the washington commanders plus two and a half at the giants uh see if this gets to”
NYG 21, WSH 29 — Washington Commanders margin +8 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Chiefs Chargers under 42.”
KC 13, LAC 16 — Combined 29; under 42 covers.
- Adonai Mitchell anytime TD
- Tee Higgins anytime TD
- Michael Wilson anytime TD
“All right, before we get into the primetime games, we'll do our favorite Sunday anytime touchdown daytime parlay presented by DraftKings. And Kerner, you're first up. Who do we like on the Sunday slate for a touchdown? Your favorite bet. Yeah, my favorite bet's A.D. Mitchell at plus 240. You know, I've been talking up all week. uh he's he's always had a ton of talent figured it would take some time for him uh to really break out but i think we saw that last week and he is a full-time true alpha receiver on the jets right now so just gonna ride the wave here and take him at uh plus 240 joe going with t higgins full practice on thursday trending up from the concussion so i i think he's in a prime spot to score especially when we're getting him around plus 185 and i'm gonna go off the board here i I didn't get this game, but I'm going with Michael Wilson of the Cardinals, plus 195. The reason, he's had over 500 yards in the games Jacoby Brissett has started. Zero touchdowns, but I have his expected touchdowns at three. So he should have three more touchdowns. Just in the last seven games alone, then he scored. So I think he's the guy that is due. And you look at the Cardinals injury report. Marvin Harrison might miss again. Greg Dortch banged up as well. So it's really going to be probably the McBride and Michael Wilson show in this one against the Rams. So give me Michael Wilson at plus 195. You parlay Wilson along with A.D. Mitchell and T. Higgins. And you get parlay odds at DraftKings of just over 28 to 1. So nice juicy one there. That was our favorite. Anytime touchdown parlay. for the Sunday afternoon suite presented by DraftKings.”
Adonai Mitchell had no TD vs the Dolphins (1 catch, 24 yds); Higgins (2 TD) and Wilson (2 TD) hit, but the parlay lost on the Mitchell leg. (Mitchell: 1 rec, 24 yds, 0 TD; Higgins: 2 TD; Wilson: 2 TD)
“For me, I'm going to go to another guy that did practice, has missed some time, but Noah Gray at 10-1, and this is just one of those things where he's a little underpriced, coming back off an injury. And the Texans, we know they're really good on the outside at corner. So I think this is a game where Andy Reid may try to get some heavier personnel in there near their goal line. And you're going to be covering Travis Kelsey first and foremost. So that leads me to Gray, who I think can kind of sneak by and get an easy touchdown here. So like Gray, around 10-1.”
Noah Gray had 1 catch for 14 yards and no TD in the Chiefs' 20-10 loss to Houston.
“I'm going to go with Kamani Vidal here at plus 310.”
Kimani Vidal had no TD (56 rush yards, 60 receiving) in the Chargers' 22-19 OT win over Philadelphia.
“three but haven't gotten involved yet myself but for my first pick in the second overall the week 14 Sunday six-pack I'm going with the Atlanta Falcons plus seven and a half at home against the Seattle Seahawks. There's a 7.5 minus 120 out there as we're recording this. I'm fine with that. I'm also fine with a 7.”
ATL 9, SEA 37 — Atlanta Falcons margin -28 vs line +7.5; busts.
“I am going with the Las Vegas Raiders plus seven and a half against the Denver Broncos.”
LV 17, DEN 24 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -7 vs line +7.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings minus one and a half [48:40] against the Washington Commanders.”
MIN 31, WSH 0 — Minnesota Vikings margin +31 vs line -1.5; covers.
“i'm going to go with the raven [59:22] steelers uh under that's still 43 and a half”
BAL 22, PIT 27 — Combined 49; under 43.5 busts.
- Titans ML closed +165 · CLV +11¢ won
- Bengals ML closed +230 · CLV -5¢ lost
“So you got the Bengals at plus 225. So give me Cincinnati there. And then Titans plus 176. You pay our parlay those together and you get about eight to one odds on Bengals and Titans”
Parlay busts: Titans ML — won; Bengals ML — lost.
- Josh Whyle anytime TD
- Michael Wilson anytime TD
“But I'm going to go with Josh Wiley, tight end. What did he play, 60% of the snaps last week? Yeah, 63% route rate. Been rising every week too. 8% and then two in the 30s and then you jumped to 63 last week. Yeah, so we'll take a little bit of a long shot. There's some like 12 to 1s out there. And yeah, Bears have injuries in linebacker. They can't get any pressure. And Bobby's not out there to block. Like if he's out there, it's to run routes because he's not like he that's why he's got cut from the Titans of all teams because he's still unwilling or just not a good blocker. You know, you've seen guys like that, but you're in the right situation, which yeah, I agree. I like this one. there's a lot of variance like he could just not he could only play yeah he could go back down to nothing but right we'll take a shot and we've been sitting now but the thing with him is we've been seeing them kind of searching for the tight ends you know i've tried to catch uh fitzpatrick in a bottle and then they've got been going back and forth with musgrave and but why is the guy that's been he's been steadily rising and he actually did catch a red zone td i think a couple weeks ago so um he could just be earning more playing time we'll see how it goes uh but now I like that one, especially at, you know, long odds. I'm going to go with a guy with a little shorter odds, but a guy who should have at least one touchdown over the stretch that he's been playing, but just kind of been getting a lot of yards and no scores. And that's Michael Wilson. So we'll go with him at plus 200. The Rams have given up four touchdowns to wide receiver since week 10. Juwan Jennings got in, Tez Johnson, and then you saw Coker and McMillan last week. So, and the Rams probably going to be playing from ahead. And so you're going to have more wide receivers on the field. And this guy Wilson has just been unreal with, with Jacoby Brissett. And it looks like Harrison's probably going to be out again. He came back, had the appendix surgery, came back after a couple of weeks and then only lasted about three quarters or so went down with a heel injury. And it sounds like they're just going to hold them out. It's not official or anything, but as we record this, He's sounding on the wrong side of questionable. So that should help Wilson because he'll just get more targets. They looked like they were trying a concerted effort to get Harrison involved more early in that game last week against Tampa Bay But from what I hearing he going to be out So give me some Michael Wilson here at two to one odds He should have at least one if not two or three touchdowns over this last five, six game stretch. So you parlay Wiley and Wilson together and you get 38 to one odds. So this is a juicy one. Hopefully we can get it home. That was our anytime touchdown parlay presented by DraftKings.”
Josh Whyle had no TD vs the Packers (1 catch, no score) while Michael Wilson caught 2 TDs vs the Rams; parlay needs both legs so it lost on Whyle. (Whyle: 1 rec, 0 TD; Wilson: 11 rec, 142 yds, 2 TD)
“I'm going with the New York Jets plus two and a half at home against the Falcons”
NYJ 27, ATL 24 — New York Jets margin +3 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I am going with the Minnesota Vikings plus 10.5 [33:11] at the Seattle Seahawks.”
SEA 26, MIN 0 — Minnesota Vikings margin -26 vs line +10.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Tennessee Titans plus six and a half at home against the Jaguars.”
TEN 3, JAX 25 — Tennessee Titans margin -22 vs line +6.5; busts.
“i'm going bucks cardinals under 45 and a half here”
TB 20, ARI 17 — Combined 37; under 45.5 covers.
“I'm going to go with Colby Parkinson. keeps scoring and he keeps being undervalued by the market he is the lead tight end for the Rams now Higby was who is on IR now was splitting work with Parkinson on early downs Ferguson on third downs and Allen was kind of you know Allen was in Allen's role so it doesn't change much so Parkinson because early downs are you're usually getting about 70 to 80 percent of your plays run on early downs Parkinson had the most snaps to gain from Higby's injury and sure enough He did surpass a 50% route rate last week and was the Rams weed tight end, got in the end zone again. And now you're facing the Panthers with no linebackers. The Panthers team is terrible against tight ends as it is.”
Colby Parkinson did not score in the Rams' 31-28 loss at Carolina; Rams TDs were Adams (x2), Corum and Kyren Williams.
“NFL. So anything over plus 200, I'm going to take Christian Watson. I'm going to go with Amon Ross St. Brown, a monstrous game last week, him and Gibbs. I think they're going to have to lean on these guys again. Green Bay, very zone heavy team, including in the red zone, third most zone coverage in the red zone. And that's important because Green Bay is not going to give up a ton of explosives because they tend to sit back in zone. And so you're going to have to kind of move it up and down the field methodically on them. But Amon Ra leads the Lions in targets, first reads, and is tied for the team lead in touchdowns in the red zone against zone coverage. So you parlay, Amon Ra at even money”
Amon-Ra St. Brown was injured early and did not score in the Lions' 31-24 Thanksgiving loss.
“So give me some Marquise Brown at plus 450.”
Marquise 'Hollywood' Brown caught a 10-yard TD from Mahomes in the Chiefs' 31-28 Thanksgiving loss to Dallas.
“you. Joe, Bengals Ravens, who do you like? Isaiah Likely. Anytime you're looking at touchdown props versus the Bengals, the conversation I think has to start with the opposing tight ends because the Bengals have allowed the most touchdowns to the position. A tight end has scored in five of their last six games. Normally that would lead to Mark Andrews. He's around plus 110, so they are aware of that fact. So I think we take the tight end too. Isaiah Likely, he has scored at least five touchdowns in each of the last two seasons through eight games been a little bit muddled coming back from injury Lamar missing some time he still running the third most routes on the team so I think this is a matchup where he gets his first touchdown of the year I gonna roll with my guy Mitchell Tinsley professional touchdown score That all he does is score touchdowns I still saw over 70 of the routes last week. Now Higgins did go down. So that might drop a little if Chase, you know, stays healthy and Yosev Ash is the number two, but where Tinsley is going to be used in the red zone. And we really saw Noah Fant take the biggest hit with Gusecki bumping up too. So it could be, you know, Tinsley Gusecki with the other guys in the red zone. So I think Tinsley is still underpriced yet again at plus 460. This guy is going to catch touchdowns. That's just what he does. Mike Gusecki, Isaiah Likely, Mitchell Tinsley, parlay those together 75-1.”
Mitchell Tinsley did not score in the Bengals' 32-14 Thanksgiving win; their only TDs were Hudson and Iosivas.
“I can't imagine they're all coming back this week just on on a short week plus Jalen Johnson the cornerback for the Bears if he activated that could probably see where he might be shadowing AJ Brown as well so I think Dallas Goddard if we betting a passing touchdown for the Eagles that where we look I going to roll with A Brown actually I like both of them because the thing about Jalen Johnson if he shadows A Brown that still single coverage And Jalen Hurts is going to attack single coverage. He's a guy that's not going to attack when he sees zone defenders floating around. So I don't really mind that. I do think Goddard's a great one as well because, yeah, those six touchdowns. A.J. Brown's known to just rip up man coverage as well so uh let's go with aj here in the parlay along with goddard and luther bird”
A.J. Brown caught two TDs from Jalen Hurts in the Eagles' 24-15 Black Friday loss to Chicago.
“Cardinals at Bucs. Still some question as to, you know, what's going on with Baker Mayfield and this Bucs offense. I'm going to go with Trey McBride for the Cardinals, though. I didn't get in the end zone last week, but with Jacoby Brissetti still scoring all but one game, this Bucs team is going to blitz and kind of leave guys, you know, vacate zones in the middle of the field we saw Colby Parkinson take advantage last week I think McBride could get in the end zone plus 125 for him”
Trey McBride caught a TD (8 rec, 82 yds, 1 TD) in the Cardinals' 20-17 loss to the Buccaneers.
“so give me Tez at four to one”
Tez Johnson caught a 14-yard TD, the Bucs' only offensive TD, in their 20-17 win over the Cardinals.
“So give me Brenton Strange at plus 425.”
Brenton Strange caught a 21-yard TD from Trevor Lawrence in the Jaguars' 25-3 win over the Titans.
“And then for the Titans, got to go with Cam Ward at 10 to 1.”
Cam Ward went 24-of-38 for 141 yards with 0 TD and no rushing TD in the Titans' 25-3 loss to the Jaguars.
“I'm going to go Kenny Gainwell at plus 215.”
Kenny Gainwell did not score; the Steelers' only TD in the 26-7 loss was Jaylen Warren's 1-yard rush.
“And then for the Bills, got to go with Josh Allen at even money. Still looking for that rushing touchdown record. So pretty simple cap there. Just they get around the goal line. I think they try. I think Josh Allen either tries to get it in himself on a scramble or something. Or if it's a design carry, I think it goes to him if he can get there. So Josh Allen, even money.”
Josh Allen ran for a rushing TD in the Bills' 26-7 win over the Steelers.
“i'm gonna go with pat bryant at uh plus a little over plus 400”
Pat Bryant did not score; Denver's only TDs in the 27-26 OT win were Harvey's two rushes and Nix's TD pass to Courtland Sutton.
“All right. Isaiah Hodgins for me. Five to one. This guy is essentially the Giants number two receiver. He's going to be featured in the red zone regardless.”
Isaiah Hodgins did not score a TD in the Patriots' 33-15 win over the Giants.
“here in this Detroit offense. All right, next up, we'll stay with the New York teams traveling, the Jets at the Baltimore Ravens. This is an interesting game. I'm going to go with Lamar Jackson at plus 200. I never bet Lamar Jackson touchdowns. I usually fade it on the season-long board when it's his rushing number because it's always like a touchdown or so too high, but my guy Stucka who's really plugged in with the Ravens was talking about how he thinks that they're just really frustrated with their red zone offense and and the production down there and he thinks that they're going to look to give Lamar more uh you know runs down there and that oh this year he only has one carry inside the five Derrick Henry has 14 and that's it no one else on the team has one period so you know they've kind of showed their hand with the Mark Andrews you know, whatever, whatever it is. So I think Lamar might catch, might catch the jet sweeping and be able to run one in. He could also scramble one in. He's been stopped at the one or two a couple of times on scrambles this year as well. So I like his touchdown.”
Lamar Jackson had no rushing or receiving TD in Baltimore's 23-10 win over the Jets (both Ravens TDs were Derrick Henry rushes).
“and for the jets going right back to Isaiah Williams, still 10 to one,”
Isaiah Williams handled returns only and scored no TD; the Jets' lone TD was a John Metchie reception in the 23-10 loss at Baltimore.
“So I'm probably still going to play it, but also showing a ton of value on Josh Downs at plus 350. And I think this is because of what Kerner was alluding to, you know, last week with Alec Pierce. He was undervalued. He was due. And now that he's scored, of course, you're going to price up Taylor, Tyler Warren, those guys, Pittman. So there's always going to be one guy. And in this week, it's Josh Downs. Now, he's been money in the red zone. His red zone snaps are trending up. It used to be more of the, you know, two tight end sets, but now he's getting about, you know, 70, 80 in all some of some games gotten all of them in the last few weeks. And he already has three touchdowns in close And that you know you don think of Josh Downs as that kind of player But he been really good just because there so much so many weapons on this Colts offense that he gets a lot of coverage that he can handle And he one of the better route runners in the league So like him And then on the Chiefs side Xavier Worthy at plus 250”
Josh Downs had no TD in the Colts' 23-20 OT loss at Kansas City.
“And he already has three touchdowns in close And that you know you don think of Josh Downs as that kind of player But he been really good just because there so much so many weapons on this Colts offense that he gets a lot of coverage that he can handle And he one of the better route runners in the league So like him And then on the Chiefs side Xavier Worthy at plus 250 the injury scare, depresses odds a little bit, but he's more of a plus 200-ish guy. If he goes, he's been a little bit unlucky when it comes to touchdowns, and he's still capable of”
Xavier Worthy had 4 catches for 59 yds and no TD in the Chiefs' 23-20 OT win over Indianapolis.
“Parker Washington is going to be my choice on the Jaguars. I was hoping we'd have more clarity about the tight end situation because I think, you know, tight ends are a good option to take against this Arizona Cardinals defense, which is also pretty, you know, safe, zone heavy, likes to keep things in front of them. They will give up touchdowns to tight ends, but they also give up touchdowns to, you know, kind of like interior receivers, little speedier guys. jsn flannoy josh downs and hunter renfro scored twice so against them so uh parker washington is kind of that guy for the jaguars i think he's still pretty safe for about 80 to 95 percent route run rate even when brian thomas jr does return it's been patrick kind of taking those one-for-one snaps from thomas so it should still be washington with thomas and then jacoby myers as the top three receivers so uh it's just with all the other uncertainty as far as who exactly is going to play and then they you know tootin and etn are kind of juiced up because they they had they've been getting it going lately so i think it's a good spot to take uh jaguars pass catcher again i think they could be trailing you know it's just not in jacksonville now they got to go across the country and they're not facing justin herbert uh who just just lost the plot last week so like uh washington at plus 240 mcbride for two at plus 550 falcons at saints and kerner i am jealous of”
Parker Washington caught a TD from Trevor Lawrence (5 rec, 71 yds, 1 TD) in Jacksonville's 27-24 OT win at Arizona.
- AJ Barner anytime TD
- DeVonta Smith anytime TD
- Mitchell Tinsley anytime TD
“So give me AJ Barner, plus 250. Yeah, I love that he can tap into those rushing touchdowns against the Titans because they do give up a ton. All right, Jill, who are you rolling with? Week 12, anytime touchdown. Yeah, Devontae Smith, I think he's going to score a touchdown on this Cowboys secondary. I don't think that they've improved enough, and I think the Eagles passing game will actually get a little bit of a boost playing against the Cowboys secondary and actually have some good completions downfield. So I think Devontae Smith at plus 180, that's who I like in this spot. I'm going to roll with professional touchdown score, Mitchell Tinsley at four to one. If you haven seen him score touchdowns look them up As you mentioned Jill a bunch of highlight reel kind of touchdown catches already in his young career Had one earlier in the year Also had a couple in the preseason against the Commanders I believe it was So love him in this spot Has upside to just be a one-for-one chase replacement. But either way, should be that number three receiver and an option in the red zone. You parlay Tinsley, Smith, Barner together on DraftKings, and you get 46-1 odds.”
Tinsley scored, but Barner (2 rec, 18 yds) and DeVonta Smith (89 yds) both went scoreless - all three legs were needed. (Tinsley TD; Barner 2 rec/18 yds no TD; Smith 89 yds no TD)
“And then I'm going to go with Davis Allen officially plus 370. Among the team leaders, right with Parkinson, you know, and Devontae Adams in red zone snaps on the season last four games especially um you know he's really come on he's caught three touchdowns already in the red zone kind of goes under the radar a little bit but i like the tight ends in this spot”
Davis Allen did not score; Stafford's three TD passes went to Davante Adams (x2) and Colby Parkinson in the Rams' 34-7 win.
“I'm going with the New Orleans Saints minus one and a half against the Atlanta Falcons.”
NO 10, ATL 24 — New Orleans Saints margin -14 vs line -1.5; busts.
“i'm going with the arizona cardinals plus three uh shop around for the best number”
ARI 24, JAX 27 — Arizona Cardinals margin -3 vs line +3; pushes.
“I going with the Tampa Bay buccaneers plus seven plus six and a half don matter for the contest”
LAR 34, TB 7 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -27 vs line +7; busts.
“So I'm actually going to pivot to the Eagles Cowboys under I was initially going to go with that. I haven't played either total yet, but I'm hoping the Eagles Cowboys gets back to 48. It's 47 and a half right now. We'll go with that for the contest.”
DAL 24, PHI 21 — Combined 45; under 47.5 covers.
“and then they just released brandon cooks so they clearly want to get veille more involved and i was i would if if not for this guy i love both these guys i bet both these guys already uh already it's It's already in the action app. I think these guys will end up closing shorter. So I would lock these in as soon as you hear this. But Mitchell Tinsley is who I'm going with that plus 450.”
Mitchell Tinsley caught a 17-yard TD from Joe Flacco in the Bengals' 26-20 Week 12 loss to New England.
“All right, next up, we got the Cincinnati Bengals going to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers. On the Steelers side, I'm not even going to get fancy here. I'm going to go with Jalen Warren at minus 160. Still have a little bit of value here on this. This is my guy Stucky's favorite. Anytime touchdown from the Action Network pod as well. He's been on a tear. And I totally agree with him here.”
Jaylen Warren did not score a rushing or receiving TD in the Steelers' 34-12 win over the Bengals.
“And I totally agree with him here. Jalen Warren, they're trying to get him more work. He's already been handling about 80% of the backfield carries over the past month. And Tomlin says, hey, we got to get him more work. And this Cincinnati defense, I know they're coming off a bye, but no Hendrickson. And they've given up the most fantasy points to running backs by a good, you know, what, three, four points, nine touchdowns on the ground to opposing backs, four more through the air. So I think Warren could get in the end zone either way here. He is going to be active in the receiving game as well. We know Rodgers likes to dump off those short passes. And then on the Bengals side, I'm going with their running back as well, Chase Brown at plus 135. There's a chance Chase Brown's odds should be just as high as Jalen Warren's because”
Chase Brown ran 18 times for 99 yards but did not score a TD in the Bengals' 34-12 loss to the Steelers.
“I'm going to roll with Josh Jacobs, [16:07] two or more touchdowns at plus 230.”
Josh Jacobs scored 0 TDs (7 carries, 40 yards) in the Packers' 27-20 win over the Giants, missing the 2+ TD prop.
“both teams uh that been that we seen all year yet so this this should be a really competitive game too so i think myers snaps bump up and uh a monster Seahawks Rams I going to go with two revenge touchdown plays that I think are undervalued for the Seahawks I didn't think I'd get here this year, but let's go with Cooper Cup at four to one. You know, if they're ever going to try to scheme a guy, a touchdown and dis offense, I mean, it can get cute at times because it's been so monstrous. It's Cooper Cup. So you might see something weird around the goal line and maybe an end around, you know, just a little one of those like one hit, one step slant type of deals. I think his only touchdown this year was like a three yarder. So like Cooper Cup at four to one, you know, Horton still a little banged up and, you know,”
Cooper Kupp did not score a TD in the Seahawks' 21-19 loss to the Rams (Seattle's TD was Kenneth Walker III rushing).
“but I think this is a good spot for Cup to get one. And then on the other side, let's go with Colby Parkinson at nine to one. It's like Rams touchdown roulette here. If you just pick your tight favorite tight end, I'm going with Parkinson.”
Colby Parkinson caught a 6-yard receiving TD for the Rams in their 21-19 win over the Seahawks.
“Yeah. Speaking of, you know, another the Broncos are hosting the Chiefs. And they've looked really shaky. Ended up, our guy Troy Franklin ended up hitting for us, I think, on the show last week on Thursday. And that was just it after he scored. So this Broncos team, a little bit shaky here. I'm going to go with their running back, RJ Harvey, at plus 121. Kind of the truck, but there is some uncertainty exactly how much he's going to play, how much of the workload for Dobbins he's going to assume. But I want to get a guy like Harvey in this spot because the Chiefs have just given up really nothing, you know uh to to receivers and tight ends compared to running backs i mean they're most of their touchdowns this year have come against running backs you know they're going to play a lot”
RJ Harvey did not score a rushing or receiving TD in the Broncos' 22-19 Week 11 win over the Chiefs (11 carries, 30 yards).
“can catch one but uh there's a chance he does see that normal dobbins workload already was starting to see more work in the red zone as well. So like him. And then on the Chiefs side, going with their running back as well. And the Broncos, they've got two touchdowns to wide receivers all year long. It's really been the running back show. If you want to get a touchdown against the Broncos as well. We saw Gentry score last week. I believe Pacheco is going to miss. Early in the week, Reid said he needs some more time. So I'm thinking Hunt gets another one of these massive workload games. We saw it, you know, going into the bye, thought Brashard Smith would play a bigger role than he did. And he was just around his normal season snap rate. And Kareem Hunt was the guy, you know, getting the work. And, you know, Mitchell was inactive, quite out of the layer, mixed in for a few snaps, but Hunt should be as fresh as ever coming off the bye. So like both backs in this Chiefs-Broncos divisional matchup. We'll get to our favorite Sunday anytime touchdown”
Kareem Hunt scored a 2-yard rushing TD in the Chiefs' 22-19 Week 11 loss at Denver.
“Brock Bowers right now at even odds at DraftKings. [47:05] I'm going to add him at this point.”
Brock Bowers did not score in the Raiders' 33-16 Week 11 MNF loss to Dallas (only Raiders TD was Tre Tucker).
“But I just think Brock Bowers is on another level and I think he's going to score a touchdown against this Dallas defense that is not stopping anybody. Yeah, and love Ferguson. And I also love George Pickens And that who I going to go with Plus 150 now Ferguson tears up zones Dak is really tearing up zones But George Pickens has just been unreal against zone coverage this year Five touchdowns against zone coverage. That is just unheard of for a wide receiver.”
George Pickens caught a 37-yard TD from Dak Prescott in the Cowboys' 33-16 Week 11 MNF win at Las Vegas.
“I'm going with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers plus five and a half at the Buffalo Bills.”
BUF 44, TB 32 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -12 vs line +5.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Pittsburgh Steelers minus five and a half [40:18] against the Cincinnati Bengals.”
PIT 34, CIN 12 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +22 vs line -5.5; covers.
“i'm gonna roll with the eagles lions under 47”
PHI 16, DET 9 — Combined 25; under 47 covers.
“I'm going with the Cardinals plus 136.”
ARI 22, SF 41 — Arizona Cardinals lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going to roll with Cedric Tillman for the Browns, plus 450.”
Cedric Tillman caught a TD (2 rec, 11 yds) in the Browns' 27-20 loss at the Jets.
“So I want some Wilson in this spot at plus 240. I think that's kind of insane, given that the Browns are going to play man coverage. They are going to play some single high So listen it should still get opportunities singled up even though it quality coverage against this Browns team And they have been exploitable through the air at times You know 10 receiving touchdowns to opposing wideouts that is tied for the sixth most in the NFL. And you wouldn't think that because the Browns have generally played good defense, but, you know, it's just their kind of scheme. It's man-heavy. They'll take some risks. So like Wilson to return and score and like Tillman to return and score.”
Garrett Wilson left with a knee injury in Q3 and did not score vs the Browns.
“for the Niners, going with Jawan Jennings at plus 250.”
Jauan Jennings caught a 6-yard TD from Mac Jones in the 49ers' loss to the Rams.
“guys that's undervalued in the market uh I'm gonna go with DK Metcalf on DK always love to roll with him uh Kerner you had a good call I think last week on him just being uh not kind of a guy that we want to be high on well this week you know going up against the Chargers they play the second most zone coverage in the league behind the Las Vegas Raiders. And DK Metcalf has been far and away the Steelers best receiver against zone. Usually you don't see that with wide receivers as much, only, you know, the really good ones. And I think Rodgers indoors against a zone heavy defense, he's going to be able to target his number one receiver. And Metcalf, one of the few guys in the league that can run away from zone coverage. Like it's, you know, it's, it's just not many guys can do that. He can, we've seen it a couple of times already this year. so uh rolling with dk on dk plus 160”
DK Metcalf did not score in the Steelers' 25-10 loss to the Chargers (Pittsburgh's only TD was Roman Wilson).
“I'm going to roll with Devontae Smith in this spot. Plus 205.”
DeVonta Smith caught a 36-yard TD from Jalen Hurts in the Eagles' 10-7 win over the Packers.
“I'm going with the Washington Commanders plus eight and a half at home against the Detroit Lions.”
WSH 22, DET 44 — Washington Commanders margin -22 vs line +8.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Houston Texans plus one and a half at home against the [15:46] Jaguars.”
HOU 36, JAX 29 — Houston Texans margin +7 vs line +1.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Arizona Cardinals plus six and a half at the Seattle Seahawks.”
SEA 44, ARI 22 — Arizona Cardinals margin -22 vs line +6.5; busts.
“I am rolling with San Francisco 49ers plus four and a half at home against the Rams.”
SF 26, LAR 42 — San Francisco 49ers margin -16 vs line +4.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens first half minus 2.5.”
MIN 10, BAL 9 (halftime) — Ravens trailed 9-10 at halftime vs Vikings (margin -1); first-half -2.5 spread does not cover.
“going with the new york football giants plus four and a half at the Chicago Bears”
CHI 24, NYG 20 — New York Giants margin -4 vs line +4.5; covers.
“I going to go with the Patriots Bucks over 48”
TB 23, NE 28 — Combined 51; over 48 covers.
“I'm going to go with the 49ers, Rams over 49.5.”
SF 26, LAR 42 — Combined 68; over 49.5 covers.
“I'm going to roll with the Pittsburgh Steelers here at plus 140.”
LAC 25, PIT 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
“i am going to go with it might be a little bit of a contrarian play but uh i think it's it's certainly doable regardless of the situation Jamison Williams plus 175”
Jameson Williams scored a 14-yard receiving TD in the Lions' 44-22 win at Washington.
“uh, love it. All right. I got Falcons Patriots for the Patriots. Got to roll with my guy, Mac Hollins, if you heard me on the Fantasy Flex earlier in the week, I had the carpet cleaners over, so I had to do some pods barefoot. And so in honor of that, I'm going to roll with Mac Hollins.”
Mack Hollins had 2 catches for 9 yards and no TD in the Patriots' 24-23 win over Atlanta.
“and then on the Atlanta Falcons, rolling with Kyle Pitts, you know, he's a guy that I think against the Patriots, they have been pretty good against tight ends, but Kyle Pitts isn't a normal tight end, you know, he can beat coverage. And the Falcon team, I mean, the receivers seem banged up consistently uh drake london probably be back but i saw him and uh donald mooney on the injury report they released their number three ray ray mcleod so they just got cardio kings out there at that spot so i think it sets up really well for the backs and tight ends in this game to roll kyle pitts at plus 260”
Kyle Pitts had 4 catches for 38 yards and no TD vs the Patriots; Drake London scored all 3 Falcons receiving TDs.
“For the Packers, got to roll with my guy, John Fitzpatrick, 13-1. He's a guy who has been getting more and more playing time as that number two tight end. Seems like he's surpassed Luke Musgrave, which is interesting. It's kind of been coming on slowly, and just his playing time has been increasing. And then they released or waived, I should say, Ben Sims, who sometimes was active, at least last year, as the number three tight end over Fitzpatrick. So I think this is all just a very good sign for Fitzpatrick. And he's a guy who's going to be used a ton in the red zone when he does get used.”
John FitzPatrick did not score in the Panthers' 16-13 win at Green Bay; only Rico Dowdle (2) and Josh Jacobs scored TDs.
“And then on the Panther side, Tett McMillan, plus 220. He's a guy who you would expect to have more touchdowns than he does. He's been very consistent yardage-wise, but struggled to get in the end zone. And that's obviously, you know, a direct indictment on the Panthers quarterbacks.”
Tetairoa McMillan had 4 catches for 46 yards and no TD in the Panthers' 16-13 win at Green Bay.
“for the Broncos rolling with Pat Bryant, [22:41] the rookie at plus 450.”
Pat Bryant had 2 catches for 20 yards and no TD in the Broncos' 18-15 win at Houston; Harvey and Sutton scored.
“And then for the Texans, I'm going to go with Nico Collins at plus 155. He has the advantage of not having to deal with Pat Sertan, who is doubtful for this game, likely is going to miss some time. And if you look back at Nico, you know, ever since CJ Stroud was drafted, he's been a better than, you know, he scored a touchdown in more than half his games, you know, this year. Or at least half his games, I should say.”
Nico Collins had 7 catches for 75 yards and no TD in the Texans' 18-15 loss to Denver.
“I'm going to roll with Kareem Hunt for the Chiefs at plus 115. You know, looks like Isaiah Pacheco is going to miss some time here. I think they're calling him week to week. got hurt at the tail end of that Monday night game. So Kareem Hunt, they've showed that they're going to continue to go to him in the red zone.”
Kareem Hunt scored a rushing TD (11 car, 49 yds) in the Chiefs' 28-21 loss at Buffalo.
“And for the Bills, I'm going to roll with Ty Johnson at 9-1. You know, we've seen Ray Davis kind of step it up, but I think he missed practice. Ty Johnson has been that number two back for the Bills, but great in the passing game. So anytime you're in a situation where the Bills could potentially... potentially trail, I think you want to look at a guy like Ty Johnson, who's just so good. Remember that touchdown? He caught in the back of the end zone against the Broncos in the playoffs last year. And then that monster game he had against the Lions in a shootout. I think that's the type of game that we could potentially get here with the Chiefs offense humming again. This could be a very high scoring game. So give me some Ty Johnson at 9-1.”
Ty Johnson scored a rushing TD in the Bills' 28-21 win over Kansas City.
“Yeah. Terry McCorn's out. He's he's been ruled out. So, yeah, that's it's going to be Robbie chosen is probably the fifth receiver. But I'm not going to go with him. I'm going to go with Chris Moore, who just always seems to be a thorn in the side of whoever else is on the commanders in terms of playing time. And, you know, he's usually Terry's direct backup. So I'm hoping that we could potentially get like an 80, 90 percent kind of routes run game for Chris Moore. We don't. Sometimes we see all the backups around, you know, 50, 60 percent. Jalen Lane included in that McCaffrey as well. But either way, I think Chris Moore is way too cheap in the touchdown market here at plus 550.”
Chris Moore did not record a TD in the Commanders' 38-14 loss to Seattle.
“go with bam knight at plus 145 now he has taken over as the lead back”
Bam Knight had 27 rushing yards and 20 receiving yards with no TD in the Cardinals' 27-17 win at Dallas.
“first overall i'm going with the buffalo [8:13] bills plus two at home against the kansas city chiefs”
BUF 28, KC 21 — Buffalo Bills margin +7 vs line +2; covers.
“I'm going with the Pittsburgh Steelers plus three and a half.”
PIT 27, IND 20 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +7 vs line +3.5; covers.
“so give me minnesota [23:44] plus eight and a half at detroit”
DET 24, MIN 27 — Minnesota Vikings margin +3 vs line +8.5; covers.
“i'm going raiders jaguars under 45 and a half”
LV 29, JAX 30 — Combined 59; under 45.5 busts.
“I'm going back to the well here with the Pittsburgh Steelers plus 145. [57:05] Home dog against the Colts.”
PIT 27, IND 20 — Pittsburgh Steelers won; moneyline covers.
“I like Kayshawn Butte at plus 280.”
Kayshon Boutte caught a 39-yard TD from Drake Maye in the Patriots' 32-13 win over Cleveland.
“Cleveland with eight touchdowns allowed to wide receivers tied for eighth most in the league, just seven combined to running backs and tight ends. And then for the Browns, we'll kind of go a little bit off the board here with Jamari Thrash at 15 to 1. It's a guy I used to like as a rookie kind of fell off the map for a little bit. But Isaiah Bond is playing so poorly that. Thrash has seen an uptick in snaps and in the red zone. He's playing snaps as well and taking some away from Bond as that number two receiver. And, you know, against the Patriots, it's tougher to run on them. And so I do think if Cleveland does get in the end zone, which is a question mark, they'll have to do it through the air.”
Jamari Thrash had a 31-yard reverse but did not score in the Browns' 32-13 loss to New England.
“I'm going to go with Dawson Knox at plus 350. Carolina gives up the fourth most yardage and tied for the fourth most touchdown receptions per game to tight ends. And Dawson Knox already was seeing some red zone snaps at the expense of Dalton Kincaid before Kincaid's injury.”
Dawson Knox had a 15-yard catch but did not score in the Bills' 40-9 win over Carolina.
“market. And then for the Panthers, got to go with Xavier Leggett at plus 450. I think he's just way underpriced in the market. I know he's caught touchdowns and I think both games since returning, but still underpriced, tied for the most red zone route and target since he returned. And, you know, the coverage is still going to kind of go towards McMillan first. And that, I think, really helps Leggett in this Panther offense. And with the Bills, you know, they're going to play A lot of zone Leggett is second on the team in targets against zone coverage as well. So a lot of good things for Leggett here. I just think he's way underpriced in the market at plus 450. He's down to plus 330, 300 somewhere. And I still think he's underpriced there. So a wide range of prices for him, but I like him to get in the end zone.”
Xavier Legette did not score in the Panthers' 40-9 loss to Buffalo; Carolina's only TD was a Chuba Hubbard rush.
“Let's go to Jonathan Taylor, automatic three touchdown game, six to one.”
Jonathan Taylor scored 3 TDs (incl. an 80-yard run) in the Colts' 38-14 win over Tennessee.
“And for the Titans, a guy who scored last week for them, Shimray DK, I like him to get back in the end zone. He's plus 475.”
Chimere Dike had 7 catches for 93 yards plus a 67-yard punt-return TD (return TDs do not count) — no rushing/receiving TD — in the Titans' 38-14 loss to Indianapolis.
“But I'm going to go with Brashard Smith here. And the reason being, because the commanders do play a lot of man coverage, Brashard Smith is actually a running back that they trust to beat man. So he can get an explosive score here. But he also been playing more in the red zone just as you know one of the three running backs in the rotation now And we saw Kareem Hunt not play all of the you know goal line red zone snaps last week I know he got hobbled early in the game but he did come back in So still I think it a good sign for Smith that he just kind of getting more action here And with the spread going up it increases the likelihood of a blowout And if you have the you know kind of garbage time crew in, Rashard Smith also is a part of that crew. So like him at plus 235 with all the Chiefs kind of bucketed together in that same odd zone. But, you know, there are a bunch of options, I think, on the Chiefs, but Rashard Smith is my favorite.”
Brashard Smith did not score in the Chiefs' 28-7 Week 8 MNF win over the Commanders (TDs went to Hunt x2, Kelce, Rice).
“for my first pick of the week eight sunday six-pack i'm going with the houston texans we'll call it money line minus 115 out there draft kings against that if you have to take a one one and a half that's fine too against the san francisco 49ers”
HOU 26, SF 15 — Houston Texans won; moneyline covers.
“I'm going with the New York football Jets plus six and a half at the Cincinnati Bengals.”
CIN 38, NYJ 39 — New York Jets margin +1 vs line +6.5; covers.
“I am going with the Baltimore Ravens minus six and a half at home against the Chicago Bears.”
BAL 30, CHI 16 — Baltimore Ravens margin +14 vs line -6.5; covers.
“I'm going to roll with Niners-Texans over 41.5.”
HOU 26, SF 15 — Combined 41; over 41.5 busts.
“For the Jacksonville Jaguars, I got to roll with Hunter Long, plus 450. He is their main red zone tight end, and he's been their main red zone tight end. and out with Brenton Strange out. That has continued. You see a lot more Johnny Munt between the 20s, but this is also a revenge game for Hunter Long, so like him at plus 450.”
Hunter Long did not score a TD in Jacksonville's 35-7 loss to the Rams at Wembley; the Jaguars' only TD was Travis Hunter.
“And for the Rams, Jordan Whittington plus 325. He has been that number three receiver in the red zone all year. Now you're looking at Puka Nakua likely not in the lineup, so it's just going to be Devontae Adams. Maybe they go with more two tight end sets as well, but either way, I think Whittington should have a role in the red zone. So like him at plus 325.”
Jordan Whittington had 2 catches for 9 yards and no TD in the Rams' 35-7 win; Rams receiving TDs went to Adams (3), Ferguson and Davis Allen.
“Chicago, I got to go back to Roma Dunze here, plus 112.”
Rome Odunze had 2 catches for 31 yards and no TD in the Bears' 26-14 win over New Orleans.
“and for the Saints, Rashid Shahid at plus 275.”
Rashid Shaheed had 4 catches for 40 yards and no TD in the Saints' 26-14 loss; Saints TDs were both Chris Olave.
“I'm just going to go with Iwik Iwemenoor for the Titans at plus 250.”
Elic Ayomanor had 2 catches for 29 yards and no TD in Tennessee's 31-13 loss to New England; Titans' only TD was Chimere Dike.
“you could seriously play every Patriot runner Like so you could play Stevenson you could play Travion Henderson and you could play Drake May to score a rushing touchdown I going to go with the guy who most likely in Ramondre Stevenson for the purposes of the show at even money”
Rhamondre Stevenson scored a 3-yard rushing TD in the Patriots' 31-13 win over the Titans.
“practiced. I'm going to go with George Pickens here. I think, you know, standalone, if everyone's out again, he's their most likely touchdown catcher. And if guys come back, it just takes more coverage off of him and allows him to get in more single coverage. And that's really, you know, Washington has been more of a man coverage team this year. They haven't been a great defense, but they played their man coverage at times. And I think Pickens can take advantage of that.”
George Pickens had 4 catches for 82 yards but no TD in the Cowboys' 44-22 win over the Commanders.
“And for the commanders, Zach Ertz at two to one, same thing for the commanders,”
Zach Ertz caught a 5-yard TD from Jayden Daniels in the Commanders' 44-22 loss to the Cowboys.
“now scored last week so i'm gonna go back to him here around plus 205 all right i'm rolling with mason taylor joe you mentioned him earlier of the jets i think he's a top target for them So we got three tight ends for our Anytime Touchdown Parlay for Sunday presented by DraftKings.”
Mason Taylor had 3 catches for 31 yards but no TD in the Jets' 13-6 loss to the Panthers.
“And I'm going to go with Rashad White at minus 115.”
Rachaad White did not score in the Bucs' 24-9 loss; Tampa Bay's only TD was Tez Johnson's reception.
“as well and uh so Kerner is going with the tight end too I'm gonna go with Barner here at plus 400”
AJ Barner did not score in the Seahawks' 27-19 win; Seattle TDs were Charbonnet (2 rush) and Smith-Njigba.
“Give me the Vikings plus one and a half at home”
MIN 22, PHI 28 — Minnesota Vikings margin -6 vs line +1.5; busts.
“I'm going to roll with the New Orleans Saints plus five and a half still out there against the Chicago Bears,”
CHI 26, NO 14 — New Orleans Saints margin -12 vs line +5.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Los Angeles Chargers minus one and a half at home against the Indianapolis Colts.”
LAC 24, IND 38 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -14 vs line -1.5; busts.
“giants give me seven uh see if you can get seven and a half though”
DEN 33, NYG 32 — New York Giants margin -1 vs line +7; covers.
“I'm going with the Cleveland Browns minus two and a half at home against the Miami Dolphins.”
CLE 31, MIA 6 — Cleveland Browns margin +25 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I'm gonna roll with the Browns Dolphins under that uh you essentially made the case for in your Browns picks I don't have to say much but uh under 40 we'll go for the contest I don't see any 40 and a half,”
CLE 31, MIA 6 — Combined 37; under 40 covers.
“I like the spot for the Jaguars going money line plus 136”
JAX 7, LAR 35 — Jacksonville Jaguars lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going to go with a guy who started a little slower, but I think he's going to have to kind of be what Fannin is to Cleveland in his offense at least for this week. And that's Mason Taylor. should be around plus 240 odds to score a touchdown. If you don't know who it is, it's the rookie tight end for the New York Jets. And, yes, we're taking a jet to score a touchdown.”
Mason Taylor had 3 catches for 31 yards and no TD in the Jets' 13-6 loss to Carolina.
“Cowboys at the Carolina Panthers and got to go with Ryan Flannoy for the Cowboys. I know there's still some uncertainty is what his role is going to be. I expect CeeDee Lamb and Kamonte Turpin to be held out or severely limited for this week. That's what they've kind of been talking up. So I think Flannoy now kind of put himself in a position where he may even jump Jalen Tolbert for snaps. I mean, he was just so good, had over 100 yards in the first half alone. Tolbert was still taking certain situational snaps over Flannoy like red zone. but you know he's run I think 24 routes and zero catches on three targets in the red zone for Tolbert this year he's been good in the past there but I wouldn't be surprised if you see things kind of flip here so I just want to get ahead of this and you're also getting potentially a rush attempt or two which is always helpful in these touchdown markets because a lot of times those are designed to kind of spring a guy into the end zone so like Flannoy on the Cowboys side. And then for the Panthers, similarly murky, but with this guy, I think if he does, if he's for some reason, not, not going to be one of the top five wide receivers, which I've kind of played with this in my head, I think he's probably just going to be a healthy scratch. And that's Jimmy Horn Jr. But he's eight to one. And I want to get ahead of this because I think there's a possibility that even if Jalen Cobra is activated and comes back, that they could potentially cut a guy like Renfro or deactivate him because we saw them cut him early to start the year. And they said they want to give Horn a bigger role now after his play last week He one of the few guys on that team with speed They were giving him rush attempts So another guy that I expect to be active is the fifth receiver getting about 25 30 of the dropbacks just kind of like a Bryson Tremaine type and some gadget looks So Leighhorn at 8-1 and Flannoy at 3-1.”
Ryan Flournoy scored no TD (3 catches, 30 yards; 1 carry) in the Cowboys' 30-27 Week 6 loss at Carolina.
“And that's Jimmy Horn Jr. But he's eight to one. And I want to get ahead of this because I think there's a possibility that even if Jalen Cobra is activated and comes back,”
Jimmy Horn Jr. had 2 catches for 36 yards but no TD in the Panthers' 30-27 win over Dallas.
“So I'm going to go with Darnell Washington here at nine to one. [19:11] And I have to, we all have to, you know why?”
Darnell Washington did not score; Steelers TDs in the 23-9 win went to Connor Heyward and DK Metcalf.
“Patriots at saints. and I'm going right back to this guy because he just disappeared last week. I don't know where he was, but I wanted him to score a touchdown. I don't think he got a target. He was like a cardio king and that was Austin Hooper. I'm going back to him at plus 750. Underlying metrics in terms of the usage, still exactly where we want him to be.”
Austin Hooper did not score; Patriots TDs in the 25-19 win went to DeMario Douglas and Kayshon Boutte (x2).
“Devon Vele at 17 to 1 That too high Because last week we started to see them you know cut down on brandon cook playing time and i did expect that to eventually happen especially with you know kamara kind of getting the same treatment those guys just don't really fit on the team if they're you know going to be a one and four spencer rattler team that so i think veille continues to kind of trend up remember this is the guy that they traded for uh and he was already taking the The few snaps that he was taking away from Cooks tended to happen in the red zone. So I would not be surprised if Vele was able to get into the end zone here. And this Patriot offense, it's proven to be good enough to kind of push the issue here. And it is an indoor game. So I like Vele. I know the first guy I went to look at was Taysom Hill. And he was probably triple what his odds should have been. He was plus 200 or something. I'm like, what? Yeah. He played like seven snaps. Oh, man. So I wanted to take Taysom, but the value is on Devon Vele, which is a lot less fun unless he hits. And that's why we do it. So 17-1 for Vele, 7.5-1 for Hooper.”
Devaughn Vele did not score in the Saints' 25-19 loss; New Orleans' only TD was Taysom Hill's 1-yard run.
“We'll each give our favorite player to find the end zone for this Sunday's slate. Parlay all three of them together over on DraftKings. Jill, I'm starting with you. Yeah, I'm going to go with Zach Charbonnet. I like him to score a touchdown against that Jaguars run defense. I'm going to go with a guy we mentioned earlier, Ashton Jensey. This Titans run defense is just, or this running back defense of the Titans with nine touchdowns, should be 10, just low-hanging fruit for me. So give me Gentry, Kerner, where are you going?”
Ashton Jeanty ran in a 3-yard TD in the Raiders' 20-10 win over the Titans.
“So I'm going to just keep it simple. Jamar Chase, plus 250.”
Ja'Marr Chase caught a 19-yard TD (10 rec, 94 yds) in the Bengals' 27-18 loss to Green Bay.
“that are kind of similar. It's hard to pick between them, but I think the safest guy is Josh Jacobs. I'm going to go two touchdowns at plus 230 just because we want the, you know, this is a spot when you have a big spread.”
Josh Jacobs scored two rushing TDs (93 rush yards) in the Packers' 27-18 win over Cincinnati, clearing the 2+ line.
“I'm going to go with Xavier Worthy. [54:07] He's still kind of looking for that true breakout with the touchdown and all that. [54:12] He's plus 135.”
Xavier Worthy caught a 6-yard TD from Mahomes in the Chiefs' 30-17 win over Detroit.
“so going with Allen uh minus 125”
Josh Allen threw two TD passes but did not score a rushing or receiving TD in the 24-14 loss to Atlanta (passing TDs do not count).
“So let me go with Krosky Merritt here because, you know, he's even money.”
Jacory Croskey-Merritt did not score a TD in the Bears-Commanders game (Chicago won 25-24); Washington TDs were all Daniels passing scores.
“i'm going with the new york football jets plus seven and a half it is disgusting they are winless”
NYJ 11, DEN 13 — New York Jets margin -2 vs line +7.5; covers.
“i'm going with the kansas city chiefs minus two and a half at home against the detroit lions”
KC 30, DET 17 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +13 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I going with the Baltimore Ravens Up Plus seven and a half at home against the Rams”
BAL 3, LAR 17 — Baltimore Ravens margin -14 vs line +7.5; busts.
“I'm going with a Seattle Seahawks plus one and a half at the Jacksonville [41:22] Jaguars.”
JAX 12, SEA 20 — Seattle Seahawks margin +8 vs line +1.5; covers.
“going with the carolina panthers plus a juiced up three and a half uh see [45:25] if you can get that i would prefer that to just the the three but you can get like minus 120 out [45:31] there”
CAR 30, DAL 27 — Carolina Panthers margin +3 vs line +3.5; covers.
- Chiefs ML closed -150 · CLV +10¢ won
- Packers ML closed -1250 · CLV 0¢ won
“I did money line [29:41] I did a rare money line parlay of the Chiefs [29:43] and the Packers”
Parlay cashes: Chiefs ML — won; Packers ML — won.
“give you the Chargers-Dolphins under 44-and-a-half at DraftKings.”
MIA 27, LAC 29 — Combined 56; under 44.5 busts.
- Saints ML closed +152 · CLV +8¢ lost
- 49ers ML (+136) closed +154 · CLV -18¢ lost
“for this one five to one saints and niners by the way before we get to our anytime touchdown”
Parlay busts: Saints ML — lost; 49ers ML (+136) — lost.
“that's why I'm going with Ashton Gentry here. Minus 150. I think it's too low.”
Ashton Jeanty ran for a 3-yard TD in the Raiders' 20-10 Week 6 win over Tennessee.
“I bet. I like that, Joe, because you kind of you kind of teed up my anytime touchdown selection for this game with those little nuggets there. Because, yeah, I'm going to Rams wide receiver. It's not Devontae Adams. It's not Puka Nakua. It's not even my favorite Rams receiver, Tutu Atwell. who scored on a long play last week. It's Jordan Whittington at plus 550.”
Jordan Whittington had 2 catches for 33 yards and no TD in the Rams' 26-23 OT loss to the 49ers.
“Let's go to Raiders at Colts for the Indianapolis Colts. Got to go with Jonathan Taylor at minus 210 here. Now that sounds juiced up. You can always go for his two touchdowns. Don't want to get greedy here, but I will say this. It is not often that you see a player as prominent as Jonathan Taylor underpriced in the touchdown market. I actually have his projected. odds at minus 245. So to get him at minus 210 here, I'll take that all day.”
Jonathan Taylor scored three rushing TDs in the Colts' 40-6 rout of the Raiders.
“So like Taylor, and then shout to our guy, Nick Giffen, the doctor, got to go with Trey Tucker on the Raiders side. This is another interesting one because I have Tuck He at plus 275”
Tre Tucker scored no TD as the Raiders failed to reach the end zone in their 40-6 loss to the Colts.
“So for Dallas, we're going Javante Williams here. He was in on more red zone stats than any other Cowboy last week. And the Jets, they've given up the most running back carries in the league. Teams are teams are running on them. A lot of that is game script, but, you know, Miles Sanders a little banged up last week. Jaden Blue seemed to have, you know, banged somebody's mom or something. I don't know, but he hasn't gotten on the field yet. So it's all about Javante in this spot. Got to give him a. Apology for, you know, kind of being down on him heading into the year, but he's looked good. And, you know, regardless what's going on with this offensive line, he seems to be a focal point of the offense. So like him at even money, I actually have his touchdown odds higher than that. I think it's above 50 percent for Javante Williams to get in the end zone in MetLife.”
Javonte Williams ran for a TD and caught a TD in the Cowboys' 37-22 win over the Jets.
“And then for the Jets, Garrett Wilson, another guy who you don't expect to have to really project value at a guy at plus 150. but the Cowboys have given up an NFL high nine touchdown receptions to opposing wide receivers. So Garrett Wilson is another guy who I have undervalued in the market. I have him close to a 50-50 touchdown bet in this spot for the New York Jets. So Javante and Garrett Wilson for Cowboys at Jets.”
Garrett Wilson caught a late TD pass from Justin Fields in the Jets' 37-22 loss to the Cowboys.
“Got to roll with T Higgins here at plus 230. If you look at Higgins' career with Jake Browning, he scored four times on 20 completions.”
Tee Higgins caught a 2-yard TD from Jake Browning in the Bengals' 37-24 loss to the Lions.
“for the lions go rolling with Amon Ross eight Brown here. The Bengals have been playing a lot of single high in this, in this, you know, this new season with their new coordinator, Al golden. And Amon Ross has all four of the lions receiving touchdowns to get single high. Now you would think it would be JMO more. uh amanra's doubled him up in first reads in in against single high and uh you know caught all the touchdowns and so it seems like even when you know defenses are playing single high they're they're kind of rotating coverage to jamo uh on those deeper routes and it's leaving amanra and with opportunities underneath so uh that's kind of how you have to play it with this lions offense at this point because jamo will run away from you so don't hate him either but just based on my projections amon rot minus 105 i have him at uh like over a 50 percent uh touchdown uh odds for this game touchdown probability so i like him around right there around even money so i'm gonna roll with him uh don't hate jmo either but officially rolling with amon ross st brown”
Amon-Ra St. Brown had 8 catches for 100 yards but no TD in the Lions' 37-24 win over the Bengals.
“I'm going Travis Hunter at plus two 75.”
Travis Hunter had 3 catches for 64 yards but scored no TD in Jacksonville's 31-28 MNF win over Kansas City.
“but uh i did play the saints i think they win i mean this is the first road start for dart”
NO 26, NYG 14 — New Orleans Saints won; moneyline covers.
“I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus ten and a half. [14:53] This is as ugly as it gets This is your buy low sell high spot of the week in my opinion”
CIN 24, DET 37 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -13 vs line +10.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Las Vegas Raiders plus seven at the Indianapolis Colts.”
IND 40, LV 6 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -34 vs line +7; busts.
“all right for my second pick and the fourth overall of the week five Sunday six pack I'm going with the New York football Jets what's our best out there two and a half doesn't matter for the contest but it should be two and a half yeah plus two and a half against the Cowboys”
NYJ 22, DAL 37 — New York Jets margin -15 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I am going with the Carolina Panthers at home, plus one and a half against the Miami Dolphins.”
CAR 27, MIA 24 — Carolina Panthers margin +3 vs line +1.5; covers.
“so I'm gonna take this under 36 and a half”
CLE 17, MIN 21 — Combined 38; under 36.5 busts.
“So, yeah, give me the Jets at plus 120.”
NYJ 22, DAL 37 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“So give me Judkins at plus 155. [1:03:41] Parlay those together at DraftKings.”
Quinshon Judkins ran for 110 yards but scored no TD in the Browns' 21-17 loss to the Vikings in London.
“I going to go with Torrey Horton another rookie in this one He 4 He already has touchdowns in back games Joe I think I kind of said it in jest maybe two episodes ago that Horton was a guy to bet on. But he's been coming through, and I like him because he's getting snaps in the red zone. And he's played just as many pass-game snaps as Cooper Cup in the last game. Now, it was a blot against the Saints, but he was in there as a starter right along with Cup. So, you know, there's a chance eventually Horton is the guy who overtakes Cup in two wide sets. But either way, in this spot against Arizona, they play a lot of, you know, coverage in the red zone. So I think a guy like Horton who could beat coverage is important because JSN is always going to be, you know, that top target. And if you make it check, if you make them check it down, there's no guarantee that they get in. So I want a guy like Horton that's probably still going to get a one on one young enough in his rookie season. So I'll go with him at four to one.”
Tory Horton did not score in Seattle's 23-20 TNF win; the Seahawks' TDs went to Zach Charbonnet (rush) and A.J. Barner (rec).
“In Dublin, Ireland, we got the Vikings against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Vikings, I like Justin Jefferson to score here at plus 160.”
Justin Jefferson had 10 catches for 126 yards but no touchdown in Minnesota's 24-21 loss to Pittsburgh in Dublin.
“And then on the other side, going with Jonu Smith at plus 375. He's the guy who, out of the two tight ends, you know, Frymuth and Smith, They seem to be splitting snaps, but I think you'll see Gino, excuse me, Janu get ahead of Prime more often than not. We saw that last game when Pittsburgh's in certain game scripts, where they have to throw more, which I think will be in this spot. I think Jonu is going to be the guy because he's a slot receiver. We've seen him in the red zone getting snaps there too. So like Jonu Smith at plus 375, I think he should be closer to about 3-1 here.”
Steelers TDs in the 24-21 Dublin win went to Kenneth Gainwell (x2) and DK Metcalf; Jonnu Smith did not score.
“I'm going to go with Bucky Irving at plus 120 here.”
Bucky Irving caught a 72-yard touchdown from Baker Mayfield in Tampa Bay's 31-25 loss to Philadelphia.
“And on the other side, A.J. Brown at plus 190. We know he was kind of this squeaky wheel a little bit, ended up getting his first touchdown in week number three. And in this spot, the Bucs are just so good against a run, you know, with Vita Veya in the middle. And that also could extend to the tush push. You know, it might be a little harder against the Bucs than most teams. So I think the next option there for the Eagles is going to be A.J. Brown because it would be hard for Barkley. It would be hard for Hurts. A.J. Brown's kind of a big physical guy. And we've seen that against the Bucs. You know, Lazard scored on them. Nico Collins scored on them.”
A.J. Brown did not score; the Eagles' TDs in the 31-25 win went to Dallas Goedert (x2) and Sydney Brown (blocked-punt return).
“Texans Titans I'm going with Shimmery DK at 7-1 I think Kerner was on this last week should have”
Chimere Dike could not score as Tennessee was shut out 26-0 by Houston.
“on the texan side i gotta go with nico collins uh because we hear sneed chirping so you know that the Texans if they even sniff the end zone are going to try to uh to get Collins in there but Collins has really been their most consistent guy it's not really working out with any of these ancillary options um you know thought about Woody Marks but he's starting to get priced up people are starting to take note of him his snap count going up uh whereas when you look at the Titans uh defensively like they've been they've been uh they've been exploitable I think by wide receivers. Sutton got one on him in week one. Devontae Adams got one on him in week two, and then Pittman. So you had all the kind of number one or X receiver types go and score on Tennessee through three weeks. I think Nico Collins continues the trend. So going with him at plus 120”
Nico Collins had 4 catches for 79 yards but no touchdown in Houston's 26-0 win over Tennessee in Week 4.
“On the Raiders side, I'm going to go with Ashton Gentry at minus 140.”
Ashton Jeanty scored three TDs (two receiving, a 64-yard run) in the Raiders' 25-24 loss to Chicago.
“I'm going to go with Luther Bird in here at plus 550.”
Luther Burden III did not score; Chicago's TDs were Rome Odunze (27-yd catch) and D'Andre Swift (2-yd run) in the 25-24 win.
“I'll go with Matthew Golden here, the rookie at plus 230. And if we look at this Cowboys defense, they are playing a lot of zone. And they're not blitzing much. So you would think that they would be more susceptible to kind of underneath stuff. But we've seen guys like Wondell Robinson just run straight through their defense. Luther Burden run straight through their defense. Jahan Dotson ran straight through their defense, came up a little bit short of a score, but caught a long bomb as well. So I think this is a good spot for Golden, who's just playing more and more snaps as these Packers receivers keep getting hurt. And he was in on most of the red zone stuff. He's only Packer to get multiple red zone routes, one of three along with Jacobs and Kraft last week. So they're giving Golden the work down in there in close,”
Matthew Golden had a 46-yard catch but no touchdown in the Packers' 40-40 tie at Dallas.
“I'm going to roll with Devon H.N. in this spot against the Jets.”
De'Von Achane scored on a 9-yard rushing TD in Miami's 27-21 win over the Jets on Monday Night Football.
“And on this one, I want to go with T. Higgins for the Bengals. You know, Sean, I think we talked about on the flex. I think he's just going to be a little bit undervalued in the market, you know, coming off the bad game. And, you know, the backup quarterback had a bad game. but he's still one of the better backup quarterbacks in terms of getting the ball out to the receivers. And, you know, this could be a spot where Jamar chase gets extra attention or that you have to look away from him because of, because of Sertan and the coverage on the other side. So I think T Higgins could be a trailing game script could just be a Sertan issue, but either way, I think he's a good bet to score here. So like him at plus one 90”
Tee Higgins had 3 catches for 32 yards and no TD in Cincinnati's 28-3 loss at Denver.
“i am going with the new york giants plus six and a half at home against the los angeles chargers”
NYG 21, LAC 18 — New York Giants margin +3 vs line +6.5; covers.
“I going to go with the Lions Browns under 44 and a half I mean this Browns defense is elite”
DET 34, CLE 10 — Combined 44; under 44.5 covers.
- Jaguars ML closed +150 · CLV +5¢ won
- Buccaneers ML closed +154 · CLV +6¢ lost
“Jags plus 155 at DK and the Bucs at plus 160 So you got these two South Florida teams Parlayed you get plus 560 That a nice one there Let close it out with our anytime touchdown”
Parlay busts: Jaguars ML — won; Buccaneers ML — lost.
- KaVontae Turpin anytime TD
- Matthew Golden anytime TD
“but officially we'll go with Turpin at plus three 60 golden plus two 10. And that already gives you a plus 13 25.”
Packers-Cowboys ended 40-40 in OT. Neither KaVontae Turpin (3 catches, 30 yds, 0 TD) nor Matthew Golden (5 catches, 58 yds, 0 TD) scored a touchdown — both anytime-TD legs missed. (Turpin: 3 rec, 30 yds, 0 TD. Golden: 5 rec, 58 yds, 0 TD.)
“Number one for the Dolphins, I like Tanner Connor.”
Tanner Conner did not score (1 rec, 13 yds) in Miami's 31-21 TNF loss at Buffalo.
“It's really the weak link there, and you know they're going to have to pay attention to HN and these receivers anyway. So you can see some openings for Connor. if they can get down close. And then for the Bills, got to take a little dart throw on Jackson Hawes at 15-1. We didn't see Quentin Morris kind of working in like this as the number three tight end. So Hawes hasn't really had a ton of work in scoring position, except that crazy over-the-shoulder catch he had when they were coming back against the Ravens.”
Bills TE Jackson Hawes caught a 5-yard touchdown in Buffalo's 31-21 TNF win over Miami, so his +1500 anytime-TD hit.
“I'm going with Travis Hunter to start off at plus 250.”
Travis Hunter (1 rec, 21 yds) did not score in Jacksonville's 17-10 Week 3 win over Houston (TDs by Etienne and Tuten).
“So give me Woody Marks at plus 550 on a fan.”
Woody Marks (6 rush, 27 yds) did not score in Houston's 17-10 Week 3 loss at Jacksonville (Houston's only TD was Nico Collins).
“But I'm going to go with Calvin Austin Jr. for the Steelers at plus 310 at Met MGM. And I have him pretty high in my touchdown projections because, number one, I think this total is a little bit low here.”
Calvin Austin III caught a 17-yard TD from Rodgers in Pittsburgh's 21-14 Week 3 win at New England, so his anytime-TD hit.
“so i want to go austin hooper and the reason [23:57] is he's just kind of forgotten about”
Austin Hooper (2 rec, 28 yds) did not score in New England's 21-14 Week 3 loss to Pittsburgh.
“but I going to go Bucky Irving because I actually have him projected higher than plus 120 And you know it rare that you get a true like edge in value on your projections in the touchdown market because they're usually inflated a little bit more than a regular prop. So got to go Bucky here.”
Bucky Irving did not score in Tampa Bay's 29-27 Week 3 win over the Jets; Mike Evans had the Bucs' only offensive TD.
“but I got to go Garrett Wilson at plus two 15.”
Garrett Wilson caught an 11-yard touchdown for the Jets in the Week 3 loss at Tampa Bay.
“i'm gonna roll with him at hampton's around even odds right now i think to”
Omarion Hampton scored a 3-yard rushing touchdown (his first NFL TD) in the Chargers' 23-20 Week 3 win over Denver.
“got in uh so that and they got some points on the board so love it uh i'm gonna go with i was gonna go kareem hunt uh but i already went with him on uh the action pod i do think he's gonna get more of the short yards work than pacheco but i'm gonna go with patrick mahomes at plus 360 because Because Mahomes himself has said, they need my scrambling. And they're still 0-2. So they still need it.”
Patrick Mahomes threw a TD to Tyquan Thornton but did not rush/receive a TD in the 22-9 Week 3 win over the Giants.
“So I'm going to go with Mark Andrews here at plus 160 to score an anytime touchdown”
Mark Andrews caught two touchdowns (14 and 27 yards) in the Ravens' 38-30 Week 3 loss to the Lions.
“for my first pick of the week three sunday six-pack in the first overall i'm gonna roll the youth to texans here uh at the jaguars there's a two and a half available uh at fan duel”
JAX 17, HOU 10 — Houston Texans margin -7 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Cleveland Browns plus eight and a half is out there still [11:46] against the Green Bay Packers.”
CLE 13, GB 10 — Cleveland Browns margin +3 vs line +8.5; covers.
“I'm going to roll with the Tennessee Titans [15:39] plus four-and-a-half home dogs against the Indianapolis Colts.”
TEN 20, IND 41 — Tennessee Titans margin -21 vs line +4.5; busts.
“New York football Jets plus seven. [20:05] Some sevens out there.”
TB 29, NYJ 27 — New York Jets margin -2 vs line +7; covers.
“but I like the Cincinnati Bengals with Browning on the road. Who would know against the Vikings? Two things. Number one, Browning. Yeah, three picks last week. That's what backup quarterbacks do. Guess what? The Vikings have one, too. Carson Wentz. But Browning, what he can do, and this is why I like Panics, even though they didn't really need it last week. But Browning played well against the Blitz in his career. And that is the key. Did it once against Flores. Right, yeah. They actually won a 27-24 game against Flores. It was Nick Moles, but I mean, Wentz could be worse than Nick Moles. I'll get to that in a second, but I'm getting three points here with the Bengals who still managed to put up”
MIN 48, CIN 10 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -38 vs line +3; busts.
“Give me the Rams plus three and a half.”
PHI 33, LAR 26 — Los Angeles Rams margin -7 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Rams. I already talked about it. I think this is a very well put together, high-quality football team. Have a Super Bowl ticket on them as well, so give me the Rams. The Patriots is a small home dog. Would have been my other luck. But what does ours pay out? Rams are about plus 162.”
PHI 33, LAR 26 — Los Angeles Rams lost; moneyline busts.
- Bears ML closed +103.5 · CLV -211¢ won
- Rams ML closed +170 · CLV -8¢ lost
“The Cowboys is a road favorite here. So, yeah, give me the Bears. I'm going to go with the Rams. I already talked about it. I think this is a very well put together, high-quality football team. Have a Super Bowl ticket on them as well, so give me the Rams. The Patriots is a small home dog. Would have been my other luck. But what does ours pay out? Rams are about plus 162. Bears are essentially even money. So we'll go minus 108 is actually the best I'm seeing. And that gives you a plus 405.”
Parlay busts: Bears ML — won; Rams ML — lost.
“give me some gunner helm rookie tight end for the titans going up against the coach i expect the titans to cover in this spot love helm getting all the red zone snaps so yeah i'm sure he'll be like seven to one or more but they only have odds for four guys we'll tweet out i'll tweet out a playbook for that that slip the helm hunt slip over the weekend when the odds are out so gunner Helm and Kareem Hunt.”
Gunnar Helm did not score in Tennessee's 41-20 Week 3 loss to the Colts (his first career TD came in Week 8).
“I think I would actually go Hunt over Brown because Hunt is getting their short yardage work, and I don't think the market's fully pricing it in. And this is a game where the Chiefs actually might be able to run, and it might be in their interest to run. All right. Check out their goal lines. give me some gunner helm rookie tight end for the titans going up against the coach i expect the titans to cover in this spot love helm getting all the red zone snaps so yeah i'm sure he'll be like seven to one or more but they only have odds for four guys we'll tweet out i'll tweet out a playbook for that that slip the helm hunt slip over the weekend when the odds are out so gunner Helm and Kareem Hunt.”
Kareem Hunt ran in a 1-yard TD in the Chiefs' 22-9 Week 3 win at the Giants, so his anytime-TD hit.
“I'm going to go with Lameday Zaccheaus at 4-1.”
Olamide Zaccheaus did not score a TD in the Lions' 52-21 win over the Bears.
“Isaac Teslaw for the Detroit Lions at plus 495.”
Isaac TeSlaa did not score a TD in the Lions' 52-21 win over the Bears.
“So like Allen at 8-1, you know, we got to kind of get ahead of this potential, you know, [22:23] four tight end monster”
Davis Allen caught an 8-yard TD in the Rams' 33-19 win over the Titans.
“So I love me some Gunnar Helm at 13-1.”
Gunnar Helm did not score in the Titans' 33-19 loss to the Rams.
“A.J. Brown, squeaky wheel, plus 180.”
A.J. Brown did not score; Eagles TDs in the 20-17 win came from Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts.
“So, yeah, Kareem Hunt, I think, is undervalued for an anytime touchdown at plus 270.”
Kareem Hunt did not score; Chiefs TDs in the 20-17 loss came from Tyquan Thornton and Patrick Mahomes.
“Naylor at plus 425, you get a plus 10,000.”
Jalen Nailor did not score in the Vikings' 22-6 SNF loss to Atlanta (only TD was Allgeier).
“give me higgins at plus 360”
Jaden Higgins did not score in the Texans' 20-19 MNF loss to Tampa Bay.
“I got to go to Ashton. [40:44] Gentry, minus 120.”
Ashton Jeanty did not score; the Raiders managed only field goals in the 20-9 MNF loss to the Chargers.
“So, yeah, give me the Titans plus 5.5.”
TEN 19, LAR 33 — Tennessee Titans margin -14 vs line +5.5; busts.
“so anything over a field goal here I like give me the Falcons plus three and a half”
MIN 6, ATL 22 — Atlanta Falcons margin +16 vs line +3.5; covers.
“But yeah, give me the Patriots plus one and a half.”
MIA 27, NE 33 — New England Patriots margin +6 vs line +1.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Kansas City Chiefs plus one and a half against the Philadelphia Eagles.”
KC 17, PHI 20 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -3 vs line +1.5; busts.
“But I'm going to go with the Browns-Ravens over 45.”
BAL 41, CLE 17 — Combined 58; over 45 covers.
“and i gonna go you know where i going i go with the colts”
IND 29, DEN 28 — Indianapolis Colts won; moneyline covers.
“And I believe if he gets one on defense, that still counts, right? That still counts at any time because it's not a passing touchdown. So that doesn't actually hurt us at all. So like Travis Hunter here, plus 225.”
Travis Hunter did not score in the Jaguars' 27-31 loss to Cincinnati; Jacksonville TDs went to Dyami Brown, Bhayshul Tuten and Travis Etienne.
“Well, I mean, I'm going with the Ravens.”
BAL 41, CLE 17 — Baltimore Ravens won; moneyline covers.
“with a bang. Chargers, Darius Davis, 17-1.”
Derius Davis did not score in the Chargers' 27-21 Week 1 win over the Chiefs in Brazil.
“And so Juju five to one Darius Davis, 17 to one.”
JuJu Smith-Schuster caught a 7-yard TD for the Chiefs in the 27-21 loss to the Chargers in Brazil.
“jaguars i i've talked about this before i'm going with trevor lawrence and yes he's at Plus 425.”
Trevor Lawrence ran for a 6-yard TD in the Jaguars' 26-10 Week 1 win over Carolina.
“dude is you know playing in the slot but Dave Canales loves him some David Moore so plus 750”
David Moore did not score in the Jaguars' 26-10 Week 1 win over Carolina.
“I got to go with Troy Franklin for the Broncos at plus 550.”
Troy Franklin did not score; Broncos TDs went to Courtland Sutton and J.K. Dobbins in a 20-12 win.
“Ayumanar, the rookie at wide receiver, 6-1.”
Elic Ayomanor did not score; the Titans scored no TDs (four Joey Slye FGs) in a 20-12 loss at Denver.
“But Jaden Higgins, plus 450.”
Rams beat Texans 14-9; only TDs were Kyren Williams and Davis Allen, Jayden Higgins did not score.
“And then on the Rams side, Tutu Atwell, plus 450 for him.”
Rams' only TDs were Kyren Williams and Davis Allen in the 14-9 win; Tutu Atwell did not score.
“I still like it at plus 190 That Mark Andrews baby He got to He got to get in the end zone”
Mark Andrews managed just 1 catch for 5 yards in the Ravens' 40-41 loss to Buffalo and did not score.
“Minnesota Viking running back Jordan Mason at plus 170”
Jordan Mason did not score in the Vikings' 27-24 win; Minnesota TDs were McCarthy (rush), Aaron Jones and Justin Jefferson.
“I'm going with the New York Giants plus six”
WSH 21, NYG 6 — New York Giants margin -15 vs line +6; busts.
“i'm going with my green bay packers minus two and a half at home”
GB 27, DET 13 — Green Bay Packers margin +14 vs line -2.5; covers.
“the Atlanta Falcons plus two and a half at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers number one”
ATL 20, TB 23 — Atlanta Falcons margin -3 vs line +2.5; busts.
“The Jacksonville Jaguars, minus three and a half.”
JAX 26, CAR 10 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin +16 vs line -3.5; covers.
“I'm on the Broncos win total under, Titans win total over.”
The Titans finished 3-14, far under their ~5.5-win total.
“I'm on the Broncos win total under, Titans win total over.”
The Broncos finished 14-3, way over their 9.5-win total, so the under lost.
“Kerner and I were just talking about how Andrews has the highest touchdown projection of any tight end for us this year. So I like it. And I am going to go with – and Andrews, by the way, is plus – you can get a plus 210 out there. I'm going to bet that.”
Mark Andrews had 1 catch for 5 yards and no touchdown in Week 1 at Buffalo.
- Mark Andrews anytime touchdown
- Trevor Lawrence anytime touchdown
“all right let's see what the parlay odds andrews plus to 10. Lawrence plus 450. 16-1. Plus 16-5 to be exact. So that's a nice juicy one.”
Both legs missed: Mark Andrews had 1 catch for 5 yards, no TD, as Bills beat Ravens 41-40; Trevor Lawrence's only TD in Jaguars 26-10 win over Panthers was a passing TD, not a rush/reception, so no anytime-TD hit. (Andrews 1 rec/5 yds/0 TD; Lawrence 0 rush/rec TD (1 pass TD))
“Give me the Eagles.”
PHI 24, DAL 20 — Philadelphia Eagles won; moneyline covers.
“I actually like buying a dip for the Niners. The dip's 10 and a half, though. On the long shots, I'm saying. Super Bowl 20-1, I'll take that because, like you said, if they do stay healthy, I still do think they have that upside to get to the championship game.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX; 49ers did not. (San Francisco did not win the Super Bowl.)
“packer superbowl as well uh bet that already”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX; Packers did not. (Green Bay did not win the Super Bowl.)
“Yeah, I like that Bears over at eight and a half. You can get eight and a half at plus money.”
Bears finished the 2025 regular season 11-6, over the 8.5 win total. (CHI 11-6)
“So I, plus they're on even money to win the division. That's a no-go for me. I think you have to look elsewhere. And I think that elsewhere is the Jacksonville Jaguars. I think they have enough talent on defense to eventually kind of just do enough because I think their offense is going to be a lot better. I think Trevor Lawrence is going to kind of go the way of Mayfield last year. I like their top two receivers. I think, you know, even they're getting more out of Washington. They're getting, you know, Diami Brown was a guy last year that came on down the stretch for the commander. So I think their offense will be a lot better. and I think they can win shootouts. And if Houston just kind of hovers around that 500 place that they were, you know, 500 area that they were last year, I think their point differential was essentially dead even, you know, heading into the playoffs and then they blew out the Chargers. But I think the Jaguars are the play at three to one.”
Jaguars won the AFC South in the 2025 NFL season, finishing 13-4. (Jaguars 13-4, AFC South champs)
“I think the bet in the division that stands out to me the most is the [43:12] Chargers under nine and a half, because I think that's,”
Chargers finished the 2025 regular season 11-6, well over the 9.5 win total. (LAC 11-6)
“Yeah, I think Pittsburgh is still annoyingly better than the market thinks they're going to be. I would go over their win total now that I'm looking at their schedule. They do have some tough spots. I mean, they go to Buffalo at Baltimore and at Detroit, and then they finish up with Baltimore. but that's week 18 so they might get a break there but i i i think mason rudolph with this squad can probably still still win games for them like the deep as long as the defense stays healthy and that's the big key because the offense it's just kind of the same offense i you know they just replaced naji harris with johnson and they replaced metcalf pickings with metcalf and i mean i guess you could say yeah the the john who could john who could be a next factor if he's healthy because he is hurt right now. But he – because Arthur Smith does get a lot out of him, and it seems like Arthur Smith – they were really aggressive targeting Jonu, which a little head-scratching just because I feel like they could have used a wide receiver probably. But, you know, they have – if Roland Wilson or – Roland Wilson didn't give him anything, or is he done? Yeah, yeah. Because Austin got better as the year progressed too, but now he's hurt. So there's some – it's not a lot. Like I still think they're kind of a cap-sealing team. I don think they get a chance to play for the conference title of the Super Bowl but I think they get over that eight and a half win total whether it Rodgers or you know they end up having to go to a vet in with that defense I mean I don think Rodgers is that is good enough to for him him being potentially let say he misses a lot of games or he he like even more of a shell of himself than he was last year”
Steelers finished the 2025 regular season 10-7, over the 8.5 win total. (PIT 10-7)
“So I think it a bit of a difficult stretch I with you on the under Let keep rolling here”
Eagles finished 2025 at 11-6; 11 < 11.5 so the under cashes. (PHI 11-6)
“I think the under is a play. Tough division, too. Sam Page, I just feel like it's too many things need to go right for it to go over 11.5 with a...”
Ravens finished 2025 at 8-9; 8 < 11.5 so the under cashes. (BAL 8-9)
“So lions are sitting at 10 and a half. They gone over the win total in three straight seasons entering this year their longest streak since the early 90s So to me just offensive line losses you know Zyler Ragnow have a rookie now at center You lose Carlton Davis Sidarius I mean there a bunch of you know things and people switching out on both sides of the ball Also pretty tough schedule. A lot of primetime games. So I'm curious, like overall thought on Detroit. Fade. Fade. Fade.”
Lions finished 2025 at 9-8; 9 < 10.5 so the under cashes. (DET 9-8)
“So I like Green Bay, 22-1 for the Super Bowl. San Francisco 16 Rams 20”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the Patriots; 49ers future busts.
“So I like Green Bay, 22-1 for the Super Bowl. San Francisco 16 Rams 20”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the Patriots; Rams future busts.
“So I like Green Bay, 22-1 for the Super Bowl.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the Patriots; Packers future busts.
“i also like the bears uh for some division you can get them five to one”
Bears won the 2025 NFC North (No. 2 seed in NFC playoffs); +500 future cashes. (Chicago clinched NFC North, earned No. 2 NFC seed.)
“and then uh the cardinals at plus 425 division”
Seahawks won the 2025 NFC West; Cardinals missed the playoffs, so +425 future busts. (Seattle won NFC West and the No. 1 NFC seed; Arizona eliminated.)
“like chicago for the division”
Bears won the 2025 NFC North (11-6), their first division title since 2018. (Chicago 11-6, No. 2 NFC seed)
“But it's over or nothing with the Bills. And yeah, I'm probably going to be looking for a time to if they, you know, if they have a skid or struggle out of the gates a bit. might be looking to get some Super Bowl equity at some point. Yeah. The one I'd make now is the Super Bowl odds at 7-1. I mean, you know, I don't see too much fluctuation with that. You know, there's, like I said, I think there's three teams. And so I don't mind the 7-1.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX over the Patriots 29-13; Bills future busts. (Bills did not win SB LX)
“it is Super Bowl wise, Bills 7-1, Ravens 7-1, Chiefs 8-1, with the most on the Bills.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the Patriots; Bills future busts.
“it is Super Bowl wise, Bills 7-1, Ravens 7-1, Chiefs 8-1, with the most on the Bills.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the Patriots; Ravens future busts.
“it is Super Bowl wise, Bills 7-1, Ravens 7-1, Chiefs 8-1, with the most on the Bills.”
Seahawks won Super Bowl LX 29-13 over the Patriots; Chiefs future busts.
“about eight and a half wins uh when it's all said and done so i like jacksonville plus 260 for the division i like the plus 175 to make the playoffs i like them over there plus 310 out there”
Jaguars won the 2025 AFC South (13-4), earning the No. 3 seed. (Jacksonville 13-4, AFC South champions)
“So I could see this Jaguar team beating Al Houston for the division. If Houston is the Houston of last year and ends up winning, you know, eight or nine, I actually have Houston, about eight and a half wins uh when it's all said and done so i like jacksonville plus 260 for the division i like the plus 175 to make the playoffs i like them over there plus 310 out there”
Jaguars made the 2025 playoffs as the AFC No. 3 seed. (Jacksonville 13-4, AFC South champions)
“just because you can get plus juice is the Steelers over eight and a half.”
Pittsburgh finished the 2025 regular season 10-7 and won the AFC North. 10 > 8.5, over won. (Steelers 2025 record: 10-7 (AFC North champs))
“Lean under the Dolphins at eight and a half. Oh, and I like the Steelers. I think my other win total that I like that I play now just because you can get plus juice is the Steelers over eight and a half. And then I also like the Jaguars for the division. You wouldn't play Miami now with like trade risk? actually yeah yeah yeah that's a good point yeah we could talk we could say the dolphins are a play uh so dolphins stealers jags dolphins under stealers over jags over for win totals”
Miami finished the 2025 regular season 7-10. 7 < 8.5, under won. (Dolphins 2025 record: 7-10)
“I did get a six with the Browns, but this is the spot to bet the Browns. I don't mind investing now”
CLE 16, CIN 17 — Cleveland Browns margin -1 vs line +6; covers.
“The only other thing is offensive rookie of the year, defensive rookie of the year. They just have some fun odds up. Is there any player I mean I know you going to be like deep into best ball in a little while when we talk about that but is there any player you be looking at at either of those odds potentially for a long shot Let see So right now we have Cam Ward is the favorite Let's start with offense. We have Cam Ward is the favorite. He's plus 330. And then Ashton Gentry is plus 340. So first of all, I'll just say this. I think if those two guys, I'm just going to assume those two guys are the favorites as of now it makes sense quarterback and then uh you know the top like well i mean i guess it wasn't he wasn't even the top now he's just if you're counting hunter as a wide receiver who's the second top non-quarterback but i think genti should be higher than cam ward like i think i think cam ward is gonna be could be decent but i don't think he's gonna have the numbers at the end of the year that like genti will have on the raiders where he's gonna get probably as many touches as he can handle and uh he's just gonna kind of be that offense i think and you do have a decent quarterback now at least so it won't it won't be like a complete game script disaster you don't think so i think those odds are way off i think genti i know i know it's you know a little harder probably for running backs over quarterbacks but i just I just think Gentty should be significantly ahead of Cam Ward right now. So that's how I would kind of attack that. And then Hunter 6-1, you know, I think just this prospect of him playing some type of role on defense does worry me a little bit. But I can see those odds coming down as well. But I would look at that split between Gentty and Ward right now. this might be this might be the the the like the worst odds genti is you know because this this is again not a standout quarterback class so you do want to fade quarterback uh and it's just if genti gets the work that we that he's going to get being the number six overall pick it's going to be hard for one of these uh wide receivers to beat him it's going to and it's going to be hard for Omarion Hampton being in more of a probable committee so I think Jenty should be more of a clear favorite and I think he should be well ahead of board so that that's that's what I would do right now that's what I'm I'm gonna throw sprinkle a little bit uh on that because I think Jenty odds are the most likely to get shorter Cam Ward I was probably the most likely to get longer at least in the offseason So I think you get a better opportunity to bet on Cam Ward if you do like him. You could very well win it and running back to get injured more, but I think Jenty is the bet to make right now.”
2025 Offensive ROY went to Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan; Jeanty did not win. (McMillan won OROY)
“Okay. So I we're doing this, you know, all the data drafts, so a bunch of over unders are kind of going crazy. So those are the ones I've been attacking today. So I'll run through some pretty quick. Calvin Banks junior over pick seven and a half at even money.”
Kelvin Banks Jr. was drafted at No. 9 overall by the Saints, after pick 7.5, so the over cashed.
“Then I got Ted McMillan over pick 12 and a half at plus one sixty.”
Tetairoa McMillan went No. 8 overall to the Panthers, well before pick 12.5, so the over lost.
“So I I think that's great value. Then I got Will Johnson under pick 24 and a half. I think that's that the slide has been too crazy. I mean, he's he was going in the top 10 at some point, so nothing's really changed.”
Will Johnson slid out of the first round and was drafted at No. 47 in Round 2, so the under 24.5 lost.
“And then Milrow over picked 38 and a half. I mean, we're talking about the the QB two falling out of the first round. I think it's more of a indictment on the whole quarterback class than the fact that, like, Anthony Richardson light is gonna dart up people's draft board. So fading him.”
Jalen Milroe fell to No. 92 in the third round, after pick 38.5, so the over cashed.
“draft board. So fading him. And one more, Ameka Abouka. This this one's probably makes me the most nervous, but overpicked 26 and a half at plus one twenty two or overpicked 29 and a half at plus two fifteen. I just most times I've seen him mocked have been, like, picked thirty, thirty one, 32, or just out of the first round completely because there's still a lot of potential to kinda jockey for that jockeying for position with the quarterback situations, and there's still, I think, more defensive players that there's gonna be runs on positions, you know, like, corner and and address kinda coming to an end where teams are gonna feel comfortable kinda waiting on him. So I like him to not crack the the top 30 either. I think in general, I think I think offensive skill positions”
Emeka Egbuka was drafted at No. 19 overall by the Buccaneers, before pick 26.5, so the over lost.
“draft board. So fading him. And one more, Ameka Abouka. This this one's probably makes me the most nervous, but overpicked 26 and a half at plus one twenty two or overpicked 29 and a half at plus two fifteen. I just most times I've seen him mocked have been, like, picked thirty, thirty one, 32, or just out of the first round completely because there's still a lot of potential to kinda jockey for that jockeying for position with the quarterback situations, and there's still, I think, more defensive players that there's gonna be runs on positions, you know, like, corner and and address kinda coming to an end where teams are gonna feel comfortable kinda waiting on him. So I like him to not crack the the top 30 either. I think in general, I think I think offensive skill positions”
Emeka Egbuka was drafted at No. 19 overall by the Buccaneers, before pick 26.5, so the over lost.
“as well as sprinkle some on Tyra Warren. He's three to one to go to the Jets at seven.”
Tyler Warren was drafted 14th overall (Colts), not 7th. (Pick 7: Armand Membou; Warren went 14th)
“earlier today and uh he said tyler warren and uh jaday baron uh are the two guys he's kind of adhering to the Jets. So you could get Warren at about three to one. So still some pretty decent value. And then Barron at 10 to one. And you probably also want to look at him for, you know, first cornerback drafted or something like that. But really, that's like even with Will Johnson, but you can get him 10 to one to go to the Jets. And that's when I really haven't heard anywhere else. But again, you know, Shefty did have that little nugget about Penix potentially going eight. So I'm going to just sprinkle a little bit on what he's talking about with seven, because I really haven't heard that anywhere else for the Jets.”
Jahdae Barron was drafted 20th overall (Broncos), not 7th. (Pick 7: Armand Membou; Barron went 20th)
“So if Jenty, for some reason, is off the board and the Raiders are still sitting there at six, I think they would go Mason Grimm. So I like him to go exact pick number six. You could get that about plus 650. So Bram at six plus 650.”
Mason Graham was drafted 5th overall (Browns), not 6th. (Pick 6: Ashton Jeanty; Graham went 5th)
“I think Warren is still chalked to be the first tight end taken.”
Tyler Warren (Colts, pick 14) was the second TE drafted; Loveland went first at No. 10. (Warren 2nd TE off the board)
“position I think could end up benefiting is cornerback low key because Hunter counts as a cornerback. So over four and a half at plus 260, a bet 365. I think Hunter, we talked about Barron, Will Johnson, those are the three locks.”
Only ~3 CBs went in round 1 (Hunter, Barron, Hairston); Will Johnson fell to round 2. Under 4.5. (3 cornerbacks in R1, under 4.5)
“i'm going under two and a half running backs uh in round one so just expecting genti [32:42] and hampton”
Only 2 RBs drafted in round 1 (Jeanty 6, Hampton 22); under 2.5 hit. (2 RBs in R1)
“so i'm going under two and a half wide outs as well and that's a plus 235”
3 WRs drafted in round 1 (McMillan 8, Egbuka 19, Golden 23); over 2.5, so under lost. (3 WRs in R1)
“The other prop that I'm on is SEC players. I see this at minus 190. Now the record is 15 so it 14 and a half It basically to tie the record I think they do it I not going to go through every number there but I bet it And I believe they get into that 15 16 range So I like SEC players first round over 14 and a half.”
15 SEC players drafted in round 1 (record-tying); over 14.5 hit. (15 SEC players in R1)
“So they got their tight end, Evan Ingram. uh you know Sutton they're gonna they're gonna bring Sutton back Marvin Mims came on really strong last year they drafted Detroit flank Franklin Vele uh had you know a better than expected year so I don't necessarily think it's a wide receiver uh that Denver's trying to move up for I think it's Ashton Jenty uh because running back that was the glaring glaring weakness and And so they're 17 to one to take Ashton Gentry. I think that's a great bet.”
Ashton Jeanty went to the Raiders at No. 6, not the Broncos. (Jeanty to Las Vegas, pick 6)
“You can get the Giants to draft Shador Sanders at plus 350.”
Giants drafted Jaxson Dart at No. 25, not Shedeur Sanders, who fell to round 5 (Browns). (Sanders ultimately pick 144, Browns)
“and then uh Jackson Dart uh plus 250 to the Saints I think is uh actually more likely than that”
Jaxson Dart went to the Giants at No. 25, not the Saints. (Dart to NY Giants, pick 25)
“yeah i think abu carter is the play at plus 205”
Abdul Carter went 3rd overall to the Giants, not 2nd. (Carter #3 (Giants))
“But I think Alan Carr, the likelier finisher, happy to grab her at about minus 115.”
Talita Alencar defeated Vanessa Demopoulos by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) at UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Murphy; Alencar's ML won. (Alencar def. Demopoulos, unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27))
“So interested in Franza inside the distance like his money line [35:09] at about minus 150 against the guy who does not defend strikes.”
Rhys McKee defeated Daniel Frunza by TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 1 at UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs Murphy; Frunza's ML/inside-the-distance pick lost. (McKee def. Frunza, TKO (doctor stoppage), R1 5:00)
“jaylon walker under eight and a half at minus 150 i really think he's unlikely just carolina's at eight i i don't think he's likely to slide past carolina”
Jalon Walker went 15th overall, not under 8.5. (Walker drafted No. 15 by Atlanta)
“Talking about Shador already, but I would go under three and a half at plus 140.”
Shedeur Sanders went 144th, far over 3.5. (Sanders drafted No. 144 (Round 5) by Cleveland)
“kept McMillan over 18 and a half plus 150. I'll take that all day.”
Tetairoa McMillan went 8th overall, under 18.5; over bet loses. (McMillan drafted No. 8 by Carolina)
“Tyra Warren over 10 and a half. Chicago, you know, now this is where I'm saying, you know, before I said Chicago to take a tight end was seven to one. That's where you want to bet on Warren going to Chicago. But I would go over 10 and a half at plus 150 because Chicago, I don't think it's a lock”
Tyler Warren went 14th overall, over 10.5; bet cashes. (Warren drafted No. 14 by Indianapolis)
“Campbell under nine and a half at minus 185.”
Will Campbell went 4th overall, under 9.5; bet cashes. (Campbell drafted No. 4 by New England)
“Will Johnson, the corner under 11 and a half at plus 130.”
Will Johnson went 47th (Round 2), over 11.5; under bet loses. (Johnson drafted No. 47 by Arizona)
“Running back, just bet, Mac, whatever they let you bet on Ashton Gentry, bet it. just just do it. I mean, he's, he's 20, he's minus, he's minus 2,500 on DK. I think I've seen even larger, shorter numbers, I should say on other books. He's going to be the first running back. Take it.”
Ashton Jeanty was the first RB drafted, taken No. 6 overall by the Raiders. (Jeanty drafted No. 6 overall (Raiders))
“So I'm going to go with Conclave at plus 240.”
Conclave lost Best Picture to Anora. (Anora won Best Picture)
“I'm rolling with I'm rolling with uh with Baker”
Sean Baker won Best Director for Anora. (Sean Baker won Best Director)
“us off here because I like Timothy Chalamet at plus 150.”
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) won Best Actor at the 97th Academy Awards; Chalamet lost. (Best Actor: Adrien Brody)
“less than a 50 50 shot and wicked is plus 600 but it actually leads among gold derby experts not quite a majority but right there at 47 percent uh also has about a third of editor editor and top 24 user support and the fact that editors and top 24 users on gold derby are a little bit lower than the experts uh is actually a good signal because since 2019 uh three winners have been backed by fewer than 22 percent of editors and top 24 users on gold derby including the zone of interest last year and that had just 8 of the editor backing So this is one where you know the experts are the ones that are the most predictive And they're saying something's up here. So what are your thoughts here? Because we don't see this too often where it just, the favorites don't line up at all. I really like this look for you. It wasn't one that I had written down personally, but I definitely see the mindset behind it. Ben Zausmer only has Dune at 40.2% for the record and has Wicked as its most likely challenger at 23.15%. That's still value at 6-1. 23.1% is what? That should be around 3-1? A little higher than 3-1. Yeah. I mean, Zalzner's model does that quite a bit because I think it boosts up to like 30 to 1 a little bit too much. You know, like if you went by like literal value, every single like fourth and fifth place film would be worth betting on. I'm not saying that's the case here. but um the thing that makes this data a little bit more complicated is as you mentioned this is no longer a two category award it's now one this is only the fifth year of that so the data is a little bit more difficult to parse i feel like um it's also interesting that dune is the favorite against literally three musicals in a sound category uh in wicked well a complete unknown it's not a musical musical music based movies and wicked a complete unknown and amelia perez um so i completely see your rationale behind uh betting on an underdog here i'm personally staying away from this dune uh if i recall one this category uh with it the first iteration of this film uh and so i that's why i would be shocked if though what was that like i think that's why it's overvalued though i think that that could very well be category no and everyone just going back to old reliable dune but like i said the the there's been an upset like half the time since they switched because no one knows what's going on so i actually this is like my this is my favorite bet like i think this is the biggest delta between what's most likely to happen and what the market is predicting i don't think you're gonna find a bigger delta that's why i”
Dune: Part Two won Best Sound at the 97th Academy Awards; Wicked lost. (Best Sound: Dune: Part Two)
“i've already bet uh the chiefs team total rushing yards under i think 115”
Chiefs had 25 team rushing yards, under 115. (Chiefs 25 rush yds)
“and the total [19:42] game combined rushing yards under 285.”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Combined 62; under 285 covers.
“more field goals combined by both teams made in this game than passing touchdowns are thrown at [21:59] plus 130”
4 combined field goals (all Elliott) vs 5 passing TDs (Mahomes 3, Hurts 2); FGs were not more than passing TDs. (4 FG < 5 passing TD)
“would probably be even higher yeah and i've you're looking at a guy that's already bet under two and a half combined passing touchdowns at uh some plus money i forget the exact number but at plus”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Combined 62; under 2.5 busts.
“and i also bet uh no missed kicks because all of elliott's missed kicks except for one have been outdoors this year”
No missed kicks; Elliott went 4/4 FG and 4/4 XP and Butker had no reported misses. (Elliott 4/4 FG, 4/4 XP)
“So I am rolling with Kansas city on the money line. Don't mind the one and a half either. Cause all these games generally are three or more. um but uh i'll take the money line here kansas city minus 124”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Kansas City Chiefs lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going with the Kansas City Chiefs under 115.5 rushing yards. [30:00] You can find that at Bet365.”
Chiefs managed only 25 team rushing yards in Super Bowl LIX, well under 115.5. (Chiefs 25 rush yds)
“with both teams to combine for under five and a half sacks you can find this at my minus 125 [41:38] at bet mgm”
Both teams combined for 3.5 sacks, under 5.5. (Eagles 2.5, Chiefs 1 = 3.5 sacks)
“but I took the Chiefs to have more first downs [58:28] for that same reason.”
Eagles had more first downs (21 to 12), so Chiefs-more-first-downs lost. (Chiefs 12, Eagles 21)
“So let's go with Hopkins anytime touchdown here at plus 600.”
DeAndre Hopkins caught a 7-yard touchdown from Mahomes. (Hopkins 1 receiving TD)
“we're gonna go with field goals over one and a half for Kansas City at minus one twenty five. I would bet this up to about minus one fifty. So I think that the chiefs are gonna struggle in a red zone.”
Kansas City scored only touchdowns in Super Bowl LIX and Harrison Butker made zero field goals, so the team over 1.5 made field goals lost.
“Alright. So speaking of which, I'm going with both teams combined rushing yardage under 285 and a half. You can get that at minus one fifteen at bet three six five. I think this is way too high. I have these teams projected to combine for just under 260”
Combined team rushing in Super Bowl LIX was just 97 yards (Eagles 72, Chiefs 25), well under the 285.5 line. (Eagles 72 rush yds + Chiefs 25 rush yds = 97 total (line 285.5))
“give you under two and a half combined passing touchdowns at plus one fifty.”
The two teams combined for five passing touchdowns (Mahomes 3, Hurts 2) in Super Bowl LIX, so the under 2.5 lost.
“at the end of the day, I I trust bags, and I trust Mahomes. So rolling with the chiefs minus one and a half.”
PHI 40, KC 22 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -18 vs line -1.5; busts.
“And it the Kansas City Chiefs to have under eight and a half players to catch a pass at minus 165 at DraftKings”
Nine distinct Chiefs caught a pass, over 8.5; under loses. (Chiefs pass-catchers: Worthy, Kelce, Hopkins, Smith-Schuster, Brown, Hunt, Pacheco, Gray, Perine (9))
“I'm going to go with the Kansas City Chiefs to get the most first downs in the game at plus 105 at DraftKings.”
Eagles had more first downs (21) than Chiefs (12). (First downs: Eagles 21, Chiefs 12)
“my third prop is going to be no missed kicks so we're going plus 200 I bet this down to about plus”
No missed kicks: Eagles' Elliott 4/4; Chiefs' Butker attempted no FG/XP. (Elliott 2/2 FG, 4/4 XP; Butker 0 attempts (Chiefs went for 2 on all TDs))
“I'm going with the commanders plus six and a half at the Eagles.”
PHI 55, WSH 23 — Washington Commanders margin -32 vs line +6.5; busts.
“I going with Zach Ertz over three and a half receptions You can find this at minus 110 minus 115”
PHI 55, WSH 23 — Zach Ertz: 11 receptions vs over 3.5; covers. (Zach Ertz: 11 receptions)
“my my final pick of the Sunday six packs gonna be Noah Gray over 13 and a half receiving yards I also like over one and a half catches I split them up I'll go with receiving yards for this”
Noah Gray did not register a catch or receiving yard in the box score of the Jan 26, 2025 AFC Championship (Chiefs 32, Bills 29); the over on 13.5 receiving yards lost. (Noah Gray: no receiving stats recorded (Kelce 2-19, JuJu Smith-Schuster 2-60 led KC TEs/WRs))
“I'm going to go with the Eagles to have more punts than the Commanders at plus 265.”
Eagles punted 2 times vs Commanders' 1 in the 55-23 NFC Championship. (Eagles 2 punts, Commanders 1 punt)
“I'm going with Dalton Schultz over three and a half receptions.”
KC 23, HOU 14 — Dalton Schultz: 4 receptions vs over 3.5; covers. (Dalton Schultz: 4 receptions)
“i'm going with sam laporta over 48 and a half reception yards for the detroit lions”
DET 31, WSH 45 — Sam LaPorta: 51 receiving_yards vs over 48.5; covers. (Sam LaPorta: 51 receiving_yards)
“going with the Eagles, Rams, first half under 22 and a half.”
PHI 28, LAR 22 — Combined 50; under 22.5 busts.
“I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens first half money line minus 110.”
BUF 27, BAL 25 — Baltimore Ravens lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going with the Ravens-Bills. under 51 and a half”
BUF 27, BAL 25 — Combined 52; under 51.5 busts.
“I'm going to go with Isaiah Likely over 33-and-a-half receiving yards.”
BUF 27, BAL 25 — Isaiah Likely: 73 receiving_yards vs over 33.5; covers. (Isaiah Likely: 73 receiving_yards)
“go for my long shot Xavier Worthy for touchdown at plus 220”
Xavier Worthy caught an 8-yard TD in Chiefs' 23-14 divisional win over Texans. (Worthy receiving TD)
“[15:38] I'm going with the Texans Chargers under 43.”
HOU 32, LAC 12 — Combined 44; under 43 busts.
“I'm going with the Raven Steelers under 44, 43 and a half is fine as well. [27:47] 43 key number here.”
BAL 28, PIT 14 — Combined 42; under 44 covers.
“six-pack going with the Tampa Bay Bucs minus three against the Washington Commanders. [49:05] And I love this matchup for the Bucs.”
TB 20, WSH 23 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -3 vs line -3; busts.
- Rams ML closed +120 · CLV -18¢ won
- Texans ML closed +132 · CLV +4¢ won
“So you like the Rams. So they're plus 102. And I agree with you on the Texans. They're plus 136. So make that a little parlay. Plus 377, the parlay odds for that one.”
Parlay cashes: Rams ML — won; Texans ML — won.
“[1:03:31] like the under i'll probably be on the under 47 which is a key but it just the court at the end”
BUF 31, DEN 7 — Combined 38; under 47 covers.
“for my first pick of the week 18 sunday six-pack i'm going with the seattle seahawks minus three [8:52] at the los angeles rams i'd play this up to four”
LAR 25, SEA 30 — Seattle Seahawks margin +5 vs line -3; covers.
“I'm going to go with the Kansas City Chiefs plus 10 at the Denver Broncos here.”
DEN 38, KC 0 — Kansas City Chiefs margin -38 vs line +10; busts.
“the Houston Texans plus one and a half against the Tennessee Titans.”
TEN 14, HOU 23 — Houston Texans margin +9 vs line +1.5; covers.
“lions vikes under 40 under 57 and a half”
DET 31, MIN 9 — Combined 40; under 57.5 covers.
- Steelers ML closed +117 · CLV +19¢ pending
- Raiders ML closed +260 · CLV -45¢ lost
“If the Steelers win then we going to have a really good position on a Chargers excuse me a Raiders Steelers money line parlay All right And that a so plus 136 for Pitt and Raiders at plus 215 [42:40] So that's a plus 643 parlay.”
Parlay busts: Steelers ML — pending; Raiders ML — lost.
“going with the carolina panthers plus eight at tampa bay”
TB 48, CAR 14 — Carolina Panthers margin -34 vs line +8; busts.
“going with the [34:18] Denver Broncos plus three and a half at the Cincinnati Bengals”
CIN 30, DEN 24 — Denver Broncos margin -6 vs line +3.5; busts.
“alone with the green [44:52] bay packers plus one and a half at the minnesota vikings”
MIN 27, GB 25 — Green Bay Packers margin -2 vs line +1.5; busts.
“that's where I'm going with my total. [52:22] under 40 and a half in Cleveland.”
CLE 3, MIA 20 — Combined 23; under 40.5 covers.
“I'm going to go with the Pittsburgh Steelers here. This is, I mean, no, this is, I don't think this is going to be popular at all because as Chiefs, all they do is win every week and everyone's going to tell you that stat about Patrick Mahomes if he's, you know, minus three or less. But look at Mike Tomlin as an underdog in his career. I mean, as a money line dog from October on. So take out the first month of the season. He's 43 and 33. straight up as a dog. So he's winning. He's 10 games over 500 outright as an underdog. My kids want to have a good Christmas. Off a loss, 21-14, 60%. Home dog. I think you mentioned this earlier. 19-10 straight up as an underdog for Mike Tomlin, 66%. 2-0 this season. So if the Chiefs do lose the game, I just don't. Listen, they're great. They'll probably just find a way to win another Super Bowl. but they're not a 15 and like they're not a 16 and one team. Like they're getting so lucky. I think Pittsburgh can get it done here So yeah I think you think they going to win the game too I agree Going Steelers plus 135 The parlay on that is let see you got Patriots plus 185 Steelers plus 135 plus 573”
PIT 10, KC 29 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
“the Buffalo Bills minus 14 against the New England Patriots.”
BUF 24, NE 21 — Buffalo Bills margin +3 vs line -14; busts.
“going with the San Francisco 49ers plus one and a half at the Miami Dolphins.”
MIA 29, SF 17 — San Francisco 49ers margin -12 vs line +1.5; busts.
“i'm going with the tennessee titans plus three and a half at the indianapolis colts”
IND 38, TEN 30 — Tennessee Titans margin -8 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I'm going Jets and Rams under 46 and a [46:50] half”
NYJ 9, LAR 19 — Combined 28; under 46.5 covers.
“I'm going to go Atlanta [51:26] down to two and a half”
ATL 34, NYG 7 — Atlanta Falcons margin +27 vs line -2.5; covers.
“hundred dollars money line we're going got a full slate i'm going to switch it up last second give me the give me the seahawks this is just on the uncertainty around gino if he plays then”
SEA 24, MIN 27 — Seattle Seahawks lost; moneyline busts.
“give me the Steelers plus five and a half here.”
PHI 27, PIT 13 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -14 vs line +5.5; busts.
“the Cleveland Browns, plus four and a half, at home against the Kansas City Chiefs.”
CLE 7, KC 21 — Cleveland Browns margin -14 vs line +4.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Seahawks, [44:20] plus three minus 120.”
SEA 13, GB 30 — Seattle Seahawks margin -17 vs line +3; busts.
“have a feel on the side i'm going to go under which kind of aligns with the dog usually these tomlin spots go under as well okay because i am worried about the steelers offense i get some of your points but they've been ross has been such a deep ball merchant i mean last week the offense did not look great without the deep ball and the eagles are the number one defense in the nfl against deep throws. But I do think that the Steelers' defense will have success. They can battle with Barkley. Neither of these teams are particularly fast. I think both are going to run a ton. Clock will be bleeding You have you know if the Eagles get up they so good at just running the game away late with like an eight nine minute drive and then you have the steelers tomlin in a dog spot he's going to play conservative he's going to lean on his special teams he's going to lean on his defense play field position i think this profiles is a lower scoring game so i'll spoil my total i'd like under 42 and a half”
PHI 27, PIT 13 — Combined 40; under 42.5 covers.
- Dolphins ML closed +127 · CLV +8¢ lost
- Colts ML closed +182 · CLV -12¢ lost
“the parlay Colts plus 170 Dolphins plus 135 because I was I was thinking of going to Steelers but you know what um yeah I already took him on the six-pack and I do I do think the Dolphins like you said they they are running like for as well as Tua's playing they should uh they should break through and and actually beat a good team at some point so Dolphins plus 135 Colts plus 170 Parley it looks like Petrie's out he might be out for the year they're contemplating surgery for what it's worth which would suck because i think that he they need him to make a playoff run yeah i mean yeah just like the dollars need probably need armstead so it's injury yeah injuries are just weird this year though because i mean yeah they didn't have him last week for a lot of the I don't know. It's, it's been, it's been a weird year injury wise. And then like, they're like the saints are, they're not ruling out car yet. Like no one wants to rule out anyway. It's like, Oh yeah, he not ruled out. Aiden O'Connell comes back from being in an air cast. Now he's like questionable. Like what? Injuries are so weird, but plus five 35 is the parlay for our money line dogs, Colts, dolphins.”
Parlay busts: Dolphins ML — lost; Colts ML — lost.
“the parlay Colts plus 170 Dolphins plus 135 because I was I was thinking of going to Steelers but you know what um yeah I already took him on the six-pack and I do I do think the Dolphins like you said they they are running like for as well as Tua's playing they should uh they should break through and and actually beat a good team at some point so Dolphins plus 135 Colts plus 170”
HOU 20, MIA 12 — Miami Dolphins lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going with the Cleveland Browns plus six and a half at the [10:44] Pittsburgh Steelers”
PIT 27, CLE 14 — Cleveland Browns margin -13 vs line +6.5; busts.
“going with the Las Vegas Raiders, plus six and a half at Tampa Bay.”
TB 28, LV 13 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -15 vs line +6.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Chicago bears plus four at the San Francisco [34:47] 49ers.”
SF 38, CHI 13 — Chicago Bears margin -25 vs line +4; busts.
“I'm going with the Falcons Vikings under 46 and a half, [53:57] 45 and a half.”
MIN 42, ATL 21 — Combined 63; under 45.5 busts.
“I'll take the Jets on the money line they actually showed some good coaching last week. I liked how they got... And their defense was good. That too. I even mean like the... Because I saw them... I always look at the transaction wire because I have to update all the projections and stuff. So I'm like, okay, they call up Chennai Wangu. What does this mean? Are they going to inactivate Davis? Because I know Wangu is more of a kick returner. But it seemed like they called up Wangu to improve their kick returning, but also get Davis involved in the offense. He called a touchdown. Wangu scores a touchdown. So, like, even the offense got a little – and the special teams got a little frisky there. So, I mean, yeah, I thought about the Jets. I just – yeah, it's all Rodgers at this point. It's like, is he in Cousins territory or not? Because him and Devontae are struggling. But I think this is – I don't mind this at all because I think this is the way to play it. You know, just take the take the uncertainty, get the plus 225 payout if if they win the game.”
MIA 32, NYJ 26 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“so give me the jags plus 165 hopefully they show up”
TEN 6, JAX 10 — Jacksonville Jaguars won; moneyline covers.
“i am going with the tennessee titans plus five and a half at the washington commanders”
WSH 42, TEN 19 — Tennessee Titans margin -23 vs line +5.5; busts.
“We're going with the Chicago Bears plus 10 and a half at the Detroit Lions.”
DET 23, CHI 20 — Chicago Bears margin -3 vs line +10.5; covers.
“I am going with the New England Patriots [44:47] plus three”
NE 24, IND 25 — New England Patriots margin -1 vs line +3; covers.
“going with Ravens Eagles first half under 25 and a half.”
Halftime: PHI 14, BAL 12 (Final: BAL 19, PHI 24) — Halftime combined 26 (PHI 14–BAL 12); under 25.5 busts by 0.5.
- Patriots +8.5 (teased) won
- Jets +8.5 (teased) won
“uh so let go patriots out to eight and a half and jets out to eight and a half as well”
Parlay cashes: Patriots +8.5 (teased) +8.5 — won; Jets +8.5 (teased) +8.5 — won.
“Give me the Steelers plus 135.”
CIN 38, PIT 44 — Pittsburgh Steelers won; moneyline covers.
“Let's go with the San Francisco 49ers plus 2.5 at the Green Bay Packers.”
GB 38, SF 10 — San Francisco 49ers margin -28 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Indianapolis Colts plus seven and a half against the Detroit Lions.”
IND 6, DET 24 — Indianapolis Colts margin -18 vs line +7.5; busts.
“I am going with the Carolina Panthers plus 11 against the now defeated Kansas City Chiefs.”
CAR 27, KC 30 — Carolina Panthers margin -3 vs line +11; covers.
“Will Levis and the Tennessee Titans Plus Eight and a half Against the Houston Texans”
HOU 27, TEN 32 — Tennessee Titans margin +5 vs line +8.5; covers.
“go with the Dallas Cowboys. Plus 11 at Washington.”
WSH 26, DAL 34 — Dallas Cowboys margin +8 vs line +11; covers.
“I'm going with Tommy Cutlets and the New York Giants plus six at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.”
NYG 7, TB 30 — New York Giants margin -23 vs line +6; busts.
“Eagles, Rams, first half under 24 and a half is out there. 23 and a half if you can't get that, but we'll go with 24 and a half for the show.”
PHI 13, LAR 7 (1H) — First half combined 20 (PHI 13, LAR 7); under 24.5 hits.
“My money line dog is going to be the Chicago Bears. Hungry Bears are violent bears.”
CHI 27, MIN 30 — Chicago Bears lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus one and a half at the Los [16:55] Angeles Chargers”
LAC 34, CIN 27 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -7 vs line +1.5; busts.
“give me the Vikings minus five and a half”
TEN 13, MIN 23 — Minnesota Vikings margin +10 vs line -5.5; covers.
“for my third and final pick in the sixth overall of the week 11 sunday six-pack i'm going with the indianapolis colts plus four at the new york jets and this is ugly this is probably an uncomfortable”
NYJ 27, IND 28 — Indianapolis Colts margin +1 vs line +4; covers.
“So give me Brown Saints under 44 and a half.”
NO 35, CLE 14 — Combined 49; under 44.5 busts.
- Chiefs +8.5 (teased) lost
- Steelers +9 (teased) won
“um so Bengals Browns plus seven and a half each I'm gonna go with two teams I'm on par with the market but teasing them up they just voodoo cover I mean they'll probably voodoo cover anyway but couldn't bring myself to put them in a six-pack just based on a trend or anything like that um And that's the Kansas City Chiefs up to eight and a half and the Steelers up to nine.”
Parlay busts: Chiefs +8.5 (teased) +8.5 — lost; Steelers +9 (teased) +9 — won.
“Half a unit on each. The Steelers [1:02:09] plus three or five to three and a half.”
PIT 18, BAL 16 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +2 vs line +3; covers.
“hungry bears are violent bears okay i'm gonna go with the a lot a lot uh more boring pick but i mentioned i did like your cleveland pick so i'm gonna go with them as a money line dog uh even money jamis is a dog always does well so try to get it before you know i can see it flipping from”
NO 35, CLE 14 — Cleveland Browns lost; moneyline busts.
“Sunday six-pack I'm going with the Indianapolis Colts plus four and a half still like it four three and a half whatever's out there uh anything more than a field goal against the Buffalo Bills”
IND 20, BUF 30 — Indianapolis Colts margin -10 vs line +4.5; busts.
“So, yeah, give me the Pittsburgh Steelers plus three here.”
WSH 27, PIT 28 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +1 vs line +3; covers.
“I'm rolling with the San Francisco 49ers minus five and a half at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.”
TB 20, SF 23 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line -5.5; busts.
“I'm going with the New York Jets plus one.”
ARI 31, NYJ 6 — New York Jets margin -25 vs line +1; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Bears Patriots under 39.”
CHI 3, NE 19 — Combined 22; under 39 covers.
- Eagles -1.5 (teased) won
- Chargers -1.5 (teased) won
“I'm going to also go the Eagles, so Chargers-Eagles down to one and a half each.”
Parlay cashes: Eagles +1.5 (teased) +1.5 — won; Chargers +1.5 (teased) +1.5 — won.
- Colts ML closed +185 · CLV -9¢ lost
- Texans ML closed +169 · CLV -14¢ lost
“Colts are plus 176 at home against Buffalo. The Texans plus 155 at home against Detroit. Parlay them together, plus 604.”
Parlay busts: Colts ML — lost; Texans ML — lost.
“I'm going with the Dallas Cowboys plus two and a half the Atlanta Falcons”
ATL 27, DAL 21 — Dallas Cowboys margin -6 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Cleveland Browns plus two against the Los Angeles Chargers at home.”
CLE 10, LAC 27 — Cleveland Browns margin -17 vs line +2; busts.
“I'm going with the Seattle Seahawks. [40:47] There is a two-and-a-half out there, so plus two-and-a-half [40:50] at home against the Los Angeles Rams.”
SEA 20, LAR 26 — Seattle Seahawks margin -6 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Jags Eagles under 23 and a half first half.”
PHI 28, JAX 23 — Combined 51; under 23.5 busts.
- Eagles -1.5 (teased)
- Saints (teased +6)
“I'll see the couple of favorites down to one and a half. The Eagles against the Jaguars. I just don't see the Jaguars pulling it out here with all their injuries on offense. And then the Saints, you know, this Panther team is just, we're getting Bryce Young again. So that's really the only handicap I need. We're getting Bryce Young again. So Eagles, Saints.”
Both teaser legs cashed: the Eagles beat the Jaguars 28-23 (covering -1.5 with room to spare), and the Saints lost only 23-22 to the Panthers, easily covering the teased +6. (Eagles 28, Jaguars 23; Panthers 23, Saints 22)
- Cowboys ML closed +146 · CLV -20¢ lost
- Patriots ML closed +147.5 · CLV +3¢ lost
“So Cowboys plus 126. [1:00:42] Patriots plus 150. [1:00:44] Parlay those together plus 465. [1:00:47] That is our money line underdog parlay.”
Parlay busts: Cowboys ML — lost; Patriots ML — lost.
“So give me the Cleveland Browns plus nine and a half.”
CLE 29, BAL 24 — Cleveland Browns margin +5 vs line +9.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Miami Dolphins minus three at home against the Arizona Crosters. [15:40] I'd go up to minus 125 on this.”
MIA 27, ARI 28 — Miami Dolphins margin -1 vs line -3; busts.
“going with the Dallas Cowboys plus four and a half at the San Francisco 49ers.”
SF 30, DAL 24 — Dallas Cowboys margin -6 vs line +4.5; busts.
“the Jacksonville defense with Campbell is much better. They're good against the run. They're middle-of-the-pack success rate. They have some turnover luck coming their way. They haven't been able to generate any. and the Packers defense is vulnerable. They're living off of turnovers week in and week out. I think this is supposed to be a field goal, so I'll take the four and a half points at home.”
JAX 27, GB 30 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“going with the Chicago Bears minus two and a half at the Washington Commanders.”
WSH 18, CHI 15 — Chicago Bears margin -3 vs line -2.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals minus one and a half at home.”
CIN 17, PHI 37 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -20 vs line -1.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Eagles-Bengals under 48.”
CIN 17, PHI 37 — Combined 54; under 48 busts.
“I also did play the Raiders plus 10.”
LV 20, KC 27 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -7 vs line +10; covers.
“I'm going to go with the New England Patriots. Home dog plus 290 against the New York Jets.”
NE 25, NYJ 22 — New England Patriots won; moneyline covers.
- Patriots ML +290 closed +271.5 · CLV +19¢ won
- Raiders ML +400 closed +340 · CLV +60¢ lost
“going Pats plus 290. Raiders plus 400, That is a plus 1850 parlay, Moneyline Dog parlay, if anyone out there wants to get real crazy.”
Parlay busts: Patriots ML +290 — won; Raiders ML +400 — lost.
“I'm going with the New York Jets minus one and a half at the Pittsburgh [16:14] Steelers.”
PIT 37, NYJ 15 — New York Jets margin -22 vs line -1.5; busts.
“So give me the jets on the road. Yeah, I like this. I want Wilson to start. I mean, look speaking so but i so i need confirmation there then i'll definitely play this probably play jets money line i play money line yeah for what it's worth i did play money line like i just prefer that with you know when i can get a short money line but i still like this”
PIT 37, NYJ 15 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“I like the Browns here, but catching six and a half.”
CLE 14, CIN 21 — Cleveland Browns margin -7 vs line +6.5; busts.
“I'm going with the San Francisco 49ers minus one at home against Kansas City Chiefs.”
SF 18, KC 28 — San Francisco 49ers margin -10 vs line -1; busts.
“The Detroit Lions plus two and a half against the Minnesota Vikings the undefeated Minnesota Vikings I don think we get a three I haven bet it yet but I don think we get a three”
MIN 29, DET 31 — Detroit Lions margin +2 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I'm going to go Giants, Eagles under 43 and a half.”
NYG 3, PHI 28 — Combined 31; under 43.5 covers.
- Texans +9 (teased) won
- Seahawks +9 (teased) won
“and i'll go with seattle uh so tease both of them up to uh we'll call it plus nine since there are threes available uh in the market on both of those squads but yeah i agree i don't think atlanta is it's gonna blow blow the doors off any like non-carolina type of outfit here so uh seattle extra time to prepare uh they are they're a live dog and i don't see them losing by by more than a possession if they do go down to atlanta so i'll go with houston and seattle”
Parlay cashes: Texans +9 (teased) +9 — won; Seahawks +9 (teased) +9 — won.
“all year. We're getting plus seven. Even in Caleb Williams' second start when he was still just kind of a disaster, to be frank, Houston beat Chicago by six points. And you look at our luck rankings, Houston, the luckiest team in the National Football League, New England 26, that 25-place difference, there's also a 56% gap. Both of those trigger a trend where 64% against the spread over the past five years on a near 200 game sample size. So this is a luck game. Give me New England. It's disgusting, but I love it.”
NE 21, HOU 41 — New England Patriots margin -20 vs line +7; busts.
“So give me the Saints at home plus three and a half.”
NO 27, TB 51 — New Orleans Saints margin -24 vs line +3.5; busts.
“so give me the broncos plus three”
DEN 16, LAC 23 — Denver Broncos margin -7 vs line +3; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Packers-Cardinals over. I know this is a little bit of a higher total. 47 and a half. Yeah, last week, I mean, I think this is similar to the Bengals-Ravens game last week. Which I said was going to be 31-28 someone. It ended up being 41-38 someone. I still can't believe Zach Taylor in those play calls. Just running it three times when you were throwing all over the Ravens. And then you have a rookie punter as the holder, and you botch that. But I think that this – I'll keep this analysis simple. Both teams hit a ton of explosives on the ground and through the air. and both defenses allow a ton of explosives. And that's really what I'm looking for with an over in today's NFL where you just have these long drives that are just little by little down the field and then you get stopped in the red zone and that just kills any overs. Explosive plays is what I'm looking for. I think we get a ton in this game. So give me the Cardinals Packers over.”
GB 34, ARI 13 — Combined 47; over 47.5 busts.
“I am going with the Denver Broncos. Minus one and a half, anything under three or take the money line. But love the Broncos this week against the Las Vegas Raiders.”
DEN 34, LV 18 — Denver Broncos margin +16 vs line -1.5; covers.
“We're going with the Carolina Panthers, plus four against the Chicago Bears.”
CHI 36, CAR 10 — Carolina Panthers margin -26 vs line +4; busts.
“The only other bet that I like right now that I bet myself is the Browns plus three and a half, minus 115 still out there there's a lot of uncertainty which is i i bet it smaller i'll bet it bigger once i get the injury report like is the joke who's going to play who on their”
WSH 34, CLE 13 — Cleveland Browns margin -21 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I'm going Ravens-Bengals over 50.5.”
CIN 38, BAL 41 — Combined 79; over 50.5 covers.
- Rams ML closed +137 · CLV +8¢ lost
- Bengals ML closed +120 · CLV +5¢ lost
“all right so Rams plus 145 Bengals plus 125 Parlam plus 450 so not quite the 10 to 1 that we had a couple weeks ago but still pretty juicy and I think both of these teams do have a very good chance of winning their games.”
Parlay busts: Rams ML — lost; Bengals ML — lost.
“I am going with the Indianapolis Colts plus one and a half at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
IND 27, PIT 24 — Indianapolis Colts margin +3 vs line +1.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings plus two and a half at the Green Bay Packers.”
GB 29, MIN 31 — Minnesota Vikings margin +2 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Chicago Bears minus two and a half uh juiced up to minus [29:44] 120 at home against the Los Angeles Rams.”
CHI 24, LAR 18 — Chicago Bears margin +6 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I'm going to go to the Falcon saints under 42 and a half.”
ATL 26, NO 24 — Combined 50; under 42.5 busts.
“So I'll take the Browns. All right. So Vikings plus 120 Browns plus one away. You parlay those, you get plus three 58.”
LV 20, CLE 16 — Cleveland Browns lost; moneyline busts.
“The second overall, the week three, Sunday six pack, Carolina plus five and a half.”
LV 22, CAR 36 — Carolina Panthers margin +14 vs line +5.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Miami Dolphins plus four and a half.”
SEA 24, MIA 3 — Miami Dolphins margin -21 vs line +4.5; busts.
“the atlanta falcons plus three [31:41] and a half against the kansas city chiefs”
ATL 17, KC 22 — Atlanta Falcons margin -5 vs line +3.5; busts.
“the Cincinnati Bengals plus six at the Kansas City Chiefs.”
KC 26, CIN 25 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -1 vs line +6; covers.
“I'm going with the Cleveland Browns plus three and a half [24:12] at the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
JAX 13, CLE 18 — Cleveland Browns margin +5 vs line +3.5; covers.
“the Rams plus one and a half [34:23] at the Cardinals”
ARI 41, LAR 10 — Los Angeles Rams margin -31 vs line +1.5; busts.
“Detroit Tampa Bay under 51 and a half”
DET 16, TB 20 — Combined 36; under 51.5 covers.
“Give me the underdog at home money line A ton of variance in this game I mean you could have just said Fade Justin Fields is a favorite That would probably have been enough man Justin Fields is a road favorite Right yeah That pretty much all you got I'm going with the New York Football Giants, plus 105 at the Washington Commanders.”
WSH 21, NYG 18 — New York Giants lost; moneyline busts.
“All right for my first pick and the second overall of the week one Sunday six pack I going with the Tennessee Titans plus four at the Chicago Bears”
CHI 24, TEN 17 — Tennessee Titans margin -7 vs line +4; busts.
“second pick? So for my second pick, good segue because we just talked about a rookie quarterback struggling on the road, but I'm betting on a rookie quarterback on the road with Washington plus three and a half at Tampa Bay. Jaden Daniels, of course, in his first start.”
TB 37, WSH 20 — Washington Commanders margin -17 vs line +3.5; busts.
“But where are you going for their final pick For my third and final pick I going with the Jacksonville Jaguars plus three and a half at the Miami Dolphins”
MIA 20, JAX 17 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“going steelers falcons under 42 and a half i might get to 43 so i'm not in a rush to bet it”
ATL 10, PIT 18 — Combined 28; under 42.5 covers.
“So nothing much more to add Where are you going Panthers Same deal here We talked about it already So if you parlay the Commanders plus 140 the Panthers plus 180 your parlay odds would be plus 572”
NO 47, CAR 10 — Carolina Panthers lost; moneyline busts.
“You know what Raybon's going to say. Carolina, baby. 12 to 1.”
Buccaneers won the 2024 NFC South; Panthers did not. (Tampa Bay 10-7 won division; Panthers 5-12.)
“For my first prop of 2024, I'm going with my guy Tank Dell over four and a half receiving touchdowns.”
Tank Dell finished 2024 with 3 receiving touchdowns before a Week 16 knee injury, under 4.5. (Tank Dell 3 receiving TDs in 2024)
“Tony Pollard under five and a half rushing touchdowns at minus 120.”
Tony Pollard finished 2024 with 5 rushing TDs, under 5.5. (Pollard 5 rushing TDs, 1,079 rushing yards)
“Lamar Jackson under five and a half rushing touchdowns. [23:32] And the five and a half is really important.”
Lamar Jackson finished 2024 with 4 rushing TDs, under 5.5. (Lamar Jackson 4 rushing TDs, 915 rushing yards)
“I would love that because I have Panthers over on their win total. [1:04:08] I still like it at 5.5. [1:04:10] I think I got it at 4.5, I want to say.”
Panthers finished the 2024 regular season 5-12. 5 < 5.5. (5-12)
“cincinnati bengals also with a win total of 10 and a half juice to minus 120 at bed mgm the division odds for cincinnati plus 165 uh they're favored in for me at least 14 of their 17 and you know the teams the spots are really dogs are baltimore and kc so a real good chance i think for this team to rise up and potentially even get the number one seed because remember they had that last place schedule um so i really like that you know they get new england and get to avoid the rest of the afc east they get tennessee and get to avoid you know houston and the rest of the south and they even get carolina uh in the nfc south and games gets the g-men uh washington in Denver Vegas so I like the schedule for Cincinnati I like that they were able to finish in last place but still give you some confidence that they were still nine and eight uh so I think this is what you were alluding to when you said you're targeting another team talk to me about uh Cincy I like the Bengals to win the division it's coming down a little bit still like it I mean they're winter I think they're winter and I was like spot on with the Ravens I mean it's like pennies different yeah at some places um but you can get a better price on the Bengals to win the division a lot of it and i was yelling i was yelling at bangles fans on twitter all i said why are you rooting for jake browning to get you to the playoffs you're not winning anything you want i was as a ravens fan i was like the thing i'm afraid of is the bangles with a healthy burrow getting a last place schedule and that's what happened um well last year they played 14 games versus teams over 500, most in the past 25 years, 11 playoff teams. Obviously, some of those are double in their division because the AFC North was the first team since the merger to have all four teams finish over 500. So last year the schedule was brutal And this year it is the opposite I have them which is pretty wild because they play in the AFC North but I have them with the fifth easiest schedule in the NFL. And just to illustrate why that's the case and what this advantage means in a rough and rugged division, you're going to have a lot of similar opponents, here's the difference baltimore has buffalo and tampa bay two the unique opponents buffalo and tampa bay cleveland has miami and new orleans pit has the jets in atlanta and since he gets new england and carolina projected to be two of the worst teams in the nfl so as opposed to the ribs they don't have a good prep schedule and rest edge they do have three short week road games three games in 10 days late in the season so there's some tricky scheduling spots but it's a pretty manageable schedule overall and you're presumably going to have a healthy burrow we were a weird team last year in that they didn't have burrow which is very unlucky but the rest of the team was pretty lucky they were lucky in turnovers lucky in penalties extreme offensive line out so i think i think all their offensive line started all five started started every single game so that's one of the things that i'm worried about this year is you know if barrow stays healthy can everyone else or is there some injury regression and you look at the offensive line already you know deontay smith who was you know going to be a depth he's he's out for the year amarius mims he's he's banged up um trent brown is dinged up what's new i mean if if there's a i don't even know is he still yeah i mean if there's a chance that jackson carmen is in there right tackle uh at any point and then it's very problematic because orlando brown he has his deficiencies the problem with the bangles over the last 10 50 can't draft offensive linemen i mean they tried to address it in free agency um their offensive line has been just hard bottom five last three years in pass protection like cordell volson probably like the best drafted offensive lineman they had in a long time but um you know the defense so i am a bit worried about just the offensive line health with some of the guys that are banged up right now in trent brown's history but if they can all stay healthy i think the offensive line does have potential um then obviously you have a very good receiving core you add mike is sicky as well to give you just another option up the seam and then i think from what i've read it's hard because it's a unique injury. Burrow should be okay, but time will tell. The defense does have some questions. You know, you lose DJ Reader. They were number one against the run with him last year. Dead last without him. It's a big loss. So, you know, I'm worried about the defensive line. There's young corners. So you have, you know, DJ Turner, Cam Taylor Britt. I think Cam Taylor Britt will be a league average corner. He'll be okay. DJ Turner I have more questions about maybe it's Dax Hill there's rumblings that maybe Newton gets in the mix but they got to figure out the cornerback situation what I do think will help is they addressed the safeties and that position I talked about this before last year with Lou Anarumo so key to what he wants to do from a scheme and adjustment perspective and their safeties just fell off a cliff without Von Bell and Jesse Bates, who were just mainstays back there. So, you know, now you bring back Von Bell, that'll flash. You bring in Geno Stone, who I like. So I think the safeties will kind of patch up some of those communication issues, the explosive play issues that they've had. But cornerback and defensive line is certainly an issue. Cam Sample out for the year as well. That does hurt. So there's some questions on this defense, but ultimately it's healthy Burrow with this schedule. While I do have some questions about the Bengals, I do like them to win the division. Yeah, I think they have massive upside because of the schedule. I would take a shot at them to win the number one seed. I think I've seen it around 650 because Burrow last year, only about 4% of the pressures allowed were charged to him. You know, according to pro football focus, that was second lowest. So if the O-line does stay healthy, He's going to be protected. He's going to be going against an easy schedule. And he can make up for some of the flaws of that defense if there are some. So I really like the upside for Cincinnati, and they are my pick to win the division as well.”
Ravens won the 2024 AFC North; Bengals finished 9-8 and missed the division. (Ravens 12-5, Bengals 9-8)
“So, yeah, I know the Chargers on paper are a buy team for regression. last year they were super unlucky pretty much across the board they went oh and seven and games decided by three points or less finished with five wins should have finished with a few more but and they do have a much easier schedule on paper top one of the top three easiest schedules in the nfl i still have a dogs in eight of their first 13 so i think it's easy at the end but that's you know they'd be kind of playing catch up a little but i still think it could it could have a rough start uh you know given their yeah it is easy on paper in the beginning but i'm like vegas and Carolina to start the first two at least um well yeah those two but then yeah so middle of the middle I should say middle of the scale but they faced a ton of they faced more backup quarterbacks than any team in the league last year so they were lucky there like the total's eight eight and a half it's not like it's six and a half where you're getting her so it's nine and a half about mpm so yeah it's it's it's it's but yeah nine and a half it's yes it's uh yeah but there's you know there's big juice on you know there's big juice to the under on the nine and a half and plus money to the over. Yeah, this is a fade. They can win 10 games. Yeah, this is on this podcast, this is the under that I'm taking.”
Chargers finished the 2024 regular season 11-6 (made the playoffs), over the 9.5 win total, so the Under loses. (2024 Chargers: 11-6)
“Yeah. I like the Eagles. I think the Eagles are the best bet to win the NFC East at even money.”
The Eagles won the NFC East at 14-3, four games clear of the Commanders.
“So my favorite commanders bet is Jaden Daniels, rookie of offensive rookie of the year, plus four seventy five. I have him projected to be a better fantasy quarterback than Caleb Williams because of the rushing upside.”
Jayden Daniels won 2024 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year in a landslide.
“Daniels will have a shot to win that award. So I like that. And then I think long shot commanders division at nine to one because we know it's probably not gonna be the cowboys given the NFC East history.”
The Commanders went 12-5 but finished second in the NFC East behind the 14-3 Eagles.
“winnable non outside of your shitty division four and a half's too low i like the panthers over”
Panthers finished the 2024 NFL regular season 5-12, clearing the over 4.5 win total. (2024 record: 5-12)
“the Bears under and it's eight and a half with plus 140 to the under at bad MGM.”
Bears finished the 2024 NFL regular season 5-12, well under the 8.5 win total. (2024 record: 5-12)
“But talk to me about Emma Stone first, because I already, full disclosure, I already bet Emma Stone when she was like, yeah, like around the same number, like plus 150. But so I'm kind of disappointed to see her lose some steam here.”
Emma Stone won Best Actress for Poor Things. (Best Actress: Emma Stone, Poor Things)
“And I think even Stone could be vulnerable. And that's why I want to talk about Sandra Huller. Because again if you picking the upset already with Emma Stone Sandra Huller is 35 to one You might as well throw a couple of dollars on that as well because despite Gladstone winning the SAG and Stone winning the BAFTA and the Critics Choice and they both won Globes”
Emma Stone won Best Actress; Sandra Huller did not win. (Best Actress: Emma Stone, Poor Things)
“So, yeah, I would bet Anatomy of a fall up to minus 400. Good parlay piece if you're not trying to go with those crazy short Oppenheimer odds. I'm going to join you, sir. I just got limited to $300. We'll see if I can hit it on another book after the pod.”
Anatomy of a Fall won Best Original Screenplay. (Best Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall)
“So give me Poor Things plus 125 for makeup and hairstyle”
Poor Things won Best Makeup and Hairstyling. (Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Poor Things)
“You're talking like this is Oppenheimer Award all the way. So I'm not scared of the juice here. And again, showing value based on Gold Derby up to around minus 400. So I'll take it at minus 225 all day.”
The Zone of Interest won Best Sound; Oppenheimer did not win. (Best Sound: The Zone of Interest)
“i'm taking red white and blue at 16 to one now number one out of all the films”
Best Live Action Short went to 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar', not 'Red, White and Blue'.
“So documentary short, I think the ABC is a book burning, which is the favorite. But I think it has a little bit of value here. Gold, about three quarters of Gold Derby is picking it now. And it's minus 200. So another one to throw in a parlay. Not like a crazy big bet. I got it at minus 150. So now it's up to minus 200. Don't like it as much. But I still see it with value up to about minus 250.”
Best Documentary Short went to 'The Last Repair Shop', not 'The ABCs of Book Banning'.
“but I think the war is over is a decent bet to win at minus 120.”
'War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko' won Best Animated Short at the 96th Oscars.
“right now and you can get at minus 375 touchback on the opening kickoff and that one feels a little bit intriguing to me because both of these coaches are pretty conservative. I feel like they would both just be satisfied with like, Hey, let's take the touch back at the 25 and start out from there and make sure that we don't get any bad field position or anything like that. And if you look at a Bucker I think he has like a an 87 touchback rate on his kicks like a super powerful leg Not the case for Moody but earlier in the year the 49ers were kind of experimenting with like trying to pin team So like, like, so yeah. So Moody's touchback rate isn't really representative of the leg that he has. And then even if he doesn't have the leg of Bucker, I think kicking it to the chiefs, they have only 12 kick returns this year. Like they are just like much more incentivized just to like take the yards at the 25 and start from there. So I feel like kind of regardless of whoever is kicking and receiving in this situation, we are likely to see a touchback. So minus 375. I know it's like heavy juice, but I kind of don't think it's heavy enough. Yeah, I mean, it should probably be closer to minus 500 because we talked about this on the early prep episode to Sean. But Moody, his first 68 kicks of the year, 46% of them were returned. So you only got to touch back 54% of the time. And then his last 34 kicks, just 12% have been returned. So 88%, he's right in line with Butker. And then you factor in the elevation, indoors, and just like you don't want to fumble the first kick return or something. So there's a good chance that both of these coaches are fairly conservative. they probably tell their guys like yeah just fair catch it let's live to see another day so uh yeah i think that one makes sense too another one of those things people probably aren't gonna bet flat out even though there is value but definitely something you could uh throw in a a par way to kind of get yourself uh some more some more odds there so yeah i like that one boom there we go i'm betting it boom all right uh that is gonna do it for us thank you”
Opening kickoff was a touchback (49ers received, no return). (Touchback on opening kick.)
“So for all those reasons, like Mahomes, not to throw a pick, we bet it up to 150, minus 150.”
Mahomes threw an interception (picked by Ji'Ayir Brown), so under 0.5 / not-to-throw-a-pick lost. (Mahomes 1 INT.)
“But I really like kind of hedging them both, you know, taking Kelsey and taking Rice as a way to kind of look, to kind of look at the Chiefs, a Chiefs pass catcher, not Mahomes getting it. So those are, those are my two favorite MVP bets.”
Patrick Mahomes was SB LVIII MVP, not Travis Kelce. (Kelce 9 rec, 93 yds, 0 TD.)
“And then the other guy is Rasheed Rice, and he's got much better odds. He's 60 to one. And his numbers if you look at his receiving yardage in the market his prop is about five fewer yards than Kelsey and his receptions are pretty much equal right around six and a half So really you just looking at touchdown variance if you looking at kind of like the same reasoning as Kelsey And Rasheed Rice, I mean, this guy, it's kind of going under-talked about, but, like, he has no relation to Jerry Rice, right? In Jerry Rice's first three postseason games, you know, he had not even half as much as many receiving yards as Rasheed. Like Rasheed Rice has 10 more catches, over 100 more yards than Jerry Rice in his first three playoff games. So he's, this guy's a baller. I think he could easily win it. He's averaging six catches for 70 yards since week six. So I think there's a lot of value on him, even compared to Kelsey. But I really like kind of hedging them both, you know, taking Kelsey and taking Rice as a way to kind of look, to kind of look at the Chiefs, a Chiefs pass catcher, not Mahomes getting it. So those are, those are my two favorite MVP bets.”
Patrick Mahomes was SB LVIII MVP, not Rashee Rice. (Mahomes won MVP.)
“uh another guy like that for me uh is travis kelsey you can get him at even money and i think again i think the market is just kind of saying oh san francisco's really good against tight ends but they haven't really been great against good tight ends and kelsey still scored in 13 out of 17 with my homes, eight of the last nine playoff games. So still like his odds of getting in the end zone.”
Travis Kelce did not score a touchdown. (Kelce 9 rec, 93 yds, 0 TD.)
“earlier it's still I'm still seeing it at minus 115 and that's uh the Chiefs is the first team to use a challenge um Andy Reid the last three years has just more challenges uh 0.28 per game to”
Same market as the other 'Chiefs first to use a challenge' pick: no coach's challenge was thrown by either team in Super Bowl LVIII, so no action / push. (No coach's challenge thrown by either team)
“I am on the Kansas City Chiefs plus two.”
KC 25, SF 22 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +3 vs line +2; covers.
“I like Mahomes not to throw a pick. I've got this up to about minus one fifty.”
Mahomes threw one interception (picked by Ji'Ayir Brown in Q3) in Super Bowl LVIII, so 'no interception' lost.
“Let's do a rundown of MVP long shots, MVP picks. Rayvon, let's start with you. I'm a go with a guy in the Chiefs, and I think Nick is too. And that's I got and I like hedging both of these guys together because I think both of them have a great shot. I'll go with the more obvious one. That's Travis Kelce at 14 to one.”
Patrick Mahomes won Super Bowl LVIII MVP, not Travis Kelce (Kelce had 9 catches, 93 yards, no TD).
“So I do think the market is a little bit low on the Chiefs. So love taking the points here. Give me KC plus two.”
KC 25, SF 22 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +3 vs line +2; covers.
“So give me Mahomes under half an interception.”
Mahomes threw 1 interception in SB LVIII, so under 0.5 INT lost. (Mahomes 34/46, 333 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT)
“So I like the Chiefs over 19 and a half first downs.”
Chiefs had 24 first downs in SB LVIII, over 19.5. (KC 24 first downs (9 rush, 15 pass))
“I am betting overtime because my pal and your pal, Nick Giffen, the overtime modeler, tells me that there's actually value in this number in the Super Bowl to go to overtime. So I'm betting that 12-13 to 1.”
Super Bowl LVIII went to overtime (Chiefs won 25-22 in OT). (Decided in OT, longest SB ever)
“For my first prop, I'm going with Isaiah Pacheco to have the most rushing yards in the game at plus 170.”
Christian McCaffrey led all rushers in Super Bowl LVIII with 80 yards (22 carries); Isiah Pacheco had 59 yards on 18 carries (and Mahomes even out-rushed him with 66), so Pacheco did not have the most rushing yards. (McCaffrey 80 yds, Mahomes 66 yds, Pacheco 59 yds)
“the chief's first team to use a challenge at minus 115 i think this should be closer to minus 140”
No coach's challenge was thrown by either team in Super Bowl LVIII (confirmed via full play-by-play review), so the 'Chiefs first to challenge' prop had no action — graded push. (No coach's challenge thrown by either team)
“I'm going longest kickoff return under 27 and a half for both teams.”
SB LVIII had zero kickoff returns (all 13 kickoffs were touchbacks), so longest KO return was 0, under 27.5. (13 touchbacks, 0 returns)
“I'm going Devin Singletary under 16 and a half receiving yards.”
BAL 34, HOU 10 — Devin Singletary: 48 receiving_yards vs under 16.5; busts. (Devin Singletary: 48 receiving_yards)
“It is Chris Godwin over 21 and a half yards.”
Chris Godwin caught a 41-yard TD vs Lions; longest reception over 21.5 cashes. (Godwin long rec 41 (TD))
“I'm going Trey Palmer under 20 and a half receiving yards.”
DET 31, TB 23 — Trey Palmer: 32 receiving_yards vs under 20.5; busts. (Trey Palmer: 32 receiving_yards)
“going with the Tampa Bay Bucs plus six and a half at the Detroit Lions”
DET 31, TB 23 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -8 vs line +6.5; busts.
“going with the Miami Dolphins plus four at the Kansas City Chiefs”
KC 26, MIA 7 — Miami Dolphins margin -19 vs line +4; busts.
“with jaylen warren under nine and a half carries this will be my prop for the show and i love when”
Jaylen Warren had 8 carries vs Bills; under 9.5 cashes. (Warren 8 att, 38 yds)
“All right, underdog Moneyline Parlay time. Turning good weekends into great weekends. It's time for the Moneyline Parlay. I mentioned it earlier in the show, Bucs, just a lot of variance with the Eagles, like what's going on with their play calling, the locker room, and the injuries, like who's healthy on their offense. I show a little bit of value in the spread, too. So, yeah, let's roll with the Bucs.”
TB 32, PHI 9 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers won; moneyline covers.
“I am going with the Houston Texans minus one at the Indianapolis Colts.”
IND 19, HOU 23 — Houston Texans margin +4 vs line -1; covers.
“going with the Baltimore Ravens plus three and a half at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
BAL 10, PIT 17 — Baltimore Ravens margin -7 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Carolina Panthers, plus four and a half at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.”
CAR 0, TB 9 — Carolina Panthers margin -9 vs line +4.5; busts.
“So give me the under 50 in Bill's Dolphins.”
MIA 14, BUF 21 — Combined 35; under 50 covers.
- Broncos +8.5 (teased) lost
- Jets +8 (teased) won
“here i would have bet arizona would have been one of my picks in a six-pack if this didn't get hit and i could get over a field goal this number didn come down but happy to take them up over eight so i gonna go with the cardinals and the broncos i actually going with the Jets in my teaser Yeah Plus seven and a half at the Patriots It's going to be weather in this game. The total is 30 and a half. So this is, again, just to play on the total. I know the Jets haven't beat the Patriots in quite some time. Yeah. Would you rather have your Patriots fan? Do you want the second overall pick or to beat the Jets and keep the streak alive for 16 straight time? Oh, yeah. It's just a low total game. Two good defenses, two offenses that are going to struggle. I can't pass up eight with a total of 30. And I'm going with the Broncos as well. You already laid it out, so I won't belabor the point there. Denver plus eight and a half Jets plus eight for me,”
Parlay busts: Broncos +8.5 (teased) +8.5 — lost; Jets +8 (teased) +8 — won.
“For my Moneyline dog, I was going to go Kansas City, but this is a meaningless game. I just see the possibility of the Eagles. You know, we're already kind of hearing the whispers of the Eagles potentially resting starters. You know, the Cowboys, two touchdown favorites. So you could be scoreboard watching them pull, guys. Giants are playing well, playing hard. I'm sure they'd love to keep the Eagles from the division title. it's in New Jersey could have weather which tends to be an equalizer anyway Tyrod's given the Giants the best quarterback play they've had all year yeah let's go G-Men so G-Men are plus 200 at BetMGM”
NYG 27, PHI 10 — New York Giants won; moneyline covers.
“going with the Raiders plus three and a half at the Indianapolis Colts.”
IND 23, LV 20 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“It's running back Steelers plus three and a half at Seattle.”
SEA 23, PIT 30 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +7 vs line +3.5; covers.
“going with the Los Angeles Chargers, plus three at the Denver Broncos.”
DEN 16, LAC 9 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -7 vs line +3; busts.
“give me Giants-Rams over 43.5.”
NYG 25, LAR 26 — Combined 51; over 43.5 covers.
“I'll go with the Atlanta Falcons plus 130 at the Chicago Bears.”
CHI 37, ATL 17 — Atlanta Falcons lost; moneyline busts.
“going with the Vikings plus three, home dogs against the Lions.”
MIN 24, DET 30 — Minnesota Vikings margin -6 vs line +3; busts.
“I am going with the Pittsburgh Steelers, plus two home dog against the Cincinnati Bengals.”
PIT 34, CIN 11 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +23 vs line +2; covers.
“going with the Cardinals plus four at the Chicago Bears.”
CHI 27, ARI 16 — Arizona Cardinals margin -11 vs line +4; busts.
“so give me the Pats Broncos under 34 and a half”
DEN 23, NE 26 — Combined 49; under 34.5 busts.
- Cowboys ML closed +100 · CLV +5¢ lost
- Commanders ML closed +130 · CLV +10¢ lost
“Dallas plus 105 at BetMGM. Washington plus 140 at BetMGM. Parlay those together plus 392.”
Parlay busts: Cowboys ML — lost; Commanders ML — lost.
“I'm going to the Detroit Lions minus four against the Denver Broncos.”
DET 42, DEN 17 — Detroit Lions margin +25 vs line -4; covers.
“I going with the Buffalo Bills minus one and a half at home against the Dallas Cowboys”
BUF 31, DAL 10 — Buffalo Bills margin +21 vs line -1.5; covers.
“For my third pick in the sixth overall of the Week 15 Sunday six-pack, we go with the Chicago Bears plus three-and-a-half at the Cleveland Browns. this is i should say my three picks you just talked about them this is good the minus 120 there's we record this and then it comes out a couple hours later then you might be listening two days later minus 120 is fine here i would bet the lines up to minus five and a half people”
CLE 20, CHI 17 — Chicago Bears margin -3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I going to go Falcons Panthers under 35”
CAR 9, ATL 7 — Combined 16; under 35 covers.
- Steelers +8.5 (teased from +2.5) lost
- Rams -0.5 (teased from -6.5) won
“I just trust the Rams' offense to get it done at home against this horrible Washington defense. I'll pair that with a very traditional teaser piece in the Steelers, low total, getting across the 3-7. we talked about that game earlier so give me uh Steelers and the Rams yeah same same here not really many other options that I feel comfortable with and that you can tease through the three and the seven which is really where the value lies for the most part so uh Steelers up to eight and a half Rams down to minus a half point that's our favorite teaser of week number 15 we'll get into”
Parlay busts: Steelers +8.5 (teased from +2.5) +8.5 — lost; Rams -0.5 (teased from -6.5) -0.5 — won.
“so um yeah I like what this bear team is doing so I'm going with the bears plus 145.”
CLE 20, CHI 17 — Chicago Bears lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going with the Carolina Panthers plus five and a half at the New Orleans Saints.”
NO 28, CAR 6 — Carolina Panthers margin -22 vs line +5.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Houston Texans minus four at the New York Jets.”
NYJ 30, HOU 6 — Houston Texans margin -24 vs line -4; busts.
“I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus one at home against the Indianapolis Colts.”
CIN 34, IND 14 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +20 vs line +1; covers.
“over 39 and a half.”
ATL 25, TB 29 — Combined 54; over 39.5 covers.
- Bengals ML closed -155 · CLV +50¢ won
- Raiders ML closed +130 · CLV 0¢ lost
“I'm going with the Vegas Raiders, Paralympos, two together. Cincy, minus 105. And the Raiders, plus 130. We get Paralympos of plus 349.”
Parlay busts: Bengals ML — won; Raiders ML — lost.
- Cowboys ML closed -175 · CLV -5¢ won
- Dolphins ML closed -910 · CLV 0¢ lost
“i'd wean cowboys there but don't love laying three and the hook you know eagles still have kind of have that voodoo uh but uh what are you thinking yeah i like dallas want to play dallas here i didn want to lay it either i money line dallas with the dolphins i think the dolphins are a free piece on monday night”
DAL 33-13 PHI; TEN 28-27 MIA — Cowboys ML won (DAL 33, PHI 13); Dolphins ML lost (TEN 28, MIA 27) — parlay loses on Dolphins leg.
“number 13 Sunday six-pack going with the Arizona Cardinals plus five and a half at the Pittsburgh”
PIT 10, ARI 24 — Arizona Cardinals margin +14 vs line +5.5; covers.
“lost by one score I think they get it done here give me the Titans plus one at home against the”
TEN 28, IND 31 — Tennessee Titans margin -3 vs line +1; busts.
“only score 13, I think they can hold the Bucs to 16 and get the cover. So give me the Panthers for the first time all year, plus five and a half at Tampa.”
TB 21, CAR 18 — Carolina Panthers margin -3 vs line +5.5; covers.
“I'm going Patriots charges under 41 for my total.”
NE 0, LAC 6 — Combined 6; under 41 covers.
- Chargers PK closed -4.5 · CLV +4.5 won
- Titans +7 closed +1 · CLV +6 won
“For mine, I'll go with the Chargers down to a pick and the Titans up to seven to give us some diversity here.”
Parlay cashes: Chargers PK 0 — won; Titans +7 +7 — won.
“I'm going with the Houston Texans plus one and a half at home against the [24:38] Jaguars. [24:39] I love this spot.”
HOU 21, JAX 24 — Houston Texans margin -3 vs line +1.5; busts.
“i am going with the atlanta falcons plus one [29:15] at home against the New Orleans Saints.”
ATL 24, NO 15 — Atlanta Falcons margin +9 vs line +1; covers.
“I'm going Niners a minus seven [34:25] uh at the Seattle Seahawks and a couple reasons why”
SEA 13, SF 31 — San Francisco 49ers margin +18 vs line -7; covers.
“I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus one against the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
CIN 10, PIT 16 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -6 vs line +1; busts.
“i am going with the los angeles [46:44] rams minus one at the arizona cardinals”
ARI 14, LAR 37 — Los Angeles Rams margin +23 vs line -1; covers.
“I'm going with the Chiefs Raiders under 43 another one shop around”
LV 17, KC 31 — Combined 48; under 43 busts.
“I don't mind just taking the money line here with Buffalo. You already broke it down, so I'm not going to belabor the point, but Buffalo is plus 145 on the money line”
PHI 37, BUF 34 — Buffalo Bills lost; moneyline busts.
“So give me the Los Angeles Rams plus one.”
LAR 17, SEA 16 — Los Angeles Rams margin +1 vs line +1; covers.
“i'm going with the minnesota vikings plus [26:40] two and a half at the denver broncos”
DEN 21, MIN 20 — Minnesota Vikings margin -1 vs line +2.5; covers.
“with the Pittsburgh Steelers plus one at the Cleveland Browns”
CLE 13, PIT 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -3 vs line +1; busts.
“I'm gonna go with Jets Bills first half under 19 and a half [54:25] at Ben MGM”
BUF 16, NYJ 6 (1st half) — First-half combined 22 (BUF 16-NYJ 6); under 19.5 busts.
“Where are you going for your Moneyline dog this week? I'm going with a short one here. Let's go with the Rams. I already covered this early in the episode. I make them one and a half point favorite. Like the spot, like the matchup. Let's go with the Rams. I'll go with the Green Bay Packers. plus 135 against the Chargers at home. You know, this Packer team has been somewhat unlucky, and I think Jordan Love is starting to play better. You know, I like some of what I'm seeing from him. I knew he threw two more picks at the end of that game against Pittsburgh, but that put him in a tough spot with the missed extra point, creating that four-point deficit. So he had to keep kind of trying to get touchdowns and seeing, you know, Christian Watson didn't do him any favors on a tip ball. They playing Dontavian Wicksmore He starting to emerge So maybe you have to rely on Watson less who seems to be a bit turnover prone You know I think there like five interceptions targeting him this year for love and not really creating those touchdowns like he was for Aaron Rogers last year So you know Reed is playing well This Charger defense is bad So I think the Packers can have some success there. And then, you know, the Packers run defense being shaky, doesn't necessarily come into play against the Chargers as much as it would for most teams because the Chargers, even with their injuries, is still going to put it in the hands of Justin Herbert. So, you know, Chargers, they can win any game. They can lose any game because they're always playing close games. So give me the Packers. All right. If you parlay Rams minus 105, Packers plus 135, you get parlay odds of about plus 360.”
LAR 17, SEA 16 — Los Angeles Rams won; moneyline covers.
“so I'm gonna go Lions this is this is probably the toughest”
DET 31, CHI 26 — Detroit Lions won; moneyline covers.
“we are going back to the new england patriots plus one [16:51] and a half”
NE 6, IND 10 — New England Patriots margin -4 vs line +1.5; busts.
“i'm going with the minnesota vikings plus two and [26:02] a half at home against the new orleans saints”
MIN 27, NO 19 — Minnesota Vikings margin +8 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I am going with the Las Vegas Raiders plus one at home [37:09] against the New York Jets.”
LV 16, NYJ 12 — Las Vegas Raiders margin +4 vs line +1; covers.
“Pittsburgh, Green Bay, first half under 19 and a half.”
PIT 23, GB 19 — 1st half combined 30 (GB 13, PIT 17); under 19.5 busts.
“so i'm gonna go with the [1:03:50] Jacksonville Jaguars. They are plus 135 at home against the Niners.”
JAX 3, SF 34 — Jacksonville Jaguars lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going with the Dallas Cowboys plus three at the Philadelphia [16:16] the Eagles.”
PHI 28, DAL 23 — Dallas Cowboys margin -5 vs line +3; busts.
“I'm going with the Kansas City Chiefs minus one and a half against the Miami Dolphins in Germany.”
KC 21, MIA 14 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +7 vs line -1.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens minus five and a half against Seattle Seahawks.”
BAL 37, SEA 3 — Baltimore Ravens margin +34 vs line -5.5; covers.
“my total i'm going with a first half under uh for this one and it is the packers rams first half under 19 and a half green bay has just been really bad with their scripted portion and”
GB 20, LAR 3 — Combined 23; under 19.5 busts.
- Panthers +8.5 closed +2 · CLV +6.5 lost
- Saints -2.5 closed -9.5 · CLV +7 won
“So let's tease the Panthers up from plus two and a half to plus eight and a half at home against the Colts. I think the Panthers offense will continue to get better. Their defense has gotten some guys back on the back end. I mean, if you look at some of their games they played this year, they play without basically their entire secondary in some of the games. So their defensive metrics are way worse. Defense looked a lot better last week, really like their defensive coordinator. And the Colts defense is a mess right now. I mean, it is a mess. Gus Bradley, duh. Gus Bradley. You also lost Grover Stewart, who hurts your run day. The secondary was always a mess. So, yeah, I'd like – and then, look, you also have a low total here of 44. Ideally, you want to try – when you tease these, under 48, under 47s, under 45 is ideal, less variance. And then I'm going to tease another low total here Tease a favorite from 8.5 to 2.5 Going with the Saints I like what I saw from the offense finally With Derek Carr We knew that it was going to take some time There'll still probably be some growing pains But it was a new system I like what I saw And they're playing now Clown Carr defense Yeah, I'm surprised Ryan Poles didn't trade A first round draft pick for another linebacker But Bears defense is still horrible And it's Tyson Bajan That party ended last week Saints defense should be able to shut down the Bears here. So, yeah, Saints and Panthers, little NFC South teaser. Yeah, I'm going with the exact same one.”
Parlay busts: Panthers +8.5 +8.5 — lost; Saints -2.5 -2.5 — won.
“Yeah, let's go Buffalo here.”
CIN 24, BUF 18 — Buffalo Bills lost; moneyline busts.
“Let's go, Madison. Let's go, Madison. Oh, boy. We're not even going to throw acres in there. We're just going to go, Madison. in i'm gonna set his rushing yardage prop at 40 and a half i wrote down 42 and a half uh so i guess i will go with the uh over here barely”
ATL 28, MIN 31 — Alexander Mattison: 44 rushing_yards vs over 40.5; covers. (Alexander Mattison: 44 rushing_yards)
“I'm going to go with 33 and a half. Ooh, I had 29 and a half. I thought you, well, I think you want me. to take the under. I know you want the over. Um, I know last week, you know, he was banged up, uh could have been the main reason uh you know he a a low target rate That a good line Uh I I give it to you I take the under here I let you have the over I know that what you trying to do Yeah I said a couple yards higher than like if I was as a book I would have probably put like an even 30 and a half honestly So 29 and”
GB 20, LAR 3 — Luke Musgrave: 51 receiving_yards vs under 33.5; busts. (Luke Musgrave: 51 receiving_yards)
“I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus three and a half against the San Francisco 49ers.”
SF 17, CIN 31 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +14 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens minus eight and a half at the Arizona Cardinals.”
ARI 24, BAL 31 — Baltimore Ravens margin +7 vs line -8.5; busts.
“let's go with the Cleveland Browns plus three and [37:20] a half at the Seattle Seahawks”
SEA 24, CLE 20 — Cleveland Browns margin -4 vs line +3.5; busts.
“And I'm going [46:11] Eagles, commanders under 43 and a half.”
WSH 31, PHI 38 — Combined 69; under 43.5 busts.
- Ravens -2.5 (teased from -8.5) won
- Chiefs -1 (teased from -7) lost
“I got Ravens 8.5 down to 2.5 and Chiefs 7 down to 1.”
Parlay busts: Ravens -2.5 (teased from -8.5) -2.5 — won; Chiefs -1 (teased from -7) -1 — lost.
- Steelers ML closed +116 · CLV +4¢ lost
- Titans ML closed +117.5 · CLV +8¢ won
“So we're going Steelers, Moneyline plus 120. Parley that with the Titans plus 125 and you get odds of plus 395.”
Parlay busts: Steelers ML — lost; Titans ML — won.
“for the first pick of the week seven Sunday six-pack, I'm going with [10:18] the Los Angeles Chargers plus five and a half at the Kansas City Chiefs.”
KC 31, LAC 17 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -14 vs line +5.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with those Bucs minus two and a [20:24] half at home against the Atlanta Falcons.”
TB 13, ATL 16 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -3 vs line -2.5; busts.
“Give me the G-Men plus two home dogs against Washington.”
NYG 14, WSH 7 — New York Giants margin +7 vs line +2; covers.
“For me, I'm going with the Browns Colts under 40.”
IND 38, CLE 39 — Combined 77; under 40 busts.
- Seahawks -1.5 (teased from -7.5) won
- Giants spread teaser leg (from +2, target unstated) won
“Yeah, we're going to go Seahawks down from – we're going to cross through seven and three in both of these. Seahawks down from seven and a half to one and a half. Lower-ish total. You're under 45. you want to ideally cross through three and seven and then you also want to have lower totals like dolphins eagles not the most ideal teaser piece even though you can get through three seven it's a high total um there's going to be more variance there and presumably more points so with the seahawks look i mean i've been impressed with their defense you can't run on them at all and so what this is up to josh dobbs in a loud environment against with a bad offensive line I just don't see it happening. On the other side, Seattle can just lean on their run game here if they want to, and then you can run all over Arizona. That'll set up easy passes for Geno against a secondary that has to play cushion with a lot of cushion, and then they're getting the lowest pressure rate in the NFL. There's nothing to like about this Arizona team. Everyone was like, oh, wait, Arizona, because they beat the Cowboys. I think that was just an odd game. Since then, they've just been crushed by everybody. Seahawks should bounce back from a game they should have won. They've also been extremely unlucky on late downs on both sides of the ball. So you could have some positive regression coming there for Seattle. And then we're going to tease the Giants up. Very low total, divisional game going through three and seven. And I think also what you want, you also don't want, when you're teasing these dogs up in low total, you don't want to make mistakes. And we have Tyrod Taylor who doesn't throw picks, doesn't make mistakes, because that's how you really could get burnt. And so I think Sam Howell has a much higher chance of making a key mistake here So you know even if the Giants offense isn doing much Taylor not going to kill them with turnovers like Daniel Jones would If Jones does end up playing for what it worth he has dominated Washington It like his favorite team to play against. His numbers against, I think he's 5-1-1. His numbers against them are ridiculous, but I think the Giants keep this within one possession. Lower scoring game, low total. So let's go Seahawks and Giants. Yep, going with the same one. So we'll just get out of here.”
Parlay cashes: Seahawks -1.5 (teased from -7.5) -1.5 — won; Giants spread teaser leg (from +2, target unstated) — won (Giants won outright 14-7, covering any plausible teased number).
- Bears ML closed +115 · CLV +20¢ won
- Dolphins ML closed +132.5 · CLV -22¢ lost
“So Bears plus 135 at home against the Raiders. [58:39] Dolphins plus 110 on the road against the Eagles. If you parlay those together, you get [58:47] plus 394”
Parlay busts: Bears ML — won; Dolphins ML — lost.
“Obviously, the New England Patriots plus three at the Las Vegas Raiders.”
LV 21, NE 17 — New England Patriots margin -4 vs line +3; busts.
“I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings minus two and a half at the Chicago Bears.”
CHI 13, MIN 19 — Minnesota Vikings margin +6 vs line -2.5; covers.
“going with the Lions minus three against the Tampa Bay Bucs.”
TB 6, DET 20 — Detroit Lions margin +14 vs line -3; covers.
“We're going Philly Jets under 41.”
NYJ 20, PHI 14 — Combined 34; under 41 covers.
- Texans +7.5 (teased) won
- Eagles -1 (teased) lost
“Yeah, I'll have more in Washington in a bit, but I'm going Houston as well. And then I'll pair it with, I'll go Philly here, 7-1-1, I think with the Jets O-line. Continuing to get worse and worse. I think Philly wins this game. It might be ugly, probably be lower scoring, but I do think they escape here, escape MetLife with a win. So going Philly minus one and then Houston up to seven and a half. So to recap, Houston seven and a half for both of us. Stuck is pairing it with the Commanders up to eight and a half, and I'm pairing it with the Eagles down to minus one.”
Parlay busts: Texans +7.5 (teased) +7.5 — won; Eagles -1 (teased) -1 — lost.
“my first pick of the week five Sunday six pack this one's easy for me going with the Houston Texans plus one and a half at the Atlanta Falcons”
ATL 21, HOU 19 — Houston Texans margin -2 vs line +1.5; busts.
“I'll go with the Titans minus one at the Colts.”
IND 23, TEN 16 — Tennessee Titans margin -7 vs line -1; busts.
“I'm going with the Arizona Cardinals plus three at home against the Cincinnati Bengals.”
ARI 20, CIN 34 — Arizona Cardinals margin -14 vs line +3; busts.
“We're going to go Vikings Chiefs over 52 and a half.”
MIN 20, KC 27 — Combined 47; over 52.5 busts.
- Texans +7.5 closed +2.5 · CLV +5 won
- Steelers +10 closed +4.5 · CLV +5.5 won
“So I going to go a little bit against you know the normal type of teaser here And I going to tease Houston seven and a half up from one and a half but I just going to tease the Steelers to plus 10”
Parlay cashes: Texans +7.5 +7.5 — won; Steelers +10 +10 — won.
“i'm going with the atlanta falcons plus three and a half at the detroit lions”
DET 20, ATL 6 — Atlanta Falcons margin -14 vs line +3.5; busts.
“going with the New Orleans Saints plus two at the Green Bay Packers”
GB 18, NO 17 — New Orleans Saints margin -1 vs line +2; covers.
“going with the Houston Texans, plus nine and a half at the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
JAX 17, HOU 37 — Houston Texans margin +20 vs line +9.5; covers.
“Dolphins, Broncos over 48 and a half.”
MIA 70, DEN 20 — Combined 90; over 48.5 covers.
“i'm going steelers raiders under 43”
LV 18, PIT 23 — Combined 41; under 43 covers.
- Saints +8 won
- Bills +0.5 closed -5 · CLV +5.5 won
“for me. Yeah, I like that. I'm going Saints and Bills. This Bills team has lost four times since the start of last year. Two have come against the Jets. One of them was an overtime and a punt return. One of them was that ridiculous sequence of events against the Vikings. And then one of them was that ridiculous sequence of events against the Miami Dolphins. So this Bills team, you know don't love they usually do win big but i don't love laying six and a half on the road you know we saw washington go down and get frisky and come back and against denver so i'll tease the bills down expect them to keep winning here and uh you know get to two and one and then uh yeah tease the saints yeah washington fraudulent fraudulent two and oh i mean they could have lost to the arizona at home and uh they were down three touchdowns to the broncos and came back and one uh so two wins by two bare two wins against teams that aren't going to stiff the playoffs yeah so buffalo and i already talked about new orleans uh i think it's a great teaser spot uh i don foresee green bay uh blowing anyone out uh but i think new orleans wins this game but love getting the eight here so teasing warrants to eight Buffalo to a half a point and you got New Orleans to plus eight and the Jets to plus eight and a half”
Parlay cashes: Saints +8 +8 — won; Bills +0.5 +0.5 — won.
“i'm gonna go with the jets plus 125 they finally finally uh [56:47] get this win against the patriots”
NYJ 10, NE 15 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“All right, we got the Vikings going to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles. The line is six and a half at BetMGM. The total is 49. I think a couple of interesting things about this one. One is that, you know, shouts to Sean Kerner and Nick Giffen, our guys with the luck rankings. Minnesota has the biggest luck gap of week two. So they got pretty unlucky in that Bucs game. And also, as you and I were talking about, You pointed out that N'Cobie Dean, who was already replacing, you know, stepping in for linebackers that they lost, rocking the green dot, he's going to be out as well. So on a short week, that could pose some issues for Philadelphia. What are you thinking here? Yeah, because then you had Chris Ellis came in, and he was horrendous. It's either him, maybe Reed Blankenship gets the green dot. But you also have to consider Fletcher Cost got a little banged up and these things are important on a short week and James Bradbury the most important like when you have a concussion on a short week you're pretty much never going to play. And that big against this Vikings offense because they have like a more explosive number two wide receiver Well I like what I saw from last week in Jordan Addison And this is like Justin Jefferson, who for my money is the best receiver in the NFL, revenge game. He got shut down last year in Philly against Darius Slay for the most part. And he, I'm sure, is going to come out with a vengeance here. We'll see if Slay Shadows across the field, which is more likely now without Bradbury. You're going to get a lot of Josh Jobe, which there's a lot of moving parts for this defense, which is already weak up the middle. I do have to say Jalen Carter was dominant. I think he had eight pressures for the Eagles, which is a little bit of a concern against the Vikings' interior offensive line. And the Vikings' offensive line is dealing with a couple injuries as well. but if, you know, when I look at this game from afar, and it is Thursday night, which always makes me a little skittish, just there's like a lot of rust in these primetime games. But these primetime games have been going under at a crazy clip. Oh, yeah. Which I think has given us a little value on this number and the fact that the Vikings only scored 17 points last week, but they should have scored more. They had 370 yards and averaged six yards per play. They were moving the ball up and down the field. They just kept turning it over. I think they had a couple of fumbles in the red zone. So the offense actually looked pretty good. And then the Vikings' defense, as we talked about last week, we expected Brian Flores to blitz a ton. That's his M.O. He's a very aggressive coordinator. And he did. He blitzed on 48%, 47.2% of Mayfield's dropbacks. Last year, under Donatel, they blitzed 21%. So he more than doubled the blitz rate for the Vikings, which makes sense that's his what he does and you have to mask the horrible secondary in the back end so there's two things here one Mayfield really struggled against the blitz in the first half but then really got a hang of what the Vikings were trying to do there was even talk of like him knowing the signals and then in the second half he went seven of eight against the blitz with a touchdown I think he had a long touchdown pass and then he had a game ceiling third down pass against the Blitz as well. And what's going to happen when Flores does this, you know, now you're going up against an even more potent offense with a quarterback who's even more mobile and Jalen Hurts. And obviously, you know, a much better offensive line. But this Vikings defense is, it's so bad on the back end. And you know that they're going to play aggressive Damascus. You know if Floyd's going to do that. So they're going to give up a ton of explosive plays. That's just what's going to happen this year against really competent offenses. And that's really what you want for an over. You don't want teams marching methodically down the field. So I think both passing offenses can have a lot of success downfield with explosive passing plays, which would lead to and over here. So, yeah, Eagles defensive injuries, Eagles offense against this aggressive Vikings defense with not much on the back end. Also, Flores doesn't have much prep time here. And that's one of the – Vikings are really going to have to rely on Flores is like game planning and scheming for opponents. I think they're at a disadvantage in that aspect as well. So I think all of those things lead me to a rare Thursday night over.”
PHI 34, MIN 28 — Combined 62; over 49 covers.
“I'm going to get pretty ugly myself here and go with the Seattle Seahawks plus five and a half at the Detroit Lions.”
DET 31, SEA 37 — Seattle Seahawks margin +6 vs line +5.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Atlanta Falcons plus one and a half at home against the Green Bay Packers.”
ATL 25, GB 24 — Atlanta Falcons margin +1 vs line +1.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Chicago Bears plus two and a half.”
TB 27, CHI 17 — Chicago Bears margin -10 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I'm going to go over 44.5 in the 49ers and Rams.”
LAR 23, SF 30 — Combined 53; over 44.5 covers.
- 49ers -2.5 closed -7 · CLV +4.5 won
- Texans +7.5 closed -0.5 · CLV +8 lost
“Don't mind it. A lot of these one and a half, two and a half spreads this week. I'm going to actually tease the Niners down from eight and a half to two and a half. Kyle Shanahan has won his last eight regular season games against Sean McVay. Did lose a playoff game in there, but eight and one, if you want to be specific. All-time. including the postseason. Shanahan is 10-3 against the spread against McVay. And of those eight, you know, consecutive regular season wins, three of them came by a field goal. So I'm not underestimating the Rams here because, you know, we've seen Sean McVay kind of come out with a great game plan and kind of get more, you know, do more with less. Last week, obviously got some help as well, but I still feel confident in the Niners to continue this domination. I mean, I just think they look really good. I'll tease the Texans plus one and a half is the number. I'll tease it up to seven and a half.”
Parlay busts: 49ers -2.5 -2.5 — won; Texans +7.5 +7.5 — lost.
“got to go with the Titans here as a plus 140 dog at home [53:33] against the Chargers.”
TEN 27, LAC 24 — Tennessee Titans won; moneyline covers.
“So give me Tampa Bay plus six as my first pick.”
MIN 17, TB 20 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +3 vs line +6; covers.
“So I am going with Cleveland plus two and a half.”
CLE 24, CIN 3 — Cleveland Browns margin +21 vs line +2.5; covers.
“and let's get super ugly here this is a action network sunday six-pack kind of staple kind of pick because it it's ugly but i think the number's too large and that is the houston texans plus 10 at bet mgm at the baltimore ravens”
BAL 25, HOU 9 — Houston Texans margin -16 vs line +10; busts.
“i am going to go with the over 42 and a half in the packers bears game comes down to a”
CHI 20, GB 38 — Combined 58; over 42.5 covers.
- Commanders -1 closed -7 · CLV +6 won
- Browns +8.5 won
“which is great because now you're, you know, it's more than a one score game. And I'm going Washington from seven to one paired with the Browns as well, up to from two and a half up to eight and a half.”
Parlay cashes: Commanders -1 -1 — won; Browns +8.5 +8.5 — won.
“I'll go for my Moneyline dog with good old reliable Pittsburgh Steelers, plus 115 at BetMGM.”
PIT 7, SF 30 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
“And I'm actually going to go with an even shorter favorite because this is the one guy for me that I've just been set on all summer. that he's going to lead the league. And, you know, you mentioned health. This guy plays through injury and can still ball, and that's Justin Herbert. You know, when they hired Kellen Moore as the offensive coordinator away from Dallas, they did it because they want Herbert to go down the field, no more of that 6.8 yards per attempt that we saw last year. And this is a guy, Justin Herbert, already through three years, he's averaging 288 passing yards per game. I believe that's the most through three years of any quarterback, or it's right up there with Mahomes. So you know this is a guy who already proven it We know we can throw downfield He could go four wide You got you got Allen Williams Palmer Johnston you know got a couple of tight ends that could catch the ball You can always go to Ecuador to get some cheap yards here and there But I think you just going to see a downfield passing attack very aggressive from the Chargers And let's not forget, in Dallas, Kellen Moore, top two in pace every year, all four years in Dallas. And this Charger team was already fast. So they're going to get faster. And, you know, I think Herbert is in a great spot to lead the league. So it's a short, it's another short one. It's a plus 450 a fan do, but this is, it's just a guy,”
Tua Tagovailoa led the NFL in passing yards in 2023 (4,624); Justin Herbert did not. (Tua 4,624 led the league)
“Trevor Lawrence at 16 to one.”
Tua Tagovailoa led the NFL in passing yards in 2023 (4,624); Trevor Lawrence did not. (Tua 4,624 led the league)
“I'm going with Jalen Hurts. Nobody thinks he could throw touchdowns because he really never has. I think even last year, what was it, 22 touchdowns? But it kind of reminds me of Lamar Jackson. His first year in the league, his touchdown rate was about 3.5%. His MVP year, he spiked to 9% touchdown rate through 36 and led the league. I think Jalen Hurts could do that. You got A.J. Brown, Devontae Smith just entering their primes. You got a great pass catcher in Dallas Goddard. Now you added a running back who could probably break a tackle if you throw it to him, you know, at the five yard line and get in. And that's DeAndre Swift. So you got you got skill guys all over. The schedule is going to be a lot harder. You know, as you mentioned, you think Dallas can overtake Philly, but that's only going to be good for a guy like Justin Jalen Hurts, excuse me, throwing the football because you're going to need more attempts. And I think that's what Philly really lack so don't be surprised if Jalen Hurts bumps up big and not just his touchdowns I expect him to have a much better passing season in general just with more volume and the efficiency has been there he's grown every year in the league in terms of his efficiency and so yeah Jalen Hurts for me at 40 to 1.”
Dak Prescott led the NFL in passing touchdowns in 2023 (36); Jalen Hurts did not. (Dak 36 led the league)
“I'm going to go with Jordan Love here at 12 to 1. And for me, interceptions are very random. You know, we can't look at the past stats as much, you know, but everywhere Jordan Love has been, he's been an interception machine. In the NFL, you know, his career interception rate is about 3.6%. The league average is about 2.2, 2.3. uh even in preseason same thing about 3.6 percent his final year at school he led the entire nation d1 d2 d3 the entire nation nobody threw more picks than jordan love in his final year so everywhere this guy's gone he's thrown picks oh by the way to count uh the uh the packers have the youngest receiving core in the league wide receiver tight ends rookies and second year guys throughout the roster and i don't think they bench love because they need to see what they have in him so that's another thing you know we got to keep in mind with a guy like uh Derek Carr or somebody those guys could get benched I think you know where a guy like Jordan Love he's not getting benched so that that's my pick at 12 to 1.”
Sam Howell led the NFL in interceptions thrown in 2023 (21); Jordan Love did not. (Howell 21 INTs led the league)
“I'll go with a similar guy a little shorter but Anthony Richardson at 16 to 1 not going to get benched uh not very accurate could have a Justin Fields like season it's just you hope they let him throw enough but without Jonathan Taylor they're at least four games that I think the throwing rate has to go up a little bit so Anthony Richardson is in that conversation and let's remember Dak let it last year he missed five games so like like you said there a lot of variance and randomness here to kind of play with”
Sam Howell led the NFL in interceptions thrown in 2023 (21); Anthony Richardson did not. (Howell 21 INTs led the league)
“So I love Pierce I going with Bijan Robinson That been the guy for me”
Christian McCaffrey led the NFL in rushing yards in 2023 (1,459); Bijan Robinson did not. (CMC 1,459 led the league)
“I going with a guy who I think has a lot of similarities to Josh Jacobs last year and that Alexander Madison at 29”
Christian McCaffrey led the NFL in rushing yards in 2023 (1,459); Alexander Mattison did not. (CMC 1,459 led the league)
“And I know there's a guy we both like, so I'll just get him out of the way now. And that's David Montgomery. He's at 25 to 1 on FanDuel. And listen, it's a long shot. These things don't always repeat, but the fact that we're getting the guy that's going to be in the role of the guy that led the NFL in rushing touchdowns last year with 17 in Jamal Williams. And they could have had Williams back. They paid him more money for Montgomery. So that shows you how they feel about him. He should definitely be there. I think it's worth a shot.”
Raheem Mostert led the NFL in rushing touchdowns in 2023 (18); David Montgomery did not. (Mostert 18 rush TDs led the league)
“it. It's funny, my long shot is pretty much the same odds as the favorite. And that's, again, Alexander Madison, same reasons I gave before, so I won't go back into it.”
Raheem Mostert led the NFL in rushing TDs (18) in 2023; Mattison did not lead. (Mattison had 4 rushing TDs)
“So I'll go with Keenan Allen here at 22 to 1.”
CeeDee Lamb led the NFL in receptions (135) in 2023; Keenan Allen did not lead. (Allen: 108 receptions)
“so Garrett Wilson is 20 to 1 at FanDuel and Aaron Rodgers”
Tyreek Hill led the NFL in receiving yards (1,799) in 2023; Garrett Wilson did not lead. (Wilson: 1,042 receiving yards)
“there's a guy I see even further down the board that I like even more. Uh, and that's DK Metcalf at 25 to one”
Mike Evans/Tyreek Hill tied for the NFL receiving-TD lead (13) in 2023; DK Metcalf did not lead. (Metcalf: 8 receiving TDs)
“call uh for me for long shots a guy i'll mention is christian watson at 40 to one and that's simply because he has two things i think work in his favor number one he has a chance to be a target hog on Green Bay, you know, a guy who was targeted about a quarter of his routes run last year. And, you know, there's a lot of young guys in that receiving court. So, you know, Watson could be a target hog. This Packer team might not be very good. And we've just seen this guy turn short passes into long gains repeatedly last year. four of his touchdowns were 39 yards or longer. And yeah, that could regress, but you have to have the skill to do it in the first place and you're going to get the targets. But he also had, you know, two rushing touchdowns last year, you know, one from 46 yards out and one from 15. So that just shows you that this guy with the ball in his hands can create touchdowns. So, you know, I think he's worthy of a long shot. It might still be a year or two away, you know, maybe Jordan Love needs some seasoning, but rather be a year early to this market. than a year late because we know how, you know, the numbers move from year to year. So Watson at 40 to 1 I think is a decent gamble for this category.”
Mike Evans/Tyreek Hill tied for the NFL receiving-TD lead (13) in 2023; Christian Watson did not lead. (Watson: 5 receiving TDs)
“I'm going to go Brian Robinson Jr. under 750 and a half rushing yards.”
Brian Robinson Jr. rushed for 733 yards in 2023, under the 750.5 line, so the UNDER won. (733 rushing yards on 178 carries (2023 season))
“I am going with Dak Prescott under 12 and a half interceptions.”
Dak Prescott threw 9 interceptions in the 2023 NFL regular season, under the 12.5 line (StatMuse). (Prescott: 9 INTs in 2023)
“For my third, I am going with Raheem Mostert under five, 25 and a half rushing yards.”
Raheem Mostert rushed for 1,012 yards in 2023, nearly double the 525.5 line, so the UNDER lost. (1,012 rushing yards on 209 carries (2023 season))
“I'm going Miles Sanders under [25:21] six and a half rushing touchdowns.”
Miles Sanders rushed for 432 yards and approximately 2–3 rushing touchdowns in the 2023 NFL season with the Carolina Panthers — well under the 6.5 line; combined over two Panthers seasons he had just 3 total rushing TDs (Pro-Football-Reference). (Sanders: ~2-3 rush TDs in 2023)
“I'm going Dalton Schultz under 550 and a half receiving yards for my fifth and final one.”
Dalton Schultz caught 82 passes for 777 yards in 2023, well over the 550.5 line, so the UNDER lost. (777 receiving yards on 82 receptions (2023 season))
“Number one seed in the AFC. Stop it. Stop it. Like, this titan team is too nasty for y'all. Like like, plus three twenty to win this division is easy money. Like, it's easy money.”
The Texans won the AFC South at 10-7; Tennessee finished 6-11 and last.
“This Carolina team doesn't have any of it. The the GM is bad. The coach is bad. These teams usually struggle anyway. The only reason they're even at seven and a half is because they're in this weak division. But at the end of the day, this team is not gonna win many games, in my opinion.”
The Carolina Panthers finished 2-15 in 2023, well under the 7.5 win total. (2-15 regular-season record (2023))
“The only Lions future I have right now is just a player future on David Montgomery to lead the league in rushing touchdowns because he's going to get that Jamal Williams role and 25 to one, so it's worth a shot.”
Raheem Mostert led the NFL in rushing touchdowns in 2023 with 18 — David Montgomery had 13 rushing TDs and did not lead the league, per Fox Sports and StatMuse. (Montgomery 13 rush TD; Mostert led with 18)
“For me, it's the Bears division over the win total at 7.5.”
The Detroit Lions won the NFC North in 2023; the Chicago Bears finished 7–10 and did not win the division (NFL.com). (Bears 7–10, 3rd in NFC North)
“Justin Fields, MVP, not doing anything with the Lions or Vikings.”
Lamar Jackson (Baltimore Ravens) won the 2023 NFL MVP award with 49 of 50 first-place votes; Justin Fields was not a finalist (Bleacher Report). (Jackson: 3,678 pass yds, 24 TD, 821 rush yds)
“And then NFC, I took some Seahawks division, you know, just based on the fact it's a two-team race and they're getting the plus money.”
The San Francisco 49ers won the NFC West in 2023; the Seattle Seahawks did not win the division (NFL.com). (Seahawks 9–8, wild card)
“So that's the bet I've made on the Eagles is Hurts to win MVP.”
Lamar Jackson won the 2023 NFL MVP award (announced February 8, 2024), not Jalen Hurts, per ESPN and Bleacher Report. (Hurts did not win MVP)
“i like the saints to miss the playoffs that plus 160”
The New Orleans Saints finished 9-8 and missed the 2023 NFL playoffs after losing a tiebreaker to the Buccaneers and Packers on the final day of the season, per ESPN. (9-8, missed playoffs)
“So, yeah, I think that the Falcons are very – my choice to win this division already locked in some plus 190.”
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the NFC South in 2023 with a 9-8 record — the Atlanta Falcons did not win the division, per ESPN and Buccaneers.com. (Falcons did not win NFC South)
“I agree. I see value in the over. I project 8.5, and their win total is sitting at 7.5, juiced a little bit to the over and I'll be on the Titans to win the division as well. After everything went wrong for them last year and everything went wrong for Jags, I think the bounces could go the Titans way. And generally speaking, when Vrabel, you know, doesn't have everything fold in on him like last year, he's going to overperform expectations and he's probably going to win a few of those, a few more coin flips than not. So yeah, like the titans selling the jags lean under on the jags as well but i don't think the titans can win more than like 10 games in the afc so you know taking the titans for the division is in a way an indirect you know some indirect exposure on the jaguars under at a much juicier price because i think in order for the titans to win the division they probably finish like 10 and 7 even 9 and 8 with tiebreaker and then the Jags finish you know nine and eight eight and nine yeah I completely agree I think the Titans over has a ton of value especially for a win total over which you don't usually see I already bet their division odds I still like it uh it's still you know floating around like you said plus 310 plus 350 uh and for the Jags you know just to add to what you talked about you know”
Houston Texans won the AFC South in 2023 (10-7), not the Titans. (Texans 10-7, AFC South champions)
“I've convinced myself and you've helped me convince myself as well. So yeah, I'm going to bet the Bengals under 11 and a half. You know, the interesting thing about this division is these teams are in”
Cincinnati Bengals finished 2023 at 9-8 (9 wins), under 11.5. (Bengals 2023: 9-8)
“I'm going to take a shot on the Packers to win the division”
The Detroit Lions won the 2023 NFC North division title with a 12-5 record, their first division title since 1993; the Green Bay Packers finished second (NFL.com).
“give me some Chicago, all of the futures, but I like their division [6:52] odds at three to one.”
Detroit won the NFC North in the 2023 season; the Bears finished last.
“I do have money on Spielberg.”
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (the Daniels) won Best Director at the 95th Academy Awards for Everything Everywhere All at Once; Steven Spielberg did not win (ABC News / Oscars.org). (Daniels won Best Director)
“So you also look at this year, Michelle Yeo, 68%, 85%, 68% experts, 85% editors, you know, even at 68%, the implied odds about would be about minus 213. And she's still minus 125. So I do think it's a toss up. But when you're betting, you're looking for value, right? You're not going to win every bet all the time. As long as you make good value bets, you're going to profit over the long term. So in this one, I I'm going as much as I love Kate, I'm going with Michelle here at these odds.”
Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, 2023, becoming the first Asian woman to win the award (NPR / Oscars.org). (First Asian woman to win Best Actress)
“this is one of my favorite bets on the board as well with Austin Butler He is plus 120 at FanDuel”
Brendan Fraser won Best Actor at the 95th Academy Awards for The Whale; Austin Butler did not win (ABC7 / Oscars.org). (Brendan Fraser won Best Actor)
“i'll take banshees uh you know anything up to about minus 150 um i think banshee should be the favorite uh i'm rolling with the experts here and i just think screenplay wise only i think that's where banshees really really excelled so”
Best Original Screenplay at the 95th Academy Awards went to Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once; The Banshees of Inisherin did not win (Oscars.org / Rotten Tomatoes). (EEAAO won Best Original Screenplay)
“So that's why I'm kind of back at Bassett. And the fact that I'm still getting plus money on what Goldberg says is a favorite.”
Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress at the 95th Academy Awards for Everything Everywhere All at Once; Angela Bassett did not win (CBS News / Rolling Stone). (Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress)
“So I got a few here, but the first one is for best costume design. The nominees are Elvis is the front runner, about minus 165. Black Panther's in the running. They're up plus 185. Everything, everywhere, all at once is five to one. and then Mrs. Harris goes to Paris and Babylon. They're big long shots. But I think Elvis should be a bigger favorite here. I would bet Elvis to minus 230.”
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever won Best Costume Design at the 95th Academy Awards; Elvis did not win (oscars.org).
“which makeup and hairstyling another one where I like the favorite Elvis at minus one 50.”
The Whale won Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 95th Academy Awards; Elvis did not win (oscars.org).
“I'm going with over 10 accepted penalties at minus 110.”
Super Bowl LVII had 9 accepted penalties (Chiefs 3, Eagles 6), falling under the line of 10, per NFL Penalty Stats Tracker (nflpenalties.com).
“I'm going Patrick Mahomes longest run under 11 and a half yards at minus 125.”
PHI 35, KC 38 — Patrick Mahomes: 44 rushing_yards vs under 11.5; busts. (Patrick Mahomes: 44 rushing_yards)
“I'm going with the Eagles total rushing yards under 149.5.”
Eagles finished with 115 team rushing yards in Super Bowl LVII, under the 149.5 line. (Eagles team rushing yards: 115 (line 149.5))
“at that 205 number i would go under the average has been 159 uh and the median has been 156 and a half over these last uh 16 Super Bowls.”
Chris Stapleton's national anthem at Super Bowl LVII clocked in at 2 minutes 1 second, which is UNDER the 2:05 line, per Sports Illustrated.
“disguise and do what you need to do but if there's anyone that can get a specific player a touchdown when they want it is andy reed and then it is patrick mahomes and it is travis kelsey all of the best you know at their given at what they do so uh i kind of ignore you know i have it closer to like about 50-50, where minus 125 is obviously, you know, greater than that. But I would you know just because of how much he done in the postseason in terms of getting in the end zone I would kind of ignore the like the median projection and kind of just say like if you looking for anyone to find the end zone in this game I would bet my money on Kelsey.”
Travis Kelce caught an 18-yard touchdown pass on the Chiefs' opening drive in Super Bowl LVII, per CBS Sports. (6 rec, 81 yds, 1 TD)
“Jarrett McKinnon longest rush under 8.5 yards. So I got this at 9.5. There's still value on this 8.5”
PHI 35, KC 38 — Jerick McKinnon's longest rush was 14 yards vs under 8.5; busts. (Jerick McKinnon: 4 carries, 34 rushing yards, 14-yard longest rush)
“I actually like Kenny Gainwell at 130 to one”
Kenny Gainwell did not win Super Bowl LVII MVP (Mahomes did).
“Yeah, I would say, you know, for everyone who wants like the one that is a really good chance to hit, again, Travis Kelsey has scored in his last five postseason games, 11 of his last 14 postseason games. He's got the whole brother narrative going on. I think minus 115 is still, it's like a little overvalued. I think his touchdown odds are just under 50-50 when you project it out. But like, when you consider just how much it goes up in the postseason, it's really tough to model that. So I think that's a really good play.”
Travis Kelce caught an 18-yard touchdown in Super Bowl LVII, so anytime TD won.
“jerek mckinnon longest rush under nine and a half yards i show value on nine and a half [23:59] under nine and a half to minus 170”
PHI 35, KC 38 — Jerick McKinnon: 34 rushing_yards vs under 9.5; busts. (Jerick McKinnon: 34 rushing_yards)
“I'm going with Quez Watkins under one and a half receptions.”
PHI 35, KC 38 — Quez Watkins: 1 receptions vs under 1.5; covers. (Quez Watkins: 1 receptions)
“But I'm going under Jalen Hurts' passing yards at 246 and a half.”
PHI 35, KC 38 — Jalen Hurts: 304 passing_yards vs under 246.5; busts. (Jalen Hurts: 304 passing_yards)
“Jody Fortson. [35:24] We have to bet him anytime touchdown, right? [35:26] Love this guy for anytime touchdown.”
Jody Fortson played 13 offensive snaps in Super Bowl LVII but recorded zero receptions and no touchdowns in the Chiefs' 38-35 win; source: Wikipedia/PFR. (0 rec, 0 TD)
“Quez Watkins, I'm going under one and a half receptions at minus 125.”
PHI 35, KC 38 — Quez Watkins: 1 receptions vs under 1.5; covers. (Quez Watkins: 1 receptions)
“For my second one, I'm going to go Jalen Hurts under 247 and a half passing yards.”
PHI 35, KC 38 — Jalen Hurts: 304 passing_yards vs under 247.5; busts. (Jalen Hurts: 304 passing_yards)
“Travis Kelsey plus minus 125 anytime touchdown like usually I wouldn't bet an anytime touchdown [29:22] prop and I think you know on a normal game this would probably be a little bit inflated [29:26] but two things working in Kelsey's favor here”
Travis Kelce caught 6 passes for 81 yards and 1 receiving touchdown (18-yard catch from Mahomes) in the Chiefs' 38-35 Super Bowl LVII victory; source: NBC Sports. (6 rec, 81 yds, 1 TD)
“I'm going with Eagles Niners under 46 and a half. And I like this for a variety of factors based on the matchups on each side.”
PHI 31, SF 7 — Combined 38; under 46.5 covers.
“i'm gonna go with quez watkins under 16 and a half receiving yards”
PHI 31, SF 7 — Quez Watkins: 0 receiving_yards vs under 16.5; covers. (Quez Watkins: 0 receiving_yards)
“I'm going with Brock Purdy under a half an interception. And this is more of a numbers play. but it there is a reason why I like this even though I do like the under and that's because of the way I expect San Francisco to play I expect them to be run heavy yet again and uh yes Philadelphia has been great you know that they finished this regular season top five in interception rate but even after adjusting for that I'm showing value on this number down to about plus 112 it's plus 122 uh right now at FanDuel the official sponsor of the Action Network pod”
Brock Purdy was injured on the sixth offensive play and threw just 4 passes for 23 yards with 0 interceptions before exiting; source: NBC Sports. (4/4, 23 yds, 0 INT)
“I bet Hayden Hurst over three and a half catches. He's caught at least four in 10 of his 15 games this season. And so I would bet that up to minus 195. I got it at 150.”
KC 23, CIN 20 — Hayden Hurst: 4 receptions vs over 3.5; covers. (Hayden Hurst: 4 receptions)
“so my favorite prop right now is it's gotta be Milo Sanders under 15 and a half rush attempts. You can get it at minus 130 right now, but I think there's a ton of value there.”
Miles Sanders had only 11 rush attempts in the Eagles' dominant 31-7 NFC Championship win over the 49ers, under the 15.5 line; source: Pro Football Reference. (11 rush attempts, 42 yds, 2 TD)
“For me, I'm going right back to the well here. With Quez Watkins, under 19 and a half receiving yards. And I have his median around 12.”
PHI 31, SF 7 — Quez Watkins: 0 receiving_yards vs under 19.5; covers. (Quez Watkins: 0 receiving_yards)
“Isaiah Pacheco under one and a half catches at minus 165. This is a guy that I'm projecting for one catch, you know, week in, week out.”
KC 23, CIN 20 — Isiah Pacheco: 5 receptions vs under 1.5; busts. (Isiah Pacheco: 5 receptions)
“I'm actually going with Juju over 54 and a half receiving yards.”
KC 27, JAX 20 — JuJu Smith-Schuster: 29 receiving_yards vs over 54.5; busts. (JuJu Smith-Schuster: 29 receiving_yards)
“And it's Travis Etienne over 17 and a half receiving yards.”
KC 27, JAX 20 — Travis Etienne Jr.: 18 receiving_yards vs over 17.5; covers. (Travis Etienne Jr.: 18 receiving_yards)
“that is Saquon Barkley uh over his receiving yardage prop at 25 and a half”
PHI 38, NYG 7 — Saquon Barkley: 21 receiving_yards vs over 25.5; busts. (Saquon Barkley: 21 receiving_yards)
“and this is the game that we are both on the same uh prop so break it down yeah so uh we both arrived at this on our own and devin singletary under it's down to 40 and a half rushing yards but i”
BUF 10, CIN 27 — Devin Singletary: 25 rushing_yards vs under 40.5; covers. (Devin Singletary: 25 rushing_yards)
“I'm going Devin Singletary under 43 and a half rushing yards.”
BUF 10, CIN 27 — Devin Singletary: 25 rushing_yards vs under 43.5; covers. (Devin Singletary: 25 rushing_yards)
“I'm going with Saquon Barkley over 22 and a half receiving yards at FanDuel, the official sponsor of the Action Network podcast.”
PHI 38, NYG 7 — Saquon Barkley: 21 receiving_yards vs over 22.5; busts. (Saquon Barkley: 21 receiving_yards)
“I am going with Juju Smith-Schuster over 51 and a half receiving yards at FanDuel, the official sponsor of the Action Network NFL podcast.”
KC 27, JAX 20 — JuJu Smith-Schuster: 29 receiving_yards vs over 51.5; busts. (JuJu Smith-Schuster: 29 receiving_yards)
“I'm going with the New York Giants plus three at the Minnesota Vikings.”
MIN 24, NYG 31 — New York Giants margin +7 vs line +3; covers.
“I'm going with the Bills' first-half team total over 14.”
BUF 34, MIA 31 — Buffalo first-half total 20; over 14 covers.
“I'm going with Joe Mixon under 85 and a half combined rushing and receiving yards.”
Joe Mixon had 11 carries for 39 rushing yards and minimal receiving yards in the Bengals' 24-17 Wild Card win over the Ravens, well under the 85.5 combined yards line; source: CBS Sports. (11 car, 39 rush yds, combined well under 85.5)
“I'm going with the Tennessee Titans plus six at the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
Jaguars beat Titans 20-16 to clinch the AFC South; Titans lost by only 4, covering +6. (Final: Jaguars 20, Titans 16; Titans +6 covers)
“I'm going with the Carolina Panthers plus three and a half at the New Orleans Saints”
NO 7, CAR 10 — Carolina Panthers margin +3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“for my third pick and the fifth overall, the Week 18 six-pack presented by FanDuel, going with the Las Vegas Raiders, plus nine and a half at the Kansas City Chiefs.”
LV 13, KC 31 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -18 vs line +9.5; busts.
“I'm going to go with Pittsburgh-Cleveland under 40 and a half on FanDuel.”
PIT 28, CLE 14 — Combined 42; under 40.5 busts.
- Vikings -1.5 (teased from -7.5) won
- Dolphins +7 (teased from +1) won
“So give me the Dolphins teased with the Vikes. You've got the Vikes teased with the Browns, one and a half to eight and eight and a half. I've got Vikings one and a half. Dolphins to seven.”
Parlay cashes: Vikings -1.5 (teased from -7.5) -1.5 — won; Dolphins +7 (teased from +1) +7 — won.
“I'm just going to go back to the Carolina Panthers here. Plus 160.”
NO 7, CAR 10 — Carolina Panthers won; moneyline covers.
“[19:27] this game but i could see you know 27 24 23 20 uh type of game where new orleans stays feisty [19:34] on both sides of the ball run some taste some hill packages and stays in this so give me new [19:39] orleans plus six”
PHI 10, NO 20 — New Orleans Saints margin +10 vs line +6; covers.
“going with the Chicago Bears plus six at the Detroit Lions”
DET 41, CHI 10 — Chicago Bears margin -31 vs line +6; busts.
“i'm going with the pittsburgh steelers [40:00] plus two and a half at FanDuel,”
BAL 13, PIT 16 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +3 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I'm going to go with the Miami Dolphins. [53:22] New England Patriots under 41 and a half.”
NE 23, MIA 21 — Combined 44; under 41.5 busts.
- Browns +7.5 (teased) won
- Steelers +8.5 (teased) won
“Yeah, I like the Browns as well. Washington is one only two games by more than six points out of their seven wins. So that means out of 15 games they played, only twice have they won by more than six points. None of those games with Carson Wentz as the starter. So I do think Cleveland keeps it close. And I'll add up to Pittsburgh in here, plus eight and a half as well. Already talked about the dog in this matchup, 21 and five, you know, in the Tom Wynn Harbaugh era. So teasing it up, I mean, I don't have the exact numbers, but it probably makes it pretty much undefeated. So we'll go Browns and Steelers, plus 7.5 and plus 8.5.”
Teaser cashes: Browns +7.5 (teased) — won; Steelers +8.5 (teased) — won.
“I'm going with the Houston Texans plus 180 at home against the Jaguars.”
HOU 3, JAX 31 — Houston Texans lost; moneyline busts.
“I'm going with the Green Bay [12:44] Packers plus three and a half at the Miami [12:48] Dolphins.”
MIA 20, GB 26 — Green Bay Packers margin +6 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I'm going with the New York Giants plus four and a half at the Minnesota Vikings.”
MIN 27, NYG 24 — New York Giants margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Houston Texans, plus three and a half.”
TEN 14, HOU 19 — Houston Texans margin +5 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I'm going with Carolina-Detroit under 43.5.”
CAR 37, DET 23 — Combined 60; under 43.5 busts.
“Saints, I'm going to go with the Saints up. [1:01:41] Plus, let's call it two and a half up to plus eight and a half.”
CLE 10, NO 17 — New Orleans Saints margin +7 vs line +8.5; covers.
“And also Raiders from plus two and a half to plus eight and a half.”
PIT 13, LV 10 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -3 vs line +8.5; covers.
“I'm going to go with the Rams here at home, plus 124 against the Broncos.”
LAR 51, DEN 14 — Los Angeles Rams won; moneyline covers.
“Let's go with Brock Purdy passing up. I want to go with 219.5. Ooh, I'm a bit higher. I was thinking 235. I'll go over. It's more of a pass-funnel matchup for him. You know, he looked really good. He was dealing with an oblique injury, looked really good. So I like investing on his over right now. So give me the over.”
SF 37, WSH 20 — Brock Purdy: 234 passing_yards vs over 219.5; covers. (Brock Purdy: 234 passing_yards)
“what are we doing so Tyler Algier uh rushing yards um I have it let's let's put it at 56 and a half oh that's a good one I have it at 58 so I'll go over oh nice but yeah it's good line um Baltimore is tough tough run these guys you know the volume for uh these Atlanta backs just and now Huntley's out so you can see a yeah that's true extra carrier too for for each of these guys um so yeah i have”
BAL 17, ATL 9 — Tyler Allgeier: 74 rushing_yards vs over 56.5; covers. (Tyler Allgeier: 74 rushing_yards)
“he took ownership of it but still um just crazy just crazy yeah all right uh let see what we gonna what do you got for the props man a lot to choose from i know Go with Zay Jones Oh yeah He been balling but he going against the Jets Tough matchup. Fantasy sports favorite. Yeah, but, you know, you got to make the decision, the start-sit decision on him pretty quick this week because it's a Thursday night game. Another team of the bowl team, total of the Jaguars. uh so i'm gonna put his receiving yardage at 55 and a half holy shit so i i have him at 55 um i i'm always interested in investing in zay jones uh specifically his overs okay but his median is gonna be lower because i have his projection at 55 so i'll go under here but That's a good line.”
NYJ 3, JAX 19 — Zay Jones: 14 receiving_yards vs under 55.5; covers. (Zay Jones: 14 receiving_yards)
“I am going with the New York Giants, plus four and a half at FanDuel at the Washington Commanders.”
WSH 12, NYG 20 — New York Giants margin +8 vs line +4.5; covers.
“I'm going with the New York football Jets plus one at home against the Detroit Lions at FanDuel.”
NYJ 17, DET 20 — New York Jets margin -3 vs line +1; busts.
“I'm going to go with the Atlanta Falcons plus four and a half at [30:29] FanDuel at the New Orleans Saints.”
NO 21, ATL 18 — Atlanta Falcons margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“I'm going to go with the Indianapolis Colts, [38:41] plus four and a half at the Minnesota Vikings.”
MIN 39, IND 36 — Indianapolis Colts margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Kansas City Chiefs, [57:22] Houston Texans under 49 and a half”
HOU 24, KC 30 — Combined 54; under 49.5 busts.
- Bills -1.5 closed -7 · CLV +5.5 won
- Ravens +8.5 closed +3 · CLV +5.5 lost
“Yeah, actually, I'm going to switch it up. I'm going to have the same one as you. Originally, I was going to go with the Steelers, but Mason Rudolph is scaring me. I still might tease them, maybe smaller with the Seahawks, just if I get involved in that game. But I'm going to go with the Bills down to minus one and a half and the Ravens up to plus eight and a half. Number one, the Ravens, like the total is 37 and the Bills total is 42. Lower totals, you're teasing through the seven and three, which is what you want to do. The Dolphins are a mess on offense right now. And we know that their secondary is very poor. The Bills have historically, over the past couple years, just absolutely dominated this Dolphins team. And they did earlier this year. And again, they lost due to cramps. They outgained them by like 250 yards. It was just a really fluky game. I'm sure the Bills have been waiting for this. The Dolphins also, you'll talk about conditions. We could get snow here. Could get a snowver. I want to bring that up. If there's like the right amount of snow and the total will keep coming down. And the wind doesn't really impact Josh Allen that much. But if there's the right amount of snow, you can't have like a blizzard. The total will keep coming down because everyone wants to bet the under. And then you wait until the bottom of the market and bet the over. That's what a snowver is historically. They're like 70%. It's subjective. You got to have the right amount of snow. So we won't know until like an hour before kick. And that's when you get like the bottom of the market. But the first game, the Bills cramped up. They had a bunch of starters out too and lost a couple during the game. Cramped up during that game. Well now what are the Dolphins going to do They are number one they were just at the 49ers at the Chargers and now they head to Buffalo in what 20 weather in December The Dolphins last week in the stadium that you were in, they said it was cool. What was it, 50, 55 degrees? Yeah, they were using heaters. They were using heaters. I mean, now you're going to Buffalo for your third straight road. This is a brutal spot for Miami. And look, teams are now just taking away the middle of the field against Tua. They're just playing more press man with inside leverage, and they're dropping their linebackers back. Bill's one of the best coach teams in the NFL. Dolphins now, what, on like a short week, third straight road game, how much are they going to be able to fix? Teams are going to be trying to make Tua throw to the sidelines, and he can't do it. So McDaniel's going to have to get in the lab and come up with something. I don't necessarily think it's this week. and now that you're going to throw wins in there for Tua, I don't think it's going to end well for the Dolphins. Secondary's still really poor. Allen should get his. Bills get their revenge here. And the Ravens should keep this close. Stavansky, who's been awful, by the way, is a favorite and within the division. Ravens are healthier in the backfield. We saw Huntley in a game I was at last year take the Ravens all the way back against the Browns. And you're getting eight and a half here with the Ravens. Much better special teams, better coach team. And that defense is trending up. They've been number one against the run since adding Roquan Smith. Deshaun Watson still doesn't look great. They've only scored 16 offensive points in two games since he's returned. Still think there's going to be some rust. This is like his third preseason game to me. So, yeah, I think the Ravens will keep this close. And for what it's worth, like the two – like I'm money on parlaying more teams. So I'll get to this when we get to the Chargers. That's my teaser. I think you agree, right? Yeah. So that's mine as well. With Buffalo, you know, had the circle does a revenge spot.”
Teaser busts: Bills -1.5 — won; Ravens +8.5 — lost.
“I'm actually going with the the Arizona Cardinals [1:09:50] plus 120 here against the Broncos”
DEN 24, ARI 15 — Arizona Cardinals lost; moneyline busts.
“So give me the Carolina Panthers plus four underdogs this year by more than a”
SEA 24, CAR 30 — Carolina Panthers margin +6 vs line +4; covers.
“Give me the Jags here catching four.”
TEN 22, JAX 36 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin +14 vs line +4; covers.
“hopefully they come through for you for my third and final pick and the fifth overall of the week 14 sunday six-pack presented by fandle i'm going with the baltimore ravens plus two and a half at pittsburgh uh and we'll talk about this this number i think there might actually be some value and buy it up to three but i do think they win this game so i'm going to with the two and a half for the contest regardless.”
PIT 14, BAL 16 — Baltimore Ravens margin +2 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I'm going to go Buffalo Jets under 43 and a half.”
BUF 20, NYJ 12 — Combined 32; under 43.5 covers.
- Ravens +8.5 closed +2 · CLV +6.5 won
- Buccaneers +9.5 closed +3.5 · CLV +6 lost
“So, yeah, Bucs, Ravens. Yeah, I'm going the exact same one. Ravens up to eight and a half, Bucs up to nine and a half, because there's another two and a half with the Vikings-Lions game, but I actually like the Lions in that one. And the total's high. Total's high. Yeah, total's high. But, yeah, in essence, you're essentially getting, you know, two dogs over one score in games with a total of 37 each in the Ravens, Steelers, and Bucs, Niners. So I think that's the way to play it this week. There aren't, you know, I don't fully trust the Bengals to win. Don't fully trust the Eagles to win. You know, these divisional games, you know, sometimes it can be tempting to tease it down from like seven to one or six to a pick. But, you know, there's a reason those numbers are where they are. So I don't really trust those. So, yeah, not many options. But, yeah, both of us going Baltimore up to eight and a half bucks, up to nine and a half.”
Parlay busts: Ravens +8.5 +8.5 — won; Buccaneers +9.5 +9.5 — lost.
“Where are you going this week? All right, let's go with the Houston. No, I'm just kidding. Let's go with the – I'm going to go with the Chargers at home against the Dolphins. Dolphins staying out on the West Coast for their second straight game. I actually see some parallels to last week with the 49ers. The Chargers don have as good of a defense but they have a much better quarterback And you can attack this Dolphins team with backs and short passes That was one of the things I was telling you I was worried about with the Dolphins defense against the 49ers And Purdy came in and did it. He went 25-37, moved the ball. Herbert could do that here, and it looks like Corey Lindsley's going to play. That's massive. He is just – he's probably the second most important player on that offense. When he's not in there, the offensive line completely falls apart. Zion Johnson's also day-to-day. I think he's going to go. We'll see if Trey Pipkins goes. Not as important as Lindsay and Johnson in the middle. Mike Williams might even go. And the Chargers' pass defense is much better than the run defense, which is important against Miami. And it's just Justin Herbert as a dog catching over 3.5. I see value in the number. It's down to 3. I took some 3.5 little juice during the week. If it gets back to 3.5, I would take it. I would still take it at 3. This would have been one of my picks at 3.5 in the Sunday six-pack.”
LAC 23, MIA 17 — Los Angeles Chargers margin +6 vs line +3.5; covers.
“let's go with the Miami Dolphins plus three and a half at the San Francisco 49ers.”
SF 33, MIA 17 — Miami Dolphins margin -16 vs line +3.5; busts.
“The Los Angeles Rams plus seven and a half against the Seattle Seahawks.”
LAR 23, SEA 27 — Los Angeles Rams margin -4 vs line +7.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Detroit Lions minus one at FanDuel [40:56] against the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
DET 40, JAX 14 — Detroit Lions margin +26 vs line -1; covers.
“So give me the under 40 and a half in Giants commanders.”
NYG 20, WSH 20 — Combined 40; under 40.5 covers.
“Let's go for the tight end prop. Let's see. Who do I want to go with here? Let's go with Dulcich. Oh, God. All right. I'm going to set his line at... How low can you go? I have a number in mind You going to be within two yards I bet Let go 29 and a half Oh I had 26 and a half written down So I'm going under. Hate to do it. Love the player. Hate the offense. But have to go under. I got to get some of these wins back.”
BAL 10, DEN 9 — Greg Dulcich: 85 receiving_yards vs under 29.5; busts. (Greg Dulcich: 85 receiving_yards)
“I am going with the Green Bay Packers plus seven at the Philadelphia Eagles.”
PHI 40, GB 33 — Green Bay Packers margin -7 vs line +7; pushes.
“I am going with the Carolina Panthers plus two and a half at home against the Denver Broncos.”
CAR 23, DEN 10 — Carolina Panthers margin +13 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Cleveland Browns plus three and a half at home against the Tampa”
CLE 23, TB 17 — Cleveland Browns margin +6 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I am going with the Ravens Jaguars under 43 and a half.”
JAX 28, BAL 27 — Combined 55; under 43.5 busts.
“Buffalo, especially with the offense getting healthy. So yeah, I'll probably be on the Lions as well. I'm going to bet some right now. You'll see this come through. I'm going to bet a smaller bet at 10 and then I'll wait to see if it goes to 10 and a half.”
DET 25, BUF 28 — Detroit Lions margin -3 vs line +10; covers.
“I'm going with the Indianapolis Colts plus six and a half at home [18:58] against the Philadelphia Eagles.”
IND 16, PHI 17 — Indianapolis Colts margin -1 vs line +6.5; covers.
“I am going with the Pittsburgh Steelers [30:42] plus four and a half at home against the Cincinnati Bengals.”
PIT 30, CIN 37 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -7 vs line +4.5; busts.
“I am going with the Las Vegas Raiders plus two and a half [38:25] at the Denver Broncos.”
DEN 16, LV 22 — Las Vegas Raiders margin +6 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I am going with Rams Saints under 38 and a half.”
NO 27, LAR 20 — Combined 47; under 38.5 busts.
- Raiders +8.5 closed +2.5 · CLV +6 won
- Vikings +7.5 closed +2 · CLV +5.5 lost
“than science i think yeah and it's also really fun i'll tell you that to bet for my teaser i'm going with the raiders as well there's just not many options to tease up over you know eight in this one so on the slate so i'm going raiders already talked about why i like them outright on the spread also gonna go with the Vikings up to seven and a half here just because you kind of mentioned it they've been in one possession games all season long so I think Dallas is the right side but not expecting Minnesota to go in here and get blown out necessarily just based on the way they always find a way to stick around all right so Bills to minus one Raiders up to eight and a half for stuck Raiders up to eight and a half and Vikings up to seven and a half for me”
Parlay busts: Raiders +8.5 +8.5 — won; Vikings +7.5 +7.5 — lost.
- Lions ML closed +141 · CLV -9¢ won
- Bears ML closed +122 · CLV +18¢ lost
“So if you parlay the Lions plus 132 at the Giants and the Bears plus 140 at the Falcons, you get a payout of just over four and a half X.”
Parlay busts: Lions ML — won; Bears ML — lost.
- Ravens ML closed -700 · CLV -15¢ won
- Patriots ML closed -175 · CLV -2¢ won
“So I'm going to parlay the Patriots' money line with the Ravens' money line [1:10:31] because I don't trust any of these teams.”
Parlay cashes: Ravens ML — won; Patriots ML — won.
“But I think the Panthers are going to win this game. So I took them at plus two.”
CAR 25, ATL 15 — Carolina Panthers margin +10 vs line +2; covers.
“I am going with the Pittsburgh Steelers plus one and a half at home against the New Orleans Saints.”
PIT 20, NO 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +10 vs line +1.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Seattle Seahawks plus three”
TB 21, SEA 16 — Seattle Seahawks margin -5 vs line +3; busts.
“I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings plus three and a half at Buffalo.”
BUF 30, MIN 33 — Minnesota Vikings margin +3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I am going with the Broncos-Titans, under 36 and a half.”
TEN 17, DEN 10 — Combined 27; under 36.5 covers.
- Steelers +7.5 won
- Broncos +8.5 closed +2.5 · CLV +6 won
“I'm going with the same teaser. So we won't spend too much time on it because you pretty much said it. But like the Steelers and, yeah, the Broncos, their defense leaves them in every game. And coming off the bye, I think they should be competent. They'll have prepared for the Titans who, like you said, are coming off a, you know, shorter rest and a game where they kind of had to do a lot. All right. So Steelers up to seven and a half. Broncos up to eight and a half. We're both going with that for the teaser.”
Parlay cashes: Steelers +7.5 +7.5 — won; Broncos +8.5 +8.5 — won.
“What you got for the prop? I'm going with the Bears running backs. We're going to have a rushing yard prop. David Montgomery, minus two and a half rushing yards versus Khalil Herbert, plus two and a half against the Lions. Against the Lions. You said minus two and a half? Minus two and a half Montgomery. I'll go to the Herbert side. I know Montgomery had more carries again last week, but Like, I still think, you know, Herbert's just – his efficiency is so much better, and I think that could easily just kind of flip because Montgomery's doing nothing with these carries. I mean, his yards per carry average went from 4.5 to 4.1 to 3.5 to 2.6 the last four weeks. So, you know, they said they were going to go with the hot hand,”
CHI 30, DET 31 — Khalil Herbert 57 rushing yards (+2.5 spot = 59.5) vs David Montgomery 37 rushing yards; Herbert covers by 22.5. (Khalil Herbert: 57 rushing_yards; David Montgomery: 37 rushing_yards)
“for the prop let go with Drake London Let get right to a Thursday Oh no Okay Drake London receiving yards because it you know it been really tough against the Panthers last game Two weeks ago he only had 31 receiving yards You know, another bad game against the Chargers, just 23. So now he hasn't cleared 40 yards. Yeah, he hasn't topped 40 yards since week three. So I'm going to go with 40 and a half. Will he top 40 yards? I knew you were setting that up. I was thinking 40 and a half. That's my number. But yeah, looking at the game log, he had 40 in week six. So he didn't clear it then. But God, I'm going to have to go with the under.”
CAR 25, ATL 15 — Drake London: 38 receiving_yards vs under 40.5; covers. (Drake London: 38 receiving_yards)
“I am going with the Indianapolis Colts plus 5.5 at the New England Patriots.”
NE 26, IND 3 — Indianapolis Colts margin -23 vs line +5.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers minus three.”
TB 16, LAR 13 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +3 vs line -3; pushes.
“Let's get uncomfortable. Let's go with the Arizona Cardinals minus two at home against the Seattle Seahawks.”
ARI 21, SEA 31 — Arizona Cardinals margin -10 vs line -2; busts.
“give me the Bills under 46”
NYJ 20, BUF 17 — Combined 37; under 46 covers.
“All right, where are you going with the prop? So let's go with DeAndre Hopkins receiving yards. I don't know how high to set this because, you know, his first two games back, he's 10 catches for 103 yards, and then last week 12 catches for 159. He's lining up more in the slot this year, 25% of the time. compared to just 15% last year. So it's good to see Cliff moving around the formation. That's probably helping a bit. God, I'm going to set the line at 81 and a half. Let's go from there. Ooh, that's a good one. I will go over. I have him at 86. So that line is pretty much on, like, with my median. It's going to be around 81 and a half. But, you know, just the way they're force-feeding the ball, he's lining up all over the field,”
ARI 21, SEA 31 — DeAndre Hopkins: 36 receiving_yards vs over 81.5; busts. (DeAndre Hopkins: 36 receiving_yards)
“Let's go with Tyler Conklin. He's been up and down this year, but he came through with a really big game against the Patriots. But, you know, was that the Patriots just kind of saying, you know, we're going to let him beat us? But, I mean, Zach Wilson actually threw for a ton of yards. So this is a tough projection for me. So let's go with his receiving yards, say, over under 32 and a half. Oh, I'll go under. I had 30 and a half written down. So you scared me when he paused after he's 30. But yeah, that's a good line. It's brutal matchup, of course. and I said we just have to ignore him until he returns back to his 70% routes run rate or more and that's what he's done the past two weeks. The CJ Uzoma experiment seems to be over. So I do think that's a good line.”
NYJ 20, BUF 17 — Tyler Conklin: 7 receiving_yards vs under 32.5; covers. (Tyler Conklin: 7 receiving_yards)
“I am going with the Carolina Panthers plus four and a half at the Atlanta Falcons.”
ATL 37, CAR 34 — Carolina Panthers margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“I am going with the Washington Commanders plus three at the Indianapolis Colts.”
IND 16, WSH 17 — Washington Commanders margin +1 vs line +3; covers.
“I am going with the San Francisco 49ers minus one and a half”
LAR 14, SF 31 — San Francisco 49ers margin +17 vs line -1.5; covers.
“All right, now let's get into our favorite total of the week. All right, where are you going? I'm gonna go Patriots Jets under 40 and a half”
NYJ 17, NE 22 — Combined 39; under 40.5 covers.
“I'm going to go with the Arizona Cardinals since I did not take them in the six pack. I'll roll with him here. And I think you mentioned it, but Cliff as a money line road dog, 13 and seven straight up 65 percent with the Arizona Cardinals. So I think you have a good shot at the Cardinals winning this game. We kind of both talked about how they match up very well with Minnesota. Yeah, so here's a crazy stat. Under Cliff Kingsbury, when the Cardinals are a money-line dog on the road, they have won outright in each of their last eight games. They have an 8-0 winning streak as an underdog. You didn't listen to me earlier. I already said that. Oh, I thought you were. I know you tune me out. I know most people tune me out. No, I didn't really say that exact stat. give you the cardinals plus 148 you have the saints plus 108 a 100 bucks gets you uh just”
MIN 34, ARI 26 — Arizona Cardinals lost; moneyline busts.
“we're going to go with the Washington football team, plus five and a half, at home against the Green Bay Packers.”
WSH 23, GB 21 — Washington Commanders margin +2 vs line +5.5; covers.
“for my second pick and a fourth overall of the week number seven Sunday six-pack presented by FanDuel. I am going with the Seattle Seahawks plus six and a half against the Los Angeles Chargers.”
LAC 23, SEA 37 — Seattle Seahawks margin +14 vs line +6.5; covers.
“I'm going with the New York Giants Plus three at the Jacksonville Jaguars”
JAX 17, NYG 23 — New York Giants margin +6 vs line +3; covers.
“my favorite total for week number seven is the Jets, Broncos, under 38 and a half.”
DEN 9, NYJ 16 — Combined 25; under 38.5 covers.
“For my first pick and the second overall pick of the week, number six, Sunday six pack presented by FanDuel. Going with the Jacksonville Jaguars. plus one and a half at Indianapolis”
IND 34, JAX 27 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -7 vs line +1.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Miami Dolphins, plus three and a half at home against the Minnesota Vikings”
MIA 16, MIN 24 — Miami Dolphins margin -8 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I am going with the New York Jets plus seven at the Green Bay Packers.”
GB 10, NYJ 27 — New York Jets margin +17 vs line +7; covers.
“I'm going to go with the Packers Jets under 45 and a half.”
GB 10, NYJ 27 — Combined 37; under 45.5 covers.
“I'm going with the New England Patriots plus 120.”
CLE 15, NE 38 — New England Patriots won; moneyline covers.
“I am going with the Philadelphia Eagles, minus five and a half against the Arizona Cardinals.”
ARI 17, PHI 20 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +3 vs line -5.5; busts.
“i am going with the tampa bay bucks minus nine at home against the atlanta falcons and i've been”
TB 21, ATL 15 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +6 vs line -9; busts.
“I'm going with the Los Angeles Rams minus five and a half.”
LAR 10, DAL 22 — Los Angeles Rams margin -12 vs line -5.5; busts.
“Chicago under 43 and a half at Minnesota.”
MIN 29, CHI 22 — Combined 51; under 43.5 busts.
- Buccaneers -2.5 won
- 49ers -0.5 closed -6.5 · CLV +6 won
“Tampa Bay down to 2.5, and I have the Niners down to a half point and Tampa Bay down to 2.5.”
Parlay cashes: Buccaneers -2.5 -2.5 — won; 49ers -0.5 -0.5 — won.
“i am going with [19:30] the arizona cardinals cliff plus one and a half against the carolina panthers”
CAR 16, ARI 26 — Arizona Cardinals margin +10 vs line +1.5; covers.
“going with the tampa bay bucks plus one and a half”
TB 31, KC 41 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -10 vs line +1.5; busts.
“i'll go with mitch trubisky pittsburgh minus three at home against the jets”
PIT 20, NYJ 24 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -4 vs line -3; busts.
“gotta go giants bears under 39 and a half here”
NYG 20, CHI 12 — Combined 32; under 39.5 covers.
- Buccaneers +7.5 lost
- Broncos +8.5 closed +2.5 · CLV +6 lost
“for mine, I'm going with the Bucs, teasing them to 7.5, [1:00:07] and then the Broncos, teasing them to 8.5.”
Parlay busts: Buccaneers +7.5 +7.5 — lost; Broncos +8.5 +8.5 — lost.
“games at the end because both of those teams just know how to lose games but where are you going this week uh i'm going with the cincinnati bangles and i know you used them last week i love the spot and if you look they have some a couple easy games coming up but there's some other teams that i can use their schedules really then second half of the year is really tough i also want to save the eagles a lot of people might use the eagles here and the jags are improved there's also the weather element here. I also want to save the Packers for later in the year. I think a lot of people will use them. So I taking this from a I also consider the Lions And if you listening to this after Thursday again it depends on the type of pool you in Like if you in a smaller pool and you just need to like all right someone tweeted at me I only have a couple of people left in this pool I just need to advance. Well, then use the Packers. You could also do that in a bigger pool too, but it depends on the size. I'm taking the route of, all right, I like the spot for the Bengals. I would have used the Lions, but the Lions is a favorite to scare me. Just because, you know, Dan Campbell also goes for a lot of fourth downs. So you might not have Swift. You might not have Amon Ross-Abron. There could be a lot of variance in that game. So I'm passing on the Lions, although I don't hate using them. Like, when else are you going to really feel comfortable using the Lions? Probably, like, January 1st at home against the Bears. That's a long way to go. Not a division game, though. I mean, even that. But at that point, if I make it that far, I'm going to have to use the Lions. So, yeah, they're going to maybe have to win me the whole thing if I get that far. But, yeah, I don't mind. the pick the Packers are a safe pick I don't mind the Eagles either you've already used the Packers and you just want to advance I'm gonna get a little riskier here and use the Bengals”
CIN 27, MIA 15 — Cincinnati Bengals won; moneyline covers.
“I am going with the Indianapolis Colts plus five and a half now at FanDuel against the [13:51] Kansas City Chiefs.”
IND 20, KC 17 — Indianapolis Colts margin +3 vs line +5.5; covers.
“the Tampa Bay Buccaneers minus one and a half against the Green Bay Packers. And this is one [25:45] of my favorite spots to take the Buccaneers”
TB 12, GB 14 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -2 vs line -1.5; busts.
“I am going with the Houston Texans plus two and a half at the Chicago Bears.”
CHI 23, HOU 20 — Houston Texans margin -3 vs line +2.5; busts.
- Texans +8.5 closed +3 · CLV +5.5 won
- Falcons +7.5 closed +1 · CLV +6.5 won
“the Packers that's where I'm going how about you uh I'm going Texans and Falcons and uh talked about them already but kind of fit the same criteria outside of the quarterbacks are obviously on is good but i like the matchups for both of them and you got low totals in both and by the way i jumped on the diners when the lines first dropped got them at plus two and a half i woke up the next day and apparently sharps had hit them and they're like minus two so uh yeah i think the market has gone a lot a little too far i'm still i'm not betting hack it uh you know on a normal line until they show me something but yeah i do agree the market's just going to be a little bit of I'm going crazy here. But all right, you got Green Bay up to seven and a half, Denver up to seven and a half. I got Atlanta up to seven and a half and Houston up to eight and a half.”
Parlay cashes: Texans +8.5 +8.5 — won; Falcons +7.5 +7.5 — won.
“i'm very confident [1:11:07] in the vikings getting it done at home at least outright even if the lions get in the back door [1:11:12] here i'm still safe”
MIN 28, DET 24 — Minnesota Vikings won; moneyline covers.
“Tight end prop. Oh, great. What do you got? We got to go to Kyle Pitts, man. Everyone's kind of wondering. Everyone's wondering. what's going on with Kyle Pitts? Where's he at? I am going to set his receiving yardage prop at 52 and a half. I had 50 and a half in my head. So I'm gonna have to go with the under. Yeah, I'm not that down on Kyle Pitts as a player. Again, it's the ascension of Drake London. And I think that this is a matchup where Quirrell Patterson could thrive. You know, the Seahawks are very prone, very vulnerable to pass catching backs. So it could be a CPAC game. Uh, man. Yeah. I'm not, I'm not low on pits going forward, but this week, give me the under,”
SEA 23, ATL 27 — Kyle Pitts Sr.: 87 receiving_yards vs under 52.5; busts. (Kyle Pitts Sr.: 87 receiving_yards)
“I am going with the Jacksonville Jaguars plus four and a half at FanDuel”
JAX 24, IND 0 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin +24 vs line +4.5; covers.
“do so must mean something uh but yeah i think too many points here all right uh for my second pick and the fourth overall of the week two sunday six pack i am going with the detroit lions minus one and a half at home against the Washington Commanders. And I like this matchup for Detroit,”
DET 36, WSH 27 — Detroit Lions margin +9 vs line -1.5; covers.
“who bets with FanDuel so be sure to check it out Let the games begin Hey Hey For my third and the final pick of the week to Sunday six presented by FanDuel, I am going with the Carolina Panthers plus one and a half at the New York Giants.”
NYG 19, CAR 16 — Carolina Panthers margin -3 vs line +1.5; busts.
“I am going with Green Bay Chicago under 42 and a half”
GB 27, CHI 10 — Combined 37; under 42.5 covers.
- Cowboys ML closed +270 · CLV 0¢ won
- Jaguars ML closed +136 · CLV +32¢ won
“So let's get right into our Moneyline Underdog Parlay. turning good weekends into great weekends it's time for the money line parlay so uh you had you took care of your side last week uh jaguars let me down they look like they were gonna pull it out for a while yeah they had a shot at the end that's all you can ask for um but uh you had the g man and dable rewarded you and then he danced so uh where are you going this week yeah that was fun i was in my wife's bar and i was there was a whole bunch of people were rooting for the giants i had them all rooting for the giants for it with me and i was like he's pushing it this way and he pushed it and we were the exactly i was pointing it just and we went crazy it was like i was in uh the bronx watching at a bar so um yeah i'm gonna go i'm gonna go with the dallas cowboys uh money line here i'm i'm gonna bet them i was waiting to see if this line got up to 10 uh i'm gonna bet them on the spread to above seven we saw that we've seen this in the past couple of years these teams with backup quarterbacks for the first game are more than capable of pulling off upsets it's cost me enough money geez now it's about time i jump on um but look the cowboys looked awful last week it's a week to week league they're probably they were supposed to be pretty good now they lose dak prescott maybe Gallup comes back they're not that bad they're going to lean on their run game here they're going to feed Zeke probably like 25 times he looked pretty good and they said he was healthy he averaged five yards a carry against the Bucs that's not as good as you're ever going to do so Zeke Pollard short passes did some shots to Lamb and then the most important thing is Burrow looked awful last week might not have Higgins and the reason he looked awful last week is because he was under fire the entire game. And I still think that is going to be an issue early on in the season. I think the Bengals will be better off for their upgrades at offensive line as the season progresses, but it's a work in progress. And you saw the communication issues last week. And Dallas is going to bring different looks from their pressuring from all over that defense. And, you know, maybe this leads to more turnovers, but I think that Barrow again is going to be under pressure. A couple turnovers here. Dallas controls the clock. And with the crowd into it, I think there might be a chance here. And also with the Moneyline Underdog, historically, if you look back when backup quarterbacks do start, if you measure the variance in the results, it's much higher. Like you could lose by – I mean, there's way more blowouts. There's way more upset wins. There's just a lot more uncertainty also in the game plans as well. So I like that for an underdog, a money line underdog as well. So give me the Cowboys after getting embarrassed last week in a game where everyone just assumes the Bengals are going to bounce back and roll. Not so fast. Remember Cooper rushes only start. He threw for three yards. Beat me. I had the Vikings plus two and a half close like minus six. and Rush beat me and the Vikings. So, yeah, he's now, granted, Lamb and said Wilson, Galton, playing the game, had like 200 yards. But, yeah, he's won. He's won on the road here. He's more than capable. I had Garrett Gilbert against the Steelers defense. I remember that. I remember that. And he should have won. They should have won outright. They got stopped. There was a bad call late, but they covered with ease it's cooper rush nation baby i like it trevon diggs will probably be on chase a good about and burrows you know he's going to target chase so that that could be a turnover right there at least one uh not not without even going into the micah parsons uh against this offensive line yeah and who knows what the higgins you know we really don't know with concussion they said he was progressing well limited in practice you don't know but obviously be a pretty big loss yeah yeah mike thomas yeah that's not not ideal uh all right for mine i'm going i'm going right back to the jaguars uh this is jaguars week against the coats uh they haven't lost since 2015 you're like me last year i used the jaguars a bunch they get rid they shed urban meyer and now you're you're the biggest fan out there i mean i just i i think this team is going to surprise people i mean they almost pulled it out last week and this is the spot where they they tend to get So you know already talked about it They haven lost in over half a decade at home against the Indianapolis Colts They plus 168 So yeah we going we going back to the well with the Jags And that parlay plus 270 for Dallas plus 168 for the Jags at Fandle would pay out around 9x. So $100 gets you just under $1,000 back.”
Parlay cashes: Cowboys ML — won; Jaguars ML — won.
“downgrade those guys all right uh wide receiver prop let's go with alan robinson oh gotta go down in robinson all right let's go i'm gonna set his receiving yardage total against the falcons after he was out there for 45 routes and saw two two targets uh i'm gonna set his receiving yardage total at 48 and a half oh i thought you're gonna go low i think you're gonna give me like 40 and a half or something 48 and a half that is pretty good i have it right at 50 okay screw up i'll go over here oh okay got you taking over nice yeah that's that's a damn good line though it's definitely a suboptimal start to the season um for alan robinson um i'm not dropping him in the leagues i have them um but i'm definitely gonna bench him until we see some signs of life uh this game script could get out of hand early where they don't have to throw as much But, yeah, just the thought of having his prop be this low in week two and me thinking about it, just goes to show how bad week one was. But I'm rooting for him, so just give me the over. Let's do it.”
LAR 31, ATL 27 — Allen Robinson: 53 receiving_yards vs over 48.5; covers. (Allen Robinson: 53 receiving_yards)
“you're just throwing a dart so yeah he's my tight end uh 24 what is the prop let's go with Dalton Schultz uh with Cooper Rush under center this week I'm curious where you have him projected um might not be a ton of passing yards but maybe he is like his outlet here uh so it's a it's a tough projection this week for Schultz but I'm at 42 and a half receiving yards are you over under that oh that is right there i have them i have the average at 4.5 catches for 45 yards so that is okay that's a perfect one let's see how many uh passing yards do you have for cooper rush that's that's a 236 okay all right a little bit higher than me but very close okay i'll go over um because i think i think he is kind of that uh outlet and after seeing fryer moose go go ham uh against that Cincinnati like in inner inside defense I think yeah I think you could see the same kind of game script like late in the game Dallas needs to like down by a couple of possessions and Schultz may end up going over on that last drive so yeah I'll go over nice I wasn't sure if I”
DAL 20, CIN 17 — Dalton Schultz: 18 receiving_yards vs over 42.5; busts. (Dalton Schultz: 18 receiving_yards)
“i'm gonna start off with the first pit of the week one 2022 sunday six pack i'm going with [9:43] the Minnesota Vikings plus one and a half hosting the Green Bay Packers and I really like Minnesota”
MIN 23, GB 7 — Minnesota Vikings margin +16 vs line +1.5; covers.
“i am going with the [18:28] atlanta falcons plus five and a half at home as a divisional underdog against the new orleans”
ATL 26, NO 27 — Atlanta Falcons margin -1 vs line +5.5; covers.
“with the Patriots of New England plus three and a half at the Miami Dolphins.”
MIA 20, NE 7 — New England Patriots margin -13 vs line +3.5; busts.
“for my total I'm going with San Francisco Chicago under 40 and a half at FanDuel”
CHI 19, SF 10 — Combined 29; under 40.5 covers.
- Ravens -1.5 closed -6.5 · CLV +5 won
- 49ers -0.5 closed -6.5 · CLV +6 lost
“For my teaser, I am going with the Baltimore Ravens, teasing them down from seven and a half to one and a half against the Jets. And then the Niners from six and a half to a half against the Bears.”
Parlay busts: Ravens -1.5 -1.5 — won; 49ers -0.5 -0.5 — lost.
“I'm going to go with the Jacksonville Jaguars and they're plus 120.”
WSH 28, JAX 22 — Jacksonville Jaguars lost; moneyline busts.
“i'm i am gonna go with the ravens just because uh i just think the cardinals are a better team”
NYJ 9, BAL 24 — Baltimore Ravens won; moneyline covers.
“Saquon Barkley at 25 to 1 I mean he's a lot he's got [32:57] longer odds than a lot of these guys”
Saquon Barkley did NOT lead the NFL in rushing yards in the 2022 regular season. Barkley rushed for 1,312 yards (finishing 4th in the NFL), a strong bounceback season for the Giants. Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders led the league with 1,653 rushing yards. Source: StatMuse Saquon Barkley rushing yards 2022; Raiders.com confirming Jacobs as 2022 rushing yards leader. (Josh Jacobs led with 1,653 rush yds; Barkley 1,312 yds (4th))
“All right, let's go to the Washington Commanders. Their win total is eight. It's even money to the over, minus 120 to the under. I like the under on this one.”
The Washington Commanders finished the 2022 regular season 8-8-1, landing exactly on the 8-win total line. (Commanders finished 8-8-1 (2022 regular season))
“I'm going with the Philadelphia Eagles to win the NFC East at plus 170.”
The Philadelphia Eagles won the NFC East in 2022, finishing 14-3. (Eagles won NFC East at 14-3)
“The Vikings over nine minus 130, although I like some of their other odds specifically to win the NFC North at plus 260, but I think there should be a 10 win team with upside for more in Minnesota.”
The Minnesota Vikings finished the 2022 regular season 13-4, well over the 9-win total. (Vikings finished 13-4 (2022 regular season))
“That's really going to be my point. I think invest in the high upside bets with the Saints, look at the division, look at the plus 125, I believe it is, to make the playoffs, and then Cardinals under. Those are my plays.”
The Saints finished 7-10 and third in the NFC South; Tampa Bay won the division, so the Saints future lost. (Saints 7-10, 3rd place NFC South)
“I think invest in the high upside bets with the Saints, look at the division, look at the plus 125, I believe it is, to make the playoffs, and then Cardinals under. Those are my plays.”
Saints missed the playoffs, eliminated in Week 17 despite beating the Eagles. (Saints 7-10, missed playoffs)
“All right. Arizona Cardinals, eight and a half is their win total, minus 110 on both sides. I got him favored in seven games. Cliff Kingsbury has not lost a win total yet. He's 2-0 with one push. I could see the Cardinals going under this one. And if I had to choose any of these teams to bet an under on it, probably going to be the Cardinals out of the teams we talked about in this division. But what say you? Yeah, I projected them at eight. I mean this is just a 500 team Get off to a fast start in Kingsbury fashion And now they but they don have Hopkins to start the year and then crash and burn late They just they just bore me. They, I'd laugh at them, but I didn't like what they did this past off season. The definition of a 500 team to me, it was a home game in Mexico. They've been weird, like bad at home. It's been very odd. And I didn't like their draft, by the way, they traded for Marquise Brown, whatever. and his connection with Kyler, maybe that works out. But I didn't like their draft. If you look at their home games, which this isn't going to help their win total, it's, you know, they're home against the Chiefs. Talk about a coaching mismatch to start the year. Then they're home against the Rams, home against the Eagles, home against the Saints. Then obviously you've got to play the Seahawks. They get the Seahawks at home. Their home game against the 49ers is in Mexico. Then they're home against the Chargers, home against the Patriots, and home against the Bucs. like oh that is as hard of a home schedule as you could ever imagine um now that means they have winnable road games you know at the panthers seahawks they're at the vikings they're also at the rams it's a um sneaky really tough schedule i had them with a fourth hardest schedule in the nfl and you remember you gotta remember you don't have hopkins for the first six um not a fan of old cliff cliff cliff have you heard about the lonesome loser he's a loser but he still keeps on trying very tumultuous offseason without this kyler mary stuff i don't know i can see it going sideways quick um it's under or nothing but not enough for me to play i'm at uh like 7.9 wins yeah i actually the more i look at this i'm actually liking their under quite a bit because you know i already was i had my eye on them because i only had them favored in in seven games and it's kind of straightforward i mean they just have some tough home games and you know a few you know winnable road games but you know you prefer it the other way like this could be as good as they were and what were they the last undefeated team last year i believe it was And they're not that deep either. Like they have some depth concerns too. You know, they lost Chandler Jones, you know, mentioned they're gonna be without Hopkins. James Conner, there's a big drop off, you know, after him at running back. The line really isn't great, top to bottom. It could get bad in Arizona, yeah. I think I'm going to be on this under, especially because it's not juiced up or anything like that. I think Cliff finally goes under the total.”
Cardinals finished 4-13, well under the 8.5 win total. (Cardinals 4-13)
“And when he proves that Matt Nagy was the problem in Chicago and not Mitch Trubisky Raybon is there anything about the Steelers that Simon just said that you agree with Yeah I pretty much agree with everything I mean I think the Steelers are the best bet in this division. Fun fact about Mitchell Trubisky. He hasn't had a losing record as a starter since his rookie year. And he's set for Trubisky. With time, downfield, wants Robinson, Intercepted by Shaquille and intercepted again by Shaquille Griffin. And it's intercepted. Trubisky over the middle. Intercepted. Mitchell Trubisky gets caught trying to force something in there. He's won games every year somehow. So this defense, he had some defenses in Chicago. Very talented defense. And as Simon mentioned, you know, skill positions talented as well. Deontay, Chase Quaypool, Pickens, Pat Fryer moves, who I love. The offensive line could still be a little rough around the edges, but it's getting better. I think the interior line is going to be better. Of course, they got Najee. And Mike Tomlin's never had a losing record. I love the false enthusiasm. I'm going to see if we can make one of you guys quit today. There's a lot to like about betting on Pittsburgh. I think there, if I'm taking any of the win totals in this division, as of right now, it is the Pittsburgh Steelers for all those for all those reasons I just mentioned. And like Mitch Trubisky is just kind of a wild card in the sense that like he's been on these kind of teams before where the defense is the strength. Maybe he's got, you know, some decent guys at the skill positions and he's been able to win. So it hasn't been pretty, but he's been able to get it done. So and that's all you would need to hit the win total. So I actually like the truth. I love that you've made a bold statement. You guys have both basically said Steelers, Steelers, or Stillers, Stillers, Stillers. Over seven and a half”
Steelers finished 9-8 in 2022, clearing the 7.5 win total for the over.
“Raybon, do you have a feeling about the Lions? I love the Lions. I just don't think they win a division. I like the Lions because I just think they're underrated. I think they are closer to a 500-ish team, and their win total is at six and a half. I think it would be a lot to ask for them to beat out the Packers and the Vikings. but uh i do i do share simon sentiment with jared goff i think people are underrating him like we just did the pod with jj zacharison and like we essentially decided that we're just going to pass on every quarterback and just draft jared goff uh for free um but like seriously the offensive line is the top three offensive line they have no weakness on the offensive line uh their skill positions are great and they're going to get jamon to williams at some point They already have, you know, Amon Ross St. Brown broke out in a major way last year. DJ Chark's a solid, you know, number two, who will turn into the number three when Williams comes back. And DeAndre Swift is great. The reason why I don't love like the, okay, make the playoffs, win the division is I think, you know, Hutchinson is nice. But I still think the back end is going to struggle for Detroit. I think, you know, if when they don't get home, I still think they're going to get torched. I think there be in a lot of shootouts though and I think they actually be able to win some because their offense is criminally underrated So I I with you Simon I am loving these guys in fantasy I just don really think the off like the only whole quote unquote on the offense is really Jared Goff but like you said Simon we've seen him with pieces around him uh do do decently um you couldn't expect him to do well last year in that situation it's totally different I also like the coaching staff so I like the lines over six and a half wins”
Lions finished 9-8 in 2022, over the 6.5-win total.
“Raybon, you and our other BFF, Sean Kroener, recorded on the Fantasy Flex podcast a couple weeks ago, July 21st, to be exact. Your season-long player props episode, which is actually one of the biggest episodes we do all year. You and Kroener both are phenomenal at projections, powering Action Network player projections, which is great if you want to find value in season-long props. You and Kerner and me agree on one quarterback where there is an opportunity, Mr. Baker Mayfield. Explain yourself and then be ready to be mocked by Mr. Simon Hunter. I'm just not buying Baker. I'm fading him. I like his under 21 and a half passing touchdowns. I know Kerner likes his under yardage as well, but I think there's just a lot of red flags.”
Baker Mayfield threw roughly 10 passing TDs in 2022 across Carolina and the Rams, well under 21.5.
“But Patrick Mahomes under 350 and a half rushing yards,”
Patrick Mahomes rushed for 358 yards in the 2022 NFL regular season, exceeding the under 350.5 line. (Mahomes: 358 rushing yards)
“I like Najee Harris to uh to lead the league in rushing at 18-1.”
Najee Harris did not lead the NFL in rushing in 2022; Josh Jacobs led with 1,653 yards.
“string so um I like the Jags for all those reasons and then as far as the total uh this there's actually this game fits a trend so when we see the total drop and it's open at 33 and a half it's dropped all the way to 30 and a half um and I think that's because you are going to see a lot of you know third and fourth stringers it's in the hall of fame game it's the only game where you know the only teams that have four preseason games so I think that in this spot the under is the play If we go back, we've seen unders that drop by two or more points in the preseason since 2004 go 59, 44 and three. That is a 57 percent hit rate. And again, this Hall of Fame game does fit that trend.”
LV 27, JAX 11 — Las Vegas defeated Jacksonville 27-11 in the 2022 Hall of Fame Game. The 38 combined points exceeded 30.5, so the under lost. (38 total points)
“For me, it's the Vikings plus 275 to win that NFC North.”
Minnesota Vikings won the NFC North in 2022 with a 13-4 record, clinching the division title. Source: NFL.com (nfl.com/news/vikings-clinch-nfc-north-title-with-biggest-comeback-in-nfl-history). (Vikings 13-4, NFC North champions)
“Packers under 11 wins.”
Packers finished the 2022 regular season 8-9, under the 11-win line. (Packers 8-9)
“Bears under six and a half wins.”
Bears finished the 2022 regular season 3-14, well under the 6.5-win line. (Bears 3-14)
“bucks to win the NFC at plus 330 uh is another one I really like”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the NFC South (8-9) but lost to the Dallas Cowboys 14-31 in the Wild Card round and did not reach the NFC Championship Game. Source: Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season). (Buccaneers 8-9, lost Wild Card vs Cowboys 14-31)
“It's hard to say that Washington is anything but the fourth best team in this division, and when the fourth best team in a division has a win total of eight uh you know i'm i'm gonna go under that so i i like the under eight on washington to be to be quite honest don't want it at all are you do you like the upside of the”
Commanders finished the 2022 regular season 8-8-1 -- exactly 8 wins, a push against the under-8-wins line. (Commanders 8-8-1)
“but Giants 10 to 1 to win the NFC East. I like that.”
The Philadelphia Eagles won the 2022 NFC East with a 14-3 record. The New York Giants finished 9-7-1 and made the playoffs as a Wild Card but did not win the division. Source: Fox Sports NFC East Champions list. (Eagles 14-3 won NFC East; Giants 9-7-1 Wild Card)
“I like the Ravens as well. [1:14:17] Division, conference, Super Bowl, like the Broncos division, conference, Super Bowl,”
Baltimore Ravens finished 2nd in the AFC North (not division winners), lost Wild Card to Cincinnati Bengals, and did not reach the Super Bowl. All three legs (division, conference, Super Bowl) lost. Source: Pro-Football-Reference (pro-football-reference.com/teams/rav/2022.htm). (Ravens 10-7, 2nd AFC North, exited Wild Card round)
“Division, conference, Super Bowl, like the Broncos division, conference, Super Bowl,”
Denver Broncos finished 5-12 in 2022, 4th in AFC West, and missed the playoffs entirely. Did not win division, conference, or Super Bowl. Source: Pro-Football-Reference (pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/2022.htm). (Broncos 5-12, 4th AFC West, missed playoffs)
“actually is going to the Steelers at number 20. I'm totally hands-off on the quarterbacks. I'm looking to fade them at their current numbers. The number three and a half, I am well under that. uh you know three is what you generally see is the consensus in mock drafts i am strongly considering having only two in my final mock draft i love that because i was just about to mention that you know where i was where i was looking to bet these things was yeah you can get the under three and a half a little bit juiced up but if you're looking to get better odds you can actually bet under two and a half and you can get about plus 190 which i think is long enough”
Only one quarterback was drafted in Round 1 of the 2022 NFL Draft: Kenny Pickett at #20. The under 2.5 wins. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_NFL_draft (1 QB drafted R1 (Pickett #20))
“the colts right now are minus [33:46] 165 to make the playoffs plus 135 not to i would take the no”
The Indianapolis Colts did not make the 2022 NFL playoffs, finishing 4-12-1 (3rd in AFC South). Head coach Frank Reich was fired midseason after a 3-5-1 start. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Indianapolis_Colts_season (Colts 4-12-1, missed playoffs)
“value for all three of the short film categories, starting with best documentary short, the queen of basketball is getting about 70% of the picks on gold derby. So it should be about minus 230. And you can still get it at minus 155 on drafting. So great value there. Then we have Best Live Action Short and The Long Goodbye is getting about 83% of the picks on Gold Derby. So that should be all the way up at about minus 475, but you can get that at minus 225 on DraftKings. So another great value And then finally Small Value on Best Animated Short Robin Robin getting about 65 of the vote on Gold Derby should be about minus 190 and you can get it at minus 175 on drafting so not as big of a value there for best animated short for Robin Robin but I really do like the long goodbye for live action and queen of basketball for documentary in the short film categories and then one more I wanted”
The Queen of Basketball won Best Documentary Short Subject at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022 (Short of the Week / oscars.org).
“Best Live Action Short and The Long Goodbye is getting about 83% of the picks on Gold Derby. So that should be all the way up at about minus 475, but you can get that at minus 225 on DraftKings. So another great value And then finally Small Value on Best Animated Short Robin Robin getting about 65 of the vote on Gold Derby should be about minus 190 and you can get it at minus 175 on drafting so not as big of a value there for best animated short for Robin Robin but I really do like the long goodbye for live action”
The Long Goodbye won Best Live Action Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022 (oscars.org via abc.com).
“So another great value And then finally Small Value on Best Animated Short Robin Robin getting about 65 of the vote on Gold Derby should be about minus 190 and you can get it at minus 175 on drafting so not as big of a value there for best animated short for Robin Robin but I really do like the long goodbye for live action”
The Windshield Wiper won Best Animated Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards; Robin Robin did not win (Short of the Week / CNBC Oscars 2022 winners list).
“one. All right. Let me quickly talk about the eyes of Tammy Faye for makeup and hairstyling, and then we'll jump into film editing. I know we all have an opinion. There seems to be a lot of value in that one. But quickly, the eyes of Tammy Faye in the makeup and hairstyling category, this one is a near unanimous choice on Gold Derby, and you can get it at minus 300. So minus 300 gives it about a 75% chance to win. At Gold Derby, it's closer to 90%, including all of every single one of the Gold Derby editors. So I think that this is a good value, a good bet that you can kind of parlay with others if you don't want to just weigh the juice outright. So, you know, you're kind of looking for these kind of sure things that aren't like minus 2,500. And I think Tammy Faye for makeup and hairstyling definitely qualifies. But I want to talk about film editing. And Katie, I'll start”
The Eyes of Tammy Faye won Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022 (Deadline / oscars.org).
“they got some things to fix but I will say this I kind of like to capitalize off of uncertainty just like you guys the one thing I'm noticing you know when we did the podcast yesterday the major categories I said okay it seems like power the dog is the you know it was a front runner most of the season and then like this one thing happened and then now everybody's questioning it and that one thing was you know the producers go to win for Coda this editing category I kind of feel like it's the same thing like dune was the runaway favorite for most of the season and then you know there's all these you know it's not there's these you know the eddie comes and you know then the the globe had split it up and so there's not these like direct correlations between it's competing with king richard necessarily in every single precursor i'm gonna take the value and just go with king richard um you know it's down to minus 120 at draft kings and that actually represents a pretty good value because gold derby still has it about 64 which is should be closer to minus 190 minus 200 so i'm just going to kind of go with the with the you know weakened favorite and hope it hangs on there um but i agree i think this is one of the best categories where if you're looking for an underdog if you're looking for a long shot if you're looking for a short favorite it has all the ingredients um you know to bet so this is one of the best categories uh is best editing. Let's move on to actress. And I'm going to sit here and sit this one out and let Katie,”
Dune won Best Film Editing at the 94th Academy Awards; King Richard did not win (Wikipedia: 94th Academy Awards).
“I agree with you on that point, but I can't bet on anybody but Will Smith. Yeah. And another thing we should mention is just like I think, you know, at Gold Derby, you know, there is some recency bias, especially with CODA. And, you know, having just won the Producers Guild, which is the most recent awards show, like there's also recency bias in like people will look at last year and say, well, Bozeman was a big favorite and he didn't win it. But that doesn't mean that that's going to happen every year. I think you still have to play it year by year. You have to play it by the value. And what's interesting to me is Smith is getting 92% of the gold derby votes. And that equates to about a minus 1150 odds. And he's only at minus 800. So it's not sexy. You're not going to really win much. So I mean, most people probably aren't even going to bother. But there is actually a little bit of value here or a good amount of value on Will Smith here, even at minus 800, because he should be into the the quadruple digits here. So I think Will Smith is the right play. I think he's the only play. And this one, I would say, is a little more parlayable. Would you guys agree?”
Will Smith won Best Actor for King Richard at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022 (ABC News / oscars.org).
“I watched The Lost Daughter and I watched all three of those movies, like Spencer, The Lost Daughter and Tammy Faye back to back. And the minute I saw Tammy Faye, I got down on Chastain. uh it was at plus 550 this is on february 9th she went from plus 550 to minus 175 so i gotta i gotta roll with chastain like i respect the coleman i actually do have a little bit on coleman from like when the odds literally first came out at the first day because i thought she was the best value but i'm riding with chastain i thought she had the best performance um like you said connie like she really you know went into that character i you know the lost daughter i don't know it just seen like Olivia Colman sitting on like a under a beach umbrella or you know like regretting stuff like I don't I don't know man like that it didn't move me I just didn't think it was that great of a film I think critics like probably liked it more than I did so that that could be something at the same time it's not really getting that much hype didn't get too many nominations um it just like did Chastain was this movie like you know like it got I think it what did it get like a makeup nomination and then it got this you know it's like that she was this movie that we wouldn't be talking about this movie if it wasn't for Chastain. All the nominations were all over the place. Like, you know, the BAFTA, none of them went at the BAFTA, but like Kidman won the Globe, I think it was, or who won the Globe? It was Kidman, right? I think it was Kidman. The nominations didn't line up. So it wasn't like we have a good sample size of like Chastain versus Kidman versus Coleman versus, you know, Stewart here and then Cruz. So I'm just going to go with a favor. And if you look at Gold Derby, Chastain is getting 81% of the votes at gold derby, which is a lot. And that would equate to about minus 425 in terms of the odds. She still at minus 175 So I mean they talking about more like a you know the odds are giving you like a 60 percent whereas Gold Derby saying it over 80 percent So I go with those odds and roll with Chastain But I agree This could be wide open, though. So, Chris, I think I think that we should inform the listeners, like, what is your stop price?”
Jessica Chastain won Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022 (Wikipedia: 94th Academy Awards).
“You know there a couple other teams that fit the criteria you guys are talking about Teams with starting quarterbacks who have shown greatness or potential for greatness, or have had some kind of success, who are on rookie deals. And what's remarkable is none of these teams are amongst the top teams with the shortest odds bills not a you know well they're cap space is yeah and they're all they're all their cap space is not cap spaces is wrecked the same packers not on a rookie deal bad cap space chiefs not on a rookie deal rams not on a rookie deal they're always trying to maneuver for cap space because they're just trading away picks to get star players. Broncos now with Russell Wilson. Niners, Cowboys. Then come the Ravens. Niners are interesting. I'll just wait before you go on. Just the Niners right now are over the cap. But if they trade Jimmy Garoppolo, that clears up about 26 million cap space. That puts them above average in the top half of the league in terms of cap space. And they would have a quarterback on a rookie deal and pretty much every quarterback they've put out there has like performed average or above average like even uh Bethard and Mullins had like I saw a tweet that uh like Wieters in I think it was yards per attempt since 2018 and like Bethard and Mullins were in the top half of the league along with Jimmy G who was number two so like the Niners would quickly kind of ascend into that same conversation. It's just that Trey Lance still has a lot to prove, I think, is more the issue there. It's like whereas Herbert and Burrow have kind of proven themselves to a degree already, Lance hasn't. But they would kind of be that other team that's there. But their odds also reflect that. Yeah, I also, to me, I'm sort of slimming down the categorization to quarterbacks on the rookie contract who have actually succeeded. at some level, right? And so in the NFL, Trey Lance hasn't done that yet. So to me, the Niners are not sort of befitting of your money because he hasn't done anything and their odds are too short. And they're over the top Brady though. That's the Tom Brady effect. Like people like me, I put a dime on it. just because just in case Tom goes there like I know it's a long shot but I mean holy hell dude if they got Tom Brady with that defense that offense that'd be crazy”
Kansas City won Super Bowl LVII; the 49ers lost the NFC Championship Game, so the futures bet lost.
“six pack with our favorite props one of the uh the angles you like to defer if you can bet yes the team's gonna defer that's like my favorite prop like so bet mgm our lovely sponsor has a prop up for a Super Bowl where you can bet whether the winner of the coin toss will elect to receive or defer. And defer is minus 500, which, you know, for people that don't understand these numbers, minus 500 implies about an 83% chance. You can go to, you know, Action Network's betting calculators and kind of calculate that. There's many options online as well. But essentially, I went back and looked at all the Bengals games and all the Rams games and both teams deferred every single time. Only one of their opponents in coin tosses, they lost did not defer that you may remember was the New York jets in their win over Cincinnati. So it actually did work. I think they got a great return on that, on that opening play or something too. But yeah, it, it, it's essentially should be closer to like a 99% chance. Bet MGM has it up there at a minus 500. I think that's a great way to kind of start the Super Bowl with a win. It won't be much, you know, at minus 500. But if one of these teams did not defer, it would be the first time all year. But it's basically free money.”
The Cincinnati Bengals won the Super Bowl LVI coin toss (calling heads correctly) and chose to defer, making the coin toss winner the team that deferred, per Action Network. (Bengals won toss, deferred)
“I am going with Samaje Pirine under 14.5 rushing plus receiving yards.”
Samaje Perine totaled only 8 combined rushing and receiving yards in Super Bowl LVI (2 carries for 4 yds, 1 catch for 4 yds), well under the 14.5-yard line, per Pro Football Reference. (Perine: 4 rush + 4 rec = 8 total yards)
“your tight end so yeah it makes sense from a lot of different angles all right for my second pick and the third overall of the super bowl 56 sunday six pack i'm going with matthew stafford under five and a half rushing yards and this is another one of my favorite props because i think it”
CIN 20, LAR 23 — Matthew Stafford: 6 rushing_yards vs under 5.5; busts. (Matthew Stafford: 6 rushing_yards)
“I'm going with the first quarter under nine and a half.”
CIN 20, LAR 23 (Q1: LAR 7, CIN 3) — 1st quarter: LAR 7, CIN 3 (10 combined); under 9.5 busts.
“[34:00] sixth overall of the super bowl 56 sunday six pack i'm going with cooper cup longest reception [34:07] over 28 and a half yards i full admit i stole this from our colleague and friend sean kerner [34:15] when I was listening to you guys on the prop show, [34:18] and then I dug into it, and then I really loved it. [34:21] And I was just as shocked as him that there was value on a Cooper Cup over. [34:26] I thought they were all just going to be way inflated. [34:29] But Cup, you can't be stopped. [34:31] There's a reason he broke Michael Irvin's record this year [34:34] for most games in a season with at least 100 receiving yards, [34:37] including the postseason. [34:38] He still has one game to go. [34:39] I just don't see much the Bengals can do to really slow him down, [34:42] whether it's before or after the catch. [34:45] and he would have cashed this prop in 15 of 20 games this year, 15 of 20. [34:51] So you get this on the deep ball you get this underneath and then going for 20 after the catch And he going to be facing a Bengals defense that ranked 25th in explosive pass percentage during the regular season despite facing pretty easy schedule of opposing quarterbacks [35:05] they even got to face five backups for either all or part of uh five games of their 17 during the [35:15] regular season they faced Andy Dalton and Justin Fields they faced Bridgewater and Locke they faced [35:21] Case Keenum, Josh Johnson, and Mike White. [35:24] And they still rank 25th in the NFL in explosive pass percentage. [35:28] Cup had 145 catches during the regular season, [35:32] added 25 more so far in three postseason games. [35:34] It's 170 total. [35:37] Of those 170 catches, 21 went for at least 29 yards. [35:43] He played 20 games, he had 21. [35:45] So he's averaged over, slightly over, one catch of more than 29 yards per game. [35:54] And I think with this matchup, he's going to have a really good chance to do it again.”
CIN 20, LAR 23 — Cooper Kupp's longest reception was 22 yards, under the 28.5-yard line; over loses (official NFL Super Bowl LVI gamebook). (Cooper Kupp: longest reception 22 yards (8 receptions, 92 total receiving yards))
“win so i think the the bangles you know they lost like more than three twice all year i just think that three was was the right number um and anything above that i be looking at you know them and they sitting here at four So I already played some at four when it first came out and I'll probably play a little more at four and a half. So, you know, that's kind of how I see it.”
CIN 20, LAR 23 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“So the first thing I'm looking at is the first play of the game, Will it be a pass attempt or a rush attempt? And I love pass attempt at plus 118.”
First play of Super Bowl LVI was a Cam Akers run, not a pass attempt, so the pass-attempt prop lost.
“then the next one [10:53] no points in the first six minutes at minus 122. I love that.”
No points were scored in the first six minutes; the first score (OBJ TD) came at 3:35 left in Q1, so the no-points prop won.
“And the final one is the first quarter under. Under 10, you can get at FanDuel, [11:41] nine and a half of some other places.”
First quarter ended Rams 7, Bengals 3 for exactly 10 points, so the 1Q Under 10 pushed.
“Kroner, you first. Give me your thoughts on T. Higgins as MVP or any other MVP candidates that we should be thinking about. Yeah, so that's actually my favorite long shot is T. Higgins 60 to 1 to win the Super Bowl MVP. If you look at the past 20 Super Bowls, four receivers have won it. And this Super Bowl has some really good receivers in it. So I think that, you know, looking at Cooper Cup, Oll Beckham, Jamar Chase, T. Higgins, I think that's sort of the sweet spot when it comes to value betting on the MVP. And both, I should mention, both starting tight ends are dealing with sprained MCLs. So they probably suit up but they going to be limited and they could be decoys So that boosts these wide receivers value even more in my opinion I just think T Higgins is the guy where you know as I mentioned it the Rams will put extra resources in slowing down Jamar Chase and the Rams play a ton of zone. And we've seen this season that T Higgins tends to thrive against zone coverage. So I think this is all setting up for T Higgins to have a, you know, potential big enough game to win MVP. But Higgins is a guy I think has been undervalued all season long so just I'm looking to cash in with a 60 to 1 long shot on him to win MVP. Raybon you feel the same way about Higgins you have any thoughts on Super Bowl MVP? I love it we had our Super Bowl odds draft at the Action Network and I actually grabbed Higgins and for people out there that have followed us for a while you may remember I think it was my first year at action in our odds draft I took Julian Edelman as like a 20 to 1 long shot to Super Bowl MVP. Oh, and what happened? He won it against who? Sean McVay's Rams. So without a touchdown. And I think that's the key is that for the Bengals to win this game, you know, yes, they could get in a shootout, but I think the more likely kind of outcome is that they figure out some crazy second half adjustments and they're able to kind of do what they did to Kansas City and slow down the Rams in the second half and maybe win a lower scoring game. So I think that puts it to where if Chase is getting you know do it having a normal game but not crazy not a monster like 200 yard game that means Burrow may not be having a monster game because Chase and Burrow have been pretty much perfectly correlated with their monster games but Higgins could still go for like 100 yards even if he doesn't get a touchdown there's a precedent for wide receiver winning against these very Rams with 100 plus yards no touchdowns in the Super Bowl so I love Higgins I think uh Jalen Ramsey's pretty interesting at 80 to 1 if you like the Rams”
Cooper Kupp won Super Bowl LVI MVP, so Tee Higgins lost.
“Let's start it off with Matthew Stafford under five and a half rushing yards.”
CIN 20, LAR 23 — Matthew Stafford: 6 rushing_yards vs under 5.5; busts. (Matthew Stafford: 6 rushing_yards)
“And my second favorite one is Samaje Pirine, under 14 and a half. [39:42] combined rushing and receiving yards.”
Samaje Perine had 0 rushing and 0 receiving yards, well under 14.5 combined.
“proper palooza six pack. I am going with the winner of the coin toss to defer to the second half at minus 500.”
The Cincinnati Bengals won the Super Bowl LVI coin toss (heads) and chose to defer to the second half, per Action Network's coin toss prop result coverage (Action Network).
“I am going with Samaje Pirine under 15 and a half rushing and receiving yards.”
Samaje Perine had 2 carries for 0 rushing yards and 0 receiving yards (0 combined) in Super Bowl LVI, well under the 15.5-yard line (StatMuse). (0 rush yds, 0 rec yds (0 combined))
“For my third and final and the sixth overall pick of the Super Bowl Propapalooza six I going with Matt Gay over one and a half field goals And now we have a punter prop a timeout prop Why not get a kicker prop in here? So the Bengals, you look at them, they're not a team that gives up a ton of multi-field goal games. It's happened about 40% of the time this year. But look at Matt Gay. And he's gotten at least two field goals in 15 of 20 games. So even if you take those two, 75% for Gay, 40% for the Bengals, and you average that together, that's about 57.5%, which is about the true odds are about minus 135. And you're getting this in the, so I'm showing about, you know, about 10 points of juice value here on Gay here to go over multiple field goals. And I think also when you kind of do these projections, you would look at the kicker more than the defense. So the true odds are probably over 60 percent when you really calculate it. So, yeah, probably closer to 150. And you can get this for so you can get this for minus 125. And I would put the true odds closer to minus 150, about a 60 percent chance, if not more.”
Matt Gay made 1 field goal (41 yards) in Super Bowl LVI, not the 2 required to cover over 1.5 field goals made (CBS Sports). (1 FG made (41 yds))
“So the over-under I'm seeing out there in the market right now is about 95 seconds, which is about a minute 35. The last Super Bowl, last 15 Super Bowls, it's been about even eight overs, six unders, one push. But the average length for the last 15 Super Bowls is two minutes and one second or 121 seconds. And the median is right there as well at a minute 59 seconds or 119. So that means that this is about a two minute anthem on average at these Super Bowls And right now the total is only at a minute thirty five So I think you have to go over here Seven of the last nine have been over two minutes So, I mean, this is really just a smash over for me. I wouldn't be surprised if the market kind of bumps it up.”
Mickey Guyton's national anthem at Super Bowl LVI clocked in at approximately 1 minute 51 seconds, easily over the 95-second line (Action Network / SI). (~111 seconds)
“any thoughts on just you know based on these two teams how to attack this one now this is usually when I stay away from I include this with the first time out I have a props I never bet but I'm assuming with this matchup, it would be a pass, especially with, you know, how pass heavy the Bengals have been of late. But last week, it seemed like they ran it a ton on first down. So I'd probably stay away. This seems a little too random for me. But if you have any info that can convince me otherwise, go for it. I think you have to bang pass here because that MGM run is minus one 30 passes even money at plus a hundred. Wow. I went back and looked at every first play of the game for each team. There you go. The Rams have passed only 40% of the time, eight out of 20. Okay.”
The Rams' first offensive play of Super Bowl LVI was a Cam Akers run (4 yards), not a pass, so the pass pick lost. (1st play: C.Akers run for 4 yds)
“things I will say is that first quarters in the Super Bowl, they do tend to be low score and they do tend to be a situation where teams are kind of feeling themselves out. Only eight of 22 first quarters since 1999 in the Super Bowl have hit double digits. That's just 36.3%. Right now, the over under at BetMGM is nine and a half. So I think you'd have to go pretty juice to the under before you stop betting on under nine and a half year.”
CIN 20, LAR 23 — The first-quarter total was 10 points (LAR 7, CIN 3), so under 9.5 lost. (First quarter: LAR 7, CIN 3 (10 points))
“it. So I'm sort of baking that in the cake, but yeah, if you just want to go into the game, assuming they'll get behind and then back them in game, you could be getting them, you know, plus 10 and a half, let's say. So that might be actually the smart strategy, but I think going into this, I'm just going to lock them in at four and a half route for them out of the gate. But yeah, if they do get behind, I am confident they'll come back because of a lot of things that you said when they make halftime adjustments and just Joe Burr's ability to come back. So I think it's kind of just whatever, pick your place, Whatever you want to do, it's up to you, but I'm going to be locking them in before the game, plus four and a half. All right let get into some player props I mentioned a couple at the top that we like but let kind of look at these markets a little more closely I know you like the Cooper cup I know you like chase his first touchdown”
CIN 20, LAR 23 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“Joe Mixon over 16 and a half rush attempts at minus 120.”
Joe Mixon carried the ball 15 times (under 16.5) in Super Bowl LVI as the Bengals fell 23-20 to the Rams, per Pro Football Reference. (15 rush attempts)
“It a Super Bowl So I think it going to be a much more favorable game script than the market implying Yeah I with you here Closer to like 18 rush attempts And then one other one that really stood out here was Matthew Stafford His rushing prop is at five and a half. And I think this is, this is a really interesting one because it's like, do you have the, the cojones essentially to bet the under, which I think is the right play, even though he's gone over the number in every postseason game. But on the season, he's been under in 13 out of 20 or 65%. That would mean his true odds at five and a half, the under should be closer to minus 185 instead of minus 115. But even more interestingly, you want to look at the median, which is really what we're trying to kind of isolate here and figure out which way to bet. Matthew Stafford's median rushing yards. this year is half a yard. And so, I mean, yes, you know, when he goes over, it's usually probably like one scramble that's going to take him over. He doesn't scramble very often. Maybe he'll get like a couple of quarterback sneaks or something like that. But I think there's a massive kind of edge here. You know, it didn't quite make it into my top three, but it's right there because I still think there's a pretty big edge in under five and a half. I mean, you could have quarterback sneaks, you could have a scramble, you could have. And then that's not to say, you know, again, the Rams are still favored, even though we both kind of wean Bengals at the at the spread. The Rams are still favored. You could get three kneel downs. You might even get a kneel down in the at the half. Like there's a lot of ways for him to go under this number as he's done in two thirds of his games this season. yeah so when it comes to Matthew Stafford um even if he ends up getting seven rushing yards let's say if the Rams win he'll probably get a couple kneel downs at the end and he can still go under so I do like sort of the outs um that you have at your disposal if Stafford even clears this um so yeah no I love this like you said his median on the season is a half yard Yeah. So I wouldn't, you know, just overweight the past few games. He's he's scrambled and, you know, he looked like shit while doing it. But I think this is giving us a golden opportunity here to hammer this under. To drive this point home the Bengals have allowed the 10th fewest rushing yards the quarterbacks during the regular season of those yards There were 237 of them over 50 came from Lamar Jackson and Justin Fields, two quarterbacks responsible for over 50% of the rushing yardage allowed during the regular season for the Cincinnati Bengals. And they play a lot of zone and they drop eight back into coverage sometimes as we saw last week. So that's why Patrick Mahomes was running backwards for most of that, that second half and he went well under his, his rushing yardage prop last week as well. So yeah, I like the under here.”
CIN 20, LAR 23 — Matthew Stafford: 6 rushing_yards vs under 5.5; busts. (Matthew Stafford: 6 rushing_yards)
“even playing field. So that's, I mean, that's a pretty big difference, you know, over a three-year period. So that's why I was laughing because I'm like, Sean McVay manages to burn all these timeouts. He's not even a guy that challenges a ton. So I think Cincinnati is a solid bet. Minus 115 Kind of a fun one here that you have better than the odds than the odds chance of hitting here Just given that you know Taylor been much more likely to challenge than than has McVay So, yeah, first coaches challenge. Zach Taylor, first time out, Sean McVay. That's how we're doing it. Love it.”
Neither team threw a coach's challenge in Super Bowl LVI; the market's own 'first coach's challenge' prop graded as a push/no-action, so voided the same way here. (No coach's challenge thrown by either team)
“I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus seven and a half at better MGM against the Kansas City Chiefs.”
KC 24, CIN 27 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +3 vs line +7.5; covers.
“I'm going Cam Akers, under 60 and a half rushing yards against the 49ers.”
LAR 20, SF 17 — Cam Akers: 48 rushing_yards vs under 60.5; covers. (Cam Akers: 48 rushing_yards)
“i'm going with van jefferson over 29 and a half receiving yards”
LAR 20, SF 17 — Van Jefferson: 9 receiving_yards vs over 29.5; busts. (Van Jefferson: 9 receiving_yards)
“But to start it off with my first overall pick [11:12] of the divisional round weekend six pack, I am going with the Buffalo Bills plus one and a half [11:18] at the Kansas City Chiefs.”
KC 42, BUF 36 — Buffalo Bills margin -6 vs line +1.5; busts.
“For my second pick in the third overall in the divisional round six pack, I'm going with the Tennessee Titans minus three and a half against the Cincinnati Bengals.”
TEN 16, CIN 19 — Tennessee Titans margin -3 vs line -3.5; busts.
“with Nick Westbrook Akina under 28 and a half receiving yards so he been under this in 10 of 17 games anyway”
TEN 16, CIN 19 — Nick Westbrook-Ikhine: 0 receiving_yards vs under 28.5; covers. (Nick Westbrook-Ikhine: 0 receiving_yards)
“I'm going with the Arizona Cardinals plus four and a half at BetMGM at the Los Angeles Rams.”
LAR 34, ARI 11 — Arizona Cardinals margin -23 vs line +4.5; busts.
“All right, for my second pick and the third overall, the wildcard weekend six pack, I'm going with the San Francisco 49ers plus three at BetMGM at Dallas. I haven't put this in the app yet, mainly because I want to see where this line goes. So maybe there's some late public money on Dallas. So if I start to see it coming back down the other way, then I'm most likely going to buy it to three and a half for what it's worth. So minus 120 or better if I can get that.”
DAL 17, SF 23 — San Francisco 49ers margin +6 vs line +3; covers.
“going with the steeler chief under 46 and a half in arrowhead or whatever they're calling it now”
KC 42, PIT 21 — Combined 63; under 46.5 busts.
“i'm going with cj usoma under 26 and a half receiving yards and first of all”
CIN 26, LV 19 — C.J. Uzomah: 64 receiving_yards vs under 26.5; busts. (C.J. Uzomah: 64 receiving_yards)
“And I am going with the San Francisco 49ers plus four and a half at BetMGM”
LAR 24, SF 27 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line +4.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Houston Texans plus 10 and a half [21:57] against the Tennessee Titans.”
HOU 25, TEN 28 — Houston Texans margin -3 vs line +10.5; covers.
“i am going with the pittsburgh steelers plus five and a half in baltimore”
BAL 13, PIT 16 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +3 vs line +5.5; covers.
“for my total i'm going with uh probably the second [50:10] most windy game on the slate bills jets under 41 and a half”
BUF 27, NYJ 10 — Combined 37; under 41.5 covers.
- Washington teased to +1 won
- Patriots teased to -0.5 lost
“versus backups um so I'll tease the the Cowboys down yeah I like that one as well I'm well with the Patriots here as well six and a half to a half point a little bit of a revenge game for them they should have beat Miami in week one Damian Harris fumbles but I agree I think Miami just they're playing really well on defense but it's been a lot of scheme Bill Belichick who does he know better than almost any other head coach in the league Brian Flores used to work for him so you know I don't think they're going to have that same advantage I think the Patriots will be well prepared here now weird things always happen when the Patriots go to Miami late in the year So, I mean, but that's why you're teasing it down to a half a point. I think the Patriots are the better team. I think they'll be well prepared for Miami. And I don't know if Miami can get offense, like you mentioned. And then I like Dallas. Mike might include them in some teasers as well. But for the contest, for the show, I will go Washington from seven to one against the Giants. And what really does it for me?”
Parlay busts: Washington teased to +1 +1 — won; Patriots teased to -0.5 -0.5 — lost.
“then you kind of go from there so yeah uh don't disagree at all uh for my first pick and the second overall pick of the week 17 Sunday six-pack I'm going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus five and a half at MGM against the Kansas City Chiefs at home man it's been a bumpy ride with the Bengals I feel like I win three and the Bengals and I lose one then it's like it's up and down but I gotta jump back on the Bengals here.”
CIN 34, KC 31 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +3 vs line +5.5; covers.
“there been a trend with this team that I talk about I going going with Buffalo minus 14 and a half against Atlanta And here the thing about the”
BUF 29, ATL 15 — Buffalo Bills margin +14 vs line -14.5; busts.
“strategy and I'll get into my third for my third pick and the sixth overall of the week 17 Sunday six pack. I'm going with the bucks minus 13 and a half at the Jets. And listen, the line came down a little bit because Arians was ruled out. Maybe there's more COVID issues and this could come back to bite me But I still think as long as you have Brady you probably okay against this Jets team First of all just a massive letdown spot for the Jets”
NYJ 24, TB 28 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +4 vs line -13.5; busts.
“So give me the Ravens Rams over 46 and a half.”
BAL 19, LAR 20 — Combined 39; over 46.5 busts.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers -7.5 (teased from -13.5) lost
- New England Patriots -8.5 (teased from -14.5) won
“the third and fourth string guys but I mean yeah tough matchup for Carolina on the road good defense should have some guys back so my first teaser is going to be tampa bay i'm also teasing them from 13 and a half down to seven and a half i already talked about you know them just rolling over teams bad teams 23.4 uh margin of victory five and oh straight up five and oh against the spread uh so just another way for me to invest in in tampa who i still think gets it done you know maybe the market's going a little down on them without you know arians and some guys but I think they have more than enough here. Jets let down spot, but the other one, cause I'm looking for a way to invest in this and I might also consider just money line parlaying these, but you know, as well, but I've been looking for a way to invest in the Patriots here. So I'm going to tease them from 14 and a half at Ben MGM to eight and a half against the Jaguars and simply to do with rookie quarterback on the road against the Belichick defense. He's still never lost to a rookie quarterback in Foxborough, has Bill Belichick here. So looking at the Patriots, they are, it's another one of these mismatches, you know, like plus 8.5 point differential. That's fourth best for New England. Jaguars minus 11.9. That's worst in the NFL. So it's about a 20 point, 20 and a half point difference between these two teams. Schedule adjusted, it actually goes up to about 21 points. And then you also have, you know, Jacksonville, They've lost by nine or more points in nine of their 15 games, nine of their 13 losses. So you know better than 50 shot you know just regardless of the opponent pretty much But this is a strong opponent a really tough opponent for them you have belichick off a loss 47 and 22 68 percent against the spread since 03 you have belichick uh 60 against the spread off a multi-game losing streak and off a double digit loss because remember they lost you know by a couple of scores to the bills last week 21 and 8 against the spread 72 percent uh since 2003 so um i know some of it is with tom brady that's what everyone's gonna say but this is a Belichick game, you know, rookie quarterback on the road, terrible Jags team that, you know, probably should have beat the Jets, but couldn't even beat the Jets, which, you know, and the Patriots, they, I think you, I think you finally get a good game for them after a couple of not so good ones here. I just, I don't think the defense is going to give up many points, if any, at all. So teasing them down to eight and a half, but that's going to wrap it for our teasers. Stuck is going to Seahawks, teasing them down from minus seven to minus one against the Lions and the Saints from minus seven to minus one against the Panthers. I'm going with the Bucks from 13 and a half to seven and a half against the Jets and the Patriots from 14 and a half to eight and a half against the Jags. Now it's time for our Moneyline Underdog Parlay.”
Parlay busts: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -7.5 (teased from -13.5) -7.5 — lost; New England Patriots -8.5 (teased from -14.5) -8.5 — won.
- Cincinnati Bengals ML closed +155 · CLV +35¢ won
- Baltimore Ravens ML closed +230 · CLV -75¢ lost
“Yeah, we were talking about this game. I think there's some regression coming for this Chiefs team. And I think it's a good matchup for Cincy. Love that Logan Wilson is back practicing. Give me Joe Burr. and I'll go with one of you so you want one of one of my spread picks I'll go with one of yours I like the Ravens at plus 155 at bet MGM at home against the Rams I think you get a great effort from the Ravens I think the crowd is involved schematically I think you know the Ravens are in a better spot than they would be against most defenses this season even though the Rams have talent I think schematically it's still an edge for the Ravens with how well they play against zone compared to man coverage. Sean McVay off a multi-game winning streak, 9-21 against the spread, 30%, 3-4 this season, even after that win and cover against the Vikings. And yeah, Stafford, you already mentioned it against the spread On the money line Stafford versus teams with winning records 23 straight up 30 Lions two and three with the Rams So he still hasn gotten to 500 here against teams with winning records even on this juggernaut kind of potential juggernaut of a Rams team here. So it's been one of these McVay letdown spots, been a Stafford letdown spot. You talked about it in depth. Give me the Ravens. So this parlay, Bengals plus 190, Ravens plus 155, a payout of 6.4x roughly, which means $100 bet returns 740. So this should be a good one. We've been hitting these, and then if one of us doesn't hit them, the other one does. So I feel good. I feel good about this over 6-1 payout here. Let's get it popping.”
Parlay busts: Cincinnati Bengals ML — won; Baltimore Ravens ML — lost.
“I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings plus three at BetMGM against the Los Angeles Rams.”
MIN 23, LAR 30 — Minnesota Vikings margin -7 vs line +3; busts.
“I am going with the Las Vegas Raiders minus one and a half against the”
LV 17, DEN 13 — Las Vegas Raiders margin +4 vs line -1.5; covers.
“fifth overall of the week 16 weekend six pack i'm going with the baltimore ravens plus two and a half”
CIN 41, BAL 21 — Baltimore Ravens margin -20 vs line +2.5; busts.
“For my total I going with the Texans Chargers under 46 and a half at BetMGM”
MIN 23, LAR 30 — Combined 53; under 46.5 busts.
- Packers -1.5 closed -7.5 · CLV +6 won
- Vikings +9 closed +3 · CLV +6 won
“six to a pick against the Detroit Lions I going with the Packers seven and a half down to one and a half at home against the Browns and the Vikings plus three to plus nine at home against the Rams Now it time for our Moneyline Underdog Parlay”
Parlay cashes: Packers -1.5 -1.5 — won; Vikings +9 +9 — won.
“I got my Mark Brunel throwback on because, for the first time, all of the 2021 NFL season, I am backing the Jags on a bet. I am going with them against the Jets here. It's actually a pick them. So minus 110. So nothing crazy in terms of juicy odds or anything like that. But I think the Jaguars can absolutely win this game. A lot of people thought last week would be the week, you know, the line moved heavily in their favor after Urban Meyer got fired but uh listen there's a lot more things wrong with the Jags than Urban Meyer uh and this week against the Jets I think they're a better team and that's you know you had Jets just dealing with some COVID issues so first of all Jersey is not a home field advantage especially for the Jets their little brother in that stadium anyway but never has been if you would go to ESPN this week you see an article about just the Giants and Jets dysfunction uh and I think it's pretty ironic but um yeah this this Jets team is not very good Salah the head coach test positive for COVID uh dealing with some COVID issues beyond that you know their corner Michael Carter on the COVID list Elijah Moore's already been placed on on the IR so they and now they're you know one of their tight ends Ryan Griffin on IR uh this this team's really not going to have much in terms of throwing the ball uh the running game is you know it's okay it's hit or miss not great the line isn't great there's really no strong unit on this Jets team uh and so against the Jags that's this is when you back to Jags you know the Texans at least had a like a strong pass defense which you saw Davis Mills have a better game than Trevor Lawrence uh Zach Wilson has been really bad you You know, he's getting some rushing touchdowns and kind of bailing him out, but he's been pretty bad all year. Now he doesn't really have anything to work with. The Jags, and then the Jags are 14th and run defense DVOA. So they're a little bit above average there. I think, you know, that's the Jets' best hope in this game. The Jets are 32nd against the pass on defense, 32nd against the run. on defense so jaguars are have the easier matchup even though it's two bad teams and then uh so all you're really looking at is the home field which is not really a home field you look you got probably them jaguars actually might have the head coach advantage in this game uh you know solid is not able to come back and uh yeah i just think this jets team is one of the few teams that's that's probably equally as bad or worse than the jaguars so coin flip coin flip game for me slight edge to the Jaguars especially because we don't know what else is going to happen with the Jets uh COVID wise and I think the Jags are doing a smart thing they're giving James Robinson 80 plus percent of the snaps the Jets run defense is I mean if you saw that Miami game I feel like Miami came into the game with plans on passing it a little bit more and then it was like anyone they handed the ball to it's just seven eight yards every time that they just like abandoned the pass you know one like they pass it once and like two it throws a terrible pick six but like for most of that second half they would just run it right down the Jets throats they knew it was coming out of shotgun couldn't stop it any which way I think that's how the Jaguars win this game here that and I think they could stop the run a decent amount so give me the Jags minus 110 at BetMGM against the Jets could be a sneaky over to two of these underperforming quarterbacks they both face top five schedule of opposing pass defenses it's just one of those games where it ended up being a random shootout, but don't hate it. All right. So that's a 3.1x payout. Bet 100 win 410 with the parlay of the Bills plus 115 Jags minus 110.”
NYJ 26, JAX 21 — Jacksonville Jaguars lost; moneyline busts.
“we're going with the Houston Texans plus four and a half against the now urban Meyer-less Jacksonville Jaguars.”
JAX 16, HOU 30 — Houston Texans margin +14 vs line +4.5; covers.
“For my third pick and the sixth overall of the sixth pack, I'm going head-to-head with you, Stuck, for the second straight week, going with the New England Patriots plus two and a half at the Colts.”
IND 27, NE 17 — New England Patriots margin -10 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I am going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus two and a half.”
DEN 10, CIN 15 — Cincinnati Bengals margin +5 vs line +2.5; covers.
“with the Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers under 44 and a half at Bet MGM. And this is a play on”
BUF 31, CAR 14 — Combined 45; under 44.5 busts.
- Bengals +8.5 closed +3 · CLV +5.5 won
- Patriots +8 closed +1.5 · CLV +6.5 lost
“for my teaser, I'm going with the Bengals plus two and a half to eight and a half and the Patriots plus two and a half to eight.”
Parlay busts: Bengals +8.5 +8.5 — won; Patriots +8 +8 — lost.
“with my first pick of the week 14 sunday six going with the san francisco 49ers minus one at the Cincinnati Bengals And this line hopefully you saw me posted in the app I actually got it at a plus two”
CIN 23, SF 26 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line -1; covers.
“I'm going with the Buffalo Bills. You can get a cheap hook out there. Will you give me a cheap hook? I'll owe you a cheap hook. Okay Can I get the for San Francisco So they just have to win the game all right yeah so you could get the three and a half then because yeah at bet mgm just to be clear and the reason we're doing this is because at bet mgm the niners are minus one and the bills are plus three but you there are spots you could get a three and a half uh so i'll give you that for the contest so that if they lose by three uh you win that since we don't we don't reward pushes here on the Action Network podcast. So yeah. I would, you need to, and I wouldn't play this at three, but I would play this at three and a half. And it's, I bet MGM right now, it's a juice three towards the Bucs. Look, when I look at this game, the Bills last week basically shot themselves in the foot. They were playing in conditions that ended up not favoring them. I mean, the wind was so much worse than I thought, but their play calling on first down was awful. They were trying to run it. They were too afraid of the wind. And I really didn't take much from that game. It's one of those just crazy games that you can't really take. I mean, the Patriots completed, what, one pass the entire game. Just a wild game, one of those wild weather games that you can't take too much from. The Bills are still number one in the NFL in DVOA defense. They've been a little Jekyll and Hyde on offense, which I'll get into, but their defense has been pretty dominant all year long outside of one game against the Colts. power running team that you know just was on a mission that day playoff revenge and came out and just whooped their ass you're going to have a couple games like that every year but other than that their defense has been dominant and the loss of Trey White does hurt and it will hurt here but I like I don't mind Dane Jackson as a backup he's going to be look you're going to have to give him more help you're not going to be as flexible without Trey White he's one of the best corners in the AFC, but I don't think they have just a complete scrub on the outside of corner. Brady's going to be able to move the ball here, but this isn't a power running team. This isn't, I mean, maybe if they want to come out and run with Fournette, fine. I mean, yeah, take the ball out of Brady's hands. But this is like a team that the Bills match up pretty well with. and on the other side of the ball this is the team that i think after especially after last week when the bills they were very smart analytically driven staff one of the best staffs in the entire nfl i think they shit the bed last week oh yeah after seeing them fail trying to run on first downs and run on first downs you seen them make drastic corrections on a week basis after a loss I don think you see them try to run once here And you're not going to be able to run on Tampa. Tampa's secondary dealing with some injuries. They've been shuffling guys in and out. All your Jamel Dean's in concussion protocol. But I think Josh Allen can attack the secondary. I just think this is a great matchup for the Bills, especially if you're getting the hook here i still think the bills i saw the bill's power rate is the second best team in the nfl i would take them plus three and a half against anybody on any field anytime they are completely desperate for this win and it's a team that you know you look at the record you say look there's seven and five why why is their offense so much different than last year well josh allen's accuracy has regressed a little bit he's looked pretty good the past couple weeks i mean even and even look made some great throws in 50 mile an hour wind gusts but had his probably his best game of the year against the saints but they've also dealt with a lot of other issues they had you know spencer brown the right tackle john feliciano i think we'll be back this week they've only played in two games together and they put up 31 and 38 points against the chiefs and the titans when they when they don't have spencer brown on the right side it's put williams a tackle it's a disaster and and alan has been under fire and pressure from all avenues all the time. There's also just an extremely unlucky aspect to this Bills team this year. And I think there's major regression coming. Look at all their one possession losses. What are they? One in five and one possession games this year. So they've been right there. Their EPA's per penalties lost, their EPA's per turnovers lost. So all their penalties and turnovers have come in like just so such critical times. Variance, Flukie. How about their fourth down offense 33 i mean so there is just a lot of things on this offense that i think have been unlucky spencer brown now back at right tackle wide receivers are now healthier i mean beasley was dealing with some issues and i think they just come out and throw and allen can attack this secondary which has just been trying to find its continuity all year desperate bills team off the loss needing a win bucks just kind of i mean they they obviously are still going to have incentive to win every game but they're sitting pretty right they're they're winning the division did they clinch did they clinch the division already if they beat the bills they probably don lose again all year i mean they have carolina they have the jets like this is a pretty doable schedule for the puck yeah so they kind of like fat and happy and kind of relaxed here And this is an out game against the Bills I don't think they really show everything. I think the Bills come out with their hair on fire, with a great game plan, well-prepared. Can Brady lead them back at the end and Bucs win by a field goal? And then the loss of Trey White hurts? Sure. But I think the Bills are going to win this game. I still trust them. but I do need the hook you can get a plus three and a half out there for minus 115 which is fine so give me the bills let's circle the wagons yeah I have it at three so I can't fault you for taking it with the hook the one thing that worries me I do think you know Tampa Bay's run defense doesn't matter as much against the Bills at least it shouldn't because the Bills shouldn't want to run here I think both offenses will have success my worry is Tampa Bay at home has been even better”
TB 33, BUF 27 — Buffalo Bills margin -6 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I'm going with the Carolina Panthers minus two and a half at BetMGM at home against”
CAR 21, ATL 29 — Carolina Panthers margin -8 vs line -2.5; busts.
“All right, for my favorite total of the week, I'm going Panthers, Falcons, under 42 and a half. I don't even have to say much because you kind of weighed out already”
CAR 21, ATL 29 — Combined 50; under 42.5 busts.
- Broncos -1.5 (teased from -7.5) won
- Seahawks -1.5 (teased from -7.5) won
“Yeah, I'm teasing Denver as well. Seven and a half down to one and a half essentially means you just have to win the game by a field goal. You could even miss an extra point somewhere in there. but you look at Denver, they're 17th in weighted DVOA overall, Detroit's 30th. So they're not in the cellar, but they're still one of the three worst teams in the league. And now you're just betting on Denver to win a game after Detroit, you know, obvious letdown spot going two mile high after they, you know, beat a divisional opponent indoors. Now they have to go two mile high, you know, still riding high off that victory. I mean, just a really bad letdown spot here for Detroit, you know, getting a monkey off their back, whereas Denver is going to be hungry. I mean, they, they got to feel like they let one get away. I mean, they, they held the chiefs to essentially 16 points of offense. And then, you know, they get the unlucky interception that Sorenson takes Sorenson of all people takes back for a touchdown. So yeah, I think you're going to get Denver's best effort Detroit. They're going to compete. They do every week, but that's why I like teasing them down here. You never want to take that hook seven and a half slow dicey in this kind of spot and then for my second leg I will go with Seattle tease them down from seven and a half to one and a half as well this line is is moving so if you want to tail the teaser probably want to get to Seattle sooner than than later but looking at Houston as you kind of mentioned I just don't know how they're going to stop Seattle from getting to 28 31 points we've only seen Davis Mills eclipse that like 13 point mark I think it was one in one or two games so I think Seattle teasing them down is going to be safe. Usually, you know, Seattle does play a lot of close games. Maybe they don't against Houston, but I think it's a very kind of pretty safe play teasing, getting both two of the worst teams in the NFL to have a combined three wins. And we're in week 14 and you're getting their opponents at one and a half, minus one and a half each. So I love this Seattle Denver teaser. I already put it in the app. That's what I'm going with this week. All right.”
Parlay cashes: Broncos -1.5 (teased from -7.5) — won; Seahawks -1.5 (teased from -7.5) — won.
“I am going with the New York football jets gangrene plus one 90 at home. against the New Orleans Saints. Guess which team has more wins over the last six weeks? The Jets or the Saints? It's the Jets. They have two. Saints have one. Guess which team has more wins in the last five games? Jets or the Saints? It's the Jets. They have one. The Saints have none. The Saints team is, it looks, they're just dead in the water. Like, I wouldn't be surprised if this game gives them a lot more trouble than we think. you got Taysom Hill dealing with an injury but yet he's gonna get the start uh he's able to turn the ball over as we saw with the four picks Deontay Harris who has been the Saints best receiver and I'm not joking when I say that you look at yards per route run versus man versus zone uh he only plays about 50 percent of the snaps but he's been their best receiver uh on a yards per route basis he's suspended uh Ramchick's still not practicing Armstead did have a limited practice but Zach Wilson's looking a little better as of late. Elijah Moore is really coming into his own. That should be a fun matchup between him and Lattimore. But this Saints team, they just can't buy a win right now. Like, you know, their defense is solid. I don't think their run defense will matter. You know, their excellent run defense will matter a lot against this Jets team. It's not like the Jets are going to run the ball on you with a high level of success. So I just think it comes down to weird fluky things and the saints you know a team that usually plays indoors but yet has lost three of its last five at home including a loss to the falcons at home if you can lose to the falcons at home you can lose to the jets on the road uh but the saints have lost three of the road. They have not won a game since beating the Seahawks with Geno Smith. And they did that by a slim margin of 13 to 10. So I just think this is going to be a struggle for the Saints. You know, maybe they get a player or two back that's been injured, but I don't think this is going to be an easy game late in the year for a Jets team that their season's already been over. So they're just kind of playing, you know, nice and loose, getting some good special teams plays here. I just think this could be one of them. You look up on red zone and it's like, oh, we're in the fourth quarter and the Jets are winning 13 to seven. And you're like, what? So give me the Jets plus one 90 hosting the Saints here. Yep. I don't hate it. Elijah Moore dealing with a quad. So hopefully he does play, but yeah, I,”
NYJ 9, NO 30 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“and the second overall pick of the week 13 Sunday six pack. I'm going with the G men plus four at the Miami Dolphins. And this line strain neck or the neck. Listen, that's what I want to get to. I mean, first of all, this line has actually ballooned to five at some spots. Now it's kind of sitting at four as we record this because Jones is practicing with the strain neck. He hasn't been ruled out. I kind of hope he is ruled out so we get a better number because like going from Daniel Jones to Mike Glennon is like so.”
MIA 20, NYG 9 — New York Giants margin -11 vs line +4; busts.
“For my second pick and the fourth overall pick of the week 13 Sunday six pack, I'm going with the Los Angeles Chargers plus three at the Cincinnati Bengals.”
CIN 22, LAC 41 — Los Angeles Chargers margin +19 vs line +3; covers.
“For my third pick and the sixth pick of the Sunday six-pack, let's get ugly again. Let's do it with the Seattle Seahawks, plus three and a half at home against San Francisco. No, Seattle has not been playing well, but should they be three and a half, more than a field goal at home here against the 49ers? I just can't break myself to see that line, you know, justify that line. you look at the Niners and you know as is usual with them which seems to happen every year they're dealing with some key injuries now they've been playing really well but Devo Samuel who's been”
SEA 30, SF 23 — Seattle Seahawks margin +7 vs line +3.5; covers.
“minnesota detroit uh the number is 46 i going under at bet mgm”
DET 29, MIN 27 — Combined 56; under 46 busts.
“[58:40] So I think that there's some good value taking the chargers in Cincinnati [58:45] here, plus 135 currently at MGM here. [58:50] Yeah, and I'll go with the classic spot again. [58:54] I think no one's going to want to do this. [58:56] My Twitter mentions seem to tell me that no one who follows me [59:01] is ever letting me talk them out of the Bengals again. [59:05] So there's that, which also probably means they're never letting me [59:09] talk them into betting the Steelers again. [59:10] But I'm going with the Steelers. [59:12] It's a money line dog. [59:13] You mentioned it. [59:13] Ravens are 6-0 in one-score games. [59:15] They can't keep doing this. [59:17] They're not playing great football. [59:18] So the Steelers aren't playing great football. The Ravens aren't playing great football. [59:22] Mike Tomlin, Moneyline dog from October on. [59:27] He has a winning record, 28 and 22, 56 percent. [59:33] Straight up as an underdog from October on. [59:37] I don't want to hear about the labor pains, man. Deliver the damn baby. [59:40] And then off the loss, he's 50 and 29 straight up. [59:43] So, you know, this is a spot here for Pittsburgh at home to surprise some people against the Ravens team that, like you said, would you would you say they were kind of like fat off with that first place? [59:54] Just kind of sitting pretty here. They can it sounds, you know, in this crazy NFL, you can't really ever. [1:00:00] But if anyone could afford to like drop this game, it's the Ravens. [1:00:03] And I think you get a better effort from the Steelers. [1:00:05] And that's all you can kind of hope for at home against a division rival that's also struggling. [1:00:11] So give me the Steelers at plus 155 here.”
PIT 20, BAL 19 — Pittsburgh Steelers won; moneyline covers.
“My kids want to have a good Christmas. That's taxes in the Tomlin spot. So don't hate that at all. For my first pick of the Week 12 Sunday six-pack and the second overall, I'm going with the Los Angeles Rams plus one at BetMGM against the Green Bay Packers. it's funny now Packers fans all think I hate them um because I've been against them the past couple weeks and two years ago on this podcast at the end of every episode I said go pack go uh with my Packers future it's a week to week league stuck it's a week to week league I love Packers fans some of the most passionate in all of sports I hope to get up to Lambeau and I've had some beer with uh some of you one day so I buckled this I've actually never ever been but look the Packers are a really good team they have Aaron Rodgers you're gonna have a chance to win when you're fully healthy and then look I said this going into the Minnesota game the defense was playing”
GB 36, LAR 28 — Los Angeles Rams margin -8 vs line +1; busts.
“I'm going with the Carolina Panthers minus one and a half at bed MGM at the Miami Dolphins.”
MIA 33, CAR 10 — Carolina Panthers margin -23 vs line -1.5; busts.
“So it could get ugly. Yeah. And they're graded out top three in the league against tight ends for the Gesicki matchup. So, yeah, give me the Panthers here. All right. For my third pick and the fifth overall in the Sunday six-pack, I'm going with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, minus three at Indianapolis. And, listen, Indianapolis is playing some great football. You know, they really are. They're a couple of overtime games away from being on a pretty huge winning streak right now. They're kind of back to that level that we saw them last year when they were a little bit healthier. They had Rivers, that quarterback. but I don't think this is a good matchup for Indianapolis at all for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, Tom Brady, everyone says looking at, you know, the Bucs this year, what's the narrative? They can't play on the road. That might be true. I mean, played poorly on the road. Their point differential is what? Like plus it's like 28 points better”
IND 31, TB 38 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +7 vs line -3; covers.
“Titans just generating yardage on a play-to-play and week-to-week basis going forward so yeah I don't disagree I may join you here for my total I was thinking about Denver and Chargers but I I think I'm actually going to go with Carolina Miami under 42 at bed MGM. And you kind of hit on a lot of the key points, Miami offense going to struggle to get going because they can't run the ball. And on the other side, Carolina is not going to really have much interest in throwing it. So, I think you're just going to see a kind of low scoring game with a lot of defensive plays. Carolina's 29th in offensive DVOA. Miami's 28th. Now, like you said, probably not Carolina up a couple of ticks there because they have been playing with you know, not the, not a full deck or as full as it is now for much of the year, but still Miami's defense playing really well. Like you mentioned, Miami has given up nine, 10 and 17 points over the last three games yeah one of them was against the texans one of them's against the jets but they also have the ravens to 10 points uh this defense is really coming on strong and uh you know we saw miami make a run last year brian flores is a guy that i think defensively knows a little bit so i i just don't see this game you know getting to where both of these teams are in the 20s you know and uh that's pretty much what it comes down to so give me the panthers and the dolphins under 42. This is more like a 40, 39-40 type of total for me. And we could have a lot of humidity, I think. We are in Miami. The humidity is high. That usually helps the unders as well. Alright. So to recap, Stucky going, Patriots,”
MIA 33, CAR 10 — Combined 43; under 42 busts.
- Rams +7 lost
- Broncos +8.5 closed +3 · CLV +5.5 won
“is able to attack this staley defense through the run through some short passes with bridgewater Bridgewater underdog goat by the way um so I think the Broncos can keep this close in a division game so I think those are the two most logical sides to tease this weekend yeah I'm going with the Broncos uh as well and I'm gonna go with the Rams here uh just because you get them to plus one up to plus seven I just I think they're gonna win this game but I don't see them losing by more than a touchdown either way like I think they're gonna hang right in it maybe you get unlucky with like an overtime and Packers win on like a long Valdez Scantling bomb or something like that hope not uh because I bet the Rams but I'll go Rams plus one plus seven and the Broncos for the same reason you said I think it's Chargers team you know I love I like Staley I think he's a good coach but he still seems a little bit overrated I mean every week they're playing close games they're surviving on this third down luck Herbert looks amazing one moment in the next moment just making like a head-scratching play uh so yeah eight special teams still stink yeah in mile high waiting the season Broncos coming off a bye I mean if this gets to three it's a good argument to just play the Broncos here uh but uh it's two and a half so we will tease it up uh so yeah that's what we're doing yeah and by the way this it's a good it's a well-timed bye week for Denver as well it's a team that hey take a look at what they had their defense their projected starting defense coming into the year and then take a look at the defense now especially at linebacker um you know some guys in the secondary also probably chuck could be back this week but having fangio take those two weeks and figure some things out work out some kinks with a lot of the new pieces I think you see a sharper defense out of the buy here Yeah And so I thought about the total in this game you know he did good things. What he did last weekend. If you look at that defense, how great it out last year, like, and it was a shell unit of all, all those injuries. So I, yeah, I don't mind the underlook either. Yeah. I may end up playing that one as well. You know, it's just the Fangio and Staley. You got the two, you know, deep safety gods fair enough against each other. So this could be like a 2017, another 2017 type game, even though the offenses have been better than the defenses for both, for both teams this year. All right. That's going to do it for our favorite teaser. Stucky is going with Minnesota plus three up to plus nine and Denver plus two and a half up to plus eight and a half. And I'm going with the Rams plus one to plus seven and the Broncos plus two and a half to plus eight and a half. Now it's time for our Moneyline Underdog Parlay. turning good weekends into great weekends. It's time for the Moneyline Parlay. All right.”
Parlay busts: Rams +7 +7 — lost; Broncos +8.5 +8.5 — won.
“and I think that he can make enough plays here and I don know I think that they have a shot to win this game and I think they should be a small favorite so we can we can roll with Urban Yeah I actually don hate it I you know if the Falcons I mean Jesus if Cordell doesn play then it it a it a smash spot I mean, they almost have no chance. It's like, they just can't generate offense. The defense isn't really doing much of anything. I mean, what, it was 43 to three and then 25 to nothing. Was that the last two scores that they lost by? 68 to three over the last two weeks. That's, they might be the worst team in the week. I mean, forget the Jets, forget the Jags, forget the Texans. Falcons have a good case for it. For my money line dog, you know where I'm going with this. Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh, plus 160 at BetMGM. Tomlin on the money line from October on as an underdog, 28 and 21, 57%. As a dog off a loss, 12 and 8, straight up 60%. 50%. He's winning, you know, more than half of these games as a money line dog straight up. So, you know, divisional game, like you mentioned, Big Ben tends to own these divisional opponents in Ohio. Revenge game for the Steelers. Rah-rah, Tomlin spot. You ain't new to this no more now. You know what I mean? Steelers, you know, first time they lost in like over a month last week. They're going to be focused. Bengals, a little bit of a letdown spot coming off a blowout win of the Raiders. So give me Pittsburgh plus 160. And if you parlay those together, it's just a little over a 4x payout. So if you put in 100 hours, you get back 507.62 for a profit of 407.62.”
CIN 41, PIT 10 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
“for my first pick and the second overall of the Week 11 Sunday six-pack, I am going with the Seattle Seahawks plus two-and-a-half home dog against the Arizona Cardinals.”
SEA 13, ARI 23 — Seattle Seahawks margin -10 vs line +2.5; busts.
“For my second pick and the fourth overall of the Week 11 Sunday six-pack, I am going with the Las Vegas Raiders. plus one at MGM at home against the Cincinnati Bengals.”
LV 13, CIN 32 — Las Vegas Raiders margin -19 vs line +1; busts.
“my third pick in the sixth overall pick of the week 11 sunday six pack didn't want to have to do it again i feel like i do this every week on this podcast it's worked out lately but hold your nose take the pittsburgh steers plus five and a half at bet mgm chargers rah rah it's a rah rah spot for mike tomlin”
LAC 41, PIT 37 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -4 vs line +5.5; covers.
“for this show, I'm going with my other favorite total of the week, and that is Washington, Carolina, under 43 and a half.”
CAR 21, WSH 27 — Combined 48; under 43.5 busts.
“Sean Payton and the Saints plus 105 in Philly are going to be my money line dog.”
PHI 40, NO 29 — New Orleans Saints lost; moneyline busts.
“I'll start it off with the first pick in the week 10 Sunday six-pack by going with the Seattle Seahawks plus three and a half at the Green Bay Packers.”
GB 17, SEA 0 — Seattle Seahawks margin -17 vs line +3.5; busts.
“I am going with the Cleveland Browns plus one and a half at BetMGM”
NE 45, CLE 7 — Cleveland Browns margin -38 vs line +1.5; busts.
“for my third pick and the fifth overall pick of the Sunday six-pack for week 10 I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings plus three at the Los Angeles Chargers playing the spot here”
LAC 20, MIN 27 — Minnesota Vikings margin +7 vs line +3; covers.
“my total for week 10 i am going with the eagles broncos under 45”
DEN 13, PHI 30 — Combined 43; under 45 covers.
- Seahawks +9.5 closed +3 · CLV +6.5 lost
- Vikings +9 closed +3.5 · CLV +5.5 won
“for my teaser i'm going with seattle as well three and a half to nine and a half you already mentioned the stats on russell wilson uh there's a good chance seattle wins this game i mean you have all this uncertainty with rogers not going to practice um so get this number while you can any way shape or form and then for my other leg going with the minnesota vikings plus three to plus nine we seem to talk about this every week as well minnesota just loses gut-wrenching close”
Parlay busts: Seahawks +9.5 +9.5 — lost; Vikings +9 +9 — won.
“for my Moneyline underdog for week 10, I'm going with the Cleveland Browns plus 105 short dog.”
NE 45, CLE 7 — Cleveland Browns lost; moneyline busts.
“for my first pick in the week nine Sunday six pack and the second overall pick I am going with the Atlanta Falcons plus six at the New Orleans Saints it is time to get ugly we're going to start early with an ugly Falcons team that could not move the ball on the Panthers last week love this spot for the Falcons first of all we don't even know the Saints quarterback is going to be we're giving up six points at home uh second of all this is a major wet down spot for the Saints”
NO 25, ATL 27 — Atlanta Falcons margin +2 vs line +6; covers.
“the Jaguars so you know that's I guess to be expected at this point okay for my second pick in the fourth overall of the Sunday six-pack I'm going with the Los Angeles Chargers a minus one and a half at the Philadelphia Eagles this is a pretty public play so you know it's rare that I'm on the same side as a public more of a contrarian a better but I think you have to buy well on the chargers sell high on the eagles right here because remember last week i said it everyone's”
PHI 24, LAC 27 — Los Angeles Chargers margin +3 vs line -1.5; covers.
“for my third and final pick of the week number nine sunday six i am going with the denver broncos plus 10 at bed mgm at the dallas Cowboys And man I know this is the right play”
DAL 16, DEN 30 — Denver Broncos margin +14 vs line +10; covers.
“with my favorite total of the week. I am back after a hiatus that did not cash, going with a high under, high total under. I'm going back to the ugly unders. New England, Carolina, under 41 and a half. Don't have to spend too long here. I already mentioned it. We love Shaq Thompson being back. We love the Carolina secondary. We love the fact that they can marry a top five pressure rate with a bunch of top cornerbacks in terms of pro football focuses grades and just, you know, watching them play you can tell they're they're locking up um so this is the kind of matchup where i don't think the patriots are going to be able to put up many points and on the other side you still do have a belichick defense going against whether it is sam donald or pj walker uh you still don't expect the panthers to put up a ton on offense they could absolutely win this game but should be an ugly game last four games panthers averaging just 270 total yards per game just 148 passing yards per game. And on defense, Carolina's seconding yards per play at five yards even allowed per play. They're also second with 296 total yards per game allowed. And what are they doing now? And they've explicitly said this. They want to run the ball. Last week, 47 rush attempts for the Carolina Panthers, 25 passes, 47 rush attempts. And the Patriots, they're not going to come in and throw the ball around on the secondary bill belichick's smarter than that i expect the patriots also play somewhat of a run-heavy game plan you know you have damian harris you have stevenson golden playing well uh so everything points to an under here and you look at you know belichick going on a road he doesn't mess around uh the unders even with brady here for most of this time the unders 28 and 15 65 when new england goes on the road since the 2016 season so love under 41 and a half especially you know 41 is a key number so uh love getting that half point here at bed mgm”
CAR 6, NE 24 — Combined 30; under 41.5 covers.
- Chiefs -1.5 closed -7 · CLV +5.5 won
- Rams -1.5 closed -7.5 · CLV +6 lost
“Now they just got to get the homes The thing is the guy who really has to get better is my homes And that perfectly doable right Like you know like this is not a guy you worry about long term about correcting his issues So I like the Chiefs I going with them as well for my teaser seven and a half down to one and a half and I go with the Rams is my other one seven and a half to one and a half another team that just facing a team that's in a little bit of a tough spot you know without their most important player in a way I know Tannehill probably would be worth more to the spread given you know Logan Woodside is the backup but I mean without Derek Henry, this is not going to look good. The Rams are like, they invite you to run. Now they can probably switch up their home game plan, you know, and play it a little differently because they probably weren't going to invite Derek Henry to run. Like, I doubt that was going to be the game plan. So now the Rams can play a little more true to themselves. I think they can win by at least the field goal. I think the Titans, you know, the Titans are always pesky, but I like the Rams in this, but I think they're playing really well. I think they match up well with the Titans. They got, you know, they got these three receivers in the past game playing well against that Titans. secondary so now you have no Henry the play action game for Tennessee is not going to be as deadly I think the Rams have enough to kind of you know limit the damage for the Titans offense obviously AJ Brown should get should get his we'll see what they do with Ramsey if they want to maybe you know switch it up they haven't really been using him in shadow coverage or anything like that but I like the Rams to handle business just not not not confident in betting them anywhere close to a touchdown but to win the game essentially one and a half points essentially betting them to win the game uh i feel good about them the titans when their defense”
Parlay busts: Chiefs -1.5 -1.5 — won; Rams -1.5 -1.5 — lost.
“I was going to go with the Houston Texans, but I actually think, you know, you kind of talked me into the Cleveland Browns here because you made a really good point about the fact there's no real home field for the Bengals. And I do have these teams rated pretty evenly with the Browns a little bit better as well. So let's go Cleveland at plus 125 at bed MGM, the official odds provider of the action network podcast.”
CIN 16, CLE 41 — Cleveland Browns won; moneyline covers.
“I jumped on the Broncos at a juiced up three and a half. When I figured, you know, once Chubb was ruled out, I figured Mayfield wasn't looking good either.”
CLE 17, DEN 14 — Denver Broncos margin -3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I am going with the Carolina Panthers minus three on the road against the New York Giants”
NYG 25, CAR 3 — Carolina Panthers margin -22 vs line -3; busts.
“I'm going with the San Francisco 49ers, a minus four. at BetMGM hosting the Indianapolis Colts.”
SF 18, IND 30 — San Francisco 49ers margin -12 vs line -4; busts.
“I am going with the Atlanta Falcons minus two and a half at the Miami Dolphins.”
MIA 28, ATL 30 — Atlanta Falcons margin +2 vs line -2.5; busts.
“I'm going with the New York Jets at the New England Patriots under 42 and a half.”
NE 54, NYJ 13 — Combined 67; under 42.5 busts.
- Patriots -1 (teased from -7) won
- Ravens -0.5 (teased from -6.5) lost
“For mine, I'm going with New England, as you are, seven to one in this spot. Again, this Jets team, I think they'll be a little more frisky coming off the bye, but still a team that I think Belichick can outcoach with a rookie quarterback coming into Foxborough. Really as simple as that. Don't love the seven, but love it at one. And then I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this, but I'm going to go ahead and go Baltimore. six and a half to a half a point. I just think they're playing really well. Their defense is getting better. You know, they have multiple ways to beat you now with, they got their rookie receiver Bateman back. Cincinnati has been better than expected this year too, but I just think Baltimore at home, what is it? The third straight home game now, third straight home game for Baltimore. I just think they're going to be ready to go in this one. I think they got some much needed confidence, you know, in that Chargers win after every game is just like a nail biter for Baltimore. They didn't really have any of those like signature, just blow a quality team out. You know, they let the Raiders come back on them. They do beat the Chiefs, but that could have gone either way. They barely beat the Lions. You know, they barely beat the Colts. They have to kind of come back from way down. So I just like the spot for the Ravens here. I think Cincinnati might be flying a little too high after the good start. I think they get humbled here with Baltimore. So teasing them down from six and a half to a half point.”
Parlay busts: Patriots -1 (teased from -7) -1 — won; Ravens -0.5 (teased from -6.5) -0.5 — lost.
“For my first pick and the second overall pick of the Sunday six pack, I'm going with the Cleveland Browns minus three at home against the Arizona Cardinals.”
CLE 14, ARI 37 — Cleveland Browns margin -23 vs line -3; busts.
“for my second pick and the third overall pick of the week six Sunday six pack we're gonna get ugly we're gonna get ugly and go with the Chicago Bears plus four and a half home dog to the mighty Green Bay Packers”
CHI 14, GB 24 — Chicago Bears margin -10 vs line +4.5; busts.
“for my third pick and the fifth overall pick of the week six Sunday six pack I am going with the Minnesota Vikings minus one in Carolina”
CAR 28, MIN 34 — Minnesota Vikings margin +6 vs line -1; covers.
“I'm going with the Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers under 46 at BetMGM.”
CAR 28, MIN 34 — Combined 62; under 46 busts.
“Yeah, I grabbed the Rams at plus one.”
SEA 17, LAR 26 — Los Angeles Rams margin +9 vs line +1; covers.
“I am going with the Minnesota Vikings minus nine at bed MGM against the Detroit Lions and this is just a smash spot for Minnesota”
MIN 19, DET 17 — Minnesota Vikings margin +2 vs line -9; busts.
“For my second pick and the fourth overall pick of the week five Sunday six pack, I am going with the New York Giants plus seven at the Dallas Cowboys at BetMGM.”
DAL 44, NYG 20 — New York Giants margin -24 vs line +7; busts.
“overall pick of the Sunday six pack we're getting ugly here Pittsburgh Steelers welcome to my world Pittsburgh Steelers minus one against the Denver Broncos.”
PIT 27, DEN 19 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +8 vs line -1; covers.
“20 I would play it down to 19 18 is not really a key number but you know I know maybe you get like a 10-9 score or something so I would still kind of go no lower than 19 but uh love the first half under 20 at bet MGM for Denver Pittsburgh.”
PIT 27, DEN 19 — First half: PIT 17, DEN 6 (halftime); combined 23, over 20 — under busts.
- Eagles +9.5 (teased from +3.5) won
- Vikings -2.5 (teased from -8.5) lost
“I'm going with a similar one, Minnesota teasing them down. Hopefully you can get the 8.5 down to 2.5. If not, get it to 3. but Minnesota and then Philadelphia up from three and a half to nine and a half Minnesota for the same reasons I mentioned earlier just think this is a get right spot for them So the tease here is just kind of almost like a little you know insurance policy on, you know, maybe there's a backdoor. Detroit did miss some spots in the red zone against Chicago last week that would have changed the outcome of that game. But I don't think it's likely, but you never know. And then Philadelphia, Philadelphia getting nine and a half in a game that I think they could easily win. Love the tease there. and then Minnesota in a smash spot, getting them down to two and a half, three in a game. I think they should blow out the Lions. Also love that. So Minnesota and Philly, my teaser for week five to recap, stuck going Cleveland, Minnesota. I'm going Philly,”
Parlay busts: Eagles +9.5 (teased from +3.5) +9.5 — won; Vikings -2.5 (teased from -9) -2.5 — lost.
“I am going with the Baltimore Ravens plus one at the Denver Broncos.”
DEN 7, BAL 23 — Baltimore Ravens margin +16 vs line +1; covers.
“I probably will end up going to under in this window and continuing to fade these rookie quarterbacks And so they show me something I don hate to pick at all All right For the third overall pick and my second pick of the week four Sunday six pack I'm going with the Seattle Seahawks plus three at the San Francisco 49ers.”
SF 21, SEA 28 — Seattle Seahawks margin +7 vs line +3; covers.
“for the fifth overall and my third pick of the week four Sunday six-pack, I am going with the Minnesota Vikings, plus one and a half at home against the Cleveland Browns.”
MIN 7, CLE 14 — Minnesota Vikings margin -7 vs line +1.5; busts.
“I'm going to actually switch. I was going to go Detroit Chicago under it in all you know in full disclosure 42 I like that down to 41 I think but i actually going to go with the jets titans under 44”
NYJ 27, TEN 24 (OT) — Combined 51; under 44 busts.
“i played this under at 45 i like it's 43 as well uh this screams under i mean first of all sometimes you just got to step back and say okay it's Sam Darna versus Davis Mills”
HOU 9, CAR 24 — Combined 33; under 45 covers.
“I am going with the Atlanta Falcons plus three at the New York Giants.”
NYG 14, ATL 17 — Atlanta Falcons margin +3 vs line +3; covers.
“I am going with the green bay pack plus three and a half at the san francisco 49ers”
SF 28, GB 30 — Green Bay Packers margin +2 vs line +3.5; covers.
“for my third and final pick of the week three Sunday six-pack, the sixth overall pick, I'm going with the Washington football team plus eight against the Buffalo Bills.”
BUF 43, WSH 21 — Washington margin -22 vs line +8; busts.
“check those lines early follow us I actually bet this under when it was 43 and a half even when”
WSH 30, NYG 29 — Combined 59; under 43.5 busts.
“And so I'm going to go with my first pick with Minnesota plus three and a half at Arizona for the first pick of the Sunday six pack in week two. And that's because number one, I think this is a week two overreaction. Now this line was four and a half. It's still three and a half. I like it, you know, down to here. I liked it a lot more at four and a half, obviously, but as long as it's above three, I think you're still getting some value here.”
ARI 34, MIN 33 — Minnesota Vikings margin -1 vs line +3.5; covers.
“Right off the bat. All right. For my second pick of the week to Sunday six pack and the third overall pick, I am going with the Tennessee Titans. Plus five and a half at the Seattle Seahawks. We both kind of already gotten into this. The Titans were not prepared in week one. They were not not enough practice time.”
SEA 30, TEN 33 — Tennessee Titans margin +3 vs line +5.5; covers.
“I'm taking the Eagles plus three and a half. Try to get that hook.”
PHI 11, SF 17 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -6 vs line +3.5; busts.
“actually talked about earlier with my total philly san francisco under 50 like 50 i did a double take”
PHI 11, SF 17 — Combined 28; under 50 covers.
“So, yeah, so I'm going with the Eagles plus 135.”
PHI 11, SF 17 — Philadelphia Eagles lost; moneyline busts.
“I am going with the Washington football team plus one at bed MGM, the official odds provider of the pod against the LA chargers at home.”
WSH 16, LAC 20 — Washington margin -4 vs line +1; busts.
“2021 week one Sunday six pack. I am going with the Philadelphia Eagles plus three and a half minus one 20 against the Atlanta Falcons. I was still better at three, but I actually got it at three and a half minus one 20. Philadelphia Eagles. I like Philadelphia outright in this game. I think that this is”
ATL 6, PHI 32 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +26 vs line +3.5; covers.
“For my third pick and the sixth overall pick of the Week 1 2021 Sunday six-pack, I'm going with the Seattle Seahawks, minus two and a half at Indianapolis.”
IND 16, SEA 28 — Seattle Seahawks margin +12 vs line -2.5; covers.
“I am going – and this is actually a tougher call than I thought. There are a few totals that I like this week, so be sure to check out ActionNetwork.com. I'll have something up on each game, but I'm going Denver at New York. Under 42 is the line at BetMGM”
DEN 27, NYG 13 — Combined 40 (Broncos 27, Giants 13); under 42 covers.
- Rams -1.5 (teased 6 from -7.5) won
- 49ers -1.5 (teased 6 from -7.5) won
“Yeah, I'm going Rams from 7.5 to 1.5. So I like the Rams as well. I mean, you kind of hit on all the key points. I'm also going with the Niners down from seven and a half to one and a half.”
The six-point teaser cashed: the Rams covered -1.5 in a 34-14 win over Chicago, and the 49ers covered -1.5 in a 41-33 win at Detroit. (LAR 34-14 CHI; SF 41-33 DET)
“Moneyline dog, Houston Texans week one plus 130 at BetMGM against the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
HOU 37, JAX 21 — Houston Texans won; moneyline covers.
“So I'd be very wary about the giants and I love their under seven and a half.”
New York Giants finished 4-13 in the 2021 regular season, well under the 7.5 win total. Source: https://champsorchumps.us/summary/nfl/2021 (4-13)
“I'm going Bucs to win the NFC at three to one.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers were eliminated by the Los Angeles Rams 30-27 in the Divisional Round on January 23, 2022. The Rams went on to win the NFC Championship and Super Bowl LVI. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_NFL_playoffs (Bucs lost Divisional Round 27-30 vs Rams)
“[1:10:11] And for my favorite under, it's got to be the Carolina Panthers. [1:10:15] Sam Darnold's won only half as many games as he's lost in his career. [1:10:20] He's 13 and 25 as a starter. [1:10:23] This team has a bottom three O-line ranked by PFF. [1:10:26] I think the Saints will still be competent enough to potentially sweep the Panthers. [1:10:31] And I think the Falcons, even though I'm low on them, I think the Falcons with Arthur Smith, with Matt Ryan, they have the advantage in two key spots, head coach and quarterback. [1:10:41] I think it's possible that the Falcons sweep them as well. [1:10:44] And obviously, then you're looking at the, you know, the Bucs and you're trying to pick up those wins against other people on a schedule. [1:10:52] I just don't see it happening for this Panthers team. [1:10:55] middling team at best but I think it's going to be a losing team as has Sam Darnold been in all [1:11:01] but one year of his career so Panthers under seven and a half Bucks three to one to win the NFC are my best bets and that is going to do it wait we got to say we got a lot of Darnold and Kingsbury slander in here We in mid form”
Carolina Panthers finished 5-12 in the 2021 regular season, under the 7.5 win total. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Carolina_Panthers_season (5-12)
“And my favorite under is the Cincinnati Bengals under six and a half.”
Cincinnati Bengals finished 2021 regular season 10-7, exceeding 6.5 wins, so the under did not hit. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Cincinnati_Bengals_season (10-7)
“I going to go over on the Kansas City Chiefs I think that still an automatic bet for me I do think the O line despite having some young guys will still be better than it was last season down the stretch Patrick Mahomes is 38 Andrew Reid's 8-0 toward the over with his Kansas City Chiefs. I think they keep the streak going. And then for the under, I'm going with the Raiders as well. I just question how well Derek Carr can continue to be outlyingly efficient compared to earlier in his career. Now that they switched up the offensive line and almost certainly downgraded it and just haven't seen enough out of that defense. They make changes all the time, but I don't really see enough to think they're not still going to be a below average to one of the league worst in that category. And then you're playing a division where not only do you have the chiefs, but the Broncos are better than you and the chargers are better than you. So Raiders under seven and a half for me, chief over 12 and a half.”
Kansas City Chiefs finished 2021 regular season 12-5, not exceeding the 12.5-win over line. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season (12-5)
“And then for the under, I'm going with the Raiders as well. I just question how well Derek Carr can continue to be outlyingly efficient compared to earlier in his career. Now that they switched up the offensive line and almost certainly downgraded it and just haven't seen enough out of that defense. They make changes all the time, but I don't really see enough to think they're not still going to be a below average to one of the league worst in that category. And then you're playing a division where not only do you have the chiefs, but the Broncos are better than you and the chargers are better than you. So Raiders under seven and a half for me, chief over 12 and a half.”
Las Vegas Raiders finished 2021 regular season 10-7 and made the playoffs, far exceeding the 7.5-win under line. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Las_Vegas_Raiders_season (10-7)
“half. Giants at seven or under seven. Definitely like Washington football team over eight. Simon loves the Dallas Cowboys under nine. Raybon likes the Dallas Cowboys over nine wins. Both of you and me like the value on the Washington football team to win the division at plus 230. Simon liked the number better, so he doesn't recommend betting it now. Raybon still likes it. Either way, if you think the Washington football team will lose to the Chargers in week one, that might be a better”
Dallas Cowboys won the 2021 NFC East; Washington finished 7-10.
“Raybon Cowboys nine wins. I'm going to actually go over because I think I could still get the push at nine. And I like the fact that they had a bad year last year that brought the number down. I actually think this is a fair number And I feel decently about them going over because of the nine I can still get the push So give me the over But what about this team makes you feel good about them actually getting 10 wins this year Even within the game.”
The Cowboys finished the 2021 NFL season 12-5, clearing the over 9-win total. (Dallas Cowboys 2021: 12-5)
“Let's get back to the show. Raybon, Washington football team. Over. The defense is too good. Might not be a Super Bowl team, but definitely a team that can win more games than it loses. I love this team. I love everything about this team. I love Ron Rivera. I love his attitude last year when he decided that Dwayne Haskins wasn't going to be the quarterback for that team. And he sort of said, I owe it to the team to do everything we can to win football games in a division that I think we have a chance to win. And that's exactly what he did. And so, you know, they're going to be competitive. The flip side of that is, if you know you're going to be competitive, you know, you have an amazing defense. Why did you go to sign Ryan Fitzpatrick instead of getting a guy, you know, you can, that can potentially take you to the next level It help you grow even faster I think they going to win over eight games I like them to win division It just kind of a bummer Giants they are at seven wins”
Washington Football Team finished the 2021 season 7-10, under the 8-win total. (WFT 2021: 7-10)
“unless you're a fan of the Giants uh I would not be betting this over Raybon I'm going under on the Giants. This is a team with a shaky O-line and a below average quarterback. They are well coached. They do have some talent at the skill positions, but this seems to me like a team that is going to blow a lot of leads, maybe lose a lot of close games, but I am not expecting them to get over seven wins. All right. Last one. Philadelphia Eagles, six and a half over under. I bet this”
New York Giants finished the 2021 season 4-13, well under the 7-win total. (NYG 2021: 4-13)
“Raybon, Eagles six and a half over under. We're going under six and a half for the Eagles. Jalen Hurts 52% completion rate last year. I think the upside is high but win totals are a bet based on a median projection And I think the Eagles median projection is under six and a half wins I worried about the skill positions Devontae Smith has missed some time Ertz may be traded And I think the O-line will be decent. I think the defense has some question marks as well. And let's not forget, it's a new coaching staff. So I think there's going to be some growing pains in year one for Philadelphia. All right. Let me summarize for everybody. Eagles under six and a”
Philadelphia Eagles finished the 2021 season 9-8, over the 6.5-win under (duplicate pick of the same under bet). (PHI 2021: 9-8)
“I'm going under one and a half tight ends in the first round. Kyle Pitts obviously will go top 10, probably top five, but I don't really see another tight end going to the mid-second round at the earliest. So minus 550, I think those odds are, you know, even though they're juiced up, I think they're way too low.”
Only Kyle Pitts (pick 4, Atlanta Falcons) was drafted as a TE in Round 1 of the 2021 NFL Draft — 1 total, well under the 1.5 line. Source: https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/falcons-draft-tight-end-kyle-pitts-with-no-4-overall-pick (1 TE drafted in Round 1 (Kyle Pitts, pick 4))
“but i'm going for mine with another wide receiver a little further down the board uh rashad Bateman under 26 and a half draft spot. So that means getting taken higher at plus 110. So it's better than plus money. I think it I think this is this prop is relatively on point but I like the plus money for him to go under I think you see a bunch of teams in the 20s that could take a wide receiver And I think he'll be the fourth guy. So on the coast, the Titans, I think could take a wide receiver. I think the Browns at 26 are a team to watch as well. And so and I also think somebody could trade up, even if it's like a spot or two at that spot in the draft. I mean, you have the Packers, you have the Ravens, teams like that. So he's been kind of floating around that spot for me, but I like the plus money on Bateman to go 26th or higher.”
Rashod Bateman was drafted 27th overall by the Baltimore Ravens — OVER 26.5, not under. Bet was on UNDER 26.5. (Wikipedia, 2021 NFL Draft) (Pick 27 (over 26.5))
“I going Dallas Cowboys to take an offensive player with their first pick at plus 375”
The Dallas Cowboys' first pick in 2021 was Micah Parsons (linebacker, Penn State) at pick 12 — a defensive player, not an offensive player. Bet was on Cowboys drafting an offensive player first. (Wikipedia, 2021 NFL Draft) (Cowboys pick 12: Micah Parsons, LB (defense))
“But I'm going Jamar Chase under five and a half at minus 120.”
Ja'Marr Chase was drafted 5th overall by the Bengals — UNDER 5.5. Bet was on UNDER 5.5 and cashes. (Wikipedia, 2021 NFL Draft) (Pick 5 (under 5.5))
“so this is one where i think it started out there was some uncertainty and then um it's kind of i think become more clear and i think the market is still because it's kind of a high profile pick um and it's one of the biggest stories of the draft um you know you're you're still getting good odds compared to what it should be um i think this should be closer to minus 300 but matt jones to the uh with the for the number three pick at minus 185 i think he's going with number three to the 49ers.”
The San Francisco 49ers used pick 3 on Trey Lance (QB, NDSU), not Mac Jones. Mac Jones was drafted 15th overall by the New England Patriots. (Wikipedia, 2021 NFL Draft) (49ers pick 3: Trey Lance; Mac Jones pick 15, Patriots)
“years. So there will be a few categories we're not going to get into because we like the favorite no underdog action and they're not major categories. So for best documentary short, we like Love Song for LaTosha at minus 305. For best animated short, we like If Anything Happens, I Love You at minus 335. For best documentary feature, we like My Octopus Teacher at minus 500. For best international feature, Another Round at minus 1250. And best animated feature, Soul at minus 5,000. No real value there. We're not going to waste time talking about it.”
Best Documentary Short at the 93rd Academy Awards (April 25, 2021) was won by 'Colette,' not 'Love Song for Latasha.' (93rd Academy Awards Wikipedia; ABC News complete winners list)
“years. So there will be a few categories we're not going to get into because we like the favorite no underdog action and they're not major categories. So for best documentary short, we like Love Song for LaTosha at minus 305. For best animated short, we like If Anything Happens, I Love You at minus 335. For best documentary feature, we like My Octopus Teacher at minus 500. For best international feature, Another Round at minus 1250. And best animated feature, Soul at minus 5,000. No real value there. We're not going to waste time talking about it.”
Best Animated Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards (April 25, 2021) was won by 'If Anything Happens I Love You.' (93rd Academy Awards Wikipedia; oscars.org)
“It that time of year again Oscar season Welcome to the Action Network Podcast Academy Awards Gambling Spectacular I am your host Chris Rabon and I joined today by Colin Wilson and Katie Rich Creek of the Action Network, and we are going to be breaking down everything that you need to know to bet the 2021 Academy Awards. We're going to go through all of the categories. I'll give you guys a little roadmap right now. We'll start out with the actor categories. Then we will get into some of the song and the best original score. We'll go through the craft categories and then we'll round it out with supporting actors, the screenplay awards, which are always great. And then we'll talk about best picture, which has been a very profitable category to bet these last few years. So there will be a few categories we're not going to get into because we like the favorite no underdog action and they're not major categories. So for best documentary short, we like Love Song for LaTosha at minus 305. For best animated short, we like If Anything Happens, I Love You at minus 335. For best documentary feature, we like My Octopus Teacher at minus 500. For best international feature, Another Round at minus 1250. And best animated feature, Soul at minus 5,000. No real value there. We're not going to waste time talking about it. What we are going to do is we're going to get right into Best Supporting Actor and the nominees”
Best Documentary Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards (April 25, 2021) was won by 'My Octopus Teacher' (Netflix). (93rd Academy Awards Wikipedia; oscars.org)
“Yeah, and I can't go against the chalk here with Tenet either. You know, it is I think it's nominated only twice, but I do think it takes home this category. The Gold Derby editors agree unanimously, 100 percent are backing Tenet. And we've only had one time. So it's it's been there is about 11 percent chance based on the past data that they are wrong in this case. but that gives you about 89% implied odds for tenant and minus five 60 is about 85%. So, but you still have about 5% of value there on tenant based on the implied odds, even if you're kind of factoring in that error rate. Like if there is something unexpected, it would be midnight sky. That's the consensus number two, but I don't see enough value on midnight sky at plus 275. I would bet Tenet up to about minus 700, which is about 87.5% implied odds. So I'm with you, Colin. I think Tenet's going to take it home. All right, let's get into a good one. Best”
Tenet won Best Visual Effects at the 93rd Academy Awards (April 25, 2021). Source: https://www.artofvfx.com/93rd-oscars-the-vfx-winner/ (Tenet def. Love and Monsters, The Midnight Sky, Mulan, The One and Only Ivan)
“Yeah, this is a tough one for me. Initially, I was looking at, you know, just like I was kind of stuck between trial and sound of metal and making the case for each one. but I think I'm actually going to go with the long shot in Nomadland here at plus 650. And that's because, so for one, we've seen the American Cinema Editors Guild Award and the BAFTA, which are two precursors, they diverged in this case. So you had Trial of the Chicago 7 win the American Cinema. You had Sound of Metal win the BAFTA. But a few times, you know, we've seen about 14, 15% of the time over these past couple of decades, when it diverges, neither ends up winning. And this has also been a pretty unpredictable category, even for the experts. About 44% of the time, you've seen a film that's not considered the front runner by the experts win, including films that got 0%, 3%, 14%, and 14% of the experts vote. So we've seen films that aren't really that heralded by experts win in this category quite a few times. And it kind of goes back to what you were saying about Nomadland earlier, Katie, where this is the front runner for Beth Pitcher. And so we know it's well-liked and we know it's very appreciated and maybe even a little underappreciated in a technical category like this. It is getting about 11% of the expert votes. And again, we've seen wins from films with 0%, 3%. 14%, barely half of the number ones for the experts have actually won since they started tracking. So, you know, it's, it's pretty split between Sound of Metal and Trial of the Chicago 7, but we do see 11% of the experts with, with Nomadland and there's some other precursors that I like as well going with that. So I'm going to go Nomadland at plus 650. I actually agree with”
Sound of Metal (Mikkel E. G. Nielsen) won Best Film Editing at the 93rd Academy Awards; Nomadland did not win. Source: https://deadline.com/2021/04/mikkel-e-g-nielsen-wins-2021-oscars-best-film-editing-1234743086/
“So I'm going McDormand at 4-1 and Andre Day at 6-1.”
Frances McDormand won Best Actress at the 93rd Academy Awards; Andra Day did not win. McDormand won, so the Andra Day leg of this split lost. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2021-oscars-winners-list-4172536/
“So I'm going McDormand at 4-1 and Andre Day at 6-1.”
Frances McDormand won Best Actress at the 93rd Academy Awards (April 25, 2021) for Nomadland, her third Best Actress win. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2021-oscars-winners-list-4172536/
“seen two of the last eight so a quarter have not had a best director nomination what is this all favor trial of the chicago seven all of these data points favor trial of the chicago seven which is in perfect position if nomad land were to slip up probably chicago seven it's a film nobody really hates even if maybe it's not like it's not as it's not as polarizing as a nomad land which you know some people hey there was no real plot you know whatever there was there's it wasn't a lot to it for some people they didn't appreciate the technical aspects in the cinematography then you have promising young woman another film very polarizing so for me probably Chicago 7 is like that perfect film which it was actually favored for part of the season It lost that status But it that plus six hundred six to one That is absolutely nuts for a film that, first of all, again, these number two films, these numbers as ranked by the experts as the number two films in the betting market, whatever. These have been the winners. Chicago seven has an implied probability of 14 percent at six to one. I think that should be it should be at least double that, if not more. And the Oscar goes to I think trial of the Chicago seven is the number one bet here.”
Nomadland won Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards; The Trial of the Chicago 7 did not win. Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-oscars-2021/2021/04/25/989635614/nomadland-brings-home-the-oscar-for-best-picture
“my favorite futures this year, and usually I'm so down on them because everybody loves them. And I'm always like, you know, they're going to disappoint. Now, no one's on them because there's a lot of uncertainty. That's exactly when you buy the New Orleans Saints. Who are they going to have a quarterback? There's three possibilities, maybe even more, maybe, maybe even four. Cause you factor in Russell Wilson, but regardless of who they have at quarterback, you can see Sean Payton making it work. I mean, Taysom Hill in his starts with one of the most efficient quarterbacks in the week, believe it or not. I mean, it was ridiculous just how Sean Payton can scheme this thing up. I think even if, you know, it ended up being Jameis, I think this team is dangerous but you look at the past you know 37 Super Bowls which is how long football outsiders started tracking DVOA And the team that finished number one in overall DVOA the year before the next year They get to the Super Bowl. So they win their conference a third of the time. They win the Super Bowl more than one in five times. 22 percent. right now New Orleans is nine to one at bed MGM to win the NFC and about you know plus about 18 to one to win the the Super Bowl I really like those I think this is a year where there's some value on”
The Rams won the 2021 NFC championship, not the Saints (who went 9-8 and missed the playoffs).
“the market is pretty much in line with what it should be I have it at two and a half you know the market usually um is going to have a tiny bit inflated to the favorite so they have it at three but I can't complain there. I take, I took the bucks at three and a half. Um, I don't really see much value at three here,”
TB 31, KC 9 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +22 vs line +3.5; covers.
“For my first pick and the second overall pick in the Super Bowl six-pack, I am going with under 45 and a half rushing and receiving yards total. And I like Williams unders for a couple of reasons. This is not the only one, but last week against the bills or two weeks, I should say against the Bills. We saw Williams kind of be the closer to close out the game. This week, I think in this kind of game, I just don't think the Chiefs are going to run the football, even if they are in a situation waiting the game where they're trying to close it out. I don't think that you're going to see a ton of a ton of action for these backs.”
Darrel Williams had 2 rushing attempts for 5 yards and 2 receptions for 10 yards in Super Bowl LV, totaling 15 scrimmage yards — well under the 45.5 line. Source: statmuse.com/nfl/ask/darrel-williams-career-stats-in-the-super-bowl (D.Williams 2 car/5 rush yds + 2 rec/10 rec yds = 15 total)
“I am going with Leonard Fournette over three and a half receptions.”
TB 31, KC 9 — Leonard Fournette: 4 receptions vs over 3.5; covers. (Leonard Fournette: 4 receptions)
“I'm going Darryl Williams under eight and a half carries as well.”
Darrel Williams had only 2 rush attempts in Super Bowl LV, well under the 8.5 line. Source: statmuse.com/nfl/ask/darrel-williams-career-stats-in-the-super-bowl (D.Williams 2 carries, 5 rushing yards)
“I'll go Chiefs over 22 and a half first downs.”
Kansas City Chiefs had 22 first downs in Super Bowl LV, falling short of the 22.5 over/under. Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com Super Bowl LV box score (202102070tam). (KC 22 first downs)
“there, Raybon, MVP, any thoughts that you have here? Tom Brady, plus 210. I love I love Brady here, because if you're, you know, I mean, you could kind of use these as a proxy to, you know, depending on which team you like, you know, the quarterback odds are, you know, better than you're going to get for the money lines on both sides. I think there's a high percentage chance kind of going along, along with what Sean said about, you know, this is a high total game. I think that really like defensive players are completely off limits for me.”
Tom Brady was named Super Bowl LV MVP after completing 21 of 29 passes for 201 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Buccaneers' 31-9 victory over the Chiefs. Source: buccaneers.com/news/tom-brady-named-super-bowl-lv-mvp-sblv-55-buccaneers (Brady 21/29, 201 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT)
“I'm going with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers plus three and a half at BetMGM, the official odds provider of the podcast.”
NO 20, TB 30 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +10 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Ravens-Bills under 49 and a half at BetMGM.”
BUF 17, BAL 3 — Combined 20; under 49.5 covers.
“I'm going with the Cleveland Browns, plus 10 at MGM against the Kansas City Chiefs”
KC 22, CLE 17 — Cleveland Browns margin -5 vs line +10; covers.
“give me Pittsburgh at minus six right now as we record at Ben MGM.”
PIT 37, CLE 48 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -11 vs line -6; busts.
“So give me under 47 and a half for Saints bears.”
NO 21, CHI 9 — Combined 30; under 47.5 covers.
“I like Buffalo. I'm really high on Buffalo in this spot. I think you're a little higher on Indianapolis, so I'm interested to hear your take on this. But I have Buffalo as a seven-point favorite in this game. And we should mention that there aren't a lot of major edges, I think, in terms of line value in the postseason, at least not as many as you usually get in the regular season. With a wider slate of games, I just think the market's a little more efficient. But I do have this at seven. So taking Buffalo here at six and a half.”
BUF 27, IND 24 — Buffalo Bills margin +3 vs line -6.5; busts.
“going with the Buffalo Bills, minus one and a half against the Miami Dolphins.”
BUF 56, MIA 26 — Buffalo Bills margin +30 vs line -1.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Pittsburgh Steelers plus 10 at Cleveland.”
CLE 24, PIT 22 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -2 vs line +10; covers.
“I'm going with your Baltimore Ravens, minus 12 and a half against the Cincinnati Bengals.”
CIN 3, BAL 38 — Baltimore Ravens margin +35 vs line -12.5; covers.
“Going with San Francisco, Seattle, under 46 and a half.”
SF 23, SEA 26 — Combined 49; under 46.5 busts.
- Broncos +8.5 (teased from +2.5) won
- Saints -1 (teased from -7) won
“closer to a pick them I think um so I like the tees with Denver up to eight and a half and then going with New Orleans minus one for my other leg I think New Orleans wins this game New Orleans is”
Parlay cashes: Broncos +8.5 (teased from +2.5) +8.5 — won; Saints -1 (teased from -7) -1 — won.
“I also, I'm going with the Steelers here. I was initially going to go with the Rams because they're catching three at home. Nobody believes in them. But I really love the Steelers here. Plus 375 to win this game against Cleveland.”
CLE 24, PIT 22 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
“I am going with the Los Angeles Rams plus one and a half at the Seattle Seahawks.”
SEA 20, LAR 9 — Los Angeles Rams margin -11 vs line +1.5; busts.
“Jacksonville Jaguars. Getting ugly here, plus seven and a half at home against the Chicago Bears.”
JAX 17, CHI 41 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -24 vs line +7.5; busts.
“All right, where you go next for the fifth pick of the week 16 Sunday, six pack and my third overall pick going with the Denver Broncos here. Plus three and a half at Anthony win over reliable.”
LAC 19, DEN 16 — Denver Broncos margin -3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“For my total I am going Ravens under 45”
BAL 27, NYG 13 — Combined 40; under 45 covers.
- Raiders +9 (teased from +3) won
- Panthers +8 (teased from +2) won
“I'm going with the Vegas Raiders up to plus nine and the Panthers up to plus eight and I'm going”
Parlay cashes: Raiders +9 (teased from +3) +9 — won; Panthers +8 (teased from +2) +8 — won.
“I go with the Tennessee Titans Titans plus 160 on the Moneyline at BetMGM.”
GB 40, TEN 14 — Tennessee Titans lost; moneyline busts.
“I am going with a team whose matchup I really love in San Francisco. Minus three against Dallas coming off a loss.”
DAL 41, SF 33 — San Francisco 49ers margin -8 vs line -3; busts.
“I am going with the Philadelphia Eagles plus six and a half at the Arizona Cardinals.”
ARI 33, PHI 26 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -7 vs line +6.5; busts.
“we are going, we're getting ugly here, or maybe, maybe it's not ugly, depending how you look at it, but did it last week, gonna do it again, and this is, I think, probably the highest line I've taken in the history of this podcast, but Rams minus 17 against the New York Jets.”
LAR 20, NYJ 23 — Los Angeles Rams margin -3 vs line -17; busts.
“I am going with the Patriots-Dolphins under 41.5 for many of the reasons you just mentioned with Belichick and a rookie quarterback.”
MIA 22, NE 12 — Combined 34; under 41.5 covers.
- Patriots +8.5 lost
- Colts -1.5 closed -7 · CLV +5.5 won
“the tees I chose I'll stick with it is uh Patriots plus eight and a half and Colts minus one and a half.”
Parlay busts: Patriots +8.5 +8.5 — lost; Colts -1.5 -1.5 — won.
“For my money line dog, I'm going to go with the Patriots. You know, I was thinking about the Bears here, but thinking more about it, the Patriots, I expect them to win this game. They're not a big dog, plus 120”
MIA 22, NE 12 — New England Patriots lost; moneyline busts.
“I am going with the Atlanta Falcons, minus two and a half at the L.A. Chargers.”
LAC 20, ATL 17 — Atlanta Falcons margin -3 vs line -2.5; busts.
“I am going with the biggest edge that I see at our pro models. And that's the Pittsburgh Steelers plus two and a half at the Buffalo Bills.”
BUF 26, PIT 15 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -11 vs line +2.5; busts.
“I betting against Adam Gase Seattle Minus 13 at BetMGM I just love the bounce back spot for Seattle against Adam Gase”
SEA 40, NYJ 3 — Seattle Seahawks margin +37 vs line -13; covers.
“I am going with the most dependable total in the NFL over the past year and a half. And one that I think some people will be on the other side of because it's a late year divisional under but I don't care I think that this is another great spot based on the defenses and that is the Titans and Jaguars over 52 and a half”
JAX 10, TEN 31 — Combined 41; over 52.5 busts.
“Yeah, the Giants, yeah, I love them as a teaser. They have lost by more than one possession just twice all year. Once was to that Steelers team, and then that was in week one. And they would have covered a tease there. Right, and then you had the big loss to the Niners and kind of that just their worst game of the year. So since week four, every game that they've lost has been eight points or less. So you tease them here, you get to eight and a half. And, you know, keep in mind that Cliff Kingsbury, as a straight-up, you know, favorite, has actually lost more times than he's won. He's 3-5 as a, you know, straight-up money line favorite. So the Giants, what they do is they game plan extremely well against teams. And that's why you see them keeping games close, even though their talent level and even some of their underlying metrics would suggest that they shouldn't be in these games the way they are. So like them and then already mentioned it, but you talked about it like the Bucs, teasing them down to a half point, essentially picking them to win. against a vulnerable Vikings team. So Giants-Bucks for me.”
NYG 7, ARI 26 — New York Giants margin -19 vs line +8.5; busts.
“So like them and then already mentioned it, but you talked about it like the Bucs, teasing them down to a half point, essentially picking them to win. against a vulnerable Vikings team. So Giants-Bucks for me.”
Buccaneers won outright 26-14 over the Vikings on Dec. 13, 2020, comfortably covering the -0.5 teased number. (Tampa Bay 26, Minnesota 14)
“it's the Arizona Cardinals. The Arizona Cardinals plus three at home against the Los Angeles Rams.”
ARI 28, LAR 38 — Arizona Cardinals margin -10 vs line +3; busts.
“So that was your number two pick for my number two pick and the number four pick of the Week 13 Sunday six-pack. I'm getting ugly. I'm getting real ugly like like this might be my ugliest pick all year Cincinnati I mean this is like a stucky pick I'm surprised you didn't I feel like you would have taken this if I hadn't maybe not but uh plus 11 and a half against the Miami Dolphins the Miami Dolphins that you hate I know that that you've been looking for ways to fade them and I think this is a spot I mean, and this is purely a number play based on the fact that you have an 11 and a half point spread for a team that's really good on defense, really good on special teams. But, you know, are they starting to are they starting fits offense a little up and down dealing with some injuries? Fits magic. Magic. And the total is 42. And yeah that probably the correct total but we know how hard it is to cover a big number especially for a team that not great on offense I know Cincinnati is not great on defense either but Miami not great on offense to cover this big of a number in a game expected to be this low scoring extremely tough How tough Road underdogs plus 11 or more with a total of 46 or less And the total right now, BetMGM, the official odds provider of the Action Network podcast, is 42.5 for Dolphins Bengals. It's the lowest projected score of week number 13. And it's just extremely tough for a team like the Dolphins, especially, to cover this big a number. So you look back in history and plus Road Dogs by 11 or more, total 46 or less, 163 and won a 61% win rate against the spread dating back to 2003, according to our Action Labs data. So this is the play. Like there's no, you know, hidden advantage to Brandon Allen going against, you know, this Dolphins defense.”
MIA 19, CIN 7 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -12 vs line +11.5; busts.
“that's going to be the New England Patriots plus one at BetMGM against the LA Chargers.”
LAC 0, NE 45 — New England Patriots margin +45 vs line +1; covers.
“In this segment, I am going with the under 51-and-a-half Houston, Indianapolis.”
HOU 20, IND 26 — Combined 46; under 51.5 covers.
- Lions +9 (teased) won
- Packers -2.5 (teased from -9) won
“they showed that last year. I will go with the kind of slim pickings on the Sunday slate, but I'm going with the Lions, teasing them up to nine. The Bears have won by four, four, four, one and seven. They haven't won by eight or more this year. So their biggest win is by seven. Their other four wins are by four or less. So like the Lions up to plus nine. And then the second one was tough uh going with the Packers through the three and the uh seven you know down to two and a half here listen I think the Eagles can keep it close this is not my favorite spot for Aaron Rodgers but uh I think this is just another one of those games where the Eagles come up just short because Carson Wentz is not working with enough uh in my opinion so uh like the Packers to squeak one out here on a swim pick in Sunday as far as teasers are concerned. So Lions, pack.”
Parlay cashes: Lions +9 (teased) +9 — won; Packers -2.5 (teased from -9) -2.5 — won.
“This is the week I'm going with the Jets for a money line dog.”
NYJ 28, LV 31 — New York Jets lost; moneyline busts.
“it's not tasem hill it's uh deshaun watson his passing yards this week against the colts without will fuller without randall cobb without kenny stills what are we doing with him i have his over under set at 272 and a half. This is one of the rare instances in which I will be taking an under on you, Sean, but it's pretty close. I have it at 268 and a half. I have it a little bit higher than that. So I'll go, I'm going to, yeah, I'm going to go under, but just by a hair. I had it just by a hair, but I'm going to lower it about a 10th. If I lower his YPA by a 10th, it goes under. So I'm going under.”
HOU 20, IND 26 — Deshaun Watson: 341 passing_yards vs under 272.5; busts. (Deshaun Watson: 341 passing_yards)
“Okay, Sean, give us the player prop. We're going to go with Austin Eckler's receding yards. and you know the thing about this game was he was supposed to be limited so of course he gets 14 carries and 11 catches so it makes it a bit tricky projecting what he'll have in a full role this week potentially but um right now i have his projection at well let me set the line for you guys i'm gonna have to maybe make a little bit higher but you're mainly adjusting it up well yeah i did so early in the week how can you have a projection for this yet but um i'm gonna set the line at uh 46 and a half for seven yards can i ask you a question yeah how much did you inflate it by relative to your project uh just just a few yards yeah uh i will still go over uh i will be the uh the eclair optimist here and i will i will go over uh i think he's basically christian mcafree light uh and um you know i don't want to say that you just like automatically project him for like an 18% target share or something like that, but he has that well within his range of outcomes. So I will take the over here. Yeah, I'm going over as well.”
Austin Ekeler had 4 catches for 32 receiving yards in the Chargers' 45-0 loss to New England on Dec. 6, 2020, under the 46.5 line. (Ekeler: 4 rec, 32 yds)
“Well, you hit on earlier, but it's Evan Ingram receiving yards. I was curious to hear where you guys haven't projected with Colt McCoy. I agree that it might not matter who's that quarterback. He might actually target him more than, you know, going to Darius Slayton down the field. So right now I have his projection at 45 and a half. All right. Well, I feel like I've tipped my hand here, so I will have to go over. I have it. You, Sean, you said 45 and a half. Yeah. 45 and a half. uh disgustingly i have this at 55 and a half so i am way over i need to adjust that down i have it at uh 42 so i'll go under right yeah we don't have the updated numbers for seattle but”
Evan Engram recorded 32 receiving yards, below both Raybon’s 42-yard projection and the segment’s 45.5-yard proposition; the exact entry line is unstated. (Engram: 4 rec, 32 yds)
“But let's get into the Week 12 six-pack. I have the first pick. I am going with the Tennessee Titans. Plus four for my number one pick of the Week 12 Sunday six-pack. Plus four at BetMGM, the official odds provider of the Action Network podcast.”
IND 26, TEN 45 — Tennessee Titans margin +19 vs line +4; covers.
“I'm going with the Atlanta Falcons plus three”
ATL 43, LV 6 — Atlanta Falcons margin +37 vs line +3; covers.
“I am going with the San Francisco 49ers plus seven at BetMGM.”
LAR 20, SF 23 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line +7; covers.
“I am going with the New York Giants minus five and a half at BetMGM the official odds provider of the podcast”
CIN 17, NYG 19 — New York Giants margin +2 vs line -5.5; busts.
“I am going with the Bears-Packers under 45 and a half at BetMGM.”
GB 41, CHI 25 — Combined 66; under 45.5 busts.
“I am going with the San Francisco 49ers to pull off the upset against the Rams. Again, love the buy low, sell high opportunities this type of year. Rams coming off an impressive stretch. coming off a primetime defeat of one of the best teams in the National Football League. But again, the 49ers have won quite a few games, you know, since Kyle Shanahan took over outright as an underdog. And this is a spot where they already won the first game. Now, usually you see value on the other side in situations like this. But just because the 49ers have been so decimated by injury and the Rams are coming off this this kind of visible national visible performance. You're not really seeing that. So plus 240, we're getting the Niners that.”
LAR 20, SF 23 — San Francisco 49ers won; moneyline covers.
“I'm going with the Philadelphia Eagles plus three and a half at bed MGM against”
CLE 22, PHI 17 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -5 vs line +3.5; busts.
“And I'm going with the Tennessee Titans plus six and a half at the Baltimore Ravens.”
BAL 24, TEN 30 — Tennessee Titans margin +6 vs line +6.5; covers.
“I am going with the Cincinnati Bengals plus two at the Washington football team.”
WSH 20, CIN 9 — Cincinnati Bengals margin -11 vs line +2; busts.
“steward jags for my favorite over under of the week i'm going with the dolphins broncos under 45 and a half uh drew lock probably not gonna go i don't think there's that much of a drop off or upgrade or improvement between him and brett rippon but i do think that they'll probably just go really conservative here look what miami does it's it's the patriots defenses from the last few They're two of the best corners in the NFL. Their safeties, McCain and Rowe, are both great in the top 10 in coverage in some of the advanced metrics. So they cover and then they blitz you. They just come at you. So, I mean, I don't know what either Rippon or Locke, who are not going to be. Locke's been awful under pressure. I assume Rippon will be as well. So I think they're going to go run heavy here. And on the other side of the ball, the Denver defense is getting healthier on the back end. And, look, you can look at any metric in the world that you want. the bianney offense has been so much worse with tua uh it's incredible but he's gotten away with it because teams keep dropping picks they keep scoring defensive touchdowns they keep scoring special teams touchdowns uh from a dbua perspective like their offensive production has dropped off a clip but their defensive production and their special teams has gone way up I guess that two at a time It is worth noting the Miami special teams have been amazing amazing Sanders can't miss. Jakeem Grant's been amazing returning the ball. Hacks been great punting it. And the Broncos, besides field goal kicking their special teams, has been a disaster. But I think Broncos go super conservative here. I think their defense will come to play. I don't think the Dolphins will keep getting lucky with these defensive and special teams touchdowns, but their defense is really good. Their offense is not. I think Denver goes conservative. These teams go slow. It's an ugly-ish game in Denver here, so give me the under there.”
DEN 20, MIA 13 — Combined 33; under 45.5 covers.
- Vikings -1 closed -7.5 · CLV +6.5 lost
- Chargers -2.5 won
“Yeah, I'm going with the Chargers as well. I like them against the Jets. Adam Gase, 4-18 as a road underdog against the spread when it's 5-1⁄2 or more, including 0-4 this season. So there should be some cushion there. But do not want to bet the Chargers as 8-1⁄2-point favorites. That's just ugly, especially since they've not been covering. Going with the Vikings, teasing them down from 7-1, you're probably a little more bullish on the Cowboys than I am. But either way, I think I still see the Vikings winning this game. So I like them at minus one. So Chargers down to two and a half. Vikings down to one. Yeah. By the way, Jair Alexander and Kevin King, two starting corners, the Packers should be back this week. All right. So Stux teasing Packers plus eight. Chargers minus two and a half. And I'm going Vikes minus one. Chargers minus two and a half.”
Parlay busts: Vikings -1 -1 — lost; Chargers -2.5 -2.5 — won.
“I'm going with those Falcons that you picked in the six-pack plus 175 at New Orleans.”
NO 24, ATL 9 — Atlanta Falcons lost; moneyline busts.
“I am going with the San Francisco 49ers plus nine and a half at BetMGM the official odds provider of the podcast”
NO 27, SF 13 — San Francisco 49ers margin -14 vs line +9.5; busts.
“I am going with the Houston Texans, plus three and a half at BetMGM at the Cleveland Browns.”
CLE 10, HOU 7 — Houston Texans margin -3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I'm going with the New York football giants plus three and a half at home against the Philadelphia Eagles.”
NYG 27, PHI 17 — New York Giants margin +10 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I'm going 49ers Saints under 49 and a half at BetMGM these are two snails”
NO 27, SF 13 — Combined 40; under 49.5 covers.
“But for this one, you kind of hit on all the points, so I'll be short. The Seahawks. The Rams have had their number the past couple of years, but this is just a kind of different Seahawk team, and the Rams don't match up well. The Seahawks, their one strength, real strength on defense, is they play good run defense. And the Rams are one of the most voluminous run teams in the league. And as you mentioned, they try to avoid throwing deep at all costs. It's just not what they're trying to do and not really what Goff is capable of doing. But guess what? Seattle, number 29 against the pass. The Rams are going to pick up yards. But number nine against the run, they're going to force Goff to drop back more than he wants to. As you mentioned, the deep shots that you usually get against Seattle, Goff's not necessarily comfortable with that. So, you know, even though this terrible Seattle defense, and that's what the narrative is going to be after they got just shellacked by Buffalo. The Bills make me want to jump. This could be a golf turnover game again, even, you know, coming off the bye. It could be another one of those type of games. And I don't know if people are expecting it. So, like the Seahawks to win a game. Still one of the best teams in the league. They've had a couple of, you know, bumps in a row. But again, how often is Russell Wilson going to turn it over four times? When he doesn't, they can outscore anybody. And I totally agree with you about the Rams defense. Definitely a little bit overrated So like the Seahawks Moneyline Dog”
LAR 23, SEA 16 — Seattle Seahawks lost; moneyline busts.
“For my first pick and the second overall pick of the week nine Sunday six pack, I'm going with the New Orleans Saints plus five and a half at Tampa Bay.”
TB 3, NO 38 — New Orleans Saints margin +35 vs line +5.5; covers.
“[32:22] For the number four pick and my second pick of the week nine Sunday six pack going with the Kansas City Chiefs minus 10 in Arrowhead against the Carolina Panthers”
KC 33, CAR 31 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +2 vs line -10; busts.
“I am going for the sixth and final pick, my third pick of the Sunday six pack with the team that never wins big, except last week, the Seattle Seahawks. Minus three on the road against Buffalo.”
BUF 44, SEA 34 — Seattle Seahawks margin -10 vs line -3; busts.
“This week going with the Saints and Bucks under 51 and a half at BetMGM, the official odds provider of the Action Network podcast.”
TB 3, NO 38 — Combined 41; under 51.5 covers.
“And then teasing the Indianapolis Colts up from two and a half point underdogs to eight and a half point underdogs.”
IND 10, BAL 24 — Indianapolis Colts margin -14 vs line +8.5; busts.
“For my Moneyline Dog, going with the New York Giants. Divisional game, Road Dog, plus 120 at the Washington football team.”
WSH 20, NYG 23 — New York Giants won; moneyline covers.
“the wind is looking nasty all right for my first pick in the Sunday six pack in the second overall at that MGM the official odds provider of the action podcast I'm going with the Ravens minus four against the Pittsburgh Steelers this got to minus three minus 125 earlier in the week And I was like, yes. And I had to take it. Well, now it's up to four. I still do like it.”
BAL 24, PIT 28 — Baltimore Ravens margin -4 vs line -4; pushes.
“But I did, for my second pick, I did end up playing the Vikings plus seven,”
GB 22, MIN 28 — Minnesota Vikings margin +6 vs line +7; covers.
“I am going with the Los Angeles Chargers minus three in Denver. And this is just going back to”
DEN 31, LAC 30 — Los Angeles Chargers margin -1 vs line -3; busts.
“I will go with Steelers-Ravens under 45 and a half.”
BAL 24, PIT 28 — Combined 52; under 45.5 busts.
- Raiders +8.5 won
- Lions +8.5 closed +3 · CLV +5.5 lost
“of that game. I'll say mine. I'm going to go with the Lions plus eight and a half, teasing them up for two and a half. Colts coming off a bye. Lions playing a little better now, getting healthier. It's a team some expected earlier in the year. It should go right down the wire. And it's teasing against Rivers. You either tease Rivers as a dog or you tease against him if he's a favorite. So I'm going with the Lions. This game should be a one possession game. It should be close. It should be a pretty good game. I'm teasing the Lions to plus eight and a half. I'm going to tease them with the Raiders plus eight and a half, which I mentioned earlier, teasing the teaser piece. So both to eight and a half, and I'm getting over that eight. You know, these teams that are going for two when they score 14, all that jazz, I'm covered there. So give me the Raiders and the Lions both at plus eight and a half.”
Parlay busts: Raiders +8.5 +8.5 — won; Lions +8.5 +8.5 — lost.
“But yeah, I like the call for my pick. This is a tough one because I wanted to just go with the Raiders again, but I wanted to kind of switch it up and, and go with another team that I think has a pretty good shot at winning this week. And that's the new England Patriots.”
BUF 24, NE 21 — New England Patriots lost; moneyline busts.
“Of course, Stuck disagrees with all my picks, but I went with Seattle, minus three and a half. Road favorites coming off a bye. Just a great spot for Seattle Not impressed with Arizona They play a really bad game against Dallas Don be fooled”
ARI 37, SEA 34 — Seattle Seahawks margin -3 vs line -3.5; busts.
“Just a great spot for Seattle Not impressed with Arizona They play a really bad game against Dallas Don be fooled Tennessee minus one and a half at BetMGM the official odds provider of the podcast And my final pick was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, three-point favorites in Vegas, taking on”
TEN 24, PIT 27 — Tennessee Titans margin -3 vs line -1.5; busts.
“I am going with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers three-point favorites on the road facing the Las Vegas Raiders.”
LV 20, TB 45 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +25 vs line -3; covers.
“I'm going with the green Bay Packers and Houston Texans over 56 and a half at bed MGM.”
HOU 20, GB 35 — Combined 55; over 56.5 busts.
- Lions +8.5 won
- Saints -1.5 closed -7 · CLV +5.5 won
“I'm going with the Detroit Lions, teasing them up to eight and a half like that spot I think they could actually win outright in this spot again Atlanta the magic of Dan Quinn being gone is going to wear off sooner away it's not a good team and teasing the New Orleans Saints down to one and a half”
Parlay cashes: Lions +8.5 won; Saints -1.5 won.
“I am going to go with the San Francisco 49ers.”
NE 6, SF 33 — San Francisco 49ers won; moneyline covers.
“I am going with the Detroit Lions as three-and-a-half-point favorites”
JAX 16, DET 34 — Detroit Lions margin +18 vs line -3.5; covers.
“All right. For the third pick in the week six, Sunday six pack and my second pick, I am going with the San Francisco 49ers, two and a half point underdogs at home against the L.A. Rams.”
SF 24, LAR 16 — San Francisco 49ers margin +8 vs line +2.5; covers.
“So going with the Steelers as field goal favorites.”
PIT 38, CLE 7 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin +31 vs line -3; covers.
“for this pick, I'm going Lions, Jaguars over 53 and a half. And this is a spot where I'm looking”
JAX 16, DET 34 — Combined 50; over 53.5 busts.
“over taking the bears at plus 105 here so if you parlay the niners plus 135 and the bears plus 105”
CAR 16, CHI 23 — Chicago Bears won; moneyline covers.
“Give me the Panthers plus one and a half.”
ATL 16, CAR 23 — Carolina Panthers margin +7 vs line +1.5; covers.
“I am going with the Cleveland Browns plus two against the Indianapolis Colts.”
CLE 32, IND 23 — Cleveland Browns margin +9 vs line +2; covers.
“To recap, I got the Panthers Falcons over 54 and a half.”
ATL 16, CAR 23 — Combined 39; over 54.5 busts.
“And I'm going to keep fading Dan Quinn. I like the Panthers at one and a half. And so that means I obviously think they can win the game. So I'm going with them as the short money line dog here, plus 110.”
ATL 16, CAR 23 — Carolina Panthers won; moneyline covers.
“Stuck went with the New England Patriots plus seven against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Dolphins plus six and a half against the Seattle Seahawks and Vegas Raiders at home giving up three to the Buffalo Bills. I went with the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Cincinnati Bengals getting three points. The Lions plus four at home against the Saints and the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night football plus seven against the 49ers”
CIN 33, JAX 25 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -8 vs line +3; busts.
“For the fourth pick in the week four Sunday six pack, I'm going with the Detroit Lions at home. Dogs catching four to the New Orleans Saints.”
DET 29, NO 35 — Detroit Lions margin -6 vs line +4; busts.
“with another team that I rarely bet. Both of us, I think we're pretty low on this team coming into the season. But I'm looking at this number. and the more I think about it the more it is kind of a little bit out of whack and that's the Eagles plus seven on Sunday night football”
SF 20, PHI 25 — Philadelphia Eagles margin +5 vs line +7; covers.
“I did say I was not going to go too aggressively on unders, but I am betting under, or I'm picking one for this contest, and there were two I was kind of torn between. And there's also an over that I like, but I ended up going with Cardinals at Panthers under because this is at 52.5 at BetMGM, 51.5 at a lot of other books”
CAR 31, ARI 21 — Combined 52; under 51.5 busts.
“I love the Jags on the money line at plus 140. I think they have probably a better shot at winning this game than the Bengals.”
CIN 33, JAX 25 — Jacksonville Jaguars lost; moneyline busts.
“So really like Dallas in this spot to cover against Seattle. You just know. You just know it's going to be a one-score game and a close game, right? Yeah, I completely agree with you. I would have taken Dallas as one of my picks if you didn't take them first. I played them here plus five. I'll add if I can get six.”
SEA 38, DAL 31 — Dallas Cowboys margin -7 vs line +5; busts.
“yeah, I definitely just took the Patriots at minus six.”
NE 36, LV 20 — New England Patriots margin +16 vs line -6; covers.
“But I'm going right back to the Giants here in what I think will be a similar game script to the game against Chicago. And I am also banging the under in this game as well. I would take it all the way down at this point to 41. You can still get it at 41.5 at BetMGM, the official odds provider of the podcast.”
NYG 9, SF 36 — Combined 45; under 41.5 busts.
“Give me the Cardinals minus five and a half.”
ARI 23, DET 26 — Arizona Cardinals margin -3 vs line -5.5; busts.
“So I think this is one of the most mispriced totals of the week. I think this is where you catch the people with the overreaction even more is that, you know, Josh Allen threw for – he's leading the week in passing. You know, the Ram put up 37 last week because Philadelphia is a dumpster fire at the moment. So I think the way to capitalize on the overreaction in this spot is to take the under at 47 and a half. I have it almost a field goal lower.”
BUF 35, LAR 32 — Combined 67; under 47.5 busts.
- Rams +8.5 closed +1.5 · CLV +7 won
- Texans +10 closed +3.5 · CLV +6.5 won
“but totally agree that the Titans are getting a little too much love in this spot. For my teaser, I am going with the Rams as well. I actually have the Rams rated equally to the Bills. I think that their coaching is making up for a lot. And I think even though the offensive line, you know, people will kind of sniff at a scoff at it, but it still has continuity, you know, now that everyone's healthy, they do have some continuity there and it's played a lot better. And that mixed with the coaching, I think, and the potential for it to stay close because you're going to probably have a lower scoring game. I think Buffalo played a little bit closer to the vest with some playmakers on defense on the other side. So I like the Rams up to eight and a half and uh going with Houston at plus 10 it's not through the three but uh if you can you know if it goes back to four and a half and you can get past 10 and a half which you may not because”
Parlay cashes: Rams +8.5 +8.5 — won; Texans +10 +10 — won.
“I make it bears by plus two. So I like locking in, you know, it's kind of value on the, on the spread as well, if you want it, but just going with the money line at plus one 50 Julio Jones also banged up”
ATL 26, CHI 30 — Chicago Bears won; moneyline covers.
“I bet the under for this game when it first came out and it was at 46, which opened just way too high So not surprised that it dropped to 43 I think you know for 43 and a half I think that kind of where I was thinking it should be you know more of a 43 game which is a key number than a 46 or 47 type of game So I'm with you on the under as well. I would bet that down to 43 and a half where it's at right now.”
CLE 35, CIN 30 — Combined 65; under 43.5 busts.
“So love Dallas as the slightly over a field goal favorite. I make this game Dallas by five and a half. And that's not even as aggressive as some people. A corner has it at six and you have it at 6.2. So, you know, I think there's kind of some consensus agreement here that this line is a little bit too low. I think the Cowboys are the side here, especially at four, obviously, since I make it over six.”
DAL 40, ATL 39 — Dallas Cowboys margin +1 vs line -4; busts.
“For the fourth pick in the Sunday six-pack, I am going with the Carolina Panthers, plus eight and a half, going to Tampa Bay.”
TB 31, CAR 17 — Carolina Panthers margin -14 vs line +8.5; busts.
“For my last pick and the number six pick in the week two Sunday six pack, I going with the Green Bay Pack as a six favorite at home against the Detroit Lions And this is one that it could bite me I was shocked he took the Packers as a favorite But then I was like all right well it against Matt Patricia So maybe I should be shocked”
GB 42, DET 21 — Green Bay Packers margin +21 vs line -6; covers.
“49ers jets under 42 and a half. I would do this down to 41 and a half. When this came out, it was at 43 and a half. I immediately bet it”
SF 31, NYJ 13 — Combined 44; under 42.5 loses.
- Chiefs -2.5 (teased from -8.5) won
- Steelers -1 (teased from -7) won
“way or another. For me, my teaser is going to start with the Kansas City Chiefs. Mentioned all those trends. You made a good counterpoint that it's over a touchdown. Well, let's tease it down to two and a half. Let's tease it down to under a field goal against the Chargers. I think the Chiefs take care of business for all the reasons I pointed out earlier. Operation Fade Denver is on. Pittsburgh, minus one. They're seven-point favorites at BetMGM, the official odds provider of the podcast. Teasing them down to a one-point favorite, they should absolutely win this game.”
Parlay cashes: Chiefs -2.5 (teased from -8.5) -2.5 — won; Steelers -1 (teased from -7) -1 — won.
“I went ended up going with Houston plus two 40 against Baltimore. Listen, man, Deshaun Watson, this is purely a Deshaun Watson play.”
HOU 16, BAL 33 — Houston Texans lost; moneyline busts.
“I am going with the Buffalo Bills minus six and a half at home against the New York Football Jets”
BUF 27, NYJ 17 — Buffalo Bills margin +10 vs line -6.5; covers.
“I'm going with the Carolina Panthers, plus three and a half hosting the Las Vegas Raiders.”
CAR 30, LV 34 — Carolina Panthers margin -4 vs line +3.5; busts.
“All right. For the fifth pick in the Sunday six pack, I'm going with the Chicago Bears plus three”
DET 23, CHI 27 — Chicago Bears margin +4 vs line +3; covers.
“But I am going to go with the Packers-Vikings under 45.5.”
MIN 34, GB 43 — Combined 77; under 45.5 busts.
- Ravens -2.5 closed -7.25 · CLV +4.8 won
- Bills -0.5 closed -6.5 · CLV +6 won
“so forth and the same applies so um we kind of do our favorite two-team teaser uh each week and uh i'll start us off i'm going baltimore uh teasing them down from eight and a half point favorites to two and a half against cleveland and then the buffalo bills teasing them down from six and a half to a half a point which means essentially uh you know for them to win the game against the new york Jets”
Parlay cashes: Ravens -2.5 -2.5 — won; Bills -0.5 -0.5 — won.
“Give me the Steelers at plus 350 to [3:51] win the AFC North.”
Steelers won the AFC North in 2020 at 12-4.
“For me, it's really two teams, but the one I took was earliest [36:59] was the Pittsburgh Steelers at 25-1.”
Steelers lost in the wildcard round and did not win Super Bowl LV.
“my fifth favorite one and I go with Josh Jacobs I like lead the league in a, in rushing touchdowns at 20 to one.”
Derrick Henry led the NFL with 17 rushing touchdowns in 2020; Josh Jacobs finished with 12 rushing touchdowns and did not lead the league. (Derrick Henry 17 rush TDs (league lead); Josh Jacobs 12 rush TDs)
“going with here's an under uh Sterling Shepard he has really um never been a a touchdown scorer outside of his rookie season and in that season he had Christian um excuse me Odell Beckham uh and they schemed him open on some inside plays it never happened again and he hasn't scored you know five touchdowns even since then but his touchdown prop is five and a half. I have his median closer to four. So I like the value there”
Sterling Shepard finished the 2020 season with 3 receiving touchdowns, under the 5.5 line. (Sterling Shepard 2020: 66 rec, 656 yds, 3 receiving TDs)
“I am going with for my next one, another league lead prop, and it's Cooper Cup. And it's to lead the league in touchdowns, receiving touchdowns at 40 to 1.”
Davante Adams led the NFL with 18 receiving touchdowns in 2020; Cooper Kupp finished with just 3 receiving touchdowns and did not lead the league. (Davante Adams 18 receiving TDs (league lead); Cooper Kupp 3 receiving TDs)
“I'll go with Jones because he's cheaper and he's kind of being swept on in fantasy as well but um to lead the league in in receiving touchdowns at 33 to 1”
Davante Adams led the NFL with 18 receiving touchdowns in 2020; Marvin Jones finished with 9. (Marvin Jones: 9 receiving TDs (76 rec, 978 yds); Davante Adams led NFL with 18 receiving TDs)
“I really like Kenyon Drake at 20 to one to lead the league in rushing yards”
Derrick Henry led the NFL with 2,027 rushing yards in 2020; Kenyan Drake finished with 955. (Kenyan Drake 2020: 955 rushing yards; Derrick Henry led NFL with 2,027)
“I would say my favorite in terms of all-around value is the Seattle Seahawks at plus 220 to win the NFC West.”
Seahawks went 12-4 and won the 2020 NFC West.
“Yeah, I totally agree. I actually bet the Bears around that same number, something like 450, 425 a couple months ago. I think this is a three team race.”
Packers won the NFC North at 13-3; Bears made the playoffs as a wildcard.
“The Falcons are actually one of my favorite win total under bets at seven and a half.”
Falcons finished the 2020 NFL season 4-12, well under the 7.5-win total. (4-12)
“And that leads me back to the one that I see the best value at. It was the same one I see the best value at to win their division, and that's Seattle. They are plus 1050 at DraftKings, so it's a little better than 10 to 1. That implies a 9% chance of them to win the NFC. Guess what? They've won it in 25% of Russell Wilson's seasons as a pro.”
Seahawks lost in the wildcard round; Buccaneers won the 2020 NFC.
“let's get to this second game on Saturday 5 p.m. Eastern the New York Guardians at the Dallas Renegades Renegades right now looking at FanDuel favored by eight of course they will be without starting quarterback Landry Jones. So going to the backup in Philip Nelson, a 37 point over under the lowest total on the slate. I believe that the under is 4-0 in the Renegades four games and 4-0 in the Guardians four games. Sean, do you have a lean on this game? I'm probably not touching the total, but in regards to the spread, New York was my favorite play last week, getting seven and a half at home against LA. I think the market overreacted to LA's ball went over DC, but I still think New York stinks. They're still my lowest rated team by a couple points even. So I'm not looking to take them here on the road. When it comes to Dallas, I think just we have to decide if there's much of a drop-off from Landry Jones to Philip Nelson. I've been big on Landry Jones improving the past couple of weeks, but I had Dallas plus three. I actually bit once the line went up to three. So I was rooting for them. And the first three drives when he threw an interception each of the first three drives. It was hard to watch. So, I mean, he was essentially Jameis Winston where, you know, he was brutal for his team, but great for TFS. So I don't even know if there's much of a drop-off. And Philip Nelson, he looked really bad week one, but I mean, he came in for that last drive and he nearly, you know, helped tie it up or at least cover the spread. but I forgot who it was. Was it Nagel or Bidette? You know, they fumbled it on the one yard line. So we'd be thinking about Dallas a little bit differently had he, they just scored there. So I think the way Dallas is built, even if Philip Nelson is a drop off, they have a strong running game, pretty good defense, PFF grades them third. And we have to give them credit. They held Houston at 27 points, despite the minus four turnover margin. It was actually incredible that Houston wasn't able to capitalize on those first three interceptions and go up by, you know, 20 points. So I think the defense is pretty good, solid running game. So I think they're able to cover in a spot like this as, you know, a touchdown favorite against a team like New York, who I still don't think the offense is good enough to compete. So I'll probably be on Dallas here. Hopefully the line will go down to like minus seven or something. But I do think, you know, the value is going to be on the favorite here. And then when it comes to DFS, I think Phil Nelson, he's probably the best value quarterback. I still think P.J. Walker is the best overall QB play, even factoring in price. But, you know, he's going to take over this arid offense. Probably not as fantasy good as Landry, but, you know, he's going to be able to put up some points at this price. And, you know, he did remind me a little bit of Drew Brees, and it turns out he does emulate his game after Drew Brees. So I'm not comparing him to Brees, but he does have that pedigree of a guy that I think can take over the reins this weekend and put up decent numbers at this price. Yeah, Dallas has that bend but don't break defense where, you know, with the exception of the Roughnecks who score on everyone, they have held opponents to, you know, pretty paltry points differentials. And even the Roughnecks last week, they scored 27 points. I believe that's the fewest points they've scored all season. So only two interceptions on the season, only six sacks for the season. You know, both of those are near the bottom of the league, but they just don't give up a lot of points whenever they get in the red zone. So an interesting situation there. for the Renegades and their defense. Raybon, where are you with this game? My favorite pick in this game is actually the under. I have this set as the lowest total on the board by pretty far. I have it way down at 32.”
New York beat Dallas 30-12 (total 42), over the 37 total. (New York Guardians 30, Dallas Renegades 12 (total 42))
“I like St. Louis. I'll put it that way. I think that the number is a little small. I bet it at two and a half as well. I also took St. Louis on the money line.”
DC Defenders beat St. Louis 15-6; St. Louis did not cover -2.5. (DC Defenders 15, St. Louis Battlehawks 6)
“I like St. Louis. I'll put it that way. I think that the number is a little small. I bet it at two and a half as well. I also took St. Louis on the money line.”
DC Defenders beat St. Louis 15-6 outright; the St. Louis ML pick lost. (DC Defenders 15, St. Louis Battlehawks 6)
“Roughnecks, Renegades, over 50 and a half.”
Houston beat Dallas 27-20 (total 47), under the 50.5 total. (Houston 27, Dallas 20 (total 47))
“my favorite non Louis future bet is Renegades Dragons under 43 and a half I think you know we seen the Dragons They don have a great defense but Dallas they played pretty poorly for three quarters on offense, but they do play good run defense.”
Dallas beat Seattle 24-12 (total 36), under the 43.5 total. (Dallas 24, Seattle 12 (total 36))
“St. Louis. Yeah. This is a, their plus, first of all, the biggest spread on the board, plus eight. This is a team that they were the top graded team in the league per PFF They were a team that they beat a team in Dallas Yes Dallas missing their starting quarterback but still you know a team we thought would be very good.”
Houston Roughnecks beat St. Louis BattleHawks 28-24 in XFL Week 2; BattleHawks' +8 covered the 4-point loss. (Roughnecks 28, BattleHawks 24 (BattleHawks +8))
“I bet this at six and a half uh so I feel like I'm getting some value there uh I just I I do have even without the starting quarterback I do have uh some respect for Dallas I think they are clearly one of the better teams in the league and I don't really have much respect at all for the other team uh in this matchup St. Louis”
St. Louis BattleHawks beat Dallas Renegades 15-9 in XFL Week 1; Renegades were -6.5 favorites and lost outright. (BattleHawks 15, Renegades 9 (Renegades -6.5))
“[1:22:57] Damian Williams over [1:22:59] 3.5 receptions.”
Damien Williams caught 4 passes, over the 3.5-reception line. (Damien Williams: 4 rec, 29 yds)
“[1:23:04] Demarcus Robinson under [1:23:05] 26.5 receiving yards.”
DeMarcus Robinson finished with 0 receiving yards, under the 26.5 line. (DeMarcus Robinson: 0 catches, 0 yds)
“I actually did fire on a Super Bowl, but I did it because I was prepared for the matchup. You're not emotionally firing on it is what I'm saying. Oh, no, yeah. So I have it as a pick, and I'll explain why. But I did get it at San Francisco plus one and a half, and it started moving back toward one. So that's kind of why I wanted to grab it then because, like you said, it might end up closing back at a pick. I don't know if it gets to three either way. But the reason I have it as a pick, and I really do truly think this is a coin flip game,”
KC 31, SF 20 — San Francisco 49ers margin -11 vs line +1.5; busts.
“So I'm taking the under 53 as my pick for this game.”
KC 35, TEN 24 — Combined 59; under 53 busts.
“and they're as good as it gets. And then I do think that the Green Bay defense will be a little better than we saw in the first time around. So I'm going to throw out, I'm going to say neither team gets to gets beyond 24. So give me the under 45. Yeah. And I think that is the better side of this line. I don think it the total is too far off Like I like the I like the Niners better at seven and a half I took them at seven wrote that up in our early bets piece that came out on action network earlier in the week, but you know, and I know you might disagree here, but I just, I have a lot more confidence in this pick, I think than pretty much any other for this weekend.”
SF 37, GB 20 — San Francisco 49ers margin +17 vs line -7.5; covers.
“and you can follow me obviously in the action app for all the picks, but I'll just draw out a few that I already bet as we have recorded this. You can tell me how you feel about these really quick. But I got Aaron Rodgers under 240 and a half passing yards, him under one and a half touchdowns. And these are both at standard juice. So minus one 14, standard prop juice, I should say.”
SF 37, GB 20 — Aaron Rodgers: 326 passing_yards vs under 240.5; busts. (Aaron Rodgers: 326 passing_yards)
“and you can follow me obviously in the action app for all the picks, but I'll just draw out a few that I already bet as we have recorded this. You can tell me how you feel about these really quick. But I got Aaron Rodgers under 240 and a half passing yards, him under one and a half touchdowns. And these are both at standard juice. So minus one 14, standard prop juice, I should say.”
49ers routed the Packers 37-20 in the NFC Championship; Aaron Rodgers threw 2 TD passes, over the 1.5 line. (Rodgers: 31/39, 326 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT)
“But I got Aaron Rodgers under 240 and a half passing yards, him under one and a half touchdowns. And these are both at standard juice. So minus one 14, standard prop juice, I should say. And then I have put in the app, but I'm going to grab Derek Henry's rushing yards over at one 10 and probably another one of those, like the one 40 or one 50, you know, at, at, at plus money. So those are the ones. Oh, and then I have Rogers over 12 and a half rushing yards, because I do think that that's something that they will incorporate a little bit more, you know, season on the line, got sacked five times. I think it was anyway in the first game. So I think they'll try to, you know, like that'll be one of the ways to mitigate this pass rush. You know, they'll align in a wide nine and I think he'll step up and try to take some easy yardage on the ground.”
SF 37, GB 20 — Aaron Rodgers: 0 rushing_yards vs over 12.5; busts. (Aaron Rodgers: 0 rushing_yards)
“as a starter for the San Francisco 49ers uh you know so you know he yeah they he gets blitzed a lot he'll make some mistakes but you know he's been pretty reliable as far as the Niners winning the game so I actually did take uh the money line for the Niners you know anything could happen you a one possession game whatnot but I do feel pretty confident in San Francisco uh winning”
SF 37, GB 20 — San Francisco 49ers won; moneyline covers.
“For my last pick, I am going with the Kansas city chiefs. First half minus four and a half, five, we'll call it five. I took some four and a half out there, but we'll call five for the contest.”
1H: KC 28, HOU 24 (final: KC 51, HOU 31) — First half score: KC 28, HOU 24 — Chiefs 1H margin +4 vs line -4.5; does not cover (also fails at the -5 he 'called for the contest').
- Eagles +7.5 lost
- Saints -2 lost
“I'm going with the Eagles, teasing them over seven. So Eagles plus seven and a half and then the Saints down to minus two.”
Parlay busts: Eagles +7.5 +7.5 — lost; Saints -2 -2 — lost.
“For my last pick, I'm going to go with the Minnesota Vikings plus eight and kind of alluded to it before. I just think it's the line is off.”
NO 20, MIN 26 — Minnesota Vikings margin +6 vs line +8; covers.
“for my first pick, I am going with the New York Jets. They're one and a half point underdogs against a Bills team that's locked in to the five seed.”
BUF 6, NYJ 13 — New York Jets margin +7 vs line +1.5; covers.
“going Broncos, three and a half favorites over the Oakland Raiders here.”
DEN 16, OAK 15 — Denver Broncos margin +1 vs line -3.5; busts.
“I go back and forth. I was thinking of going with the Redskins. I took the Bucs, so I'll stick with them in our draft. They are, it looks like a pick-em right now. Falcons coming in here. Again,”
TB 22, ATL 28 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -6 vs line +0; busts.
“So yeah, I like the under it's 38 right now. Got it at 38 and a half. I think it's a play. It's a great play at 38 or higher.”
BAL 28, PIT 10 — Combined 38; under 38.5 wins.
“So give me the Falcons bucks under 48.”
TB 22, ATL 28 — Combined 50; under 48 busts.
- Chiefs -2.5 (teased down from -8.5) won
- Jets +7.5 won
“Yeah, I like the Jets as well. Teasing them. um i you know they i picked them in uh in the six pack i think that they are a good tease as well if you're not quite you know sure how they're going to come out uh you know as far as covering the short spread you can tease them up to seven and a half i think that's a pretty solid bet there with the bills potentially resting their starters for uh you know a decent portion of the game because i don't see why they would leave them in you know more than a couple series to kind of get them uh you know get them some work and get to keep them in rhythm and then teasing and this worked out last week as well uh teasing the Chiefs down so uh you know I know it's always dangerous to go against Rivers and the Chargers you know in these teases here but uh Chiefs defense been playing really well that's something that we haven't always seen uh in the past uh this year very good pass defense and you have that you have Phillip Rivers and listen I think this is a game it's week 17 we've been hearing the whispers all year about Rivers uh you know uncertain future. This could be a game where Tyrod Tabor gets some run. I could see them pulling Rivers. I could see Rivers turning the ball over, especially if the Chiefs get out to a lead and the Chargers are in comeback mode. So like the Chiefs teasing them down from eight and a half to two and a half, I think they win by at least a field goal, but they have the potential to blow out their Chargers as well, though that usually doesn't happen when Rivers is on the road. But I like the spot for the Chiefs, so going Chiefs-Jets here for my tease.”
Parlay cashes: Chiefs -2.5 (teased down from -8.5) -2.5 — won; Jets +7.5 +7.5 — won.
“So I'm going to go with the Tampa Bay Bucs. They're at home. They're minus three against the Indianapolis Colts.”
TB 38, IND 35 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin +3 vs line -3; pushes.
“For my last pick, this one now is going to get ugly because I went with a plus 13 dog with my first pick. Okay. Doing it again for another pick, Detroit plus 13 at Minnesota.”
MIN 20, DET 7 — Detroit Lions margin -13 vs line +13; pushes.
“For my pick, I'm going with the Bengals-Browns under 41.”
CLE 27, CIN 19 — Combined 46; under 41 busts.
“Yeah I think the play is the under 43. You got the, it looks like the winds are going to be up, which 10 miles per hour plus 56% hit rate in these games with the Bills defense and Josh Allen, 16 and seven in his career starts to the under.”
BUF 17, BAL 24 — Combined 41; under 43 covers.
- Cardinals +8.5 won
- Seahawks +6 lost
“For my teaser piece, I'm going with the Arizona Cardinals who no-showed last week. I don't know how much of it had to do with Kyra Murray kind of struggling through a hamstring injury. He did score a rushing touchdown. So I think it was just Sean McVay coming up. Really good game plan. Arizona still has issues on defense, but I'm going back to them in this spot up to plus eight and a half here. Listen, I think I have a lot of respect for what the Steelers are doing. We always talk about how we love to bet Tomlin when he's an underdog. But now the Steelers are road favorites. They're still Arizona still has the advantage at quarterback here. And they've been playing really good run defense over these last few weeks. They're number one in rush defense success rate over the last five. Pittsburgh may have some trouble running the ball. They just, you know, got up for that Cleveland game, which obviously meant a lot for a lot of different reasons to them. So I just think it's a tough spot, counting on Arizona, to kind of keep it in one possession, even if the Steelers find a way yet again to win. So going with them. And then the Seattle Seahawks from a pick up to plus six, just because always talk about it, man. Russell Wilson, they always find a way. it's always a one possession game. So if I can tease them up to six in a game, I think, you know, could go either way. I'll take it. So going with the cards and Seahawks here.”
Parlay busts: Cardinals +8.5 +8.5 — won; Seahawks +6 +6 — lost.
“Yeah, I took the under in this game at 39. It is going down. So I feel good about that It I think it at 38 and a half right now And basically the reason being is you kind of mentioned it the Bears their offense is not in a position to put up points really on anybody”
DET 20, CHI 24 — Combined 44; under 39 busts.
“For my first pick going with the Green Bay Packers, six and a half point favorites at the New York Giants.”
NYG 13, GB 31 — Green Bay Packers margin +18 vs line -6.5; covers.
“For my second pick, don't use, again, now this is where it starts to come in. I don't usually like to do this, but going with the Kansas City Chiefs here, got them at nine and a half. I think the consensus is 10 now, so we'll go with that.”
KC 40, OAK 9 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +31 vs line -10; covers.
“Started to be thinking I was going to be on the other side, but the more I look at it, the more I feel confident in the New York Jets, three and a half point favorites on the road in Cincinnati.”
CIN 22, NYJ 6 — New York Jets margin -16 vs line -3.5; busts.
“So I ended up rolling with the Panthers Redskins under the Panthers You know they been reeling here of late They played some good teams though when they came back down to earth But I think that you know I still think Kyle Allen is broken even though he had a good game last week against the Saints. But I just don't think the Skins will have much success here. They won last week. The Panthers' run day is still kind of shaky. I'm not afraid of the Redskins' rush offense. And one of the reasons why the Panthers' run day is shaky is because they switched from a 4-3 to a 3-4 in the offseason, and that's in order to generate more of a pass rush, which they've been able to do. But their linebackers have also been out of position and have weakened their run defense. They've also had some injuries up front. But I'm not afraid of the Redskins running wild on the Panthers. And I also think that they can get pressure on Haskins. And if you pressure Haskins, he gets completely off of his game. And he still just looks shaky and inaccurate, missing some easy throws. So I think they're going to have a really tough time scoring. I think the Skins can put up some resistance on defense. They have some talent up front. So give me the under 40 and a half there.”
CAR 21, WSH 29 — Combined 50; under 40.5 busts.
“[52:13] it the Arizona Cardinals. [52:15] Raybon's betting on Kyler Murray. [52:18] There they are. [52:21] And listen, [52:21] man, [52:22] I came into the season high on the Rams and Jared Goff and it just it just hasn been there They haven been able to beat good teams And I think this is a team that going to struggle against The Cardinals to me are an average team And if you look back at their recent results okay so they lose to the 49ers 36 [52:37] But that was kind of a fluky score, even, with the 49ers scoring on the last play. [52:42] They lose 30-27 to the Bucs. [52:44] They lose 28-25 to the Niners. [52:45] And they get blown up by the Saints. [52:46] They beat the Giants. [52:48] They beat the Falcons. [52:49] So this is a team that could definitely hang in there with the Rams long enough, I think, [52:54] especially this version of the Rams, [52:56] especially with the Cardinals more time to prepare coming off the bye, [53:00] Rams on a short week. [53:02] I think this is a good spot for the Cardinals to kind of sneak one in there. [53:05] You know, their defense has been a little better with Patrick Peterson. [53:08] They've been a little better against the run. [53:11] And, you know, listen, [53:12] the Rams had trouble against a mobile quarterback in Lamar Jackson. [53:16] Now you have to deal with Kyler Murray and Cliff Kingsbury with extra time to [53:19] prep. So, you know, the line has kind of moved in Arizona's favorite was, [53:23] I think Rams four, minus four to start or four and a half. [53:27] And now it's down to three. [53:28] So it looks like some of the big money is coming in on the Cardinals here. [53:31] And I think they have enough to sneak in this division to win. [53:34] And what could be a lower scoring game than some people think. [53:37] So going with the Cardinals plus 140 with your Texans plus 165, [53:42] that would be a $536 payout.”
ARI 7, LAR 34 — Arizona Cardinals lost; moneyline busts.
“It's tough week 13. I think I'm going Kansas City though. I haven't used them yet. Not many other spots that I really want to use them down the stretch.”
KC 40, OAK 9 — Kansas City Chiefs won; moneyline covers.
“for my first pick I am going with the New York Jets you know team we actually hit our money line partway last week I believe because the Steelers and Jets both uh won now the Jets are going a short trip away to Washington they're one and a half point dog”
WSH 17, NYJ 34 — New York Jets margin +17 vs line +1.5; covers.
“for these Arizona Cardinals who are getting better, getting a little healthier though they might have all three of their backs now with Chase Edmonds looks looking like he's nearing a return and you know this is going to be a competitive team you know do they win the game probably not but I think they can keep it within the 11 and a half that they're catching so like the Cardinals in this spot expect them to kind of improve as the year”
SF 36, ARI 26 — Arizona Cardinals margin -10 vs line +11.5; covers.
“that does it for our Sunday six-pack. Stuck has the Bucs plus five-and-a-half, the Falcons plus five-and-a-half, and the Buffalo Bills. as a six-point road favorite in Miami. I went with the New York Jets at a point and a half, the Jacksonville Jaguars plus two and a half, and the Arizona Cardinals plus 11 and a half.”
IND 33, JAX 13 — Jacksonville Jaguars margin -20 vs line +2.5; busts.
“going with the under under 40 and Bears Rams yeah I would I would tend to agree this bear the Rams”
LAR 17, CHI 7 — Combined 24; under 40 covers.
- Jaguars 6-point teaser leg (entry line unstated) lost
- Jets 6-point teaser leg (entry line unstated) won
“And let's now get into our weekly teaser segment. Oh, yeah. Six teasers All right So here where we each take our favorite 6 teaser which means you get six extra points toward the spread in exchange for a slightly reduced payout If you go and attempt to make these bets at your sportsbook of choice, who are you teasing this week? I am going. I already mentioned the Rams. I think they get it done in an ugly one. I'll take the more talented offense and not Mitch Trubisky at home. So teasing them down to a pick, And then also teasing the Jags from a field goal over a touchdown. I think they're two and a half, three, up to eight and a half or nine. Like I said before, I think the Jags win. And the Colts have played every single game this year. It's been decided by one possession. I don't think they have the ability to blow out the Jags. So I'm going with Rams, Jags. Yeah, I actually like the Jags too. I'm going Jags, Jets. Again, just another team. Like I don't see Washington blowing out anyone. I don't know if I see Washington winning this game against a great run defense. you know Dwayne Haskins hasn't yet I think the key for Washington would probably be to get their guy Terry McLaurin loose against that Jets secondary because the Jets have been really good uh in the slot uh and that so the Redskins really need to kind of throw the ball outside the numbers down the field and I don't know if they're willing to do that so like the Jets chances of not getting blown out and you already hit on it with the Jags all right so there you have it stuck going with the Jags and Rams I'm going with the Jags and the New York Jets for our weekly teaser”
Parlay busts: Jaguars teased +8.5 — lost; Jets teased +7.5 — won.
“I'm taking the Falcons here. I think they get another upset win. Had to find a way to get the bucks in here. So they're going to be my money, my pick this week. So there you have it. We both have these NFC South underdogs, Bucks plus 205, Falcons plus 200.”
TB 17, NO 34 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost; moneyline busts.
“I am going with the Vikings plus three in prime time Kirk Cousins got to regress sometime”
DAL 24, MIN 28 — Minnesota Vikings margin +4 vs line +3; covers.
“give me the Panthers plus five.”
GB 24, CAR 16 — Carolina Panthers margin -8 vs line +5; busts.
“going with the under 41 and a half.”
CHI 20, DET 13 — Combined 33; under 41.5 covers.
- Lions +8.5 won
- Ravens -4 won
“You could tease the Bills up from two and a half to eight and a half. Again, over under right around 40. You have the Jets that you can tease up from two and a half to plus eight and a half. And then you have the Lions. Again, low totals, all the low 40s. You can tease them two and a half to eight and a half. I like the Browns, so I'm not going to recommend the Bills, but if you went with Bills, wouldn't blame you at all. It's a perfect tee spot. So I going to say the Lions catching eight and a half Windy game should be low scoring against Mitch Trubisky And then also the Jets catching eight and a half windy game should be low scoring against Mitch Trubisky uh and then also the Jets uh catching eight and a half uh against the Giants and which should just be a hilarious game it just feels like it's gonna be a funny game that comes down to the wire oh yeah and we will talk about that one a little more in just a moment but yeah I'm with you on those teases I like Detroit as well I'm gonna mix it up and go with Baltimore uh tease them from 10 to four here because, you know, you kind of mentioned it. Cincinnati got the backdoor cover last week. 10 is too many points, but this Baltimore team just has such an advantage that I think that they can win. They can win by a score. You know, I don't know. Once you start getting into that two-score situation, it's kind of dicey, but I do trust them to win by a touchdown. So teasing them through that, the seven and the six, don't get quite down to the three, but feeling good about it in Detroit as well. All right. So that was our weekly teaser segment stuck and I both teasing the lions plus eight and a half and stuck adding in the jets plus eight and a half while I'm going with Ravens down to minus four.”
Parlay cashes: Lions +8.5 +8.5 — won; Ravens -4 -4 — won.
“when you're an underdog all right so you got the steelers and you mentioned the jets earlier and that's my money line pick it's just going to be a hilarious game and if this was if the line was the other way because it's really a home game for both teams it's not you know they're both”
NYJ 34, NYG 27 — New York Jets won; moneyline covers.
“For my second pick, you mentioned the Raiders. So I'll throw them out now. I like the Raiders minus two at home against the Lions.”
OAK 31, DET 24 — Oakland Raiders margin +7 vs line -2; covers.
“So I'm going with the under. I got it at 37, but the under in Buffalo, Washington, I think it's down to 36-5.”
BUF 24, WSH 9 — Combined 33; under 36.5 covers.
“And then for my total I'm going with an under as well. I'm waiting on this right now. I haven't put it in the app. The under, Tennessee Carolina. It's under at 41, 41 and a half right now.”
CAR 30, TEN 20 — Combined 50; under 41 busts.
- Steelers +7 won
- Jaguars +7.5 lost
“I'm going with since those are my top two picks this week. Teasing the Jags to seven and a half. And the Steelers to seven of course a standard six teaser is when you get six extra points against the spread for each of the teams you picking First fight we reduced payout So you going Chargers and Jags I'm going Steelers and Jags.”
Parlay busts: Steelers +7 +7 — won; Jaguars +7.5 +7.5 — lost.
“I'm going with my first pick with a team that I think is getting a little underrated. Maybe it's because they're coming off the bye. Maybe it's because everyone's so surprised about how good the Niners have been. And, you know, they pulled a shutout even though they didn't cover last week. But I like the Carolina Panthers plus six.”
SF 51, CAR 13 — Carolina Panthers margin -38 vs line +6; busts.
“for my number two pick I'm gonna go and yeah you mentioned it this is really just a not my favorite uh week but I'm going with the New York Jets here plus six”
JAX 29, NYJ 15 — New York Jets margin -14 vs line +6; busts.
“I just think 13 is too many. Give me the Browns.”
NE 27, CLE 13 — Cleveland Browns margin -14 vs line +13; busts.
“going with the under 43 and a half in Denver Indy, I think these are two teams that do want to run the ball a lot.”
IND 15, DEN 13 — Combined 28; under 43.5 covers.
- Bucs +8.5
- Eagles +7.5
“It's not. And yeah, I'm going with the, the bucks too, as well. And I'm going with the Eagles. So bucks to eight, five Eagles to, you know, seven and a half.”
Both teased legs covered: Buccaneers lost by only 4 to the Titans (covers +8.5), and the Eagles won outright 31-13 over the Bills (covers +7.5 easily). (Titans 27, Buccaneers 23; Eagles 31, Bills 13)
“I'm going with the team I picked at the top in the six-pack and that's the Carolina Panthers. They're plus 210.”
SF 51, CAR 13 — Carolina Panthers lost; moneyline busts.
“But for my number one pick, I'm going with the Philadelphia Eagles, plus three, visiting the Dallas Cowboys.”
DAL 37, PHI 10 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -27 vs line +3; busts.
“And I'm going under Minnesota-Detroit 45-5.”
DET 30, MIN 42 — Combined 72; under 45.5 busts.
- Eagles +9 (teased up) lost
- Chargers +8 (teased up) won
“Eagles are also in my teaser as well, teasing them up to plus nine and combining them with the Chargers and haven't had much luck with them. But again, I just really think that the Chargers are the better team here and that they honestly probably outright win the game. So I like getting them at plus eight.”
Parlay busts: Eagles +9 (teased up) +9 — lost; Chargers +8 (teased up) +8 — won.
“I'm going back to the Philadelphia Eagles, another team where I think that they are, you put them on a neutral field, they're the better team. So I think they have a good shot at winning this football game in Dallas, given the injury. So Baltimore is plus 150 and the Eagles are plus 130.”
DAL 37, PHI 10 — Philadelphia Eagles lost; moneyline busts.
“And we'll start the best of the rest with Arizona Cardinals going to New York, really New Jersey, to face the Giants. Giants favored by three, 63% of the tickets, 75% of the money on the Giants, total at 50 and a half with 97% of the money on the over. Yeah, I actually like the over. I played the over and the Giants here.”
NYG 21, ARI 27 — New York Giants margin -6 vs line -3; busts.
“And we'll start the best of the rest with Arizona Cardinals going to New York, really New Jersey, to face the Giants. Giants favored by three, 63% of the tickets, 75% of the money on the Giants, total at 50 and a half with 97% of the money on the over. Yeah, I actually like the over. I played the over and the Giants here.”
NYG 21, ARI 27 — Combined 48; over 50.5 busts.
“So again my pick for this week is the New England Patriots by 17, but they could end up winning by a lot more”
NE 35, NYG 14 — New England Patriots margin +21 vs line -17; covers.
“Hey I just want to say one thing Don sell me short on my it still two not two two and a half at on the app and at more sports books than not So don try to take my my my little hook away Number one but number two, it's really, it just comes down to, I will always bet against teams that are disadvantaged in the passing game, especially when they're going on the road. And this is just a spot where again, not on brand for me, but I think it's a more of a coin flip on a neutral field. So getting Denver at anything less than three, I think is still the right play, but let's go stick.”
DEN 16, TEN 0 — Denver Broncos margin +16 vs line -2; covers.
“I'm going with the Arizona Cardinals, plus 2.5. Raybon's betting on Kyler Murray. And yeah, of course I am.”
ARI 34, ATL 33 — Arizona Cardinals margin +1 vs line +2.5; covers.
“The San Francisco 49ers, plus three, actually got it at three and a half, but plus three, going to LA to play the Rams.”
LAR 7, SF 20 — San Francisco 49ers margin +13 vs line +3; covers.
“I like the game under 39 and a half”
DEN 16, TEN 0 — Combined 16; under 39.5 covers.
- Chargers -0.5 (teased down) pending
- Cowboys -1 (teased down) lost
“I am going with the Los Angeles Chargers again teasing them down to a half a point favorite. And then the Cowboys, they're at minus 7 right now, so teasing them down to a one-point favorite.”
Parlay busts: Chargers -0.5 (teased down) -0.5 — pending; Cowboys -1 (teased down) -1 — lost.
“How about you? I am going with the Arizona Cardinals. It's not a week where I love underdogs. It's considered the 49ers, but I really think that the Falcons, they're kind of going down this Redskins path of just, man, the coach is probably not as good as he should be. The team could be checking out, and they're just making, and they're just finding ways to lose games. So I think, again, Kyler, Kingsbury, they will improve as the season goes on. They'll get some things figured out. Starting to see that a little bit on defense, cover tight ends, better last game, you know, swearing you're out there. So Browns plus 110, Cardinals plus 120.”
ARI 34, ATL 33 — Arizona Cardinals won; moneyline covers.
“I am backing the Patriots as 15 and a half point favorites against the Washington Redskins.”
WSH 7, NE 33 — New England Patriots margin +26 vs line -15.5; covers.
“For my next pick, I am going with the Pittsburgh Steelers at home. Three and a half point dog. I know you don't like them, Stuck, but I actually like them a lot.”
PIT 23, BAL 26 — Pittsburgh Steelers margin -3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I going to move on to my last pick and that is going to be and it probably a little contrarian because it doesn look like Devontae Adams is going to go but I taking Green Bay plus three and a half against the Dallas Cowboys”
DAL 24, GB 34 — Green Bay Packers margin +10 vs line +3.5; covers.
“For my over-under, I am going with the New York Giant, Minnesota Viking under. I got it at 45. It is currently at 44. I would still bet it at anything above 43 and a half.”
NYG 10, MIN 28 — Combined 38; under 44 covers.
“For mine, I am going with the Pittsburgh Steelers plus 155. The Bucs are also plus 155. Pittsburgh Steelers at home against the Baltimore Ravens.”
PIT 23, BAL 26 — Pittsburgh Steelers lost; moneyline busts.
“with my first pick, I'm going with the Kansas City Chiefs, six and a half point favorites on the road.”
DET 30, KC 34 — Kansas City Chiefs margin +4 vs line -6.5; busts.
“Going to go to my number two pick. That will be the New York Giants minus three at home against the Washington Redskins team on a short week. You can find this line usually at good juice. I think I got it at minus 105.”
NYG 24, WSH 3 — New York Giants margin +21 vs line -3; covers.
“I am going with my next pick with a pick I know Stucky wanted to take in our draft, but I kind of beat him to it. We hold the draft right before we come on air. And I got Tampa Bay plus 10 against the Los Angeles Rams.”
Buccaneers upset Rams 55-40 outright, easily covering the +9 to +10 spread. (Buccaneers 55, Rams 40)
“I bet the under 42 and a half. I think, you know, I'd bet it down anything above 41-5, you know, for that key number of 41”
BUF 10, NE 16 — Combined 26; under 42.5 covers.
“And I am going for my money line pick with the Jacksonville Jaguars Titans are plus 175, by the way. Jaguars, plus 150 at Denver.”
DEN 24, JAX 26 — Jacksonville Jaguars won; moneyline covers.
“let's move on to my next pick, which is going to be the I'll go with the Houston Texans plus three and a half.”
LAC 20, HOU 27 — Houston Texans margin +7 vs line +3.5; covers.
“I jumped on Cardinals plus two five. I actually see it differently.”
ARI 20, CAR 38 — Arizona Cardinals margin -18 vs line +2.5; busts.
“For me, I'm going Cincinnati Buffalo under 44, another artificial inflation.”
BUF 21, CIN 17 — Combined 38; under 44 covers.
“So we'll see if betting against Seattle works for you. For me, I'm going with the Houston Texans, a team that I have a lot of belief in just because I think Deshaun Watson, one of the best quarterbacks in the league, I think they have the right personnel. Again, like you said, similar matchup similar team structure a roster structure uh think houston's a little healthier and think they have the right pieces in the right places uh to gain a little bit of an edge uh over this charger team and again don't really respect the home field for the chargers so 155 is what i'm seeing for houston plus 155”
LAC 20, HOU 27 — Houston Texans won; moneyline covers.
“I hope we're, yeah, we have been surviving this week. I'll just start it off because it was an easy pick for me. I know there's some game theory involved and whatnot, but I'm going with the Dallas Cowboys.”
The Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 31-6 in Week 3. (Cowboys 31, Dolphins 6)
“My first pick is, look, I'm going back to the well with my team, the only team I have a future on, a team I think the market has not caught up to yet. They caught up a little bit, the Green Bay Packers. Only laying three at home to the Minnesota Vikings.”
GB 21, MIN 16 — Green Bay Packers margin +5 vs line -3; covers.
“I'm going with the Washington Reds. plus 5.5 at home against the Dallas Cowboys”
Cowboys beat Redskins 31-21, a 10-point margin that exceeds the 5.5 points Washington got. (Cowboys 31, Redskins 21)
“For my total, I am going to go with Dallas, Washington under 46 and a half. I kind of laid it out before. I think both of these teams had an outlying amount of explosive plays that they will now kind of look at, protect against that.”
WSH 21, DAL 31 — Combined 52; under 46.5 busts.
- Falcons 6-point teaser leg (exact transformed line unstated) won
- 49ers 6-point teaser leg (exact transformed line unstated) won
“It's just look at the matchups, cap the number. I won a three, three and a half here, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get it. So I'll tease it through the three and seven. For my teaser, I am going to go with the Falcons plus one five. I already mentioned that. So that's going through the three and the seven. And then I'm going to go against you and I'm going to take the 49ers, another one and a half point underdogs. So got two one and a half point underdogs. I like the 49ers as a tease.”
Parlay cashes: Falcons +7.5 (teased through 3 and 7) +7.5 — won; 49ers +7.5 (teased through 3 and 7) +7.5 — won.
“I am going to go for my pick. You know, I'm going to go with the Seattle Seahawks. And this goes back to last year. They're a team that can win every game, and they can lose every game. Sometimes they get a little bogged down by their commitment to the run. the game where they see how little success the Patriots had for much of that game running on Pittsburgh, and they do open it up a little. And I think that works in Seattle's favor. And if Pittsburgh plays the same way, I think Pittsburgh is the more liable team to kind of turn the ball over and give you these kind of variants essentially going in your favor. So you have the Indianapolis Colts plus 150 at the Titans. I have the Seattle Seahawks plus 170 at the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
PIT 26, SEA 28 — Seattle Seahawks won; moneyline covers.
“I feel more confident going with the Texans in this spot. They're not as big of a favorite, so that does mean that technically the Ravens have better odds to win.”
HOU 13, JAX 12 — Houston Texans won; moneyline covers.
“I am going with the Arizona Cardinals plus two point five at home against the Detroit Lions.”
ARI 27, DET 27 — Arizona Cardinals margin +0 vs line +2.5; covers.
“I am going with the Cleveland Browns minus 5.5 at home against the Tennessee Titans.”
CLE 13, TEN 43 — Cleveland Browns margin -30 vs line -5.5; busts.
“For my last pick, I am going to go with the Atlanta Falcons plus four at the Minnesota Vikings.”
MIN 28, ATL 12 — Atlanta Falcons margin -16 vs line +4; busts.
“So let's start with the total. And this will count toward it. We're going to keep track of our best bets in the six pack. And the total is going to be worth one point as well. So I'll go first for the total. For me, I am going to go with the Pittsburgh New England under, as I mentioned. An underrated reason, New England runs the ball about 7-8% more at home. And they've done this over the past three seasons. Just, you know, usually you don't see tendencies with New England, but this is just something where when they come out at home, they want they want to run the football and see if you can stop it. And that's just kind of how they go about things. And then they open it up as needed. So I expect them to try to do that again. I think Pittsburgh, you know, they only scored 10 points against Pittsburgh last year. mentioned how well New England has played in terms of stopping top receivers. And I think it gets harder without AB. So like the under 50 in the Patriots and Steelers, who you got stuck?”
NE 33, PIT 3 — Combined 36; under 50 covers.
“I'm actually going to go with my first pick in our six pack as well. The Arizona Cardinals at plus 130.”
ARI 27, DET 27 — Arizona Cardinals tied; moneyline pushes.
“The bet that I'm most interested in, at least to the downside here, is the Bengals under, I know Warren said that he was a little uncertain about it. You can get a plus money right now under five and a half, and I just love that because I do think that this is a tough division.”
The Bengals finished 2019 at 2-14, well under the 5.5 win total. (Cincinnati Bengals 2019: 2-14)
“because their odds are still, the markets really haven't adjusted to luck yet. So you're still getting the Texans 300 to win the division, plus 146 to make the playoffs. You know, I like the plus 300 to win the division. I think they have a better shot than that, even if Andrew Luck is healthy. I mean, I just think they're a very good team. Deshaun Watson has continuously been near the top of the league in yards per attempt. I think the O-line will be better. This might be the first time he gets to play with healthy receivers. So I think right now, plus 300, I'm taking the Texans to win that division.”
The Texans won the AFC South in 2019 at 10-6, clinching the division over the Colts. (Texans 2019: 10-6, AFC South champions)
“the Jaguars let's remember Foles has worked together with D. Philippo before Foles has worked with what who's going to be a major part of their offense now in Chris Conley D.D. Westbrook played 90 percent of his slots uh snaps in the slot was a highly effective in that role talented player like and now if you kind of the play calling gets better now Leonard Fournette actually becomes a weapon again you know I think it's kind of we're overly down on Fournette because of some ugly yard per carry numbers but at the same time then we go and turn around and say hey yard per carry regresses to the means so it's like you can't have it both ways the bottom line is he's a talented player and they used him horribly last year and they admittedly said they were hiding Blake Bortles because he would turn the ball over Nick Foles rarely has turned the ball over especially in the regular season over these past few years so I think you could see kind of a and with that defense I think you could see a team that can do just enough on offense um that I that I think that there is a little bit of value on I'm betting they're they're over eight because you could still push at eight”
The Jaguars finished 2019 at 6-10, well under the 8 win total. (Jacksonville Jaguars 2019: 6-10)
“I think the real value here is again it's just the Kansas City Chiefs over 10 wins this should be the best team in the National Football League and even if their defense is bad they should be able to outscore every other team they face”
Chiefs went 12-4 in the 2019 regular season, well over 10 wins. (12-4)
“I actually went ahead and you guys can tell me what you think of this, but I took out an MVP future on Jared Goff at 40 to 1 because I think that everyone he throws to is really, really good.”
Lamar Jackson won the 2019 NFL MVP unanimously; Jared Goff did not win. (2019 NFL MVP: Lamar Jackson (50/50 first-place votes))
- Toronto Raptors ML lost
- Denver Nuggets ML pending
“abysmal dare we do a little money line parlay Nuggets Raptors I mean they tell me that money line parlays are they tell me parlays are kind of negative expected value so i don't know if we should be recommending that are we a bunch of nerds i mean if we if you were to parlay the raptors and nuggets money line it's plus 342 right now we could turn that 100 into a sweet 342 so that's what you're advocating that's that's what you're going with it that's what i'm doing how many how many uh what percentage of your bets are partly very few very few i thought”
Parlay busts: Toronto Raptors ML — lost; Denver Nuggets ML — pending.
“Arizona Cardinals over five wins.”
Arizona finished 5-10-1 in 2019, exactly 5 wins, which does not clear an over 5 wins line (need 6+), so the over lost.
“But teams that I don't really – that I'm betting the under on is the New Orleans Saints. And that's where – they kind of came into the draft with not a lot of draft capital. So, you know, I don't hate their picks necessarily as much as the fact that they didn't have any of them. So, you know, and they traded up a couple times again. So, you know, they're a team that – I just don't think that their roster really, you know, is going to be significantly improved. and I think it's a very kind of top-heavy, fragile team. And, you know, they depend on Drew Brees being great a lot of the time. And, you know, even with their receiving core, I mean, you know, Michael Thomas is commanding about 30% of the targets there. So if something happens to him, it's a problem. Same thing, Alvin Kamara, if something happens to him, it's a problem. So I think that team is a team where Drew Brees didn't look right to me over the second half. Their win total was 10.5. I'm betting the under, you know, they could be a 10-win team, a 9- or 10-win team, and I can still win that bet.”
New Orleans finished 13-3 in 2019, far over the 10.5 line, so the under 10.5 wins lost.
“All right. So let me ask you this, Chris Rabon, time for you to sit squarely on the hot seat. Which Super Bowl futures are you betting? I am betting on the Houston Texans because, you know, I love me some Deshaun Watson. We saw what he did in year one. They kind of had some offensive line problems this year. They didn't get in as many shootouts, but he still balled. Deshaun Watson and the Texans, I'm betting on.”
The Texans lost in the divisional round of the 2019 playoffs; the Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV, so Houston loses.
“All right. So let me ask you this, Chris Rabon, time for you to sit squarely on the hot seat. Which Super Bowl futures are you betting? I am betting on the Houston Texans because, you know, I love me some Deshaun Watson. We saw what he did in year one. They kind of had some offensive line problems this year. They didn't get in as many shootouts, but he still balled. Deshaun Watson and the Texans, I'm betting on. I'm betting on the Kansas City Chiefs.”
The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV over the 49ers on Feb 2, 2020, so this future cashes.
“But I do like Green Book for Best Picture. What about the controversy? There's controversy there. About Shirley and his family. Yes. There is, but I feel like the Academy is just going to, I think the Academy still enjoyed the movie, and I think the way they kind of presented the story of you have this kind of biracial friendship going on and all these things I think they still gonna dig it And you kind of hit kind of hit on it a couple of weeks ago and I take that bet I don know if they going to give a Netflix film best Yeah Like he Cuaron getting I think he getting a best director. Yeah. I think that's a lock, but for best picture, a lot of times it's a late pusher. And if you look at, you know, who's been kind of getting the late push up the odds, it's been green book. And so, you know, it hasn't happened often where you win a best picture without a best directed now only four times. Argo was the last one, so it can happen in modern day. And I think, yeah, my money's there. I got it at plus $350 a couple days ago. So I'm feeling decent about it.”
Green Book won Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards (Feb 24, 2019), so the +350 cashes.
“you in to the conversation so we can get your favorite props for Super Bowl 53. Some player props, maybe some of the entertainment props. What is catching your eye right now? Well, I'll start off with one that Sony Michelle, there's a prop out there, his receptions, 0.5. So essentially, will he catch a pass or will he not? Now, for the season, he has quarter pass in seven games. He has not quarter past in eight games. But if you look at, I've actually run the correlations on this and to try to find the most appropriate sample size for different volume stats. And it turns out that for pretty much across the board, you're kind of looking at somewhere in that five to six game range in terms of what's most predictive. And over the last six games, Michelle has only been targeted once. And so I really liked the under on that 0.5 reception. I'm seeing it at minus 140, but I'd actually go a little bit higher than that as well. I just think that there's a really,”
LAR 3, NE 13 — Sony Michel: 0 receptions vs under 0.5; covers. (Sony Michel: 0 receptions)
“I like Brandon Cook's under five and a half receptions. I just think when you look at what the Patriots have been able to do down the stretch against against receivers, especially against these kind of big play guys.”
LAR 3, NE 13 — Brandin Cooks: 8 receptions vs under 5.5; busts. (Brandin Cooks: 8 receptions)
“I know they're sharp side, but I'm going with the under 56 and a half here.”
NO 23, LAR 26 — Combined 49; under 56.5 covers.
“And so I'm just going to go with this over 57. I think that it's highly unlikely to me that either of these teams doesn't score four touchdowns in my eyes?”
KC 31, IND 13 — Combined 44; over 57 busts.
“are a team that plays close games and I'm fine with betting a team at seven and a half that has shown a knack all season to stick in close games I'm fine with taking the seven and a half Yeah, no, I mean, I'm actually on board with you. I like the Cowboys in this spot. That's going to be my pick, seven, seven and a half. It doesn't really matter to me.”
LAR 30, DAL 22 — Dallas Cowboys margin -8 vs line +7; busts.
“Once again, Texans at Eagles. Eagles favored by one and a half, a 46 point over under. The spread is up from a pick them. The majority of the money is on the Eagles. Almost all of the money is on the over. The Texans have won 10 of 11 games and they have a real shot at getting a first round by. The Eagles are coming off a, I'd say, heart of the champion Sunday night football win over the Rams. And they're still in the running for a playoff spot with Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles at quarterback. I mean, I can't believe I'm now on the Houston side of everything. But in this game, I can't believe the Texans aren't favored. But smart people are talking about the Eagles. So, Chris, talk to me about the Eagles. Yeah, I mean, you know me. I love the Texans as well in this spot. I think they opened as a favorite, if I'm not mistaken. So in this game, I think it comes down to the Eagles can be exploited in their secondary on the back end. However, it would have been ideal for Houston to still have Will Fuller to do that. Obviously, DeAndre Hopkins, this is a blow up spot for him as far as fantasy, DFS and all that. I believe we have him ranked number one in our consensus rankings over at ActionNetwork.com. but actionnetwork.com slash fantasy just throwing that in there there you go got to give it the full treatment we're doing slashes now and you know and like how you threw that in just sliding it that was really well done uh but yeah so I'm looking at some splits here and this is you know this is kind of what concerns me a little bit about Houston's ability to fully kind of go ham against the Eagles in this spot Deshaun Watson's yards per attempt still very good without Will fuller this year uh 8.03 it was 8.76 with fuller in the lineup but if you look at net yards per attempt which you know takes into account sacks which is really important when you look at the texans because deshaun watson takes a ton of sacks and um you know top three in the league in terms of taking sacks and so they're down to uh 6.2 net yards per attempt since week number nine which was their first game without Fuller you know when he tore the ACL so overall the Eagles it's a pretty even game and the fact that the Eagles have the home field advantage I actually have them with a slight edge I actually took them at 1 I want I take that bet on for this the Friday show so I wean Eagles but I going for us I going with the under here under 46”
PHI 32, HOU 30 — Combined 62; under 46 busts.
“I was talking about the Steelers at the Saints. This is going to be a great game, at least I hope so. For me, this is kind of the game of the week. Saints favored by six, a 53-point over-under, 48% of the bets, 62% of the money is on the Steelers, 78% of the money is on the over. The Steelers are coming off of a win against the Patriots, but they've lost three of their past four games. they're still in danger of losing their place atop the division, even of falling out of the playoffs. And then on the other side, the Saints can lock up the number one seed in the NFC with a win, and they have won 12 of their last 13 games. One news item here, actually a couple news items, we are recording this on Thursday. It seems as if James Conner is likelier than not to miss this game. He's still sidelined in practice. And then maybe even more importantly, there is a report that Juju Smith-Schuster popped up on the injury report with a groin issue. So he was downgraded to limited. So definitely keep an eye on that. And it might be a situation in redraft leagues if you're depending on Juju, something, I don't know, you're desperate. Maybe you add Eli Rogers or James Washington or something like that. But Chris, what are your thoughts on this game? Well, okay. So just to start with on Juju, if something does go wrong, I did research a couple of years ago. I hope to update it with more recent data. But I did like a looked at like seven eight years of data at the time and found that wide receivers that play after being on the injury report with a groin issue about a 17 percent decrease in PPR production Now that still relatively small sample even though it a lot of years it 49 games so you can put too much stock into it but probably a slight downgrade even if he does play eli rogers in his first game back kind of operated as that as that primary um third receiver in terms of targets but uh james washington snap rate was up so it's kind of a murky situation at this point as far as the game overall you gotta start with the saints and their defense I mean the Saints defense has been just superb over these last over this last six week stretch they haven't allowed more than 17 points in a game over these last six weeks and that's just something that I don't think we've said about the Saints in God knows how long I know the five game streak was you had to go back to 2006 so it's been a minute and the Steelers played a low scoring game themselves with the New England Patriots last week a lot lower than I know you and I both thought it would be. So I'm leaning to the under in this game because I think that, you know, to the everyday better, I think these two teams still look like these offensive juggernauts and they generally are. But now you got Juju popping up on the injury reports. You got the Saints playing well on defense and you have Drew Brees and that offense coming back down to earth a little bit. They're back at home. So I do expect a lot better of a performance than than they had you know going on the road to Carolina but this is still you know probably not quite as explosive of an offense as we were sitting here talking about it maybe a few weeks ago even Pittsburgh's kind of in middle of the road defensively they're 16th in DVOA you know number eight against the run number 21 against the pass so they can definitely be exploited but you know seeing New England score only 10 10 points against them last week was pretty eye-opening to me so I I think Pittsburgh is also kind of playing a little better on defense, just like the Saints are. So I'm going to roll with the under in this game, but I do think it should be a real exciting game.”
NO 31, PIT 28 — Combined 59; under 53 busts.
“So I am going to take the Bucs as a seven-point dog.”
DAL 27, TB 20 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -7 vs line +7; pushes.
“I'm fine with taking the under here, under 47 and a half.”
DAL 27, TB 20 — Combined 47; under 47.5 covers.
“it that's that's what i would have taken uh for for my pick i will go with the you know it's at six now there there was value when it opened i think at six i think i'm going saints you know i think it was a little more value it got got bet down a bit um but i'm going with the saints here”
CAR 9, NO 12 — New Orleans Saints margin +3 vs line -6; busts.
“I'm taking San Fran anything more than a field goal. It's still at three and a half. So taking San Fran again.”
SF 26, SEA 23 — San Francisco 49ers margin +3 vs line +3.5; covers.
“game here packers at bears bears favored by six and by the way there's an article at action that we're talking about how this is the first time in almost a decade that aaron rogers has been an underdog to the bears the total is down from 46 and a half almost all of the money is on the under The Packers are coming off a win in their first game without head coach Mike McCarthy. They are still technically in the running for a playoff spot at 5-7-1. The Bears can clinch the NFC North with a win. They're coming off an emboldening 15-6 home victory over the Rams. This is a rematch of the week one game in which the Packers came back to win 24-23. Aaron Rodgers returned from injury famously to lead the team to victory. Should be a very interesting game. these two teams are in very different places than where they were in week one. Chris, what are your thoughts here? I think I'm getting off Chicago here. I think I'm going Green Bay.”
CHI 24, GB 17 — Green Bay Packers margin -7 vs line +6; busts.
“patriots favored by two a 52 point over under almost all of the money is on the pats uh the sharps will presumably be on the stealers at the action network right now we have an article pointing out that based on our power rankings the stealers are the most underrated team of the week of course from a betting perspective. The Patriots are coming off a devastating road loss, a last second road loss to the Dolphins The Steelers have lost three games in a row They are at risk of losing the AFC North and falling out of the playoffs altogether Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has a rib injury He is expected to play, but running back James Conner is expected to sit with an ankle injury. Chris, give it to me. What do you think of this game? This is going to be an interesting game. I think Pittsburgh is a sharp play here. They should probably be, it should probably be no worse than a pick them, even Pittsburgh favored but I think kind of the uncertainty with Big Ben and the loss to the Raiders kind of is depressing that a little bit that being said don't want to back Pittsburgh in this spot because they always seem to find a way to do something stupid against the Patriots or either that or to just get out coached by the Patriots I mean you have Tom went on maybe on the hot seat right now. I mean, it just kind of underscores it. And the Patriots, I mean, they're coming off. I mean, Rob Grunka, I mean, I guess it looks bad, worse in hindsight, but like, I guess you have to kind of wait the chances of a Hail Mary being anywhere close to complete in that area versus what the Dolphins did. But I mean, that was bad for New England, but I still think that they have a massive coaching advantage on these Steelers. And I'm going to go with the over here. I think, again, I think some of the uncertainty regarding Big Ben”
PIT 17, NE 10 — Combined 27; over 52 busts.
“But I still think that this line is a bit much for this game. I would have it as Ravens by seven. It's that it's still at Ravens seven and a half. So I'm taking the little half point value with the Bucs.”
BAL 20, TB 12 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers margin -8 vs line +7.5; busts.
“That's what kind of what side I wanted here as far as the total or the Jets. But I just, again, I think it should be 6.5. It's seven. Go on Jets.”
NYJ 22, HOU 29 — New York Jets margin -7 vs line +7; pushes.
“And it fair to favor Denver They at home but it should probably be no more than a point for me anyway And so I going with Cleveland here I think I like them to get the win too Yeah I 100 with you on this I really don even need to add anything I think Cleveland the better team. Yeah, and I agree. I don't think they should be favored in this game, but I think if they were on a neutral field, they would definitely be favored. And I wouldn't be surprised if this line continued to move towards them as we get closer to Saturday. Yeah, I'm with you. Cleveland, two and a half.”
DEN 16, CLE 17 — Cleveland Browns margin +1 vs line +2.5; covers.
“Chris, Sunday Night Football, Eagles at Rams. Rams favored right now. The line is 11.5, a 52.5 over-under. The spread is up from 9.5 on news that Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz is expected not to play with a back injury, a broken vertebra. The total is down from 54. Over 80% of the money is currently on the under. The Eagles are coming off an overtime loss in a must-win game against the Cowboys. The Rams are coming off of a disappointing Sunday night football loss to the Bears, but they still have a shot at the number one seed. What are you doing with this game? You know, I think at first glance, you know, it's kind of, everyone's kind of first inclination is going to be to follow that money. It's, you know, wentz is out, you know, spread goes up, total goes down. I understand it, but I actually, and this is probably a kind of an UnRabon-like pick, but I'm going Rams at the big number here”
LAR 23, PHI 30 — Los Angeles Rams margin -7 vs line -11.5; busts.
“where I'm going is the under 53”
KC 27, BAL 24 — Combined 51; under 53 covers.
“Saints at Buccaneers. Saints favored by nine. A 56-point over-under. The spread is up from eight. The total is down from 57.5. The Saints are coming off a heartbreaking Thursday night football loss. The Bucs have won two straight with Jameis Winston in the starting lineup. This is a rematch of the Bucs' 48-40 week one victory. Of course, Jameis Winston was not in that game. This game being played in Tampa, there is the possibility of precipitations. So people should definitely be sure to monitor that as game time approaches Chris what are your thoughts with this game So this game really reminiscent of I think the Saints game last week where it was you just felt like the total was a little bit high. I think that this is a situation where you're late in the year and, you know, there's, these teams have kind of put all these stats on paper, but some of the, some of them, like from earlier in the year, aren't quite as relevant. So So, for example, Tampa Bay had this nine-game stretch after the Saints game in week one where they turned the ball over 29 times in nine games. Now, you know, that created a lot of quarterback back and forth and benchings and whatnot. But the bottom line is that's a ridiculous outlier. Like, that's just hard to sustain no matter how bad of a ball security type of team you are. So that was an outlier. That tends to drive upscoring turnovers because it creates short fields. Sometimes they get returned for touchdowns and there's not even, you know, not much time goes off the clock. So that's one thing that kind of drove up totals in these Bucs games. And then on the New Orleans side, you know, in the first few weeks of the season when they didn't have Mark Ingram, they – a lot more run heavy. So once they got Ingram, once he came back, New Orleans is averaging 33.5 rushing attempts per game and only 28.5 passing attempts per game. now they are efficient for the most part running the football but that's just going to create a little bit more of uh you know the from the way new warrants plays because they're already efficient through the air they're going to be efficient through the air no matter what um just kind of limiting their past attempts like that actually does i think um lower the totals in some of their games and you know we kind of saw that play out with the cowboys game and so i think you have a situation where this over under at 56 still a little bit too high i see why it dropped from 57 and a half where it came out if you go back to 2005 when two divisional opponents play in week 11 or later and the totals above 44 the under is 169 104 and three so that's a 62 percent hit rate you know so you have all these kind of trends there's also might like you said there might be precipitation might be some wind so I'm going with the under here it's my favorite bet”
TB 14, NO 28 — Combined 42; under 56 covers.
“kind of game so like you know on the road i'm not like i think it's a toss-up i think denver has the edge i think denver um you would you would say denver should win this game but on the road you know plus four i got anything more than you know i would say like a point to me is too much so i'm I'm just going to go San Francisco. I think San Francisco is well coached enough. And with with the two key injuries for Denver, I just think the talent for these two teams is a lot more equal than than it would have been otherwise.”
SF 20, DEN 14 — San Francisco 49ers margin +6 vs line +4; covers.
“I'm getting three points with the Bears. I am taking that.”
CHI 15, LAR 6 — Chicago Bears margin +9 vs line +3; covers.
“What's your against the spread pick? And by the way, the pick choices are – we got the eagles minus six and uh the over-unders at 45 oh yeah yeah yeah oh yeah okay so i am going with the uh the redskins here uh you know i think the line is just a little bit i just think it should be at five that's what i have it at and so you know i think that like there's a little bit of”
PHI 28, WSH 13 — Washington Redskins margin -15 vs line +6; busts.
“I'm going to take under 45 points. Already moved up one and a half since opening at 43 and a half.”
PHI 28, WSH 13 — Combined 41; under 45 covers.
“supposed to bet teams are supposed to bet numbers really right and this this number is too high for me it's 14 and a half spread for the in favor of the chiefs i think there's value on the raiders there i think you bet the raiders if you bet this game at all if you look at home underdogs of seven or more points late in the season so that like just December January 63 and 44 with four pushes against the spread That's 58.9% since 03. And if you're betting against teams with like a 80% win percentage or more, so like really good teams that the public likes, 123, 95 and two against the spread in these spots. So this is just a classic case of where you have to kind of fade your biases, I think about the two teams that play because you know more than anyone I love Patrick Mahomes and I love the Chiefs but um and I dislike the Raiders but I think in this spot you have to go with the value and take Oakland yeah I mean here's the thing like I know you're right from the bookmaker perspective and the handicapping perspective like I know you're right this line it feels high but like isn't it like it's high for a reason like the Raiders they're horrible like they're in total tank mode they are 30th in terms of dva 30th against the run and the pass they have the worst combination or one of the worst combinations of like uh defensive leanings that any team has in the league and from from the perspective of just looking at their against the spread performance this year they are the worst team in the league not only do they have the worst record like three and eight, but they have the worst margin on a week to week basis. Like on average, they are underperforming the spread by 8.18 points. That's the worst in the league. If I had to choose a side, I guess I would just stay away. There's no way you could convince me to bet on the Raiders, even though I know that's like the sharp side on this. All right. Two things, two things. Number one, I know you spent some time actually tracking the performance, you know, implied versus actual. Do you know if there is any type of like adjustment being made as the season progresses, like, AKA, like, all right, let's say a team, you know, for the first eight weeks underperforms their implied total by X amount of points. Is that something that tends to carry over? I'm just wondering because you kind of made me think about like, okay, you know, the Raiders have been the worst team against the spread. They're not covering by the highest margin. So I'm guessing, I would just guess that bookmakers are actually building that into the future lines, which is why This spread is so high in the first place when it maybe it should just be you know the flat-out 14 or something like that Yeah so that a good question What I should say is that my answer is going to be very anecdotal It kind of it points in different directions because I have the data Kind of that I accumulated on this for a few seasons And then obviously in the BetLabs database we have much more data, but kind of like the granular data of looking at things week to week. I think bookmakers are actually pretty slow to adjust some of their lines. And then I think in certain situations, it's almost like they flip a switch and it's very predicated based on what happened the week before so i think it's it's actually bifurcated it's either based on like what happened the week before where they can they know that they can shade in one direction or and i should just before i go to the or i should just say like whatever scooch says on the favorites podcast obviously just listen to him about what it is but like so either they can shade based on what happens the week before or you do have a situation where you have a team that is just so gnarly for so long. And you could see situations like that with the Browns in previous seasons, like a team that is just so bad for such a huge chunk of the season that in the second half of the year, they do start to shade the lines more heavily because they know that people are either going to be betting against them or you maybe have a situation on the opposite end, like the Saints this year or like the Rams last year, where teams are just overperforming, really crushing expectations so they can skew more. And so I would say you have like that situation here in this game where you have Kansas City on one side, just crushing and you have the Raiders on the other side, just absolutely like the worst team in the league. So yeah, like I would say like this line looks high, but you still could not convince me to bet on the Raiders. Because like if I lost, it would be like, you know what? Like I bet on the Raiders like an idiot. No one should ever bet on the Raiders. Those are my, those, I believe on this very podcast, we were in like opposite seats. And those are my famous last words before betting on the Vikings to cover against the Buffalo Bills way back in week three. I learned my lesson. I'm sticking with Oakland here.”
OAK 33, KC 40 — Oakland Raiders margin -7 vs line +14.5; covers.
“I'm picking Indy minus four. The one thing that I think potentially could be good coming from the the quarterback switch Kessler does have a weak arm but I think he's much more accurate”
JAX 6, IND 0 — Indianapolis Colts margin -6 vs line -4; busts.
“So obviously I'm going to take the over on their team total, 32 and a half.”
DET 16, LAR 30 — Rams scored 30; team total over 32.5 misses.
“right next game ravens at falcons falcons favored by one and a half a 48 point over under the ravens have won two straight games and lamar jackson starts the falcons have lost three in a row And actually, this game opened amazingly. The Falcons is two and a half point dogs. And that very quickly got bet to the other side. Chris, what are your thoughts on this game? Well, I think the first thing, anytime you talk about the Atlanta Falcons and betting on the Atlanta Falcons, they've become a team, at least this season, that you have to start considering where the game is being played. Because now we're 11 games into the season for the Falcons, and it's pretty clear that for whatever reason, they're just not as focused. I don't know if it's focused. I don't know if it's preparation. I don't know what it is. But when they go on the road, they just don't play well. but they're back at home for this game. They're in the dome and they averaged 30 points per game at home, 20 points per game on the road. And I mean, you saw that play out on Thanksgiving where it was just like mistake after mistake, literally right in front of the goal line. I know. All of those turnovers right at the goal line. It was horrible. I mean, it was like, I don't know if that Thanksgiving game like made anyone happy by the end of it. Cause I mean, if you had like Drew Brees, you're like, I mean, he has great, he has four touchdowns, but they all went to nobodies and he only has like 170 yards. And if you, if you had the Falcons or Matt Ryan, you're like, okay, well, great. He threw for some yards, but like, he should have had like two or three more touchdowns. So it was just, it was an ugly game. But in this one, I do like the Falcons here. You know, another line that I got at a much better price. I actually got this, I think once at plus one and then another time at a pick them for Atlanta So now you know a little bit of the value has been bet out of it but you know I still think they are the better team I think with the home field advantage I still feel comfortable going to you know at this 1 number probably wouldn go much higher than two”
ATL 16, BAL 26 — Atlanta Falcons margin -10 vs line -1.5; busts.
“So like Chubb, and then for my bowl call for a bet, I like the Bills at home as the underdog here. You know, it's not Super Bowl, but they are a, you know, they are a three-point underdog even though they're at home.”
BUF 24, JAX 21 — Buffalo Bills margin +3 vs line +3; covers.
“So give me the Rams minus three.”
LAR 54, KC 51 — Los Angeles Rams margin +3 vs line -3; pushes.
“i'm i'm hammering the falcons minus three i think this is a double digit win for them”
ATL 19, DAL 22 — Atlanta Falcons margin -3 vs line -3; busts.
“the six and two Steelers at the three and six Jags Steelers favored on the road by five and a half points a 47 point over under the spread is down from six the total is down from 47 and a half the Steelers have won five straight after starting one two and one the Jags have lost five straight and of course this is a rematch of last year's classic divisional round game that the Jags won 45 to 42 what are your thoughts so I'll start off by talking about the spread because I'm going to actually make a pick on the over under but I think the spread is worth talking about so um this is another kind of classic spot where I think the public has overreacted a little bit First of all, the Steelers, we know they smash at home. So they kind of went on national TV against the Panthers and what everyone thought would be a good game, a close game. The spread was within a touchdown and the Steelers dominated. They put up over 50 points. But home favorites on Thursday Night Football are covering at about a 62% rate going all the way back to 2003, which I found out using BetLab software. So it's tough to go on the road and play a good team on a short week. And so the Steelers took advantage of that. But now they going on the road and they favored by this like five What is it Five five and a half five and a half I think that Yeah I think that number is just I just think that number is a little bit too high I know the Jags have lost a lot of games but you know with Fournette back that defense is still playing The pass defense is still playing well A Bouye is back These are like the prime spots for the Steelers to kind of underperform So I don't trust them really. I would say to win much less cover. But at the same time, like, I don't like how the Jaguars match up to them on offense. Because over the last five weeks, so the Steelers have won five straight. The Jags have lost five straight. So over those five games, like the Steelers are number one on defense and yards per player allowed. They're number one in net yards per pass allowed. They're top six in yards per carry allowed at about 3.8. So like the Jags have been inefficient, even with Fournette back. Him and Carlos Hyde combined are averaging under three yards per carry. They're at 2.6 combined with the Jags. So like their run game, even though it's like this power run game and it's better than when it's just TJ Yeldon, it's still not very efficient. they're going against a team that doesn't allow much efficiency and then on the other side you have an offense that's going against the one of the top pass defenses in the week statistically so I'm taking the under in this game for those reasons over over kind of touching the spread because I just I don't know I don't really feel as confident on going either way with that spread”
JAX 16, PIT 20 — Combined 36; under 47 covers.
“The six and three Texans at the six and three Redskins. Texans favored by three, a 42 and a half point over under the total is down for 43. The Texans have won six straight and are coming off a bye. The Redskins have won four or five, but they've scored more than 24 points just once this season. Chris, what are you doing with this game? Oh, I'm betting Houston, man.”
WSH 21, HOU 23 — Houston Texans margin +2 vs line -3; busts.
“The 7 Saints at the 5 Bengals Saints favored by 6 a 54 over The spread is up from 4.5. The total is down from 55.5. The Saints have won seven games in a row. They just beat the previously undefeated Rams. Of course, they also just signed Des Bryant to round out the receiving group, and the Bengals are coming off of the bye. Chris, what are your thoughts? In this game, I'm looking first at obviously the absence of A.J. Green. That's going to play a huge factor in this game and embedding this game. He was responsible for 40 percent of the Bengals air yards. They ranked number four in the league in explosive pass rates, you know, entering this week. But without Green, now you're losing a player who ranked in the top five in receptions of 20 or more yards with 12. And so I think that's going to really change the complexion of this offense. And then you couple that with the fact that New Orleans is a top three run defense by DVOA. They allow the fewest yards per carrying in the league at 3.4. This spells trouble for Cincinnati, even though they're at home and coming off a bye. I don't think they'll be nearly as explosive on offense. Their defense has not been good for most of the year. On the other side of the ball, you're looking at with their defense, they rank third worst in tackling grade from pro football focus. That is not an ideal situation when you're going up against Alvin Kamara. So for this game, though, I'm the line. I don't necessarily like to mess with these lines that are between a field goal and a touchdown unless I have a really strong lean. I do like the Saints in this game. But because of Cincinnati's explosive or lack thereof of explosive pass plays and the fact that New Orleans can shut down the run as well, I think Cincinnati either doesn't score nearly as much as they usually do. Or if they are scoring, they're going to take much longer than usual to do it. They're going to have to kind of dink and dunk it. New Orleans is actually running the ball more than they're passing the ball since Mark Ingram came back. So I'm going with the under. I think this total is a little inflated after New Orleans put up some big numbers.”
CIN 14, NO 51 — Combined 65; under 54 busts.
“44 and a half i love this number i'm going under here”
CHI 34, DET 22 — Combined 56; under 44.5 busts.
“Chris, oh man, this game. The 3-5 Cowboys at the 4-4 Eagles. I can't believe this is a Sunday night football game. They need to flex us something better. Eagles favored by 7, a 43-point over-under. The spread is up from six. The total is down from 43 and a half. The Cowboys are coming off a disheartening Monday night football loss to the Titans, and they will likely be without linebacker Sean Lee. The Eagles are coming off the bye. They have just added Cowboys killer Golden Tate, who now will play the Cowboys three times this year, and they are also expecting to get back right tackle Lane Johnson. What are your thoughts here? Yeah, so Cowboy killer Golden Tate, I think it sets up well for him. Dallas is number 28 in DVOA on passes over the middle. Zach Ertz, that obviously also benefits Dallas's 25th versus the tight end and their 30th in DVOA versus short passes as well. So I think Ertz, Tate, even Aguilar, I mean, this sets up well for the Philadelphia receivers to have a good game. By the way, Carson Wentz sitting around here with a 13 to 2 touchdown interception ratio, a 109.6 passer rating. I don't think anyone's really talking about this because he kind of missed a couple of games to start the year, but he's picking up right back where he left off. Now he gets another weapon in Golden Tate. I think that this is going to be a signature game for Philly. They haven't really had a game where they've kind of smashed yet. They had that one against the Giants, but I mean, that's like, come on. I think they'll get it done here. I don't like that the spread is moving up. I think there a lot more value with this number at six six and a half then at seven but I'm still taking it at seven and the reason is Jason Garrett has just not done a good job of preparing this team in general really I mean they always kind of lacking when it comes to the details or certain strategic things that they should probably be employing but especially when he on a short week So in his career the Cowboys under Jason Garrett are 2 against the spread on a short week He essentially the Vance Joseph He the Vance Joseph of short weeks. This is horrible. I mean, some of that obviously is impacted by the Thanksgiving game. But yeah, it doesn't speak well. It doesn't speak well for him. For me, this is easily going with Philly.”
PHI 20, DAL 27 — Philadelphia Eagles margin -7 vs line -7; busts.