Heading into Week 6 of the NFL season, consider these waiver wire pickups: Chase Claypool, Travis Fulgham, Andy Dalton, Alexander Mattison, or Tee Higgins. After Dak Prescott suffered a brutal, season-ending injury, fantasy football owners will scramble to find a suitable replacement like his backup, Dalton. Dalvin Cook injured his […]
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Dak Prescott Injury Drops Dallas Super Bowl Odds
Quarterback Dak Prescott is done for the year and oddmakers believe so too are the chances the Dallas Cowboys will win the Super Bowl. Several sportsbooks adjusted the lines for Dallas to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and they’re not optimistic about the Cowboys. Prescott suffered a compound fracture and […]
LSU Joins Oklahoma in Falling Out of AP Top 25 Poll
Defending National Champion LSU became the second team to fall out of the AP Top 25 Poll. The Tigers are the first defending champion to fall out of the AP Top 25 Poll since Auburn in 2011. They had been ranked in 43 straight polls, dating to Nov. 5, 2017, […]
NFL Week 5 Betting Recap: Raiders Get Little Love From Gamblers
Las Vegas residents have embraced their new silver-and-black home team, but gamblers? Not so much, especially in NFL Week 5 betting. The sportsbooks were the big winners on Sunday, after the Las Vegas Raiders upset the Super Bowl-favorite Kansas City Chiefs. William Hill reported 60% of the tickets on the […]
LOL Jets: Gang Green Lose to Arizona, Starts 0-5 First Time Since 1996
The New York Jets lost … again. The Arizona Cardinals beat up the Jets 30-10 on their janky home turf at MetLife Stadium. The LOL Jets started the season 0-5 for only the third time in franchise history. In 1980, a banged-up Jets started 0-5 under Walt Michaels and finished […]
NFL Week 5 Highlights: Alex Smith Returns, Bad Spike, Crazy Dance
Arguably, the best highlight of Week 5 in the NFL wasn’t an impressive touchdown catch or a gravity-defying throw, but the simple act of a player trotting on the field. The Washington Football Team’s quarterback, Alex Smith, returned to the action for the first time since a horrific leg injury […]
College Football Week 6 Betting Recap: Florida, Pitt Burn Big Parlay Card
One gambler learned a hard lesson when he plunked down $78,451 at FanDuel on a two-team parley in College Football Week 6 betting and both squads were upset. The first game was No. 4 Florida against No. 21 Texas A&M. The Gators were -230 on the moneyline, but got beaten […]
College Football Week 6 Highlights: Crazy Call, High Snap, Missed FG
College Football Week 6 highlights included a television announcer going berserk, a high snap from a center, and a questionable call from the referees. Those, along with a missed field goal that cost a team the game, and a four-overtime contest that looked like it would never end, were some […]
Live Scoring Issues Tarnish Weekend’s DFS Football Games
The weekend of football proved hair-pullingly frustrating for DFS users who couldn’t follow live scoring for their contests, and who are still waiting for payouts on Monday – up to two days after some contests ended. Neither DraftKings nor FanDuel offered live scoring for college football contests on Saturday. DraftKings […]
One Bet: $100: Carolina Atlanta Moneyline Head Scratching
At first glance the moneyline and point spread on the Carolina Atlanta game makes no sense at all. Atlanta is a 2.5-point favorite over the Panthers on Sunday, despite being winless. I am not sure if this is a sucker line or not, but I’ll bite. I have so much […]
Gotta Get Unstuck: Monday Night Doubleheader and Tuesday Night Football
For the first time in history, the NFL hosts a Tuesday Night Football game with the undefeated Buffalo Bills heading to a hot zone in Nashville to play the coronavirus-ravaged Tennessee Titans. Due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Titans and positive tests with the New England Patriots, the NFL […]
One Bet, $100: Georgia Will Be Too Much for Tennessee
In the SEC Game of the Week, No. 14 Tennessee will travel to Sanford Stadium to take on No. 3 Georgia. The Volunteers last defeated the Bulldogs on the road in 2016 when they were ranked No. 11 in the AP Top 25 Poll. This game will come down to […]
NFL Week 5 Quickie Betting Rundown: Haves and the Have-Nots
Five unbeaten teams in the NFL want to stay on the prefect path while four winless teams are on a desperate mission to end their disastrous starts during Week 5. Playing during a pandemic continues to be problematic for the NFL. Two NFL games were rescheduled in Week 5 due […]
College Football Week 6 Preview: Can Miami Upset No. 1 Clemson?
The week’s top college football game pits No. 1 Clemson, a school that’s comfortable in marquee contests, against No. 7 Miami, a school that used to be comfortable in those situations. Clemson has been one of the top-ranked teams over the past five years, losing just five games since 2015. […]
NFL: Two Games Rescheduled Due to COVID-19
Two Week 5 NFL games have been rescheduled from Sunday to early next week because of COVID-19 concerns the league announced Thursday. The Denver Broncos at New England Patriots will now be played Monday, while the Buffalo Bills at Tennessee Titans will be played on Tuesday. The Patriots and Titans […]
NFL Week 5: Best DFS Value Plays Include Kyle Allen, Damien Harris
Week 5 of the NFL season looks to be one of the most dynamic of the season for value plays under $5,000 on DraftKings. We can roster a super-cheap quarterback, running backs capable of rushing for 100 yards, and a receiver who can go off on any given week. Here […]
NFL: Quarterback Drama as Haskins Benched, Darnold Hurt
Two NFL quarterbacks won’t be behind center on Sunday, but for different reasons. Washington’s Dwayne Haskins was benched and the New York Jets’ Sam Darnold is hurt. News of both quarterback’s fate was announced by their respective head coaches on Wednesday. Haskins, who was +550 to be the first NFL […]
Can You Win in DFS This Week Avoiding the Red River Shootout?
Week 6 of college football DFS provides us with the likely high-scoring affair between Texas and Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout, and an expected team total of 49 points for BYU against the University of Texas-San Antonio. You can expect the core components of those offenses to be highly […]
Buccaneers Look to Deliver Bad News to Bears
Week 5 of the NFL kicks off with the Thursday night game featuring the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Chicago Bears. The Bucs are favored by 4.5 points, and the over/under is 43.5. Can Chicago bounce back after losing its first game of the season last Sunday to Indianapolis? Tom […]
Kansas City 4th Straight 4-0 Start, Now 7/2 Super Bowl Odds
The Kansas City Chiefs set a new NFL record by starting the season with a 4-0 record for the fourth consecutive season. They regained the top spot on the NFL futures board after defeating the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football in Week 3. Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas lists […]