You know things are ugly when a losing team sits in first place. The Philadelphia Eagles top the NFC East with a 1-2-1 record after finally securing their first win of the season in Week 4. Oddsmakers at DraftKings pegged the Dallas Cowboys as the favorite to win the NFC […]
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Oklahoma Falls Out of AP Top 25
For the first time since September 2016, Oklahoma isn’t in the AP Top 25 Football Poll. The Sooners suffered their second consecutive upset, tumbling out of the first 25 spots in the Week 6 poll. Oklahoma is one of five teams that dropped out of the AP Top 25 Football […]
Houston’s Bill O’Brien First NFL Coach Fired, Who’s Next?
Houston Texans general manager Bill O’Brien didn’t fire head coach Bill O’Brien, believing he had another lifeline. Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair disagreed, and fired O’Brien from both positions on Monday after six years with the organization. O’Brien was reportedly on thin ice after trading All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre […]
Waiver Wire Week 5: Robert Tonyan, Dalton Schultz, Justin Jackson, or Justin Herbert
The LA Chargers lost running back Austin Ekeler to a hamstring injury in Week 4, which is why you should add his backup if you have a thin bench. You might also consider adding TE Robert Tonyan, RB Justin Jackson, TE Dalton Schultz, WR Tre’quan Smith, or QB Justin Herbert […]
NFL Week 4 Betting Recap: Lakers Sink $100,000 Parlay Card
Cross betting with other sports is popular, but one gambler in NFL Week 4 found out he should have stuck with football for his betting. The unidentified BetMGM customer put down $100,000 to win 598,709.15 on a five-team parlay card. They parlays were all moneyline bets. The first four were […]
College Football Week 5 Betting Recap: Gamblers Take Bath on Upsets
Gamblers usually take a hit when there are one or two upsets in college football, but College Football Week 5 betting was Armageddon for punters. Four ranked teams suffered upsets, and the public backed three of those losing teams heavily. The biggest hit for the bettors came from Oklahoma. A […]
NFL Week 4 Highlights: High Jumps, Trick Plays, and Trash Talking
The NFL Week 4 highlights had it all on Sunday. There was a wide receiver pass for a touchdown, a quarterback who looked like a tight end blocking, and an animated pick-six interception on a legend of the game. There was also Indianapolis quarterback Philip Rivers trash-talking an opponent, and […]
College Football Week 5 Highlights: Crazy Block, Iffy TD Call, Great INT
College football’s Week 5 highlights were filled with more than just long touchdown passes. In fact, passes didn’t even make this week’s highlight reel. Here’s a look at some of the week’s biggest plays, including an offensive lineman who made an incredible block, an interception that defied gravity, and what […]
Gotta Get Unstuck: Eagles/49ers (SNF), Falcons/Packers (MNF)
If you Gotta Get Unstuck after a rough Sunday, there’s always Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football to help you get even. The Philadelphia Eagles (0-2-1) seek their first win of this season, but their outlook seems grim with a SNF matchup against the San Francisco 49ers (2-1). The […]
One bet, $100: Baltimore, Washington Defenses Should Keep Total Under
Sometimes you have to go against the grain, and that is definitely what I did this week for the Baltimore Washington game. No, I didn’t take Washington, my mental state has not plunged that far down … yet. With this week’s One Bet, $100, I took the under on the […]
NFL Week 4: Ravens, Rams Dubious About Double-Digit Point Spreads
NFL Week 4 is the first time this season there have been two games with double-digit point spreads, and only the third with a spread of 10 or more. Last week Indianapolis was a 12.5-point pick over the New York Jets, and covered easily, 36-7. Baltimore has the highest point […]
Superman Grounded, Cam Newton Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Do not expect a Cam Newton “Outfit of the Week”, unless you were anticipating hospital scrubs. ESPN reported that the New England Patriots had one player test positive for coronavirus, quarterback Cam Newton. He is listed as out for a game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead in Kansas […]
One Bet, $100: North Carolina, Boston College Late Bloomers
North Carolina and Boston College have been slow starters in the beginning of the 2020 college football season. Both teams have managed to score just seven points in the first half of the games they have played. That is why with this week’s One Bet, $100, I am going to […]
NFL Week 4 Quickie: Quest for 4-0 with Rodgers, Mahomes, Allen, Foles
The Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks, and Chicago Bears are trying to stay among the few remaining undefeated teams in the NFL by winning their matchups in Week 4. The Chiefs have a rematch of the 2019 AFC Championship game against Bill Belichick and the […]
College Football Week 5: No. 2 Alabama, No. 4 Georgia Host Ranked Teams in SEC Showdowns
Four teams in the AP Top 25, all in the SEC, face one another in College Football Week 5, and upsets could change the race in the conference. Alabama, ranked No. 2, hosts No. 13 Texas A&M, while No. 4 Georgia takes on No. 7 Auburn. No. 2 Alabama faces […]
LOL Jets: Now 0-4, Fail to Beat Broncos with 3rd String QB
The New York Jets missed their best chance to secure a victory in the first half of the season after a dismal performance on Thursday Night Football against the previously winless Denver Broncos. The LOL Jets could not even beat a team starting a third-string, rookie quarterback, who threw three […]
NFL: This Week’s Best, Cheap DFS Plays
If you want to play Lamar Jackson or Dalvin Cook this week, you’ll need to dig deeper into the salary pool in other roster spots to afford the high-priced guys. As always, I’m here to help with five cheap DFS plays under $5,000 on DraftKings. Let’s dig in. Myles Gaskin, […]
AFC East: Buffalo Bills New Betting Fave, Pats Slip, Jets Plummet
After three weeks of the NFL season, the Buffalo Bills (3-0) sit in first place in the AFC East and became the new favorites to win the division at 4/7 odds. The New England Patriots, with Cam Newton at QB instead of Tom Brady, started the season 2-1, but their […]
Splinter Watch 2020: Which NFL QB Gets Benched Next?
This is the time of year when NFL head coaches who are trying to save their jobs begin to panic, and bench their quarterback as a last-ditch measure to stay employed. Chicago’s Mitch Trubisky was the first QB to lose his starting job this season. BetOnline has put out a […]
College Football DFS: Don’t Sleep on Memphis-SMU, Texas Tech-Kansas State
Week 5 of college football DFS offers up a 14-game slate on FanDuel (13 on DraftKings), but the smart play may be to ignore most of the games and listen to what Vegas has to say. Oddsmakers seem to think the Memphis-SMU and Texas Tech-Kansas State games will be close […]