Remember when the NFL season win totals were released last summer? So many teams and wagers looked tempting. A few even looked easy. With the regular season now complete, it’s time to go back and look at which teams were the biggest surprises and disappointments of 2019, and to see […]
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How to Handicap the Final Week of the NFL Regular Season
Pittsburgh is favored over Baltimore? Tennessee is laying nearly a touchdown at Houston? Chicago is favored by a field goal in Minnesota? Week 17 looks to be a crazy slate of NFL games. Here’s a guide to taking advantage of unusual circumstances and avoiding traps. The final week of the […]
32 for 32: All 32 Teams Analyzed in 32 Words or Less (Part 2 — The AFC)
Heading into the final week of the 2019 regular season, here’s the remainder of our all-too-short, short take on all 32 NFL teams from a gambler’s perspective. In today’s Part 2, we take a look at the 16 teams in the AFC. With one week remaining in the NFL regular […]
32 for 32: All 32 Teams Analyzed in 32 Words or Less (Part 1 — The NFC)
Heading into the final week of the 2019 regular season, here’s an all-too-short take on all 32 NFL teams from a gambler’s perspective. In today’s Part 1, we take a look at the 16 teams in the NFC. There’s still one more week left to play in the NFL regular […]
NFL Playoffs: Rams and Eagles Back on the Bubble, Titans Surging
The hunt for the NFL playoffs got a whole lot more interesting this weekend, with both the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles wiggling their way back onto the NFC bubble. Meanwhile, the Tennessee Titans won six out of their last seven games to put themselves into playoff consideration in […]
Data Mining Week 13 NFL Games for Winning Betting Angles
We’re doing the dirty work of crunching through data, and deep into the 2019 NFL season, we’ve found two betting angles that continue to produce a profit. Will our good fortune continue? Last week, we data-mined two betting angles that produced a profit. This week, we see no reason to […]
Cincinnati Bengals Bench QB Andy Dalton, 0-8 Bungles Getting Desperate
In a futile effort to jumpstart a winless Cincinnati Bengals team that began the season 0-8, head coach Zac Taylor benched starting quarterback Andy Dalton in favor of rookie backup Ryan Finley. Finley, a rookie out of North Carolina State who has never taken a snap in an NFL game, […]
Waiver Wire Pickups Week 9: Ryan Tannehill, Danny Amendola, and Chris Conley
Ryan Tannehill (Tennessee Titans), Danny Amendola (Detroit Lions), and Chris Conley (Jacksonville Jaguars) could be valuable waiver wire pickups to strengthen your NFL fantasy football team in Week 9. Tannehill has done a bang-up job with a 2-0 record as a starter since Mike Vrabel benched Marcus Mariota. Conley has […]
Quickie Recap NFL Week 8: Niners, Packers, and Saints Combined 21-2
In this week’s Quickie NFL Recap, a trio of NFC division leaders continued their winning ways with San Francisco 49ers (7-0), Green Bay Packers (7-1), and New Orleans Saints (7-1) securing victories in Week 8. All three teams are a combined 21-2 heading into the midway mark of the 2019 […]
LOLJets Week 8: Another Game, Another Ugly Loss
The misery for the New York Jets (1-6) continued and Gang Green lost once again. The #LOLJets lost 29-15 to the Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4) in a game the Jets hoped they’d win after an embarrassing 33-0 pummeling by the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football. Jets quarterback Sam Darnold […]
Quickie NFL Recap Week 6: Seahawks NSYNC TD Dance and Underdogs 10-4
Underdogs prevailed once again in Week 6 of the NFL, with a 10-4 record against the spread, and the Seattle Seahawks currently in the running for best group TD celebration after they busted out vintage dance choreography inspired by the 1990s boy band, NSYNC. In this week’s Hemingway Report for […]