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Back Philip Rivers on the road? Week 8 NFL betting trends to know

For most of the year, road underdogs have been the story, and they are still hitting at a 64% rate (45-25-2). But last week, the road favorites went 5-1 ATS and won all six games outright. Home ‘dogs are now just 7-26-1 outright this season. This week, one trend to watch involves road teams coming […]

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Controversial Oklahoma TD, late Chargers surge among weekend’s worst gambling bad beats

These are this past weekend’s worst bad beats. Line: Oklahoma -9.5 Betting Tom Herman as an underdog has been a profitable strategy since he became a head coach in 2015. He entered Saturday’s Big 12 Championship Game with a 12-1-1 ATS record and nine outright wins in 14 career games as an underdog. That trend […]

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Week 11 NFL betting trends to know: Back Deshaun Watson as a ‘dog?

Moving forward to Week 11, six divisional games highlight the slate. This season, taking the road teams in divisional games has been very profitable. Even including Pittsburgh failing to cover on Thursday, road teams are 27-16-1 ATS in divisional games (63%). For a larger sample size, under the current divisional format (since 2002), road teams […]

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Chalk points: Week 5 betting nuggets you should know

NFL schedule | Live lines Current matchup intel from PickCenter When early Week 5 point spreads came out from the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook on Sept. 30, Seattle was listed as a 2.5-point road favorite against Cincinnati. After Cincinnati’s big win at home against Kansas City, the Bengals opened as a 1-point favorite against the […]

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Swami Sez: Chris Berman’s Week 10 NFL picks

Season record: 31-15 ATS Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers Ben Roethlisberger looked as if he started to knock the rust off in the fourth quarter last week against Baltimore. Dallas has been rolling and has given up only 20-plus points in one game since mid-September. But they’re due for an average performance sometime, aren’t they? […]

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Patrick Mahomes supplants Drew Brees as betting favorite for MVP

Mahomes, 23, is now listed at minus-155 to win the award, and he has supplanted New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees as the betting favorite this week at both DraftKings and William Hill U.K. • Watch: Russell Wilson • Watch: Baker Mayfield • Watch: Patrick Mahomes • Watch: Tom Brady • Watch: Andrew Luck • […]

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Swami Sez: Chris Berman’s Week 8 NFL picks

Season record: 26-11 ATS (last week: 2-3) Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers Coming off a bye, this is Carolina’s last stand. With six losses, the Panthers’ postseason hopes would basically be finished. Wouldn’t you think you’re going to get their best effort here, whatever that is at this point? I do worry about Arizona playing […]

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Is the AFC West the best NFL quarterback division ever? Where Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Justin Herbert, Derek Carr rank

In case you haven’t noticed, the AFC West is stacked. The biggest prize in the division’s offseason spending spree was Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson, who is expected to fill the post-Peyton Manning hole the team has desperately been trying to take care of for the past half-decade. When you consider Denver had been rolling with […]

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