Month: October 2024

The Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts will kick off their second preseason game of 2023 on Saturday night, with the Colts as -4.5 NFL odds favorites. 

Last week, the Bears played incredible offense in the first quarter and held on to beat the Tennessee Titans. Meanwhile, the Colts starters struggled and gave up an early lead they were unable to recover from against the Buffalo Bills.

I analyze the point spread and total and give my best NFL picks and predictions for the Bears vs. Colts below. 

Bears vs Colts odds

Bears vs Colts predictions

It was an unbelievable start to the 2023 preseason for Bears fans hoping to see Justin Fields and the offense improvements. Fields went a perfect 3/3 passi…

Don’t you love it when things just come together perfectly? 

That’s the theme of my Week 9 trend report as we have multiple matchups where the opponents have achieved the same specific betting outcome in most of their games this season. As a result, we have some direction with how to bet on a handful of games this week. 

Like I always say though, you need more than NFL betting trends for a reason to place a bet, so be sure to dig into some stats and try to determine if the market is reacting to the trends before making any NFL picks.

Checking in on some league-wide betting results, Unders continue to be a strong bet as they’ve hit in 59.5% of games. Perhaps because of that, we’re starting to see some lower totals as sev…

With only two games this weekend, I’m hitting different levels of NFL odds, giving out my best close-to-EV touchdown, my best mid-range bet, and the longshot I like the most to score among the Conference Championship odds on Sunday.

I can’t say no to a Chiefs stack in the backfield, taking some great value with the better runner in the Baltimore backfield, and taking one of the longest shots at +1,900 to score.

Here are my three best free NFL picks for Conference Championship touchdown scorers, as the Super Bowl odds march closer to their completion.

For more great NFL analysis, check out our AFC Championship picks and NFC Championship best bets!

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We’ve entered October, which means the playing field between bookies and bettors is beginning to tilt in favor of the “bad guys.”

The more games we get, the sharper the NFL odds get, and Week 5 lines should be handled with care. That puts even greater importance on getting the best number.

That means betting on the opening spreads and totals immediately or waiting for the market to move and buying back the adjustment later in the week.

With the NFL Week 5 odds fresh out of the oddsmakers’ oven, I highlight lines to bet now and the ones to bet later.

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Paul George sent shockwaves throughout the NBA when it was reported in the wee hours of Monday morning that the nine-time All-Star had agreed to a four-year, $212 million maximum contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.Free agency wasn’t even 10 hours old when the news broke.Plenty of moves have followed, with some teams focusing on locking down existing talent for years to come while others have put an emphasis on bringing fresh faces into the fold.Philadelphia has played both sides, evident by its decision to reportedly offer Tyrese Maxey a five-year, $204 million maximum extension on top of signing George. The 76ers also plan to bring back Kelly Oubre Jr. on a two-year, $16.3 million deal.Meanwhile, a fellow Eastern Conference contender hasn’t felt the need to look elsewhere for help,…

MERSEY MAYHEM

As if seeing their team diddled out of victory over Everton on the back of an offside call so tight it resembled The Fiver clambering out of a pub toilet window to avoid getting in a round, Liverpool fans were forced to endure further horror when it emerged Virgil van Dijk will be out for many months after it was confirmed he had “done” his ACL and will need surgery followed by rehab.

In the interests of accuracy it should be pointed out that it was in fact Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford wot “done” big Virgil’s knee, knacking the joint in question with a reckless challenge that went completely unpunished because the video assistant referee, David Coote, was so focused …

Guardian writers’ predicted position 2nd (NB: this is not necessarily Andy Hunter’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)

Last season’s position 2nd

Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker) 5-2

Prospects

There is a touch of the unknown about Liverpool this season, unusually, with Jürgen Klopp starting a first full campaign at Anfield without Sadio Mané and looking to a pool of young talent led by Darwin Núñez to compensate for the undeniable loss of the Senegal international. Not in doubt, however, is Liverpool’s position as the best-equipped team to deny Manchester City a hat-trick of Premier League titles.

Timo Werner flopped at Chelsea but he is making a mark at Spurs

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