Monday Night Football Picks: Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers
by Mike Allen - 12/23/2024

On the fifth day of the 17th Week, the NFL gave the people the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers. The league had more of an NFC Championship level of a matchup in mind with this one. However, with one defense getting healthy and the other reeling from injuries, we may have a closer contest than you think.

Monday Night Football Picks: New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers
by Mike Allen - 12/19/2024

Make sure you watch every game you can over Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, because Monday Night Football might be a stinker. I’ve got a plan for that, though, and you may even get to bed an hour early. The Green Bay Packers come into this game confident but aware, at least I hope.

Monday Night Football Picks: Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
by Mike Allen - 12/12/2024

NFC North Division rivals the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings meet for the second time this season on Monday night. It will be the "early" game at 8:00 PM Eastern, with the Atlanta Falcons Raiders game kicking off at 8:30.

Monday Night Football Picks: Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys
by Mike Allen - 12/5/2024

We wrap up Week 14 of the NFL season this Monday night in Big D when Cooper Rush and the Cowboys host the people's MVP, Joe Burrow, and the Cincinnati Bengals. It's been a disappointing, frustrating year for both teams, and their respective chances at postseason play are minuscule and diminishing rapidly.

Monday Night Football Picks: Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos
by Mike Allen - 11/28/2024

How do the Cleveland Browns rebound after winning their AFC North Super Bowl in a classic Cleveland snowstorm last week? The good news for the Browns is that was a Thursday game, so they have the mini-bye ahead of this matchup. The bad news is they have to play the Steelers again next week! How do you not look ahead just a little bit?

Monday Night Football Picks: Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers
by Mike Allen - 11/21/2024

We didn’t know for sure there would be a head coaching rematch of the Harbaugh brothers in the NFL after Super Bowl XLVII. However, once the 2024 regular season schedule was released, fans rejoiced. We get to see it in primetime on Cyber Monday Night. Hopefully, you didn't spend all your spare change on the new iPhone 16, because you have to bet this game.

Monday Night Football Picks: Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys
by Mike Allen - 11/13/2024

If you’re ever looking for a buy-low spot on the Dallas Cowboys, now is the time. Growing up in Virginia, I happily became a Cowboy hater and have been for life. Things have gotten so bad down in Big D that I’m starting to feel bad for these guys.

Monday Night Football Picks: Miami Dolphins at LA Rams
by Mike Allen - 11/7/2024

We wrap up Week 10 in Los Angeles this Monday night for a fun one. Fireworks are expected, as both highly powered offenses have their skill position players back. It’s hard not to just blindly bet the over in this spot.

Monday Night Football Picks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Kansas City Chiefs
by Mike Allen - 10/31/2024

It's too bad star wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin aren't playing for the Bucs this week. It would have been an incredible offensive matchup. Baker Mayfield has been reborn as a Buccaneer. Patrick Mahomes is still the best quarterback in the NFL. Even the aging Travis "Don't call me Deandre" Swift showed out with a season-high 10 receptions last week.

Monday Night Football Predictions: New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers
by Mike Allen - 10/24/2024

The New York Giants looked abysmal against their divisional rival, the Philadelphia Eagles, on Sunday. Daniel Jones was under an immense amount of pressure from the defensive line, and eventually, head coach Brian Daboll had mercy on the kid, pulling him in the 4th quarter.

Monday Night Football Picks: Los Angeles Chargers at Arizona Cardinals
by Mike Allen - 10/16/2024

Wow, the public had their best week of betting all season in Week 6. A record 9 road favorites all won this week, and they all covered the spread! Be careful with your money this week, as the public usually loses bigger on the slate following a profitable Sunday. I bring up the road favorites because we have another this week with the LA Chargers traveling to Arizona to play Kyler Murray and the Cardinals. Murray has been his usual self this season, showing flashes of greatness only to bring us all back down to earth with his lack of preparation. He gets away with it until he doesn’t.

Monday Night Football Picks: Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
by Mike Allen - 10/10/2024

Congratulations if you were on the now former New York Jets head coach Robert Salah to be the first NFL head coach fired in 2024. I wrote an article about two months ago and omitted Salah. He was the second-highest favorite on the board, though, with Dennis Allen at (+500) and his odds an even 5-1.

Monday Night Football Predictions: New Orleans Saints at Kansas City Chiefs
by Mike Allen - 10/3/2024

Some of us couch dwellers may have needed reminding that it’s Week 5 already in the NFL. That isn’t the case, however, for the Kansas City Chiefs or the New Orleans Saints. Both teams limp into Monday Night Football this week. Just two weeks after the Chiefs lost their star running back Isiah Pacheco to a fractured fibula, THE franchise player of the NFL, Patrick Mahomes, threw his entire body into the knees of second-year star Rashee Rice.

Monday Night Football Picks: Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions
by Mike Allen - 9/26/2024

We’ve seen this game already, right? In Week 1, another 3.5-point underdog NFC West team visited the Detroit Lions for a primetime game. That Los Angeles Rams team was a good one, too. They had Puka Nacua powering through and punishing the defensive backfield. Cooper Kupp caught 14 balls, while Matthew Stafford threw for 300 yards. I count that win for Detroit as a big one, especially driving the length of the field in overtime for the touchdown win.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills
by Mike Allen - 9/19/2024

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has never looked worse, while the Bills Josh Allen has been the best at the position through the first two games of the season. Lawrence has been terrible, though. He isn’t the right QB for his coach. Doug Pederson loves to get the ball out of the quarterback’s hands within about 2.5 seconds. So far this season, Lawrence is last in the league in completion percentage on these quick passes.

Monday Night Football Picks: Washington Commanders at Cincinnati Bengals
by Mike Allen - 9/19/2024

Week 3 in the NFL may be the most perplexing. There's a reason you never see a two-game postseason series. I like Week 1 wagers because we have so much time to prepare. Then comes the classic overreaction in Week 2 betting. The sportsbooks cleaned up this past weekend. That will work in their favor this week as well, with more bettors scratching their heads and surely several already on tilt.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles
by Mike Allen - 9/12/2024

The Atlanta Falcons come into this season with high expectations. They signed Captain Kirk Cousins to a big deal. Dual-threat running back Bijan Robinson is back for his sophomore season. The offensive line rates as one of the best in the league. Last week, The home Falcons were favored to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers by four points. The Falcons’ offense barely managed double-digits in the 18-10 loss.

Monday Night Football Picks: New York Jets vs San Francisco 49ers
by Mike Allen - 9/6/2024

Week 1 is here! The 2024 Kickoff Game is tonight, we have our first trip to South America Friday night, a load of closely-lined matchups Sunday, and the NFL saved the best for last, in my opinion. In the first week of Monday Night Football, Aaron Rodgers returns to the competition for the first time in a year on the road in San Francisco to play the 49ers.

Monday Night Football Picks: San Francisco 49ers vs Baltimore Ravens
by Mike Allen - 12/22/2023

Wow, did the NFL do a great job with the schedule this week! How can you beat possibly the most likely Super Bowl matchup not just on a Monday Night Football slot in Week 16, but Christmas Night? Even better, the team that would, in all likelihood, be the betting underdog in the big game, is the home team this week.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Philadelphia Eagles vs Seattle Seahawks
by Mike Allen - 12/13/2023

As we enter the final four weeks of the NFL regular season, there are no more bye weeks, and we surprisingly have a large number of teams that are still mathematically in the playoff picture. I'm looking now at the NFL.com playoff picture page, and it says the Carolina Panthers are the only NFC team that has been eliminated from postseason contention.