NFL Handicapping Articles

NFL Handicapping: Don’t Believe the Hype on these Training Camp Stories
by Trevor Whenham - 8/15/2014

We are, as a society, NFL crazy. There is no limit to the amount of news and coverage we can happily consume about the league. That often causes problems, because the truth is that there just isn’t enough to say a lot of the time to satisfy our hunger.

NFL Preseason Picks: Sunday Odds and Predictions
by CarbonSports - 8/15/2014

KC managed to win a wild one in Week 1 last week (41-39) against a Bengals team that they'll likely be battling with for a wildcard spot this year. We've got a long way to go until then, but the Chiefs looked offensively adept in their first action of 2014. They'll need it this week against a Carolina team that's eyeing a return to the playoffs themselves.

NFL Futures Odds: Most Passing Yards Quarterback Predictions
by CarbonSports - 8/15/2014

The NFL has clearly become a passing league over the past decade and without a good QB chances are making the playoffs is nothing more than a pipe dream. The last three seasons have all seen the eventual winner of this award eclipse the 5,000 passing yards mark and chances are we will see the same thing happen this season.

NFL Handicapping: Teams Primed for ATS Improvement
by Trevor Whenham - 8/14/2014

NFL teams that are coming off a lousy season against the spread probably crushed the hearts and souls of bettors who backed them regularly. The good news for bettors, though, is that some of these teams that were so lousy to bet on last year will improve significantly — at least in terms of ATS performance — this year. If the public is fixated on their poor performance last year then there could be some value to be had this year until the public catches up.

NFL Handicapping for the Top 6 Quarterbacks from the Draft
by Trevor Whenham - 8/14/2014

When the smoke had cleared there were 16 quarterbacks selected in the 2014 NFL Draft. Some will never make a roster, and many will never start a game. The average casual fan very likely couldn’t name half of the players who were chosen. The ones who went higher in the draft, though, will attract plenty of attention from those casual bettors.

2014 NFC South Predictions with Odds and NFL Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/13/2014

In one of the stranger streaks in all of football, the NFC South still has never had a back-to-back division champion. That is 11 straight years of complete and utter chaos, worst-to-first shenanigans, and general Southern unpredictability. Given that Carolina, last year’s where-the-hell-did-they-come-from winner, has undergone a sizeable roster turnover this offseason I think it is reasonable to expect the South’s streak to be extended.

NFL Futures Betting: NFC North Season Win Totals Predictions
by CarbonSports - 8/11/2014

Green Bay has owned the NFC North for the past few years and they are favored to finish atop this division once again in 2014. Chicago, Minnesota and Detroit will have something to say about that but it's only one of those three teams that I believe present the best bets when looking at the season win totals for this division.

NFL Futures Odds: NFC East Season Win Totals Picks
by CarbonSports - 8/11/2014

With the likes of RGIII, Eli Manning, Chip Kelly's explosive offense, and the Dallas Cowboys all in the NFC East together you know this division will see plenty of headlines from the major media outlets. The past few years the winner of this division hasn't been known until the final games of Week 17 have been played. With that kind of parity, this division will be another tight one as Philadelphia tries to be the first team of these four to repeat as division champs since 2004.

2014 NFC East Predictions with Odds and NFL Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/4/2014

The NFC East has been a puddle of mediocrity over the last two seasons and has sent just one representative to the NFC Championship Game over the last five years. The East has experienced back-to-back worst-to-first finishes. They’ve had just two teams in the last three years win double-digit games, and it has been four years since a team has won more than 10 contests.

2014 NFC West Predictions with Odds and NFL Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/4/2014

It was just four short seasons ago that the NFC West became the butt of national sports jokes by producing the first division winner with a 7-9 record in league history. That was rock bottom for what had been the worst division in the league for nearly a decade.

2014 NFC North Predictions with Odds and NFL Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/4/2014

Change is in the air in the NFC North. One year after rookie coach Marc Trestman took over in Chicago, two more fresh headmasters join the fray. Jim Caldwell and Mike Zimmer have been brought in to inject life into sagging Detroit and Minnesota teams, respectively, in an attempt to dethrone the Green Bay Packers from atop the North standings.

2014 AFC West Predictions with Odds and NFL Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/1/2014

Statistically speaking, the two best divisions in football last year were the AFC West and the NFC West. Teams from those two divisions accounted for five of the 12 postseason slots (and that doesn’t include a 10-win Arizona team), and the Super Bowl representative for each conference hailed from out west.

2014 AFC South Predictions with Odds and NFL Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 8/1/2014

Much like the AFC East, the AFC South is ostensibly a one-horse race. With one franchise dominating this division for over a decade and three floundering organizations scrambling to catch up, the South is a pretty cut-and-dried example of how parity has not completely enveloped the NFL.

2014 AFC East Predictions with Odds and NFL Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/31/2014

The Patriots are going to win the AFC East. The End. My brevity is only partially in jest. The AFC East has been one of the biggest mismatches in the NFL over the past decade-plus. New England has won the division 11 times in 13 years, and according to Sportsbook.ag the Patriots are an overwhelming -300 favorite to win the title again in 2014.

2014 AFC North Predictions with Odds and NFL Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/31/2014

At a time when the rest of the NFL is still going pass-wacky and soft, it’s nice to see that the AFC North remembers its roots. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Baltimore comprise one of the most rugged, physical and violent divisions in all of football. As such, it is also the most competitive division in the AFC and the one grouping without a clear-cut favorite heading into the season.

NFL Futures Odds: NFC West Season Win Totals Predictions
by CarbonSports - 7/31/2014

The West is the best at least when it comes to the NFC as the defending Super Bowl champion from Seattle are here, along with the NFC's runner up from San Francisco. Those two franchises are atop the odds list to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl again this season and with the talent level both teams have, they'll both be in the mix up until the end.

NFL Futures Betting: NFC South Season Win Totals Odds and Picks
by CarbonSports - 7/31/2014

The NFC South has always been a highly competitive division that typically sees a new winner every year. There hasn't been a team to repeat as champs of this division since realignment happened back in 1992. That's bad news for the Carolina Panthers who won this division with a 12-4 SU record thanks to a strong defense and a 3rd year QB in Cam Newton finally maturing into a superstar and taking care of the ball.

2014 Odds to Win NFC East with Picks and NFL Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 7/30/2014

The NFL is just weeks away from the start of a new season, and I have come to the end of the line with my trip around the league previewing and making predictions for each of the eight division races with the help of BetOnline’s NFL futures odds. My final stop on this tour takes me to the division that is most near and dear to my heart; the NFC East.

Denver Broncos Odds to Win the Super Bowl and Betting Futures
by Alan Matthews - 7/29/2014

So was the Denver Broncos' performance in the Super Bowl the biggest flop in NFL history? Seriously, it has to be asked. The Broncos set the NFL record for points, and Peyton Manning did the same for passing yards and touchdowns in the regular season in winning his record fifth MVP Award. Yet Denver didn't even belong on the same field with the Seahawks, a fact made evident on the first offensive play of the game when the Seahawks scored on a safety.

Betting the Cleveland Browns once Johnny Manziel Starts
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2014

On a personal level, I don’t have much to add to the Johnny Manziel discussion that hasn’t already been said: The Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback is a jerk. Manziel is a spoiled brat, an arrogant shit, and an unrepentant troll. But we already knew this. The question now is how will markets respond to Manziel when he becomes the Browns starting quarterback and how should we bet Cleveland once he takes the reins?