NFL Handicapping Articles

NFL Handicapping: Vince Young Spearheading Titans Resurgence
by T.O. Whenham - 11/20/2009

It's too early to declare that Vince Young's career has been kick-started, but he's at least on the right track this time around. He was given the reins of the winless Tennessee Titans after their bye week, and Young has done nothing but win. He's won thee games in a row, and people are definitely taking notice - the Super Bowl future odds have fallen in half to 200/1 because of their play.

NFL Handicapping: Another Denver Broncos Collapse?
by T.O. Whenham - 11/19/2009

Last year, the Denver Broncos waited until the last three games of the season to throw a solid start away. If they had won just one of those games then they would have made the playoffs and Mike Shanahan and Jay Cutler might still be in town. This year, Denver seems to be embarking on their destructive streak a couple of months sooner.

Passing Yards Key to ATS Success for NFL Teams
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/18/2009

It used to be in the NFL that if you could run the ball you could dominate your opponent. The teams atop the NFL rushing leaders list were the same team atop the NFL rankings. Things have certainly changed.

Buffalo Bills Fire Dick Jauron, Perry Fewell Expected Interim Replacement
by T.O. Whenham - 11/17/2009

The Buffalo Bills need to stop the bleeding in a hurry during this ugly season, so they have taken the obvious first step - they have fired head coach Dick Jauron after a 3-6 start. The interim replacement is expected to be defensive coordinator Perry Fewell. Jauron was reportedly caught totally off guard by the move, but given the Bills' play this year it was inevitable, and that that was at question was the timing.

Monday Night Football Preview: Ravens at Browns
by Matt Severance - 11/13/2009

It’s too bad that “Monday Night Football” can’t use flex scheduling, because this week’s game between Baltimore (4-4) and Cleveland (1-7) looks like an absolute dud. The Ravens are 11-point favorites on BetUS against a team they have outscored 99-40 in the past three meetings.

Free NFL Prop Predictions – Week 10
by Jay Horne - 11/13/2009

Hopefully you took Week 9 off in our prop selections as we had the worst week of the year going 0-3 for the first time this season for these free sports picks. However, we warned it would be a difficult week in the NFL and are confident we can right the ship heading forward to Week 10.

2009 NFL Totals at Halfway Point
by T.O. Whenham - 11/12/2009

It's halfway through the NFL season, and from a betting perspective it's been a crazy one so far. Favorites jumped out of the gate strong, and oddsmakers couldn't make a lNFL betting line big enough for the underdogs to cover early on. That's bad news for the books, though they did much better last weekend.

Five Biggest NFL Disappointments
by T.O. Whenham - 11/12/2009

For all but two teams in the NFL we are at the halfway point of the season. This is a good time for us to look at where we are at and how that compares to where we thought we would be at this point. Some teams - the Saints chief among them - have been very pleasant surprises. Others, though, aren't nearly as good as they are supposed to be.

Monday Night Football: Steelers at Broncos
by Matt Severance - 11/7/2009

Did the Baltimore Ravens expose the Denver Broncos in last week’s 30-7 victory? It was Denver’s first loss and first non-cover in its seven games, and oddsmakers at Bodog list the Broncos as three-point home underdogs for Monday’s game against Pittsburgh.

NFL Handicapping: Look at the Vikings for Second Half
by T.O. Whenham - 11/7/2009

Vikings' fans will tell you that they knew that this was what was going to happen all along - a 7-1 record, a stranglehold on the NFC North, and two offensive stars in the MVP picture. For those of us who don't wear purple glasses, though, you'd have to say that the results the Vikings have enjoyed are beyond what could reasonably have been expected.

Indian Cowboy NFL Research
by Indian Cowboy - 11/7/2009

I have become well known in part for my research that I provide daily and weekly on games. This has been a staple of my NFL handicapping and this research is what I base my selections off of. In this spot I have provided my NFL research for Week 9.

Free NFL Prop Predictions – Week 9
by Jay Horne - 11/6/2009

Brett Farve led the Vikings over his former Packers last week for the second time this year as the Vikings took a stranglehold on the NFC North. Farve had yet another great game, throwing for 244 yards and four touchdowns. One of the lines we chose to play on last week included the under 250 yards passing from Farve and with just six yards of cushion that play helped us get back above the .500 mark at 11-10 on the year in our props predictions.

Remember Me? Old NFL Faces Get New Start
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/5/2009

Alex Smith, Ryan Moats and Vince Young. The group includes a former No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, the third overall pick in the 2006 draft and a third round pick in 2005. All three NFL players were all but forgotten about just a few weeks ago. Each has endured a rollercoaster ride during the early part of their career. And now last week all three impacted their respective games greatly.

Monday Night Football Preview: Falcons at Saints
by Matt Severance - 11/2/2009

Way to go, Reggie Bush. The former Heisman winner said this week he thought his Saints could go undefeated this season and that, you know, he would win an NFL MVP at some point. But that’s not why I say the Saints are on upset alert on Monday Night Football against the Falcons. No, I would say they are because they were on this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated (featuring a photo of Bush), and we all know about that jinx.

Free NFL Prop Predictions – Week 8
by Jay Horne - 10/30/2009

Michael Crabtree delivered in his much-anticipated debut last week, catching five passes for 56 yards as we expected. That helped our weekly prop bets get out of the negative on the season. Last week, our side action went 2-1 as we got back to 9-9 overall on the year as we look forward to getting above the .500 mark once again this week.

NFL Handicapping: To Early To Call Matt Cassel a Bust?
by T.O. Whenham - 10/30/2009

Before Brett Favre decided that he was going to be a diva again and Jay Cutler started to pout, the biggest news of the offseason was Kansas City's aggressive move to acquire Matt Cassel and pay him enough to make it clear that he was the quarterback of the future.

NFL Betting: Favorites Causing Big Headaches for Bookies
by Larry Fiske - 10/28/2009

Everyone from potato country in upstate Maine to the Marina district in southwest San Diego knows that parity is a thing of the past in the NFL, and betting lines are ever so slowly inching up as good teams continue to paste bad teams week after week. New England made a mockery of the 15.5 points it gave to both Tennessee and Tampa Bay, winning by a combined 94-7 and scoring 80 consecutive points in the process.

The Ferringo NFL Report
by Robert Ferringo - 10/27/2009

After seven weeks of watching the biggest favorites clean up at the window, Vegas had to have bottomed-out last week when favorites went 10-2-1 against the spread with all of the biggest favorites covering easily. Not only did every square with a ticket likely cash in on Sunday, but also the lack of any true upsets outside of Arizona beating the Giants (man, did the books need that one) means that an overwhelming majority of teasers, parlays, and other high-odds tickets were punched.

Monday Night Football Preview: Eagles at Redskins
by Matt Severance - 10/26/2009

Seriously, do you realize every single team the Redskins have played this season had a zero in the win column? Obviously that counts the season opener, but you get my point. Of course the Skins have won only two of those games and have lost the past two, to Carolina and Kansas City.

NFL Betting: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Minnesota Vikings Preview
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/23/2009

This seems to be the year of the underappreciated, underdog, unbeaten team. The Denver Broncos have repeatedly found themselves as underdogs this season despite not losing a game. The Indianapolis Colts were underdogs against Arizona and, maybe even worse, were only favored by a field goal against winless Tennessee two weeks ago. Now this week the 6-0 Minnesota Vikings enter Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field as 5.5-point underdogs.