NFL Handicapping Articles

NFL Wild Card Betting Picks: Best Prop Bets Colts at Bills
by Chris Vasile - 1/7/2021

When the Bills take on the Colts in Saturday’s Wild-Card game, it will mark the first time that these two franchises have competed in postseason play. For the Bills, they won the AFC East division for the first time since 1995. And to say it wasn’t well deserved would be an understatement. The Bills scored the most points in the NFL this season and rank inside the top five in all major offensive categories except for rushing (20th).

NFL Wild Card Betting Picks: Best Prop Bets Buccaneers at Football Team
by Chris Vasile - 1/7/2021

When the Buccaneers take on the Football Team on Saturday night in the final Wild-Card game of the day, it’ll mark the third postseason meeting between the two franchises. The two teams split the previous meetings, with the Bucs winning 14-13 in 1999 and the Redskins returning the favor in 2005. This year, these two teams come into this game in very different fashions. The Bucs nearly won the AFC South as they posted a record of 11-5 and have one of the top offenses in the league. The Football Team backed into the NFC East division title with a record of 7-9 because their division was terrible.

NFL Wild Card Betting Picks: Best Prop Bets Rams at Seahawks
by Chris Vasile - 1/7/2021

When the Los Angeles Rams take on the Seattle Seahawks on Wild-Card Saturday it will mark the third meeting between the teams this season and will be one of two wild-card matchups that feature division rivals. These two teams come into this contest in different fashions as the Seahawks are riding a four-game winning streak and won the division at 12-4. The Rams backed into the playoffs with a Week 17 win against a Kyler Murray-less Cardinals – a game in which John Wolford got the start under center.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 17 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 12/28/2020

By now you’ve heard about Dwayne Hasksins being released by the Washington Football team a week after being in a strip club with no mask on. He violated team and league policies and lost his captaincy while doing so. But because Alex Smith was inactive and couldn’t start, the Washington Football Team made an exception and let him start and play over the weekend against the Panthers.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 16 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 12/21/2020

We’re not used to hearing this or seeing this, but the New England Patriots will not be in the postseason after former quarterback Tom Brady left the team for a new start in Tampa Bay. It’s time to rebuild the Patriots. It’s honestly pretty amazing that the Patriots won some games this season. When you look up and down the roster, you can compare the roster to a Jets or Jaguars team.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 15 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 12/14/2020

On Sunday, the Eagles started Jalen Hurts over Carson Wentz. It was a move that had to be done. The Eagles needed some kind of spark for their offense after having just three wins going into Week 14. The Eagles might have their quarterback. Hurts committed to Alabama and started there until Tua Tagovailoa took over. Then he moved onto Oklahoma, where he was a Heisman finalist. He’s had doubters throughout his career, but the Eagles gave him a chance when they drafted him 53rd overall.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 14 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 12/7/2020

On Sunday, every sportsbook in the country thought they caught their biggest break of the season. The Jets were about to defeat the Raiders and send every parlay with the Raiders moneyline into the trash can. Except, Jets the now former defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams, called for a zero coverage, all-out blitz, leaving one of the fastest new wide receivers in the game, Henry Ruggs, wide open in one-on-one coverage with 13 seconds to go and the Jets leading the Raiders 28-24.

College and NFL Football Biggest Line Moves for Dec. 5-7
by Doug Upstone - 12/4/2020

There are those of us that love to play the never-ending battle – Beat The Oddsmaker. Though they have the upper hand in setting the numbers and having the betting odds stacked in their favor, we press on and challenge them. They sometimes have to make adjustments in the form of line moves based on possibly an error on their behalf, injuries, or the public possibly rightly or wrongly backing one side because they want to.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 13 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 11/30/2020

The Broncos didn’t have any quarterbacks on their roster on Sunday due to COVID-19 hitting their three quarterbacks. Unable to pick up a new quarterback, the Broncos elected to roll with Kendall Hinton, who played quarterback for Wake Forest in college. He couldn’t even hold the job in Wake Forest, but he was inserted in the starting lineup, starting quarterback for an NFL team.

Allen Eastman's Famous "411 System" for Betting the NFL
by Docsports.com - 11/28/2020

Several years ago a professional gambler finally perfected what he believed to be an all-encompassing NFL football betting system: The “411 System”. This NFL football betting system took into account a range of NFL variables like coaching, quarterback play, defense, and even weather. There was a point value assigned to each variable and teams were compared based on their scores according to the system list.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 12 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 11/24/2020

It’s a tradition to watch the NFL on Thanksgiving. We’re blessed with three games and get to enjoy family along with football. This year, many of us won’t get the opportunity to spend quality time with family, but we’ll also still have the chance to watch football.

College and NFL Football Biggest Line Moves for Nov. 21-22
by Doug Upstone - 11/20/2020

As we navigate our weekly Covid issues for the games on the board at online betting websites, we still can come up with line moves in football. The week we will take a tour around three of the Power 5 conferences along with a trio of early NFL football games on Sunday. Let’s take the deep dive to understand what caused the line movement and hand out some free picks.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 11 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 11/16/2020

I’m not one to name winners and losers in a trade. I like to let trades play out. But I’d like to revisit one of the most ridiculous trades in NFL history. You know exactly where I’m going with this. On Sunday, DeAndre Hopkins scored the game-winning touchdown for Arizona against the Buffalo Bills on a hail mary, catching the ball above three Bills defenders and securing it for a completed catch and touchdown.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 10 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 11/10/2020

Maybe the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been exposed. Or maybe the New Orleans Saints are just that more prepared against the Buccaneers, knowing that if they defeat the Saints, they’ll still be sitting in first place, like it’s been for quite some time. In the 2010’s, the Saints were 14-6 against the Buccaneers. Now in 2020, the Saints are 2-0, increasing their record to 16-6 against the Buccaneers since 2010.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 9 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 11/2/2020

The NFL Trade Deadline is set for Nov. 3. Now we get to see which teams are all in and which teams are waiting for next season. The 2-5 Chargers have blown plenty of close games and traded their cornerback in Desmond King to the Titans, who are in real need of defense in the passing game. Kwon Alexander was acquired from the 49ers as the Saints, 5-2, prepare for a crazy second matchup against NFC South divisional rival in the Buccaneers.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 8 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 10/26/2020

The NFC East is wacky. The Eagles are leading the division with a 2-4-1 record. The Eagles have allowed 196 points and have scored 163 points, yet they’re in prime position to make the playoffs. We’ve had interesting storylines in the NFC East this week. Because the Giants played the Eagles on Thursday night, Daniel Jones and Saquan Barkley spent some time out at a bar without a mask. They claimed that the video of them hanging out was last year, but the media has rebutted that and has said it was this season.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 7 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 10/19/2020

The Falcons and Giants won their first game of the season during Week 6, leaving the New York Jets as the only winless team in the NFL this season. It’s been a miserable last couple of seasons for the Jets behind head coach Adam Gase. There’s always something. There’s always a problem. This team isn't responding and is now 0-6 against the spread along with being 0-6 straight up. At many outlets, the Jets were double-digit underdogs to the Miami Dolphins at around -9 or -10.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 6 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Jason Radowitz - 10/12/2020

Sunday’s game of the week will be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Green Bay Packers. It’s the 4:25 EST start time and the Fox Game of the Week. We’ve got Aaron Rodgers facing off against Tom Brady. There’s an argument for both quarterbacks when it comes to the GOAT (Greatest of all time) conversation. While Brady averaged more yards per season in his career, Rodgers has averaged more touchdowns, less interceptions and a higher completion percentage.

2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 10/8/2020

We are four games into the 2020-21 NFL season, and we’ve been treated to some excellent performances by some of the game’s great players. We’ve seen Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, and Josh Allen come flying out of the gates and stick their name in the early MVP discussion. We’ve seen great performances from players nobody has heard of until they score three touchdowns in a single game like Robert Tonyan did on Monday night against Atlanta.

College and NFL Football Biggest Line Moves for Sept. 26-27
by Doug Upstone - 9/25/2020

Another week of football and another week of sportsbooks and football bettors having different opinions. That's the beauty of sports betting, we can have different opinions, and in about three hours we find out who is right or wrong. We’ve lined up three college and three pro football contests that have seen significant line moves, explaining what is going on and who might cover the spread.