NFL Handicapping Articles

Week 14 NFL Picks: Best 6-Point Teaser Bets from Handicapper Doug Upstone
by Doug Upstone - 12/5/2019

We are back for NFL teasers and looking to finish the last quarter of the regular season with a bang! We have gone through a bit of rough spell and seen our record drop 36-16 on teasers. It's time to pick it back up and deliver as usual with these plays starting this week.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 14 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/2/2019

For some odd reason, the NFL chose not to flex what is clearly the biggest game of Week 14, San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints, into the prime-time window. The league kept Seahawks-Rams there. Why!?! I get why Fox didn't want to at least move 49ers-Saints to the mid-afternoon slot because Chiefs-Patriots is going to dominate that window on CBS (that network has doubleheader rights this Sunday). San Francisco gets hosed here in a big way because it's a second straight 10 a.m. Pacific time start for the Niners.

NFL Betting Odds: Week 13 Line Movements and Last-Minute News
by Chris Vasile - 11/29/2019

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, and for the first time since I can remember the NFL, schedule did not disappoint. We had three games that were very close and competitive despite some sloppy play from all six teams involved. We believe the better team (on the day) won each game and the spreads were covered by the right teams. Now we head into the weekend slate, and there are a handful of games that I'm excited to watch, starting in Baltimore, where the Ravens play host to the 49ers in what could be a potential Super Bowl preview.

NFL Thanksgiving Betting Advice: Predictions for All Three Games
by Trevor Whenham - 11/27/2019

I'm not typically a jealous guy. But, as a devoted lover of turkey and a proud Canadian, I feel an intense burst of jealousy one Thursday each November. Canadians get our Thanksgiving out of the way in mid-October, so while you guys get to hang out, gorge yourselves, and watch football all day, up here it's just Thursday. I really can't complain too much - watching football is my job, and I'll probably make turkey for dinner.

NFL MVP Odds with Expert Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 11/27/2019

Here's a little behind the scenes talk for a minute. At the end of each week, I look ahead to the next week and suggest a list of articles that I would be interested in writing. I try to pick things that are interesting, relevant, and of interest to our audience. The challenge, though, is that you are making suggestions before the weekend's games have been played, so you are left to guess what might happen.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 13 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/25/2019

Amazing how much can change in less than a calendar year. The Los Angeles Chargers tied for the AFC lead with 12 victories last season and might have gone to the Super Bowl if only Philip Rivers and Co. had been in the opposite side of the bracket from Tom Brady and the Patriots and been able to avoid them somehow - Rivers has never beaten Brady.

Week 12 NFL Picks: Best 6-Point Teaser Bets from Handicapper Doug Upstone
by Doug Upstone - 11/21/2019

It was very disappointing for NFL teasers as we didn't hit a single one for the first time this season and our record fell to 31-13. I'm the first one to sing my praises when I'm right and I'm going to be the first to also admit when things didn't go as planned. If a handicapper is not going to be truthful, people like yourself are going to see right through the smokescreen.

NFL Betting Advice: Are Buffalo Bills a Real Contender?
by Trevor Whenham - 11/21/2019

There are, as always, several surprises in the NFL this year. Some are negative - the struggles of the Bears or Falcons, or the disappointing incompetence of the Browns. And then there are obviously some positives. With the possible exception of the Niners, the biggest positive surprise in the league so far has to be the Buffalo Bills.

2020 Super Bowl Contenders and Pretenders
by Trevor Whenham - 11/20/2019

There are 12 teams currently sitting in playoff spots in the NFL. Obviously. That was the case after the first week, and it will be after the last week of the season, too. The 12 teams that are in those spots won't be the same 12 that are there when it matters, in all likelihood. But several of the teams will be there in the end, and the others are obviously contenders. It's a good time to look at which of the current playoff teams are true Super Bowl contenders and which are just pretenders.

NFL Odds for Next Coach to be Fired
by Trevor Whenham - 11/20/2019

Ever been fired from a job? It's a horrible feeling. You are lost and confused and angry. If you have lived through it, you wouldn't wish that on anyone. Yet, for some perverse reason, we all take pleasure in the potential firing of coaches in sports. There are few things more interesting to speculate about as we get further into a season.

NFL Betting Predictions: Week 12 Opening Line Report and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/18/2019

With the New York Giants and embattled coach Pat Shurmur coming out of their bye in Week 12, and the fact that Shurmur wasn't fired during the off week, well I'm starting to think that the only coach we will see fired during the 2019 season is Washington's Jay Gruden, who got the pink slip following a 33-7 loss to the Patriots in Week 5.

NFL Betting Odds: Week 11 Line Movements and Last-Minute News
by Chris Vasile - 11/15/2019

Dear Mr. Myles Garrett, what the hell were you thinking? The Cleveland Browns were seconds away from winning their second game in a row and getting to 4-6 on the season and potentially changing the narrative of their season before Garrett lost his damn mind and hit Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head with his own helmet. That move will likely get Garrett suspended for the foreseeable future and will likely go down as one of the most selfish plays I've seen in a very long time.

NFL Division Odds: Handicapping and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 11/15/2019

After next week, all the bye weeks are done with in the NFL. That's when things really get serious. Playoff races get intense, the top teams start to focus on the postseason, and bettors start to dream of betting on playoff football. As the postseason becomes more than just a distant dream, it is always a good practice to keep an eye on where the races are at, how the teams shape up, and where the drama is - and, in many cases, really isn't.

Bengals Odds to Go Winless with Expert NFL Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 11/15/2019

The Niners blew it in overtime last week to ensure we would have no 16-0 teams in the league this year. There is only one shot left at perfection in the league this year - the lowly Bengals. Cincinnati has roared out to an 0-9 start and has a real shot at going 0-16 to join the 2017 Browns and the 2008 Lions as the only squads to achieve that feat. Oddsmakers aren't optimistic that they can pull it off - they are at just +400 to go winless, compared to -700 to win at least once.

Expert NFL Handicapping: Path for Teams out of Playoff Hunt
by Trevor Whenham - 11/14/2019

There are still six or seven regular-season games left to play for every NFL team. A lot of action. Yet, for at least 12 teams in the league, the season is functionally over. They have nothing left to play for - at least in terms of any postseason chances. Really, the number is probably bigger than 12, but these squads are all the ones that I have absolutely no hesitation about putting in this group.

NFL Betting Advice: Super Bowl Hangover a Myth?
by Trevor Whenham - 8/30/2019

When the New England Patriots and L.A. Rams start their regular season this year, people will inevitably think about the Super Bowl hangover. Of course, most people don't really know what the Super Bowl hangover is - or at least not in a way that is useful. Does it really exist? Does it impact the Super Bowl winners as much as the losers, or more?

Expert NFL Handicapping: Best-Case Scenario for Each Team
by Trevor Whenham - 8/30/2019

Fans of every team in the NFL dream of winning the Super Bowl at this time of the year. They believe, in some dark corner of their soul, that it can actually happen. But the truth is that already there are only a small handful of teams that can legitimately win it all, and that number will only shrink as the season advances.

NFL Preseason Betting Advice and Tips
by Robert Ferringo - 8/1/2019

I used to think that betting on the NFL Preseason was somewhere between absurdity and insanity. Surely, only true degenerates and masochists are looking to put down actual money on a game that features fourth-string quarterbacks from the Mountain West running two-minute drills with receivers that will be moving furniture in a couple weeks.

NFL Training Camps: Trying to Answer the Biggest Question Surrounding Each AFC Team
by Chris Vasile - 7/30/2019

With the start of training camp upon us and the Hall of Fame Game approaching in less than a week on August 1, I thought now would be a great time to ask some of the key questions that each AFC team has to try to answer heading into camp. Don't get me wrong, every team has a laundry list of tasks to cover over the five weeks leading up to Week 1, but some teams are still in a better position than others, as you'll see throughout the list.

NFL Training Camps: Trying to Answer the Biggest Question Surrounding Each NFC Team
by Chris Vasile - 7/30/2019

With the start of training camp upon us and the Hall of Fame Game approaching in less than a week on August 1, I thought now would be a great time to ask some of the key questions that each NFC team has to try to answer heading into camp. Don't get me wrong, every team has a laundry list of tasks to cover over the five weeks leading up to Week 1, but some teams are still in a better position than others, as you'll see throughout the list.