NFL Handicapping Articles

NFL Handicapping: ATS Studs and Duds
by T.O. Whenham - 11/13/2012

Every team in the NFL has now played more than half of their schedule. That means we have seen more than enough games to get an accurate sense of the teams that are strong enough to be a solid bet in most situations and those that will found a way to lose your money in the most frustrating ways possible. As of right now if you had bet on every game played by every team only 12 teams would be profitable. Here’s a look at the studs and duds against the spread after 10 weeks of the NFL season:

NFL Week 10 Bovada Futures Specials Props and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/8/2012

It’s always fun to pile on the dregs of the NFL – unless of course you are a fan of such team. But thankfully my personal favorite is having a good season, so I will have no problem addressing a few Bovada Week 10 specials involving some of the league’s worst clubs.

This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 11/8/2012

Order continued to be restored last week in the NFL, with favorites winning just about every single game. While no division is particularly close to being clinched, six of the eight already have overwhelming favorites. This can be argued, but only two divisions (the AFC North and the NFC North) are seriously up for grabs…and even those will come down to just two teams in each.

NFL Picks: Colts at Jaguars Predictions and Betting Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 11/7/2012

When the NFL schedule came out this game jumped out as easily the worst prime time games of the season, and perhaps one of the worst games period. While it’s still far from must-see TV, it has become a considerably more interesting game than it could have been. All of the credit for that belongs to the Colts. They have won four of five, and are — shockingly — in the midst of playoff race. In fact, if the playoffs started today they would be a wild card team.

Week 10 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Three for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 11/7/2012

Basic strategy teaser spreads have been difficult to find over the last few weeks, as many of the games do not qualify under the strict criteria of finding 1.5-point to 2.5-point underdogs and 7.5-point to 8.5-point favorites. But lucky for sports bettors, the games that do qualify have been winning at an extraordinary rate. Last week the only three basic strategy teaser games on the schedule went 3-0, and overall have gone 40-7 on the season.

This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 11/1/2012

Twelve of the NFL’s 32 teams have reached their midway point in terms of games played, and the contenders are starting to separate themselves from the pretenders. That was pretty much the theme of Week 8. The Giants edged Dallas to create some serious distance at the top of the NFC East. Chicago remained 1.5 games up in the NFC North. Arizona started 4-0 but is back where it belongs at 4-4 after getting crushed by the class of the NFC West, San Francisco.

NFL Week 9 Bovada Futures Specials Odds Props and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/1/2012

It’s a new week in the NFL, and that means the spotlight shines on a few more NFL head coaches who better win now or will find their heads on the chopping block. In my Week 8 specials preview, I touched on the futures of Carolina’s Ron Rivera and Cleveland’s Pat Shurmur, and both of those guys are likely gone. Rivera’s Panthers blew a chance to pull an upset in Chicago on Sunday, while Shurmur’s Browns did pull a 7-6 home upset of San Diego. And that leads me to Chargers coach Norv Turner.

Week 9 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Three for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 11/1/2012

Welcome back to another week of basic strategy teaser analysis. We have reached the halfway mark of the NFL season, and at this point we should have a solid grasp on what certain teams are doing right and what others are doing wrong. Unfortunately, for us, there are only three games this week that qualify under the basic strategy teaser rules.

NFL Odds: Chiefs at Chargers Predictions and Betting Picks
by T.O. Whenham - 10/30/2012

It’s possible that this is the worst prime time game the NFL has ever offered — or at least the worst they have offered in a long, long time. The Chargers have loads of talent, but their last six quarters have been impossibly bad. First, they blew a 24-0 halftime lead against the Broncos, didn’t score again, and lost 35-24. Then they lost 7-6 in Cleveland in a game that set the entire sport of football back at least a decade. They have now lost four of five, and the lone win — at Kansas City — doesn’t earn them any credit.

NFL Week 8 Bovada Futures Specials Props Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/26/2012

I will get to the immediate Week 8 player and team props in my second specials preview story here at Doc’s, but first I want to look at some interesting specials this week from Bovada that are more geared toward the end of the 2012 season/beginning of next.

Week 8 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Five for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 10/25/2012

Week 8 of NFL football is about to begin, and after the last two weeks of the underdogs and then favorites dominating, there might not be a better time to think about using a basic strategy teaser to get the best of the spread. So if you are a bettor looking to add teasers into your sports betting arsenal, check out our weekly NFL basic strategy teasers advice and picks here at Doc’s Sports.

This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 10/25/2012

The NFL is approaching its halfway point of the season, and this is when things get chippy. People are starting to get fired, players are starting to get frustrated…. It’s all going down. Take Carolina and Washington, for instance.

NFL Predictions: Buccaneers at Vikings Betting Odds and Picks
by T.O. Whenham - 10/25/2012

With every passing week I become more and more surprised by these Vikings. In fact, I have pretty much given up trying to figure them out. Last year they won three games, and they were lucky to do that. With a win this week they will double that win total, and their season is only half over. It’s the most shocking story of this season to date, and given all that has happened in this strange year that’s saying something.

NFL Handicapping: Possible Value Teams
by T.O. Whenham - 10/25/2012

There is still a whole lot of football left to play in this regular season in the NFL. For some teams, though, any hopes or dreams — however slim — of playoff contention are long gone. It’s not even the end of October, and for teams with one or two wins the season might as well already be over in most cases.

NFL Handicapping: What to Make of Ravens after Devastating Loss
by T.O. Whenham - 10/23/2012

I’m guessing that when the Baltimore Ravens drew up their plans for how they wanted Sunday’s game at Houston to turn out, it didn’t look much like the 43-13 debacle that transpired at Reliant Stadium. If anything, the game wasn’t as close as the score suggests. It was 29-3 at the half, and both teams played the second half like they both knew exactly how it was going to end.

NFL Week 7 Team Props Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 10/19/2012

I don’t know about you, but I still act like a 10-year-old when the NFL schedule is released -- i.e., I go through each game and project wins and losses for my team. Of course, it always ends in at least 11 wins and a Super Bowl, but that’s just me (clearly I’m not a Browns fan). With that said, I’m about to do something similar in projecting which NFL team finishes with the worst record this season. Only you can bet on this, thanks to Bovada.

NFL Betting Results of San Francisco Declined Safety
by T.O. Whenham - 10/19/2012

The Seattle Seahawks can’t seem to avoid games that end with strange and controversial twists. What happened on Thursday night in San Francisco was nothing compared to the Golden Tate touchdown to beat the Packers, but it was still bizarre. It also left a lot of bettors angry, and bookmakers pretty happy.

This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 10/18/2012

From replacement refs, to wild finishes, to impossible comebacks, to standings turned upside down, this NFL season has been even crazier than usual. “Everything just starts snowballing and that’s a great feeling,” Denver safety Jim Leonhard said after his team erased a 24-0 deficit to beat San Diego 35-24 on Monday night. “There’s no better feeling in sports when you know you have completely stole the momentum from a team and it’s going to be very hard for them to come back from. You can’t beat it.”

NFL Picks: Seahawks at 49ers Betting Predictions and Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 10/17/2012

A few weeks ago it seemed as if the 49ers were going to run away with the NFC West. They have proven that they are mortal, though, and, as a result, the division is totally wide open. That makes this game huge for this time of the year. These two teams are tied with the Cardinals atop the division at 4-2, but Arizona looks like a team that has peaked and is on the decline already. That makes it likely that one of these two squads will win the division, and the winner here will have scored an important victory in that war.

This Week in NFL Betting by the Numbers
by Ricky Dimon - 10/11/2012

The next time I’m inclined to cheer when a player on a team that I support goes down with an injury, I’m going to think long and hard about doing it. After all, I don’t want to be on the bad side of a 6-foot-7, 300-pound offensive tackle who’s spitting fire in the locker room.