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2014 Dallas Cowboys Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/4/2014

Truthfully, I think that Dallas is one of the worst teams in the NFL this year. Their odds will always be inflated because they are the most public team in the league. But this team is awful and when I scan the roster I see a five-win team, at best.

2014 Denver Broncos Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/4/2014

There is generally little or no money to be made betting on the season win total of teams like the Denver Broncos. They are coming off a 13-win season and a trip to the Super Bowl. They have the highest season win total number on the board (along with Seattle) and because of Peyton Manning they are a very public, square team for bettors to wager on. I normally ignore these teams, just like I usually stay away from the two or three bottom feeder teams with the lowest season win totals. The value just isn’t there.

2014 Green Bay Packers Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/4/2014

Over the past five years the Packers have essentially morphed into a poor man’s version of the New England Patriots. Both teams are riding five-year playoff streaks and each has made a Super Bowl appearance during that stretch. Their records are similar (55-24-1 for Green Bay versus 61-19 for New England) and both squads enter this season as prohibitive favorites to win their division. Finally, at the heart of each franchise is a talented coach and an all-time great quarterback.

2014 San Diego Chargers Season Win Total Picks & Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 6/4/2014

San Diego was a surprise playoff team in Mike McCoy’s rookie coaching season. They snapped a three-year streak of failing to live up to their preseason wins expectations and even won their first postseason game since 2008. As a result they won’t be sneaking up on anyone this year and will have to scrap their way to another winning season.

Free NFL Picks: 49ers at Seahawks Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 1/16/2014

Is this the greatest final four in the NFL playoffs this century? I'd definitely make the argument that it is indeed as it's pretty clearly the best four teams remaining -- and the four preseason Super Bowl favorites. You have the greatest individual rivalry of this generation in the AFC Championship Game as future Hall of Famers Peyton Manning and Tom Brady face off for the 15th time and perhaps last in the playoffs with both QBs on the downside of their unbelievable careers.

Free NFL Picks: 49ers at Panthers Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 1/8/2014

In my opinion, no game is more evenly matched in the NFL's divisional round than the 49ers at Panthers on Sunday, and that's indicative in that this line is the only one under a touchdown as of this writing. But the teams really are mirror images. They are very physical on both sides of the ball and would just as soon pound the ball on the ground than throw it.

Free NFL Picks: Saints at Eagles Playoff Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 1/2/2014

Tough picking which game to preview on wild-card weekend. You have the Chiefs at Colts, a rematch of a game won rather surprisingly easily by Indianapolis 23-7 in Kansas City on Dec. 22. The Chargers visit a Cincinnati team that looks unstoppable at home; San Diego is incredibly lucky to be there. If Kansas City kicker Ryan Succop hadn't missed a potential 41-yard winning field goal last weekend in San Diego, the Bolts, who won in overtime, wouldn't be in the playoffs (Pittsburgh would).

Free NFL Picks: Ravens at Bengals Week 17 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/24/2013

The Baltimore Ravens are the only team in the NFL to win a playoff game each of the past five seasons, but that streak is in major jeopardy on Sunday should Baltimore lose at Cincinnati. The Bengals have been dominant at home this season and also have something to play for despite having clinched the AFC North.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Falcons at 49ers Week 16 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/20/2013

When the NFL schedule was released in the spring, the "Monday Night Football" finale between the Falcons and 49ers looked like one of the games of the year. It was to be a rematch of the 2012 NFC Championship Game -- won in thrilling fashion by the Niners at the Georgia Dome -- as well as the final regular-season game at historic but ancient Candlestick Park. One of those is still true.

Free NFL Picks: Patriots at Ravens Week 16 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/18/2013

The NFL really got it right in Week 16 as there are only three games that involve two teams with no playoff chances: Tampa Bay at St. Louis, Cleveland at the NY Jets and Tennessee at Jacksonville. I was planning to preview the flexed prime-time game between the Bears and Eagles in Philly, but I opted for Patriots-Ravens for a few reasons. First, the Eagles might not have anything to play for. Should Dallas win early Sunday in Washington, the Week 17 Eagles at Cowboys game will be for the NFC East no matter what Philly does against Chicago.

Monday Night Football Picks: Ravens at Lions Week 15 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/12/2013

The Monday Night Football schedule stunk for the first eight weeks or so but has rallied nicely of late, and the penultimate MNF game of the season this week, Ravens at Lions, is arguably the most intriguing matchup of Week 15. Enjoy it because the finale next week, Falcons at Niners, should be a blowout.

Free NFL Picks: Chargers at Broncos Week 15 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/10/2013

I'm assuming NFL players don't celebrate when players on other teams get hurt, but I don't think the Broncos are all that heartbroken that the Patriots lost Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski to a season-ending injury on Sunday. That obviously hugely weakens New England, which is a game behind Denver for the top seed in the AFC but holds the tiebreaker. Gronk's loss makes it more likely that New England loses this week at Miami or next at Baltimore, so Denver is looking good for that top seed.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Cowboys at Bears Week 14 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/5/2013

In my opinion, if you were to rank the most popular teams in the NFL since the advent of the Super Bowl, the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys might be Nos. 1-2. I think the only team that might squeeze out one of the two would be Green Bay, but it's close. The Bears had perhaps the most popular team in league history, the 1985 “Super Bowl Shuffle” champions. Dallas is of course known as “America's Team”.

Free NFL Picks: Texans at Jaguars Odds for Week 14
by Alan Matthews - 12/3/2013

They say the NFL is ratings gold, that the matchup doesn't matter and people will watch because it's football. I'm guessing that will be put to the test in a big way this Thursday night when Houston visits Jacksonville, a matchup of teams a combined 5-19. It will still probably win the night because sports-wise there's not much else.

Monday Night Football Picks: Saints at Seahawks Week 13 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 11/29/2013

For all the bad football we have been subjected to this season on "Monday Night Football" -- and there is some talk that there could be games flexed to MNF in a season or two -- it all gets forgotten this week when Seattle hosts New Orleans. I fully expect this to be a preview of the NFC Championship Game. Where that is held likely will be determined by Monday's winner.

Free NFL Picks: Broncos at Chiefs Odds and Week 13 Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 11/27/2013

It's pretty simple for the Denver Broncos on Sunday: Beat Kansas City for the second time in three weeks and the Broncos will have a great shot at the top seed in the AFC for the second year in a row -- not that it did much good for Peyton Manning and Co. last year. At worst, a win will all but assure Denver the second seed in the AFC, the first round off and at least one home game.

Monday Night Football Predictions: 49ers at Redskins Week 12 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 11/21/2013

Around this time last season in the NFL, we were supposedly witnessing an offensive revolution. The read-option was tearing up opposing defenses. And the two best dual-threat QBs were Washington's Robert Griffin III and San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick, both first-year starters. RGIII would lead Washington to a season-ending seven-game win streak and its first NFC East title in 12 years. Griffin became one of the league's most popular players and beat a stellar class for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Free NFL Picks: Saints at Falcons Week 12 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 11/19/2013

The New Orleans Saints (8-2) look pretty invincible at home this season, much like they were in 2011, but very ordinary on the road. Thus, it seems vital that at worst the Saints get the NFC's No. 2 seed and guarantee themselves at least one playoff game at the Superdome. With the red-hot Carolina Panthers on their tail in the NFC South, the Saints can ill afford to get caught in a trap game at Atlanta on Thursday night as the Saints visit current NFC No. 1 Seattle in Week 13 and then host Carolina the following week.

Monday Night Football Picks: Patriots at Panthers Week 11 Odds
by Alan Matthews - 11/14/2013

Now we are talking! After being subjected to a pretty lousy “Monday Night Football” schedule all season, we get a potential Super Bowl preview this week when red-hot Carolina and its dominant defense hosts New England. That potential Super Bowl matchup is +8000 on Sportsbook.ag. Yes, it's true that neither is likely to be the top seed in its conference, but if you have noticed, top seeds aren't exactly making a lot of Super Bowls lately, much less winning them (last: 2009 Saints).

Free NFL Picks: Jets at Bills Odds for Week 11
by Alan Matthews - 11/13/2013

I'm well aware that the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs visit the Denver Broncos in the game of the week on Sunday. However, I'll be focusing on the Broncos, no doubt, next week when they visit New England in another Peyton Manning-Tom Brady matchup, so I'm not going to do Denver now. Really, the second meeting between the Chiefs and Broncos is likely to be more important anyway.