Monday Night Football Predictions: New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers
by Mike Allen - 10/24/2024

The New York Giants looked abysmal against their divisional rival, the Philadelphia Eagles, on Sunday. Daniel Jones was under an immense amount of pressure from the defensive line, and eventually, head coach Brian Daboll had mercy on the kid, pulling him in the 4th quarter.

Monday Night Football Picks: Los Angeles Chargers at Arizona Cardinals
by Mike Allen - 10/16/2024

Wow, the public had their best week of betting all season in Week 6. A record 9 road favorites all won this week, and they all covered the spread! Be careful with your money this week, as the public usually loses bigger on the slate following a profitable Sunday. I bring up the road favorites because we have another this week with the LA Chargers traveling to Arizona to play Kyler Murray and the Cardinals. Murray has been his usual self this season, showing flashes of greatness only to bring us all back down to earth with his lack of preparation. He gets away with it until he doesn’t.

Monday Night Football Picks: Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
by Mike Allen - 10/10/2024

Congratulations if you were on the now former New York Jets head coach Robert Salah to be the first NFL head coach fired in 2024. I wrote an article about two months ago and omitted Salah. He was the second-highest favorite on the board, though, with Dennis Allen at (+500) and his odds an even 5-1.

Monday Night Football Predictions: New Orleans Saints at Kansas City Chiefs
by Mike Allen - 10/3/2024

Some of us couch dwellers may have needed reminding that it’s Week 5 already in the NFL. That isn’t the case, however, for the Kansas City Chiefs or the New Orleans Saints. Both teams limp into Monday Night Football this week. Just two weeks after the Chiefs lost their star running back Isiah Pacheco to a fractured fibula, THE franchise player of the NFL, Patrick Mahomes, threw his entire body into the knees of second-year star Rashee Rice.

Monday Night Football Picks: Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions
by Mike Allen - 9/26/2024

We’ve seen this game already, right? In Week 1, another 3.5-point underdog NFC West team visited the Detroit Lions for a primetime game. That Los Angeles Rams team was a good one, too. They had Puka Nacua powering through and punishing the defensive backfield. Cooper Kupp caught 14 balls, while Matthew Stafford threw for 300 yards. I count that win for Detroit as a big one, especially driving the length of the field in overtime for the touchdown win.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills
by Mike Allen - 9/19/2024

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has never looked worse, while the Bills Josh Allen has been the best at the position through the first two games of the season. Lawrence has been terrible, though. He isn’t the right QB for his coach. Doug Pederson loves to get the ball out of the quarterback’s hands within about 2.5 seconds. So far this season, Lawrence is last in the league in completion percentage on these quick passes.

Monday Night Football Picks: Washington Commanders at Cincinnati Bengals
by Mike Allen - 9/19/2024

Week 3 in the NFL may be the most perplexing. There's a reason you never see a two-game postseason series. I like Week 1 wagers because we have so much time to prepare. Then comes the classic overreaction in Week 2 betting. The sportsbooks cleaned up this past weekend. That will work in their favor this week as well, with more bettors scratching their heads and surely several already on tilt.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles
by Mike Allen - 9/12/2024

The Atlanta Falcons come into this season with high expectations. They signed Captain Kirk Cousins to a big deal. Dual-threat running back Bijan Robinson is back for his sophomore season. The offensive line rates as one of the best in the league. Last week, The home Falcons were favored to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers by four points. The Falcons’ offense barely managed double-digits in the 18-10 loss.

Monday Night Football Picks: New York Jets vs San Francisco 49ers
by Mike Allen - 9/6/2024

Week 1 is here! The 2024 Kickoff Game is tonight, we have our first trip to South America Friday night, a load of closely-lined matchups Sunday, and the NFL saved the best for last, in my opinion. In the first week of Monday Night Football, Aaron Rodgers returns to the competition for the first time in a year on the road in San Francisco to play the 49ers.

Monday Night Football Picks: San Francisco 49ers vs Baltimore Ravens
by Mike Allen - 12/22/2023

Wow, did the NFL do a great job with the schedule this week! How can you beat possibly the most likely Super Bowl matchup not just on a Monday Night Football slot in Week 16, but Christmas Night? Even better, the team that would, in all likelihood, be the betting underdog in the big game, is the home team this week.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Philadelphia Eagles vs Seattle Seahawks
by Mike Allen - 12/13/2023

As we enter the final four weeks of the NFL regular season, there are no more bye weeks, and we surprisingly have a large number of teams that are still mathematically in the playoff picture. I'm looking now at the NFL.com playoff picture page, and it says the Carolina Panthers are the only NFC team that has been eliminated from postseason contention.

Monday Night Football Picks: Green Bay Packers vs New York Giants
by Mike Allen - 12/7/2023

We are once again getting two Monday Night Football games this week. They are both kicking off at the same time. The game I want to cover with you guys today is between the New York Football Giants and the streaking Green Bay Packers. We didn't know what to think about the Green Bay Packers and their new quarterback Jordan Love for the longest time.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Tennessee Titans vs Miami Dolphins
by Mike Allen - 12/7/2023

One of the two Monday Night Football games on the slate for the NFL’s 14th week of the regular season is a mismatch. Unfortunately, the betting odds reflect this. That’s okay, though. We can track this game from several angles. The Tennessee Titans may not be tanking for a spot to draft a quarterback, but they aren't fighting for a playoff spot, either.

Monday Night Football Picks: Jacksonville Jaguars vs Cincinnati Bengals
by Mike Allen - 12/1/2023

This Monday Night, we get to see what should have been a marquee matchup in the AFC. The Bengals without their quarterback, though, just aren’t the same team. I didn't have them rated that highly to begin with. They can't run the ball to save their life. What does that tell you? You have maybe the best passer of the football under center. He makes very good decisions, and his arm is incredibly dangerous.

Monday Night Football Picks: Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings
by Mike Allen - 11/22/2023

Week 12 might be the most fun of them all so far this season. I suppose it is hard to beat Week 1 in the NFL, but for Week 12, we have 3 Thanksgiving Day division games, a division game on Black Friday, along with your regularly scheduled Sunday and Monday Night Football games. The final game of the week is another division rivalry game between two resurgent squads.

Monday Night Football Picks: Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs
by Mike Allen - 11/15/2023

This is the midseason Super Bowl! These two teams are betting favorites to win their respective conferences and rematch in Super Bowl LVIII. The Philadelphia Eagles are 2.5-point underdogs at (-110), the same betting odds some sportsbooks have them to win the NFC. They seemed to stumble out of the gate. However, with their schedule front-loaded against weaker opponents, they usually found a way to win.

Monday Night Football Picks: Denver Broncos vs Buffalo Bills
by Mike Allen - 11/8/2023

The Buffalo Bills just won’t go away. At least they are finally gaining some consistency. I fret because I haven’t been able to get this team right all year. It started with their matchup with the New York Jets in Week 1. I don't think any team has been featured in primetime any more than the Bills.

Monday Night Football Predictions: Los Angeles Chargers vs New York Jets
by Mike Allen - 10/31/2023

In the final game of the first half of the 2023 NFL regular season, the Los Angeles Chargers make the long trip east to play on the newest and worst playing surface in the NFL when the New York Jets play host at MetLife Stadium. Last week’s game versus the Giants was somehow uglier than the 13-10 final score in overtime.

Monday Night Football Picks: Las Vegas Raiders vs Detroit Lions
by Mike Allen - 10/26/2023

The Detroit Lions put a screeching halt to their hype last week when they took a massive drubbing, as the Baltimore Ravens gnawed them clean to the bone. They were coming off 4 straight wins by 14 or more points, and then they ran into Baltimore. The final score was 38-6, but it felt even worse than that for Lions fans, I imagine.

Monday Night Football Picks: 49ers vs Minnesota Vikings
by Mike Allen - 10/19/2023

I could really use a break from the San Francisco 49ers. The wound is still so fresh. I thought teasing them down to a pick’em with Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was a good idea. So much happened in the Browns' favor. Their Hall of Fame left tackle, Trent Williams, had his leg rolled on and then had to defend Brock Purdy's blind side against one of, if not the best, edge rusher in the league, Myles Garrett.