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Tied with the best record in the AFC entering Week 17, the Los Angeles Chargers are likely to be a No. 5 seed when the playoffs begin. It’s not the most ideal situation, but that’s what the Bolts are facing after letting an opportunity slip past them in a loss to the Ravens last week. There’s a chance things can turn out differently. The Chargers need to beat the Denver Broncos on Sunday and hope the Chiefs lose again. It’s possible, but unlikely. All the Bolts can do is take care of business ag... 

The NFC playoffs will run through the Big Easy, and that’s good news for the New Orleans Saints, who broke out of an offensive slumber to deliver a crippling blow to the playoff hopes of the Steelers. The Saints scored a total of 50 points in their previous three road games, but returned to the Superdome to drop 31 on Pittsburgh, wrapping up the No. 1 seed in the conference in the process. The question now is what kind of effort will the Saints put forth in their Week 17 matchup with the Carolin... 

It was a great Week 16 for the favorites on the money line with teams laying points winning 12 of the 15 games through the Sunday night encounter. It’s the most wins since Week 4 when the favorites went 12-3 in a 15-game slate. However, the dogs were barking against the spread with teams getting points on the closing NFL betting line posting an 8-5 mark with two games pushing the spread. We avoided a major upset this week with all five teams favored by at least 10 points winning straight up but ... 

If you’re a fan of the old American Football League, the Week 16 Monday Night Football matchup between the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders will conjure up some memories. The two franchises were original members of the startup league in 1960 and have been facing each other as members of the AFC West every year since. With the Raiders set to move to Las Vegas in a few years and their current stadium issue up in the air, this could be their last game in the Coliseum – again. And you can bet they... 

We’ve reached that time of the year in the NFL season when we see more major line moves early in the week. Teams have been eliminated from playoff contention and with players hurting and sitting the line moves are more abundant. Two games on the Week 16 schedule have already seen the line jump the fence in the early part of the betting week. The Falcons opened as a 3-point dog for their matchup with Carolina. When news of Cam Newton being shut down surfaced the line was quickly wagered in favor ... 

Blowing a chance to clinch a playoff berth by succumbing to the dreadful 49ers last week, the Seattle Seahawks still control their own destiny for a return to the postseason. However, the chore became a little more difficult with a visit from the Kansas City Chiefs on tap Sunday night. And with their loss to the Chargers last week, the Chiefs find themselves tied atop the AFC West after owning the league’s best record for most of the season. There is still work to be done on both sides as the in... 

We had a nice rebound last week on our top teaser picks, making the proper adjustments to the spread and total in three of our four games. That still doesn’t get us a winning ticket, but the results were much better than the previous week when the wackiness around the league gave us a big ohfer. Winning the Sunday night game going over the teased total, and taking Carolina with the additional points in the Monday night affair was nice but meaningless since the Seahawks blew up our teaser card by... 

Hand it to the New Orleans Saints for coming out victorious on Monday night despite scoring only 12 points. That proves that they just may be the most well rounded team in the NFL and that’s why they remain atop the updated Super Bowl LIII odds list at BookMaker.eu. Even though the Rams, Chiefs and Patriots all lost last week, they’ve done enough over the course of the season to maintain their spots among the top-4. The Chargers made a move up the odds board following their win over Kansas City,... 

We returned to our winning ways last week on our total plays, cashing a ticket on two of our three selections and just missing a clean sweep by falling a point short on the Rams-Eagles matchup. We did get a winner from the Texans and Jets, who easily eclipsed the total of 41 in Houston’s 29-22 victory. Playing the under has been a profitable maneuver over the past several weeks with a majority of games falling below the closing total. The under was 9-5 last week with two games pushing the total,... 

We proved a point last week by going against the public on the early NFL betting lines and hitting on all three games. So much is about perception and the Oakland Raiders were coming off a big upset win over Pittsburgh as they headed into Cincinnati for last week’s tilt. That doesn’t eliminate the fact that the Raiders are still a bad team and have been even worse on the road, with a narrow victory over Arizona as their only road success. Still, a majority of the public backed the Raiders and 3-... 

Picking a team for our money line parlay card just because it’s favored by a touchdown or more doesn’t guarantee a win, as we found out again last week. We felt the Rams’ loss in Chicago was an outlier and a return to the friendly confines of the Coliseum against an Eagles team without its starting quarterback would get LA back in the win column. Boy, were we wrong on that one.... 

Turning to their closer the Philadelphia Eagles stayed alive in the NFC playoff hunt by stunning the Rams on Sunday night as a 13.5-point underdog. Philly rekindled some of its magic from last season’s Super Bowl run with Nick Foles taking over behind center, and the club played an inspired game to stay alive for a repeat. Beating the Houston Texans on Sunday is a must to keep those aspirations alive and it won’t be easy against a team that’s won 10 of its last 11 games.... 

There was a collective huge sigh of relief coming from the Steel City after the Pittsburgh Steelers stopped the bleeding by ending a three-game losing streak with a victory over the Patriots on Sunday. They aren’t out of the woods just yet with the Ravens hot on their heels for the AFC North lead and two other teams having won the same amount of games. That season-opening tie with Cleveland is what separates the Steelers from the rest of the pack and a win over the New Orleans Saints in the Big ... 

We experienced another chaotic week at the betting window in Week 15 of the NFL season. For the third straight week a double-digit underdog won outright and maybe the winter weather had something to do with the scoring totals as eight of the 15 games cashed the under with two games pushing the total. The betting week started with the Los Angeles Chargers upsetting the Chiefs on the road as a 3.5-point dog. The weekend ended with the Rams losing outright as a 13.5-point favorite to the Eagles, wh... 

The Los Angeles Chargers have been chasing down the Chiefs for the top spot in the AFC West since losing to their division rival in the season opener. Given another chance last week, the Bolts finally caught up, pulling out all the stops in a dramatic 29-28 win on Thursday, clinching a playoff spot and nailing down a tie for the best record in the conference. The Bolts need some help to win the division and earn the No. 1 seed, but they also need to take care of business on their end and that st... 

Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers are hoping the worst is over. Riding a five-game losing streak into their Week 15 Monday Night Football matchup with NFC South rival New Orleans Saints, the Panthers are still alive for a wild card spot, but they need to win a football game. A few weeks ago, Carolina was right there with the Saints and Rams in the conference, sporting a 6-2 record. Fast forward to now and the Panthers are struggling with their biggest nemesis standing in their way twice over ... 

We’ve seen the typical ½- to 1-point moves on the early NFL betting lines posted at BookMaker.eu, but there are a few curious shifts that have caught our attention. Fresh off a win over the Broncos, San Francisco is getting a lot of attention on the early line for its game against Seattle. The spread was wagered down despite the Niners’ 43-16 loss to the Seahawks just a few weeks ago. We’ve also seen movement back and forth on the line for the Sunday matchup between Philadelphia and the Rams, du... 

Third year quarterbacks Carson Wentz of the Philadelphia Eagles and Jared Goff of the Los Angeles Rams will forever be linked. They were the top two picks in the 2016 NFL Draft with the Rams trading up to select their QB of the future while Philly used the second overall selection to take a kid from an FCS school. Wentz also has a connection to the Coliseum since that is where he sustained a season-ending knee injury last season, forcing him to miss the Eagles’ run to the Super Bowl title. The t... 

It was a crazy week in the NFL and all the wackiness blew up our teaser picks, throwing an ohfer at us for the first time. Moving the spread or total by as many as six points in our favor is supposed to make winning easier, isn’t it? Well, that didn’t happen last week as the Jags were lathered by Derrick Henry, the Saints and Bucs couldn’t reach our teased total, and the Rams were upset by the Bears on the road. Ouch.... 

Another week and another swapping of spots on the updated Super Bowl LIII odds list at BookMaker.eu. After losing the top spot to the Rams last week, the New Orleans Saints are back on top as the betting favorite, rebounding from a loss to the Cowboys that ended their 10-game winning streak to stop the Bucs. Meanwhile, the Rams fell to the second favorite following a humbling loss to Chicago on Sunday night. The two favorites from the AFC also traded spots with the Chiefs moving ahead of New Eng... 

Once again the unpredictable nature of the NFL caught us on our over plays last week as we missed on two of our top three picks. It looks like the coaching change in Green Bay paid off, at least for one week when the Packers erupted for a season-high point total in taking down the Falcons. Aaron Rodgers didn’t have overly impressive numbers, but the Packers were able to do some damage on third down and that allowed them to overtake Atlanta. We did expect more from the Panthers with their playoff... 

The public had it right in our games last week, nailing the Titans in a Thursday night romp over Jacksonville. And proving that teams can still play defense in this league, the Ravens nearly stole one from the Chiefs, losing in overtime but covering the 6-point line, sending us to a pair of losses on our fade plays. We did claim success on Monday night with the Seahawks earning a cover after the early action favored the Vikings.... 

For the second straight week we just happened to pick the double-digit favorite that lost outright, blowing up our money line parlay card. Last week we had the Packers and they crumbled as a two-touchdown favorite to the Cardinals. Surely the Steelers could beat the lowly Raiders this week we thought. Pittsburgh lost a few games in a row and was due for a bounce back, and the Steelers were 10-point chalk in the black hole against a 2-win team. But it wasn’t to be and our five-team money line par... 

Not only are the Chicago Bears a threat to win the NFC North they proved a threat to the hierarchy in the conference with a dominant defensive showing in a win over the Rams on Sunday night. There is still work to be done however, and the Bears will entertain their longtime rival the Green Bay Packers with a chance to avenge an earlier loss that may have been the catalyst for the surprising run. Or maybe it was the acquisition of Khalil Mack, who transformed a good defense into a great one.... 

Both teams are coming off frustrating losses in a way no one could have possibly imagined. And they will try and get over that by hanging an L on each other when the New England Patriots visit the Pittsburgh Steelers in a Week 15 tilt on Sunday. Despite their dramatic defeats both teams continue to lead their division, though the Steelers advantage in the NFC North has become much closer after their third straight loss. After losing in Miami last year, the Pats strolled into the Steel City and k...