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Now that he’s been named the starter for the San Francisco 49ers in their Week 10 Monday Night Football matchup against the New York Giants, can Nick Mullens repeat his record-setting performance from last week? Given the nod just prior to the game against Oakland, Mullens shredded the silver and black for 262 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-3 romp. Mullens was such a late add to the starting lineup that prop bets for him were not available. That changes this week, and the numbers likely do a... 

The public had a great week at the betting window last week and a bunch of fans are back for more, pounding the early lines on the NFL Week 10 schedule. We’ve seen movement in every game with a few as much as a field goal. Others have gone off the opening number only to come back to it. Four games currently have a spread of 10 points or more and surprisingly the Bills aren’t involved in any of them. The Chiefs at -17 opened as the biggest favorite, but that number has been wagered down a half-po... 

It may seem easy to pick winners when teasing the line in your favor, but it isn’t. We came close again last week hitting on three of our four picks and needed only a Monday night win from the Cowboys to cash the winning ticket. I was as frustrated as the 90,000 fans at Jerry World when the Boys laid an egg and I came away a loser. Not sulking in what might have been, I’m moving on to Week 10 to give it another shot. We should do better by moving the spread or total by as many as six-points in o... 

Losing for the first time this season didn’t sway the opinions of oddsmakers on the Los Angeles Rams, who remain the favorite to win Super Bowl LIII on the updated odds at BookMaker.eu. The price dropped slightly, which is a good thing if you believe the Rams are the team to beat. The New Orleans Saints, who beat the Rams in an epic Week 9 tilt between NFC powerhouses, continue to soar up the odds board and currently sit at +475. Along with the Chiefs and Patriots, those four teams have been joc... 

The Dallas Cowboys showed off their new acquisition on Monday night. You know, the guy who is going to make Dak Prescott look like a NFL quarterback. Amari Cooper did his job, Prescott didn’t and the road to the playoffs just got much steeper. Looking to rebound from a frustrating and potentially disastrous loss to Tennessee, the Boys visit the Philadelphia Eagles for the Week 10 Sunday Night Football matchup. Coming off its bye, Philly will unveil its own new weapon, and Golden Tate has been a ... 

Another good week on our total plays saw us hit the trifecta again. For a third straight week a majority of games played below the total and we hit on a pair with the Baltimore-Pittsburgh and Lions-Vikings games, extending our record to 6-0 over the last two weeks. With points and touchdowns being scored at a record pace, we had one of the lowest totals in recent memory hit the board. Buffalo is averaging a league-low 10.7 points per game and the Jets have scored an average of 11 points over the... 

The public had it right last week with our fade plays falling short at the betting window. I expected more from the Browns after making a coaching change. While they looked better, they offered little resistance to the Chiefs, who steamrolled yet another opponent and easily cover the 8-point spread in a 37-21 win. KC is the most profitable team in the NFL improving to 8-1 SU and ATS after last week’s victory. Just how good are the Chiefs? They’re laying 17 points to Arizona on the opening NFL be... 

We cashed our five-team money line parlay card last week and we’ll look to keep the good mojo going as we delve into some Week 10 matchups. The Kansas City Chiefs are putting up a good argument for the best team in the NFL and they’ve certainly been good to their backers, going 8-1 SU and ATS this year. They easily handled the Browns last week as one of our parlay card favorites. The Bears proved to be a wise choice as well.... 

The biggest concern for the New Orleans Saints is a letdown after knocking off the previously unbeaten Rams and extending their winning streak to seven in a row. The Saints look to continue their roll with a Week 10 visit to the Cincinnati Bengals, who are coming off their bye and will be without leading receiver A.J. Green. That’s something to consider on the live betting lines at BookMaker.eu when playing this matchup.... 

The 1972 Dolphins popped the champagne bottles on Sunday when the Los Angeles Rams became the last unbeaten team to lose a game. Faced with a situation new to them this year, the Rams will play trying to avoid a losing streak for the first time. Oddsmakers aren’t overly concerned about last week’s loss to the Saints, installing the Rams a 10-point favorite on the opening NFL betting lines for their Week 10 matchup with NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks.... 

On the day daylight savings time ended, the Carolina Panthers turned back the clock more than an hour. Playing like they did in 2015, the Panthers rolled over the Tampa Bay Bucs on Sunday, winning their third straight game in the process while watching the offense become more and more efficient. Cam Newton and his teammates have a big obstacle in front of them as they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Week 10 Thursday Night Football matchup. After a rough beginning, the Steelers have regain... 

It was a bad week to be a favorite in the NFL with teams laying points in Week 9 splitting the 12 games straight up through the Sunday Night Football matchup. Several of the “favorites” lost, though the games could easily have gone the other way on the NFL betting lines. A late surge at the betting window moved the line in favor of the Rams for their tilt at New Orleans, and the Superdome is always a tough venue. The Saints covered the 2-point line and handed the Rams their first loss of the sea... 

Both teams are coming off a bye, which gave them some extra time to work out a few kinks and get some banged up bodies healthy. The biggest issue facing the Tennessee Titans and Dallas Cowboys has been offense. Both clubs rank near the bottom of the league stat categories in total yards and scoring, and they have played solidly on the other side of the football, which is why oddsmakers set the total at just 40.5 for the Week 9 Monday Night Football matchup. The Titans are trying to end a three-g... 

Unlike last week when the closing spreads were all over the board, the opening lines for Week 9 of the 2018 NFL regular season schedule are much closer. Seven games currently have a spread of a field goal or less and just two have a line of more than a touchdown. News out of Buffalo that Nathan Peterman would start on Sunday against Chicago caused a seismic shift in that spread. The Bears opened at -8 and jumped to -10 shortly after the announcement.... 

With four favorites standing out from the rest of the pack, BookMaker.eu has now opened up wagers on those teams to NOT win the Super Bowl. Of course you can still throw down some coin on the team you think has a shot at hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in early February with the betting window always open. Placing a wager on a team to come up short of the ultimate goal has a much higher probability rate therefore the odds are long on every team.... 

Add one to the popular Meat Loaf song from years ago and you have three out four ain’t bad. That’s what we had on our teaser picks last week, but unfortunately it wasn’t a winner as the Ravens defense made sure of that. We expected more from the Ravens, or maybe less of the Carolina Panthers. Either way, we didn’t get what we needed and that game cost us a winning ticket. The other wagers were fairly straightforward and came through for us. Aaron Rodgers kept the Packers within striking distance... 

Fans better savor the moment on Sunday Night Football when two of the best to ever play game square off head-to-head in a rare meeting. In a quarterback duel for the ages, Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers visit Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Week 9. The two have played a lot of football over their careers, but they’ve gone head-to-head as s... 

We hit on one of our fades from last week, going with the visiting Broncos after the public strongly backed Kansas City. And we were fortunate that Denver scored the game’s final nine points and got the backdoor cover on a late field goal to pull within the 8.5-point line in a 30-23 loss. Undeterred from a couple of narrow losses on our fade plays, we’ll examine some Week 9 matchups to... 

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, as the saying goes. And it certainly doesn’t count when playing a multi-team parlay card. We came close last week hitting on two of our three favorites and correctly playing the underdog Seahawks in their matchup with Detroit. However, one loss ruins everything as the money line parlay card requires all teams to win their games. You would think picking a winner straight up would be easy, but this is the NFL, and nothing comes easy. Just ask the ... 

For the second week in a row a majority of the games played below the closing total and we hit the trifecta with all three of our picks cashing at the betting window. And, not surprisingly, it was the under that won for us. Not to brag or anything, but a perfect 3-0 week is pretty impressive. The key is to continue winning and not rest on your past accomplishments, so we aren’t going to do that. But winning all three tickets on our top total plays made for a successful week. It’s hard to play th... 

A showdown of epic proportion hits the Week 9 schedule when the top teams in the NFC square off. The Los Angeles Rams didn’t play their best last week, yet they maintained their perfect record with a narrow victory over the Packers. The New Orleans Saints have been just as hot riding a six-game winning streak since dropping their opener. And if you like offense this is the game for you. Both teams are averaging at least 33 points per game and the total hit the board at a season-high 60. The Rams... 

It appears as though the Pittsburgh Steelers have put the frustrations of their early season struggles behind them and have moved on from stud running back Le’Veon Bell to retain a position that has become all too familiar for them in the last few years – first place in the AFC North. With three straight wins and covers, the Steelers are looking like the dominant club many felt they would be in the AFC. The Ravens are trending the other direction with losses in two straight and three of their pa... 

It hasn’t been a good season for football in the Bay Area as the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers sit at the bottom of their respective conference heading into their Week 9 Thursday Night Football matchup. But despite the poor play from the northern California clubs, this contest should get the blood boiling for a number of reasons. First, both teams have to be pis... 

The favored teams did another solid in Week 8 of the regular season, winning 10 of the 13 games straight up through the Sunday Night Football encounter. However, the oddsmakers proved their worth once again with the outcomes against the closing lines much tighter as the teams laying points went just 7-6 ATS. Betting on the road dogs was a profitable play with those teams covering the spread in four of six contests. The Broncos slapped host Kansas City with its first ATS loss of the season by cov... 

The way these teams are going the only question for the Week 8 Monday Night Football matchup is how many points are the New England Patriots going to win by. Since opening the season 1-2, the Pats have rattled off four consecutive wins by scoring an average of over 39 points with impressive wins over up-and-comers Chicago and Kansas City in the last two. Things certainly don’t look good for the Bills, but they were bigger dogs in Week 3 and they beat the Vikings outright 27-6 when spotted a cool...