The Sean Payton era is off to a rough start in Denver, and the latest NFL odds suggest there’s more pain on the way in Week 6 as the Broncos face the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday Night Football.
Somehow, Denver’s 1-4 record doesn’t do justice to the horror show that’s unfolded in the Mile High City — from the 70-20 humiliation against the Miami Dolphins to the Week 5 blunders in a loss to the New York Jets, just weeks after Payton mocked New York offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett.
Now a trip to Arrowhead Stadium looms large and you’d be hard-pressed to find much excitement for taking the Broncos in this week’s NFL picks. The Chiefs have won four in a row without playing their best football and the TNF odds have…
What do New Year’s Eve and NFL favorites have in common in Week 17?
They’re both overrated.
Or at least we hope so, for the sake of my NFL Underdogs picks and predictions.
The NFL odds in the closing weeks of the regular season are tricky waters to navigate. Usually, by this point, the bulk of postseason tickets are spoken for and plenty of teams getting points have more incentive to turn on the tank rather than fight to the finish.
But not so much in 2023… or what’s left of it.
With so many playoff spots still available, many Week 17 odds pups have added pop and look to ring in the New Year with a solid showing.
My New Year’s aspirations are the same.
You can save the fi…
The “change in scenery” angle is often overvalued in sports, but it worked like a charm with Baker Mayfield last season.
He set career-highs in completion rate, total yards, and touchdowns in his first year with the Buccaneers, and that performance carried into Week 1 of this season.
I’m backing the Bucs in my Week 2 same-game parlay along with some Mayfield-related props, while my conventional three-leg parlay for Sunday is capped off with the Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football.
Here are my best NFL picks for Sunday, September 15.
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Paul Pogba has finally responded to Graeme Souness’s criticism of the Manchester United midfielder by saying he does not know who the former Liverpool and Scotland captain is.
Souness has long questioned Pogba’s attitude, doing so even during the Frenchman’s injury layoff last month. Yet Pogba claims to be nonplussed by the Sky Sports pundit.
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“I didn’t even know who he was, really,” the 27-year-old told the United podcast. “I heard he was a great player and stuff like that. I know the face but [not] the name. Like I said I’m not someone that watches a lot of [punditry], I watch a lot of football but I don’t stay afte…
Look at Wolves go. They are this season’s most unlikely contenders for a top-four finish and could boost their chances on Sunday by winning at home to Leicester. Bruno Lage deserves high praise. So does the manager’s little brother.
Luis Nascimento, at 42 three years younger than his more prominent sibling, was one of the six backroom staff members brought to Molineux after Lage’s appointment in June. Lage had collaborated with each of them before but had never worked directly with his brother, whose career has largely mirrored his own.
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Nascimento’s official title is Wolves’ senior professional development coach but he is nicknamed “Il Capitano” after Capitano …
Luis Rubiales firmly yelled “I’m not going to resign” in his speech at an extraordinary general assembly of Spain’s football federation (RFEF) last month, banging a fist on the podium to assert his position. But, 17 days later, he announced his resignation from his position as federation president, as well as vice-president of Uefa. The right decision has been made, but Rubiales is leaving the federation in authoritative fashion after announcing his decision to quit in an interview with Piers Morgan, a clip of which has been posted online prior to their full sit-down being aired on Tuesday.
The resignation statement released by Rubiales was nothing less than expected. There was no apology, no mention of Jenni Hermoso, the player who …
Christmas Day for NFL marketing and ticket sales departments finally arrived Wednesday with the release of the 2024 season schedule. With subplots and peripheral angles multiplying before our eyes — hello, Netflix, welcome to NFL holiday football broadcasts — Field Level Media's football-minded contributors assembled the top 25 games of 2024. 24. Jets at Cardinals, Sunday, Nov. 10: We're grabbing our popcorn for one matchup, and one matchup alone: Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner. Top five draft picks likely to be near the top of the pecking order at their position for a decade. 23. Colts at Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 1: Drake Maye, the No. 3 pick in the 2024 draft, meet Anthony Richardson, drafted fourth overall in 2023. Indianapoli…
July is a tough month for sports talk radio. The veterans don’t report to NFL training camp until the end of the month, NBA free agency talk cools after the first week, and this month is the most sluggish and steaming month of the MLB schedule. It’s the only one of the three major American sports leagues in action. Teams play nearly every day, so while there is something to talk about for local radio shows, who wants to listen to four hours about a booted ball at second base, or in the case of the Michael Kay Show on ESPN Radio with no Michael Kay, the worst hitter on the best team in MLB? This time of year is when it takes art to put together an interesting sports talk radio program, and Don LaGreca had a Prince playing “Purple Rain” at Syracuse in 1985 moment. Earlier in the s…
Because we feel like part of our job is to inform you, the blog reader, about all the different ways to artificially maximize your body's potential, we introduce you to the newest big thing in performance enhancement: cow afterbirth! Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, a recent research study suggests that bovine colostrum — a nutrient-rich "pre-milk" produced by cows shortly after giving birth — may provide increased athletic endurance during high-intensity training. This milk is particularly high in protein, as well as antibodies vital to the development of the immune system in the newborn mammal. Research conducted on male distance cyclists found that participants who consumed bovine colostrum supplements achieved higher performance with fewer sign…
Today’s Czech Republic-Croatia match in Saint-Etienne suffered a five minute delay as Croatian fans flooded their corner of the pitch with flares and at least one explosive that blew up in the face of a steward who was attempting to clear the field for play—forcing Croatia players to plead with their fans to cease and desist. The demonstration didn’t help the Croatians much; the Czechs scored an equalizer as soon as play resumed. [ESPN] …