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Jan 19, 20202 min read
2019 NFL Championship Round: One More Dance for Cinderella
We see these teams' ability as being closer than the betting public might estimate. Accordingly, we are backing the underdogs cover. So
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Jan 5, 20202 min read
2019 NFL Playoffs: Seattle Seahawks @ Philadelphia Eagles O/U
The tendency for the UNDER to prevail in NFL wildcard action, and the inclement weather that is expected to attend this afternoon's acti
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Jan 4, 20202 min read
2019 NFL Playoffs: Seattle Seahawks @ Philadelphia Eagles ATS
1) The wide margin implied by our power rankings framework, 2) the tendency for short dogs to cover in the playoffs and 3) the favorable ATS
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Jan 4, 20202 min read
2019 NFL Playoffs: Wildcard Saturday
The Titans/Pats u45 strikes us as the most compelling play of the NFL's wildcard Saturday lineup. Our pick is supported by a strong hist
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Dec 8, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 14: Inclement Weather Offers Opportunity
Five contests on the NFL week 14 schedule are expected to be attended by double-digit wind speeds. Such conditions generally favor disappoin
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Nov 29, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 13: Okaland Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs
We observe several historical indications in support of the Raiders cover bid at the Chiefs Sunday. As such, we are betting on the road team
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Nov 28, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Turkey Day Action: Buffalo Bills @ Dallas Cowboys
We believe Dallas' solid showings at the Lions and Patriots in weeks 11 and 12, before being slated as home favorites this Thursday, set
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Nov 25, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 12 MNF: Baltimore Ravens @ LA Rams
Our primary framework has the visiting Ravens as less than a field goal better than the Rams in week 12, which is to say we think the market
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Nov 24, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 12: Inclement Weather Creates Opportunity
Six games on the week 12 NFL schedule are expected to be decided in winds of at least 10 mph. Of these three feature line that are at least
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Nov 24, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 12: NY Giants at Chicago Bears
Our primary, power rankings framework makes the Bears at Soldier Field to be 9-11 points better than the visiting Giants in week 12, implyin
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Nov 23, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 12: Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints
The 8-2 Saints avenged a thrashing in week 10 with a dominant win at the Bucs last week, while the Panthers slipped to 5-5 after the 26-poin
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Nov 21, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 12 TNF: Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans
We are backing the Texans at their own NRG Stadium Thursday, as the present has been a solid spot for the favorite to secure the ATS win. We
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Nov 19, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 12: Oakland Raiders @ NY Jets
Our power rankings work expects a close game when the Raiders and Jets clash in week 12, with the road team boasting a slight edge for the s
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Nov 19, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 12: Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans
Our power rankings framework makes the Titans to be the better team by roughly four points as hosts to the Jags in week 12 NFL action. We al
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Nov 17, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 11: Jacksonville Jaguars @ Indianapolis Colts
Our power rankings work says the Colts are at least a field goal better than the the Jags at home in week 11 action. As such, we are laying
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Nov 17, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 11: NY Jets @ Washington Redskins
Our power rankings work says the Skins at home are no better than a point superior to the Jets in NFL week 11 action. We also observe histor
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Nov 14, 20192 min read
NFL Week 11 TNF: Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns
Our power rankings framework makes the Browns at home to be zero to two points better than the Steelers in this battle of AFC North also-ran
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Nov 13, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 11: Divisional Action Offers Opportunity for Totals Bettors
The NFL's week 11 schedule contains seven match-ups between teams from the same division. Three of these contests feature notably above
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Nov 11, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 10 MNF: Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers
The last undefeated team in the NFL will host one of the hottest squads in the League in a showdown between the top two NFC West teams. Hist
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Nov 10, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 10: Buffalo Bills @ Cleveland Browns
The obvious knock on Buffalo is that their schedule was exceptionally light en route to the BIlls' 6-2 SU season-to-date record. Convers
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Nov 10, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 10: Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals
While our primary framework says lay the big chalk and line up behind the Ravens, we are skeptical. A generally reliable historical system t
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Nov 9, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 10: O/U's in High-Spread Divisional Play
A simple system predicated on backing the UNDER in divisional action featuring double-digit spreads has proven highly profitable from the st
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Nov 7, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 10: LA Chargers @ Oakland Raiders
Our power rankings framework sees the week 10 Thursday Night Football clash between the second and third ranked teams in the AFC West as too
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Nov 3, 20191 min read
NFL Week 9 Sunday Night Football: Patriots @ Ravens
We are not officially endorsing a side versus the number. Unofficially though, we are inspired to roll the dice on New England, given a few
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Nov 3, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 9: Detroit Lions @ Oakland Raiders
We think Matt Stafford and the Lions receiving corp are the key to a Detroit cover on the road SUnday afternoon, and we are taking the field
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Nov 3, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 9: Washington Redskins @ Buffalo Bills
Our power rankings framework makes the Bills no more than about 9.5 points better than the Skins this morning, so we find the last minute li
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Nov 3, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 9: Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Our power rankings model pegs the Texans as 4-6 points better than the Jags on a neutral field, such as Wembley Stadium, the host site for t
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 9: Indianapolis Colts @ Pittsburgh Steelers
We took a point getting down on the Colts earlier this week, on the heels of a supportive signal from our primary, power rankings framework,
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
NFL Week 9 Monday Night Football: Dallas Cowboys @ NY Giants
At worst, our power rankings framework gives a travelling Cowboys team a tad over a six point edge versus the Giants Monday evening. Thus th
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Oct 29, 20193 min read
2019 NFL Week 9: San Francisco 49ers @ Arizona Cardinals
By a wide margin, the historical context says fade the better team from this spot. As such, we are compelled to regard the Niners performanc
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Oct 27, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 8: New York Giants @ Detroit Lions
Our power rankings framework favors the Lions by 8.5-10 points versus the Giants at Ford Field Sunday. As such, we are comfortable laying th
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Oct 26, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 8: A Spot to Back Two Bad Teams ATS
Despite the uncertainty conveyed by our power rankings framework, the combination of the history of bad, but rested, road dogs beating the n
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Oct 26, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 8 Belly Dance: Raiders @ Texans
The present appears a solid spot to back the Texans. 1) Our power rankings work gives the home team the nod, 2) the herd agrees (importantly
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Oct 24, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 8 Thursday Night Football: Taking the Flyer on a Huge Line
Our power rankings work is equivocal for the NFL's week 8 edition of Thursday Night Football, calling for a home win by somewhere betwee
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Oct 17, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 7 Thursday Night Football: Chiefs @ Broncos
Our power ranking work makes the Chiefs on the road in week 7 to be 3.5-5 points better than the Broncos. As such, we are laying the field
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Oct 10, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 6 Thursday Night Football: Giants @ Patriots
The three independent computer simulation routines we license are unanimous in endorsing New England to cover the massive 17 points the Pats
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Oct 9, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 6: A Spot to Sell Three Solid Teams
Our primary, power rankings framework forecasts value with the Chiefs, whom we see as 6-8 points better than the visiting Texans Sunday. As
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Oct 9, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 6: Tennessee Titans @ Denver Broncos
Our power rankings work makes the Titans to be modest favorites at Denver Sunday afternoon. As such, we are happy to take the points on the
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Oct 9, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 6: Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens
Given the difficulties teams have exhibited covering the big chalk versus divisional foes, the the signals from the computer simulation rout
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Oct 9, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 6: Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Our power rankings work gives the Bucs an ever so slight edge when these teams square off Sunday morning in north London, in the second cont
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Oct 9, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 6 Monday Night Football: Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers
We are selling a traveling Lions team off a week's rest, as our power rankings work highlights considerable value with the home team, an
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Sep 29, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 4: Old Dogs, Old Tricks
Our primary NFL handicapping framework offers what appears a healthy balance between favored teams and point takers expected to beat the num
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Sep 29, 20193 min read
2019 NFL Week 4: When Dogs Stop Barking
Broadly speaking, we are looking for NFL underdogs' advantage to wane in week 4, consistent with typical cyclical patterns. Our primary
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Sep 28, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 4: Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens
Our power rankings framework sees the Ravens as about 8 points better than the Browns at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium Sunday. As suc
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Sep 28, 20191 min read
2019 NFL Week 4: LA Chargers @ Miami Dolphins
One system on our radar, powered by the BetLabsSports database, supports Miami's bid to capture its first cover of the 2019 NFL season.
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Sep 23, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 3 Monday Night Football: Bears @ Redskins
Our primary framework favors the visiting Bears by no more than three in D.C. Monday night. Thus, we are happy to back the home team in prim
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Sep 21, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 3: A Prime Spot to Back Dogs
Our primary framework for capping NFL highlights the Jets, Dolphins and Saints plus the points as worthy week 3 wagers. On paper, the Boys l
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Sep 19, 20193 min read
2019 NFL Week 3 Thursday Night Football
The penchant for high winds to coincide with low total scores, the strong track record of 1H UNDERs in wind and the tendency for scoring col
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Sep 16, 20192 min read
2019 NFL Week 2 Monday Night Football: Browns @ Jets
Per CRIS, the Cleveland Browns opened as 2.5 point favorites at the New York Jets for the NFL's week 2 edition of Monday Night Football.
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Sep 15, 20191 min read
NFL 2019 Week 2: A Good Spot for Three Pooches
The combination of the triggers from our power rankings framework, coupled with the powerful historical bias in favor of the point-takers fr
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