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Rovell: Bettor Loses $500,000 on Browns, But Sportsbooks Still Get Obliterated by Rams Cover
All day long, the chatter around the betting market was about the Rams and Browns on Sunday Night Football. Primetime games always generate large handles, but the showdown in Cleveland was getting serious action and it was lopsided in favor of Los Angeles. The Rams ended up winning, 20-13, and covering as 4.5-point road favorites,…
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Week 3 NFL Survivor Pool Picks: Are the Cowboys Too Popular This Week?
“It doesn’t matter whether you win by an inch or a mile. Winning is winning.” This famous quote by Dom Toretto was pertinent as the Texans won by literal inches over the Jaguars, 13-12. It was a fun sweat for those who tailed me on Houston last week. The two popular picks (Patriots, Ravens) both…
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The Ultimate NFL Week 3 Betting Guide: Picks & Predictions For Every Game
There is a lot happening in Week 3. We have two massive double-digit favorites. Multiple backup quarterbacks have been promoted to starting roles due to injuries (or benching). And we’ll get two young QBs facing off in what could be an offensive shootout. So what are the best betting angles for Sunday? Our staff helps…
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Sunday’s Best Week 3 NFL Prop Bets: Philip Rivers, Marquise Brown, More
NFL player prop bets offer tremendous value on the board every week. They receive less action and money than the traditional bets, so savvy bettors can gain a big edge by reacting to news quicker than the books. The betting lines for prop bets are often less efficient than NFL sides and totals, opening up…
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Expert NFL Picks Straight Up for Week 3
We have two massive double-digit underdogs this week. But do our experts think either the Dolphins or Jets have a chance to pull off upsets over the Cowboys and Patriots? Our staff makes straight-up picks for every Week 3 game. Here are the expert panelists: Chad Millman, Sean Koerner, Matthew Freedman, Chris Raybon, Mike Randle,…
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Koerner’s NFL Week 3 Pick ‘Em Pool Confidence Ratings: Best Straight Up & ATS Picks
Whether you’re playing pick’em in our app or going old school with your co-workers, you can follow my straight-up and against-the-spread pick ’em confidence ratings throughout the season for the best options each week. Let’s quickly run through my methodology, then dig into my ratings for Week 2 complete with a downloadable spreadsheet you can use…
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Koerner’s NFL Power Ratings: My Betting Approach for Every Week 3 Game
We have two massive favorites. At least three teams without future Hall of Fame quarterbacks. And two flashy young QBs facing off in the highest total game of the week. But what are the best value bets? Odds above as of Wednesday and via PointsBet, where Action Network users can exclusively bet every NFL spread…
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Sharp Betting Action Moving Ravens vs. Chiefs Spread Overnight
The Action Network’s Mark Gallant expertly details how professional bettors are shaping NFL lines in his weekly sharp reports, but wagering activity doesn’t stop there. In fact, bettors often get down on Saturday night or early Sunday morning while most of the country is sweating out late college football action or already asleep. Thankfully, Sports…
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A Profitable First-Half Betting Strategy for NFL Week 3, Including Browns vs. Rams
In the 2019 season opener, the Packers-Bears first-half (1H) total was set at 23 points. Since 2005, only 37% of games (1,320 out of 3,557) have had a 1H total of 23 or more points. Chicago finished last season ninth in points per game (26.3), and Green Bay’s offense was expected to be rejuvenated under…
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NFL Week 3 WR/CB Matchups: Can Casey Hayward Jr. Shut Down DeAndre Hopkins?
Football is a team sport, but often games are determined by the individual matchups of offensive vs. defensive players. Perhaps no clash on the football field is as iconic as that between wide receivers and cornerbacks. Size, speed, touchdowns, turnovers, trash talk — this matchup has it all. In this piece, I leverage snap data from…
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Rovell’s Week 3 Vegas Report: Smart Money on Big Underdogs?
Good teams aren’t the story in the NFL right now. The real story, especially in the gambling world, is the bad teams. For the second straight week, the Patriots are massive favorites against a divisional opponent. Last week, New England easily covered as 18-point favorites against Miami, trouncing the Dolphins 43-0 in South Beach. This…
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Ravens vs. Chiefs Betting Odds & Picks: Will Patrick Mahomes Meet His Match?
Ravens at Chiefs Betting Odds Odds: Chiefs -5.5 Total: 52 Time: 1 p.m. ET TV Channel: CBS Odds above as of Thursday evening and via PointsBet, where Action Network users can exclusively bet every NFL spread this season at reduced juice (-105). In a matchup between the NFL’s most exciting quarterbacks, it appears bettors trust…
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Koerner: Projecting Every Player’s Odds of a Top Fantasy Finish in Week 3
Welcome to my new weekly series featuring every player’s odds of posting a top fantasy finish at their position. The concept is simple: I simulated every Week 3 game 10,000 times to calculate the odds, which include their chances of finishing as a QB1, RB1, WR1 and so on — so within the top 12…
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NFL Week 3 Betting Market Report: Rams vs. Browns Seeing Lopsided Action on Key Number
Welcome to the Week 3 NFL Betting Market Report, where no quarterback jokes, puns, quips or mean remarks will be made. As far as I’m concerned, this is just a normal old Week 3 — just so happens that there’s about a half dozen fewer starting QBs playing than we were expecting a month ago.…