Month: October 2024

The Cleveland Browns will host the Arizona Cardinals in NFL Week 9 action on Sunday. The Cardinals are at the bottom of the NFL standings with a 1-7 record and are giving rookie quarterback Clayton Tune his first start.

The Browns are 4-3 despite the extended absence of Deshaun Watson, and there’s uncertainty about whether he’ll return to the lineup on Sunday. Books seem to be pricing in a return for Watson with NFL odds installing the Browns as 8.5-point favorites. Here are my best free NFL picks and predictions for Cardinals vs. Browns on November 5.

Editor’s Note: This preview was written before it was confirmed that Watson would start.

Cardinals vs Browns odds

Cardinals vs Browns predictions

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The NFL Divisional Round odds have saved the best for last as the heated AFC rivalry between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills — Patrick Mahomes vs. Josh Allen — adds another chapter tonight.

Buffalo hosts Kansas City as a slim home favorite in the NFL odds with a ticket to the conference title game on the line.

The Bills were able to steal a 20-17 win in Arrowhead Stadium back in Week 14, thanks in part to the controversial offside call on Kansas City’s would-be winning play late in the game. 

That finish and Mahomes’ prickly interaction with Allen afterward added more fuel on the fire for one of the best rivalries in football — and a game that will likely be the “make or break” matchup for sportsbo…

I made some progress in Week 3, posting my first winning week this season in betting on NFL player props.

I’m looking to keep the good times rolling this week, and although my TNF prop was a bit of a dud, I’m also backing a reliable tight end against a pressure-heavy defense, plus a star QB and a high-profile rookie WR to deliver in advantageous matchups.

Here are my best NFL picks for Week 4’s slate of games.

Latest NFL prop picks

• Hubbard o58.5 rush yards(-113 at FanDuel)
• Harrison Jr. o67.5 rec yards(-123 at Caesars)
• Stroud o258.5 pass yards(-115 at BetMGM)

Check out full analysis of picks below, or click here to view the full betting card.

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The third day of the NFL draft is the spotlight moment for the hard-working area scouts and position coaches behind the curtain to celebrate the gem prospects they believe are underappreciated and acute fits for a need or the overall team culture. A late-round pick or a highly coveted undrafted free agent can slip through the cracks, and history shows draft position isn't the only factor in a prospect becoming a reliable pro. Sometimes it's a receiver who tested poorly but had all the intangibles, like recent rookie receiving yardage record-setter Puka Nacua (Rams). Sometimes it's a quarterback without a strong arm or standout athleticism, but great decision-making and a feel for running the offense, like Brock Purdy (49ers). Among our favorite sleepers we project as la…

It is only because of the FinCEN files, a huge leak of confidential information, that the world knows a sliver more about the predilection Roman Abramovich apparently had for buying economic rights in players at clubs other than his own. This nugget has been sifted from more than 2,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed with the US government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network that would have remained unknown but for the reporting on the leak by the BBC and other media organisations.

Yet as these episodes always do, by providing a one-off glimpse into vast secretive dealings, this leak also delivers a jolting reminder of how much remains unknown about the multibillion-pound business of human football talent.

Leaks show Chelsea…

After another clinical display from England at the Women’s Euro 2022 on Friday night, beating Northern Ireland 5-0 in Southampton, two of the crowd chants stuck in the mind. The first related to the Lionesses winger who has now scored five goals in three matches, and went to the tune of Gala’s 1997 hit Freed from Desire. “Beth Mead’s on fire,” fans sang. “Your defence is terrified! Na-na-na!”

The other song, less original, will be familiar to England supporters over the past 26 years: “It’s coming home! It’s coming home! It’s coming … Football’s coming home!” The Lionesses, like the men’s team, have historically underperformed in major tournaments, but at this summer’s home Euros there is genuine, realistic op…

Jürgen Klopp has given a ­glowing endorsement of Xabi Alonso, the frontrunner to succeed him at ­Liverpool, describing the Bayer Leverkusen coach as the “­standout” of the next generation of leading managers.

Alonso is favourite to replace the Liverpool manager this summer having taken Leverkusen from second bottom of the Bundesliga to a five-point lead at the top in 16 months. The 42-year-old’s team are also in the German Cup semi-finals, reached the Europa League semi-finals in Alonso’s first season and comprehensively outplayed Bayern Munich in a 3-0 victory last weekend.

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Klopp, who again distanced ­Liverpool from…

With August right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to attack the NFL betting scene.Week 1 of the preseason begins on Aug. 8, less than a month before the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens kick off the regular season on Sept. 5.Kansas City’s clash with Baltimore will mark Game 1 of 272 that you’re able to throw money on throughout the course of the regular season, and then the stakes will be raised come playoff time. But now is your chance to get ahead of the curve. Here are three NFL futures bets that you need to jump on as soon as possible:C.J. Stroud to throw 30+ regular-season touchdowns, +120 (DraftKings)A sophomore slump is the last thing that Stroud is going to have to worry about as he enters Year 2 with the Houston Texans.Houston…