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Tampa Bay’s opening Super Bowl odds for 2024

See where Vegas thinks Tampa Bay will stack up among the league in contention for a championship next year.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be in the offseason, but it’s never too early to think about the next year.

The Bucs came two games short of a Super Bowl berth in 2023, making it to the Divisional Round of the playoffs before losing to the Detroit Lions. Despite the impressive performance (especially given preseason expectation), there’s a lot to consider when it comes to 2024 — the Bucs have 18 unrestricted free agents, many of whom were crucial pieces for the team in 2023. Given that those sort of things haven’t been sorted out, it’s a bit early to take bets on who will win the Super Bowl next year, but DraftKings has you covered anyway.

The Bucs currently have the 21st-highest odds to win Super Bowl LIX (or 59, for brevity’s sake). Interestingly enough, the Atlanta Falcons have much higher odds through DraftKings at +2800 than Tampa Bay’s +6000, though both the New Orleans Saints (+8000) and the Carolina Panthers (+25000) have much lower chances, too.

Check out the full list from DraftKings below:

The San Francisco 49ers have the best odds to win at +550, while that +25000 for the Panthers under former Bucs OC Dave Canales is the worst.

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NFL Week 17 best bets: One wager to make for every team

With only two weeks remaining in the regular season, we’ve got 32 bets to make across the NFL in Week 17

There are only two weeks left in the 2023 regular season, which means time is running out for some teams to make a playoff push. Though there are a bunch of teams that have already been eliminated from contention, several Week 17 matchups carry major postseason implications.

The week kicks off with Jets-Browns on Thursday night and because the College Football Playoff games will take place on Monday, Week 17 wraps up on Sunday night with Packers-Vikings. There is a special Saturday edition of Monday Night Football this weekend, though, with the Cowboys hosting the Lions.

As the playoffs approach, here is our penultimate edition of best bets this season.

All odds are courtesy of BetMGM.

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NFL Week 10 best bets: One wager to make for every team

We’ve got one bet to make on NFL every team in Week 10, from player props to picks against the spread.

The second half of the 2023 season officially begins this week with 14 games from Thursday to Monday night. It’s another week of what should be relatively close games, with only two contests featuring spreads larger than 6.5 points.

Things begin on Thursday night with the Panthers-Bears matchup and conclude on Monday night when the Broncos visit the Bills in an AFC showdown in Buffalo.

The NFL Wire editors have picked one bet to make on each team in the league this week. It’s a collection of player props, picks against the spread and more, giving bettors a nice variety of options in Week 10.

Note: The Chiefs, Rams, Dolphins and Eagles are on a bye this week.

All odds are courtesy of BetMGM.

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NFL Week 18 Pick ‘Em: Who’s trying and who’s not?

The picks are in! NFL Week 18 picks straight up, against the spread and over/unders.

The final week is always difficult since motivation and starters sitting out are all factors in ways they aren’t in any other week. Week 17 was a great one for picks. Following it up with a strong Week 18 could make the final records look like much less of a disaster.

To the picks! (Betting lines provided by Tipico Sportsbook.)

2021 NFL pick ’em: Week 1 is never easy

The picks are in! NFL Week 1 picks straight up, against the spread and over/unders.

Welcome to the weekly picks column! Calling it a column when it’s really just a regular blog makes it sound official, which is a good bit since this is decidedly NOT official.

In year’s past I’ve done picks by selecting every game in a week based on the point spread. That is nigh impossible to do with any real success, so I changed it up a bit this season.

This year I’ll pick every game straight up, then just give the ATS picks I like, along with some over/under selections, a “lock” of the week (there’s no such thing as a lock, but again, platitudes), an “upset” of the week and a parlay of varying length because those are a fun way to make regrettable decisions.

I’ll keep a running total for each throughout the year.

Odds are provided by Tipico. To the picks!

Ravens early favorites over Colts in Week 9 despite injuries

Despite all of the Baltimore Ravens’ woes this week, they’re still slight odds favorites over the Indianapolis Colts for now.

The start of Week 9 hasn’t gone particularly well for the Baltimore Ravens. Not only did they place two starting offensive linemen on injured reserve with ankle injuries, but seven defensive players went on the COVID-19/Reserve list as well. Yet, even with all that going wrong, oddsmakers are still leaning toward Baltimore picking up a win this week.

According to BetMGM, the Ravens are 2.5-point favorites over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 9 as of Wednesday morning. There’s good reason to believe Baltimore could still not only beat Indianapolis but cover the spread, even with their current injury and COVID-19 woes.

For as sloppy and inconsistent as the Ravens have been at times this season, they’ve handily beaten all the weaker teams on their schedule to date. The Colts haven’t found as much success, failing to beat the Cleveland Browns, struggling against the Cincinnati Bengals, and losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Baltimore currently has a higher-rated defense and offense in total points allowed and scored respectively.

Expect the Ravens’ odds to change over the course of the week as we find out more information about the six players labeled as “high-risk close contact” on the COVID-19/Reserve list. If none of them test positive or show symptoms, they’ll be cleared to play in this game, which will likely give a huge bump to Baltimore’s odds. The opposite is true as well, with any further positive tests potentially changing the odds in the Colts’ favor.

If you’re looking to bet this week, taking the smaller spread now might be in your favor but it’d be a bit of a gamble as well. If you want more of a sure thing, waiting until the end of the week is the safer bet.

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Ravens vs. Chiefs over/under odds: A tantalizing bet

With a manageable over/under set for the Baltimore Ravens vs. Kansas City Chiefs odds in NFL Week 3, this is a tantalizing bet

When the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs take the field at M&T Bank Stadium on Monday, it’ll be a battle between two of the most explosive and capable offenses in the NFL. Yet, oddsmakers aren’t expecting this game to be nearly as high-scoring as they should.

BetMGM has the over/under set to just 54.5 points. Barring an unexpected blowout win or a defensive struggle, this game should go well above the over/under currently set. That makes this as close to a must-bet scenario for NFL fans as you’re going to see.

First is the notion that both teams have some of the highest-scoring offenses in the NFL. The Ravens have averaged 35.5 points-per-game this season, and 33.44 points-per-game if we include all of last season. The Chiefs aren’t far off that mark themselves this season, setting their average at 28.5 in 2020 and 28.22 including last season’s numbers. If both teams hit even their lower averages, the final score will be a combined 61.66 points.

But we also have evidence this will be a high-scoring affair thanks to a Week 3 tilt between these teams last season. In a 33-28 (61 combined points) contest in 2019, Baltimore and Kansas City already proved they’re more than capable of going over.

If we want to continue our history lesson, we can point to the Ravens’ scores dating back to last season. In 18 total games, Baltimore saw combined scores over 54.5 points six times. Over those 18 games, the average combined score was 50.33 points, which includes some tough defensive matchups against the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers.

Just about everything points to this Week 3 contest going over. So, with the odds in your favor, this might just be a bet worth taking over at BetMGM.

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