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A snapshot look at the NFL betting lines and odds for Week 5 sports betting and DFS action.
A good way to start your weekly homework for DFS (daily fantasy sports) play is to analyze the early Vegas odds around Week 5.
These guys have a long history of making money off of setting the right game spread and points scored. So it can be an early indicator of teams to target due to high-scoring potential, and teams to avoid for the opposite reason.
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook
OFF = No odds currently listed.
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A snapshot look at the NFL betting lines and odds for Week 4 sports betting and DFS action.
A good way to start your weekly homework for DFS (daily fantasy sports) play is to analyze the early Vegas odds around Week 4.
These guys have a long history of making money off of setting the right game spread and points scored. So it can be an early indicator of teams to target due to high-scoring potential, and teams to avoid for the opposite reason.
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook
OFF = No odds currently listed.
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A snapshot look at the NFL betting lines and odds for Week 3 sports betting and DFS action.
A good way to start your weekly homework for DFS (daily fantasy sports) play is to analyze the early Vegas odds around Week 3.
These guys have a long history of making money off of setting the right game spread and points scored. So it can be an early indicator of teams to target due to high-scoring potential, and teams to avoid for the opposite reason.
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook
OFF = No odds currently listed.
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Raiders odds in home opener vs Panthers
Coming off their big win in Baltimore, the Raiders are suddenly seen as having a competitive team, rising nearly eight spots in the power rankings on average from the first week.
The Panthers are going in the other direction. They are 0-2 and just benched former No. 1 overall pick QB Bryce Young.
So, it should be no surprise the Raiders open as five-point favorites as the Panthers come to Las Vegas. The over/under on points scored is set at 40 points.
It may actually be a bit of a surprise the point spread isn’t more than that. The Panthers have been outscored 73-13 over the first two weeks of the season. That’s a -60-point differential. Compared to the Raiders point differential of -9.
Andy Dalton will be getting the start for the Panthers as they try to jump start things. The 37-year-old journeyman has started just one game the past two years, so the biggest challenge for the Raiders could be game planning for him.
History is not on the Rams’ side when it comes to making the playoffs after an 0-2 start.
The Rams have officially entered a territory they’ve not been in in over a decade. Not even the Jeff Fisher-led Rams started a season the way this year’s team has, and that’s alarming.
For the first time since 2011, the Rams are 0-2 after two weeks. Under Sean McVay, they’d never been worse than 1-1, in part because they’d only lost one season opener prior to their loss against the Lions in Week 1 this season.
In a 17-game season, there’s a long way to go but the Rams are watching their playoff hopes quickly slip away. That’s because history says the majority of teams that start 0-2 end up missing the postseason.
The Rams can buck that trend this season by turning things around like they did last year when they were 3-6, but they’ve got a lot of work to do.
According to Stathead, of the 409 teams that have started a season 0-2 since the merger in 1970, only 40 of them went on to make the playoffs. That’s a rate of only 9.8%. Not impossible, but certainly not encouraging, either.
Since the NFL expanded the playoffs to 14 teams in 2020, it’s somehow become even less likely for an 0-2 team to make the postseason. Since 2020, 32 teams have started 0-2 and only two of them made it: the 2023 Texans and 2022 Bengals. That’s a rate of 6.3%.
409 teams have started 0-2 since 1970
– Made playoffs: 40 (9.8%)
– Missed playoffs: 369 (90.2%)
32 teams have started 0-2 since 2020
– Made playoffs: 2 (6.3%)
– Missed playoffs: 30 (93.7%)
Granted, the Rams beat the odds last season when they made the playoffs after a 3-6 start, which had an even lower probability than a team making the postseason after starting 0-2. Since 1970, 234 teams have started a season with a 3-6 record and only 10 made the playoffs (4.3%).
What the Rams really can’t afford to do is lose their Week 3 game against the 49ers. They’re 7.5-point underdogs, so a loss seems likely, but that might be the knockout blow for Los Angeles’ playoff hopes.
Since 1970, 218 teams have started 0-3 and only five of them went on to make the postseason – a rate of just 2.3%. And if the Rams lose their next two games, only one team has ever started 0-4 and made the playoffs (1992 Chargers).
In other words, Sunday’s game against San Francisco is borderline must-win and if the Rams do lose that game, they have to beat the Bears in Week 4. Otherwise, they can probably kiss their playoff hopes goodbye.
A snapshot look at the NFL betting lines and odds for Week 2 sports betting and DFS action.
A good way to start your weekly homework for DFS (daily fantasy sports) play is to analyze the early Vegas odds around Week 2.
These guys have a long history of making money off of setting the right game spread and points scored. So it can be an early indicator of teams to target due to high-scoring potential, and teams to avoid for the opposite reason.
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook
OFF = No odds currently listed.
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The Rams opened the week as 1.5-point favorites, but the spread has now flipped to make them underdogs vs. Arizona
NFL odds often change throughout the week leading up to a game, but typically it’s only by half a point or a full point. The line for the Los Angeles Rams-Arizona Cardinals game, however, has flipped completely.
At the start of the week, the Rams were 1.5-point favorites at BetMGM. Since then, the spread has changed to make the Rams 1-point underdogs. That’s a 2.5-point change in four days, which is obviously significant.
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So what gives?
Either bettors hammered the Cardinals at +1.5, which moved the line, or the oddsmakers adjusted because of all the Rams’ injuries. It could also be a combination of both. For the Rams, they’ll be without Puka Nacua, Steve Avila and Joe Noteboom, as well as Alaric Jackson and Darious Williams.
Rob Havenstein and Cobie Durant are both question marks, too, and though Sean McVay expects Kevin Dotson to play on Sunday, he hasn’t practiced this week. This is unquestionably a decimated roster just one game into the season, while the Cardinals are fairly healthy coming into this matchup.
A snapshot look at the NFL betting lines and odds for Week 1 sports betting and DFS action.
A good way to start your weekly homework for DFS (daily fantasy sports) play is to analyze the early Vegas odds around Week 1.
These guys have a long history of making money off of setting the right game spread and points scored. So it can be an early indicator of teams to target due to high-scoring potential, and teams to avoid for the opposite reason.
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook
OFF = No odds currently listed.
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The NFL has “six main rules” to help players stay within the league’s gambling policy.
After the NFL handed down an indefinite suspension to Denver Broncos defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike last summer, coach Sean Payton blasted the (lack of) clarity in the league’s gambling policy.
“[T]hat eight-page handout we received [from the NFL] was more confusing after I read it than it was before I looked at it,” Payton said in 2023.
Perhaps the NFL’s new language will be an improvement. Last week, the league announced their summary of “six main rules” for players ahead of the 2024 season. Here they are:
There’s an even stricter policy for non-players in the NFL: “Additional Rule Applicable ONLY to Coaches, Staff, and Personnel – Do NOT Bet on Any Sports!”
The league also announced that in-person gambling policy education and training will be mandatory for all players in 2024.
Uwazurike was suspended last year after he gambled on NFL games, including Broncos games. His suspension was lifted earlier this month. With the league’s gambling policy now clarified, players shouldn’t have any excuses going forward.
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There are 9 Saturday preseason games in the NFL, Here are the betting lines and odds for all of them.
The NFL preseason continues with nine games on the schedule on Saturday. That means there are nine games on the schedule for you to make some basic game bets.
Should you? Well, that’s another question.
For my money, the only way to bet preseason games is to take a few and simply bet the plus odds on moneyline underdogs.
That said, check out the betting odds and lines for the nine games on the schedule on Saturday from BetMGM Sportsbook.
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