Friday, October 18, 2019

NFL Dogs Ready to Bite the Books: Eagles at Cowboys

Even though both division leaders are tied at 3-3 and coming off a bad loss, Sunday night's NFC East clash between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys is one of the most heavily bet games in Week 7 of the NFL season. The early betting consensus for this game favors Philadelphia at 58% to drive the spread down to 2.5 points for the Eagles as road underdogs. The total line for Sunday night's slated 8:20 p.m. start on NBC is set at 49 points with the betting public leaning towards the UNDER at 61%.

The Cowboys swept last year's two-game series to improve to 6-3 straight-up in the last nine matchups. However, Philly has a 6-3 SU edge in its last nine road games against its bitter rival. The total has gone OVER in four of each of these teams first six games this year.

Injuries could be the big storyline for Sunday night with two of each team's biggest playmakers listed as questionable. Wide receiver DeSean Jackson has missed his last few starts with lingering groin injury and the Cowboys' top pass catcher Amari Cooper is hampered by a bad quad. The Eagles' secondary is also thin due to injury and Dallas has a few more key players listed as questionable for this huge division showdown.

While these teams do matchup very well with one another and there is very little love lost between the two, my lean is towards the dog biting the book in this one. As part of a regular weekly series for the popular sports betting site, Scores & Stats, the link below if to my complete betting preview for this game.


LINK: Dogs Ready to Bite the Books: Eagles at Cowboys

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LINK: October Free Plays at MyBookie Online Sportsbook

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Updated Betting Futures to Win College Football's National Title

The SEC's Alabama Crimson Tide and the ACC's Clemson Tigers are still the top two teams in the nation and co-favorites to win this season's College Football Playoff Championship Game. However, there are a few other teams in the mix at longer odds that bring some solid value to this futures bet. This week for Sports Betting Stats, I took a closer look at few teams in the hunt for the four-team playoff and the national title game to find the best way to cash a winner at BetOnline sportsbook.

The link below is to my complete betting review and top-value picks for this NCAAF futures bet.

LINK:BETTING NCAAF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FUTURES AT ONLINE SPORTSBOOKS

NFL Week 6 Special Player Props

One of the best ways to supplement your NFL betting strategy is to test your handicapping skills betting a few special player props released each week by select online sports books such as TopBet. This week's added betting options cover Los Angeles Chargers' running back Melvin Gordon scoring a touchdown in Sunday night's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The other special player prop has odds on whether Aaron Rodgers or Matthew Stafford will throw the first touchdown pass in Monday night's crucial NFC North showdown between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.

As part of my weekly coverage of the NFL for the popular sports betting site Sports Betting Stats, I took a closer look at each of these props to find the best value in the betting odds. The link below takes you to these picks in a post that was previously published on that site.

LINK: NFL WEEK 6 PLAYER PROPS AT ONLINE SPORTSBOOKS

Friday, October 11, 2019

Eagles at Vikings NFL Week 6 Betting Pick

This is the time of the NFL season when the true contenders start to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. While the New England Patriots are once again the cream of the crop in the AFC with Kansas City also near the top of the list, the NFC has turned into a wide-open affair with as many as five or six teams aiming for the top spot in this conference.

Two of those NFC teams in the thick of things meet this Sunday at 1 p.m. on FOX with the 3-2 Philadelphia Eagles on the road as three-point underdogs against the 3-2 Minnesota Vikings. The total for this matchup has been set at 44 points.

The Eagles struggled to a 1-2 straight-up start while failing to cover against the spread in all three games. Following a crucial road upset against Green Bay, they were able to rise above .500 with last Sunday's lopsided romp over the New York Jets. Minnesota is also off to a 3-2 start both SU and ATS. The three wins came against Atlanta and Oakland at home ahead of last Sunday's 28-10 victory against the New York Jets. Both losses were on the road to Green Bay and Chicago.

The winner of Sunday's clash will elevate their status as a legitimate contender to win the NFC while the loser will make their path to the playoffs all the more harder.

This game will feature a head-to-head matchup between the Eagles' Carson Wentz and the Vikings' Kirk Cousins at quarterback. Wentz is slowly returning to the form that had him in contention to win league MVP honors in the 2017 season. Cousins is well down the list through five starts with a quarterback rating of just 36.3. He also has a very questionable track record against the Eagles when he was the starter for Washington. The current playing form of each signal caller gives Philadelphia a huge edge in this game.

You would have to give the slight edge to Minnesota on defense as the fifth-ranked team in the NFL in total yards allowed. While the Eagles are farther down the list in that category, this unit is coming off its best game of the season. Granted, it was against the Jets but that momentum should carry over to Sunday's game.

This is the kind of separation game that could have a big impact on each team's postseason plans further down the road. Each team has two conference losses and Minnesota has already lost two games against NFC North opponents.

My top play in this one is Philadelphia on the moneyline at +150 with America's Bookie online sportsbook.

Saturday's Horse Racing Betting Preview

The countdown to this year's Breeders' Cup is on. Santa Anita Park will host this year's premier horse betting event on the first Friday and Saturday in November. Turning to this Saturday's betting action at Woodbine, Belmont Park and Keeneland, there are a trio of major graded horse races on the slate.

As part of my weekly horse racing coverage for the popular sports betting website SBR Picks, I took a quick look at the top contenders for each of this marquee horse betting events. Please click through the link below for this week's horse betting preview.


LINK: Horse Betting Weekly Preview

Friday, October 4, 2019

CFL Week 17 Betting Guide & Free Picks

The NFL regular season kicks off the second quarter of the 16-game schedule this week while football north of the border in the CFL is in the thick of the playoff race heading into Week 17. Four of the six available spots have already been claimed with Hamilton closing in on the East Division title while three teams continue their battle for the top spot in the West. Montreal is trying to lock down a postseason birth for the first time since 2014 and British Columbia is trying to keep its faint playoff hopes alive by extending its current three-game winning streak.

The CFL is filled with story lines at this point of the season and it is also filled some high-valued betting options as a perfect supplement to your overall football betting strategy. Whether you are betting the spread, total or moneyline odds, you can always turn to America's Bookie as one of the top-rated online sportsbooks catering to US bettors.

As part of my coverage of this league for one of the best sports gambling websites, Vegas Insider, I have added a link to my CFL Week 17 handicapping guide previously posted on that site.

As an added bonus, there is also a link to another popular betting site, SBR Picks with my free CFL game picks for Week 17.

LINK: Vegas Insider CFL Betting Notes- Week 17

LINK: CFL Week 17: Free Football Picks