For a team that won only three games last season, the Detroit Lions were one of the best stories of 2021 — doubly so if you rode the Lions to an 11-6 ATS finish.

Detroit had the luxury of playing with house money, as expectations were very low for Dan Campbell’s rah-rah style of coaching and a franchise in the post-Stafford era. That also meant plenty of forgiveness from the oddsmakers week to week. Detroit was a dog of +7 or higher in 11 of its 17 games.

Now, the Lions’ NFL odds are calling for a stark improvement with a win total of 6.5. Detroit may have caught some foes with their guard down in 2021 but no one is taking the Lions lightly this year, including the betting public.

Reward or regression? That’s the question we seek…

Super Bowl LVII is almost upon us and as usual, one of the most exciting ways to play the game is to wager on Super Bowl player props or even a same-game parlay.

With that in mind we’re going to take a look at Eagles wideout DeVonta Smith, his record over this season and the best Super Bowl odds for the former Alabama man.

Need more insight? Check out our full Super Bowl predictions. 

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Our first look at the NFL Week 8 odds comes on Thursday Night Football, as the Buffalo Bills host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a game Buffalo fans hope will get the Bills back on the wagon.

Buffalo is coming off a surprising loss to the New England Patriots last week. That follows two uninspired performances in a win over the New York Giants and another loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. 

Many people are predicting a bounce back performance for the Bills, but it’s hard to know if they’ll put together a complete game even as a big favorite in our Thursday Night Football odds. 

If you’d rather look to NFL player props markets for your NFL picks on Thursday, we’ve got you covered. Keep reading to see my top selections for th…

The Dallas Cowboys backed into a home playoff game by snatching the NFC East title from the fading Eagles in the final three weeks of the season — a huge lift for a team that plays its best football in front of the Dallas faithful.

AT&T Stadium welcomes the Green Bay Packers and a long history between these storied franchises for Sunday’s NFC Wild Card Weekend game, with the NFL odds dealing Dallas as a 7.5-point favorite for this 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff.

I size up the spread and Over/Under total for this Wild Card contest and give my best NFL picks and predictions for Packers vs. Cowboys on Sunday, January 14.

For more angles on this intriguing game, be sure to check out our Packers vs Cowboys props and our Dak Prescott odds and props spot…

The Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys are both looking for bounce-back wins in Big D after shocking upset losses.

Our Ravens vs. Cowboys predictions expect Dallas to come up short at home for a second straight week, and these NFL picks for Sunday, September 22 outline why.

Additionally, Rob Paul offers his three best Ravens vs Cowboys props to fill out your Week 3 betslip.

Ravens vs Cowboys prediction

My best betRavens -1 (-110 at BetMGM)

My analysis

The Baltimore Ravens were a toenail away from possibly upsetting the Chiefs on opening night and now they find themselves in danger of falling to 0-3. Only one team had made the playoffs after an 0-3 start since 2000 and that was the 2018 Texans. John Harbaugh and comp…

Lee Bowyer has blamed brutal “corner cutting” and “scary” boardroom chaos for Charlton Athletic’s relegation from the Championship after a single season back in the second tier.

“The stuff that’s been going on, it’s just crazy, it’s not normal,” Charlton’s manager told TalkSport in the wake of the club’s 4-0 fate-sealing defeat at Leeds United on Wednesday. “There’s a hell of a lot of things I’ve not been happy with. I’ve never felt so low in my life.

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“If you cut corners, then this is what happens. The game against Leeds was frightening; the difference between the teams was unreal. We are losing so many …

Female referees are to officiate at a men’s World Cup for the first time, Fifa has confirmed, with three female assistant referees joining them. In a breakthrough for gender equality within football, Stéphanie Frappart of France, Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga and Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan have been included on the list of 36 referees who will take the field in Qatar in November and December.

The trio will be joined by Neuza Back of Brazil, Mexico’s Karen Díaz Medina and Kathryn Nesbitt from the United States, who form part of the 69-strong list of assistant referees.

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Chris Wilder has vowed to tighten security measures at Sheffield United after his starting lineup was leaked on social media in the buildup to Friday’s draw at Aston Villa.

The United manager said it was “a joke” that individuals purporting to be supporters of the club shared team news on X, formerly known as Twitter, on the morning of the game.

United had to settle for a point at Villa after Nicolo Zaniolo struck in the penultimate minute of second-half stoppage time to cancel out Cameron Archer’s well-taken 87th-minute strike.

The draw briefly lifted United off the bottom before Burnley won at Fulham on Saturday. Wilder was delighted with his side’s dogged display at Villa Park …

The second round of the 2024 NBA Draft kicks off Thursday night with the No. 31 pick, held by the Toronto Raptors. With well-known names and unknown talents vying to be selected before the draft ends with the 58th pick, here are the prospects viewed as the top available players: 1. SG Johnny Furphy, Kansas Australian late bloomer lacks pure strength but has the traits to be an-off-the-bench shooter at 6-foot-9 while he grows into his frame at age 19. 2. PG Tyler Kolek, Marquette Not explosive enough to run by NBA on-ball defense but crafty with the vision to lead the second unit and dominate in pick-and-roll sets. 3. Kyle Filipowski, Duke Fundamentally sound with the touch as a shooter to be a mismatch problem. NBA teams fear he'll be in chase mode too often on defense. 4.…

I would tell these guys playing deep in Bulgaria’s lower leagues on the bog that passes for a pitch to grow up, but it all looks like so much fun that I’m just mad me and my friends don’t jump and kick around in big puddles anymore: It’s not often that you see as many smiles as sneers in a soccer fight. [ 101 Great Goals] …