Take a pick, John Brown or Larry Fitzgerald, or take both. You can’t go wrong with either receivers this week. The Browns are ranked in the bottom third in passing defense and the worst rushing defense in the NFL. With Chris Johnson running wild the last couple weeks, Cardinals could thrive on the play action…
Le’Veon Bell is typically a sure bet in the last couple seasons, and this week is no exception. Cincinnati defense is average at best, ranking around the middle of the pack in both passing and rushing defense. And the best part is Bell should get a big boost this week when Big Ben is expected…
Update (11/01/2015 12AM ET): Antonio Gates is active this game, making Ladarius Green a risky option this week. Ladarius “Pee Wee” Green had a solid game last week, hauling in 4 passes for 45 yards and a TD. He nearly had a 2nd TD, which he dropped in the second half. Antonio Gates does not…
Draft Kings has been pouring money into marketing their NFL Millionaire Maker contest, where one winner is guaranteed a grand prize of $1mm, with about 300,000 to 400,000 entries competing each week. Below are some fast facts we found after some digging into the data from 2015 NFL week 7 of the Draft Kings Millionaire…
Bill Simmons had an impressive 51-37-4 record for the 2015 season going into week 7. He also selects “best bets” each week, which he has a solid 11-5-2 record. Below are the picks. Spoiler alert: the sports guy picked a solid 8-6 record in week 7 and also hitting his best bet. Update: his week…
One of the biggest surprise so far this season is the drop off in Peyton Manning’s production. And when Peyton goes, so goes the entire offense. Despite the 6-0 record, the Denver Broncos actually have one of the weakest offenses in the NFL right now. Take a look at these scores this year, not exactly…
Lamar Miller came back from the dead and won Guzzi52314 a cool million bucks. Miller has had a roller coaster season so far, being highly drafted on most fantasy teams at the beginning of the season, but was not producing at the level that was expected of him. Then all of a sudden, after the bye…
Looking for a sleeper this week at the wide receiver position? Rishard Matthews has a very favorable matchup against the Texans. Houston gave up 331 yards passing and 3 TD’s to Blake Bortles last week, with 3 different receivers getting 6 catches or more and at least 78 yards. Jaguars basically picked apart that Texans…
Will Devonta Freeman run wild again? He will have a great matchup coming up against the Titans tomorrow. Tennessee rushing defense is ranked in the bottom third of the league, to go up against one of the best running backs in the league right now. I don’t think I need to convince you of how…
If you’re looking for a low cost high reward type player at the tightend position this week, you might want to take a look at Ladarius “Pee Wee” Green of the San Diego Chargers. Antontio Gates is the starting TE on the team, but he’s banged up and may not play, so be sure to…
Based on our DVOA analysis, we’re seeing Carson Palmer as a solid start tomorrow for your daily fantasy league for both Fanduel and Draft Kings. Historically, over the last decade or so, Ravens were known to have one of the best defenses in the league, especially when Ed Reed was roaming the backfield. But…
If you’re filling out your lineup for your season long or daily fantasy football team for tomorrow’s big games. You may want to consider starting one of these top defenses in the league. Here we’re using DVOA analysis from footballoutsiders.com, and be sure to check out their explanation on DVOA if you haven’t read about it…
Chris Berman usually makes 5 NFL picks in this 2 Minute Drill segment on Sports Center on Saturdays. In this “Swami Sez” segment, Berman gives his prediction on the final scores. He used to openly talk about these picks against the spread, but now he doesn’t show the ATS lines anymore. Either way, he still…
Last week we took the top 5 picks from the top 1% of the 2015 Westgate Supercontest leaderboard (it ended up being 6 picks since #5 and #6 were tied). The week ended with a 3-3 record with the week getting ruined by an awful performance by the New York Giants on Monday night. Other…
UFC Fight Night 76, headlined by Paddy Holohan vs Louis Smolka, started with Prelims on at 1pm ET, and with main event starting around 4pm ET. The event is held at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. UFC Fight Night 76 Main Event: The original main event was suppose to be a fight between Dustin Poirier and Joseph…
ESPN Gameday showed up for a Richmond vs James Madison University, the homecoming game. Why are they at a Division I FCS Colonial Athletic Association conference game? I have no idea. It is pretty cool that ESPN did this for the little guys. Props to ESPN. And of course, Lee was rather entertaining as usual,…
Here’s a few plays that we love for week 8 of 2015 CFB season. [winner] Indiana vs Michigan State (Over 62) [winner] Tennessee (+16) at Alabama [winner] Washington State at Arizona (Over 74) [winner] Western Kentucky at LSU (Over 67) [winner] Clemson (-4.5) at Miami
Colin once again went 2-3 in his week 6 picks, same record as the week before. He had a 2-2 record going into the Monday night game, but ended up getting burned by Eli and the Giant’s turnovers. Giants never put up a fight that game in a rather dull game. Update: you can see…
So it appears that Cousin Sal finally cooled off last week, going 1 win and 2 losses for the week on his weekly ESPN Sports Center picks. He had a nice streak going with 4-1 record on his “Lock of the week” picks, but unfortunately, the Giants put up an absolute stinker in the Monday…
If you watch enough football on TV these days, you’ve probably seen those giant Draftkings million dollar checks from their Millionaire Maker contests. Each week Draftkings runs one big contest for $20 buy in, the first place winners gets guaranteed $1MM payout regardless of the number of entries. Below is the Draft Kings Week 6…
