Week 16 NFL Picks Against the Point Spread
The 2016 NFL regular season only has two more weeks remaining, but the final set of games played during this calendar year ends now. While we all like to count our statistics on a season-by-season basis, we are somewhat alone in this endeavor. The industry of picking games against the spread – namely, those who […]
DFS Plays: NFL Week 15 DFS Game-by-Game Analysis
After a combined four teams play on Thursday and Saturday night, we are set up for another 14-game breakdown between Sunday and Monday. Thankfully, there is a nice split between matchups that should be tightly contested and those that are poised for a blowout. Of course, fantasy options present themselves in nearly every contest, but […]
Week 15 NFL Picks Against the Point Spread
It is only fitting for one of the wackiest NFL seasons in recent memory to conclude with a few wacky scheduling quirks – and, by extension, oddities against the spread. After this week, a full ‘Sunday’ schedule of games will be played on Saturday – Christmas Eve – followed by the new standard of division-only […]
DFS Plays: NFL Week 14 DFS Game-by-Game Analysis
In what feels like an instant, we are into the final quarter of the 2016 season. The temperature has dropped, the stakes have risen, and the matchups for this weekend’s action are conveniently excellent. At least, for the football fan. Not so much for the fantasy football owner. As a combination of weather and matchups, […]
Week 14 NFL Picks Against the Point Spread
Finally. Finally, a move was made. And finally, we have a week set up for excitement. We began last week’s column with the notion that a relatively random set of outcomes had been featured recently and mentioned that this lack of a developing trend placed the state of picks on proverbial thin ice. In Week 13, […]
DFS Plays: NFL Week 13 DFS Game-by-Game Analysis
As we approach the final quarter of the 2016 NFL season, we can better assess the true direction of most teams. More importantly, we now have a solid grasp on the style of offense that each squad would like to utilize and can make reasonable projections for whether-or-not it fits into a specific matchup. Week […]
Week 13 NFL Picks Against the Point Spread
Now, it gets tricky. Despite our best statistical week against the spread of the season – based on differing websites, this ranged anywhere from 10-5-1 to 12-4 – Week 12 surprisingly did little to establish a trend or direction. Indeed, the Patriots and Cowboys – two of the ‘easiest’ teams to pick, generally – finally […]
DFS Plays: NFL Week 12 DFS Game-by-Game Analysis
With three games already played – on Thanksgiving – to kick off Week 12, we are presented with a slightly smaller slate of games, despite no teams on bye weeks. There does appear to exist a common thread throughout the matchups, as we could be in store for a high number of close games and […]