The NFL returns to Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Monday night, as the San Francisco 49ers battle the Arizona Cardinals. 

The 49ers appear to be in prime position to take advantage of a Cardinals team in disarray, as Kyler Murray and DeAndre Hopkins are both listed as questionable with hamstring injuries. This figures to put a burden on Arizona’sf shaky defense. 

San Francisco’s offense is as healthy as it’s been all year, and that includes quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who’s been the starter since Week 3. With an eye on a potentially strong performance, here are my three favorite Jimmy Garoppolo prop picks for Monday Night Football.

You can also read our 49ers vs. Cardinals picks and predictions in addition to our bes…

What a difference a day makes.

Last Saturday, I went 3-0 to start my Week 15 prop picks… then it all came crashing down on Sunday as I went 0-3, losing some NFL player props in games where the respective player’s teams scored a combined 73 points.

Welcome to betting on NFL odds, where sometimes it just doesn’t make sense; but I’ll try to make sense of the Week 16 odds to get to good juju flowing once again.

We’ve again got games on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, but I’m in a weekend kinda mood this week — so my NFL picks tackle a new No. 2 WR and a white-hot running back in action on Saturday, followed by an MVP candidate slinging it all over the field, a struggling RB with a very good matchup, and more!.

Let’s get ready to roll …

The 2024 NFL season is almost here, and I’ve got a handful of futures bets to lock in before the action starts. Coaching and quarterback play go hand-in-hand with winning, and there are a number of teams showing value in the win total markets.

Here are my top NFL picks for the season, led by three NFC West predictions.

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The 2014 World Cup may be some seven months away, but with the draw having been made, the time has come to make some early predictions. Online bookmakers have already started quoting prices on what is likely to be the most heavily bet sporting event in recent years, and we have in turn selected a total of eight ante-post markets we feel provide the best value for money. Given that the odds are going to change as the market moves, it may be a good idea to get them while they re hot.

Disclaimer. All odds listed for each market are based on the price when the article was written. The odds may have changed since.

1.) To Win Outright

Best Bet: Germany @ 5/1

While many people will be backing tournament hosts Brazil, I feel the combination of the huge pressure from t…

Australia and New Zealand have come together to submit a bid to co-host the 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup.

Football Federation Australia (FFA) and New Zealand Football (NZF) confirmed the joint bid in Melbourne on Friday.

The move was made with FIFA expanding the tournament from 24 teams to 32 in 2023.

As trusted members of FIFA, FFA and NZF are committed to hosting an excellent Women s World Cup that delivers real benefits for the game not only during tournament time, but in the lead up to the competition and afterwards, FFA chairman Chris Nikou said in a statement.

The decision to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023 in Australia and New Zealand, two leading nations in the promotion of women s football and gender equality, will accelerate the game…

The last time a footballer not named Lionel or Cristiano won the Ballon d Or was way back in 2007.

Messi and Ronaldo have enjoyed a duopoly over the game s biggest individual prize for the last seven years. The former has been honoured four times, the latter three. 

On Monday, Real Madrid s Ronaldo is in contention to win the Ballon d Or for a third year in succession a hat-trick that would draw him level with Barcelona s Messi on four awards overall.

Messi s team-mate Neymar is also in the race after he played a key role in Barcelona s treble-winning 2014-15 season.

So who will walk away from Zurich with the Ballon d Or under their arm? 

Is Ronaldo set to make it three in a row? Will Messi return to the pinnacle of world football after a two-ye…

The Championship is always enthralling, and there is no reason why the 2024-25 season should be any different.

Since its rebranding in 2004, there have been 14 different winners in the second tier. Half of those former champions will be competing in the latest edition.

Thirty-eight different teams have finished in the top six of the Championship. In that same period, the Premier League has only had 15, showing just how competitive this division is.

But of equal interest, the fight to remain in the second tier is always intriguing.

Here, we use Opta data to pick out the key storylines.

Leeds out to rectify play-off woes

Leeds, who lost to Southampton in the play-off final, became the only team to accumulate 90 points in a season yet fail…

The touchdown market has become one of the most popular and potentially profitable props in the NFL betting world. Each week, we’re going to throw down three to four units as we try to uncover some of the best weekly NFL TD props and dig into the matchups that surround them.

With two weeks to go in the regular season, we’re looking to finish off strong. We’re jumping on the Buffalo passing game yet again, taking a hometown boy in Kansas City, fading the Ravens and taking the smart play in Dallas.

Without further ado:

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Who knew that when you trade massive draft capital and give $140 million to one offensive player, giving him as many touches per game as possible would be good for your team?

Certainly not Las Vegas head coach Josh McDaniels… until recently, when he started force-feeding the ball to megastar wide receiver Davante Adams — and the Raiders’ offense has picked up its play.

So for my TNF spotlight this week, I’m going to follow suit and force-feed you Davante Adams props.

Our Raiders vs. Rams betting preview is (rightfully) down on the Rams, whose current NFL odds see them getting nearly a touchdown at home, but my free NFL picks are taking a more positive perspective… and cashing in on LA’s misfortune.

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Week 16 odds have arrived, which means only three weeks remaining of a full slate of NFL odds to dig into.

This is a big Christmas weekend with a slew of games on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. I’m focusing on the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day contests as I analyze the defensive player props.

Let’s just say that Santa won’t be the only fat man bringing a sack this Christmas (please don’t tell Fletcher Cox I called him fat), and Dre Greenlaw will also be ringing plenty of bells against the Ravens. Here are my best free sack and tackle NFL picks for Week 16.

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