#Big Nick

It's supposed to be about 10 degrees, super windy and potentially snowy in Cleveland for the Christmas Eve matchup between the Saints and Browns. Does that favor one team or another? Will Nick Chubb run all over the Black and Gold, or will the defense make a stand, while Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill have a field day? Also, what odds do we give…

The bad news is there will be no Dattitude podcast on Friday. The good news is we have two episodes crammed into one, as in the Thanksgiving edition, Jeff Duncan makes his weekly appearance and Uncle Big Nick joins Jim Derry for the duo's best bets of NFL Week 12 and the final full Saturday of college football in 2022. Can Andy Dalton do something…

So what is it? What's the real reason New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen is sticking with Andy Dalton at quarterback over Jameis Winston? Jim Derry says it is one of three reasons, and none of them are good. Whatever the case, Jim shares his thoughts on the decision (we can guess what those thoughts are), before having his weekly chat with Uncle…

Each day, one of our experts at bet.NOLA.com will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks in Louisiana are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. A reminder for those who haven't signed up yet: New users can get a risk-free bet at Caesars Sportsbook,…

Have you missed Aunt Mabel, Drunk Joe and my antiquated Golden Rules? Well, you're in luck. The NFL picks column is back for a seventh season, and we hope to have as much fun as possible, all the while finishing the season with more money than we started with. With that, if you're one of my five or six regulars (OK, maybe there's a few more than…