NFL Week 5 expert predictions, picks and odds for Cowboys vs. Rams, Bengals vs. Ravens and every other game

A year after the Rams finished with the worst record ever for a defending Super Bowl champion (5-12), they've regained their form and are back in the playoffs in arguably the most intriguing matchup of Super Wild Card Weekend. The Rams, the No. 6 seed in the NFC, opened as 3½-point road underdogs to the No. 3 Lions before the line quickly dropped…

What are the best NFL survivor pool picks for Week 12? Making the right NFL survivor pool picks is crucial and we're here to help with top plays, contrarian picks and teams to avoid. The Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins are the biggest betting favorites at Caesars Sportsbook, but are they the best picks for your survivor pool?…

Will Taylor Swift and Donna Kelce be in attendance for Monday Night Football? It's a good bet, right? After all, the Monday Night Football matchup between the Chiefs and Eagles is a Super Bowl LVII rematch of last year's 38-35 shootout. Both teams are on top of their respective conferences heading into the home stretch of the season, and home-field…

What are the best NFL survivor pool picks for Week 11? Making the right NFL survivor pool picks is crucial and we're here to help with top plays, contrarian picks and teams to avoid. There are some huge betting favorites in Week 11 with the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Commanders, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins all laying…

The AFC North is the only division where all four teams are.500 or better this season - a nod to the strength of a division with four legitimate playoff contenders. There are no byes in Week 8, and AFC North teams will be in the three best games of the week. Only Baltimore - which travels to Arizona - will play a team with less than a.500…

ORLANDO, Fla. - The first commandment of sports journalism is quite simple, "Thou Shalt Not Cheer In The Press Box." Overlooked by oddsmakers and angered by analysts, the Arizona Diamondbacks find themselves in a Surprise Series against the also unexpected Texas Rangers. But the mindsets couldn't be more different ahead of Friday night's opener in…

Oct 25, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Last week may have been the most interesting week of the season in Eliminator Challenge. More than 47% of entrants picked the Seattle Seahawks, by far the most popular selection in any week this season and the top choice in this article. When a team is that popular, fading them and hoping for a loss is often a smart…

Who will be the last team to get a win in the NFL this season? Taking a look at the odds at ourbest NFL betting sites, we make our picks for the last winless team. The Arizona Cardinals are the favorites in our worst record odds, worst record picks, and to be the lowest-scoring team in the NFL. It should come as no surprise that they're the betting…

During the NFL season, Stadium sports betting analyst Nate Jacobson will break down every single point spread using lines as of Thursday morning. Here are his thoughts on the Week 18 slate. podcast that drops every Tuesday and Thursday. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Titans at…

NFL Week 16 kicks off with the Jacksonville Jaguars visiting the New York Jets on Thursday Night Football. The Jaguars (6-8) are favored by 1.5 points after beating the Dallas Cowboys 40-34 in overtime Sunday. The Jets (7-7) lost to the Detroit Lions 20-137 With Christmas falling on Sunday, the bulk of the NFL Week 16 schedule will be played…

The Washington Commanders are coming off their bye week and host the New York Giants in the NFC East rematch. The Commanders check out as one of our top survivor picks for Week 15. Week 14 took a toll on survivor poolies.The Tennessee Titans, Las Vegas Raiders and Seattle Seahawks all lost as popular selections, and most survivor participants…

At first glance, it may seem strange that there are multiple games this week in which the team with the better record is the underdog. A few of these situations - like the Ravens and 49ers, both 8-4, getting points against the Steelers (5-7) and the Buccaneers (6-6) - can be explained by injuries to the starting quarterbacks in Baltimore and San…

Will we keep fading the Minnesota Vikings in Week 14 despite their continued efforts to prove critics wrong? OurNFL power rankings look at the top point spreads for Week 14. There were several notable injuries in Week 13, butnone were more significant for the betting markets than Jimmy Garoppolo'sinjury. The San Francisco 49ers were a Super…

The Seattle Seahawks face the injury-depleted Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, and Seattle is near the top of our Week 13 survivor picks rankings. There aren't as many big favorites on the Week 13 docket, and several of the teams that are the largest chalk might not be available to survivor poolies. Still, there are a number of favorable…

During the NFL season, Stadium sports betting analyst Nate Jacobson will break down every single point spread using lines as of Thursday morning. Here are his thoughts on the Week 6 slate. podcast that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more sports betting content. Packers…

Week 5 of the 2022 NFL regular season is chock-full of storylines. Daniel Jones and Co. are in London, as the Giants will look to register an upset victory over Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, Patriots rookie quarterback Bailey Zappe gets a chance to wow home fans in his first career start against a porous Lions defense and Cooper Rush and the…

The Dallas Cowboys will try to extend their improbable three-game winning streak when they face the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday afternoon. Dallas has been without starting quarterback Dak Prescott (thumb) since a season-opening loss to Tampa Bay, but it has won three straight games anyway. Los Angeles is hoping to bounce back after failing to crack…

The Los Angeles Rams will try to bounce back from a poor showing against San Francsico when they face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon. Los Angeles had its two-game winning streak snapped in the 24-9 loss to the 49ers earlier this week. The Cowboys are trending in the opposite direction, entering this matchup on a three-game winning streak…

This week's matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams is one of four games between two playoff teams from a year ago. Read on for our Cowboys-Rams picks. Dallas is coming off a 25-10 beatdown of the Washington Commanders, which improved its record against NFC East teams to 2-0 this season, and marked its eighth consecutive win against…

A trend of N.F.L. underdogs covering the spread kept pace in Week 4, going 8-7-1 and bringing the season record to 36-25-3. The betting public must be on a lot of those underdogs, because this was the first losing Sunday of the season for a number of sports books across the country. Don't get too excited. The house might have lost in some spots…

Week 2 began with a battle between two undefeated AFC West teams, each with stud quarterbacks ready to lead them to victory. But the hero ended up being a seventh-round corner, Jaylen Watson, who turned the tides with a 99-yard pick-six, which eventually lifted the Kansas City Chiefs to a 27-24 win over the Los Angeles Chargers. On Sunday,…

At the beginning of the season, I shared my favorite strategies for betting NFL games. After the Week 1 Bonkers-fest, we're right back at it for NFL Week 2. I tend to keep my card pretty light during the first week of the season, but Week 2 is full of games with value. One of the trends we see as the NFL season progresses are major overreactions.…

Mayhem in Week 1. About 60 percent of many survivor pools were eliminated thanks to losses by the 49ers, Bengals, Titans, Broncos and a tie from the Colts. Imagine the damage if the Saints didn't score 17 points in the final 11 minutes including a 51-yard field goal with 19 seconds left. This carnage isn't usually seen in the first week, but with…

The top NFL betting apps list the Cincinnati Bengals as one of the best bets for NFL games this week coming off a Week 2 loss. Just two seasons removed from a Super Bowl appearance, the Bengals are 0-2 for the second straight season but are favored by 6.5 points against the Los Angeles Rams in Cincinnati, according to the DraftKings NFL odds best…