#Sean Payton

Sean Payton shocked NFL betting fans last winter when he resigned his post as head coach of the New Orleans Saints. This wasn't a retirement, but a period for Payton to take a deep breath and recharge. Payton coached the Saints from 2006-21, accumulating a 161-97 record with a Super Bowl championship. Now, as the 2022 NFL season reaches its…

The NFL's coaching carousel is spinning, and a former New Orleans Saints head coach is about to be one of the most pursued candidates. Let's use the NFL odds at DraftKings Sportsbook to assess Sean Payton's most likely next team. Nearly every offseason there's a rock star head coaching candidate that desperate teams will throw a mountainous sum of…

For the first time since The Green Mile, Next Friday, and Any Given Sunday were crushing box offices nationwide, all three Florida-based NFL teams will appear in the playoffs together this weekend. And the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Miami Dolphins will each enter the arena as underdogs, even though the Jags and Bucs both won…

The NFL's coaching carousel is about to start spinning. Let's look at three long-shot NFL head coach picks. There are several vacant head coaching positions in the NFL following Black Monday. That means it's time to assess the odds, dig through some rumors, and see whether we can cash a long-shot bet on which head coach a team will hire. The…

Move over Nathaniel Hackett and Lovie Smith, and make room for Kliff Kingsbury. On Monday, the Cardinals canned their head coach after four seasons of service. It puts an end to a rough season for the Cardinals, who finished the year on a 7-game losing streak and a 4-13 record. Just 10 months ago, Kingsbury signed an extension that would have taken…

My, how things have changed for both the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers since the first time the played this season on Sept. 25, 2022. Jameis Winston was the Saints starting quarterback. He hasn't started a game since. Baker Mayfield was the Panthers starting quarterback. He is now starting for the defending Super Bowl-champion Los…

Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook. The best bet value is entirely in the #3 candidate, Brian Daboll, to win NFL Coach of the Year. We expect him to close the favorite given the obstacles he had to overcome, and we believe his story is by far the best of every candidate. Why? Daboll inherited a team with the worst record in the NFL the prior five…

Whether it's the Astros' hunt for a second straight World Series title, the UH Cougars' pursuit of another deep NCAA tournament run or the continued rebuilding efforts of the Rockets and Texans, 2023 is shaping up to be an intriguing year in the Houston sports scene. Chron's Josh Criswell and Michael Shapiro tackled the top 10 questions facing the…

And of course, there was the ineptitude of Russell Wilson and the offense, who again put up a sub-20 point performance, already the team's 11th of the season. Wilson's play has fallen off a cliff, and it's the main reason Denver is in the mess they're in. Inking him to massive five-year, $245 million deal, with $124 million fully guaranteed means…

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…

Despite their current 5-9 record, the Carolina Panthers astonishingly control their own destiny in the playoff race. Despite this, interim head coach Steve Wilks says that he doesn't want anyone on the team focusing on the playoffs, and would rather everyone worry about fixing themselves and taking things one game at a time. Speaking to reporters…

By Week 13 of the NFL betting season, teams are usually set in terms of skill position players and trying to work out the best way to reach the postseason. This season, multiple teams enter the final third of the season with questions at the game's most important position. Among those teams chasing playoff spots, the New York Jets opted with Mike…

If a sequel is made to American Underdog, the movie that highlighted Kurt Warner's rise from stocking shelves at a supermarket to becoming a Super Bowl champion, Mike White's story might someday fit the script. New York fans were chanting White's name at the end of Sunday's game after he passed for 315 yards and three touchdowns in the Jets' 31-10…

For the second consecutive week, the New Orleans Saints will face a foe they used to know very well, as they travel to the Bay Area to take on a former NFC West rival in the San Francisco 49ers. Unfortunately for the Saints, if one were to go by the linesmakers projections, this one could be a lot like those games of the 1970s, '80s and'90s when…

The Week 9 NFL slate concludes on Monday Night Football in New Orleans, as the Saints (3-5, 2-3 home) square off with the Ravens (5-3, 3-1 away) and there are plenty of MNF props worth betting bet. There's no shortage of star power with names like Lamar Jackson and Alvin Kamara prominently featured, but Jackson will have his work cut out for him as…

After a 1-4 start to the season getting outscored by 29 points over those five games, Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule was fired Monday. In his time with the Panthers, he went 11-27 straight up, ranking fifth worst in. Rhule did not walk away empty-handed. He signed a seven-year $62 million contract in 2020. He is the owner of the dubious…

It's never too early to look for value, so we're starting off our Monday by targeting our favourite bets on the Week 4 slate. The pregame narrative: The Minnesota Vikings could go 3-1 after a date with an unimpressive New Orleans Saints team, the Detriot Lions' offence should be too much for the Seattle Seahawks and the Cleveland Browns might just…

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Home-field advantage (HFA) is the inherent benefit each team has when playing in their home stadium. In the NFL, a rough estimate of seasonal HFA can be calculated by differentiating point totals between the home-team and the visitor; last season, league-wide HFA settled near 1.7 points. The value of HFA has been long ingrained into our fandom.…