NFL Football Picks

A battle of rookie quarterbacks takes place Sunday at NRG Stadium when Anthony Richardson and the Indianapolis Colts head south to take on C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans. This is one of Week 2’s tougher spreads! Get Zman’s Ind/Hou pick here!

The Buffalo Bills played a hard-fought game with the New York Jets on Monday Night Football, coming out on the wrong end of the stick. Don’t expect the same in week two, as Josh Allen and Company are in a smash spot against the Las Vegas Raiders! Get Loot’s Buf/LV winning pick here!

Many feel that the Steelers are a great home team because of Roethlisberger’s success at home and struggles on the road. But the Steelers are only 3-7 against the spread at Heinz Field since the start of 2017. They have only covered the spread twice since losing Ryan Shazier in week 13 of last year. Keith Allen uses that narrative, and the sportsbook’s reaction to it, to find value in this Sunday play.

The NFL has the greatest athletes in the world, and this game will include some of those athletes Odell Beckham Jr and Saquon Barkley to name a couple, but Alvin Kamara week in and week out is the best player on the field. There are few line linebackers in the league that can stay with Kamara, and none of those wear a Giants jersey. Will Alvin make enough plays to get the cover? Keith Allen breaks down Saint vs Giants.

On Sunday, we saw some bad things from the Vikings. It was one of those results that could lead us off-track if we put too much weight on it. The Bills won by 21, a staggering feat for the biggest underdog to win straight-up since 1995. With only one win Minnesota is feeling the pressure to come into form as they take on the 3-0 Rams.

A big takeaway after last week’s Steelers game is that Ben Roethlisberger might possibly be the biggest home/road splits quarterback I’ve ever seen. This guy plays with confidence at home and looks like garbage on the road. Does he not like to travel? Does he get homesick? Does his giant frame not do well on hotel beds? It could be a number of things, but the bottom line is that this guy sucks on the road. Will he suck enough on Monday to allow for the TB cover? Let’s look at the numbers.

Loot Levinson feels the Cowboys were underestimated before the season while almost everyone had the Seahawks ready for their fishing trip in January. Loot is betting on the Dallas Cowboys +1 beating the Seattle Seahawks. The game kicks off at 4:05 in Seattle.

Matthew Stafford was able to turn things around with a three touchdown game against San Francisco. He’s looking forward to a match-up against a Patriots defense that ranks 20th or below in every major defensive category and over their last couple games against pocket passers have gotten lit up by Nick Foles and Blake Bortles. But the Pats win over 80% of their last 52 games after a loss… and they have Tom Brady as well as a 6 point spread. Mike Mann goes in depth.

The season has opened a little unevenly for a Niners team that rode Jimmy Garoppolo’s arm to a strong 2017 finish. Then again, a one-score loss at the Vikings and beating the Lions isn’t so bad for a team that hasn’t much to celebrate recently. 49er backers are getting 6.5 points versus the Chiefs, a full touchdown less than last time these two teams met.

A lot of us looked at the Rams with some restraint, as they were ballyhooed all preseason as big Super Bowl contenders. Granted, they improved drastically last season, winning their division, followed by a frenzied offseason, obtaining valued personnel. But are the Rams as good as they look? And do they look 7 points better than the chargers? We take a… look.