Sam Panayotovich FOX Sports Betting Analyst The stupid-hot run continues. We won three of four bets last weekend and pushed Bears-Cardinals Over 43 thanks to a 27-16 final score in Chicago. That’s now a 16-2-4 heater since Thanksgiving, which is just downright absurd if we’re being honest. I’ve got one college football bet and three NFL plays this weekend. Remember, …
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Joe Flacco, Browns on improbable run since QB took over as starter, veteran embracing the moment
CLEVELAND — Steve Flacco has seen his son be a first-round draft pick, then go play in three AFC Championship Games, then win a Super Bowl and be named the MVP of the game and ultimately become the highest-paid player in NFL history. Thursday night, seated in luxury field seats at Cleveland Browns Stadium, the elder Flacco saw his son …
Read More »Arizona’s last football game as a Pac-12 school is a memorable statement vs Oklahoma
The Arizona Wildcats are heading to the Big 12 next year. The Oklahoma Sooners are leaving the Big 12 next year. The 2023 Alamo Bowl was a grand finale for each team before conference realignment, with Arizona leaving the Pac-12 and Oklahoma going to the SEC. Arizona definitely had the grander time in San Antonio. The Wildcats watched Oklahoma score …
Read More »NFL Week 17 odds, best bets: Look for Dallas to win, Dolphins to cover
Jason McIntyre Co-Host of THE HERD and FOX Sports Betting Analyst With two weekends left in the NFL regular season, and the playoffs right around the corner, the action is heating up. There are two games on my slate this week that will be instrumental in determining the top seeds in both conferences. First up, we have the Detroit Lions …
Read More »Taylor Heinicke has full practice Friday and no injury designation
Falcons quarterback Taylor Heinicke returned to a full practice Friday and has no injury designation for Sunday’s game against the Bears. Heinicke (ankle) had back-to-back limited practices to open the work week after playing all 64 snaps in the Falcons’ 29-10 win over the Colts on Sunday. He has played four games, with three starts, this season, throwing four touchdowns …
Read More »Mike Norvell, Kirby Smart ready for Florida State-Georgia Orange Bowl matchup
DANIA BEACH – Dec. 3, 2023, is a day that will live in infamy in Athens, Georgia and Tallahassee, Florida. That day the College Football Playoff Committee decided that No. 5 Florida State (13-0) and No. 6 Georgia (12-1) were not good enough to make the final four-team College Football Playoff field, despite an undefeated season from the Seminoles and …
Read More »Broncos’ Russell Wilson benched: 7 logical landing spots for veteran QB, who’s likely to be released
Barring a drastic turn of events, the marriage between the Broncos and Russell Wilson is effectively over after less than two full seasons. By benching the veteran quarterback ahead of Week 17, largely in an effort to avoid paying out potential injury guarantees in Wilson’s lucrative contract, the Broncos are broadcasting to the world they’re prepared to split with the …
Read More »Predicting a Super Bowl champion if the NFL used college football’s future 12-team playoff model
Next week, college football’s bowl season wraps up with the College Football Playoff. It’s the 10th anniversary of college football’s special “final four,” and while it’s a fun way to wrap up the season, it could be better. How could college football’s playoff system improve? By adding more teams, of course. That’s what will happen next year, as college football’s …
Read More »Martin Chandler Harnish Mr. Irrelevant
Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider Are you worried about Brock Purdy after his uncharacteristic interception-laden performance on Christmas Day? Chandler Harnish isn’t. Mr. Irrelevants, it seems, stick together, whether they’re an MVP candidate like San Francisco 49ers quarterback Purdy or Harnish, the 253rd and final pick of the 2012 draft, who now works as a manager in the construction …
Read More »See who made the PA Sportswriters All-State Football Team from Class 6A
The Courier Times/Intelligencer area was well-represented on the Pennsylvania Sportswriters Class 6A All-State Football Team announced Friday. All three selections came from Central Bucks. Senior tight end Jack Donnelly from Central Bucks East was a repeat pick, while Central Bucks South senior running back Anthony Leonardi and CB East junior offensive lineman Michael Carroll made the 6A list for the …
Read More »2023 NFL odds: Both Cowboys, Lions need win to keep pace in the NFC
The Dallas Cowboys host the Detroit Lions in Week 17 and America’s Team enters this matchup as 4.5-point favorites. And based on the current playoff standings, if the 10-5 Cowboys hope to get a seeding boost, they need to win outright — even if they don’t cover. Considering Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is having one of the best seasons of …
Read More »Will Levis is in line to start on Sunday
Titans quarterback Will Levis missed last Sunday’s game, but it sounds like he’s good to go for the Week 17 matchup against the Texans. Via multiple reporters, head coach Mike Vrabel said on Friday that Levis is in line to start this weekend. Levis, who was sidelined by an ankle injury, was a full participant in the week’s first two …
Read More »Kentucky’s Barion Brown with 100-yard kickoff return in Gator Bowl
The annual Gator Bowl was taking place in Jacksonville, FL, on Friday. Barion Brown of Kentucky provided a game highlight, opening the second half against Clemson with a 100-yard kickoff return. .@BarionBrown goes 100 yards for the kick return TOUCHDOWN. pic.twitter.com/6WpbcY4k1Y — Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) December 29, 2023 Brown had a rushing TD earlier in the contest. His kickoff return …
Read More »NFL Week 17 bold predictions, plus Jets-Browns grades and the six teams that can clinch a spot in playoffs
Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! For most of the past two decades, if you mentioned the words “Browns” and/or “playoffs” in the same sentence, you’d get laughed out of whatever room you were in, but now, Cleveland is getting the last laugh. The Browns decided to end 2023 with a bang on Thursday night by …
Read More »These six NFL teams can clinch a playoff spot in Week 17: How Bills, Chiefs and these four others can get in
With just 31 games left in the regular-season, the NFL playoff picture is starting to take shape. With their 37-20 win over the Jets on Thursday night, the Cleveland Browns became the seventh team to punch their playoff ticket this year. Although the Browns were the first team to clinch a spot in Week 17, there’s a good chance they …
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