After a brief hiatus last week, the Sack and Tackle Props column is back in action for Week 14 odds. Yours truly took a trip to Vegas, but now I’m ready to dive into the NFL odds for defensive player props.
Speaking of Sin City, I have a play on this week’s game in Vegas as the Raiders face a Vikings safety that has been filling up the stat sheet.
I’m also riding a red-hot Bucs rookie and backing Dolphins end Bradley Chubb in a juicy Monday Night matchup versus Tennessee. Here are my best free sack and tackle NFL picks for Week 14.
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The Carolina Panthers were a blackhole for bankrolls in 2023, finishing 2-15 SU and 4-11-2 against the spread, the worst bet in the NFL.
The funny thing about bad teams is that they eventually get so bad, they become good bets. The market swings so drastically that even the worst wagers can’t collapse under all those extra points.
We’ve seen the ATS fortunes of bad football teams flip-flop season to season, and the Panthers definitely have the point-packed lines to do so in 2024. Carolina is an underdog in every game, drawing an average spread of +4.
Futures odds and win totals don’t have much faith in the Panthers making a 180 pivot under new head coach Dave Canales, but can Carolina at least cover some spreads?
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Mauricio Pochettino has told Nicolas Jackson to be smarter and stop picking up yellow cards for complaining to referees, with the Chelsea striker already only one booking from a one-match ban.
Although the former Villarreal forward has shown plenty of promise since joining Chelsea for £32m in June, he has struggled to keep his emotions in check at times and has been booked four times in six appearances. Each caution has been for talking back to the officials and Jackson, who has scored once, has been warned about his behaviour by Pochettino.
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It is a worry for Chelsea’s head coach, who also spoke to Enzo Fernández about improving his disci…
Atletico Madrid will have an early showdown with Real Madrid as they take on their rivals in the second month of the 2019-20 LaLiga campaign.
Diego Simeone s side have finished behind Barcelona in successive seasons in Spain but will be aiming to go one better this time around.
Atletico are expected to lose striker Antoine Griezmann to reigning champions Barca, though the club-record signing of Joao Felix from Benfica will help to fill the void.
And Los Rojiblancos have the opportunity to get some points on the board early doors as only one of their opening six opponents including promoted Mallorca finished in the top nine of the division last season.
Opening-day opponents Getafe will provide a tough early test, though, and Atletico also take on a…
A new seven-team North American professional soccer league will begin next April after several clubs withdrew from the United Soccer Leagues first division to begin a club owner-operated circuit.
The Vancouver Whitecaps, set to join the premier-level Major League Soccer in 2011, will be part of the as-yet-unnamed league in 2010 along with teams in Miami, Atlanta, Carolina, Montreal, Minnesota and St. Louis.
We have united some of the best owners, teams and markets around a new vision for a professional soccer league in North America, Montreal Impact president Joey Saputo told the Miami Herald.
Saputo, set to chair the new league s board of governors, said in a statement released by his club that talks remained ongoing with United League officials but the new le…
Having been scrapped last year due to the disruption caused by the pandemic, the Ballon d Or returns in 2021.
With Euro 2020 and the Copa America rescheduled for this year, the stars of Europe and South America had the chance to use those tournaments as a springboard towards claiming the game s top individual prize.
Italy and Argentina lifted the respective trophies at the weekend, with the Azzurri beating England in a penalty shoot-out and La Albiceleste seeing off bitter rivals Brazil at the Maracana to win the Copa for the first time since 1993.
Stats Perform has looked at 13 of the leading candidates to feature at either tournament to determine how their chances look heading into the new season.
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Before Euro 2020, N Golo Kante was the…
Mikel Arteta is unsure whether Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will rediscover his best form in 2021-22.
Aubameyang signed a huge £250,000 per week contract at Emirates Stadium in September 2020 but then failed to live up to his billing as the Gunners slumped to eighth in the Premier League last term.
The former Borussia Dortmund forward endured by far the worst season of his Premier League career, contributing 10 goals along with three assists.
His 13 goal involvements were his fewest in a single campaign in England, including 2017-18 when he joined in the January and tallied 10 goals and four assists.
Aubameyang has turned 32 since the end of 2020-21 and it was put to manager Arteta on Thursday that this could be the start of an extended slum…
Pablo Zabaleta believes that Manchester City s dramatic Premier League title win in 2012 will serve as a positive during this year s run-in.
City won their first Premier League crown two years ago at the Etihad Stadium when goals in injury time from Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero capped off a remarkable comeback against QPR.
A final-day 3-2 win saw City crowned champions on goal difference ahead of rivals Manchester United in one of the most thrilling title races of recent times.
Zabaleta reckons City are a stronger team for that experience and is hopeful it will stand them in good stead for this season s run-in.
I think we were talking about that (2011-12 title win) this week, said the Argentina international in quotes reported by the British media.
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The Arizona Cardinals absolutely whooped the Tennessee Titans in Week 1, and they’ll now look to make it two in a row when they host the Minnesota Vikings at State Farm Stadium in Week 2.
While the Cardinals are flying high, Minnesota suffering a disappointing loss last Sunday and will be hoping to avoid an 0-2 start — albeit the Vikings will have to do it as an NFL betting underdog.
Will the Cards trounce another opponent? Find out in our Vikings vs. Cardinals picks and predictions for Sunday, September 19 with kickoff set for 4:05 p.m. ET.
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Thursday Night Football hasn’t exactly had stellar matchups for us of late — and Week 14’s game is again an NFL betting doozy as two of the NFL’s most confounding teams face off when the Minnesota Vikings host the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Steelers looked dead in the water when, by some divine miracle of a failed two-point conversion, upset the Baltimore Ravens last week, while the Vikings became the first squad to fall to the Detroit Lions this season.
With the Vikings laying three points, who is worth backing? Find out in our free NFL betting picks and predictions for Steelers vs. Vikings on Thursday, December 9.
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