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Ed Reed, Ronnie Lott, Brian Dawkins; the more recent safety trio is considered to be one of the best to ever buckle a chin strap at the NFL level. Then there’s the second tier that includes Steve Atwater, John Lynch, and Eric Berry. Is the DNA of those players entrenched in the genome of a player looking to land a gig in the NFL for 2022? That doesn’t look to be the case when going by the current odds of total safeties drafted in the first round at online sportsbooks. Those booking prop bets for... 

The offensive side of the ball was represented well in last year’s NFL Draft with 18 players being selected in the first round. Standout performers included Offensive Rookie of the Year Award winner Ja’Marr Chase, Kyle Pitts, Jaylen Waddle, Penei Sewell, DeVonta Smith, Rashawn Slater and Najee Harris. None of the five quarterbacks drafted did much to cement their placement in Canton come the end of their careers. While there are some real nice offensive pieces on the table entering 2022 NFL Draf... 

Though the first round of last year’s NFL Draft only saw 14 players selected, no team was happier to see that run of quarterbacks go down from picks 1-11 than the Dallas Cowboys. Because of it, Penn State’s Micah Parsons ultimately fell in Jerry Jones’s lap; the rest was history. Parsons proved to be a one man wrecking crew whose efforts dramatically improved Big Ds performance on the defensive side of the ball. Is a player with similar DNA as Parsons in this year’s defensive crop? Online sports... 

While cornerback isn’t the flashiest of positions that gets NFL Draft bettors’ juices flowing, it’s arguably the most important defensive position in this day and age of the NFL. As tough it is to play any sort of competitive defense with the NFL now predominantly a passing league, team’s that trot a stud cover man onto the field always have an edge going into any matchup. A grand total of five cornerbacks were drafted in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Should a repeat of that tally occur... 

While fantasy football players are mostly concerned with what’s going down at the quarterback, running back and wide receiver positions, it’s the offensive line that allows for the Jonathan Taylor’s of the world to rack up all that yardage. It also allows for gunslingers like Justin Herbert to throw for all those touchdowns. Just ask the Chargers QB1 how he felt about upper management’s decision to select Rashawn Slater with the No. 13 pick in last year’s draft! He was one of five offensive linemen that were drafted in the first round of last year’s draft, and nearly all of them made impacts in their rookie campaigns. The O-Line is basically the straw that stirs the drink, and the 2022 NFL Draft is chock full of hogs expected to be selected over the course of the first 32 selections. The number to beat currently clocks in at 7.5 at online sportsbooks with the over offering up an even money return. Let’s take a deep dive into the options and see whether it’s the over or under that offers up value on the total offensive linemen drafted in the first round prop. ... 

The Jacksonville Jaguars have the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. They are not going to take a quarterback after selecting Trevor Lawrence first overall last year, and the oddsmakers seem to think they have zeroed in on Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson. Although Evan Neal was the odds-on favorite a couple weeks ago, we have seen the odds move in Hutchinson’s favor since the NFL Combine. If Hutchinson were to be the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft, he would be the 21st defensive player to have the honor... 

The Super Bowl Halftime Show has been one of the most exciting parts of the Super Bowl experience for the last two decades. Even non-sports fans tune in to see some of the top musical acts in the world, and this year’s spectacle will be no different. Everyone over 30 knows Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige, and there is something for the younger crowd too with the inclusion of Kendrick Lamar. The trailer for the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show currently has over 12 million views on YouTube, so it’s safe to say there is palpable excitement for what we will see in Los Angeles this Sunday. ... 

At the onset of the week is an excellent list of exotic props that will keep everyone busy. The Super Bowl exotic props bets list is quite lengthy and could take several pages. We are going to focus on the multi-sport format of the exotic props. To illuminate the cross between National Basketball Association and National Hockey League players and games with the Super Bowl is a huge hit. This product is a great example of the evolution of props betting through the years. Once upon a time, gambler... 

Once upon a time, props betting was something that gamblers did on the side for amusement on Super Sunday. The best example is the one about wagering on heads or tails for the opening coin toss. But these days, Super Bowl props rank with the game itself as a science for many handicappers. Of course, the online sportsbooks feed into this new era of evaluating props. This year are treated to an outstanding quarterbacking matchup of Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals and Matthew Stafford with the Los Angeles Rams. And with that comes a load of support talent. ... 

The Cincinnati Bengals must feel like a team of destiny after their improbable run to Super Bowl LVI. There is one team standing in their way to the first NFL title in the franchise’s history, though. The Bengals ended a three-decade playoff winless streak in the wild card round then knocked off the AFC’s top two seeds on the road. They came back from an 18-point deficit to beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game and have one more hurdle to jump in the Los Angeles Rams. And they’ll have to do it on the road again with the game on the Rams home field. LA was positioned as a 4-point favorite on the opening line. ... 

With two weeks between Championship Sunday and Super Bowl Sunday there is plenty of time to handicap the betting markets. The Super Bowl is the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet and as a result it takes in billions of dollars at the betting window. There are reasons for that. The extended time before kickoff allows sportsbooks to come up with all kinds of proposition bets availa... 

The best teams don’t always win the Super Bowl and sometimes they don’t even make it that far. The Cincinnati Bengals made sure the best teams in the AFC wouldn’t be competing in Super Bowl LVI by knocking off the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in the divisional round and taking out No. 2 seed Kansas City in the AFC Championship game. Two seasons after going 2-14, the Bengals are competing for the NFL championship taking on the Los Angeles Rams in SoFi Stadium on Sunday, February 13. ... 

The Los Angeles Rams had a better regular season record and will host the NFC Championship, but they have to clear a mental block against their division rival San Francisco 49ers to advance to Super Bowl LVI. Two of LA’s five losses were to the Niners, extending their overall losing streak in the series to six. The Rams could have avoided this matchup by taking care of business in the regular season finale however they let a 17-point lead slip away in a 27-24 setback that allowed the Niners to reach the postseason. That was the first of three straight road upsets for SF, who defeated Dallas and top-seed Green Bay in the first two rounds. The Rams opened as a 3-point favorite to reach their second Super Bowl in four seasons. ... 

After their dramatic comeback overtime win over Buffalo last week you might expect the Kansas City Chiefs to have a letdown. Somehow I doubt that will happen with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line in their AFC Championship matchup against the upstart Cincinnati Bengals. Patrick Mahomes and the KC offense are clicking having scored 42 points in each of their two playoff wins. And they will need another outburst against the Bengals, who handed the Chiefs their only loss in the past 12 games with a 34-31 decision in Week 17. The Chiefs are hosting the conference title game for a fourth straight season and are a 7-point favorite to advance to their third consecutive Super Bowl. ... 

To be the best you gotta beat the best. That’s what the Buffalo Bills face when they take on the Kansas City Chiefs in a rematch of last season’s AFC Championship. KC won the conference title for a second straight season with their 38-24 victory. Both teams had an easy time in the wild card round with Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes directing potent offensive attacks. The teams combined to outscore their opponents 89-38 with each QB throwing five scoring passes. Buffalo exacted some revenge from ... 

For Aaron Rodgers to get back to the Super Bowl he’ll have to slay his demons. And of course the biggest one is staring at the reigning and possible future MVP. It’s not going to be easy for the top-seeded Green Bay Packers, but the playoffs never are. Rodgers has never beaten the San Francisco 49ers in three career postseason starts against them but this could be the best Packers team in some time. And they are ready to get over the hump after losing the previous two NFC championship games, inc... 

A storied playoff matchup from the 1990s is renewed when the San Francisco 49ers visit the Dallas Cowboys in a NFC Wild Card game on Sunday. The franchises dominated the NFL in the early part of that decade meeting three straight seasons in the NFC Championship. At the time many felt those games were the actual Super Bowl, and in a sense they were since the winner went on to claim the title. Dallas won three Super Bowls in a four-year run twice beating the Niners en route to the title. San Franc... 

For the first time in NFL history, we get a playoff game on Monday Night Football, as the Arizona Cardinals visit the Los Angeles Rams on ABC and ESPN. This is a matchup of two teams very familiar with each other, as they are NFC West rivals. The teams split their two meetings this season with each team winning on the road. The Rams won the NFC West title this season and they... 

Two surprise teams will meet in the Wild Card round on Saturday when the Las Vegas Raiders visit the AFC North champion Cincinnati Bengals. Just a month ago the Raiders were a longshot to reach the postseason following their 48-9 loss to Kansas City. But oh my how things can change. Winning their last four games by a combined total of 12 points, Vegas snared the final playoff spot on the last play of Sunday night’s game against the Chargers. To say they’ve been living on the edge is an understat... 

The Week 18 matchup between NFC West rivals San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams will have the biggest impact on the conference playoff field and seedings. A Niners win gets them invited to the postseason and could cost the Rams a division title depending on what Arizona does. Should the Rams win they’d secure the division and could knock SF out of the dance if New Orleans beats Atlanta. I think I got that straight. Either way it’s a big game for both sides with the Niners going for the seas... 

When the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens meet at the end of the season there’s usually something on the line. Both teams have a slim chance of reaching the playoffs otherwise this matchup is purely for show. Unless the planets miraculously align for one club, this will be the first time since 2013 that both miss the postseason. It took an epic collapse by the Ravens to leave them in this position. At the end of November they were 8-3 and fighting for the No. 1 seed in the AFC. Five loss... 

I guess it’s a good thing the Philadelphia Eagles have already clinched a playoff spot. Earlier this week the team placed 12 players on the COVID list leaving their status for the Week 18 regular season finale against the Dallas Cowboys in jeopardy. And there’s a good chance they sit Jalen Hurts to nurse a lingering ankle injury ahead of the playoffs. Dallas clinched the NFC East a few weeks back but could use some fine tuning for a long playoff run. This is something we wouldn’t have said earli... 

Some of the best bets in the NFL each week are oftentimes wagers on teams that are considered the worst in the league. If you want to win money betting NFL games then you need to be willing to take teams no one else wants to bet. We refer to these teams as ugly dogs and you really have to hold your nose sometimes when you bet on them, but history has shown that going against the public works. There is no question that the 2021 season has not been a good one for the ugly dogs. Normally it is a matter of counting up the profits, but not this year. Let’s see if we can close things out on a good note. Let’s look at the Week 18 Ugly Dog picks. ... 

With both teams currently outside the playoff hunt, the Week 17 Monday Night Football matchup between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers is a must-win to stay alive. The clubs have struggled recently with the Browns losing two straight and three of their last four games while the Steelers are just 2-4-1 in their last seven outings. The playoffs are a key storyline b... 

The Los Angeles Rams visit the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday in a game that can be seen on FOX. It is a huge game for both teams, as the Rams are trying to stay in front of Arizona in the NFC West, while the Ravens are battling for the AFC North title and a Wild Card playoff spot. The Rams are listed as road favorites in this contest, as Baltimore comes into this game on a four-game losing streak, but the Ravens are hoping to get Lamar Jackson back under center on Sunday. The Ravens are a banged-up...