A September matchup with potential playoff implications is among the late games on the NFL betting board in Week 3, as the 1-1 Seattle Seahawks travel to face the Minnesota Vikings.

Despite a second half collapse at home in Week 2, Seattle will head to Minnesota as slight 2-point favorites against a Vikings team feeling hard done by at 0-2. 

How will the latest installment in this simmering NFC rivalry play out? Keep reading for our free Seahawks vs. Vikings picks and predictions, with kickoff on September 26.

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The Tennessee Titans not only begin their road to the Super Bowl in the AFC Divisional Round but are out to prove they’re a worthy No. 1 seed when they host the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday.

The NFL betting odds have Tennessee as a 3.5-point favorite, with that spread bolstered by the expected return of Titans RB Derrick Henry. The Bengals, who topped the Las Vegas Raiders in the Wild Card Round, could be missing some key bodies on the defensive line – bad timing for this run-in with run-heavy Tennessee.

Here are our free NFL betting picks and predictions for Bengals at Titans on January 22.

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be hosting the final game of Wild Card Weekend at Raymond James Stadium this Monday night, but the Dallas Cowboys boast the better record, and are deserving favorites on the road.

Part of the reason why the Cowboys went 12-5 in the regular season was another productive year from Ezekiel Elliott. I’m bullish on a trio of his NFL props in this spot, and feeling particularly good about one of those three wagers, which I’ll single out as my Best Bet.

Without further ado, here are my Ezekiel Elliott player prop picks for Monday night.

Also, be sure to check out Jason Logan’s full Cowboys vs. Buccaneers betting preview, as well as our best Monday Night Football prop picks. 

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We’re heading into the one-third mark of the NFL season, meaning we’re starting to get a reasonable sample of data about who (and what) every team is truly made of, what we can reasonably expect from players, and how to zone in on NFL player props.

Then, well, injuries happen — and everything you think you know about the NFL odds gets blown into Narnia so it’s back to the drawing board.

We’re not quite at that spot as we look through the Week 6 odds, but I’ve got nearly a full fantasy lineup of NFL picks this week!

Read on to see how I’m betting a quarterback who finally has his favorite target back, two running backs getting injury-related boosts, a wide receiver who does better with a backup QB, a tight en…

It’s Week 18 and that might scare some bettors away from the NFL odds, but there are some massive TD prices out there for players who might get more run this weekend with teams resting plenty of key starters.

For the regular-season finale of NFL player props, I’m backing a second-string QB in poor passing conditions, getting a piece of the Giants’ passing attack vs. the generous Eagles, and betting on more routes from an emerging rookie indoors. 

Here are my three best NFL picks for anytime touchdowns in Week 18. For more great NFL prop picks, check out Jared Hochman’s NFL Week 18 player props column.

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Sam Darnold surprised everyone with a passing masterclass in Week 1 and will now take on his former team in the Minnesota Vikings’ home opener. Can he keep the ball rolling or will the San Francisco 49ers’ much more stout defense spoil his hot start?

We break down the matchup in our 49ers vs. Vikings predictions and free NFL picks below. 

49ers vs Vikings prediction

My best betAaron Jones Over 2.5 receptions (-135 at BetMGM)

My analysisAaron Jones started the second chapter of his career with a strong showing last week, tallying 109 total yards and a touchdown en route to the Minnesota Vikings’ 28-6 win last week. This week, he hopes to put up another strong performance against a team that bounced him from the playoffs three …

The fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi has called on the Premier League to stop the acquisition of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia, saying that completion of the deal would tarnish English football and make it complicit in the “cover-up” of the journalist’s murder by the kingdom.

In a letter sent by her solicitors, Hatice Cengiz also challenged whether the £300m takeover of a majority stake in Newcastle by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was compatible with the Premier League’s charter. The charter prohibits a club from being controlled by an individual who has engaged in conduct that would be “an offence” if it had occurred in the UK.

Cengiz’s…

AND NOT EVEN THAT IMPORTANT

What with their country being reduced to smouldering piles of rubble by a paranoid maniac, the chances of their national football team participating at the Human Rights World Cup are probably not weighing heavily in the minds of too many Ukrainians right now. But as the great Arrigo Sacchi once said, football is the most important of the least important things, and Ukraine are scheduled to play Scotland later this month at Hampden, with the winners going on to play Wales or Austria for a place at this year’s ill-advised winter jamboree. As inconsequential as it might seem in the cosmic scheme of things, a decision needs to be made over whether or not the match can or will go ahe…

The first time Mikel Arteta and Andoni Iraola left Spain they did so together, on a bus bound for the Netherlands. It was the summer of 1994, they were 12 years old and crossing the border with them were a dozen or so other boys and their families. They had 20 long hours ahead, but no one cared: those were the best of times and it is the trips the kids remember most fondly, a pioneering neighbourhood football team travelling to Italy, Sweden, France, even Mexico. Where, usually, they won.

Almost 30 years later, now coaches at Arsenal and Bournemouth, Arteta and Iraola meet at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday. Born less than three months and six miles apart, they have played 1,206 professional games and coached 408 more across six countries b…

Tianba recorded 172 points in the grand finals to win the $2.5 million Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2024 on Sunday in China. Tong Jia Bao Esports finished in second place with 144 points, followed by ThunderTalk Gaming (134) and TeamPal (128). Tianba qualified for the World Cup 2024. Chinese star Qingbo "Qz" Zhang of Tianba was named the Finals MVP and earned $69,216.57. The tournament began on Feb. 22 with 20 teams competing for a $780,762.89 grand prize and qualification into the World Cup 2024. Peacekeeper Elite League Spring 2024 prize pool: 1st: $780,762.89 and World Cup 2024 qualification — Tianba 2nd: $337,776.85 — Tong Jia Bao Esports 3rd: $173,041.42 — ThunderTalk Gaming 4th: $157,813.78 — TeamPal 5th: $250,563.98 — Weibo Gaming 6th: $76,138.22 — S…