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Date added: 01.18.12
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NFC Championship Preview
Apparently defense does still win championships.San Francisco will host New York at 4:30 p.m. EST on Sunday for the NFC Championship Game. The winner advances to the Super Bowl (you may have heard of that) to face either Baltimore or New England.The 49ers and Giants advanced to the NFC Title Game thanks to incredible defensive efforts last week, outmuscling ... read more
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Date added: 11.25.11
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2011 NFL Power Rankings – Week 12
Family and feelings are the enemy of good gambling and good writing about gambling. So I apologize for the soggy lead in this week, but I am trapped in Northern New York with my kin and only have a quick moment here in between dodging passive-aggressive barbs from my in-laws and skirting out to refill my cocktail from my depleting liquor supply to ... read more
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Date added: 11.10.11
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NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 10
There were a handful of upsets in Week 9 that hopefully you avoided (and did if you took my top pick of the week) and kept you going in your survivor pool.One game I warned you to stay away from was the winless Dolphins visiting a suddenly streaking Chiefs team. But if you looked closely at that matchup, Miami had come close to winning in back-to-back ... read more
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Date added: 11.10.11
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2011 NFL Power Rankings Week 10
The weather is getting colder, the hits are getting harder, and the games are getting more critical as teams ride the elevator of expectations and expanded standings. In my opinion, November is the most crucial of months on the NFL schedule because it really sets the tone for the stretch run: some teams gain momentum and find the will for a strong ... read more
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Date added: 10.21.11
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NFL Week 7 Player Props and Betting Predictions
In my Week 6 player props story, there weren’t too many immediate results for us to look back on – in other words I tackled a few season-ending totals for NFL players, such as 50-yard field goals for Oakland’s Sebastian Janikowski (he was two-yards shy of adding one in Week 6), sacks for Minnesota’s Jared Allen (he added No. ... read more
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Date added: 10.07.11
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Last NFL Team to WIn?
We are a quarter of the way through the NFL schedule, and we have four teams — Indianapolis, Minnesota, Miami, and St. Louis — that haven’t won a game yet. It’s always interesting to watch which team stays winless the longest. Tracking futility is especially significant this year, though, since the worst team in the league will ... read more
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Date added: 09.22.11
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2011 NFL Power Rankings – Week 3
Who needs the preseason?Scoring is through the roof in the National Football League and through two weeks of the year seasoned quarterback play and horrendous defense have been front-and-center. With the lack of a traditional offseason and with a truncated training camp the thought was that teams would be a little sluggish out of the gate and that ... read more
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Date added: 09.07.11
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NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice
Hello again readers here at Doc’s, it’s that time of year that we all love the most: football season. And of course that means I’m back to deliver my weekly Survivor Pool picks advice column for Week 1 of the NFL 2011-12 NFL season.For those of you who may not know what a Survivor Pool is, it’s pretty simple: You pick one team ... read more
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Date added: 08.24.11
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2011 AFC North Predictions
You know exactly what you’re going to get from the AFC North each year:Blood and pain.Pittsburgh will again be a Super Bowl threat. Baltimore will again be the able challenger led by a violent defense. Cleveland and Cincinnati? Yeah, they suck just as badly as they have for the past 20 years.In a way it’s comforting, especially as an NFL ... read more
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Date added: 08.10.11
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2011 NFL MVP Predictions and Odds
We continue our look at some NFL player props with the biggest regular-season award of them all: the league’s Most Valuable Player. We will offer some predictions for the NFL MVP along with futures odds for 2011.And in essence, the MVP has become the NFL’s version of the Heisman Trophy. By that I mean the MVP is only going to go to a quarterback ... read more
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Date added: 05.11.11
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Predictions for 2011 Defensive Rookie of the Year
Since we may not see any NFL transactions for months, depending on a June 3 court hearing on the lockout, and with the draft still fresh in everyone’s memory, let’s take a look at one of the few NFL player props out so far this year: the 2011 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (check back at Doc’s for a story on the Offensive Rookie ... read more
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Date added: 04.13.11
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2011 NFL Mock Draft
The NFL is a copycat league. If a team has even a modicum of success, however fleeting or trivial, it seems like the rest of the league immediately enters an unsanctioned race to mimic Said Team’s path to success.The Cover-2. The 3-4. The audible attack of Peyton Manning. The blitz-crazed schemes of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia or the New York Giants. ... read more
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Date added: 04.07.11
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NFL Draft: Offensive Skill Players a Hot Commodity
Anyone who seriously follows professional football understands that championship teams are built around a strong offensive and defensive line. Yet, when it comes to the NFL Draft, much of the focus revolves around the top prospects in the offensive skill positions.This year’s crop includes Blaine Gabbert and Cam Newton at quarterback, A.J. Green ... read more
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Date added: 01.26.11
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Betting on the Super Bowl Coin Toss
Is betting on the Super Bowl coin toss one of the most inane bets out there? I certainly think so, but it’s also one of the most popular Super Bowl bets there are (hey, bettors want to start the game off right and reinvest their winnings), and that’s why Bodog has had odds up on the Super Bowl coin toss, for example, since well before the ... read more
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Date added: 01.25.11
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2011 Super Bowl Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 1/25/2011After a very long, often brilliant season we finally have our Super Bowl matchup set. After everything that has happened, it’s interesting to note that this is one of the more predictable finals we have seen in a while. The last five years we have seen at least one Super Bowl team that could be called a surprise. This ... read more
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Date added: 10.22.10
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Football Betting: Weekly Public Action Report
It has been a very strong year for the Public Action Report, and this past week was no exception. Three of the six games that were identified wound up being winners, so there would have been a slight loss betting all games against the spread. It was straight up, though, that the report shone - the three underdogs that covered were all upset winners ... read more
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Date added: 10.01.10
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NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 4
by Matt Severance - 10/01/2010I’m thinking your Survivor Pool was pretty static last week as there really weren’t any big upsets in Week 3 in the NFL. New England over Buffalo, Baltimore over Cleveland and Minnesota over Detroit were the three big favorites last week – I recommended the Ravens as my top choice – and all three ... read more
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Date added: 08.17.10
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NFL: Player Props Betting Picks for Wide Receivers
We’ve already given you our look at the 2010 passing yardage leader here at Doc’s, so now let’s take a gander at the guys who catch those balls and try and project the best value bet on the player with some NFL predictions the most receiving yards in the league this season.And unlike with the quarterbacks, there is one player who ... read more
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Date added: 07.05.10
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The Brett Favre Circus Starts Again
Brett Favre just couldn’t handle being out of the news. Maybe it was all the attention everyone is paying to where LeBron James will play next year. Or maybe he was jealous because Phil Jackson, the second most diva-ish retirement fiend behind Favre, has been gaining headlines surrounding his indecision (although he re-signed with the Lakers ... read more
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Date added: 06.14.10
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NFL Week 1 Odds and Early Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/14/2010We are less than two months away from the start of NFL training camps (hallelujah!), which means that several NFL props are starting to be released at the books. I also will be taking a look at some of the top teams’ NFL schedules and do an analysis of their likely win totals in a few weeks here at Doc’s. But ... read more
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Date added: 02.10.10
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Super Bowl Betting Recap
It was another great NFL betting season at Doc’s Sports and I couldn’t leave it without a wrap-up of thoughts on another excellent Super Bowl. So here is a special edition of the Ferringo Report on Super Bowl 44:- Whenever I talk to people before the Super Bowl they still all say the same thing, “I just hope it’s a good game.” ... read more
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Date added: 02.04.10
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Playing the Super Bowl Total
Drew Brees Saints quarterbackApparently, defense isn’t allowed in the NFL anymore.This January we have seen a dizzying display of offensive artistry as points have been a-plenty through the 10 games that we’ve witnessed. And the two teams that have survived the splurging are – not surprisingly – the two best offensive clubs ... read more
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Date added: 12.17.09
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AFC Playoff Picture: In and Out
Unlike the situation in the NFC, the AFC playoff picture is completely up in the air. Six AFC teams are on the outside looking in right now but each of those teams is well within striking distance. In the NFC, however, only three teams have a chance of crashing the playoff party. Besides the Colts, who not only have a playoff spot locked up, but also ... read more
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Date added: 11.25.09
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This Week in Betting, A to Z
A - Ageless. Brett Favre just keeps getting it done. I fully expected him to be disappointing this year - last season with the Jets all over again. Instead, you don't even have to exaggerate to say that he is probably playing the best football of his career. He was virtually flawless on Sunday, completing 22 of 25 passes and connecting on four touchdowns ... read more
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Date added: 11.06.09
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NFL Sunday Predictions (Week 9)
Game: Miami Dolphins (3-4, 3-4 ATS) at New England Patriots (5-2, 4-3 ATS)Spread: Patriots -11.Sure, the Patriots have looked like their old selves of late, friendly to backers and brutal to opponents against whom they have no reservations about running up the score until coach Bill Belichick is satisfied.New England has won its past two games by a ... read more
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Date added: 10.21.09
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This Week in Betting, A thru Z
A - Alabama. The Tide came into Saturday looking like the best team in the country. They still looked the same when the day was done. Their offense wasn't overwhelming against South Carolina - other than running back Mark Ingram - but it rarely is. Their defense was just as potent as always, though, and made for another easy win. The AP voters took ... read more
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Date added: 09.25.09
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NFL Betting: Saints Soaring And Scoring
The most offensively impressive and dominant team in the NFL so far this year has clearly been the New Orleans Saints. We knew that they were going to be offensively strong, but they have so far been even better than expected, and they have been competent on defense as well. The bandwagon for this team is quickly getting crowded, and that means that ... read more
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Date added: 09.15.09
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This Week in Betting, A thru Z
A - Atlanta. The Falcons won the battle of last year's biggest surprises when they won their mostly dull opener against the visiting Miami Dolphins. Despite all the hype and the addition of Pat White Miami was mostly quiet on the wildcat offense front this week. Neither running game ever got any real traction, and neither quarterback really shone, ... read more
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Date added: 09.02.09
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NFL Injury Situations for Week 1
As we head into the NFL regular season, it's a good time to remind ourselves of the importance of injuries to our NFL handicapping. A key injury can turn a good bet into a bad one if it changes the complexion of the team, or it can make a good bet a great one if the public overcompensates for the injury and moves the betting lines in your favor. Here's ... read more
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Date added: 08.26.09
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NFL Handicapping: Final Two Preseason Games
We're about to enter an inner circle of hell - the last two NFL preseason games. I suppose that there are a couple of good reasons why these last two games exist, but by far the biggest is that it allows NFL owners to charge full price for two more games.From a football perspective, the importance of these games range from reasonably slim to absolutely ... read more
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