NFL Week 3: Sunday Best Bets and Leans
Gambling Opinion by Ethan Irish and Josh Blatt
Game: Detroit Lions @ Minnesota Vikings
Ethan's Best Bet: Total O52.5 (110) (Fanduel)
Looking at this game, I was trying to find a specific player who will go off but I have good reasoning to just expect this to be a shootout. Both teams have atrocious secondaries who cannot stop the pass and allow 7 or more yards per pass attempt. The Lions have started the season passing the ball a lot and are averaging 35.5 points per game through two weeks. The Vikings had a great win against the Packers in week 1 then went on the road to Philadelphia and only put up 7, which to me is skewed because Kirk Cousins stinks on Monday Night Football. I think the Vikings try to bounce back against a division rival at home.
For me everything lines up for the Vikings, I just do not like how high their spread line is so I am just going to trust both offenses against weak secondaries and below average pass rushes to get me the over. These offenses also have shown to have the ability to get in the red zone even though it has only been two weeks even with that their defenses cannot stop anyone in the red zone it seems.
Ethan's Other Leans:
Kansas City Chiefs @ Indianapolis Colts: Colts +5.5 (-110) (Caesars Sportsbook)
Las Vagas Raiders @ Tennessee Titans: Davante Adams Anytime TD Score (+109) (Caesars Sportsbook)
Adds: Derek Carr Pass TDs o1.5 (-127) (Caesars Sportsbook), Josh Allen Pass Yards o277.5 (-110) (Fanduel)
Game: Kansas City Chiefs @ Indianapolis Colts
Josh's Best Bet: Chiefs -5.5 (-110) (Fanduel)
Not so fast Ethan, you think the Colts will keep this game close? THEY STINK. Kansas City's front seven is going to unhinge Matt Ryan's jaw and shi-- never mind, that's besides the point. I have NEVER seen more of a lock in my entire life, I put down a straight bet on this spread AND included in in most of my weekend parlays (free bets are great, aren't they?) and I don't see anything less than a 14 point win for the Chiefs. I know NFL lines typically don't move much more than + or -5.5, but I would take this line if it was Chiefs -9.5. They have such a good f*ckin' team, and I'd be shocked and appalled if they didn't manage to cover.
The run game of Jonathan Taylor and the Colts is the only thing that slightly worries me, however as previously stated-- the front seven for Kansas City is absolutely insane, I look to Frank Clark to have a huge game. These thoughts are without even considering the Chiefs having the best quarterback and tight end connection in the NFL as well as a dynamic running back with the trio of Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Clyde Edwards-Helaire. Give me the Chiefs -5.5.
Josh's Other Leans:
Detroit Lions @ Minnesota Vikings: Amon-Ra St. Brown Anytime Touchdown Scorer (+110) (Fanduel)
Green Bay Packers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Buccaneers -1.0 (-112) (Fanduel)
Adds: Josh Allen Pass Yards o277.5 (-110) (Fanduel)