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Fantasy Football start/sit tips for Week 6: Avoid Cowboys QB Dak Prescott

Prescott's touchdown rate is down and his interception rate is up for the second straight season.




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NFL Week 6 ATS picks: The Panthers should add to Redskins’ woes

Cam Newton is 4-0 against the Redskins, with 11 touchdowns (nine passing, two rushing) and zero interceptions for his career.




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Texans are your best play in eliminator and survivor pools for Week 6

Houston’s defensive front, featuring one-man wrecking crew J.J. Watt, has the sixth-highest adjusted sack rate.




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2018-19 NBA preview: LeBron James and the Lakers won’t dethrone the Warriors. Yet.

But they should make the playoffs!




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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes leads a contentious NFL MVP race

Quarterbacks have won 10 of the past 11 MVP awards, and the six rushers who have won over the past 30 years have been historically good, either establishing a record for touchdowns or rushing for more than 2,000 yards in a season.




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Week 7 betting tips: Chargers provide good value to win the AFC Conference

The work of Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers shouldn’t go unnoticed.




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Under Jon Gruden, the Raiders are disappearing into a statistical black hole

A sputtering offense and a bad defense is causing the Raiders to be outscored by nearly eight points per game after adjusting for strength of schedule.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips for Week 7: Patriots' Sony Michel a smart play against the Bears

Michel will face a Chicago Bears defense that stops opposing rushers a league-low 13 percent of the time.




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Colts are your best play in eliminator and survivor pools for Week 7

Colts have the the fifth-best run-stopping unit per PFF and the fourth-highest stuff rate per Football Outsiders.




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NFL Week 7 ATS picks: The Rams’ play-action will be too much for the 49ers’ defense to stop

Goff is using play-action more often than any other quarterback in 2018.




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Colts RB Marlon Mack is your top waiver wire priority for Week 8

Mack carried the ball 19 times for 126 yards and a touchdown and added two catches for 33 yards and a touchdown on Sunday against the Bills.




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Red Sox need to fix one key stat to beat Dodgers in World Series

Boston's pitchers aren't performing as well as they did during the regular season, making them vulnerable to an upset by Los Angeles.




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Week 8 betting tips: Redskins are set up for a long win streak

Washington is a good bet to win at least two of their next three games (42 percent chance), with 3-to-1 odds to win all three.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips for Week 8: Expect a slow week from the Saints' Michael Thomas

Thomas and the Saints will have to contend with a Vikings defense that has limited No. 1 receivers to an average of 53 yards per game.




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Steelers are your best play in eliminator and survivor pools for Week 8

Pittsburgh is stuffing 25 percent of rushers in 2018, eighth-most in the NFL.




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NFL Week 8 ATS picks: Redskins’ pass rush should be a big problem for the Giants

Giants' offensive line is allowing an adjusted sack rate of over eight percent, the eighth-worst in the NFL.




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LeBron James has never faced a challenge like winning with these Lakers

The Lakers rank near the bottom of the league in three-point percentage after three games and spreading out around the arc will not work for this team. Couple that with a fast pace and James's age and there are real concerns to address in L.A.




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Week 9 fantasy football waiver wire is all about the passing game

A.J. Green and Tyler Boyd (Cincinnati Bengals) plus Odell Beckham Jr. (New York Giants) are among the top fantasy receivers off next week.




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Week 9 NFL betting tips: Why the Seahawks may be worth a Super Bowl futures wager

The Seahawks are barely over .500, but they measure up in a critical statistic that has helped narrow the field of likely Super Bowl teams.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips Week 9: Adrian Peterson won’t slow down against the Falcons

Six teams are on a bye this week, giving stars like Saquon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr., Andrew Luck, Zach Ertz and A.J. Green the week off. Here are three players that could have big games in their stead.




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NFL Week 9 ATS picks: Redskins and Rams will win again

According to Football Outsiders, Atlanta has the second-worst defense this season after adjusting its performance for strength of schedule.




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Panthers are your best play in eliminator and survivor pools for Week 9

Against No. 1 receiver types like Mike Evans, the Panthers rank fourth-best per Football Outsiders' Defense-adjusted Value Over Average.




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Week 10 waiver wire: A reborn running back and a magical QB highlight top options

The dismissal of coach Hue Jackson seems to have given Duke Johnson Jr. new life with the Browns.




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Week 10 NFL betting tips: Saints trending up after big win over Rams

The Saints' defense has some work to do — it is allowing 2.5 points per drive, fourth-most in the NFL — but New Orleans compensates for that by scoring 3.3 points per drive on offense, second-most after the Kansas City Chiefs.




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New Coach Mike Budenholzer has the Milwaukee Bucks ahead of schedule

Milwaukee has embraced the modern NBA.




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The Kansas Jayhawks' inside-outside game makes them a major threat for the NCAA basketball title

The key could be Dedric Lawson, a 6-foot-9 forward who sat out last season after transferring from Memphis and is the best transfer Coach Bill Self has landed in his time in Lawrence.




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NL rookie of the year race between Juan Soto, Ronald Acuna Jr. is impossibly tight

The Braves' Acuna appears to be a runaway winner right now, but a closer look shows Soto had a tremendous impact on the Nationals.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips Week 10: Bench all Redskins players. Like now.

It's a bad week to own a Washington skill position player, but a great time to get Tevin Coleman and other into your lineup.




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Chiefs are your best play in eliminator and survivor pools for Week 10

Kansas City's opponent, Arizona, is scoring slightly more than a point per possession, making it the NFL's second-worst offense.




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NFL Week 10 ATS picks: Panthers’ offense is trouble for Steelers

Pittsburgh has had trouble with the strengths of Carolina's offense.




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Week 11 waiver wire moves: With six teams on a bye, here’s whom to add

The Bills, Browns, Patriots, Jets and 49ers all have byes. That leaves a number of holes to plug in your fantasy lineup.




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Week 12 waiver wire moves: A dual-threat QB and pass-catching RB are quite enticing

Lamar Jackson, the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner and first round pick in the 2018 NFL draft, produced 117 rushing yards against the Bengals. Fantasy owners should take notice.




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Week 12 NFL betting tips: Andrew Luck and the Colts' win streak makes them a good value

The Colts' QB is playing at an MVP level, completing 83 of 112 attempts (74 percent) for 977 yards, 13 touchdowns and one interception during the Colts' four-game winning streak.




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The fantasy football players you need in your Week 12 lineup

Last Sunday, Jameis Winston started the game on the Buccaneers' bench. Here's why he needs to be in your lineup this week.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips Week 12: Cowboys will have no trouble stopping the Redskins

Washington will be without their starting right guard, right tackle, left guard, left tackle, center and starting quarterback on Sunday, making the Dallas defense a very solid pickup.




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Chargers are your best play in eliminator and survivor pools for Week 12

The Chargers are scoring 2.4 points per drive, the sixth-most this season, and are only forced to go three-and-out once out of every four drives.




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NFL Week 12 ATS picks: Thanksgiving Day favorites are usually tough to beat

Since 2002, the year the league expanded to 32 teams, favorites playing on Thanksgiving are 28-12 against the spread.




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Week 13 waiver wire tips: A newly minted starting RB is available. Snag him.

The running back situation in Philadelphia is gaining clarity, and the starter is available in more than a third of fantasy leagues.




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Week 13 NFL betting tips: Redskins' playoff odds look grim, but Ravens are taking off

Baltimore has a good chance at nine wins with 10 and possibly 11 wins within reach.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips Week 13: Backup running backs take center stage

If you were relying on Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette to help you this week you’re going to need a back up plan.




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NFL Week 13 ATS picks: Ravens’ defense makes them a strong play

The Baltimore defense has produced a very effective pass rush lately.




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Packers are your best play in eliminator and survivor pools for Week 13

This week’s opponent, the Arizona Cardinals, gives Aaron Rodgers and the Packers a great chance to break their losing skid.




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Week 14 waiver wire tips: Pass-catching back, defense with weak schedule are available

The Ravens' Ty Montgomery figures to take on a larger share of the workload in Baltimore over the remainder of the season.




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NFL playoff projections: Redskins, Vikings are in good position for now

Monday night's game figures to have a big impact on the NFC playoff race.




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Alex Ovechkin is putting Wayne Gretzky’s untouchable goal-scoring record within reach

If the Great Eight tops the 50-goal mark in 2018-19 he becomes only the fourth player in NHL history to have at least two such campaigns after the age of 30. While Gretzky's goal scoring started to slow in his 30s, Ovechkin is still going strong.




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Week 14 NFL betting tips: The Cowboys' potential surges while the Packers’ fades

Meanwhile there's not much value left in division title futures, with the Los Angeles Rams (-15000), New Orleans Saints (-3300) and New England Patriots (-5000) are all huge favorites to win their respective divisions.




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The fantasy football players you need in your lineup for Week 14

There are a number of players with favorable matchups this week, but none as palatable as Cowboys WR Amari Cooper.




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Fantasy Football start/sit tips Week 14: Trust Kirk Cousins over Andrew Luck, Cam Newton

Cousins's next opponent, the Seattle Seahawks, has been kind to fantasy quarterbacks of late, surrendering at least 21 fantasy points in each of the last four contests.




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Titans are your best play in NFL eliminator and survivor pools for Week 14

Thursday night matchups are historically difficult on road teams like Jacksonville. Since 2016, the road team is 17-33 in these games, and that includes a 3-12 record in 2018.




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NFL Week 14 ATS picks: Broncos, Texans will keep their win streaks alive

From 2003 to 2017, underdogs getting seven points or more at home were 94-72-1 overall against the spread and that includes a 43-26-1 ATS record in December and January.