WEEK 13
Good morning everyone, Podcast Pick Report updated below. Thank you for subscribing and good luck this weekend!
Tools and Resources
Football Outsiders DVOA Rankings
Their proprietary Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA) system breaks down every single NFL play and compares a team's performance to a context-specific league baseline to determine value over average.
NFL Power Rankings
The Athletic Distributed Power Rankings
Steve Fezzik NFL Power Rankings
Jord’s NFL Power Rankings (See below)
QB Rankings (The most important position in Sports)
I think Chris Simms is the best QB evaluator in the media and it’s not close, especially when evaluating QB prospects where he is not afraid to go against consensus. His record speaks for itself.
Mike Sando NFL Poll of QB Tiers
A League wide poll of the best QB’s by 50 NFL executives
NFL QBR (updated after week 6)
The best QB metric.
Other Tools
PFF O-line Rankings (need to pay for the week-to-week updates)
O-line is the second most important position group in football to me. Having a sense of O-line groups when making wagers can give you an edge.
Don’t forget to shop for the best numbers!
Action Network - Betting tickets vs money report
Action Network App is a great tool in general. This report especially will help you understand who the public teams are and who the pro teams are. For example: Team A in a given matchup has 70% of the tickets bet on them but only 35% of the money; public is on Team A, sharps (big money) are on Team B (Pros vs Joes).
Fantasy Life App Injury Notifications
A great resource that sweeps the internet for injury news and will notify you as the news is released.
Podcast Picks Report
Below is a breakdown of my favorite football podcasts that give out free picks ATS. I will track each podcast’s picks and adjust this list as we move through the season.
Pregame - The Dream Preview - RJ Bell, Steve Fezzik, AJ Hoffman
In my opinion this is the best and sharpest sports betting podcast. Steve Fezzik is the only 2-time Westgate Super contest winner. He is great with derivatives, calculations behind line moves/juice and identifying bet and fade spots in the schedule. RJ Bell keeps Fez in check and is very sharp himself, a contrarian thinker on the NFL and always finding unique angles, AJ is a college expert and improving on NFL.
Super Contest picks - All three guys pick 5 games weighted from 5 star*, Best Bet (BB) down to 1 star. Then they come up with consensus top 5 picks for the contest (These 5 can change by Saturday when they make the picks depending on line moves, injuries etc.) Disagreements are automatic crossfire bets.
Contest picks: 2-3 Week 12, 29-28-1 Overall *Fezz 3-2 Week 11, 27-28 Overall*
Fezz BB 5* ATL +11 (AJ 3* agreement)
AJ BB 5* CIN -3 (RJ 1* agreement) Fezz Crossfire LAC +3
RJ BB 5* DEN +9.5 (AJ 4* agreement)
Fezz 4* NE +3 (RJ 2* agreement)
RJ 4* PHI -6.5 (AJ 2*, Fezz 3* agreement)
AJ 4* DEN +9.5
Fezz 3* PHI -6.5
AJ 3* ATL +11
RJ 3* PIT +3.5
Fezz 2* SEA +3.5 (RJ crossfire SF -3.5)
AJ 2* PHI -6.5
RJ 2* NE +3
Fezz 1* LVR -2.5
AJ 1* LAR -13
RJ 1* CIN -3
Kelly, now with Barstool Bets, is very sharp and typically a contrarian better fading public sentiment and money. I think similarly so I like to keep an eye on her picks.
Kelly 1-2 Week 12, 28-20-3 Overall
Pitt +4.5
Broncos +9.5
Chad Millman, the CTO of the Action network, hosts this podcast with sharp better Simon Hunter. They do a 5-pick contest and make their final decision on the 5 Sunday but Simon lets you know all his sides below.
3-2 Week 12, Contest Sides 28-32 Overall
Bills -3
Giants +4
Steelers +4
Falcons +10.5
Broncos +9.5
Chargers +3
The Action Network Sports Betting Podcast
New podcast for me, just getting to know the hosts, Chris and Stuckey. Action network is a great resource, and the NFL Sunday 6 pack from Stuckey and Chris has been a great listen and profitable. They each pick 3 sides, weighted BB 1 to 3, one total, one teaser and one underdog ML.
Stuckey: 1-4 Week 12, 30-27-2 Overall
BB Steelers +4
Broncos +10
Vikings -7
Total: Seahawks/49ers Over 45
Teaser: WFT +8.5/Eagles -1
ML Dog Chargers +135
Chris: 1-4 Week 12, 28-31 Overall
BB Giants +4
Chargers +3.5
Seahawks +3.5
Total: Minn/Det Under 46
Teaser: Vikings -1/Zona -2
ML Dog Steelers +155
Bet the Board - Todd Furnham and @PayneInsider
Payne is a pro and offers great insight, data and statistics on the NFL. A lot of his plays you need to pay for, but on this podcast, he will give some free best bets and talk you through his angles.
Payne: 0-1 Week 12, 7-5 Overall
WFT +3
Adam Chernoff – 9-6 week 12 - 86-44 Overall
Pats +3
Cowboys -5
Jets +7
WFT +3
Chargers +3
Great QB evaluator and NFL talent evaluator, but relatively square when it comes to making picks ATS. His insight is worth listening to for picking up tidbits on players and teams to implement in your picks, but his picks themselves offer moderate value.
Chris: 2-1 Week 12, 18-17-1 Overall
Bucs -10.5
Colts -10
Ravens -4
Florio: 2-1 Week 12, 19-16-1 Overall
Bengals -3
Dolphins -4
Pats +3
What I’m thinking and Who I’m picking
Back to back 2-1 weeks for me. Let’s keep it rolling.
Bills -2.5 - jumped on this when it dipped under 3. Going against some sharp money here who like the Pats +3. Pats run game and defense being the major selling points. I give Bills WR’s and mobile QB a match-up advantage against this Pats team that plays a lot of man coverage.
WFT +3 - Tailing some of the pro’s with this play who expect Waller not to play and this line to move WFT direction.
Teaser: Vikings -1.5/Cardinals -1.5