The two best teams in the NFL rarely play each other this late into the season in primetime, but it looks like we got a Christmas miracle this evening in the Monday Night Football odds.
At 11-3, the Baltimore Ravens are the No. 1 seed in the AFC, however, with a matching record as the top team in the NFC and the only team with better Super Bowl odds, the San Francisco 49ers are a force to be reckoned with this season.
Despite both teams being heavy hitters, the NFL odds give the 49ers the edge by nearly a touchdown with Kyle Shanahan’s team being 6-point home favorites.
And while both teams are two of only four to rank Top 7 in both offensive and defensive EPA in the entire league, both have had some issues against the run.
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The AFC South is expected to be a wide-open division this season and it all starts in Week 1 with a huge divisional matchup between the Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts in Lucas Oil Stadium.
This rivalry will see several new players from last year on both sides and my Texans vs. Colts predictions have circled one key Colts player.
Find out why I’m backing Adonai Mitchell in my NFL picks for Sunday, September 8.
Texans vs Colts prediction
My best betAdonai Mitchell Over 2.5 receptions (-145 at BetMGM)
My analysis
Last season was a tale of two different stories with these two teams and their rookie quarterbacks. The Houston Texans saw CJ Stroud emerge as a Pro Bowler and Offensive Rookie of the Year, a…
Monaco’s shock removal of Niko Kovac over Christmas fell somewhere between eye-wateringly ruthless and bafflingly naive. Before Kovac was appointed in the summer of 2020, relegation was Monaco’s greatest concern. Thierry Henry’s disastrous reign was followed by the ill-advised re-appointment of Leonardo Jardim, who had won the title with the club in 2017, before he was sacked for the second time in 14 months in December 2019. Spanish coach Robert Moreno then lasted just 13 games before Kovac arrived. Monaco barely survived, finishing 17th in the 2018-19 season before struggling to ninth in the following campaign. Nevertheless, Kovac’s team entered the final day of last season with a chance of winning the title.
Although the Croatian …
Chelsea have signed the midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu from Rennes for €27m (£23.2m) and are deciding whether to explore an offer to take Dusan Vlahovic from Juventus as part of a swap deal involving Romelu Lukaku.
Juventus are keen on Lukaku but are insisting Chelsea take Vlahovic, a Serbia striker, in return and pay about €40m. Chelsea rejected chances earlier in the window to sign Vlahovic and are considering whether to adjust their stance as they try to find a way to offload Lukaku after his loan at Internazionale. Lukaku has the option of a move to Saudi Arabia but wants to stay in Europe.
Chelsea’s priority target is the Brighton midfielder Moisés Caicedo – they are also in talks with Brighton regarding…
Former linebacker Chris Borland, who retired after one NFL season because of concerns about repetitive brain trauma, testified this afternoon at a hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. He was one of four witnesses to tell the subcommittee about ways corporations use disinformation to mislead the public on matters including climate change and public health. Borland was there to discuss how the football establishment manipulates the science of brain injuries. What follows is the prepared text of the statement he read to the subcommittee. To the members of this committee, thank you for the privilege to testify today to discuss the nature of industry’s manipulation of science and policy as it pertains to brain inj…