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The Late-August Ritual College Football Fans Love

Walt3 months ago3 months ago09 mins

By early August, a familiar countdown takes over group chats, office hallways, and Sunday afternoon cookouts. Somebody pulls up the schedule, someone else claims a driveway for the first tailgate, and a third person starts arguing about whether their team’s quarterback is actually a Heisman sleeper. The NFL preseason kicks things off with Lions…

Bears fans aren’t in agreement about their team moving

Walt3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

The Chicago Bears’ plan to move to Hammond, Indiana, or Arlington Heights, Illinois has received mixed reactions from fans. Chairman George McCaskey and president and CEO Kevin Warren might not have been expecting every single question on the August training camp press day to be about the stadium move. But that’s what happened –…

NFL

Reading an NFL Line Like You Read a Draft Board

Walt3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

If you spend any time evaluating prospects, you already have the mental model you need to read a betting line. You just have not pointed it in that direction yet. A draft board is a market. Consensus forms, value hides in the gaps between where a player is ranked and where he actually goes,…

Five NFL Position Battles Affecting 2026 Player-Prop Forecasts

Walt3 months ago3 months ago08 mins

Five significant offensive competitions remain open as training camps move into August, and each one changes more than the identity of a starter. Quarterback decisions affect passing volume and receiver targets. Running-back rotations alter carries and receptions. That is why player-prop forecasts can move before any final depth chart is announced. A player prop…

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A Beginner’s Guide To Betting On NFL In The UK

Walt3 months ago3 months ago019 mins

The NFL has come a long way from being a niche American sport for UK viewers. American football has steadily built a following on this side of the Atlantic, with more British sports fans watching regular-season games, following individual teams and, increasingly, placing bets on the NFL. The growth of the sport in the…

Humor

Jerks of the Week – Aug. 17, 2026

Walt3 months ago3 months ago010 mins

Jerk of the Week: The Karate Belt My 4-year-old son Conrad just began karate lessons. Let me tell you, it’s very intense. During my Conrad’s first lesson, he began talking to a female student about his age. It was just innocent chit-chat, nothing more than that, but another student – a boy with blond hair…

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Circa Survivor Guaranteed $15 Million. It Paid Out $18.7 Million

Walt3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

Last season’s Circa Survivor Pro Football Contest contest carried a huge guarantee of $15 million. However, after 18,718 people paid $1,000 to enter, the total jackpot ended up being $18.7 million, as Circa takes no rake. Five entries ended up surviving all 20 legs, so they had to split $18.7 million five ways. A…

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Which Day-Three Prospects Actually Become NFL Draft Steals?

Walt3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

Every April, the same story plays out. A quarterback slides into Round 6, a scheme-limited receiver falls to Round 7, and by August they’re the talk of training camp. Fans wonder how a player with obvious tape got passed over so many times. The truth is less about missed talent and more about how…

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Which Day-Three Prospects Actually Become NFL Draft Steals?

Walt3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

Every April, a handful of Day Three picks quietly outperform their draft position and turn into long-term starters. Most don’t. That gap between hope and outcome is exactly why scouting Rounds 4 through 7 requires a different lens than evaluating first-round talent. The players who become steals rarely look like it on paper. They’re…

NFL

College Production vs. NFL Projection: Which Should Scouts Trust?

Walt3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

Scouts tasked with finding the next big thing in football have an embarrassment of information available to them for players at the college level, both in terms of how they’ve performed in training and games and the other attributes that make them attractive prospects for a professional career. Whether their college production or their…