Phil Agius
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Good morning, Pickswise Nation, and welcome to another wonderful week of sports. We have a huge MLB elimination game and an NFL divisional showdown tonight, plus NHL and soccer action, and the NBA season is only a day away! Let’s get straight to making your next bet better.
About Last Night
Amazing day of NFL picks as we go 7-0 on Best Bets
It was a sensational Sunday for the Pickswise NFL team as our experts went 9-3 on the Sunday slate, taking our Week 6 record to 10-3 on spreads, and were a perfect 7-0 on our 3-star Best Bets. We also cashed our Sunday NFL parlay at +605 odds and hit our Same Game Parlays on the Ravens vs Giants (+880) and Cardinals vs Seahawks games (+643)!
The Eagles remained the NFL’s only unbeaten team, moving to 6-0 with a 26-17 win over the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football, while a late Dawson Knox TD gave the Bills a 24-20 win in Kansas City. FanDuel Sportsbook has the Bills as +290 odds Super Bowl favorites, with the Eagles +550 and the Chiefs +800.
Yankees and Guardians going the distance
We have MLB action today thanks to the Yankees and Guardians needing a Game 5 in New York to resolve their ALDS series. The Yankees won 4-2 on the road last night to set up the decider to see who faces the Astros on Wednesday.
Today’s Slate
AFC West collision on Monday Night Football
NFL Week 6 comes to a close as the Broncos visit the Chargers in tonight’s Monday Night Football game at 8:15 pm ET on ESPN. Read today’s NFL predictions.
Last chance for Guardians and Yankees
The Yankees are back home for tonight’s winner-take-all game with the Guardians. Will both teams running short on fresh arms to start the game, a fascinating night is in prospect. You can read our MLB predictions.
NHL back in action
The NHL had Sunday off but is roaring back into action tonight with a 9-game slate starting at 7:00pm ET. There are a couple of clashes between unbeaten teams, with Panthers vs Bruins at 7:00pm ET and Jets vs Stars at 8:30pm ET.
MLS playoff games
The soccer weekend concludes with 2 more MLS playoff games and you can get our soccer predictions for Inter Miami vs New York City and Minnesota vs Dallas.
Best Bet of the Day
NHL: New York Rangers 3-way ML over Anaheim Ducks
7:o0 pm ET, ESPN+
The Ducks were smashed 7-1 by the Islanders on Saturday after doing virtually nothing in the offseason to improve their goalscoring or goaltending. The Rangers opened their season by taking down the Tampa Bay Lightning, who have been to the Stanley Cup Finals for 3 straight seasons, by multiple goals. New York then followed that by thrashing the Wild 7-3. If not for having to travel up to Winnipeg on a back-to-back directly after that win, they’d likely be entering this game with their record unblemished. The Rangers defeated the Ducks by a combined score of 8-4 in 2 meetings last season too. Check out our full Ducks vs Rangers predictions.
Must-read
Our Monday Night Football package is stacked with expert analysis and picks. We have a Broncos vs Chargers Same Game Parlay, prop bets and TD scorer picks. plus Clevta’s Best Bet.
As for baseball, today’s YRFI/NRFI best bet is available, and we’re also already looking forward to this week’s college football with a look at the opening NCAAF Week 8 odds. Hockey fans can check out today’s NHL mega parlay and our NHL player props.
The NBA season is almost here and our NBA season preview is available plus more great basketball futures picks including our favorite NBA team win total predictions. We’ve also already published a Same Game Parlay for the 76ers vs Celtics game on opening night and tomorrow’s NBA player props from Bobby “Prop Holliday” Stanley.
Keep an eye out for more great sports analysis as it arrives throughout the day on the Analysis tab.
Must-watch
Don’t forget to check out our daily show Let’s Bet It on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/c/Pickswise at 10:00 am ET.
Lauren Jbara and Jared Smith are your hosts today and they will be joined by NFL props expert Prop Holliday to look at the winners and losers from the weekend’s NFL action, preview tonight’s game and assess at the early odds for this week’s college football before revealing their Plays of the Day.
We also have some awesome NBA preview shows in our Pickswise Preview series, including the analysis below from Mark Zinno and Prop Holliday assessing the odds for the NBA conferences. They have also tried to identify the best bets for the MVP, Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards, among others, so head over to our YouTube channel to check those out!
You can also access the shows at any time through Spotify and Apple Podcasts (search for Let’s Bet It Presented By Pickswise).
Stat of the Day
The total has gone over in 5 of the Chargers’ last 6 home games.
Quote of the Day
“If you would have told me back in March we just signed up to play Game 5 in New York to go to the ALCS, I would have jogged to New York.”
Guardians manager Terry Francona is excited about tonight’s big game.
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