Primetime NFL games bring in the numbers -- and the bets. In an attempt to boost gamer bankrolls, this only occasionally profitable bettor will attempt to stack greenbacks under the lights. As always, fade or follow -- that’s up to you.
The Pick: Drake Maye OVER 1.5 passing touchdowns at Bills (+130, BetMGM)
The Tampa Bay creamsicle jerseys are without question the dopest throwbacks ever adorned, but New England's 80s classic is very much in the conversation.
Bright red with blue stripes and accented by a white helmet featuring a fully-costumed hiking Patriot, they’re sick AF. For this devout Bears fan, they also conjure fond memories of the ‘85 Super Bowl smashing over Tony Eason’s Pats -- a lopsided affair featuring personal all-time favorite Walter Payton and The Fridge at fullback. Forever stamped on the cerebral cortex, it was one of this then seven year-old's most indelible memories.
If only these feet still strutted around in Kangaroos. Sweetness, always and forever.
Hopefully not reenacting the inept offensive display in the title game 40 years ago (I’m old!), the Patriots clash with a beatable Buffalo defense in Western New York under the primetime lights.
Featured on many must-target lists in August drafts, Maye has delivered the goods and then some. Currently QB5 in total fantasy points, he’s posted three-straight multi-TD games. Equally antenna raising, he’s QB7 in adjusted completion rate and a respectable QB14 in red zone completion percentage.
Yea, the Bills rank No. 8 in dropback EPA defense entering Week 5. Sean McDermott’s club has only allowed 5.43 pass yards per attempt. Still, Lamar Jackson and Tua Tagovailoa each scored a pair of end-zone strikes against them.
With a highly motivated Stefon Diggs resembling the premium WR2 of yesteryear and Hunter Henry thriving, the Pats passer is a phenomenal value on the offering above at +130.
Don’t melt, Maye.
Season props record: 4-5, -1.33 units
NO CONTEXT PARLAY PLAY: SGP - Josh Allen 5+ rush attempts, James Cook anytime TD, Stefon Diggs 30+ receiving yards (+154, ESPN)
Season parlay record: 3-6, -2.39 units