Philip Rivers’ return, icy weather and five double-digit dogs.
With four weeks left in the NFL season, today’s menu has something for everyone.
Rivers will start at QB for the Colts, who are 14-point underdogs vs. Seattle at Circa Sports.
VSiN’s OptaAI projections for Rivers are a bit more aggressive than the DraftKings Sportsbook numbers.
DK’s passing yards number was at 151.5 as of Saturday night while the OptaAI projection is at 220.34. On interceptions, the DK line is .5 and OptaAI is at 2.39, the highest for any of today’s starting QBs.
👉 Rivers’ Opta AI projections for key stats
As for the weather, Kevin Roth of RotoGrinders forecasts below-freezing temperatures for seven games. We’re looking at 10 degrees at Soldier Field for the Bears’ must-win game vs. the Browns (+7.5).
And then there are those five double-digit underdogs. No one likes them more than Dave “Dog or Pass” Tuley, right?
NFL Week 15 Best Bets
Everything we have done on NFL Week 15 is posted here, including these Best Bets columns:
👉 Pauly Howard (kicking props)
Josh Appelbaum will post his NFL Sharp Report this morning.
Other NFL resources
>DraftKings/Circa Betting Splits
>Fantasy Points WR/CB Matchup Tool
VSiN Pro subscribers have access to the plays from hosts and guests on our NFL picks page.
Programming note: Mitch Moss and Pauly Howard will have all the late-breaking news and line moves on the VSiN Pro Football Tailgate Show (9-Noon ET) along with guests Dr. David Chao, Warren Sharp and John Hansen. Then Stormy Buonantony and Jonathan Von Tobel take over for VSiN Countdown to Kickoff (Noon-1 ET).
Jags top Survivor pick
As they are every week, the selections for the three Circa contests were revealed Saturday night on The Football Contest Show (9-10 ET):
>Circa Survivor: With 10 live entries vying for the $18.7M prize, there were only three teams selected: Jaguars 5, 49ers 3 and Eagles 2.
>Circa Million: The most popular pick was the Bills pick’em vs. the Patriots with 1,815 entries, followed by Panthers -2.5 (1,536), Packers -2.5 (1,169), Broncos +2.5 (1,167), Lions +6 (1,158). Of note: The Packers and Broncos are playing each other.
Check out our contest hub for complete consensus picks and individual selections.
The most popular pick in the Circa Friday Football Invitational is the Ravens -2.5 vs. the Bengals.
Adam Burke breaks down how the EdgeBoost Average Joe contestants played the card.
Mendoza wins Heisman
Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza, who was at +9500 in September, was awarded the Heisman Trophy. 👉 Full ballot results.
The bowl games don’t resume until Tuesday, but everything we have posted so far is here.
Well, except for the VSiN CFP Betting Guide, a 26-page PDF that is available for download. If you aren’t a VSiN Pro subscriber, we are offering the guide for a one-time price of $14.99. Go here for that option. If you are a VSiN Pro subscriber, you can download the 26-page PDF here.
Today in college basketball
Greg “Hoops” Peterson has his Best Bets for today’s menu.
Greg also posts daily handicapped lines and handicaps every game every day during the season on the Coast-to-Coast Hoops podcast.
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Quick Hits
NBA: Zach Cohen‘s Best Bets and Steve Makinen‘s Analytics Report will hit around mid-morning on our NBA page.
Our Opta AI NBA player props projections are here.
New on VSiN.com: Follow the live in-game odds from FanDuel.
NHL: VSiN hockey analyst Jonathan Davis will post his Best Bets around mid-day.
Soccer: Nigel Seeley has picks for the weekend EPL slate.
