Thursday, October 24, 2024 Minnesota Vikings vs. Los Angeles Rams (NFL) - 8:15 PM EDT Premium Pick Pick: Total: 47.5/-110 Under Rating: 5* Mike's Thursday Night 2-Teamer (WIN) +500 LATE STEAM PARLAY ANALYSIS: There's not much to read into for this game but I'm certainly going to start with familiarity. For this one pits the ex-Rams OC & now Minnesota Vikings HC Kevin O'Connell (in his 3rd season) gets to face his ex-boss in Rams' HC Sean McVay (8th season). Both HC's know they run a base 11 offense (1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR) in which they use a limited playbook of lineup combos (Los Angeles ranks 2nd while Minnesota's 4th). These 2 are very familiar with what they'll be attacking with. However, there's a BIG edge on defense (or lack thereof) that could very well decide this game. The Vikings' leading tackler & catalyst ILB Blake Cashman (a Twin Cities native) will be on the sidelines instead of plugging the middle for DC Brian Flores' aggressive 3-4 scheme. My bottom line says this will hamper the Purple People Eaters versatility immensely throughout. Minnesota is a playoff caliber team but being ranked 30th versus the pass before Cashman went down is not a good sign. In addition, the more-desperate L.A. squad (currently 2-4 & in last place in the NFC West & with another divisional game @ Seattle on deck) are in a MUST-WIN situation. QB Matt Stafford should get a BIG boost in his arm knowing his top 2 talented WR's in Cooper Kupp & Puka Nacua are now both back in the lineup. I further feel the familiarity with both HC's drag this one UNDER the total if we push it to score 8 TD's. Let's go to artificial "Matrix System" turf of SoFi Stadium to play a 2-teamer on he Los Angeles Rams @ + 10 with UNDER 55 1/2 @ -180 Odds for 5 Stars! Sunday, October 27, 2024 Philadelphia Eagles vs. Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) - 1:00 PM EDT Premium Pick Pick: Money Line: -135 Cincinnati Bengals Rating: 8* Mike's NFL Super Card of Props & Teasers In a strange type Sunday, here's my Super Card: Play # 1 ---- Play AJ Brown Over 49 1/2 Receiving Yards with Jahmyr Gibbs Over 54 1/2 Rushing Yards with Tyreek Hill Over 54 1/2 Receiving Yards in a 3-Prop parlay @ -127 odds for 9 Stars Play (WIN) +900 # 2 ---- Play Amon-Ra St. Brown Anytime TD Scorer Yes @ -120 odds for 8 Stars Play (WIN ) +800 # 3 ---- Play a 4-Teamer on Green Bay @ +7 with Seattle @ + 14 1/2 with Baltimore @ + 4 1/2 with Pittsburgh @ +7 @ -157 odds for 9 Stars. (LOSS) - 1413 Play #4 ---- Play another 4-Teamer on Miami @ +7 1/2 with Atlanta @ + 10 1/2 with Denver @ -2 with Cincinnati @ +10 @ -143 odds for 7 Stars Play (LOSS) -1001 #5 Play a 7-Teamer on Miami @ -2 with Baltimore @ - 2 1/2 with Indianapolis @ + 10 1/2 with Cincinnati - ML with Denver @ -2 with Washington @ +7 with Kansas City @ + 3 1/2 @ +771 odds for 3 Stars. (LOSS) -300 Records To follow: