The Public Has Picked Its Sides Conference Championship Sunday arrives with the betting public lining up behind the favorites. In the AFC, 75% of spread bets are backing the New England Patriots as 4.5-point road favorites at Denver. In the NFC, nearly 79% of bettors are riding the Seattle Seahawks at -2.5 against the Los … Read more
The Mile High Curse The New England Patriots have won six Super Bowls. They’ve appeared in eleven conference championship games under Robert Kraft’s ownership. The franchise boasts more postseason wins (35) than all but two ownership groups in NFL history. And yet there’s one thing they’ve never accomplished: winning a playoff game in Denver. The … Read more
A Historic Line Movement When Bo Nix fractured his ankle on the second-to-last play of Denver’s overtime victory against Buffalo, the betting market reacted swiftly. The Broncos went from 1.5-point favorites on lookahead lines to 5.5-point underdogs in a matter of hours. That 7-point swing represents one of the most dramatic injury-related line movements in … Read more
Historic Home Underdog Headlines Championship Weekend The Conference Championship round presents a rare betting landscape. In the AFC, the top-seeded Denver Broncos find themselves as the largest home underdog in a conference title game since the 1970 NFL merger. In the NFC, two division rivals meet for the third time this season with the road … Read more