Situational handicapping really grows claws in the home stretch of the season, with playoff pressures mounting, motivation sometimes a mess, and the long schedule wearing on teams as we head into the NFL Week 15 odds.

I comb through this week’s slate of NFL betting matchups and single out my best situational capping angles — also known as spot bets — to keep in mind before placing your wagers this week. Here are my top letdown, look ahead, and schedule spots.

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Coming off an epic Monday night win, the Seattle Seahawks will pack their bags and head to Tennessee this week to face the Titans as a 2.5-point favorite in a game that could see both clubs starting different quarterbacks than Week 15. 

With a possible Ryan Tannehill start on the horizon and coming off another poor offensive performance, should bettors continue to fade this Tenessee offense in Week 16?

I break down the Week 16 NFL odds and offer my free NFL picks for Seahawks vs. Titans on December 24. 

Seahawks vs Titans odds

Seahawks vs Titans predictions

Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis suffered an ankle injury in Week 15 on the final offensive play and heads into this week very …

Football fans love the “game within the game” and Thursday Night Football presents plenty of those micro matchups, none bigger than a battle between the reigning NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP.

Lamar Jackson leads the Ravens into Arrowhead Stadium to face Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in this Week 1 opener, giving us a rematch of last year’s AFC title game. Jackson passed for 272 yards in that game — over 30 yards more than Mahomes’ efforts through the air. 

However, the TNF odds see the box score looking quite a bit different tonight, pegging Mahomes as a 39.5-yard favorite in the head-to-head NFL odds. I break down the matchup in my Ravens vs. Chiefs predictions below.

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In the past three months 29 European Women’s World Cup qualifying games have concluded with a winning margin of seven goals or more. England’s 20-0 hammering of Latvia broke a record set by Belgium’s 19-0 defeat of Armenia last Thursday to become the highest-scoring Women’s World Cup qualifier ever. These results are not the exception that they are in the men’s game; when the haves and have-nots meet they are increasingly the rule.

The gap is getting bigger and it is not a result of some countries investing and some not (although that is a factor in a minority of countries) but of the rapid but uneven development of international women’s football – of some countries investing at a much faster rate and to a greater extent than o…

Comebacks are synonymous with football. The media are full of stories of athletes fighting the odds to regain their place at the top. You would, however, be hard to find one as satisfying and welcome as that of the Republic of Ireland’s Sinead Farrelly.

The 33-year-old is heading to her first World Cup after only 140 minutes of senior international football, marking one of the most remarkable returns. After a playing career in which she has overcome serious injury and experienced sexual abuse, she is a favourite to be named in the Irish lineup that will face hosts Australia in their sold-out tournament opener.

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Before 1 April 2023, Farrell…

So the NFL is running a contest called Take A Player To School Day, which encourages kids between the ages of 6 and 12 to apply for a player to accompany them to school. Well, because the world is full of wisenheimers, some guy wrote in and requested Bears third-stringer Kyle Orton come to his class at the University of Illinois and "drink a ton of beer and get completely obliterated." The NFL, perhaps in not the best of decisions, responded quickly. Dear Mr. X,

Thank you for your interest and participation in the NFL's "Take a player to School" sweepstakes. We regret to inform you that you and your request have been deemed ineligible. The contest is reserved for children 6-13 who have an interest in bringing their favorite NFL player to their school. Your …

Joe Maddon likes to make spring training fun. On Tuesday it was mimes. Today it’s baby bears. Hello baby bears! This is cute now, but just wait until Mama Bear comes charging in from centerfield and mauls Kris Bryant for getting between her and her cubs. …