Tag: NFL

Buffalo Bills fans, the self-professed #BillsMafia, rooting for their team at a home game in Orchard Park, NY in 2018. (Image: Getty)

NFL Home Dog Alert Week 4: Lions, Saints, Bills, Cards

In our Week 4 Home Dog Alert, four NFL home teams are underdogs, with the Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills, and Arizona Cardinals all getting points at home. Technically, five teams are home dogs in NFL Week 4. However, you can toss the Miami Dolphins game out the […]

New Orleans Saints QB Teddy Bridgewater surveys the defense against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 3. (Image: Scott Eckland/AP)

Hemingway Report Week 3: Backup Quarterbacks Win 5 Games

Almost 25 percent of the games in Week 3 featured backup quarterbacks in their first start of the season and overall, backups won five games during a underdog heavy week in which dogs went 9-7 against the spread including Teddy Bridgewater and the New Orleans Saints upsetting the Seahawks in […]

The 3-0 Patriots travel to Buffalo to take on the 3-0 Bills on Sunday.

Which Undefeated NFL Teams Are Locks for the Playoffs?

A fast start means a lot this year in the trek toward the NFL playoffs. After three weeks, there are seven undefeated teams (eight, if you count the 2-0-1 Detroit Lions) with wildly different odds to make the postseason. Three, or maybe, four of these teams seem like near locks […]

Unhappy Jaguars CB Jalen Ramsey wants out of Jacksonville. (Image: Kevin Jairaj/USA Today Sports)

Home Dog Alert: Jags, Browns, Skins in Week 3

In Week 3, three teams are home dogs with the Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2) trying to avoid an 0-3 record while battling the Tennessee Titans on Thursday Night Football. In addition, the Cleveland Browns (1-1) and Washington Redskins (0-2) are all small dogs at home including a Sunday Night Football match […]

New Orleans QB Drew Brees injures his thumb during a pass against the LA Rams in Week 2. (Image: Sean M. Haffey/Getty)

Quickie NFL Report Week 2: Down with Drew Brees and Dogs 9-7 ATS

Another dog-heavy week during NFL Week 2 in which both Drew Brees (thumb) and Ben Roethesberger (elbow) went down with a major injury. Underdogs went 9-7 against the spread and that’s including a pair of easy victories for the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots, plus a Monday Night […]

NY Giants RB Saquon Barkley evades a tackler in a Week 1 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. (Image: Porter Lambert/Getty)

Home Dog Alert: Jets, Giants, Skins Avoiding 0-2 Hole

In the latest Home Dog Alert, half of the Week 2 schedule features home dogs including somewhat desperate teams like the NY Jets, NY Giants, Washington Redskins, and Miami Dolphins that started the season 0-1 and hoping to avoid another win while facing a superior opponent. Eight games on the […]