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Managing Editor at FanDuel Research. Writing and podcasting about betting and fantasy for the NFL, NASCAR, MLB, and golf. Northwestern alum. Six-time FSWA award winner. Minnesota native living in Chicago.

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NFL Week 6 Spread and Total Predictions for Every Game The Lions have passed key tests recently. Can they topple the Chiefs on Sunday Night Football in NFL Week 6?

NFL Week 6 spread and total predictions for every game (plus notes on value I like at FanDuel Sportsbook) โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/nfl...

07.10.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sports Betting Podcast: NFL Week 6 First Look Jim Sannes digs into every NFL Week 6 game, laying out his model's spread and total predictions and his favorite bets at FanDuel Sportsbook.

NFL Week 6 first look is up!

Ran through:

๐Ÿง My model's spread and total predictions for every game
๐Ÿˆ Favorite bets at FanDuel Sportsbook

Get it here โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/spo...

07.10.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Cowboys yesterday didn't have:
- Their All Pro WR (plus a useful gadget guy)
- 4 of 5 starting OL from Week 1

Dak Prescott still averaged 0.29 EPA per drop back, per Next Gen Stats. League average is 0.02.

I know the Jets stink, but wheeeeeeeeew, baby.

06.10.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sports Betting Podcast: Best Bets and Props for Chiefs at Jaguars on Monday Night Football Jim Sannes previews the Chiefs at Jaguars on Monday Night Football, laying out his favorite bets and player props at FanDuel Sportsbook.

Monday Night Football show is up!

Discussed:

๐Ÿง My read on Chiefs at Jaguars
๐Ÿˆ Favorite player prop bets at FanDuel Sportsbook

Get it here โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/spo...

06.10.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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an older man in a brown jacket is standing in front of a tree and saying no . ALT: an older man in a brown jacket is standing in front of a tree and saying no .

Hang onto the football!

Patriots RBs:

06.10.2025 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rhamondre Stevenson will:

- Get benched the rest of the night
- Play 70% of the snaps next week

06.10.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a group of men are watching a chicago bulls vs. miami heat game ALT: a group of men are watching a chicago bulls vs. miami heat game

Had the Cardinals in survivor... but over 41.5

05.10.2025 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold in a pitch-perfect shootout!"

Would have made sense in 2018.

Made *no* sense in 2022.

Fun as hell in 2025.

05.10.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is breaking huge plays.

Rewarded with a 54.5% snap rate so far. High in previous games is 38.9%.

05.10.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bengals: If you have two timeouts left at the 33-yard line with 14 seconds, and you don't trust your QB not to turn it over, maybe consider looking for outside help at the position?

05.10.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Best NASCAR Cup Series Bets and Predictions for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 in Charlotte Chase Briscoe may have to race for points Sunday in the Charlotte ROVAL. Can we still consider betting him at FanDuel Sportsbook despite that?

Updated NASCAR predictions for the Charlotte ROVAL!

Added an outright, a T5, and two T10s at FanDuel Sportsbook โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/bes...

05.10.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have never felt more seeing than getting a YouTube TV four box including NASCAR Xfinity, Northwestern football, and playoff baseball.

04.10.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Matthew Stafford had 16 throws of more than 15 air yards last night.

His air yards per attempt (8.8) is the highest it has been with the Rams.

Team finally has multiple vertical threats, and he's letting it rip.

03.10.2025 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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College Football Expert Picks: Best Bets, Predictions, and Props for Week 6 FanDuel Research's college football writers discuss their favorite spread, total, and player prop bets for Week 6.

FanDuel Research staff picks for this weekend at FanDuel Sportsbook are up ๐Ÿ‘€

Week 6 college football spreads, totals, and props: fanduel.com/research/col...
Week 5 NFL: fanduel.com/research/nfl...

03.10.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Best NASCAR Xfinity Series Bets for the Blue Cross NC 250 at the Charlotte ROVAL Connor Zilisch is the runaway favorite to win Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Blue Cross NC 250 at the Charlotte ROVAL. Can anybody challenge him at the top?

Pre-practice NASCAR Xfinity Series predictions for the Charlotte ROVAL:

1. Connor Zilisch 54.7%
2. Sam Mayer 6.7%
3. Austin Hill 6.6%
4. Justin Allgaier 5.5%
5. Sammy Smith 3.5%

Full win/T3/T5/T10 sims plus one value at FanDuel Sportsbook โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/bes...

03.10.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sports Betting Podcast: NFL Week 5 Player Prop Bets and Touchdown Picks Annie Nader joins Covering the Spread to preview NFL Week 5, discussing her favorite player props and touchdown bets at FanDuel Sportsbook.

NFL Week 5 player prop show is up!

Annie Nader joined me to talk:

๐Ÿค” WRs in new roles
๐Ÿ‘€ Favorite yardage and touchdown bets
๐Ÿˆ A same game parlay she likes at FanDuel Sportsbook

Get it here โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/spo...

03.10.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Best NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Bets for the Ecosave 250 at the Charlotte ROVAL Corey Heim will duel Connor Zilisch Friday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Charlotte ROVAL. Can we bet either to get the win?

Heim vs. Zilisch in Trucks tomorrow ๐Ÿ‘€

Pre-practice predictions for the Charlotte ROVAL:

1. Connor Zilisch 40.9%
2. Corey Heim 25.7%
3. Ty Majeski 4.8%
4. Layne Riggs 3.9%
5. Parker Kligerman 3.8%

Full win/T3/T5 sims plus values at FanDuel Sportsbook โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/bes...

02.10.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Best NASCAR Cup Series Bets and Predictions for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 in Charlotte Chase Briscoe may have to race for points Sunday in the Charlotte ROVAL. Can we still consider betting him at FanDuel Sportsbook despite that?

NASCAR predictions for the Charlotte ROVAL are up!

No outrights but a pair of T5s and a T10 I like at FanDuel Sportsbook โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/bes...

02.10.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NFL DFS Podcast: The Heat Check, NFL Week 5 FanDuel Picks Brandon Gdula and Jim Sannes preview the NFL Week 5 DFS slate, laying out their top picks by position on FanDuel.

Full NFL DFS Week 5 preview is up!

@gdula.bsky.social and I discussed:

๐Ÿค” What to do at QB
๐Ÿคค Priorities at RB
๐Ÿˆ Top picks by position on FanDuel

Get it here โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/nfl...

02.10.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Top NFL DFS Picks for Week 5 on FanDuel
YouTube video by FanDuel Football Betting Top NFL DFS Picks for Week 5 on FanDuel

Going live on YouTube now to talk NFL DFS for Week 5!

@gdula.bsky.social and I are discussing:

๐Ÿค’ All the injuries
๐Ÿ“ˆ Game stacks
๐Ÿˆ Top picks by position on FanDuel

Join us here โฌ‡๏ธ www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFCV...

02.10.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sports Betting Podcast: NFL Week 5 Best Bets and Predictions Brandon Gdula joins Covering the Spread to preview NFL Week 5, discussing his read on key games and his favorite bets of the week.

NFL Week 5 betting show is up!

@gdula.bsky.social joins me to discuss:

๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Bucs at Seahawks
๐Ÿฆฌ Patriots at Bills
๐Ÿˆ His favorite bets at FanDuel Sportsbook

Get it here โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/spo...

02.10.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sports Betting Podcast: Best College Football Bets for Week 6 Kent Padgett joins Covering the Spread to preview Week 6's key college football games and lay out his favorite bets at FanDuel Sportsbook.

College football Week 6 show is up!

@kentsports24 joined me to talk:

๐Ÿ’ฅ Miami at Florida State
๐Ÿ‘€ Vandy at Alabama
๐Ÿˆ His favorite bets at FanDuel Sportsbook

Get it here โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/spo...

01.10.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Relevant samples for RBs on the Week 5 FanDuel main NFL DFS slate.

Omitted Cardinals and Bucs due to injuries.

Kept Jets/Titans/Ravens, though would expect changes there this week.

01.10.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An email banner with congratulations on a 10-year work anniversary.

An email banner with congratulations on a 10-year work anniversary.

October 1st, 2015: First full-time day at numberFire.

October 4th, 2015: DFS Black Monday.

Hope this makes you feel as old as I do. Grateful to hit a decade here, given how volatile sports/media jobs have been in that time.

01.10.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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4 Best NFL Bets and Predictions for Week 5 Carson Wentz struggled at times for the Vikings in Week 4. Can he bounce back and help them cover against the Browns in London?

Some good buy-low spots in NFL Week 5.

My favorite spread and total bets at FanDuel Sportsbook โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/4-b...

01.10.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NFL Week 5 Spread and Total Predictions for Every Game Josh Allen and the Bills have a crucial Week 5 matchup with the Patriots. What should we expect from the spread and total in that game?

NFL Week 5 spread and total predictions are up!

My model's read on each game plus thoughts on the markets at FanDuel Sportsbook โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/nfl...

30.09.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sports Betting Podcast: NFL Week 5 First Look Jim Sannes goes through each NFL game in Week 5, laying out his model's spread and total predictions and his favorite bets at FanDuel Sportsbook.

NFL Week 5 first look is up!

Discussed:

๐Ÿ”ฎ My model's spread and total predictions for each game
๐Ÿˆ Favorite bets at FanDuel Sportsbook

Get it here โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/spo...

30.09.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sports Betting Podcast: Best Bets and Props for NFL Week 5 Monday Night Doubleheader Jim Sannes previews the Jets at Dolphins and Bengals at Broncos, laying out his favorite bets and player props at FanDuel Sportsbook.

Monday Night Football preview show is up!

Discussed:

๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ Total for Jets-Dolphins
๐Ÿ‘€ A TD prop in Bengals-Broncos
๐Ÿˆ Other bets I like at FanDuel Sportsbook

Get it here โฌ‡๏ธ fanduel.com/research/spo...

29.09.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

James Cook played 73.7% of the snaps today, his highest mark since Week 16 of 2023.

28.09.2025 21:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Woody Marks just scored and has a 59.6% snap rate today, per Next Gen Stats.

28.09.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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