Will a player be evaluated for a concussion? Will Lady Gaga say ‘Trump’ during the half-time show? Nothing enables a degenerate gambler quite like the Super Bowl, where the smorgasbord of proposition bets on offer is dizzyingEach year, the amount of Super Bowl proposition bets offered to folks who enjoy placing a wager grows larger and larger. For Sunday’s big game between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons at Houston’s NRG Stadium, the smorgasbord of props found on the offshore gambling website, 5Dimes.com, is downright dizzying.It will take you several minutes just to read each prop on offer. Take a look.5dimes going all out on the prop bets for the Super Bowl. You need 6 hours to analyze all...
From an unfortunate nighttime visit in Miami to Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson, half a dozen moments the league would rather forgetSuper Bowl drunkenness has a long history, back to before the big game was even called the Super Bowl. In the debut game, Packers v Chiefs in 1967, Green Bay’s Max McGee decided to go out drinking the night before the game. He was a seldom used, 34-year old receiver who had only caught four passes all season and believed his team wouldn’t need him the next day. After meeting two flight attendants at the hotel bar and with the city of Los Angeles before them, McGee headed out into the night and didn’t return until 6.30am and remained...
Matt Ryan and Julio Jones have led an explosive offense to Super Bowl LI largely ignored. But they can’t shake off the tag of also-ransThe Atlanta Falcons are an excellent, exciting football team. That sentence shouldn’t read like a news item to anyone: the Falcons just won the NFC title after back-to-back blowouts in the playoffs, and scored 71 more points than any other NFL team during the regular season. But based on the lack of early buzz around Super Bowl LI, a lot of football fans simply don’t care. Related: Atlanta Falcons crush Green Bay Packers in NFC championship game Related: Cleveland Browns were more popular Super Bowl pick than Atlanta Falcons JULIO JONES IS A BEAST.73 yards all...
Aaron Rodgers has had a great run but injuries will catch up with Green Bay, while the Patriots’ struggles against Houston do not bode well for Tom BradyJust like that, the end game is upon us. A starting field of 32 NFL teams has been whittled down to four. And of our 226 Pick The Playoffs contestants, a mere 12 are still in with a shot of a perfect score. Congratulations to bouncebounceprod, francaise, Mark Lewis, MisterHorse, mmmbop86, nbcnfl, Nick Young, ShadowWarrior, smjdublin, themagicman, waterhoose and, yes, me on calling every postseason game correctly so far. I’ll post the full standings in the comments section below shortly. But before that, here are my picks for the Conference Championship Games. Related:...
Rodgers has thrown for 22 touchdowns in the past eight games, and he can spoil the Cowboys’ season on Sunday. Plus, go for the Falcons, Patriots and SteelersTime for the real fun to begin? Wildcard weekend was a damp squib, with every home team winning exactly as it was expected to do. That this was a predictable outcome is evidenced by the fact that more than one third of our Pick The Playoff contestants did, quite literally, predict it. Related: San Diego refused to be bullied by the NFL and billionaire owners | Les Carpenter Continue reading...