MNF & Week 3 NFL Betting
Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos play two big games over the next seven days as Week 2 of the NFL season wraps up on Monday night and Week 3 gets underway on Thursday. Football bettors also get a full slate of college pigskin on which to wager this week, while MLB action offers up key series in both of the leagues' playoff races.
The Broncos will close out the second week of the NFL season with a Monday Night Football betting matchup against the Falcons in Atlanta, where they're 3-point underdogs at the sportsbooks with an OVER/UNDER of 51 points. Peyton Manning and company will then return home to host the Houston Texans on Sunday afternoon. Both Denver and Atlanta enter Monday night's matchup at 1-0 SU and ATS on the year.
The other primetime matchups for Week 3 of the NFL betting slate are then the Giants at Carolina on Thursday night, the Patriots at Baltimore on Sunday night, and then the Packers at Seattle next Monday night. New York is 3-2 both SU and ATS over its last five games against the Panthers, with the OVER paying out in each of their last four matchups. New England is 4-1 SU but 1-3-1 ATS over its past five games against the Ravens, while Green Bay sits at 4-1 SU and 3-0-2 ATS in its last five against Seattle.
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Sunday afternoon's NFL slate for this week has Kansas City at New Orleans, Cincinnati at Washington, Detroit at Tennessee, San Francisco at Minnesota, Jacksonville at Indianapolis, St. Louis at Chicago, Buffalo at Cleveland, Tampa Bay at Dallas, the Jets at Miami, Atlanta at San Diego, Philly at Arizona, and Pittsburgh at Oakland, with the Steelers 3-2 SU and 2-3 ATS over their last five games vs. Oakland.
In college football betting action this week the top Saturday matchups are Kansas State at Oklahoma, Clemson at Florida State, Arizona at Oregon, and Michigan at Notre Dame, with the Wolverines (2-1 SU, 1-2 ATS) at 4-1 both SU and ATS over their past five games against the Fighting Irish (3-0 SU, 2-1 ATS). As well, USC plays host to California on Saturday night, with the Trojans now 2-1 SU and an ugly 0-3 ATS on the season after getting upset by a 21-14 score on the road at Stanford over the weekend.
On the diamond the Los Angeles Dodgers have a tough week ahead of them as they try to secure an NL Wild Card berth – they're in Washington starting on Tuesday before visiting Cincinnati on the weekend. The Dodgers have won five straight games against the Nationals, and they've won their last two matchups against the Reds. Cincinnati gets to play the lowly Cubs at Wrigley Field before meeting the Dodgers this weekend.
In the American League the Texas Rangers will be on the road to play the Angels and Mariners this week, while the Oakland A's will be away from home as well as they take on the Tigers and Yankees. The Athletics are on a four-game win streak over New York
Finally, golf betting action this week has Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods as the top favorites at the sportsbooks to win the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta and claim the FedExCup title in the process. As well, NASCAR Chase action heats up at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon in the Sylvania 300, with Tony Stewart and Clint Bowyer the last two winners at that September event.