The Las Vegas Raiders and Minnesota Vikings will open up their respective preseasons on Saturday afternoon out in the Midwest, and there will be plenty to watch for with both teams figuring things out at quarterback.
Sam Darnold is expected to open the year as the starter for Minnesota over rookie JJ McCarthy and will do the honors of beginning this one for the home side, while the Raiders will give two candidates a quarter each.
What do we make of this matchup, and better yet — how do we make money from it?
Let’s get right into it with our Raiders vs. Vikings predictions and NFL picks for August 10.
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In 2011 Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the emir of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates, received a letter. It came from a group of Emirati intellectuals inspired by the recent wave of pro-democracy protests sweeping through the Middle East and north Africa, and requested a range of modest reforms, including an extension of the voting franchise which at the time encompassed just 2% of the country’s population.
No marching on the streets. No popular unrest. Certainly no disorder of any kind. Just a letter. Nonetheless, with a regime petrified to the point of paranoia by the spectre of political Islamism, the reprisals would be swift and merciless.
Ramifications of City’s two-year ban may be seismic – not least for U…
Cristiano Ronaldo may get his first taste of Serie A action with champions Juventus against Chievo after Massimiliano Allegri s men were handed an away trip to start the 2018-19 season.
Ronaldo s sensational transfer from Real Madrid to Juventus took the football world by surprise and he will be a marked man should Allegri choose to hand him a place in the Bianconeri s starting line-up.
Allegri s men entertain Lazio in their second game and last season s second-placed side Napoli arrive in Turin on matchday seven in September, but they must wait until December to face Roma at home.
Should Juventus make a charge for their eighth successive Serie A title, their credentials will be tested in their final run of eight games that includes Milan at home, Inter away and …
This classic derby match sees a resurgent, if unspectacular Liverpool team take on Everton, the most improved team in the league in recent weeks.
All is not well at Liverpool football club with what appears to be no money to spend and co owners Gillette and Hicks seemingly uninterested in running the club and searching for a way out of their ill thought out investment. Fortunately for Liverpool fans, results seem to be improving on the pitch. Their recent good run of form has seen them creep back up the League table and they now sit fifth, just a point behind Tottenham, although Man City lie in wait in 6th place, with two games in hand on the Reds. Recent form can be put down to better organisation and a strong will from the players to dig themselves out of their malaise. Injur…
Week 4 of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League will take place between Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Here are the three top matches to watch during this week’s slate.
Napoli vs Red Bull Salzburg (Tuesday, 20:00 GMT)
So far in the current UEFA Champions League, Red Bull Salzburg’s matches have all featured at least five goals in total with both teams scoring. Putting things from a different angle, the reigning Austrian Bundesliga champions are a must-watch team every time they step on a pitch. They have scored 11 goals (second-best mark) and have conceded nine (third-highest number) so far in the Group Stage.
On the other hand, Napoli know a win would practically give them a spot in the knockout stages. The Serie A giants are undefeated in the group stage, already d…
Lionel Messi beat Virgil van Dijk to the 2019 Ballon d Or by a slender seven-point margin, the award s organisers have confirmed.
France Football declared Messi s record sixth victory to be among the narrowest in the 63-year history of the prestigious prize.
The Barcelona captain finished top of the count with 686 points, just ahead of Liverpool defender Van Dijk s 679.
Third-placed Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not attend Monday s ceremony, tallied 476 points, 210 fewer than long-time rival Messi.
Sadio Mane, fourth on 347 points, was the only other player to exceed the 200-mark.
The history of the award has had tighter scores, but the number of voting journalists 176 this year was [in the past] much smaller, read a post on France Football s websit…
Despite the fact that the transfer window is closed at the moment, there are still many rumours circulating around clubs in the English Premier League. Most the the speculation seems to be concerning the top teams in the league, including Liverpool and Chelsea. The rumours will only increase following big away defeats by Liverpool and Chelsea so let s get started.
We start off my addressing the transfer speculation surrounding Chelsea and Stamford Bridge. According to a Andre Villas-Boas, striker Nicolas Anelka wants to leave Stamford Bridge for greener pastures. It remains a mystery why Chelsea did not sell Anelka, who is in the last year of his contract. Surely, Anzhi Makhachkala would have coughed up 15 million pounds for the Frenchman, right?<…
Sunday’s Week 17 AFC West matchup between the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Chargers features two of the seven teams in the AFC with seven or eight wins that are vying for the final spots in the AFC playoff picture.
Can Justin Herbert and the Chargers right the ship following an embarrassing showing against the Texans? Can Drew Lock provide an extra bit of juice to propel the Broncos into the playoff picture?
Find out in our free NFL picks and predictions for Broncos vs. Chargers on January 2.
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The NFL is giving us an NFC North rivalry game on Sunday night, as the Green Bay Packers host the Chicago Bears. Justin Fields will start for the Bears while Aaron Rodgers will look to continue his dominance over Chicago.
Can Chicago’s passing attack get anything going with Fields under center? Can the Packers take care of business and pound the ball on the ground as 12.5-point home NFL betting favorites?
Find out in our Week 14 SNF props picks for Bears vs. Packers.
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We’ve done it. We’ve finally reached the pinnacle of NFL player props spotlights, with the GOAT himself now coming into our focus for a Week 8 prime-time showdown against the Baltimore Ravens.
So, naturally, we’re going to hammer all the Overs on Tom Brady props… right?
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After two horribly disappointing weeks, and a generally disappointing season, my Ravens vs. Buccaneers predictions are not looking overly confident on Brady to bounce back Thursday night against an improving Ravens defense.
See just exactly how my free NFL picks are fading TB12 with my Ravens-Buccaneers TNF props, featuring the oldest man in (football) music.
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