Today's picks: Why the Broncos will beat the Raiders, plus more NFL for Sunday, Dec. 26
The SportsLine crew shares its expert bets for Sunday, Dec. 26, on The Early Edge podcast
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Jonathan Coachman is joined by expert sports bettors Mike McClure, Allan Bell and Larry Hartstein on The Early Edge podcast. They give you their best bets for the NFL for Sunday, Dec. 26.
McClure starts things off with a prop bet, as he likes Over 66.5 receiving yards for Tampa Bay's Antonio Brown (-110) in the Buccaneers-Panthers game (1 p.m. ET). "He's got a lot of contract incentives to hit," Mike says. "It's a good matchup for him. There's not a lot of competition with no (Mike) Evans or (Chris) Godwin out there.
Bell follows with a prop bet of his own: Over 252.5 passing yards for Cincinnati's Joe Burrow (-115) in the Bengals-Ravens contest (1 p.m. ET). "If you go back and look at that Week 7 matchup, when the Ravens were at much healthier strength, Joe Burrow carved them up. He went 23-of-38 for 416 yards, three passing touchdowns," Allan says. "The Ravens play Cover 1 defense over 50 percent of the time this year. They are stingy with it. … (Burrow) loves playing against Cover 1."
Hartstein wraps things up with three plays, beginning with a teaser: The Falcons -0.5 against the Lions (1 p.m. ET) and the Vikings +9.5 versus the Rams (1 p.m. ET) at -120. "The dropoff from (Jared) Goff to (Tim) Boyle (for Detroit) is absolutely massive. Goff was the best quarterback in the league last week in terms of his efficiency," Larry says. "The Falcons are desperate to win a home game, which they haven't done in Atlanta. And the Vikings have not lost by more than eight points all season, 11 straight games decided by single digits."
Next, he likes the Broncos at pick'em against the Raiders (4:25 p.m. ET). "Drew Lock is bad, but he was not as bad last week when he got in, and he is facing a completely decimated Raiders secondary," Hartstein says. "And the Raiders offense is really struggling. They've only scored more than 16 points once in their last seven."
Larry concludes with a prop bet: Over 17.5 receiving yards for New York's Tyler Kroft (-115) in the Jets-Jaguars game (1 p.m. ET). "You need a reason to watch Jets-Jags. Well, here's the reason," he says. "Tyler Kroft, three straight games with two catches, three straight games Over this number. The Jets are down a bunch of wide receivers. He can get two or three catches and get Over 17.5."
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