NFL Machine Learning Picks - Week 9

What another great week! We hit 2 of 3 picks again for our 3rd straight winning week. The free pick last week, New England, covered nicely for everyone. We were also on the right side of all 3 night games (TNF, SNF, and MNF). This is incredible. The models have never performed this well this early and I have no indication that they're not going to continue to outperform the spread. 

New England -3.5 
Again? Yes! The Patriots are one of four teams at the top of the standings with 6-2 ATS this year. The spread can't catch up to this defense. It's an anomaly, a black swan therefore an opportunity. After covering 13 and 16.5 now they are only 3 point favorites against an offense that hasn't seen a good defense yet. Why? bc Baltimore can run the ball or bc they're coming off a bye? idc. The Patriots are 61% ATS on SNF since 2005 while Baltimore is 42%. 3.5 is a trap that my models don't fall into. 65% accurate when my models are slightly more for the visiting team at 3.5. Patriots win by a TD #PatriotsNation

Jacksonville +2 
Houston is banged up after rough win against the Raiders (who are still horrible imo). JJ Watt is out, team captain. Huge loss for the Texans. This means that Minshew with this 13TD and 2 INT could have another great game. Heavy money came in after this spread opened at 3. It's still going down so catch at before it's a pick.

Dallas -7
You know I love betting the favorites (when they're not as heavy yet dominate). That's what this Dallas offense is and after a bye I expect nothing else. The Giants will get crushed, it's our Eagles / Bills game of last week. Models are estimating the Cowboys to win by 2 TD and in these situations it is accurate close to 59%. The Cowboys are 5-0 ATS against the Giants in the last 5 games. Catch this at -7 seems also that it could only go above 7.

Here are the week 9 point spread machine learning predictions and their respective confidence on all NFL games this week. 

Game	Vegas Line	Estimate	Diff	Confidence
NEW ENGLAND @ BALTIMORE	3.5	15.0	11.5	65.0
JACKSONVILLE - HOUSTON	-1.5	6.8	8.3	62.5
DALLAS @ NY GIANTS	7.0	13.8	6.8	58.7
NY JETS @ MIAMI	3.0	-11.3	-14.3	55.6
TAMPA BAY @ SEATTLE	-6.5	-3.4	3.1	55.1
TENNESSEE @ CAROLINA	-3.5	-4.2	-0.7	54.2
MINNESOTA @ KANSAS CITY	-2.0	-2.9	-0.9	54.2
DETROIT @ OAKLAND	-2.0	11.4	13.4	47.1
SAN FRANCISCO @ ARIZONA	9.5	17.4	7.9	42.3
WASHINGTON @ BUFFALO	-10.0	-9.1	0.9	42.3
CHICAGO @ PHILADELPHIA	-5.0	-1.5	3.5	41.9
CLEVELAND @ DENVER	2.0	-2.1	-4.1	38.5
GREEN BAY @ LA CHARGERS	3.5	4.2	0.7	36.0
INDIANAPOLIS @ PITTSBURGH	1.0	-1.1	-2.1	NA

NFL Machine Learning Picks - Week 8

Another HUUUGE week last week. Nailed 3 of 4 locks ATS on week 7! Love getting the blowouts right. Going to our 3rd winning week in a row here are my winning picks of the week.   

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Gotta be really careful this week, lots of injuries. My data is junk for at least 3 games I'm staying away from (KC, NO, and ATL), a wild guess if the QBs are playing and how their teams will fare with or without them.

There are 3 solid opportunities that I'd like you to put some dough on this week. Diversify your portfolio and money manage it via Kelly's criterion, duh. Lets be smart here and get positive ROI big. One pick is free and the other two by subscribing to my channel on Rokfin.

NEW ENGLAND -13 
Since 2015, the Patriots are 13-3 ATS at home with a spread bigger than 10. Since 2000, the Patriots are 60% ATS across all games. Why would anyone one fade them if they keep covering? My model has them winning by 17 with enough confidence to make it a play. Cleveland's defense is on the bottom 3rd which is just enough for me to think that the unpredictable Patriots offense should have a good game. Combine that with the best defense in the league (is it the best ever? who's the captain?) and we got another cover. I think two TDs is a good cover here. Let's go! #PatriotsNation

PHILADELPHIA +2 
The models are capturing here a smaller difference in defense/offensive stats than what this spread warrants. Also, the strength of schedule is helping the Eagles cause. Take away the Patriots (the Bills only loss) and the Bills have played pretty much the worst teams in the league. Coming off a nasty loss, Philadephia could be showing recency bias. Big difference between percent of bets and money where PHI is getting 68% of the money but only 32% of the bets. Seems like the sharps know something as well. All signs points to #EaglesFly #dog

CAROLINA +5.5 
Carolina is on a tear. Is the spread not catching up or thinking they will regress to the mean? The line move half a point but the majority of the money is also on the Panthers. Models confident at 59% and all pointing in the same direction. Both teams are 4-2 ATS this year but Carolina's two losses were at home and with Cam Newton. The Panthers keep rolling probably but at least keep it close. Take the dog here (but with spread, I never win moneyline). 


Here are week 8 picks based off our machine learning point spread situational models and 12 years experience. Let's make money together...

Game	Vegas Line	Estimate	Diff	Confidence
PHILADELPHIA @ BUFFALO	-1.5	-2.0	-0.5	62.5
CAROLINA @ SAN FRANCISCO	-5.5	-4.5	1.0	59.1
CLEVELAND @ NEW ENGLAND	-13.0	-17.5	-4.5	58.5
MIAMI @ PITTSBURGH	-14.5	-13.0	1.5	55.8
WASHINGTON @ MINNESOTA	-16.0	-2.0	14.0	54.5
NY JETS @ JACKSONVILLE	-6.0	-11.4	-5.4	54.4
OAKLAND @ HOUSTON	-6.5	-5.0	1.5	51.0
DENVER @ INDIANAPOLIS	-6.0	-4.1	1.9	51.0
TAMPA BAY @ TENNESSEE	-2.5	-5.9	-3.4	50.0
NY GIANTS @ DETROIT	-7.0	-12.7	-5.7	42.4
CINCINNATI @ LA RAMS	-12.5	-11.6	0.9	42.3
LA CHARGERS @ CHICAGO	-4.0	-0.9	3.1	41.9
SEATTLE @ ATLANTA	7.0	-0.0	-7.0	NA
GREEN BAY @ KANSAS CITY	4.5	-6.0	-10.5	NA
ARIZONA @ NEW ORLEANS	-9.5	-5.0	4.5	NA

NFL Point Spread Picks - Week 7

What a great week last week! We hit 2 of 3 picks plus #MNF Detroit +3.5 and Jets +8. We plan to go bigger this week with research and results. 

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KANSAS CITY -3  
KC by 3 against Denver? Tyreek Hill is in and all their offensive weapons. We've been 3-0 this year on TNF. There's a bias that TNF should be a close game, not this one.

CINCINATTI +3.5 
Gotta love that half a point in there! You'd might be thinking that Jacksonville is great and Minshew is doing a great job. They are in a way but did you know they have the same ATS record (3-3) this year? AJ Green and Dennard could be back this week. My models are picking up something off here. 90% of the money is going to Jacksonville, looks like a good contrarian play to me. Homedogs are barking, roof roof!

INDIANAPOLIS -1 
Both teams beat KC so what else should we look at? Houston has been able to score more points but struggled against Jacksonville and Carolina. They're coming off pretty banged up from the KC game. Home favorites in Division this year are 6-12 ATS so is that enough of a trend? No. I'd bet on the reverse because previous years aggregated that's like 52% ATS. Not a trend I'd bet but the regression to the mean is due. Models heavy here on the home team. 

LA RAMS -3 
Visiting team who is slightly favorite, my model can detect those opportunities like a radar can pick up on an propeller plane. Atlanta is junk. They have allowed over 20 points in every game and are 1-4 ATS. Rams are finding their strengths, Gurley being out might be a good thing. Seems like a good spot for them to get a win after two close tough losses.


Here were week 7 picks based off our machine learning point spread situational models and 12 years experience. Let's make money together...

Game	Vegas Line	Estimate	Diff	Confidence
KANSAS CITY @ DENVER	3.5	7	3.5	61.7
JACKSONVILLE @ CINCINNATI	3.5	-12.9	-16.4	60.6
HOUSTON @ INDIANAPOLIS	-1.0	-8.4	-7.4	58.3
LA RAMS @ ATLANTA	3.0	10.2	7.2	58.1
NEW ENGLAND @ NY JETS	10.0	7.6	-2.4	55.3
MINNESOTA @ DETROIT	1.0	-4.0	-5.0	53.8
SAN FRANCISCO @ WASHINGTON	10.0	-2.6	-12.6	52.7
LA CHARGERS @ TENNESSEE	-2.0	-2.5	0.5	51.6
MIAMI @ BUFFALO	-16.5	-11.2	5.3	50.3
ARIZONA @ NY GIANTS	-3.0	0.7	3.7	50.1
BALTIMORE @ SEATTLE	-3.5	8.0	11.5	47.1
OAKLAND @ GREEN BAY	-6.0	-11.2	-5.2	46.4
PHILADELPHIA @ DALLAS	-3.0	10.5	13.5	47.1
NEW ORLEANS @ CHICAGO	-3.5	-6.1	-2.6	NA

NFL Point Spread Picks - Week 6

We're going to go 3-0 this week! You can access all my picks and short podcast exclusively on Rokfin. You can access them there plus you get a bunch of other awesome sports content (e.g. MMA prediction picks) with one $9.99/mo subscription. Make sure to endorse my channel though :)

SEATTLE -1.5 
Models are picking up on the Cleveland hype. I hear a lot they got talent, but with 4 TD and 9 INT, it doesn't look like Baker is forming into a great NFL QB. Russel Wilson on the other hand, is a Super Bowl winner. Cleveland coming off short rest and Seattle from TNF makes it even sweeter. Need one good trend? How about this one: Seattle when visiting as favorite is 62% in last 15 games. Give me the much better team and coach.

NEW ENGLAND -16.5 
UGH, 16 and a half points. But hey these big spreads have been covered 4 of 5 times this year. Also, on Thursdays the favorites by more than 10 cover the spread 80% of the time in the last 20 games! The Giants without Barkley or Gallman bringing a 3rd string RB will probably have to depend on Daniel Jones who's got 4TD on 3 INT and tanking. Give me the dominant team, money!

KANSAS CITY -4.5 
Why isn't this 7 or even 10? Seems like an over-reaction to Mahomes ankle, last week loss to the Colts and last week's Houston w53 point win against the Falcon. Lots of inefficiencies put together. Tyreek Hill might be back. At home, these Chiefs bounce back for a must win. Money!


Here are the outputs of the NFL almost patent pending machine learning situational analytics and confidence percentages for week 6.

Game	Vegas Line	Estimate	Diff	Confidence
SEATTLE @ CLEVELAND	1.5	9.4	7.9	63.6
NY GIANTS @ NEW ENGLAND	-16.5	-24.3	-8.1	59.3
HOUSTON @ KANSAS CITY	-4.5	-17.2	-12.7	58.8
DALLAS @ NY JETS	8.5	-0.2	-8.7	56.6
WASHINGTON @ MIAMI	3.5	-6.9	-10.4	55.6
SAN FRANCISCO @ LA RAMS	-3.5	6.3	9.8	54.9
TAMPA BAY @ CAROLINA	-2.0	-4.4	-2.3	52.5
CINCINNATI @ BALTIMORE	-11.5	-5.2	6.3	51.3
NEW ORLEANS @ JACKSONVILLE	-1.0	3.8	4.8	50.3
PHILADELPHIA @ MINNESOTA	-3.0	10.5	13.4	49.1
TENNESSEE @ DENVER	-2.5	9.6	12.1	49.1
ATLANTA @ ARIZONA	2.5	2.3	-0.25	48.8
DETROIT @ GREEN BAY	-4.5	8.1	12.6	44.4
PITTSBURGH @ LA CHARGERS	-6.5	1.4	7.9	NA

NFL Point Spread Picks - Week 5

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Here are week 5 NFLpickles machine learning situational optimization picks:

LA RAMS +1.5 
Not a big fan of betting the visiting team on TNF since home team is 56% ATS when favorite. On the other hand, in divisional games visitors are 55% ATS in last 10 years (140 games) when home is favorite by less than 3. Rams lost by 15 last week and Rams not been favorite here seems like an over correction to last week. #inefficiencyFound

CHICAGO -5  
Is Chase Daniel that different from Trubisky? IDK, but he's never really gotten a chance to play. When he has, well he has a 70% completion rate and more touchdowns than interceptions. That's all the Bears defense needs (#1 in turnovers and allowing 11.2 points per game) to take over. Favorites are 61%ATS on neutral sites.

LA CHARGERS -6.5
Check this out, when the line is equal to 6.5 for home team, they cover a whopping 64% ATS (87 games sample). Add a divisional constraint and it jumps close to 70. Melvin Gordon is back and the Chargers are going to be pumped against a very weak Denver defense.

JAGUARS +3.5
Garnder Minshew secretly has 7 TDs to 1 INT. Check this stat out, Visitors are 58% ATS (on 132 games) when the spread is exactly 3.5. I'm not ready to bet on Kyle Allen. The Jaguars almost top 10 rushing defense should somewhat control McCaffrey, keep the game close and cover or have another upset last minute miracle.

Game	Vegas Line	Estimate	Prediction-Vegas	Confidence
LA RAMS @ SEATTLE	-1.5	5.0	6.5	68.7
OAKLAND - CHICAGO	-5.0	-11.1	-6.1	63.0
DENVER @ LA CHARGERS	-6.5	-9.0	-2.5	59.0
JACKSONVILLE @ CAROLINA	-3.5	-3.0	0.5	58.5
TAMPA BAY @ NEW ORLEANS	-3.5	-9.1	-5.7	57.5
GREEN BAY @ DALLAS	-3.5	-2.6	0.9	55.5
NEW ENGLAND @ WASHINGTON	15.5	-6.7	-22.2	54.6
BALTIMORE @ PITTSBURGH	3.5	5.5	2.0	54.1
CLEVELAND @ SAN FRANCISCO	-3.5	-8.5	-4.9	50.0
ATLANTA @ HOUSTON	-5.0	6.4	11.3	49.4
BUFFALO @ TENNESSEE	-3.0	-0.9	2.1	49.2
NY JETS @ PHILADELPHIA	-13.5	-13.4	0.1	48.3
MINNESOTA @ NY GIANTS	5.5	3.6	-1.9	45.6
ARIZONA @ CINCINNATI	-3.5	-14.5	-10.9	NA