The Detroit Lions will try to reach their first Super Bowl in franchise history on Sunday when they visit the San Francisco 49ers in Conference Championship odds.
Rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs has played a huge role in getting the Lions this far, and has seen his usage become even more important in the postseason. While Super Bowl odds have San Francisco as the clear favorite to head to Las Vegas, Gibbs is a weapon that could change the outcome in the blink of an eye.
We’ll look at a few ways in which that could happen in my NFL player prop picks for Jahmyr Gibbs’ odds.
Do you want to dig deeper into the NFL odds? Be sure to read our Lions vs. 49ers betting preview, as well as our Lions vs. 49ers props.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers head to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium to face the Atlanta Falcons in Thursday Night Football this evening.
Kirk Cousins led the Falcons to a win against the Saints last week, and I’m betting on him to lead the charge as I dive into the NFL player props for the Week 5 showdown. Here are my three favorite NFL picks and Buccaneers vs. Falcons predictions for October 3.
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Veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater will retire at the conclusion of the NFL season, he told the Detroit Free Press in a report published Saturday. A first-round draft pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2014, Bridgewater missed the 2016 and part of the 2017 seasons because of a torn ACL and dislocated knee. A starter his first two seasons with the Vikings, he now is the backup quarterback to Jared Goff with the Lions — his sixth NFL team. He has played just a single snap this season. "When I got hurt, I realized that I'm only a football player for three hours on a Sunday afternoon," Bridgewater, 31, said. "Outside of that, I'm Theodore Bridgewater, so it just put everything into perspective, and it really helped me not even have to think about not being a st…
Everton should fear Liverpool. Their abysmal record in the Merseyside derby would suggest that is a given but, surprisingly, it was Carlo Ancelotti who called for Everton to approach Anfield with trepidation as he discussed overcoming the mental block that has contributed to the club’s failure to win there for 22 years or win any derby in any competition since Roy Hodgson managed Liverpool in 2010.
“A derby is a special game,” said the veteran of local spats in Milan, Madrid and now Merseyside. “If you think it is a normal game then you are wrong. Special games bring more pressure, and sometimes more fear. Fear is not a bad thing in my opinion, because if you don’t have fear then you are going in front of the lion thinking it is a …
Thanks to a Dominic Calvert-Lewin diving header in May, James Tarkowski gets to experience the passion and ferocity of a Merseyside derby four months on. It was a goal that preserved Everton’s top-flight status for a 69th year and, ultimately, inflicted a wound on their first summer signing that will not heal.
“It will never leave me. Never,” says the defender of Burnley’s relegation last season. “I was super proud to play for that club and I wanted to leave on a high – and staying in the league would have been a high. It was so disappointing that I couldn’t.
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Real Madrid have been granted their wish by Uefa to have the Santiago Bernabéu’s roof closed when playing Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday night to ensure as vocal an atmosphere as possible.
At a meeting in the Spanish capital on Tuesday of the Uefa match delegates and the referee, François Letexier, it was decided that Madrid would be allowed to have the stadium sealed. Four weeks ago, the governing body granted the same request for the club’s last-16 second leg against RB Leipzig, which ended 1-1.
The newly renovated Bernabéu has an increased capacity of 85,000. The quarter-final is the fourth time under Pep Guardiola that City have faced Madrid there.
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It only took two seasons for Joe Mazzulla to prove that he has what it takes to be an NBA coach.Mazzulla was thrust into the spotlight in September 2022 when the Boston Celtics named him interim coach after Ime Udoka was suspended by the team for the entire 2022-23 campaign for violations of organizational policies.Just 21 months later, the Celtics, under a 35-year-old Mazzulla who had his interim tag removed in February 2023, were hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy to mark their 18th title in franchise history.But these types of success stories are rare.Plenty of coaches have waited well over two years to make their mark, and here are three who need to do so this season if they want to refine their reputation.Doc Rivers, Milwaukee BucksWhen it comes to causing title contenders to fall s…
Happy New Years’ Eve everybody! I hope you’re getting ready to kiss 2021 goodbye and good riddance, but before we celebrate another revolution around the sun and kick off 2022, I want to take one last look at some cool moments from the past 365 days. There were a multitude of sports events that had fans up on their seats, screaming at the television, and begging for more this year. Here were some of the best. 10) Euro 2021's Round of 16 gives us two unforgettable matches source: Getty Images It’s two for the price of one to kick off our list! The Euro Championship may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but good games are good games no matter who their fans are. While an argument could be made that the Euro Final between Italy and England that saw the Italians win in penalties a…
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