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NFL picks explained: How to make accurate NFL predictions

NFL football is the most popular sport among American sports bettors, with a wide array of NFL betting options available every Thursday-Monday throughout the NFL season, ranging from moneylines and point spreads to player props and futures. With so many betting options available, it is important for sports bettors to do their homework before placing their NFL picks today.

There are several strategies an NFL bettor can use to make more informed wagers, ranging from the most basic to the extremely experienced. Regardless, one must look at head-to-head matchups and historical trends based on how a specific offense has faired against a particular defensive scheme. Other questions to ask yourself prior to placing your NFL picks today: has a particular quarterback played well against a certain team? Is it a divisional matchup? Who’s listed on the injury report? What’s the weather supposed to be come kickoff? If you want to look at basic stats (wins, losses, red zone offense vs red zone defense) or more experienced stats (DVOA), you can work this type of homework into your arsenal as well.

Betting experts at Oddspedia regularly provide NFL expert picks, predictions, and analysis that can help you make more winning bets on the NFL odds all season long. Read on to learn more about the wide variety of NFL betting options that you can wager on throughout the season and how you can gain an edge from Oddspedia free picks, expert predictions, computer picks, and consensus picks. 

NFL picks against the spread

The most popular of all betting types, NFL picks against the spread, enables you to wager on the margin of victory or defeat in an NFL game. Each week during the NFL season, top NFL betting sites publish a point spread for every game, which enables you to wager how many points your team will win or lose by.

For example, let’s say the Philadelphia Eagles are playing the Los Angeles Rams, and the point spread favors Philadelphia to win by 3.5 points. That means for an Eagles pick against the spread to be successful, they must win by at least four points. If your pick against the spread was for the Rams in this game, they could lose by three points or less, or win the game outright for that pick to be successful. 

NFL picks straight up

While against the spread betting enables you to wager on the number of points a team will win or lose by, straight-up betting enables you to wager on which team will claim an outright win regardless of the margin of victory. For example:

Philadelphia Eagles -250

Los Angeles Rams +200

While straight-up betting decisions may be easy to make when placing your NFL picks today, you can expect the payout to be smaller when wagering on the favorite. This is illustrated in the above example, where the Philadelphia Eagles are listed as a -250 favorite, which means you must wager $250 to win $100. However, if the Rams pull off the upset, sports bettors backing LA will enjoy $200 winnings on a $100 bet. You can find analysis on these picks for all primetime games. Whether it's for TNF odds, SNF odds, or MNF odds - we got you covered.

Over/under NFL picks

Also known as totals betting, Over/Under NFL picks enable you to wager on whether the total number of points scored by both teams in a game will be over or under a certain number, with the payout determined by moneyline odds.

Several factors can impact your decisions when making Over/Under NFL picks including injuries, defensive strategy, and weather conditions, all of which are factored in when Oddspedia NFL betting experts put together their NFL free picks, expert predictions, free computer picks, and consensus picks each week.

NFL parlay picks

NFL parlay picks enable you to combine two or more wagers on a single bet, with the payout boosted by enhanced odds. However, each leg of your parlay must win for you to cash in on your bet. With NFL parlay picks, you can combine against the spread, straight-up, and props picks from different games or even different sports. Top NFL betting apps also regularly offer Same-Game Parlays, which enable you to combine multiple wagers from the same game in a single bet.

NFL props picks

While NFL against the spread picks and straight-up picks focus on the final score of a game, NFL props picks enable you to wager on the performances of individual players and teams in a game. For example, you can wager on how many touchdown passes your team’s quarterback will throw or how many passing yards he will compile in a game. With NFL game props, you can wager on a variety of different game stats, such as which team will score first or last, exact margin of victory, or whether the game will go to overtime. You can also use our best Falcons vs Buccaneers player props, or best Cowboys vs Steelers player props, or our best anytime TD props articles for Week 5 to get you set for the NFL slate.

NFL futures picks

As the name suggests, NFL futures picks enable you to wager on the future performance of individual NFL teams and players. Additionally, futures bets can be made on player achievements like winning the NFL MVP award or leading in passing yards. The payouts for these bets are high, but so are the risks due to unpredictable player performances. Get hard-hitting analysis on the NFL MVP odds race and more at Oddspedia Insights. Do you help diving into the Super Bowl odds, or the AFC Championship odds and NFC Championship odds? The experts over at Oddspedia Insights have your back there, too. 

One area to check out for good value in NFL futures bets are the early betting lines for NFL Rookie of the Year odds or the Offensive Player of the Year odds  andDefensive Player of the Year odds.

Super Bowl picks

Sports bettors can make Super Bowl picks at top NFL betting sites all year round. In addition to making wagers on Super Bowl odds, you can enjoy the benefit of hundreds of Super Bowl props, which get published in the final weeks before Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl props have gained enormous popularity among both seasoned and casual sports bettors. 

Super Bowl props cover every aspect of the big game, both on and off the field, and enable you to bet on the coin toss odds, national anthem odds, Gatorade color, and the Super Bowl MVP odds will thank first in his post-game speech. Of course, you can also bet on all the big game action, including Super Bowl point spreads, player props, and game props.

Where to find the best free NFL picks and predictions

Oddspedia provides both new and experienced sports bettors with free NFL picks. Oddspedia offers all the information, analysis, and predictions that you need to make your NFL bets for every week during the NFL season. In addition to blog articles from our NFL experts that take deep dives into the odds for every game, Oddspedia also offers free computer picks using our advanced handicapping models that can give you an extra edge on the NFL odds. Whether it's free NFL picks or free computer picks, Oddspedia has you covered. 

NFL computer picks

Oddspedia has years of experience developing advanced handicapping models that leverage the most current stats to create free NFL picks for every game during the NFL season. With an enviable track record of success, our free NFL computer picks are unbiased, stats-driven, and provide you with a valuable tool for making your bets on game day.

How to use NFL computer picks

You can use Oddspedia NFL computer picks to help you make the best decisions on all your NFL wagers. Whether you are simply focused on straight-up NFL picks or NFL picks against the spread, or looking for an edge on player props, our NFL computer picks provide you with insight based on a wide range of data points and countless simulations to produce the most likely game results while taking human bias out of the equation. 

NFL consensus picks

NFL consensus picks provide a snapshot of how the majority of sports fans and bettors within the Oddspedia community think a game will go. In addition to providing you with easy-to-read details on public betting percentages at top sports betting apps, Oddspedia also provides you with insights on line movement and how the odds may change before game time. While the wisdom of the crowd may help a sports bettor reinforce their betting decisions, NFL consensus picks also provide insight into which favorites you could fade or even which betting lines to avoid altogether. 

Make money from your NFL picks without betting

In addition to providing you with some of the best NFL odds analysis, picks, and predictions throughout the NFL season, Oddspedia also provides you with opportunities to cash in on NFL picks without betting by offering lucrative contests throughout the season that test your handicapping ability. Our weekly and monthly Handicapping Contests enable you to go head-to-head against other sports bettors from across the country, while special contests can get you up close to the action. 

Check out our Capper Contests to find out how you can get in the action.

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