Betting: NFL Week 11 Best Bets
Ariel Epstein, Jared Quay, and Pamela Maldonado give their best bets for Week 11 of the NFL season.
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ARIEL EPSTEIN: Welcome to Yahoo Sportsbook. Alongside Jared Quay and Pam Maldonado, I'm Ariel Epstein. We're here to give you our week 11 NFL best bets. Jared, we're starting with you. Where are you going this week?
JARED QUAY: Oh, man, I love this pick. Five-star confidence. I love the Cincinnati Bengals minus 1 against the Vegas Raiders. The game will be in Vegas. But if you know anything about Bengals fans, they will travel to Vegas for this game, so they'll have a huge advantage of that. And I love the fact that it's just Derek Carr. As to quote Joey Bosa, if you hit him, he gets shook. He'll curl into a ball.
Meanwhile, this Cincinnati Bengals pass rush is really good. Trey Hendrickson is really looking amazing this year. So I feel like Derek Carr will throw a couple of interceptions. I think this Bengals offense is a little bit better than the Raiders offense right now. And so, yes, they're a road favorite. But I love them to win this one pretty handily, so minus 1 just ain't enough. Give me them Bengals, baby. Five-star confidence.
ARIEL EPSTEIN: I told Jared before this that he wasn't allowed to pick the Ravens anymore, so he had to go with the AFC North. The Bengals for Jared. Pam, what do you got?
PAM MALDONADO: I'm taking the Saints minus 105 on the road at the Philadelphia Eagles. Philadelphia's run game looks hella good as of late. 427 rushing yards, six ground scores over the last three games, but that's against defenses that are ranked 29th, 32nd, and 23rd in DVOA against the run. New Orleans is the number one best defense against the run, ahead of even Tampa Bay.
The Eagles, 27th in passing yards, third in rushing yards. If you can't run, I definitely do not trust Jalen Hurts with his throwing arm. Whether it's Saints running back Alvin Kamara making the return or if it's Mark Ingram taking the load, the Eagles, they have been gashed by the backs this season. 20th against the run, 24th in rushing scores allowed. I will take the Saints on the road.
ARIEL EPSTEIN: I'm going somewhere where it's not really analytical, which is so not like me. However, I am taking the points with the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks are welcoming in the Arizona Cardinals this week. The question marks surrounding the quarterback of Arizona, Kyler Murray, still very prevalent up until game day. He's a game-time decision. But that said, their backup quarterback, Colt McCoy, is ready to go, despite a pec strain suffered last week. Murray and the Cardinals are going into a bye week next week. It won't surprise me if Arizona decides to give Murray an extra two weeks off as opposed to playing him at less than 100%.
If, in fact, Murray sits, this line probably goes to a pick 'em. Either way, if Murray plays or doesn't, am I really not going to take Russell Wilson as a home dog with the plus 2 and 1/2? No, of course I'm taking Russell Wilson. I'm going to say last week's game-- whoever's overreacting, you're crazy. Russell Wilson was at Lambeau Field, coming off a finger injury, in the snow, against a pretty good defense in the Packers. I'm gonna take the points with the Seahawks. Russell Wilson bounces back this week.
We've got Jared at Bengals, and he's taking them on the spread. Pam Maldonado is going with the Saints moneyline. I've got the Seattle Seahawks taking the plus 2 and 1/2. Thanks for joining us here at Yahoo Sportsbook. With Jared Quay and Pam Maldonado, I'm Ariel Epstein. Good luck with your bets this weekend. Bet $1 on any game and win $100 free. Sign up now at BetMGM.com/yahoospecial.