Roger Goodell has blessed us all with a Christmas present tonight as the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers meet in San Francisco on Christmas Day to close out the Week 16 odds.

Central to this MNF odds meeting between two 11-3 teams will be the quarterbacks — Lamar Jackson and Brock Purdy — the top two contenders for this season’s NFL MVP prize. I’m going to shine a spotlight on Brock Purdy’s odds and find the best way to bet on him for this huge game.

Check out my free NFL picks surrounding Purdy below! Be sure to also check out our Ravens vs. 49ers picks!

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The new-look Buffalo Bills are a team to watch on Sunday as they kick off the NFL season against the retooling but dangerous Arizona Cardinals.

After overhauling their receiving corps, two things remain the same, and my Cardinals vs Bills predictions are bullish on one particular Bills player. 

Find out why James Cook is my focus in my NFL picks for Sunday, September 8. 

Cardinals vs Bills prediction

My best betJames Cook Over 82.5 rushing + receiving yards (-118 at BetMGM)

My analysisJump onboard the James Cook hype train with me here as the Buffalo Bills offense walks into a favorable Week 1 matchup against an Arizona Cardinals defense that ranked last in DVOA in 2023.

It’s no secret that Cook was o…

At the close of 2021 Manchester United’s Ella Toone had ticked off a few things on the to-do list: top scorer for her club in the 2020-21 season and leading the way at the mid-point of the latest campaign, a senior England debut, an England hat-trick, a first senior international tournament with Team GB at the Olympics and December’s Barclays player of the month in the Women’s Super League.

She has a big grin when she says it was the “perfect end to an amazing year for me personally”.

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Mauricio Pochettino said Chelsea needed to assess Christopher Nkunku after the forward limped off with a knee injury against Borussia Dortmund. Nkunku was forced off during the first half of Chelsea’s 1-1 draw in Chicago and faces a fight to be fit for the start of the Premier League season.

Pochettino, whose side host Liverpool on 13 August, said: “The doctors are checking him and I hope it’s not a big issue He fell in the action which was maybe a penalty and he feels something in his knee. We hope he can be back quickly with the team. We need a few days to assess him.”

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The second round of the 2019 MLB Home Run Derby was, dare I say, the very coolest sequence in the history of the event. Pete Alonso beating Ronald Acuña Jr. on his final swing was very cool, but the real show was the insane dong-off between Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays and Joc Pederson of the Dodgers. Vlad set a derby record with 29 home runs in the opening round, and then tied that record—and established a new semifinal record—in the second round. Pederson, who socked 21 dingers in the opening round to beat Alex Bregman, followed Vlad’s second-round performance with 29 of his own, to force a tie-breaker. MLB settles these tie-breakers with a one-minute bonus round, where the clock cannot be stopped for rest or extended via 440-foot bombs. Vlad went first, and socked a…