This Sunday serves up our final game in Europe of the NFL season with the second of two contests in Germany. The Colts and Patriots are meeting in Frankfurt in Week 10, with the Pats considered the home team while sitting as 1.5-point underdogs in the NFL odds. 

We’re going to have a deep dive into Patriots’ QB Mac Jones this week. Let’s discuss the best ways to bet on Mac Jones odds for the final Germany game with our free NFL picks for Week 10.

You can also check out our Colts vs. Patriots picks for a full matchup breakdown, and Colts vs. Patriots player prop picks for more player-based wagers.

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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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Martín Zubimendi isn’t tired of the constant comparisons to Xabi Alonso but he reckons Xabi Alonso might be. “He’s an idol, a role model, so I’m delighted that he says nice things about me,” the Real Sociedad midfielder says, smiling not blushing, the attempt to embarrass him with eulogies from his hero, the footballer he most admires, having failed. The words are welcome, on one side at least. “Thing is, I think it’s the other way round,” he says. “I get asked about him so much he must get bored of hearing me talk about him. He’ll be tired of me going on about how good he is.”

If the responses are inevitable, the questions are too. “Martín has the mark of Zubieta,” Alonso once said, and he knows. Zubieta is the R…

Former Tottenham defender and Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear has died at the age of 77, has family have announced in a statement.

Dublin-born Kinnear, who won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup as a player with Tottenham, went on to manage Luton, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle among others.

A statement said: “We are sad to announce that Joe passed away peacefully this afternoon surrounded by his family.”

His wife Bonnie revealed in 2021 that her husband had been living with dementia since 2015.

Kinnear, who won 26 caps with the Republic of Ireland during his career, joined Tottenham as a teenager in 1963 before making his debut in 1966.

He spent the next decade at White Hart Lane, lifting the FA Cup in 1967, the UEFA Cup in 1972 and the Leagu…

The triumphant return of Rodrigo is an indication of the growing strength of the Atletico Madrid academy, which is typically given little attention compared to those of rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Atletico are reported to have paid around €20million to bring Rodrigo back to the capital, the midfielder having developed into a Spain international during his time at Villarreal.

And Rodrigo s return comes at the ideal time as he slots in as the ideal replacement for Gabi, the club captain having departed for Al Sadd at the age of 35 following Atleti s Europa League triumph.

Rodrigo is far from the only Atletico academy product who could line up against Real Madrid in Wednesday s UEFA Super Cup in Tallinn.

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