On this week of The Spread, NESN's NFL Football Picks Podcast, hosts Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle preview Super LVIII. The guys quickly breakdown the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers before switching gears to discuss the finer points of any Super Bowl. Prop bets.  The guys break down the odds on Super Bowl MVP and discuss the value on some players with longer odds and better value. They also run through passing props for both Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy.  Look no further for player props. Ricky and Mike break down the totals for skill players on bot ..read more

On this week of The Spread, NESN's NFL Football Picks Podcast, hosts Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle break down the results from the AFC and NFC Championship games and begin to preview the Super Bowl LVIII matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.  The two discuss the Ravens' collapse and lack of identity during the AFC Championship loss, whether or not Lamar Jackson has what it takes to lead a team to a Super Bowl win during his career, the death of the Lions and what Dan Campbell should've done differently on the sideline, and mull over some "interesting" comments from t ..read more

On this week of The Spread, NESN's NFL Football Picks Podcast, hosts Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle break down their best picks for the NFL's Conference Championship Games. The two first recap the Wildcard Weekend of the NFL and make some offseason predictions for the Buccaneers and Packers before diving into the penultimate week of football. They discuss why this Ravens team is historically good and how its defense can lead them to the Super Bowl, how the Chiefs can still remain top dog in the AFC, the impact of Deebo Samuel's injury on the 49ers chances against the Lions, the decline of Tony Romo ..read more

This week on "The Spread," Mike and Ricky recap their lucrative Wild Card Weekend and dive deep into their favorite bets for each of the divisional playoff games coming up this week. They answer your burning playoff preview questions, and discuss where Bill Belichick, Mike Tomlin and other big-name coaches on the market will land. Will San Francisco punch their ticket to the NFC championship, or will Jordan Love and Aaron Jones carry the Packers to the title match? Ricky trusts the Niners to do what Dallas couldn't, but his 'cheesehead' cohost disagrees. Then, Mike 'big numbers guy' Cole ..read more

On this week of The Spread, NESN's NFL Football Picks Podcast, hosts Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle break down their best picks for Wildcard Weekend of the NFL Playoffs.  The two discuss why the Texans can cover against the Browns at home and end Joe Flacco's miracle run in Cleveland, how the weather in Kansas City can significantly impact the over/under total for Chiefs vs. Dolphins matchup, if Pittsburgh has any fighting chance against the Bills in Buffalo, why the Cowboys and Packers wildcard game could end in a good-old-fashioned Texas shootout, why Matthew Stafford and the rams will spoil ..read more

On this week of The Spread, NESN's NFL Football Picks Podcast, hosts Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle break down their best picks for week 18 of the NFL Season.  The final week of the NFL season is always tough to forecast but the guys make a case for each of their picks. A few of the games they discuss include the point totals for the Eagles-Giants matchup and the Steelers-Ravens. Mike's got an interesting angle on why the Patriots win and cover against the New York Jets and the two of them break down why a "meaningless" game could have a huge impact on New England's future. Stay tuned to the e ..read more

On this episode of The Spread, NESN's Football Picks Podcast, Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle break down their three best bets from Week 16, Christmas Day slate in the NFL and preview the best picks for Week 17. The two discuss how the Ravens have proved themselves after a massive win over the 49ers, what's going to happen with the litany of 8-7 teams in the NFL and what the playoff picture is shaping up to look like, what's going on in Kansas City, and which teams have a legitimate chance at the Super Bowl this season, and what their betting, New Year's resolutions will be this year. Then, they dis ..read more

On this episode of The Spread, NESN's Football Picks Podcast, Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle break down their three best bets for Week 16 of the NFL and preview the upcoming Christmas Day slate!  The two discuss which games hold the most value around the holidays including why the Steelers could rebound with Mason Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer taking over at quarterback, why the Packers should receive an easy win for Christmas over the Panthers, and who comes out on-top between the 49ers and Ravens in a potential Super Bowl preview.  ..read more

On this week's episode of The Spread, NESN's football picks podcast, Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle recap Week 14 of the NFL and why you should still listen to this podcast even though they blew through most of their picks last week...They start off with the messy AFC and lack of a clear dominating force in the conference, break down Patrick Mahomes' prime time meltdown, and whether Patriots fans are overreacting to the week 14 win over the Steelers.  Then, Mike and Ricky break down their top three bets for Week 15. They start off by backing the 'frisky Bears,' run game against a Cleveland def ..read more

On this week's episode of The Spread, NESN's football picks podcast, Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle recap Week 13 of the NFL including how the Patriots' 1940's offense continues to plague the team (and why you should take the under for every New England game going forward), the battle of the big cats and backup quarterbacks as Jake Browning and the Bengals bested C.J. Bethard and the Jaguars on Monday night, the Eagles getting pummeled by the 49ers in an NFC Championship rematch, plus plenty more! Ricky and Mike then preview the Week 14 slate and discuss their three best bets for the weekend. The t ..read more