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Matt Wiesenfeld

Matt Wiesenfeld has been handicapping games and espousing sports wisdom online for more than a decade, writing thousands of articles to help bettors understand and play the market. Matt loves to bet on, write about, and engage on MLB, the NFL, NBA, college football, and college basketball.

NFL Wild Card Weekend: Wiesguy Picks and Props Review

Well, NFL Super Wild Card Weekend is in the books. All in all, we got more good games than expected and a bunch of teams with some questions to answer.

NBA best bets: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/17

Having afternoon basketball is always a little weird unless it's playoffs or March Madness, but I will take it when we can have another 3-0 day like yesertday.  Special thanks to Toronto and Golden State for closing well to get two side wins.

NBA best bets: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/16

Hey there, I hope you had a good weekend. It was a much better-than-expected batch of NFL games with one more tonight. Today we have a slate of afternoon NBA games so don't wait too long to fire away.

NFL Playoffs: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for Cowboys-Buccaneers

With the Dallas Cowboys on one side and Tom Brady on the other, I guess this is a high-profile game, but I am not sure it deserves the stand-alone Monday Night Football treatment.

NFL Playoffs: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for Ravens-Bengals

This is yet another divisional rematch but instead of the storylines being about hated rivals it has mostly been about the health of Ravens QB Lamar Jackson.

NFL Playoffs: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for Giants-Vikings

This is one of the more intriguing games because New York was not expected to be a playoff team this season. Meanwhile, Minnesota won the NFC North with ease thanks to Green Bay having such a disappointing year.

NBA best bets: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/13

We needed some overtime magic last night from the Mavericks, but we registered another perfect day at the office, 3-0. Hopefully, you followed along. The NFL is still rolling, but there is lots of value on the hardwood right now. 

NFL Playoffs: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for Dolphins-Bills

This is another division rematch. It loses a lot of interest though because Miami is so depleted at quarterback right now — it looks like they are starting rookie Skylar Thompson is getting the start this week.

NBA best bets: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/12

Tonight we get a six-game NBA slate which is pretty good for a Thursday. There is no reason the winning can't continue.

NFL Playoffs: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for Chargers-Jaguars

We are getting two NFL Playoff games on Saturday as part of the expanded Wild Card Weekend. This is definitely expected to be the better of the two games, featuring a couple of the best young quarterbacks in the league — Justin Herbert and Trevor Lawrence.

NFL Playoffs: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for Seahawks-Niners

These NFC West rivals met twice during the season. San Francisco won both games over Seattle on their way to winning the division. Neither game was particularly close. Nor is this one expected to be. 

NBA Betting: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/10

I really hope you didn't have TCU last night, though 1-2 here was not much better. It was just our second losing day though.  Tonight, eyeballs return to the hardwood though and we have a broader slate to choose from than a normal Tuesday.

NFL season recap: Survivor and Mock Contest — Hope you enjoyed the winners

The NFL regular season is over.  I hope you have had a profitable one and I felt we needed to do at least a quick review of how it went ... Otherwise, I am just like one of those touts who always seems to be on a 9-1 winning streak every week of the season.

NBA Betting: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/9

Tonight, all eyes might be on the NCAAF Championship Game between Georgia and TCU, loving the Dawgs vs. the Frogs, but let's try and steal some NBA wins too. 

NFL Week 18 Mock Contest: Strong Week 17 sets up winning season

Last week was a very good one, actually better than expected at 4-1. I have to admit I did not have as much confidence in my picks when I put them in.

NBA Betting: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/5

We banked another 2-1 day yesterday.  That is two profitable days out of three so we are off to a good start.  I am feeling extra good about Fred VanVleet cashing our first prop of the program with relative ease last night.

NFL Contest: The wins keep coming as we look to close strong

Of course, it goes without saying that sports and sports betting is trivial compared to life and death. The response to the events of Monday night showed that as much passion as we have for our "games," we have even more compassion for our fellow men and women who play them.

NBA Betting: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/4

Well, Day 2 certainly was a lot better than the opener ... thanks for sticking with me. We got both side plays to cash and were not far off on that prop either.

NBA Betting: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for 1/3

When you start these things you are hoping for instant credibility ... not an 0-3 record out of the chute. If you have been following the NFL Survivor Pool picks though, you know that once we hit our stride we can be pretty profitable, 13 wins in a row and counting.

NBA Betting: Wiesguy's 2 Picks and a Prop for Jan. 2

Happy New Year! The College Football season is winding down and the NFL only has one week before the playoffs. Sounds like a perfect time to refine our hoops betting to build that 2023 bankroll, right?

NFL Week 17 Mock Contest

Last week hurt. It did not wipe out what has been a pretty good season overall but it matched our worst weekly record of the season.  There are now just a couple of weeks left in the season, but with so much playoff positioning still up on the air, there are a lot of games that teams "need" to win to punch their tickets.

NFL Survivor Contest: Bills win in Chicago makes it a lucky dozen

With last week's win, we are up to 12 in a row. Buffalo did not play its best game at Chicago, but in the end, they won with ease. At this point, we have used all of the obvious teams so far this season, even if it took us a while to find our groove.

NFL Week 16 Mock Contest

Last week was neither a winning week nor a losing week, just a lost opportunity at 2-2-1. I have definitely noted that the two losses were of the -4.5 spread variety.

NFL Survivor Contest: Waiting on Philly paid off with No. 11

Philadelphia felt like the obvious choice last week. The only caveat was that they were on the road. They ultimately got the win but we had to sweat it and almost lost our long winning streak.  We are now into Week 16 and there are no teams on a bye this week.

NFL Week 15 Mock Contest

Last week we lost the momentum of the week before. I am still surprised that Tennessee fell so flat at home against Jacksonville.  Going 2-3 doesn't hurt the overall record too badly, but it does sting a little.  This week we have a trio of Saturday games.