The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast

It's time to lock in our top plays of Week 1, and Chad Millman and Simon Hunter of Action Network are ready to roll. Together they build their Faves Five card, along with a Big Balls Bet of the Week, underdog moneyline round robin, and so much more. Is now the time to back Mike Tomlin? How bad are the Jets? All these questions answered, and so much more. #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Looks like we've made it, folks. NFL Week 1 is upon us, and Action Network experts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter return to preview every game on the NFL slate. Together they go from Thursday Night Football to Monday Night Football, covering all the action from a betting perspective, and giving out their favorite sides along the way. Later this week they'll look to narrow down their top five favorite picks, but first our first episode each week will provide our Foxhole bet of the week, our Simon Says pick, plus Chad's new Executive Decision bet. Lots to like on this Week 1 board, with home 'dogs as far as the eye can see! #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NFL offseason is hurtling to a swift conclusion, so Action Network betting experts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter return with a roundup of their top picks heading into Week 1. The guys are high on the Jaguars and Eagles, but hesitant to buy the hype on the Buffalo Bills. Plus, we hear their takes on each division, their darkhorse MVP candidates and so much more. #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first major slate of the college football season is this week, with matchups lasting from Thursday all the way through Labor Day evening. Here to help Chad Millman and Simon Hunter break it all down are Action Network experts Stuckey and Collin Wilson, who go through some of their favorite bets, plus a dive into Michigan and Ohio State, the College Football Player, why Collin won't speak Billy Napier's name and so much more. #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sports media impresario Colin Cowherd swings by the show again for a rousing discussion about the wild AFC West. Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter discuss their favorites picks across a division loaded with quarterback talent, and breakdown their rationale for futures bets. Later, they ask Colin his opinion on the best signalcallers out west, and get his pick for who he thinks takes the division crown. #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colin Cowherd joins the show this week to discuss two of the best divisions in the NFL. On today's show, we start with the NFC West, where Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter offer their favorite gambling picks out west for 2022. Later, they pepper Colin with questions about coaching matchups and quarterback play, and they discuss Kyle Shanahan's ascension, Sean McVay's culture-building prowess, and so much more. #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we preview two divisions Action Network host Chad Millman never misses a chance to poke fun at. Referring to them as "culturally speaking, the least relevant divisions in the NFL," together with his co-host Simon Hunter they preview all eight teams top to bottom from a betting perspective. The Tennessee Titans have long punched about their weight class, but can it continue? Will the Saints prove feisty this season? And is Tampa destined to return to the Super Bowl with Tom Brady? All this and plenty more, plus a dramatic reading about Dubuque's most famous dog groomer. #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NFL veteran-turned-media personality Ross Tucker joins Action Network gambling experts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter for a dive into the NFC East. Tucker is an expert on this division, with two stops within the NFC East during a seven-year NFL career, plus his current job as an analyst for the Philadelphia Eagles. Plus, he's the co-host of the sports betting podcast "Even Money," so he's happy to expound on his favorite division odds and season win totals from Dallas to New York and everywhere in between. He provides some great advice about how to approach your high school reunion... if you can find a way to play for the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day. #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Super Bowl favorite Buffalo Bills are atop the preseason AFC East odds board, and today's guest Tim Graham is no stranger to life in Buffalo. He's a senior writer for The Athletic, with a decades-long journalism resume that includes stints at ESPN, the Palm Springs Post and the Buffalo News, which has made him one of the most connected, pragmatic and well-respected voices not only in the annals of Western NY sports media but across the entire AFC East.  Together with our Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter, the trio discusses the Patriots and Dolphins attempt to dethrone the Bills, the Jets quest towards relevance, and so much more. #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's guest is Steve Magness, a performance expert, coach and author of the new book "Do Hard Things."  He's coached some of the top distance runners in the world, and literally wrote the book on the subject. But his newest book asks its readers to re-think how they perceive the prevailing model of toughness and its mentality of fear, false bravado, and hiding weakness.  Sports betting is famously an environment filled with false bravado and weakness hiding as strength. It is a pursuit loaded with mental pitfalls some never overcome. That's why Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter dig deep with Steve to learn the lessons in his book, and draw parallels between mentally coaching yourself to outcomes and the sometimes nauseating pursuit of sports betting success.  As Steve writes, “real toughness is experiencing discomfort or distress, leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action. It’s navigating discomfort to make the best decision you can.”  #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.