7 guides. How NFL point spreads, totals and moneylines work, why key numbers matter, and how first-half and alternate lines are priced.
Spreads and totals
- NFL Alternate Spreads and Totals: How Alt Lines Work NFL alternate spreads and totals explained: how alt lines are priced, buying and selling points, how they settle and how to read one against a projection.
- NFL First Half Betting: Spreads, Totals and Quarter Lines NFL first half betting explained: first-half spreads, totals and moneylines, quarter lines and second-half bets, how they settle and what moves them.
- NFL Team Totals: Team Totals vs Game Totals Explained NFL team totals explained: how a team total differs from the game total, how it settles, what moves it and how to read one against a team's projected points.
- Moneyline vs Spread: Which Bet Should You Make? Backing a team on the spread or the moneyline is one opinion at two prices. How to convert between them, and when each one pays more for your view.
- NFL Totals: How Overs and Unders Are Priced An NFL total is two scoring forecasts added together. How books build it from pace and efficiency, what weather does, and why the public leans over.
- Key Numbers: Why 3 and 7 Rule NFL Spreads NFL margins cluster on 3 and 7 because of how football scores. What that means for hooks, buying points and shopping spreads.
- How NFL Point Spreads Work What −3.5 actually asks a team to do, why both sides cost −110, and how pushes, hooks and line moves decide spread bets.