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Typical length: 29 min
Latest: 13 Oct 2026
Language: English

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13 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 17 minNew

NFL Week 6 Betting Picks & Opening Line Predictions

Hold The Phone is back with our Early Week Leans for NFL Week 6! Danny and Gavin are joined by NFL legend Keyshawn Johnson to break down every game on the slate. It runs from Thursday Night Football in Denver, through the Jaguars' game in London, to Monday Night Football in Santa Clara. We go through the spreads, totals and the spots we like before the lines move. Plus Keyshawn's 5:30 a.m. Like the video, subscribe, and drop your Week 6 leans in the comments! CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro: Keyshawn Johnson & Week 5 Takeaways 3:37 Bijan Robinson vs. Jahmyr Gibbs Debate 4:39 Seahawks @ Broncos (TNF)…

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12 Oct 2026 · 21 minNew
Best Bets Monday Night Football: Bills vs Rams
Monday Night Football under the lights: the Buffalo Bills head to SoFi to take on the LA Rams in a game that feels like February in October. Gavin and Danny break down Josh Allen vs. McVay and Stafford, give their side for the game, build the prime time same game parlay, drop their sneaky props, and of course pick a first touchdown scorer. We're trying to hit 100K. Like the video, subscribe, and send this to your group chat (or your uncle). CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 2:22 Bills vs. Rams Breakdown + Our Pick 11:20 MNF Same Game Parlay 14:48 Sneaky Props 17:48 First Touchdown Scorer 19:03 Outro…
10 Oct 2026 · 14 min
DAY 1: Turning $10 into $10,000 (NFL Ladder Challenge)
The people asked, and we delivered 🪜 Welcome to the FIRST EVER Hold The Phone $10 to $10,000 Ladder Challenge! One play, every Sunday. Turn $10 into $20 this week, $20 into $40 next week, and keep climbing until we're on the roof with $10,000 by Christmas 🎄💰 Danny and Loops dig through the entire NFL Week 5 slate looking for stone cold mortal locks. They argue over every leg, cut a few, bring some back from the dead and build one parlay that HAS to pay plus money. Step one is the most important one. You can't start a ladder challenge and break your neck on the first rung. 🔥 Subscribe for NFL…
9 Oct 2026 · 44 min
Best Bets NFL Week 5: Game Picks, $500 TD Scorer, 6 Leg Going for Glory Parlay
Week 5 is here. Sunday starts across the pond. Eagles-Jaguars from London, Jacksonville -2.5. The Jaguars enter 3-1 and riding back-to-back wins, while Philadelphia has dropped two straight after opening the season 2-0. An early morning kickoff with two teams heading in opposite directions. The early window brings one of the NFL's oldest rivalries. Bears at Packers, Green Bay -2.5. Chicago enters 3-1 under Ben Johnson, while the Packers look to find some consistency at Lambeau. Elsewhere, the Patriots host the Raiders after a statement win in Buffalo, and the Colts head to Pittsburgh for a…
9 Oct 2026 · 27 min
Best Bets College Football Week 6: Georgia-Alabama, Texas-Oklahoma, UCLA-Oregon, USC-Penn State
Week 6 is here. The early window opens with Indiana at Nebraska and Texas A&M at Missouri. Indiana looks to keep rolling in the Big Ten, while Missouri is coming off a statement win over Florida and looking to build momentum in the SEC. The afternoon belongs to one of college football’s greatest rivalries. No. 1 Texas meets Oklahoma in Dallas for the Red River Shootout. Neutral field, split stadium, and a rivalry where records rarely tell the whole story. Elsewhere, UCLA heads to Oregon for a ranked Big Ten showdown, while Tennessee travels to Arkansas for another SEC battle. The night…
8 Oct 2026 · 28 min
Best Bets Thursday Night Football: Cowboys vs Buccaneers
Week 5 starts in Dallas. Thursday Night Football brings Buccaneers at Cowboys. Dallas enters 2-2 and is coming off a 34-30 road win over Houston, while Tampa Bay is still searching for its first win at 0-4 after a 17-14 loss in Green Bay. The Cowboys’ offense has been one of the best in football through four weeks, averaging 30.5 points per game — second in the NFL. CeeDee Lamb is coming off a monster 17-catch, 189-yard performance against Houston. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, is averaging just 19 points and 278.3 yards per game. Now the Bucs have to turn around on a short week and head into AT&T…
6 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
NFL Week 5 Betting Picks & Opening Line Predictions
Week 5 is here, and the Hold The Phone crew is back with early-week leans on every game on the NFL slate. The slate runs from Thursday Night Football in Jerry World and the London game, through a loaded 4:00 window, to the Sunday and Monday night primetime games. We take the good, the bad and the lessons from last week, then break down each line before the injury reports move it. Stick around to the end for a bonus parlay. Drop your favorite play or parlay for Week 5 in the comments. We'll see you back for Thursday Night Football, college football Saturday and NFL Sunday. Subscribe and turn…
5 Oct 2026 · 19 min
Best Bets Thursday Night Football: Falcons-Saints (Same Game Parlay, First TD Scorer, Player Props)
Check out https://baseballlifestyle101.yt.link/51tgQsO for everything you need from @baseballlifestyle101! #BL101Partner Saints vs. Falcons on Monday Night Football: our best bets for the NFC South grudge match Gavin, Loops, and Danny break down the Saints vs. Falcons Monday Night Football matchup. We've got our game pick, a same game parlay, sketchy props from all three guys, and a long-shot first touchdown scorer. The fan-base Twitter beef is out of control heading into a must-win divisional game in primetime. Which side are you on? ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:46 Saints vs. Falcons Game Pick…
2 Oct 2026 · 45 min
Best Bets NFL Week 4: Game Picks, 6 Leg Parlay, $500 TD Scorer
Hold The Phone is back with our NFL Week 4 Best Bets, and for the first time all three of us are in the building: Gavin, Loops (just back from his Greek honeymoon) and Danny (now living in the basement). We start early with a London game for the breakfast crowd, then go through a heated AFC East rivalry, the Battle of Texas, a Broncos vs. 49ers fight that gets personal, and a Sunday Night Football game in Carolina. Then comes the weekly $500 touchdown scorer, a few anytime TD parlays pulled from thin air, and the tradition like none other: the six-leg Going For Glory parlay. Every leg has…
2 Oct 2026 · 30 min
Best Bets College Football Week 5: Alabama-Miss St, Ohio State-Iowa, Florida-Missouri, Miami-Clemson
Week 5 is here. The early window opens with Alabama at Mississippi State, Alabama -5.5. Two undefeated SEC teams, both ranking in the top 16, both putting up points. Starkville has been loud all year and this is the biggest test yet for the Bulldogs. Afternoon settles into a stretch of road favorites. Ohio State at Iowa is Ohio State -14.5. Kinnick in early October always feels heavier than the number. Florida at Missouri is Florida -5.5, another ranked SEC matchup where the home team has something to prove after last week. Kentucky at South Carolina is South Carolina -3.5, the kind of…
1 Oct 2026 · 28 min
Best Bets Thursday Night Football: Browns-Steelers (Same Game Parlay, First TD Scorer, Player Props)
Danny and Gavin break down Pittsburgh at Cleveland on Thursday Night Football, an AFC North rivalry on Amazon Prime. Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers go on the road on a short week to face a red-hot Deshaun Watson and a Browns team trying to get to 3-1. We give you our pick against the spread, a 3-leg same game parlay (+195), sneaky player props, and our first touchdown scorer picks, including a couple of long shots. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 3:46 Game Pick 9:24 Same Game Parlay 14:10 Player Props 19:58 First TD Scorer 23:32 Wrap Up 👍 Like the video, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you…
29 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 32 min
NFL Week 4 Betting Picks & Opening Line Predictions
NFL Week 4 Early Week Leans are HERE 🏈 Gavin and Danny are joined by Keyshawn Johnson to go through every game on the Week 4 slate. We cover Thursday Night Football in the Dog Pound, Colts vs. Commanders in London, the Rams heading into Philly, Cowboys at Texans (Gavin's Texans addiction continues), Broncos vs. 49ers, and Lions at Panthers on Sunday Night Football. We finish with Falcons at Saints on Monday Night Football. Plus: Keyshawn remembers Bill Parcells accusing him of having the "Ty Law flu," the Joe Burrow off-season debate, a Seahawks/Vikings/Ravens moneyline parlay, and the…
28 Sep 2026 · 26 min
Best Bets Monday Night Football: Eagles vs Bears
It's time for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. The Philadelphia Eagles take a trip to Soldier Field to face a Bears team with NO Caleb Williams. Just Ben Johnson and the Tyson Bagent experience under the lights. Bagent hasn't started a game since 2023, Vic Fangio's defense is licking its chops, and Vegas has this line at only FOUR?? Something smells fishy. We do our homework on Tyson Bagent, we go back and forth on the spread longer than any two grown men should, and this episode goes COMPLETELY off the rails. We give our game pick, our same game parlay, our two SNEAKY PROPS and our prime time first…
25 Sep 2026 · 48 min
Best Bets NFL Week 3: Game Picks, 6 Leg Parlay, $500 TD Scorer
Head to courtyard.yt.link/QTCGw1v and use my code PHONE15 at checkout for 15% off! NFL Week 3 is HERE 📞 Gavin & Danny hold down the fort while Loops is off on his honeymoon, breaking down five best bets across one of the best Sundays of the young season 👀 Can the Jags bounce back at home after getting spanked at Mile High? Uncle Kirk and the red-hot Raiders head to the Superdome for the Saints' home opener. The Panthers try to go back-to-back on the road in the Dog Pound, and a certain on-camera bet about the Browns raises the stakes. Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers defend home turf against…
25 Sep 2026 · 23 min
Best Bets College Football Week 4: Tennessee-Texas, Ole Miss-Florida, Oregon-USC, Iowa-Michigan
It's a ONE MAN BAND for College Football Week 4 📞 The first-ever Battle of UT as the #1 Longhorns and Arch Manning head to Rocky Top. Ole Miss rides its LSU revenge win into The Swamp. A desperate Oregon squad heads to the Coliseum to take on Lincoln Riley's Trojans. Iowa takes on the Big House. And Texas A&M and LSU both look to bounce back under the lights in Death Valley.🔥 Subscribe for daily sports betting picks, college football best bets, and NFL picks all season long. GAMES COVERED (Week 4 spreads): 🏈 Texas -3.5 @ Tennessee +3.5 🏈 Ole Miss +3.5 @ Florida -3.5 🏈 Oregon -3 @ USC +3 🏈…
24 Sep 2026 · 23 min
Best Bets Thursday Night Football: Bills-Lions (Same Game Parlay, First TD Scorer, Player Props)
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22 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
NFL Week 3 Betting Picks & Opening Line Predictions
Week 2 was an absolute bloodbath, but we put the chaos in the rearview mirror and lay the foundation for NFL Week 3, brick by brick. Former No. 1 overall pick Keyshawn Johnson is back in the building with the guys to break down the early lines, analyze opening odds, and spot early situational value before the market moves. We’re running through every matchup, analyzing early line movement, looking for value, and getting our initial Week 3 bets locked in. We’ll be here all season breaking down the biggest games, best bets, player props, same-game parlays, and everything else NFL betting has…
21 Sep 2026 · 15 min
Best Bets Monday Night Football: Giants vs Rams
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS BACK. And prime-time football heads out west as two teams looking to make a statement under the lights collide at SoFi Stadium. The Giants head into Los Angeles as 7-point underdogs facing a Rams team hungry to bounce back on their home turf. New York relies heavily on their physical ground game with rookie Cam Skattebo alongside standard full-house packages, using physical football to control the tempo and keep opposing offenses off the field. Malik Nabers remains a lethal weapon on the outside, while edge-rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux and the defense aim to disrupt…
18 Sep 2026 · 36 min
Best Bets NFL Week 1: Game Picks, 6 Leg Parlay, $500 TD Scorer
The early slate is a pile of 1 o’clock games and none of them are clean. Panthers are laying 2.5 in Atlanta, two 0-1 teams who already look tired of each other. Bears are 5.5-point home favorites over Minnesota after Chicago dropped 59 in Week 1 and the Vikings are dealing with Kyler in concussion protocol. Eagles at Titans is Philly -7 and a 39.5 total — Nashville as a hostage situation. Patriots are laying 5.5 to Pittsburgh. Packers are laying 4.5 at the Jets. Bucs are laying 8.5 to Cleveland. Ravens are laying 8.5 to the Saints. Texans are 2.5-point home favorites over Cincinnati a week…
18 Sep 2026 · 29 min
Best Bets College Football Week 3: Ole Miss-LSU, Louisville-SMU, Florida-Auburn, USC-Rutgers
Week 3 is here. Noon is chaos. Georgia at Arkansas is Georgia -24.5. Wellness check. North Carolina at Clemson is Clemson -3.5, total 43.5. Both offenses have been allergic to chunk plays. USC lays 24.5 at Rutgers. Ohio State and Penn State are hostage situations. Don’t talk about them. Afternoon gets mean. SMU at Louisville is Louisville -1.5, total 59.5. FSU at Alabama is Bama -19.5. Florida at Auburn is Florida -2.5. New coaches. Somebody’s 2-0 dies in Jordan-Hare. Kentucky at Texas A&M and Miss State at South Carolina are the other SEC games people will pretend they had. Virginia -10.5…
17 Sep 2026 · 26 min
Best Bets Thursday Night Football: Bills-Lions (Same Game Parlay, First TD Scorer, Player Props)
WE ARE SO BACK. 13 games on a Sunday. Who has it better than us? Lions at Bills. First regular-season game in the new $2.2 billion Highmark Stadium. Prime Video. 8:15. Both teams 1-0 after they refused to play defense in Week 1. Buffalo escaped Houston 36-31. Detroit needed overtime and a failed two-point try to beat New Orleans 31-30. Now they get four days and a short week on the road. Bills are a 4.5-point home favorite. Total sitting at 53.5 like somebody already decided this is going to look like the 48-42 game from 2024. Moneyline Buffalo around -225. Josh Allen just dropped 334…
15 Sep 2026 · 43 min
NFL Week 2 Odds, Spreads & Opening Line Predictions
NFL Week 2 is here, and Gavin & Loops are joined by special guest Keyshawn Johnson to break down every early betting line on the board. From the Thursday night matchup in Buffalo to Monday Night Football in LA, we give our first reactions, early leans, and best bets for the entire Week 2 NFL slate. Plus, we recap all the Week 1 chaos, including Chargers survivor pool sweeps, that wild Lions-Saints game, and key betting takeaways. Subscribe to Hold The Phone for daily sports betting picks, NFL best bets, point spreads, and early week line movement all season long. TIMESTAMPS & GAMES COVERED…
14 Sep 2026 · 17 min
Best Bets Monday Night Football: Chiefs vs Broncos
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS BACK. And apparently the NFL decided Patrick Mahomes’ first game back should be against the team that stole his division. The Broncos walk into Arrowhead on Monday night as the defending AFC West champs after going 14-3, taking the No. 1 seed, and sweeping Kansas City for the first time since 2014. Denver has now won four of the last five against the Chiefs. Kansas City went 6-11, missed the playoffs for the first time since 2014, and watched its nine-year run atop the AFC West officially die. Now everybody gets a clean slate. And Patrick Mahomes is back. Nine months…
12 Sep 2026 · 46 min
Best Bets NFL Week 1: Game Picks, 6 Leg Parlay, $500 TD Scorer
WE ARE SO BACK. 13 games on a Sunday. Who has it better than us? The early slate is chaos with a 1 p.m. start time. Bills at Texans is the game. Josh Allen on the road against the defense that has made his life miserable, Buffalo a field-goal favorite, total sitting around 44.5. Lamar and first-year coach Jesse Minter open at Indianapolis as 3.5-point road favorites. Bucs at Bengals is the points game — Cincinnati -3.5, total 50.5. Lions host the Saints as a touchdown favorite. Steelers get Atlanta. Jaguars are laying eight and a half to Cleveland. Jets-Titans is a 38.5-total hostage…
11 Sep 2026 · 46 min
Best Bets College Football Week 2: Texas-Ohio State, Oklahoma-Michigan, Alabama-UK, Arkansas-Utah
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 2 IS HERE. Week 1 was cupcakes, extra seconds, and a Hail Mary nobody asked for. Saturday is the first weekend that actually matters.The schedule makers put No. 1 Ohio State on a plane to Austin to play No. 4 Texas in a rematch of last year’s 14-7 slog in Columbus. College GameDay is on the lawn of the LBJ Library. ABC’s A-team is in the booth. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. ET. Two brands. Two Heisman quarterbacks. One field that has not hosted a top-five visitor like this in a generation. Julian Sayin and Jeremiah Smith walked through Ball State 56-3. Arch Manning, Ryan Wingo,…
11 Sep 2026 · 25 min
Best Bets Thursday Night Football: 49ers-Rams
FOOTBALL IS BACK. The 2026 NFL season is officially here, and the schedule makers decided a Super Bowl rematch on Wednesday wasn’t enough chaos. Night two is an NFC West blood feud on the other side of the planet. We’re getting the Rams and 49ers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground — the first regular-season NFL game in Australia — Thursday at 8:35 p.m. ET on Netflix. More than 100,000 people packed into a cricket stadium to watch Sean McVay vs. Kyle Shanahan for the millionth time. Neutral field. Fifteen-hour flights. Friday morning kickoff local time. No warm-up. No SoFi. No Levi’s. Just two…
9 Sep 2026 · 52 min
Best Bets NFL Opener: Seahawks-Patriots
FOOTBALL IS BACK. The 2026 NFL season is officially here, and apparently the schedule makers decided we didn’t need a warm-up. We’re opening the entire season with a SUPER BOWL REMATCH between the Patriots and Seahawks. Seven months after Seattle beat New England 29-13 to win the Lombardi, Drake Maye gets an immediate shot at revenge in the exact same building. The Seahawks get to raise the banner at home and begin their title defense with Sam Darnold and reigning Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba, but the Super Bowl MVP is gone. Kenneth Walker III is now in Kansas City, Zach…
4 Sep 2026 · 25 min
Best Bets College Football Week 1: Clemson-LSU, Wisconsin-Notre Dame, Louisville-Ole Miss, SMU-FSU
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28 Aug 2026 · 21 min
Best Bets College Football Week 0: UNC vs TCU, USC vs SJSU, Hawaii vs Stanford, Virginia vs NC State
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK. WEEK 0 IS HERE. 1:26 - UNC vs TCU 6:20 - USC vs San Jose State 8:15 - NC State vs UVA 10:46 - Hawaii vs Stanford 16:20 - Memphis vs UNLV Who are we riding with? Who are we fading? And which teams are going to get the season started with a win? We’re breaking down each matchup, making our picks, and getting our first bets of the college football season on the board. This is just the beginning. We’ll be here all season breaking down the biggest games, best bets, player props, parlays and everything else college football has to offer. Like the video, subscribe to the…
26 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
2026 NFL Division Futures (Part 8 of 8) - Lions, Bears, Packers, Vikings
Head to https://courtyard.yt.link/lQudX77 and use my code PHONE15 at checkout for 15% off! Danny and Gavin close out Hold The Phone's NFL division preview series with the NFC North! We break down 2026 win totals, schedules, and odds for the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, and Detroit Lions — plus division odds, playoff odds, and the top player props to bet on this season, including Caleb Williams MVP odds, Justin Jefferson's receiving props, and Matthew Golden's breakout potential. In this episode: - Full 2026 schedule breakdowns and win total picks for all four NFC…

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A channel dedicated purely to bets and sweats....New videos EVERY DAY. Presented by @BetMGM. Friday Beers affiliate.

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