Best Bets 1/3/2026

Carolina Panthers(ML) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Seattle Seahawks(-2.5) @ San Francisco 49ers

NFL Best Bet Season Record: 114-136-0

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TWO OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL GAMES OF THE SEASON TO WIN BEST BETS ON. LET'S ROCK!!!!!

Carolina Panthers(ML) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

DK +124

FD +130

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been spiraling. They are a miserable 2-8 in their last 10 with the only win since October being against the Jacoby Brissett led Cardinals. The defense looks slow. The Offense can't get out of its own way. They simply can't handle getting punched in the mouth by a run game and Baker is too banged up to save the day the way he did back in the early autumn.

On the other side, we have a Carolina team that has Alligator Blood in it. They just beat Tampa on their home turf back on December 21st, and the only thing that's happened since is losing to a phenomenal Seattle team. They run the damn ball and exhaust defenses to the point where Bryce Young is able to rip the top off to Jalen Coker and Tetairoa McMillan. Love the Panthers tonight.

Seattle Seahawks(-2.5) @ San Francisco 49ers

DK -118

FD -112

The Seahawks are road warriors. They are 7-1 on the road and 15-1 under Michael MacDonald. As impressive as this surge by San Fran has been, they've gotten fat off of Browns, Titans, Colts, and Bears, all of which have incompetent offenses or defenses. The Bears can only get stops with turnovers, the Colts defense is on the field way too long every season, and the Titans and Browns are not serious organizations. They did have a great win against Carolina where they overcame Purdy turning the ball over and they also smashed the Cardinals. My biggest worry for them is that they're facing a complete team and the last time they faced a complete team, they lost 42-26 to the Rams.

The Seahawks have the juice on both sides of the ball to show how the 49ers can't get after the QB and how their OLine is really banged up. Love the Seahawks by multiple scores.

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