Lock It In turns to the NFL Week 5 Sunday early window as Chris Horwedel builds a six-pick parlay centered on matchup data, advanced analytics, and a mix of safer selections with higher-upside plays. The ticket runs through Minnesota-New Orleans, Cincinnati-Miami, Cleveland-New York, Indianapolis-Pittsburgh, Houston-Tennessee, and Las Vegas-New England. Using EPA, pass-rush efficiency, third-down…
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Lock It In turns to the NFL Week 5 Sunday early window as Chris Horwedel builds a six-pick parlay centered on matchup data, advanced analytics, and a mix of safer selections with higher-upside plays. The ticket runs through Minnesota-New Orleans, Cincinnati-Miami, Cleveland-New York, Indianapolis-Pittsburgh, Houston-Tennessee, and Las Vegas-New England. Using EPA, pass-rush efficiency, third-down performance, turnover trends, and defensive matchup data, Horwedel looks for value across alternate spreads, a moneyline, and player props. He also weighs injuries, offensive efficiency, defensive weaknesses, and the specific players whose usage could open up Sunday opportunities. The episode follows how those six selections fit together into one NFL parlay, with the combined number held until the end before the potential payout is revealed. Listeners get a focused look at how the Week 5 slate is being approached in the early games, including where protection matters most and where longer-priced player markets could lift the return.
Lock It In* goes bigger for **NFL Week 7**, as Chris Horwedel builds an eight-leg parlay across eight different games with the goal of finding reasonable, matchup-driven bets that still combine into a major potential payout. The card mixes moneylines, a spread, a game total and three player props rather than relying on extreme longshots. The episode starts overseas with **Pittsburgh-New Orleans…
1 day ago · 21:14
0:00 – Lock It In opens with Chris Horwedel setting up a special World Cup betting preview, explaining that the episode will cover tournament futures, award markets, opening-day props, and the expanded 48-team World Cup format. 1:47 – World Cup format overview covers the 12 groups of four, automatic advancement for top-two teams, the importance of third-place qualification, and why goal…
4 mos ago · 17:31
Lock It In previews Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, building a full same-game parlay around one of the most exciting matchups of the NBA playoffs. Chris Horwedel breaks down why OKC enters as a slight favorite at home, how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren powered the Thunder’s dominant season, and why Jalen Williams’…
5 mos ago · 16:40
00:00–01:20 | Show Intro & Draft Focus – Overview of the 2026 NFL Draft episode, with a shift to a 9-leg parlay built around draft props and market odds. 01:20–05:10 | No. 1 Pick Lock – Breakdown of Fernando Mendoza as the consensus top pick, including profile, production, and long-term outlook without projecting outcomes. 05:10–08:17 | No. 2 & 3 Pick Markets – Analysis of Jets and Cardinals…
6 mos ago · 27:46
