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Ben Linsey

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bet-nfl-week-6-favorite-player-prop-bets-pff-key-insights-2024

PFF's Key Insights tool looks for strength-on-weakness matchups that could be meaningful through a player prop lens, and we'll be using them all season to provide our favorite weekly bets.

By Ben Linsey Oct 13, 2024 5:00 am EDT
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bet-nfl-week-5-favorite-player-prop-bets-pff-key-insights-2024

PFF's Key Insights tool looks for strength-on-weakness matchups that could be meaningful through a player prop lens, and we'll be using them all season to provide our favorite weekly bets.

By Ben Linsey Oct 6, 2024 5:00 am EDT
Betting
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bet-nfl-week-4-favorite-player-prop-bets-pff-key-insights-2024

PFF's Key Insights tool looks for strength-on-weakness matchups that could be meaningful through a player prop lens, and we'll be using them all season to provide our favorite weekly bets.

By Ben Linsey Sep 29, 2024 5:00 am EDT
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bet-nfl-week-3-favorite-player-prop-bets-pff-key-insights-2024

PFF's Key Insights tool looks for strength-on-weakness matchups that could be meaningful through a player prop lens, and we'll be using them all season to provide our favorite weekly bets.

By Ben Linsey Sep 22, 2024 10:00 am EDT
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bet-nfl-week-2-favorite-player-prop-bets-pff-key-insights-2024

PFF's Key Insights tool looks for strength-on-weakness matchups that could be meaningful through a player prop lens, and we'll be using them all season to provide our favorite weekly bets.

By Ben Linsey Sep 15, 2024 6:00 am EDT
Betting
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bet-nfl-week-1-favorite-player-prop-bets-pff-key-insights-2024

PFF's Key Insights tool looks for strength-on-weakness matchups that could be meaningful through a player prop lens, and we'll be using them all season to provide our favorite weekly bets.

By Ben Linsey Sep 8, 2024 8:30 am EDT
Betting
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bet-baltimore-ravens-vs-kansas-city-chiefs-favorite-player-props

PFF's Ben Linsey highlights two overs to target in the player props market for the Kansas City Chiefs' Thursday night season opener against the Baltimore Ravens.

By Ben Linsey Sep 5, 2024 5:00 am EDT
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The Washington Commanders' defense and the Pittsburgh Steelers' offense are significantly improved after Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft.

By Ben Linsey Apr 27, 2024 12:15 am EDT
draft-2024-nfl-draft-most-improved-units-after-round-1

The Philadelphia Eagles' secondary and the Chicago Bears' passing attack are significantly improved after Day 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft.

By Ben Linsey Apr 26, 2024 12:15 am EDT
draft-2024-nfl-draft-preview-answering-15-questions-about-top-prospects

The 2024 NFL Draft is mere hours away, and questions linger about some of the top prospects.

By Ben Linsey Apr 25, 2024 8:30 am EDT
draft-2024-nfl-draft-biggest-differences-pff-big-board-consensus

We dive into how the final PFF big board, which features 316 players, differs from the consensus board compiled by Arif Hasan.

By Ben Linsey Apr 23, 2024 8:45 am EDT
nfl-biggest-takeaways-2023-pff-qb-annual

The PFF QB Annual returns with a look back at the 2022 season for 40 of this year's prospective starting quarterbacks, including the first four quarterbacks selected in the 2023 NFL Draft.

By Ben Linsey Jul 20, 2023 7:30 am EDT
draft-2023-nfl-draft-6-biggest-steals-of-round-1

Ben Linsey breaks down the six biggest steals from Round 1 in the 2023 NFL Draft.

By Ben Linsey Apr 28, 2023 12:48 am EDT
College & Draft
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From Bryce Young's projected playing weight to Sam LaPorta's tackle-shedding ability, we dive into 15 questions about the top 2023 NFL Draft prospects.

By Ben Linsey Apr 27, 2023 9:57 am EDT
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Jordan Love remains a mystery box. And for better or worse, that box will finally be opened in 2023 with Aaron Rodgers now out of the picture in Green Bay.

By Ben Linsey Apr 24, 2023 4:24 pm EDT Green Bay Packers
nfl-week-18-game-recap-pittsburgh-steelers-28-cleveland-browns-14

The Pittsburgh Steelers handled their business with a 28-14 victory over the Cleveland Browns in Week 18 but missed out on the postseason due to results around the league.

By Ben Linsey Jan 8, 2023 6:37 pm EST Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers
nfl-week-17-game-recap-new-york-giants-38-indianapolis-colts-10

The New York Giants clinched their first playoff berth since 2016 in dominant fashion with a 38-10 victory over the floundering Indianapolis Colts.

By Ben Linsey Jan 1, 2023 4:34 pm EST Indianapolis Colts New York Giants
nfl-week-16-game-recap-cincinnati-bengals-22-new-england-patriots-18

It looked like the Cincinnati Bengals were going to cover as three-point favorites with ease, but the New England Patriots made things interesting late in a 22-18 loss to Cincinnati.

By Ben Linsey Dec 24, 2022 5:11 pm EST Cincinnati Bengals New England Patriots
nfl-week-15-game-recap-new-orleans-saints-21-atlanta-falcons-18

The first game of the Desmond Ridder era in Atlanta began with a 21-18 loss to the New Orleans Saints after a 3.7-yard-per-attempt performance from the Falcons rookie.

By Ben Linsey Dec 18, 2022 4:28 pm EST New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons
nfl-week-14-game-recap-jacksonville-jaguars-36-tennessee-titans-22

The Jacksonville Jaguars had a 3% chance to win the AFC South entering Week 14, per PFF’s rest-of-season simulations, but that jumped to just north of 10% following this 36-22 victory over the Tennessee Titans.

By Ben Linsey Dec 11, 2022 5:39 pm EST Tennessee Titans Jacksonville Jaguars
Bio

Ben onboarded to PFF full-time in May 2019. He works as an NFL Analyst and as part of the team that produces prep work for NBC's Sunday Night Football. Ben also contributes articles to the content team. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

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