Aug 12, 2026 · 59 min · 16 segments
Iain MacMillan gives his season betting preview for the 2026 NFL campaign by breaking down his best futures bet to place for all 32 teams. Intro (0:00) Cardinals (5:11) Falcons (7:52) Ravens (10:53)…
Iain MacMillanHost
Arizona Cardinals, they are the first team in alphabetical order, so, so we'll start with them My best bet for the Cardinals is going to be their rookie running back, Jeremiah Love, under 899.5 rushing yards.
If you want to find out where each specific bet, what sportsbook I bet on that, you can check the written version of this article over at si.com where I'll have the sportsbook listed next to each bet.
Unfortunately, I think the Cardinals rookie running back is going into basically the exact same situation, actually arguably a worse situation to Ashton Gentry when he went to the Las Vegas Raiders last year.
I feel like it's been proven at this point time and time again that a really good running back should probably be the last thing that you get, or at the very least you should get a running back after you get an offensive line.
But no, the Cardinals said, "Hey, we have, you know, a bottom three offensive line in the NFL.
Let's go ahead and draft a running back number three or number four overall," whatever it was.
Last year, the Raiders did the exact same thing, and Ashton Gentry, uh, averaged 3.7 yards per carry.
Teams are gonna see this Cardinals team, see they can basically stack the box against them because they don't have a quarterback, uh, and he'll have no offensive line to run behind.
And what makes his situation even worse to Ashton Gentry's, uh, is that he has-- probably gonna split carries.
Uh, the Cardinals signed Tyler Allgeier, the former Falcons running back, uh, in the off season.
Uh, they also already have a couple of running backs there, Trey Benson and James Conner.
So you have a loaded backfield behind one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL, uh, on a bad team.
I don't know how he can overcome all those things that are gonna work against him.
Arizona Cardinals, they are the first team in alphabetical order, so, so we'll start with them My best bet for the Cardinals is going to be their rookie running back, Jeremiah Love, under 899.5 rushing yards.
If you want to find out where each specific bet, what sportsbook I bet on that, you can check the written version of this article over at si.com where I'll have the sportsbook listed next to each bet.
Unfortunately, I think the Cardinals rookie running back is going into basically the exact same situation, actually arguably a worse situation to Ashton Gentry when he went to the Las Vegas Raiders last year.
I feel like it's been proven at this point time and time again that a really good running back should probably be the last thing that you get, or at the very least you should get a running back after you get an offensive line.
But no, the Cardinals said, "Hey, we have, you know, a bottom three offensive line in the NFL.
Let's go ahead and draft a running back number three or number four overall," whatever it was.
Last year, the Raiders did the exact same thing, and Ashton Gentry, uh, averaged 3.7 yards per carry.
Teams are gonna see this Cardinals team, see they can basically stack the box against them because they don't have a quarterback, uh, and he'll have no offensive line to run behind.
And what makes his situation even worse to Ashton Gentry's, uh, is that he has-- probably gonna split carries.
Uh, the Cardinals signed Tyler Allgeier, the former Falcons running back, uh, in the off season.
Uh, they also already have a couple of running backs there, Trey Benson and James Conner.
So you have a loaded backfield behind one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL, uh, on a bad team.
I don't know how he can overcome all those things that are gonna work against him.
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