https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/page/22/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/matt-lafleurs-offensive-gameplan-is-the-key-to-defeating-the-bears/Somehow, the Chicago Bears, for so long a cavalcade of incompetence, are the Green Bay Packers' biggest obstacle in the NFC North and maybe the entire NFC. With a statement win over the Philadelphia Eagles, who beat the Packers and Detroit Lions, the Bears took the No. 1 seed in the NFC.   The Be...23966Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/iowa-wilds-woes-continue-updates-on-heidt-jiricek-and-more/Let’s start with the positive.       Despite the Iowa Wild’s well-documented struggles in recent years, the Minnesota Wild’s roster features five young players who have spent significant time with their AHL affiliate over the past four seasons: Marco Rossi, Jesper Wallstedt, and Liam Ohgren are...23965Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-12-03-5/Locks NBA (0.5 Unit) Denver Nuggets/Indiana Pacers Over 235.5 (-110; Odds via Caesars): 6:00 PM CT on Altitude   The Nuggets are just too banged up to play much defense right now, especially with their best defender Aaron Gordon out for an extended period. As a result they’ve been allowing 122....23961Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/jesper-wallstedt-is-on-top-of-the-world/That's Wild       Jesper Wallstedt can do no wrong right now. Just hours after the Minnesota Wild netminder was named Rookie of the Month for November, he went ahead and earned an gutsy 1-0 shutout win over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. There is really nothing stopping him from being a...23960Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/can-the-wild-finally-sustain-a-hot-november/Last weekend, the Minnesota Wild took down the Colorado Avalanche. Defeating one of your biggest divisional rivals that entered the game on a double-digit winning streak is enough reason to play Shout as loud as the sound system at Grand Casino Arena can handle. But the win also punctuated a stron...23959Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/what-do-you-do-with-two-hot-goalies-podcast/The Wild and their goalies are on fire, 9-0-2 in their last 11. So that begs the question of what the Wild do with Jesper Wallstedt and Filip Gustavsson. Do the Wild trade Gus? Ride Wallstedt? Give Wally more games? Keep them even?   Listen for all of the answers and leave any questions or commen...23955Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-will-regress-if-they-cant-improve-their-anemic-offense/Even at the tail-end of a seven-game win streak that probably saved John Hynes’ job, the Minnesota Wild can’t help but lose to one of the worst teams in the league for the past 15 years.       In their last four games heading into tonight’s matchup with the Edmonton Oilers, the Wild:        ...23954Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-12-02-5/Locks NBA (1 Unit) Anthony Edwards Over 29.5 Points (-110; Odds via DraftKings): 7:00 PM CT on Fanduel Sports North   Ant is taking over, plain and simple. With the Wolves lacking any kind of true point guard play, it’s up to a player of his ability to create offense singlehandedly. And that’s...23953Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/wilds-goaltending-among-the-nhls-elite/That's Wild         It is somewhat remarkable just how the Minnesota Wild's goaltending has turned a corner and while it has been mainly powered by rookie sensation Jesper Wallstedt coming into his own, Filip Gustavsson is of course no slouch either. This powerful tandem has gotten the Wild out...23952Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/packers-bears-hasnt-felt-this-big-since-randall-cobbs-4th-and-8-dagger/The Green Bay Packers versus the Chicago Bears -- the NFL’s oldest rivalry, packed with iconic moments and Hall of Famers on both sides. Whenever these two teams clash, you know the hatred levels in Illinois and Wisconsin spike, and this week will be no different.   It’s been a one-sided rivalry...23950Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/losing-devonte-wyatt-just-another-blow-packers-need-to-overcome/First it was Tucker Kraft, then it was Elgton Jenkins, and now it’s Devonte Wyatt.   The Green Bay Packers have suffered season-ending injuries to three key members of their offense and defense in November, each with varying degrees of long-term impact. I think it’s safe to say that Kraft is the...23949Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/its-adorable-seeing-the-bears-try-to-play-the-role-of-juggernaut/How about those Chicago Bears!   After beating 40-year-old Joe Flacco in a shootout where Flacco looked like an MVP candidate for 60 minutes, the Bears followed that up by holding off a feisty 2-10 New York Giants squad that was led late in that game by the electric Russell Wilson.   Watching th...23947Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/charlie-stramel-is-becoming-the-center-the-wild-hoped-for/Charlie Stramel’s progress was one of the Minnesota Wild’s most encouraging prospect stories this year. The former first-round pick had struggled in his first two NCAA seasons with Wisconsin after playing well with the U.S. National Development Team. His transfer to Michigan State and reunion with...23946Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/chicagos-biggest-weakness-happens-to-be-one-of-the-packers-greatest-strengths/Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is coming off a game where he shredded the Detroit Lions’ defense through some tight windows.   Love completed four passes that traveled 20 or more yards through the air, a season high. On three of those plays, the receiver had a defender within three yar...23945Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-must-selfishly-hope-jeff-hafley-sticks-around/The Green Bay Packers finally struck gold with a defensive coordinator. There were more than just glimpses of it last year in Jeff Hafley's first year, and the encore in 2025 has been even better. Hafley has been so impressive that he could become a prized head coaching candidate when the hiring c...23944Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/dont-think-matt-lafleur-forgot-what-ben-johnson-said-earlier-this-year/For years the Detroit Lions were the punching bag of the NFC North. With their rise the past few seasons, claiming back-to-back division crowns, the Chicago Bears have become the laughing stock.   After hiring Ben Johnson, Chicago's new head coach — and the former Lions offensive coordinator — wa...23942Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-12-01-5/Locks NFL (1 Unit) Drake Maye Over 244.5 Passing Yards (-110; Odds via DraftKings): 7:15 PM CT on ABC   It’s not often that I completely ignore the side or total of a standalone game in favor of a prop pick, but that’s how much I like this one. I’ve been talking about it on TV all week because...23940Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-bears-will-test-devonte-wyatts-absence-early-and-often/Devonte Wyatt was doing the unthinkable by holding down the fort on the interior of the defensive line after they dealt Kenny Clark in the Micah Parsons trade. Wyatt’s devastating, season-ending ankle injury is a gut punch for the Green Bay Packers’ defense. Now the Packers must soldier on without...23939Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-can-use-their-jalen-hurts-blueprint-against-caleb-williams/Last year, Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts had two of his worst performances of the season against the Green Bay Packers. He completed just 60.3% of his passes in his games against Green Bay — well below his 69.2% season average — and posted a 4.9% turnover-worthy play rate, far above his 3.2% season m...23938Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-11-30-6/Locks NFL (2 Unit) 3-Team 7 Point Teaser (+120; Odds via Caesars)   SF 49ers/Cleveland Browns Under (42.5): 12:00 PM CT on CBS   The bad weather reports have chipped away at this total all week, so I’ll bump it back up to where it opened with this tease. Precipitation won’t be an issue today,...23935Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-under-dogs-are-barking-week-13-3/It’s a challenging slate this week, with four games already in the books. We’re looking to keep the mojo going, coming off a second straight winning week. Let’s close out the month in style with these three holiday weekend puppies. Browns +5 ½ vs. San Francisco No, I’m not a Shedeur believer, b...23934Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-extension-for-christian-watson-keeps-looking-savvier/When the Green Bay Packers inked wide receiver Christian Watson to a one-year, $11 million extension in September, it wasn't a huge surprise. What made it fascinating is that he may have left money on the table, given Watson's skill set. However, from Green Bay’s perspective, giving an extension t...23932Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/kirill-kaprizov-is-cementing-his-reputation-as-an-avalanche-killer/There are superstars, there are Hart Trophy winners, and there are Hall of Famers. But there's nothing more terrifying than the [YOUR TEAM HERE] Killer. The guy who is liable to get a goal against your team every time they line up against your best defensemen. The player who can make you nervous i...23931Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/micah-parsons-has-established-hes-a-level-above-aiden-hutchinson/The moment the Green Bay Packers pulled off the blockbuster trade for Micah Parsons, it was inevitable that Detroit Lions fans — and Skip Bayless  — would jump in to claim Aidan Hutchinson was the better player, even though both the tape and the data say otherwise. Still, that’s part of a division...23930Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-11-29-6/Locks NCAA Football (2 Unit) 3-Team 7 Point Teaser (+120; Odds via Caesars)   UCF @ BYU (-10.5): 12:00 PM CT on ESPN2   BYU needs to win and win big, but everyone knows that, especially oddsmakers. So the spread is inflated for this game, asking you to lay a number outside of the margin where...23929Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000