The BoardSpreads & Longshots · NFL 2026

House Rules

Against the spread

Pick every game, every week, against the league line: the Thursday-morning consensus snapshot, rounded to the half point. It does not move. Each game locks at its own kickoff. Picks are hidden until then.

Win1.0
Push0.5
Loss0.0

Skins

One skin a week to the outright best ATS record, NFL and college combined. If the top record is tied, nobody wins it and the skin carries into the next week, so a week after a tie is worth two, a week after two ties is worth three, and so on. A carryover still unclaimed after Week 18 goes to the best season-long ATS record, with ATS points as the tiebreak. Standings show the skins each player has banked and how many are riding this week.

Season side pots

Skins and side pots are bragging-rights tallies. The site handles no money.

The longshot card

Pick 5 players priced +250 or longer to score a touchdown. A hit pays the decimal profit of the locked price. A miss is zero. A player who does not take a snap is voided, not lost. Rushing, receiving, return and defensive touchdowns count. Passing touchdowns and two-point conversions do not. Three or more hits in a week earns a 3-point hat trick.

Locked pricePays
+2502.50
+4004.00
+6006.00
+100010.00
+150012.00

Prices above +1200 pay as +1200.

Missed picks

Forget a game and you get the favorite. Empty longshot slots score nothing.