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Washington Commanders 2022 NFL betting preview: Predictions as Carson Wentz takes over
Main as much as the 2022 NFL season, Put up Motion Betting will launch a playing preview for all 32 groups within the Nationwide Soccer League, protecting the schedule, predictions, win complete over/below picks and prop bets for each staff. Right this moment, we are going to cowl the Washington Commanders. Be sure you take a look at our Pittsburgh Steelers preview, printed yesterday.
Washington Commanders (66/1 to win the Tremendous Bowl, BetMGM)
2021 Report: 7-10 (third in NFC East)
Ron Rivera returns for his third season with Washington, who made a splash this offseason by buying QB Carson Wentz from the Indianapolis Colts.
Rivera will hope Wentz is a difference-maker for Washington, which proved a really up-and-down staff final season. After beginning 2-2, they misplaced 5 of six earlier than successful 4 straight and shutting the season 1-4. Washington will probably be with out edge rusher Chase Younger early on, who remains to be recovering from a torn ACL suffered in Week 10 final season.
Rivera will even want to enhance his staff’s cross protection. Final season, Washington ranked twenty eighth in cross DVOA, per footballoutsiders.com, whereas ending seventh in rush DVOA. Nevertheless, the latter rating is essentially based mostly on video games with Younger, as Washington struggled towards the run with out the Ohio State product on the sphere.
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Commanders offseason strikes: Draft, trades, free agent signings, damage report
- Acquired QB Carson Wentz + draft decide from Indianapolis Colts for 3 draft picks
- Drafted Penn State WR Jahan Dotson (No. 16), Alabama DT Phidarian Mathis (No. 45), Alabama RB Brian Robinson Jr. (No. 98), Louisiana-Lafayette S Percy Butler (No. 113), North Carolina QB Sam Howell (No. 144), Nevada TE Cole Turner (No. 149), Tulsa G Chris Paul (No. 230), Oklahoma State CB Christian Holmes (No. 240)
- Signed WR Alex Erickson, G Trai Turner, CBs DeVante Cross, Josh Drayden and Devin Taylor and TEs Curtis Hodges & Armani Rogers.
Commanders 2022 Schedule
Week 1: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 2: at Detroit Lions
Week 3: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Week 4: at Dallas Cowboys
Week 5: vs. Tennessee Titans
Week 6: at Chicago Bears
Week 7: vs. Inexperienced Bay Packers
Week 8: at Indianapolis Colts
Week 9: vs. Minnesota Vikings
Week 10: at Philadelphia Eagles
Week 11: at Houston Texans
Week 12: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Week 13: at New York Giants
Week 14: BYE
Week 15: vs. New York Giants
Week 16: at San Francisco 49ers
Week 17: vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 18: vs. Dallas Cowboys
NFL Betting Traces: Commanders Win Complete O/U
This win complete is closely juiced to the below, which is priced at -170 as of this writing. For these bettors within the over, you may get a juicy +145.
Nevertheless, I’m barely stunned at how assured bookmakers are that the Commanders fail to clear this win complete. Primarily based on my Motion colleague Sean Koerner’s power of schedule projections, the Commanders enter the 2022-23 season with the third-easiest schedule within the NFL.
Plus, most of their trip-wire matchups come at residence – Week 7 towards Inexperienced Bay, Week 9 towards Minnesota and Week 18 towards Dallas. As for his or her highway schedule, I imagine that other than San Francisco and Dallas, the rest are winnable video games that may characteristic single-digit spreads (assuming full well being).
The addition of Wentz, who ranked sixteenth amongst all quarterbacks final yr in DVOA, ought to increase a Washington offense that ranked twenty first in staff DVOA final season, per footballoutsiders.com. Ought to that happen, the Commanders will undoubtedly just like the appears to be like of a schedule that options eight video games towards groups that ranked within the backside half of staff defensive DVOA final season.
Moreover, I’m additional questioning the value right here based mostly on the previous outcomes for the Commanders. Within the final two seasons below Rivera, the Commanders have gained seven video games.
Are they able to bettering by two wins with a reliable quarterback and weak schedule?
Completely. Regardless of his flaws, Wentz ought to assist steadiness this offensive assault and information the Commanders to over this win complete.
Regardless of DE Chase Younger seemingly lacking the opening a part of the season, I’m not about to overreact to that absence. Final season, Washington went 4-4 in video games with out the Ohio State edge rusher.
For all these causes, take the over on Washington’s win complete as much as +115.
Commanders O/U 8.5 Wins: The Choose
Over 8.5 Wins (+145)
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Carson Wentz Over 21.5 Passing TD’s (-112, FanDuel)
After buying Wentz, I count on the Commanders will make him the focus of their offense. That perception ought to result in Wentz going over his landing prop of 21.5 for the season.
Past that oversimplified principle, there are supporting statistics that additional level to Wentz clearing this benchmark. First is that below Rivera, Washington has confirmed mediocre at establishing the run. Final season, they ranked nineteenth in speeding DVOA. Within the season prior, they had been 14th, per footballoutsiders.com.
Moreover, each Antonio Gibson and J.D. McKissic have established themselves as dependable receivers out of the backfield. Final season, of the 57 running-backs that obtained no less than 25 passes, each ranked twenty fifth or higher in defense-adjusted yards above substitute.
Washington makes an energetic effort to make use of their backs in a passing recreation and that the ball will probably be in Wentz’s palms as a rule, particularly close to the purple zone.
Lastly, regardless of all his perceived flaws, Wentz has cleared this quantity in two of his final three seasons. Primarily based on these developments, again this market as much as -125.
Washington
Comer investigating Biden’s doctor after ‘concerning’ debate performance – Washington Examiner
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is seeking an interview with President Joe Biden‘s personal physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, after concerns have mounted about the president’s age and mental acuity since the Atlanta presidential debate last month.
Comer, in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner, is requesting an interview with O’Connor and information about the physician’s alleged involvement in a defunct healthcare company tied to Biden’s brother James Biden.
“After a concerning debate performance by President Biden against former President Donald Trump on June 27, journalists have rushed to report on what Americans have seen plainly for years: the President appears unwell,” Comer wrote in the letter to O’Connor.
“Americans question President Biden’s ability to lead the country, and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating circumstances surrounding your assessment in February of this year that ‘President Biden is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old-male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency,’” Comer added.
The committee chairman also told O’Connor that he is “concerned your medical assessments have been influenced by your private business endeavors with the Biden family,” discussing the Biden family’s past involvement with now-bankrupt healthcare company Americore.
Last year, a bankruptcy trustee testified to the committee that James Biden, the president’s brother, was paid $600,000 from Americore to allow the company to use the Biden last name to acquire funding from the Middle East. As part of investigating the Biden family and their alleged business dealings, Comer has requested O’Connor “produce all documents and communications in your possession regarding Americore and James Biden.”
The committee is also seeking to have a transcribed interview with House Oversight Committee counsel scheduled by July 14.
The White House had been unclear about what checkups Biden may have had after his disastrous debate performance last month only heightened concerns over his age and acuity, but on Thursday confirmed that Biden had a check up after the debate.
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The Biden campaign announced during the debate the president had been battling a cold.
The House Oversight Committee’s request comes a day after reports circulated about White House visitor logs showed Parkinson’s disease expert Dr. Kevin Cannard of the Walter Reed Medical Center met with O’Connor and two others at the White House residence clinic on Jan. 17, and appeared in visitor logs 10 times since Nov. 15, 2022.
Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.
Fragrance is the fastest-growing category in the prestige beauty sector, with sales climbing 13 percent in the first quarter, according to market research firm Circana. First-time buyers and men are driving much of those gains, gravitating to high-end brands such as Chanel, YSL, Dior, Le Labo, Jo Malone and Tom Ford. Meanwhile, younger shoppers, particularly tweens, are stocking up on gift sets and body sprays available at lower price points, such as Sol de Janeiro.
The upswing speaks to evolving consumer habits after the pandemic, from which Americans emerged flush with savings and eager to indulge. Beauty influencers and the “quiet luxury” aesthetic also propelled interest in prestige scents, which, even at $100 a pop or more, are relatively affordable in a retail space where clothes and accessories routinely come with four- and five-digit price tags. More than 100 million units were sold in the United States last year, Circana said. Annual sales are projected to hit $9 billion by 2026.
“This is unprecedented in industry,” said Larissa Jensen, a beauty industry analyst at Circana. “Everything that goes up, comes down. … We haven’t seen that yet with fragrance. It’s incredible.”
The beauty sector, which includes makeup, skin care and hair care, tends to be resilient regardless of broader economic conditions. We spend when we’re feeling good and when we’re feeling down, Jensen said. If the economy is in a slump, we buy a low-ticket luxury to boost our mood.
It’s an emotional industry, she said. “But fragrance — it’s like the power of scent is unquestionable. It’s nostalgia.”
Prestige fragrance sales have exceeding expectations since the start of the pandemic in 2020, Jensen said. After long stretches at home, their social and professional lives disrupted, Americans wanted to treat themselves. In some cases, that meant dropping more than $300 on a 2.4-ounce bottle of Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 or 3.4 ounces of Byredo Mojave Ghost perfume.
“What drove fragrance in the immediate post-pandemic period was super luxury,” she said. “It was the $300 and the $400 fragrances that were doing phenomenal.” That, in turn, powered revenue and unit growth, ”which is incredible.”
But consumers also were reaching for scents in the $100 to $200 range, allowing them to dip into luxury with “a reasonable spend,” said Olivia Tong, an analyst at Raymond James Equity Research. “It may not be feasible to buy a purse, shoes or clothes but perhaps you can get the Tom Ford or Chanel fragrance.”
Plus, people wanted to “smell like a rich person,” said Dominica Baird, chair of the business of beauty and fragrance program at Savannah College of Art and Design. You feel like “you’re in a club” when someone compliments your fragrance, she said.
Beauty conglomerate Coty said its seven top brands — Hugo Boss, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Chloé, Davidoff, Gucci and Marc Jacobs — accounted for nearly 90 percent of its fragrance sales. Net revenue in the category swelled nearly 60 percent year over year.
And consumers aren’t settling for just one; they’re going for an array of perfumes or body sprays. For Gen Z, it’s an added layer of self-expression, Tong said.
“It completes the look,” she said. “You may be feeling fresh one day, feeling spicy the next, and making sure you have the scent to go with that.”
Estée Lauder chief executive Fabrizio Freda noted that younger shoppers have as many as eight fragrances in their rotations, “one for every occasion,” he said at a conference in May. “That is a big change [for] the category.”
What’s more, prestige lines are attracting more first-time buyers: Coty reported 5 million new customers last year, a 6 percent increase year over year, CEO Sue Nabi said at a retail conference last month. Men added a nice boost to growth, too, she said.
And they’re spending at a faster rate; prestige sales climbed 17 percent compared with women’s 11 percent year over year, Jensen said.
“Men are becoming more sophisticated beauty consumers,” Baird said. They’re leveling up and reaching for brands such as Gucci, Jensen said, though drugstore staple Axe Body Spray is “still doing great.
Among shoppers ages 25 to 44, sales have soared 19 percent, according to Circana, though unit sales are notably stronger in households that have children. Gen Alpha — those born from 2010 to 2024 — is big on body spray, which tends to be a lower cost, less potent option, Jensen said.
Tweens are particularly enamored with Sol de Janeiro, a body spray and lotion brand with at least seven scents that has gone viral on TikTok. Some industry experts see it as a gateway for younger shoppers looking at influencers, older siblings and parents for what to buy next. And they’re starting to gain expensive taste, with some of the hottest beauty products creeping closer to the prestige category.
At Ulta, which started carrying Sol de Janeiro at the beginning of the year, the brand is “right in that sweet spot for us,” chief operating officer Kecia Steelman said at a conference in June. Fragrance was 10 percent of Ulta’s net sales in the quarter ended May 30, up from 9 percent from the year-ago period. Sol de Janeiro also has gift sets, an attractive option for consumers looking for value and to layer scents, which Steelman noted is one of the top trends this year.
Fragrances from music artists are also popular with younger shoppers. Baird’s students have told her that perfumes from Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter and Beyoncé make them feel connected to the artists.
“There’s something that feels a bit personal about a fragrance,” Baird said, “especially if the celebrity seems genuine about it and it’s not just a money grab.”
He said no to Italy because it would mean missing three or four visits from his daughter. For the first time, I felt mad and deprived. The other participants will have their partners there, exploring the city while we work. I want us to do this one normal thing.
It is not possible to bring the kid with us. If my husband came with me for a little while, then he couldn’t stay for longer than about 10 days minus travel time, so that’s not worth it either.
Am I being totally selfish to want this? I feel that way, but I also feel entitled to want this normal thing. My one confidante about this, my mom, says it’s what I signed on for when I chose a man with a child.
Selfish?: Your mom’s right; this is exactly what you agreed to, eyes open.
But that doesn’t mean you always have to like it, must always exude daisies and sunbeams, and can’t ever feel “mad and deprived.”
Just go feel mad and deprived somewhere outside the range of your stepdaughter so you can let it dissipate naturally. If you plan to keep confiding in Mom, then tell her you know it’s what you “signed on for,” but you have unresolved feelings you’d like to talk through so they don’t keep gnawing at you.
If Mom can’t be that person for you, then choose someone who is able to agree with you that weeks overseas retreating together is “normal,” because, well. Let’s just say I’m amusing myself with the mental image of the reception you’ll get if you choose wrong.
I kid, but a therapist is a good option here if feasible. Family blending is hard.
Which brings me to my second point. Having your moment to feel bad about missing out on something you want is more than mere self-indulgence. It’s about healthy emotional management.
If your response to your husband’s no-go on Italy were, “It’s A-okay, honey, because I’m so! lucky! to be your spouse! and a stepparent!!” then that would be forced and weird and, with repetition, distorting. Others wouldn’t know how you really felt, and eventually you might not, either.
So it’s important to trust that you can be 100 percent confident in your marriage and 100 percent pro-healthy-stepchild and still be bummed sometimes, out loud, about the restrictions on your husband’s time without feeling guilty about it.
So do that. Not harping, or dwelling, or undermining, of course; so-called venting (complaining with no productive purpose) only hands over more of your life to your problem and to others suffering in earshot. I’m saying only that you allow yourself to be honest about how you feel, and tell your husband that you understand (yes?) but are also really disappointed.
And: If you’re not okay with “no” to everything as a never-yielding fact of your lives, then say that, too; you understand seven weeks overseas is excessive, but what about one or two somewhere, someday soon?
And: If you made your agreements with him in good faith, and if you’ve learned some new things about yourself since, then it’s better to be transparent with him about your evolution than to just muscle through any dissonance till you crack.
I’m adding these two discussion extenders because I see signs of distortion already in your letter. Have another look. “I have been utterly respectful of his duties as a father and his kid’s well-being.” “We have NEVER taken a nice trip together.” “We didn’t even really do a honeymoon.” “For the first time I felt mad and deprived.” [My emphasis.] And, “he couldn’t stay for longer than about 10 days minus travel time, so that’s not worth it either.”
Fine-fine-fine-fine-no-really-it’s-fiiiine-no-really-fine!-BOOM.
Doesn’t it to you, now, too?
And the BOOM hits twice: The “normal” thing that deprivation has pushed you to want so badly seems like a way bigger ask than a “nice trip” or a honeymoon would ever have been — plus it has you completely dismissing as inadequate a perfectly lovely 10-days-minus-travel with your husband in Italy this summer. Is it truly “not worth it” because it’s a week and not seven?
So here’s what I’m thinking. Maybe you’re overdue just to be you. Where you recognize you aren’t a saint and can’t always smile off the cost of your choices — even as you know you made them willingly and would (presumably) make them again because he passes every character test. And where you ask your husband to bear with you as you freely, lovingly meet others’ needs while also learning to understand and make room for your own.
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