BEST BETS: 2025 John Deere Classic Odds, Picks | The Early Wedge

The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

CBS Sports

Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football

3.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Eric Cohen is joined by Sia Nejad, Jason Sobel and Patrick McDonald to dish out best bets for the 2025 John Deere Classic. #SportsBetting #Gambling #Betting #EarlyWedge #PGATour #GolfPicks #OneandDone #JohnDeereClassic #Golf (2:00) Recapping Last Week’s Bad Beat at the Rocket Classic (3:45) Storylines We’re Following this Week (11:02) First Round Leaders (16:55) Matchups & Finishing Positions (29:14) EC Adds 4 New Names to the Auto Fade List (33:00) Outrights & Hot Dog Eating Contest Thoughts (47:15) Long Shots (51:12) One & Done, Sobel Storytime 🎥 WATCH • Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsLine • Watch CBS Sports HQ: https://cbssports.com/live • Watch CBS Sports Network on your TV or the CBS Sports App with your cable provider ▶︎ CFB Picks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2OMV9N3pRUJGnxdCKAbhlraxwPCrm0g6 🎧 LISTEN • Stream and follow & leave a 5⭐️ rating on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3URc49a • Download and follow & leave a 5⭐️ rating on Apple: https://apple.co/4hLfVhP • Other CBS Sports podcasts: https://cbssports.com/podcast 📱FOLLOW • Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportsLine • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsline • TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@sportsline 📖 READ • More betting news: https://www.sportsline.com/ 🛍️SUPPORT • Shop our merch: https://www.paramountshop.com/collections/the-early-edge 💵BETTING Looking for a specific game we haven’t covered? Head to https://www.sportsline.com, where you can always find best bets, picks and props. Any league. Any game. Any time. Both from the sharpest sports bettors in the business as well as the SportsLine Advanced Model, where we simulate each game 10,000 times and provide projected scores, graded bets, plus player prop projections. If you like it, use promo code EARLY to get your first 30 days FREE! 🎙ABOUT THE SHOW Welcome to The Early Edge! The No. 1 daily sports betting show and podcast powered by SportsLine + CBS Sports. If you’re looking for today’s best bets, in 20 minutes or less, we’re the show for you. Every morning at 10am ET The Early Edge is live breaking down the day’s action across the NFL, College Football, NBA, MLB, NHL, College Basketball, Soccer and more! No hot takes, The Early Edge is here to talk sports betting for both the first time bettor or sports book sharp and everyone in between. From spread betting to totals, player props to parlays and so much more, The Early Edge is here to win. Together. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of the Early Wedge is presented by Five Hour Energy and their new transfusion flavor.
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0:54.3	Welcome to the Early Wedge Tuesday Best Bet Show.
0:55.6	I am your host, Eric Cohen.
0:56.8	You know what?
1:01.7	After last week's Rocket Classic, sometimes, you know, they see that you remember your worst losses over your best wins.
1:04.2	I had two of the three guys in the playoff that I gave out on this show.
1:08.2	Chris Kirk at 80 to 1 and Max Grazerman at 40 to 1. And who wins?
1:12.9	Aldrich, poke, Geiter, Geiter, doesn't matter. Totally, you almost had it too. I mean, we were
1:19.6	on it with Grazerman. I thought we were going to have a winner. Listen, I'm salty. I'll get over it,
1:25.8	but I'm salty and I won't forget this one. I'm salty, and I won't forget this one.
1:28.2	And thank you, producer Matt, for showing that picture at length here as we introduce the stars of the show from CBS Sports, the great Patrick McDonald, from everywhere, Sirius XM, bet MGM.
1:41.2	I don't even know your Rolodex, the great Jason Sobel. And then the smartest golf better that I know,
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