NFL Football Picks

Thanksgiving Day’s third and final game is the New England Patriots vs. Minnesota Vikings. Week 11 left us all confused with the Pats not scoring until the very and the Vikings getting absolutely smoked by the Dallas Cowboys. Which team will rebound off a bad performance to get the win? Get our NE/Min prediction here!

Thanksgiving Day kicks off with the Buffalo Bills vs. Detroit Lions in which the Lions have been installed as +9 home underdogs. The Bills haven’t looked great as of late. The Lions just beat up the Giants on the road. Can Detroit stay within the nine points at home, a venue where they play pretty well? Get our Buf/Det pick here!

The Panthers are 3.5 favorites priced at -110 at online sportsbooks. Granted, the last game Carolina played didn’t paint either side of the ball in a good light. Cam Newton has otherwise been pretty solid this season. Aerially, they aren’t that prolific, even with Devin Funchess, rising DJ Moore, still-effective tight end Greg Olsen, and a massively-successful ball catching back in Christian McCaffrey. Against a Detroit pass-defense that can be solid, Carolina might have to rely more on the run. Luckily for them, they are in good hands with McCaffrey and Newton, who has a renewed focus on running the ball. Is the ground game the answer to covering the spread? Loot has your free pick.

Let’s point out that the Rams just had 4 of their last five games on the road. Things could look better as they get the next two at home, followed by a bye-week. They can dig in at home a little bit and shake off some of the road-weariness that started showing at New Orleans last week. Still, maybe they’ve been overrated a bit? They were the preseason darlings of just about everyone and they’ve been awesome at 8-1. But they have started to show some cracks in the armor. Will the Seahawks be able to build a game plan and stay within 10 points? Loot has an NFL pick and prediction.

Week 9 saw the Bears win and the Lions lose. Chicago improved to 5-3 on the season and Detroit goes the opposite way and now sits at 3-5. Chicago and Minnesota are tied for the NFC North division lead with Detroit and Green Bay biting at their heels just a game or so back. It appears that Chicago is the real deal and only seems to get better week after week. As for Detroit, they are just average at best… offense, defense, special teams, they are just…meh. Nonetheless, this weekend is actually a huge game in for the NFC North landscape. It is a tight race and a Detroit win will put THEM back in the hunt.

The Arizona Cardinals come to Arrowhead for a week 10 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s a tale of two teams with opposite trajectories, with the Cardinals in the dumps at 2-6, while the Chiefs are tied for having the best record in the league at 8-1. On Sunday, they beat the Browns on the road 37-21. It was also the eighth time they covered the spread in nine games this season. But is that a trend that matters here in week 10 as bettors face a 16.5 hole before kick-off? LL gives his take on laying the big number.

Tampa Bay comes off a 42-28 loss that was grislier than the score indicates. The Panthers put the Bucs away early in the first half when they went up 35-7 and then they called the dogs off. Carolina had a short week ahead of itself with a road game at Pittsburgh on Thursday night. They could not afford to expose their starters any more once the affair was out of reach. Be that as it may, Tampa Bay looks lost and clueless at this point in the season. Keith Franks look at the bookmaker’s 2.5 spread and what to expect from TB in week 10.

Bob Clark: “The Browns are going to have to hope the Falcons defense that showed up against New Orleans and Cincinnati shows up this weekend. If that is the case, they have a shot. From a Browns perspective though, they MUST keep the Atlanta offense off the field. Cleveland will need to give Atlanta a huge dose of Nick Chubb and Duke Johnson and just hope for the best. The Falcons are the play to cover here in week 10.

The Chargers leave a lot to be desired as double-digit road favorites at most bookies. But the matchups hold water. Coming off the bye, the Chargers looked fresh and enlivened to take on the second-half of the season with aplomb. Their run-game is very robust, with Melvin Gordon leading the way, bolstered by Austin Ekeler. They average over 5.2 yards per carry and Oakland’s run-defense is ranked last in the league. Betting the Chargers is the play this week according to NFL capper Loot Levinson.

The Jets defense provided the lone bright spot, holding Miami to 168 total yards, 104 passing and 64 rushing, and keeping them out of the end zone. Credit Jamal Adams and Jordan Jenkins for turning things around after the unit gave up up 395 total yards to the Chicago bears the week before. Now can they get the assist from the offense? Rick Wise has your NFL Prediction.