Here we are! The final stretch of the NFL regular season. My beloved Cowboys still have me skeptical, as they typically make the playoffs, get my hopes up, then I cry throughout January. As of right now, in my mind, the teams that could win the Super Bowl are: Green bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals, and the Buffalo Bills. I still feel Kansas City at this moment are going to be VERY hard to beat. They learned a ton in their beatdown last year to Tampa, and Andy Reid is a very smart coach. Not to mention, the Chiefs defense is light years ahead of where it was last year. Before I go off on too many tangents, let’s stick to the betting and what it looks like! Odds provided by Fan Duel.
Rams @ Ravens
LAR – 3.5 pt favorites
The Ravens are super injured and beat up and have been reeling as of late. The Rams threw 3 or 4 picks last week, and somehow won that game. I think this will be back and forth, and I am reluctantly taking the Rams.
Eagles @ Washington
PHI – 3.5 pt favorites
Wahsington falling apart and teammates beating the piss out of each other on the sidelines, Philly getting better by the week. I expect Philly to absolutely demolish the Redsk–errrrr- Football Team.
Raiders @ Colts
IND – 6.5 pt favorites
Colts have been on fire and Arizona came close several times to making this more of a game than it should have been last week. The Raiders are incosistent at best, and the Colts have playoff seeding to play for. Close game, but I feel Indianapolis takes this one.
Falcons @ Bills
BUF – 14.5 pt favorites
Unless Buffalo doesn’t show up, this game is a joke and the point spread may not even be enough. This is the NFL and weird stuff happens constantly, but yeah….not this week in this game, anyway.
Buccaneers @ Jets
TB – 13 pt favorites
The Jets have been playing better by the week, but this is the time of year Tom Brady puts the gas pedal down and gets on it. Again, crazier things have happened, but I don’t see the Bucs having any issues here.
Chiefs @ Bengals
KC – 5 pt favorites
This is a potential playoff matchup in a few weeks. The Bengals are 1 of 4 or 5 teams that I feel even have a chance against the Chiefs. This will be a hell of a game I feel with the Chiefs winning by a touchdown. If the Bengals won, would I be surprised? No. But I still take the Chiefs.
Dolphins @ Titans
TEN – 3.5 pt favorites
This is a tricky one. Nobody talks about it but the Dolphins are getting better and better and Tennessee has been less than consistent. In my upset of the week, I am taking Miami!
Jaguars @ Patriots
NE – 15.5 pt favorites
Yeah, not much to see here at all. Belichik has the same mentality as Brady this time of year. Not to mention, unless you have been sleeping under a rock… the Patriots are freaking GOOD. They are really balanced with a ton of no namers and this team has Belichik fingerprints all over it. Jags are worse off now than when Urban Meyer took over at the beginning of the year.
Giants @ Bears
CHI – 6 pt favorites
Man, I don’t know. Some weeks, the Giants look “meh” and others they look like they are turning a corner. Chicago is insanely inconsistent BUT Fields is getting better by the week when he actually does play. This is actually my hardest, head scratching pick of the week. After much hamster running on wheels and deliberations, I am going with the Bears. Barely.
Broncos @ Chargers
LAC – 6.5 pt favorites
These teams are going in opposite directions. Make no mistake, Justin Herbert is the real deal, but the Chargers can’t seem to just put it all together for more than a week or 2 in a row. The Broncos are beating teams they aren’t supposed to and seem to get better and better. In a pick I will probably regret, I am taking the Broncos. if the Chargers had any sort of home field advantage, I would take them….but they do not.
Texans @ 49ers
SF – 12.5 pt favorites
Texans are weird. They can put up 40 in one week and then go 3 weeks with 2 field goals. The Niners are equally inconsistent. The fact I have to pick one, I am taking the Niners, but the 14.5 pt spread is WAY too big. But the dudes in Vegas know more than I do, so we shall see.
Cardinals @ Cowboys
DAL – 5 pt favorites
My beloved Cowboys should win this one. After scoring 438 points against Washington last week, I told myself “If they can destroy Arizona, I will feel a ton better going into the playoffs”. Arizona was the hottest team in the league earlier in the year. Hopkins went down. Murray went down. Murray is back but they have not clicked AT ALL since. I don’t see Dallas smoking them, but I do see them winning.
Panthers @ Saints
NO – 7 pt favorites
7 points is big for a team that is dismantled. Tons of players coming back for the Saints, though, off of the COVID list. This game is a toss up but I will take the Saints only because it is in New Orleans.
Lions @ Seahawks
SEA – 6.5 pt favorites
This may be Russel Wilson’s last home game in Seattle. I would put serious cash on him going somewhere else next year and making an insane amount of money. Detroit is sneaky good even though they have 1 win. They have yet to be blown out. Call me crazy but I seriously see Detroit winning this game.
Vikings @ Packers
GB – 6.5 pt favorites
Packers. They are hungry and want to lock up the 1 seed as Dallas is right on their heels.
Browns @ Steelers
CLE – 3.5 pt favorites
Browns win this one I feel. Big Ben I think has 2 games left in his career!
Happy betting and Happy New Year!!!!
If you put $1 on all of my picks (money line, not the points) and won them all, you would win: $27.01
if you put $1 on getting ALL of these picks correct together, you would win: $1,010.24 (good luck!)
