Last week: 11-3

Bye week: Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets & Jacksonville Jaguars

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Pittsburgh Steelers (-3.5) at Cleveland Browns – 5:15pm, Prime Video

Steelers HC Mike Tomlin should be cautiously optimistic, as they’ve looked better on offense since inserting Russell Wilson in as the starter. Although, he nearly derailed the game with his awful redzone interception against Baltimore. He still throws a pretty deep ball, but doesn’t utilize the middle of the field and can’t escape the pocket like he was once so famous for. Pick – Steelers

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Minnesota Vikings (-3.5) at Chicago Bears – 10:00am, FOX

Vikings QB Sam Darnold started the season hot, but has since regressed back to his careless ways – he’s already racked up 10 interceptions. Number 1 pick Caleb Williams hasn’t thrown an interception over his last 4 games (good), but hasn’t thrown a TD either (bad). It’s been a less than stellar rookie campaign for the former Heisman trophy winning QB. Pick – Vikings

Detroit Lions (-7) at Indianapolis Colts – 10:00am, FOX

Even with some major injuries, the Lions continue to impress week in, week out and are one of the most enjoyable teams to watch this season. Pick – Lions

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins (-7.5) – 10:00am, CBS

Miami has been competitive since Tua Tagovailoa rejoined the team after his concussion. The offense looks much better and he’s gotten them back in the playoff hunt. New England need to find Drake Maye some receivers in the offseason. Pick – Dolphins

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-6) at New York Giants – 10:00am, CBS

QB Daniel Jones has been benched by head coach Brian DaBoll in-favor of 3rd string QB Tommy DeVito, a surprising move since the Giants brought in former Broncos, Seahawks QB Drew Lock in the offseason to backup Jones. The Giants have a giant QB mess on their hands. Pick – Bucs

Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders (-10.5) – 10:00am, FOX

The roof is falling – literally – on the Cowboys season. Not much has gone right for Dallas during the current 5-game losing streak, including being outscored an ungodly 115 to 25 in 3 straight home games. It feels like a new head coach will be hired in the offseason. Pick – Commanders

Kansas City Chiefs (-10.5) at Carolina Panthers – 10:00am, CBS

Pat Mahomes and the Chiefs are going to be pissed off after losing a nail-biter to Buffalo last week. Pick – Chiefs

Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans (-7.5) – 10:00am, CBS

Tennessee is having a tough season and looks to be in play for the number 1 pick. QB Will Levis isn’t the guy to lead the Titans back to glory. Their front-office should be scouting the top QB prospects and looking at who might be available via trade or free agency. Pick – Texans

Denver Broncos (-6) at Las Vegas Raiders – 1:05pm, CBS

Bo Nix is coming off the best game of his career (307 yards on 28/33 pass attempts and 4 TD’s) and has 9 TD’s over his last 4 games. He’s starting to figure things out. Pick – Broncos

San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers (-3) – 1:25pm, FOX

The Niners have so much talent on offense and defense, which makes it hard to understand why they keep coughing up these late leads. In 3 out of 4 divisional games they’ve held the lead late in the 4th but couldn’t finish the deal and lost. Green Bay QB Jordan Love has thrown a lead leading 11 interceptions in only 8 starts, it’s imperative HC Matt LaFleur gets him to make better decisions with the ball. Pick – Packers

Arizona Cardinals (-1) at Seattle Seahawks – 1:25pm, FOX

The NFC West is up for grabs with all 4 teams still in contention for the division crown. Surprisingly, Arizona has caught fire and won 4 straight after losing 3 of their first 4. Geno Smith led Seattle to a last-second win over the Niners in Week 11 – snapping a 6-game losing streak to the Bay Area bunch – and giving the Seahawks renewed hope. Pick – Seahawks

Philadelphia Eagles (-3) at Los Angeles Rams – 5:20pm, NBC/Peacock

Philly is one of the hottest teams in the NFL, winning 6 straight. The Giants were foolish to let Saquon Barkley walk because he’s been outstanding for the Eagles (1137 rushing yards and 8 TD’s). Rookies Cooper DeJean and Quinyon Mitchell have added to the Eagles secondary and made it one of the more formidable groups in the league. It’ll be a good matchup between the Rams receivers and Gang Green’s revamped secondary. Pick – Eagles

Monday, November 25, 2024

Baltimore Ravens (-3) at Los Angeles Chargers – 5:15pm, ESPN

The Harbaugh Bowl – John vs. Jim. I’m guessing all the teams who wooed Jim, but went a different direction are kicking themselves right about now. He’s done an excellent job rebuilding Justin Herbert’s confidence – with an average group of pass catchers and has the defense firing on all cylinders – with the help of DC Jesse Minter. It should be Jim Harbaugh, Dan Campbell and Kevin O’Connell battling it out for coach of the year. Lamar Jackson’s MVP candidacy took a slight hit after his performance against Pittsburgh, but he should still be the leader in the clubhouse. Playing well on MNF against a shutdown D like LA will only help his case. Subsequently, if he plays poorly then the door opens for someone like Josh Allen. Pick – Ravens