Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers, 16:25 CBS Line: Ravens -4 | Total: 46 After making four interventions last week and missing the Week 11 start with an illness, Lamar Jackson stated that he was “back to the lab.” This has to do with the Steelers (5-5-1), whose defense is exploitable in the continued absence of …
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Thanksgiving Games Chicago Bears in Detroit Lions, 12:30, Fox Line: Bears -3.5 | Total: 41.5 Football can wait. The Bears (3-7) and Lions (0-9-1) are bad, and the game is only important for the draft position and as a backdrop for putting the finishing touches on the Thanksgiving dinner before the guests arrive. Chicago’s rookie …
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The midpoint of this extended regular season is upon us, and the two conferences are taking different paths. Only five teams in the NFC – the Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys – are legitimate Super Bowl contenders. There’s more par in the AFC, where the 7-2 …
Other Games of Sunday Houston Texans at Miami Dolphins, 1 pm, Fox Line: Dolphins -7 | Total: 45.5 Trading time has passed and Tua Tagovailoa is still the Miami Dolphins’ first quarterback (1-7). At least until March. This is the earliest official swap with Texans (1-7) for Deshaun Watson, if by then Watson has settled …
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Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams, 16:05, Fox Line: Aries -15 | Total: 50.5 Lions quarterback Jared Goff played for the Rams (5-1) for five seasons and helped lay the groundwork for the opening of SoFi Stadium, which he did in 2020, and will play as a visitor there this weekend. But Detroit coach Dan …
Kansas City at Tennessee Titans, 13:00, CBS Line: Kansas City -4.5 | Total: 56.5 Kansas City security Tyrann Mathieu has had enough. Television cameras captured his emotional dialogues with his teammates on the bench and with his hands above his head, in confusion after poor defensive performances and breakdowns on the pitch. The team faces …
Not just this week. The Bengals (3-2) will likely put most of the load on Joe Mixon, who is already third in trials and battling an ankle injury, without outpacing Samaje Perine after testing positive for coronavirus this week. Even with an improved offensive line protecting Joe Burrow and receiver Ja’Marr Chase standing out as …
Tennessee Titans in Jets, 13:00, CBS Line: Titans -7.5 | Total: 46 Beating other tough stars of the team, Derrick Henry and receiver Julio Jones, the hamstring injury of receiver AJ Brown shouldn’t stop the Titans (2-1) from easily winning this game. But Jets lack these options. Rookie quarterback Zach Wilson tackled two touchdowns seven …
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After quarterback Andy Dalton injured his knee in a fight last week, Coach Matt Nagy said rookie Justin Fields will start (1-1) against the Browns on Sunday. Fields’ enthusiasm dominated the training camp and preseason, and he could get into the starting position for the Bears (1-1). He will need to play well to match …
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Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts, 1 pm, Fox Series: Seahawks -2.5| Total: 49.5 The Colts hoped the new scene would resurrect the 2017 version of Carson Wentz, who helped lead the Eagles in the championship race during the regular season, but a foot injury and a post on the Covid roster have deprived him of …