Thanksgiving Day Games
Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions, 12:30 p.m., Fox
Line: Bears -3.5 | Total: 41.5
Football can wait. The Bears (3-7) and Lions (0-9-1) are unhealthy, and the sport is essential just for draft positioning and as a backdrop for placing the last touches on the Thanksgiving meal earlier than visitors arrive. Chicago’s rookie quarterback Justin Fields injured his knee final week, which means the veteran Andy Dalton will begin, and Detroit’s Jared Goff is unsure, however appears to be like prone to play with an indirect harm.
But they gained’t be the deciding elements on this one. The Lions’ lone offensive menace is D’Andre Swift, who has rushed for over 100 yards in the final two video games. Bears head coach Matt Nagy, the topic of firing rumors, could need to finish his tenure by holding Detroit winless. Pick: Bears -3.5
Las Vegas Raiders at Dallas Cowboys, 4:30 p.m., CBS
Line: Cowboys -7 | Total: 51
The Raiders (5-5), who started the season 3-0, have now misplaced 5 of their final seven video games and are in jeopardy of lacking the playoffs. In every defeat, the staff did not move for over 300 yards. The Cowboys (7-3) are holistically higher. Even in the event that they play with out Amari Cooper, who stays on the Covid-19 checklist, and CeeDee Lamb, who’s in the concussion protocol, Dallas’s offense can exploit the Raiders’ protection, which has appeared suspect in latest weeks. Pick: Cowboys -7
Buffalo Bills at New Orleans Saints, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Line: Bills -4 | Total: 46.5
The Saints (5-5) desperately want Alvin Kamara (knee) again to confidently begin a playoff push. A win right here improves their possibilities to 59 %, a loss drops them to 35 %, in keeping with the Playoff Predictor. With his standing in limbo for a 3rd straight sport, determine to guess the Bills (6-4) to cowl on the highway. Buffalo has misplaced to inferior opponents in two of the final three weeks, with quarterback Josh Allen taking 4 sacks towards Jacksonville, and Indianapolis racking up 264 dashing yards towards the Bills’ normally stout protection.
