Justin Fields and the Bears offense are hot and ready to put points on the board. Photo courtesy of NBC Sports Chicago
Rams vs. Cardinals Under 41.5
Matthew Stafford is in concussion protocol, so he may not play, and Kyler Murray is day-to-day with a hamstring. Regardless of if either of them play on Sunday, both offenses have been struggling to move the ball consistently and put points on the board. To add to that, the Rams defense has played well in many games this season, and the Cardinals defense is also a pretty good unit. Budda Baker is out and that will hurt, but they are still pretty good and going up against a bad offense. Overall, I do not envision many points being scored in this divisional affair.
Titans -2.5
The Broncos have a bad offense and it gets to go up against a very good defense who has improved mightily since the start of the season. The Titans front four has been stopping the run well and getting great pressure against the pass, and the secondary has been playing better lately. The Broncos do have a good defense, but have shown that they can be vulnerable against the run, which is obviously the Titans weakness. Also, they no longer have Bradley Chubb to help their defensive unit. Ryan Tannehill has a better chance of playing this week, but even if he is unable to, the run game should still be able to produce enough to put points on the board. The Titans often find ways to win even when they do not seem like the better team, and they are the better team in this game, and should be able to cover the -2.5 spread.
Bears vs. Lions over 48.5
This is a high over, but both of these teams have better offenses than they do defenses. Although neither team has a good record, the Lions offense has shown it is able to score points in the past, but their defense lets them down. The Bears offense has improved mightily lately and Justin Fields is playing much better than he was in the beginning of the season, as the coaching staff trusts him more in the pass game and has designed more runs for him.
Raiders -4.5 and under 42.5
This is a strange game. Starting with the Colts, Jeff Saturday was named the interim head coach at the beginning of the week. While Saturday was a great player, he has no professional or college coaching experience and was most recently an analyst at ESPN, who was surprised he was even offered the job. The offensive play caller this week will be 30 year-old Parks Frazier, who is the pass game coordinator/assistant quarterbacks coach, so it should be interesting to see what their offense and team as a whole looks like. On the other side, the Raiders have not looked great and have blown 3 leads this season of 17 or more, and were also shutout two weeks ago. Although, the Raiders have still been able to put a good amount of points on the board in other games this season and have been competitive in many of their matchups. With everything going on in Indianapolis, I do not think they will be well-prepared this week, and the Raiders will be able to win this game by 6 or more points. This is not my most confident pick, but I will be riding with it. Also interesting in this game is the under 42.5 because of the Colts mess of an offense, and the Raiders offense facing a Colts defense who has proven they can play well.
Bills vs. Vikings over 43.5 If Josh Allen is confirmed to be out, this line could go down, so I will wait to place this one, but whether he plays or not, I believe this over could hit at 43.5. In the case that Keenum starts (pun intended), it will be considered a revenge game for him, as he went 13-3 with the Vikings in 2017 and then was let go in the offseason and replaced by their current quarterback, Kirk Cousins. This will give him and Stefon Diggs, another former Viking, extra motivation to go out and prove themselves against their former team. As for the rest of the game, both teams have good defenses, but the offenses are also both very good and should be able to put enough points on the board to get to 44 points, or less if the line drops. Because of the fact Josh Allen is injured and may not play, it may worry many people, but I have a gut feeling the over will still be able to hit and would not not be surprised if the Bills still won, but I will not be placing Bills -3.5 if Allen does not play.
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*All bets courtesy of FanDuel SportsBook as of Thursday, November 10th, 2022*